171,108 research outputs found
Knowledge marketing and development in the new knowledge-based economy
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to analyze and describe the relation between knowledge and development in the new knowledge-based economy and to deduct the socio-economic basics of the public marketing strategies in this context. The particularity of this approach is due to the features of knowledge, seen as production factor, mixed public good or global public good, as well as their developments in the context of relationships between university and industry, the new role of public sector research or the new theory of endogenous growth. The economic and social logic of this paper includes marketing among the tools to promote knowledgebased technology progress, imposing even juxtaposition between private or public marketing strategies. The knowledge market develops in specific directions that are compatible and integrated in the development strategies of contemporary economies. Given this context, the quantitative analysis models are inspired by more general or even classical economic models that integrate technical progress, human capital or knowledge status. The main topics discussed in this paper relate to: knowledge and arguments for knowledge marketing development, knowledge and knowledge market as objects of public marketing in contemporary economy, development models that incorporate the impact of knowledge marketing strategies and relevant empirical analysis in the context of the Romanian economy development. The growth methods are based on relevant bibliographic analysis, quantitative models and statistical evaluations, systemic analyses and summaries.knowledge, knowledge market, global public goods
National and European Values of Public Administration in the Balkans
No full textThe current volume represents the outcome of the international conference “National and European Values of Public Administration in the Balkans”, organised in Bucharest on 15 – 16 July 2011.
The conference has been organised by Jean Monnet research network dedicated to “South-Eastern European developments on the administrative convergence and enlargement of the
European Administrative Space in Balkan states”, representing the third edition of the events
organised under the above aegis.
The research network, comprising the National School of Political Studies and Public
Administration (NSPSPA), Bucharest, Romania, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece,
New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria, University of Rijeka, Croatia and the European
Public Law Organization (EPLO) with headquarters in Athens, Greece has developed and
continues to develop studies and researches specific for the development of public
administration in the Balkan states.
The keynote speakers of the conference included Mw. Dr. Helena Raulus, EU Law Docent,
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid , Erasmus Universiteit, Netherlands, Prof. Dr. Spyridon
Flogaitis, Director, President of the BoD, European Public Law Organization, Greece and
Prof. Dr. Lucica Matei, Dean, Faculty of Public Administration, National School of Political
Studies and Public Administration, Romania.
The contents of the papers presented have been focused on the following topics:
EU normative support for sustaining the process of administrative convergence
European Administrative Space principles – pillars for the mechanisms of evaluation
of public administration reforms
Balkan priorities for European Administrative Space enlargement
Other two sub adjacent topics have been added, aiming especially the doctoral students,
emphasising the following themes:
The process of administrative convergence at EU level
Efficiency, effectiveness and responsibility in the European Administrative Space
European Administrative Space. Priorities of the future.
For the international conference, 88 abstracts were received, of which due to the first selection
achieved by the Conference Scientific Committee, 56 papers were accepted.
After presentation, the papers have been improved and subjected to double review, so that
there were accepted for publication 36 papers, having 46 authors from nine countries:
Romania, Greece, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Albania, France, Croatia, Italy and USA and two
European organisations: EPLO and EIPA.
The general conclusion expected for the final of our conference could refer to the existence of
a Balkan Administrative Space as part of the European Administrative Space.
Even if the area of the Balkan Administrative Space is confined, we have to highlight the
unity in diversity as a fundamental feature.
The unity derives from the ideals of European integration of the Balkan states and the
diversity derives from the national histories, cultural diversity and their national identity.
The connections of the Balkan Administrative Space become day by day more powerful
related to the European Administrative Space.
They are determined by the development of the processes of convergence and administrative
dynamics as well as by the internal developments induced by the administrative reforms in the
mentioned states.
In this context, we could assert that by means of the research proposed and achieved, our
project has open new agendas of research, that partially have been expressed in our research
reports, publications etc.
At the same time, as remarked from the contents of this conference, the national and European
values of the Balkan Administrative Space are substantiated on the regulatory framework of
the European Union, the processes of convergence and administrative dynamics, as well as on
the principles of the European Administrative Space.
In fact, as it is well known, the latter becomes a non-formalised acquis of the European Public
Administration, representing a standard for assessing the progress in the reforms of the
national public administrations.
Our conference has taken place under the auspices of this generous perspective.
I would like to express my kind thanks to everyone for your contribution to conceiving,
organising and delivering this scientific event
Optimal sample coordination using controlled selection
No full textSample coordination maximizes or minimizes the overlap of samples selected from overlapping populations. We propose a coordination method for the case where units are to be selected with maximum overlap using two designs with given unit inclusion probabilities. Our method is based on some theoretical conditions on the joint selection probability of two samples and on the application of a controlled selection method, implemented with linear programming.<br/
RELEVANCE OF WESTERN EUROPEAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORM ON TRANSITION COUNTRIES – WHO LEARNS WHAT FROM WHOM?
No full textThe chapter introduces a conceptual framework of the main driven shifts brought by the public management reforms and the diffusion of innovation in public administration through best practice transfer among countries. In addressing the objectives, the research explores the main public administration reform strategies in Italy and Romania, pointing out: 1) the public sector innovation programs, drivers and trends of development; 2) the best practice transfer and learning from one national setting to another, through “Cento Progetti al Servizio dei Cittadini in Italy” and“100 proiecte in Romania”. The findings sketch out the relevance of the NPM model in the policy agenda and its implementation gaps at various levels and areas of reform, though the lens of specific projects of innovation dissemination
Administrative reforms in South Eastern European states. Comparative study in view of enlarging the European Administrative Space. 2010 Sino-US International Conference on Public Administration (5th), June 14-17, 2010, Xiamen City, P.R. China
No full textThe accession and enlargement of the European integration process have determined, especially in the last decade, profound reforms aimed at changing the national public administrations in consensus with the developments of the administrations in the European Union Member States. Framed in a more general international context defined by the public management reforms, even in developed countries, such as those of OECD, the administrative reforms in South-Eastern European states had recorded different dynamics, and the processes of administrative convergence have been marked by a broad diversity. In this context, the paper aims to achieve a comparative study concerning the general, strategic and operational framework of the reforms in states revealing different hypostases within the process of accession into the European Union. The target group of the analysis will comprise Balkan states (Romania, Bulgaria, Greece or Turkey), Western Balkan states (Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia or Montenegro) or states belonging to the former soviet block (Moldova, Ukraine or Belarus). Lacking an European model of public administration, the comparative study will use as comparison criteria, the principles of the European Administrative Space concerning administration by law, predictability of the public managerial processes, decisional transparency, efficiency and effectiveness. Criteria of administrative rationalization derived from public management reforms will be added. Therefore, the paper will be structured on several chapters, as follows: -Overview concerning the institutional framework of the administrative reforms; -Comparative analyses taking into consideration the above mentioned criteria; - Conclusions. The research methods refer to documentary and bibliographical analysis, and comparative systemic analysi
European Administration. Normative Fundaments and Systemic Models
No full textMaking use of the relevant literature in the area, this paper proposes a systemic approach to the European administration. The difficulty of the research design stems from the inconsistency of the regulations European treaties exhibit, as well as from the sectorial approaches, mostly of legal nature, on the conceptualization of the EU administration. To this we add the complexity of the analyzed process which, under the conditions set by the EU enlargement tends to overcome, both in sphere and content, many of the administrations of the federal states or international organizations. The systemic model we propose is a complex system, of a mixed architecture. It is there that the self-regulatory processes have a unique specificity and make use of both a legal foundation and of complementary processes such are those of Europeanization, convergence and administrative dynami
European Administration. Normative Fundaments and Systemic Models
No full textMaking use of the relevant literature in the area, this paper proposes a systemic approach to the European administration. The difficulty of the research design stems from the inconsistency of the regulations European treaties exhibit, as well as from the sectorial approaches, mostly of legal nature, on the conceptualization of the EU administration. To this we add the complexity of the analyzed process which, under the conditions set by the EU enlargement tends to overcome, both in sphere and content, many of the administrations of the federal states or international organizations. The systemic model we propose is a complex system, of a mixed architecture. It is there that the self-regulatory processes have a unique specificity and make use of both a legal foundation and of complementary processes such are those of Europeanization, convergence and administrative dynamicEuropean administration, European Administrative Space, Cybernetic system, Europeanization, Convergence, Administrative dynamics.
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Bologna changes in MA degree programmes. Convergence of the public administration programmes in South-Eastern Europe
No full textThe provisions of Bologna Declaration are ongoing implemented in several South- Eastern European states, members or non members of the European Union. For most states, important restructuring processes for the legal framework and organisation system of higher education were imperative. At the same time, the content of the programmes for all the three cycles was revised in order to follow closely the finalities stipulated in the European documents, substantiating the European Higher Education Area. In this context, the current paper aims to carry out the comparative analysis for the actual level attained by the mentioned states in implementing Bologna Process, with special attention towards higher education in the area of public administration. Research teams, led by the author of this paper have analysed the degree of curricular compatibility of the Bachelor programmes from various European states. This time, the research will focus on describing the process of convergence related to the delivery modalities and the content of the Master programmes in the area of public administration, corresponding to the second cycle of Bologna system. The indicators of convergence will be defined related to the standards of evaluation,used by EAPAA for accreditation of the public administration programmes.Bologna process,M A public administration programmes,convergence
The Internalization of the European Administrative Space - principles in national public administrations. Study Case: Romania
No full textAmong different sociological concepts and theories applicable to the study of the process of Europeanization of public administration, internalization is but seldom to be encountered. The internalization of the principles of the European Administrative Space (EAS) in the national public administrations appears as both a learning process, as well as a process of organizational change, a consequence of the interaction between individual learning, civil servants and public employees, and organizational learning, at the level of public institutions and authorities. The mechanisms that favor internalization are multiple, and are extracted from the complexity of the activities implied by the European integration; without it, one could not differentiate between the amounts of information available. The authors of the present report chose to make an assessment based on empirical researches, and an interpretation in accordance to the statistical instruments employed. This report is structured in three chapters regarding the European Union and the process of Europeanization, EAS in the context of Europeanization, as well as the internalization of the EAS principles in Romania. The empirical and statistical approach represents the largest part of the report, offering significant details for which those interested may constitute the premises for further developments. Actually, the formulated conclusions may be even more deepened and associated with action plans to determine a further internalization of the EAS principles
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