The aim of the present paper is to describe the investment environment in Romania, to highlight the stringent problems that need to be solved and also to propose solutions for a better investment environment. In the actual economic context, policymakers across all regions are facing difficult...

External growth operations, such as mergers and acquisitions (M&As), alliances, consortia, are often seen by the companies as a way of expending their businesses or as a way of survival. In this chapter, we identify the determinants of the acquirers for choosing one type of merger in the...