This study presents, starting from the third mission of the university, a modern mechanism – technology transfer, by which the university can effectively contribute to local and regional socio-economic development and may provide additional sources of income for the research and development...

This paper provides a review regarding the financing issues of innovative firms in Romania. The financing resources used by innovative firms are closely interdependent with innovation modes adopted by firms (R&D and non-R&D innovations). In the context I highlight the difficulties in attracting...

Romania has represented a successful destination within the international tourism; it had an internal tourism based on a legal framework (the Law of tourism) ever since the inter-war period. The significant development of the accommodation capacities was achieved in the early ‘60s, especially...

The present study aims to analyze the current global context to capture the characteristics of the new type of volatile and turbulent business environment in which companies must operate nowdays and to bring some propositions in order to guide managers in designing or redesigning business models...

During the last few years, the entire business environment has changed, being characterized by volatility and discontinuities. Change has become so intense that companies have lost, on a large extent, their visibility and the strategic planning capacity. In order to operate in such a dynamic...

In an economy with a strong concurential character, organizations must capitalize the integrated marketing communication in the most effective way, to ensure the creation and maintenance of long-term relationships with current and potential customers. Building and managing the relationships with...

This work aimed to assess the gaps between competencies and skills of economic education graduates and the requirements of employers' skills and abilities of Pitesti, the identification of these gaps’ causes, and of viable solutions to eliminate the dentified aps. Therefore, the paper presents...

The present paper aims at characterising the venture capital market and identifying factors affecting the venture capital investments activity in Romania in the period 2000-2010. With a view to assessing the intensity of manifestation of various factors on the supply and demand of venture...

Creativity is a source of innovation. This paper investigates methods of stimulating creativity in firms. Using CIS7 data at the sectoral level, the exploratory analysis carried out first is followed by testing of factors which we identify in order to asses their incidence on R&D activity. The...

Consuming is part of the everyday life. The development of contemporary society allows an unprecedented growth of the volume of goods and services, sharpening competition. In these circumstances, marketing practices have become an indispensible utility for informing consumers, promoting offers...