OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR THE MBA PROGRAMS IN ROMANIA, IN THE EU INTEGRATION OUTLOOK

This paper represents an overview of the Romanian MBA market, with its main players, along with the profiles of MBA students and professors; it presents the MBA culture in Romania, and its impact over the business and academic environment. The history of the MBA programs in Romania is also briefly presented, along with a classification of these programs by various criteria. The paper concludes with an analysis of the opportunities and threats for the Romanian MBA programs in the European Union.