Quality costs alone do nothing to illustrate what is spent in various areas related to quality and showing opportunities for improvement. Using quality costs requires supporting the processing the costs for an analysis. One method is the presentation of quality costs as a percentage known to...

The study aims at highlighting the main strengths, respectively weaknesses of management in Romania as a whole and their dynamics in the period 2009 – 2012. Identification and assessment of strengths and weaknesses was based on empirical research using questionnaires administered to...

We have started our research based on the hypothesis that although the concept of online volunteering has a history of more than 30 years (Cravens, 2006) it seems not to be very well known and used in Romania. One the other site, Corporate Social Responsibility programs have gained popularity in...

Today European Union provides member countries funds for many types of business and in particular for the development of rural environment. In this sense, this paper draws the main steps of a feasibility study for accessing European funds to develop and run a microfarm respecting sustainable...

No longer global warming be ignored by corporations, world’s climate changes force governments around the world to issues new regulations obligation corporations to exercise them by developing strategic management. Adopting corporate governance as a part of strategic management makes that...

Three entrepreneurial case studies in Romania show that changes in the environment—such as changes in customers needs changes in competitive products—are the major sources of opportunities. To recognize and exploit these opportunities, the firm needs entrepreneurial capabilities. At the same...

As an alternative of Romania’s sustainable development, rural tourism is considered to be an assembly of product- price- consumption, which awards the country multiple opportunities for integration into European structures. Taking into consideration the Government Decision no. 20/2012 on the...

In a complex and unstable environment, based on increasing risk levels and uncertainty, the function of ensuring material resources must be integrated into the strategic business and add value to the respective organization. Without an efficient and effective function of ensuring material...

The phenomenon of labor migration has grown a lot lately, due to globalization, economic differences between countries and transfer of information. At European level, Romania is one of the most affected countries by the brain drain phenomenon. Other countries, such as Portugal, are facing a...

This paper aims to draw attention to gender issue in Romania, revealing the gap remaining yet between aspirations and reality, as well as the main challenges to be overcome for reducing this gap. Thus, we consider the aspirations to gender equality as reflected by the new approaches of the topic...