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Crisis impact on the Romanian economy compared to European Union countries
Get PDFThe second half of 2008 marked, in Romania, the entry into technical recession, and during the following periods of time the economic contractions led to a widespread crisis in almost all sectors. In the first half of 2010, Europe recorded the first increase, more or less timid, meaning leaving the recession, but in Romania we continue to record an economic contraction – in other words, the fourth quarter of crisis. Business analysts and business people consider that this setback was caused by the lowering of the population’s purchasing power and government measures taken or just announced, in the first half of 2010, as well as the bankers’ reluctance to lend to firms
Regional and Sustainable Development in Italy (as a member of EU)
No full textAbstractToday‘s Europe faces profound structural transformations as identified in the Europe 2020 Strategy, in particular the transition towards a green, low carbon and resource efficient economy, the demographic ageing of our society and rapid technological advances. Transforming the economy along these paths will increase competitiveness and provide important sources of growth and jobs, as well as addressing economic and social needs.The apparition of agriculture about ten thousand years ago, is considered the first great economic revolution in human history. With it begins a new history, completely different from that which preceded it. Its spreading across the globe changed the relationship between man and nature. Through the invention of agriculture, man has begun to create necessary food products, increasing efficiency of the invested effort and reducing the chaos that marked his existence, there have emerged and have increased human settlements, cultivated land, domestic animals and, on this basis, a new way of life emerged. [12]The agricultural sector of rural development satisfies an economic way of reasoning which turns out to be insufficient to enable rural areas to apprehend the new issues of territorial cohesion. In order to contribute to Lisbon and Gšteborg objectives, rural development strategies should focus on innovation and transfer of knowledge and good practices, thanks interregional cooperation. The objectives of the EU rural development policy - also known as the second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – focus on the enhancement of the social and economic cohesion, on the improvement of competitiveness in farming and forestry sectors, and on the amelioration of the environment aiming at landscape conservation and sustainable development
THE ROMANIAN STANDARD OF LIVING AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
Get PDFIt is quite obvious that the purchasing power of the population in 2009 will be seriously affected. The daily consumption calculated by the National Statistics Institute is made up to 37.7% by food, beverages and cigarettes, and any rise in the price of them will have direct effects on the living standards. Gross wage in March 2009 was 446 euros, down from 470 euro, level registered in 2008. If in 2008 employees have received salary increases in terms of economic record growth in 2009 the situation has changed radically, most companies announcing the freezing of salaries. Revenues of the private sector were reduced and even stagnant. The inflation rate in April of 6.45% puts Romania in first place among European Union countries as regards the negative developments of the economy. Although desirable for wages is to keep pace with rising prices, the depreciation rate against the euro led to a decrease in income reported to the European currency. According to a study conducted by Unicef and the World Bank, the number of people living in poverty in our country will reach 1.59 million this year, 370,000 people more than in 2008.economic crisis, inflation, purchasing power, poverty
The Process Of Advocacy In Romanian Public Policy
Get PDFInfluencing public policy in favor of interest groups can be achieved through advocacy associations legally constituted whose mission is to: promovate professional excellence in the application of advanced practices of advocacy, strengthen civil society participation in development of public policies and continuously develop policies to private firms.. Through advocacy associations can uphold and enforce the values of entrepreneurship and free enterprise. Any resource used in advocacy efforts associations should generate added value and impact, contribute to the progress, development and improved quality of life. Advocacy associations must primarily promotes technical and professional skills of advocacy for any civil society interested group with honesty, dignity, mutual respect, transparency and social responsibility in order to strengthen the system of participatory democracy to which they are signatories
Romania’s Main Role in the Current Global Economic Context
Get PDFThe purpose of this article is to highlight Romania’s role in the current international economic context. The analysis herein refers to the domestic macroeconomic developments of our country in 2015, which will influence in the future the evolution of the Romanian economy. In this article we will cover Romania’s current international position, Romania's external position, the developments in the labour market from Romania, as well as the international context in which our country finds itself also
RURAL TOURISM AS AN important source of income FOR SOME RURAL PLACES
No full textTourism is the most important economic branch, worldwide, owning 12% of all areas of activity and revenue of approximately 530 billion dollars per year. In the past 10 years we could see an increasing demand for rural tourism and ecotourism, many of the international travel agencies offering ecotourism packages. Our country is attractive from the perspective of international travel agencies, due to unpolluted nature, the authenticity of traditions, the Danube Delta, old forests and not least, the Romanian hospitality. Rural tourism had been practiced for a long time in Romania but for the past 15-20 years, it was casual and without any form of organization. Tourism activities in rural areas are carried out when agricultural activities take place and contribute to the welfare of rural communities that practice it. The development of tourism activities requires attention to the quality of the environment by preserving and developing the quality in the areas that have entered the tourist circuit, controlling the activity quality for a rational use of tourism resources. Our country benefits from EU funding through several programs including SAPARD, taking one of the measures, Measure 3.4, which is called the development and diversification of economic activities that generate multiple activities and alternative incomes. A deciding role in the development of rural tourism is held by the general infrastructure, requiring subsidies from the budget for tourism attraction areas for sustaining, by public administrations, programs to support tourism in rural areas. Rural tourism contributes to the sustainable development of the Romanian rural environment by proper use of local resources, establishing youth in rural areas, reducing the number of unemployed, women's involvement in economic and social life of rural settlements, raising living standards, growth in household rural areas, increasing the industry's contribution to the formation of gross domestic product. Ecotourism is a business opportunity, a market segment growing rapidly, having an important educational component, by teaching respect for the natural environment.ecotourism, tourism, sustainable development, financing, SAPARD, unexploited potential.
RURAL TOURISM AS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INCOME FOR RURAL PLACES
No full textTourism is the most important economic branch, worldwide, owning 12% of all areas of activity and revenue of approximately 530 billion dollars per year. In the past 10 years we could see an increasing demand for rural tourism and ecotourism, many of the international travel agencies offering ecotourism packages. Our country is attractive from the perspective of international travel agencies, because of unpolluted nature, the authenticity of traditions, the Danube Delta, old forests and not least, because the Romanian hospitality.Rural tourism had been practiced for a long time in Romania but for the past 15-20 years, it was casual and without any form of organization. Tourism activities in rural areas are carried out when agricultural activities takeplace and contribute to the welfare of rural communities that practice it.The development of tourism activities requires attention to the quality of the environment by preserving and developing the quality in the areas that have entered the tourist circuit, controlling the activity quality for a rational use of tourism resources.Our country benefits from EU funding through several programs including SAPARD, taking one of the measures, Measure 3.4, which is called the development and diversification of economic activities that generate multiple activities and alternative incomes.A deciding role in the development of rural tourism is held by the general infrastructure, requiring subsidies from the budget for tourism attraction areas for sustaining, by public administrations, programs to support tourism in rural areas.Rural tourism contributes to the sustainable development of the Romanian rural environment by proper use of local resources, establishing youth in rural areas, reducing the number of unemployed, women\u27s involvement in economic and social life of rural settlements, raising living standards, growth in household rural areas, increasing the industry\u27s contribution to the formation of gross domestic product.Ecotourism is a business opportunity, a market segment growing rapidly, having an important educational component, by teaching respect for the natural environment
USING BIG DATA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Get PDFDigitalization is fundamentally changing companies and other organizations, just as the business world has never seen before. Changes also take place on the financial and accounting side of a company. Future digital advancements are a necessity because providers use this type of systems. The use of new technologies in business management is expected especially in terms of document recognition, data exchange, receipt and payment transactions, communication, excel replacement, text recognition. Big Data is becoming an indispensable resource for many organizations. Digitalization is fundamentally changing companies and other organizations, just as the business world has never seen before. The term Big Data has evolved in a flash to take into account the rapidly expanding quantities of digital information systems that are generated, the hard work of creating that information that can be analyzed, and the actual use of that data as capital to increase efficiency, create and enable innovation, and improve decision-making
CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IN PUBLIC RELATIONS, AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN ASSISTING MANAGERIAL DECISIONS
Get PDFIn this study, we write regarding creativity and innovation in public relations, of which it is evident that we need as a necessary means in supporting managerial judgments. For us, creativity in public relations can be a new way to achieve a goal easier, more efficient and faster. It is evident that every client acknowledges creativity, but in frequent situations, it does not convert into evident cases or messages for a mass audience and then is not visible. We also discuss in our study the profile of a ingenious public relations professional, who must be: engaged, instructed, ambitious for performance, having logical knowledge, having malleable and decisive judgment, being an idealist. In this analysis we will make an investigation to show that ingenuity can appear in one of the subsequent positions at the corporate administration zone: either in planning (positioning, outlining) or implementation (technique, presentation information, knowledge).
