Managerial performance is viewed with great interest at any organization; its determination is an ongoing objective in the medium and long term. Conditionalities generally recognized by experts in this area of scientific concerns are clear: only good management exercised by professional...

Although it is a relatively new subject discussed worldwide by economic researchers, the complexity paradigm invites us to make ample incursions in time in order to understand the substantial differences between the optics of standard economic theory and the holistic approach of the new economy....

The advance to knowledge society is considered, in the world, as a necessary evolution to ensure the durable development in the context of “new economy”, based mainly on intense-intellectual products and activities, as well as to accomplish an advanced socio-human civilization. The...

In the current economic context marked by the globalization phenomena and by the increasing recognition of the interdependence between enviroment, security and development, we assist at the increasing demands of the society regarding environmental protection and of the work’s health and safety...

Neo-Schumpeterianism appeared in literature as a heterodox current and belongs to the evolutionary theories category. It works around and with innovation, considered to be a proper tool for measuring the qualitative changes which occur within an economy. The joint efforts of evolutionary...

In this paper we want to present, in both a succinct and a theoretical way, the possible relation between economic liberalization, human development and standard of living in the present society based, more than ever, on knowledge.It is known that economic liberalization is one of the phenomena...

Economists have shown that the labor market, due to its specific, remains, in terms of the repercussions on the human factor, one of the most regulated and sensitive markets. This paperwork was born from personal concerns about finding an answer to the question: what makes employees to accept a...

The Pacific island countries (PICs) have been among the world’s top ten recipients of official development assistance (ODA) on a per capita basis. This paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of external aid by undertaking a panel data study covering five countries in the South Pacific,...

2009 was a bleak year for freight rates in liner sectors. The deepening of the global financial crisis has affected, severely, the demand for commodities and goods. By the end of 2009, rates in liner sectors had recovered from their earlier lows, despite remaining significantly beneath 2008...

This study investigates the factors affecting cost performance of construction projects in Kelantan State located in the east-coast part of Malaysia. It draws on relevant previous research in the theory of work on cost performance. Thirty-three contractors companies with different working grades...