Socially responsible actions of the companies can be performed not only to society but also to its employees, which can help increase the company’s performance. In this article we have identified various ways of achieving social responsibility programmes to employees, being outlined a number...

In the context of Romania’s adhesion to the European Union, we should accurately evaluate the consequences of this process on the economic and social activity in a regional plan, due to the existence of some disparities between the development levels of different territorial administration...

The paper examines the relationship sustainable development - national and international security as an expression of unity between security policy, economy, social environment and ecology. JEL classification: O10 .

The problems of transfer of the microeconomic decisions taken by the International banks at the level of macroeconomics of the Baltic States and problems of the economic policies forming are considered. The threats of such transfer for the economic and political system of the Baltic States are...

Biological diversity is an abstract, scientific concept and both evaluating its condition and, to great extent, justifying its conservation requires expert knowledge. Accordingly, regulating and managing biological diversity presupposes standardisation and methods for managing uncertainty. To be...

Wheeler S. Regions, megaregions, and sustainability, Regional Studies. The rapid expansion of urbanized regions is problematic for sustainable development. Urbanization at large scales has inherent sustainability problems, and planning institutions and governance mechanisms have had limited...

Sanchez Medina A. J., Melian Gonzalez A. and Garcia Falcon J. M. (2007) Intellectual capital and sustainable development on islands: an application to the case of Gran Canaria, Regional Studies 41, 473-487. Sustainable development is an objective for any territory, especially when the territory...

Healey P. City regions and place development, Regional Studies. The paper explores the concept of a 'city region' in the context of proposals for reconfiguring sub-national government arrangements. It considers the various arguments behind calls for a 'city region' focus, and reviews recent...

Morgan K. Greening the realm: sustainable food chains and the public plate, Regional Studies. Public procurement is one of the most powerful, yet paradoxical, functions of the state in Britain: powerful, because it deploys a purchasing budget of £150 billion per annum; paradoxical, because its...

Haughton G., Counsell D. and Vigar G. Sustainable development in post-devolution UK and Ireland, Regional Studies. Strategies for sustainable development have been produced aplenty in recent years, with numbers increasing in the context of devolution. This paper examines the way in which they...