Any economic paradigm is in some way based on a certain value premise. The Islamic one considers that the main actor, the individual, does not have as a goal the maximising of the output that needs to be realized, in the shape of the wealth or of the individual consuming. The individual is not...

Using different hypothesis and empiric demonstrations of some well-known economists in this domain, the period between 1500-1750, in which appeared the recrudescence of the protestant paradigm of capitalism, try to be considered the explanation by which, at least in the analised period of time,...

The purpose of the working paper is to chart the role of religion (the most important part of the culture) and its possibilities of benefiting the economy and society. The aim is to find out how religious competence and economic activities are linked together, how do these elements interact at...

The values, faiths and virtues generate relatively stable attitudes and enduring predispositions of behavior, manifested in relation to a situation or person. The Weberian secularization hypothesis shows that, while the process of economic development is launched, the religious institution plays...

The economic development process is a complex concept, much broader than the material growth model. The economic growth is a process of accumulation in terms of quantity and value, using a series of macroeconomic variables such as GDP, the real wages or the income per capita. Economic...

In the specific literature, religious diversity has received important attention. The present study contributes to the literature of economics of religion by examining the impact of religious freedom and other specific variables of freedom (like economic freedom, political freedom and civil...

Currently, most of Weber's work is still one that lends itself to various interpretations and, thus, it equally lends itself to countless debates. Weber has been criticized for various reasons: lack of a full understanding of the Protestant doctrine; a faulty interpretation of the Catholic...

The use of many multimedia channels in order to bring information to target groups is not something new. What is new is related to how these channels are exploited by mixing techniques and technologies. We realized an online questionnaire to identify the multimedia techniques/tools that have...

The almost topical so-called Information Revolution has actually became The Knowledge Revolution. What made it possible to automate processes is not the machine - that is just the trigger. As form of reorganization of traditional work, based on centuries of experience, the well-known concept of...