- Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, Department of Economics, Faculty Memberadd
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In this paper, we question whether there is a catch-up effect or announcement effecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the European Union (EU) to the ten EU accession countries. We study FDI outflows for Romania, a small economy... more
In this paper, we question whether there is a catch-up effect or announcement effecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the European Union (EU) to the ten EU accession countries. We study FDI outflows for Romania, a small economy with few historical ties to Eastern Europe, and compare FDI in the transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe to FDI in other regions - most notably to transition countries in Central Asia. In our analysis we try to impose as little structure as possible on the data and allow for heterogeneity within the different regions. In an effort to improve on past studies in the same area, we use a very broad sample of countries; we present country-specific results. We will try to show that economic fundamentals explain differences in inward investment in the region. FDI and trade are mostly complementary and there is no evidence that there is crowding out between regions
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In this paper, we question whether there is a catch-up effect or announcement effecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the European Union (EU) to the ten EU accession countries. We study FDI outflows for Romania, a small economy... more
In this paper, we question whether there is a catch-up effect or announcement effecting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the European Union (EU) to the ten EU accession countries. We study FDI outflows for Romania, a small economy with few historical ties to Eastern Europe, and compare FDI in the transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe to FDI in other regions - most notably to transition countries in Central Asia. In our analysis we try to impose as little structure as possible on the data and allow for heterogeneity within the different regions. In an effort to improve on past studies in the same area, we use a very broad sample of countries; we present country-specific results. We will try to show that economic fundamentals explain differences in inward investment in the region. FDI and trade are mostly complementary and there is no evidence that there is crowding out between regions
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Increasing the efficiency of structural funds and the rate of absorption is one of the opportunity that Romanian economy has to maximize. The article presents a general analysis on the absorption of Regional Operational Program for the... more
Increasing the efficiency of structural funds and the rate of absorption is one of the opportunity that Romanian economy has to maximize. The article presents a general analysis on the absorption of Regional Operational Program for the financial programming period 2007-2013. This evolution is being regarded in the context of improving the efficiency of the Regional Operational Program for the present financial programming period 2014-2020, in order to use the experience accumulated and to increase the absorption rate.
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Entrepreneurial orientation is becoming one of the objectives of the future development strategy for the European Union. This alternative is very important for young people especially considering the high unemployment rates of the present... more
Entrepreneurial orientation is becoming one of the objectives of the future development strategy for the European Union. This alternative is very important for young people especially considering the high unemployment rates of the present situation for majority of the countries. We have to consider also the population that has no alternative and sees entrepreneurship as a possibility of assuring their incomes and also as an opportunity to support the community to which they belong. In this article we try to present general characteristics of the entrepreneurs that are acting in Romania, their motivations and a general overview upon the entrepreneurs’ weight in the occupied population considered on economy’s sectors. In the second part of the article we try to present three models of entrepreneurs in different areas of activity and with different approach to the entrepreneurship characteristics.
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In the educational process, effective communication is very important and but difficult to measure. The research team tried to analyse the communication process at the level of young groups of students, highlighting issues related to... more
In the educational process, effective communication is very important and but difficult to measure. The research team tried to analyse the communication process at the level of young groups of students, highlighting issues related to communication between students and communication between students and professors. This analysis was combined with the implementation of a special educational method for economic specializations, i.e. simulation of the economic activity in a company. Effective communication in the educational process depends heavily on the professor and on the method used, but the importance of communication at the group level and of encouragement for interaction between students related to their future activity also need to be considered.
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The new dimensions of control in monitoring and implementing projects funded by European funds are to provide the appropriate framework and the necessary information to assess the impact of the technical assistance activity on increasing... more
The new dimensions of control in monitoring and implementing projects funded by European funds are to provide the appropriate framework and the necessary information to assess the impact of the technical assistance activity on increasing the efficiency of the European funds management and control system. The ultimate goal is to attract and use European funds in order to achieve significant results, especially for activities generating high added value. Control activity appears to be an appropriately used leverage to help attract and absorb Structural and Investment European Funds in order to generate and sustain economic growth and promote social cohesion. Control is at the same time an important mechanism to protect the financial interests of the European Union and is the tool for preventing, detecting and recovering irregularities and frauds in projects funded by European funds.
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Intercultural influences, in this article, are viewed from the perspective of the educational benefits thatstudents acquire from international socio-educational experiences. A proposal was made to model the analysis ofthese benefits on... more
Intercultural influences, in this article, are viewed from the perspective of the educational benefits thatstudents acquire from international socio-educational experiences. A proposal was made to model the analysis ofthese benefits on students from economic specialties in terms of influences through education and through interactionwith some cultures, different from those to which the individual belongs to, respectively in terms of social influence.The analysis of the international socio-educational experience of the people who studied for a period of time inanother country, in another university center, was the starting point for designing a research methodology so that theproposed subject could be investigated, by: collecting, structuring and analyzing qualitative data, considering thatqualitative data will allow the “discovery” of associations of characteristics, respectively of the benefits of livedexperiences, which can only be analyzed and perceived through the prism of the p...
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Reducing economic disparities between
rural and urban areas through integrated
development – Case study: analysis
of the turnover of companies in the AIDA
Association, Alba County, Romania
rural and urban areas through integrated
development – Case study: analysis
of the turnover of companies in the AIDA
Association, Alba County, Romania
al and urban areas is included in the Operational Regional Programme for 2007 – 2013 and it is based on regional development law (Law no. 151/1998), modified through Law no. 315/2004, respecting the European Commission Re- gulation no.... more
al and urban areas is included in the Operational Regional Programme for 2007 – 2013 and it is based on regional development law (Law no. 151/1998), modified through Law no. 315/2004, respecting the European Commission Re- gulation no. 1059/2003. So, according to these regulations in order to have an equilibrium development, the cities that are the county capitals should be used as social and economic development engines, representing in fact the definition of growth poles. At the same time, the effects of the agglomeration of small and medium cities from the preponderant rural areas can be used if these effects were proven. The objective of the Operational Regional Programme 2007–2013 is to support an equilibrate economic and social territorial development, corre- sponding to regional needs and resources, using the growth poles and developing
Basis of the economical integration were set through the Treaty from Rome,closed in 1957. The realization of the economical and monetary union asked by theeconomical integration, are the most important success of the European project. For... more
Basis of the economical integration were set through the Treaty from Rome,closed in 1957. The realization of the economical and monetary union asked by theeconomical integration, are the most important success of the European project. For therealization of the economical integration were necessary an entire series of political economymeasures, of the transformations of the economical, socials and institutional structures whichexist at the moment.The economies generated by the production on large series: is the result of a biggerefficiency, based on an optimal dimension of the enterprise, which permits medium costssmaller and, through this, the possibility of increasing the competition on the internationalmarket. The scale economies are possible in some economical branches only when theproduction is realized in units with large dimensions and of large series, sustained, in thesane time, by a great technological advantage. On the other hand, only the biggestenterprises, which generate...
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A fi antreprenor, remarca profesorul Dumitru Sandu, înseamnă să înveţi un rol nou care este departe de ceea ce comunismul a propus sau, mai exact spus, a impus, ca model de socializare, a învăţa un rol nou într-un mediu nefavorabil... more
A fi antreprenor, remarca profesorul Dumitru Sandu, înseamnă să înveţi un rol nou care este departe de ceea ce comunismul a propus sau, mai exact spus, a impus, ca model de socializare, a învăţa un rol nou într-un mediu nefavorabil reprezentând marea provocare ...
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This study aims to highlight the results achieved through the implementation of projects financed by the European Social Fund through the Operational Program for Human Resources Development 2007-2013 at regional level. It was considered... more
This study aims to highlight the results achieved through the implementation of
projects financed by the European Social Fund through the Operational Program for Human
Resources Development 2007-2013 at regional level. It was considered Center Region for the
presentation and analysis of data from the point of view of absorption and especially from the point
of view of the results obtained by analyzing outcome indicators reported by the recipients for 2007-
2012. Although the degree of absorption is relatively low, it was found that a large proportion of
people who participated in the project activities have gained superior skills to those achieved
before insertion into the labor market. Such results are not always immediately measurable, but
certainly have led to the increase of the flexibility and generated a labor market mobile in the
analyzed region.
projects financed by the European Social Fund through the Operational Program for Human
Resources Development 2007-2013 at regional level. It was considered Center Region for the
presentation and analysis of data from the point of view of absorption and especially from the point
of view of the results obtained by analyzing outcome indicators reported by the recipients for 2007-
2012. Although the degree of absorption is relatively low, it was found that a large proportion of
people who participated in the project activities have gained superior skills to those achieved
before insertion into the labor market. Such results are not always immediately measurable, but
certainly have led to the increase of the flexibility and generated a labor market mobile in the
analyzed region.