Government environmental regulations, along with increasing awareness and demand from customers for firms to be sustainable, are driving firms to implement new technologies to enhance the sustainability practices of their firms. Given a finite implementation horizon and a target improvement...

The present paper work deals with theoretical concepts regarding the reasons that may lead to a project’s failure or success. The primary aim of the work paper is to help readers to get a view of conceptualizations of project management and its phases, while providing an opportunity to see the...

The purpose of this study is to emphasize the main aspects regarding project quality management. This study tries to present in the comparative manner, different approaches of the main guidelines, international standards and methodologies regarding project quality management (the PMBOK ® Guide...

The concept of “project planning” is not uniformly understood. Some authors reduce it to scheduling – determining the dates for performing schedule activities and deadlines for reaching milestones. In this paper, as Nicholas and Steyn (2008) we assume that planning is a process that...

April 12, 2011 marked the 50th anniversary of the first human being— Yuri Gagarin—sent into outer space. This event, as well as the Soviet’s launch of the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik in 1957, had a tremendous impact on the whole world and especially on the United States....

This paper presents a model that determines the optimal budget allocation strategy for the development of new technologies for safety-critical systems over multiple decision periods. The case of the development of a hypersonic passenger airplane is used as an illustration. The model takes into...

The book deals with theoretical concepts and ways of practical implementation of information sytems in companies. A successful information system project has to be based on the information strategy of the company. Taking the business strategy into consideration the information system value for...

The accession of Hungary to the European Union created vast opportunities for the development of infrastructure in the area of environmental protection. But the financial resources almost always depend on the availability of some kind of regional cooperation or territorial integration. In my...

Through this paper, we are intending to underline the negative impact which the interpersonal conflict may have during projects. After reviewing the most important factors which generate this type of conflicts, we have discussed the main aspects about the principles and steps which a project...

In order to promote accession to the European Union, the Committee of the European Union set up a support fund within the EU Budget to assist the countries intending to join the EU in 1998-1999. The purpose of the subsidy was the development in the area of transport and environmental protection...