VOLUME 3(1) • 2008
ROMANIA'S STANDARD OF LIVING AFTER THE ACCESSION TO THE EU
ABSTRACT. Hoek writes that immediately after the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe there were high hopes for a favorable economic development in the region. Bilefsky maintains that Romania and Bulgaria (the European Union's poorest members) hope that membership helps them raise their p..
TOWARD ESTABLISHING EFFICIENT INTERNAL CONTROLS
ABSTRACT. Hong Kong Institute of CPA contends that control is not synonymous with managing and does not constitute everything involved in the management of a company. PricewaterhouseCoopers affirms that the Internal Control System (ICS) is one of the key management instruments at an organization's d..
OPTIMAL MONETARY POLICY AND FISCAL RESTRICTIONS
ABSTRACT. According to Bordo, many monetary economists have come to regard the monetary aggregates as obsolete measures of the monetary policy stance. Orphanides examines the performance and robustness of monetary policy rules when the central bank and the public have imperfect knowledge of the econ..
MANAGEMENT AND BLACK PEOPLE: THE THEORY B
ABSTRACT. A well managed Black worker can give the best results in every field of endeavor. As the world integrates into a single monolithic entity, a singular management theory is fast evolving and Black workers are now found everywhere on the globe and must work with people of diverse racial backg..
INTERNATIONAL STOCK MARKET INTEGRATION: EVIDENCE FROM CANADA, CHINA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM
ABSTRACT. The present paper analyses the relationship between three international stock markets: London, Toronto and Hong-Kong. The non-overlapping trading periods in those three stock markets determine the results of cross-correlations and regressions of the daily returns. In order to deal with pro..
STEPS IN STRATEGIC SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
ABSTRACT. For most, the concept of Strategic Sustainable Development remains abstract and theoretical. If sustainable development is to achieve its potential, it must be integrated into the planning and measurement systems of business enterprises. For that to happen, the concept must be articulated ..
THE NEURAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK
ABSTRACT. The analysis of organizational performance is the most important focus facing international investment whereas the means by which such assessment can be undertaken is varied. Neural Network (NN) and multivariate analysis are the two most vital financial modeling techniques in the assessmen..
KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS
ABSTRACT. Tassey maintains that both macroeconomic and microeconomic growth models have made technology an endogenous explanatory variable. Amoroso notes that global governance is legitimized by the policies imposed on the world scale by the IMF, WB and WTO. Geiser asserts that cleaner production ha..
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AS A FACTOR IN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HORTICULTURE SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
ABSTRACT. Franco et al. present some economic and social implication of horticultural, floricultural and nursery based rehabilitation programs for people with intellectual and psychological disabilities. According to the EC-DGA, production in the EU is characterized by rapid and significant fluctuat..
AGRITOURISM MARKET AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT IN ROMANIA
ABSTRACT. Gangu et al. hold that, after the 1989 political changes, many changes have occurred in Romanian agriculture. Heilmayr observes that one of the biggest problems facing Romanian organic producers is an inability to add value to their products. Scrieciu focuses only on trade integration aspe..