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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ROMANIA’S DEVELOPMENT REGION NORTH-EAST

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN ROMANIA’S DEVELOPMENT REGION NORTH-EAST

Author(s): Ovidiu Serafim Trufin / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2010

Keywords: foreign direct investments; economic growth; development regions; regional dissimilitude; competitive advantages

One of integration’s advantages it is represented by the increasing grade of economic opening toward the rest of the world, with benefic effects over intercepted foreign direct flows, reciprocal flows of working force and work productivity. Given this context and taking into account analyses presented in our research, I appreciate that North – East Developing Region will further attract larger flows of foreign direct investments, flows that will in turn accelerate, through chain effect, the process of regional development.

Armenia: Reluctant Reformers

Armenia: Reluctant Reformers

Author(s): Anush Babajanyan / Language(s): English / Issue: 11/10/2009

Keywords: Armenia; education; schools; classrooms; pupils; new system; teacher; relaxation day; mathematic; curriculum; kindergarten; group discussion method; noise; Education Ministry; certification; headmasters; critical-thinking qualities; new textbooks;

A shakeup in Armenia’s schools was supposed to mean more lively classrooms and a streamlined curriculum, but some habits die hard.

Hungary: Still Comrades After All These Years

Hungary: Still Comrades After All These Years

Author(s): Anita Komuves / Language(s): English / Issue: 10/27/2009

Keywords: Hungary; Iron Curtain; economic crisis; Left Front; Hungarian Communist Worker’s Party; 1956 revolution; Roma; Jobbik party; extreme right; EU; elections; Berlin Wall; 1989; Marx; Soviet gulag; communist ideology;

In some corners of the old Iron Curtain, it’s not just frustrated pensioners who still hum the “Internationale.”

DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL PERCEPTION OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY

DEVELOPMENT OF MUSICAL PERCEPTION OF PRE-SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY

Author(s): MILOŠ KODEJŠKA / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2013

Keywords: Family; educational method In our family; teaching aid The Children’s House; methodical publications and audio media

The author leads a team of Czech and Slovak experts on pre-school music education.The article discusses the importance of positive family environment surrounding a preschool child. It introduces the educational method, In our family, which is based on the integration of artistic skills and on the five human senses. It emphasizes the role of music in the healthy development of individual personality. The author introduces the teaching aid called The Children’s House and other publications related to it.

Two Cases of Divorce in the Town of Arad in the Eighteenth Century

Two Cases of Divorce in the Town of Arad in the Eighteenth Century

Author(s): Eugen Ghiţă / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2011

Keywords: marriage; divorce; daily life; household; Arad; eighteenth century

The two documents, which are the subject of the present study, made to share property in the event of divorce, help to form an image on various aspects of daily life, poorly known from other sources: household size, land property, earnings in marriage furniture, tools, animals, prices, food, secular and religious involvement of the private life etc. In addition to legal information, both inventories, which stood at the base of documents on which the property was to be divided, reveal another perspective on social history of Arad in the late eighteenth century.

POSSIBLE INTERPRETATIONS OF ARTICLE 6, LAW 10/2001 A CASE STUDY

POSIBILE INTERPRETĂRI ALE ARTICOLULUI 6 DIN LEGEA 10 / 2001. STUDIU DE CAZ

Author(s): Codruta Jucan / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2010

Keywords: restitution; movable goods; immovable goods; destination.

In the context of restitution Law no. 10/2001 a particular situation is discussed: are the goods that existed at the moment of taking over subjected to restitution? Everything in the chemist’s shop represent its inventory and, at the same time, they are the chemist’s shop itself, because their destination is not given by the building in this case, but by the fact that there is the right to practice and necessary equipment to make it a sanitary unity according to legal standards. Consequently, they are movable goods which became immovable through incorporation (as is the shop license to be a chemist’s shop - sanitary unity, given to the person because he possessed the quality of a chemist, and work authorization for the building as such), as well as goods, that is to say utensils and outfit, taken over at the moment of abusive nationalization.

The BRB Guide to Budapest: Art and Money

The BRB Guide to Budapest: Art and Money

Author(s): András Török / Language(s): English / Issue: 03/1996

"The only good artists are dead artists.” The old maxim of Budapest art dealers seemed to have lost some of its ironic truth about a year ago when the first glitzy New York-style gallery opened in central Budapest between the river and Váci utca, the fashionable shopping street. The openings at this new gallery are equally popular with the over-age end of Hungarian yuppies and the egghead society—the little of it that remains from the good old days.

The Cost Analysis of a Start-up Company in the Information Technology Domain

The Cost Analysis of a Start-up Company in the Information Technology Domain

Author(s): Cornelia Elena Tureac,Ionica Oncioiu / Language(s): English / Issue: 6/2014

Keywords: enterprise; costs; acquisition

Most countries more or less developed rely on the dynamism and resistance to risk of the private companies. Worldwide, the SMEs represent 85% of private companies that engages approximately 60% of the workforce. The company’s performance is reflected in expenditure analysis which is an important factor to be considered in an enterprise. Because of the importance of this issue,we performed an analysis and the presentation of costs of a company working in the field of IT. The expenses, if they are well established and commensurate with the income, the company will certainly be able to overcome the economic barriers that occur during the course of business activity. There search methodology lies in analyzing and highlighting the company's expenses, aiming at the necessary equipment, acquisition of intangible fixed assets, administrative expenses, external services and not least the wage costs. Spending is a factor that depends entirely on the company's control, so it represents a primary factor for analysis. In conclusion the biggest expenses in the first year are those aiming at the acquisition cost of intangible fixed assets, respectively 103.090.00 representing the software necessary for conducting the activity, and those with external performance executed by third parties amounting to 330,800.00 lei, the largest share could be found in the research activity. Salary expenditures in the first year of operation are of 299.267.00 lei.

DEFINING MARKETING IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF DESIGN

DEFINING MARKETING IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF DESIGN

Author(s): Diana Andreescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2017

Keywords: design, definition; marketing; concept; aesthetic; functional

Design means modernism, and almost always novelty.Starting from marketing management in the sociology of design andthe always existing competition, market development, evolution oftechnologies and lifestyles - all these force companies to adapt theirstrategies and products regularly to the demands of the ever fasterchanges. Today, more and more managers realise that they cansubstantially improve their competitive power if they adopt design inthe concept of firms.

Comparison of Vitality Between Two Streets of Tehran

Comparison of Vitality Between Two Streets of Tehran

Author(s): Mehrnaz Molavi,Fatemeh Jalili / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2016

Keywords: vitality; urban space; statistical analysis;quality of life index;

This is the urban spaces that make living in a city pleasant and the urban landscape delightful. Vitality, an indispensable feature in the life of a city, is an undeniable gap in many urban spaces today. Spaces lacking vitality make no passion to stop within them and no incentive to pass by them. Over time urban spaces are getting uncrowded and deprived of social life and this event puts the current urban spaces of a country seriously in danger. Given the vitality impact on desirability of urban spaces and the research concern toward this on-the-wane quality, two important streets of Tehran, Enghelab and Vali-e-Asr, were compared to investigate the effective factors in vitality more thoroughly and in terms of several needs of people in urban spaces. According to different spirits of the two streets as well as positive and negative effective factors, the amount of vitality criteria in both spaces was studied through surveys. In this regard, 200 questionnaires, prepared by the authors, have been analyzed. SPSS software was used for statistical analysis and the results were demonstrated in charts. These figures confirm the vitality potential of both spaces. However, it was concluded that the spirit in each of the spaces was different as the atmosphere of the Vali-e-Asr Street was commercial-recreational and the atmosphere of the Enghelab Street was commercial-cultural. The vitality amount of each of them is compared on the basis of their spirits. To strengthen the vitality and encourage people to engage more with the space, some suggestions have been finally presented.

Colour - important factor in preserving the local identity

Colour - important factor in preserving the local identity

Author(s): Veronica Maria Zybaczynski / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2014

Keywords: urban chromatic identity; local colours; chromaticscape

The concept of sustainable competitiveness, referring to the city, requires the analysis of the characteristic elements that confer identity to the city. Could be colour one of them? This article, based on the Doctoral Dissertation "The colour in rehabilitation" presented to the Faculty of Architecture, University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu" Bucharest, explores the role of colour in the urbanscape in terms of local identity and perceptual connections, concluding that the transformations of urban space and architecture are visible even on the chromatic level. The colour control in urban areas can be a means of preserving local identity and a potential element of sustainable urban competitiveness.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN PROJECTS - RESEARCH RESULTS

Kluczowi interesariusze w projektach - wyniki badań

Author(s): Mateusz Juchniewicz / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2017

Świadomi i zaangażowani interesariusze są niezbędni do skutecznego wdrożenia zmiany związanej z projektem. Można zatem stwierdzić, że umiejętne angażowanie interesariuszy jest jednym z kluczowych czynników sukcesu w zarządzaniu projektami.W obliczu stale rosnącego znaczenia projektów dla organizacji i gospodarki, określanego mianem projektyzacji (ang. projectification) kompetencje w zakresie kształtowania i środowiska społecznego projektów stają się obiektem zainteresowania zarówno badaczy jak i praktyków zarządzania. Bardzo ważne jest również skupienie się na kluczowych interesariuszach. Z tego względu podjęcie badań w tym obszarze jest celowe i uzasadnione - zarówno ze względów naukowych jaki praktycznych. Prezentowany artykuł stanowi podsumowanie badań realizowanych w latach 2016-2017 w organizacjach realizujących projekty w Polsce. Zaprezentowano podstawowe zagadnienia dotyczące kluczowych interesariuszy w projektach. Przedstawiono kluczowe wnioski z badań.

A Book Review of Duchologia polska. Rzeczy i ludzie w latach transformacji by Olga Drenda

A Book Review of Duchologia polska. Rzeczy i ludzie w latach transformacji by Olga Drenda

Author(s): Marek Jeziński / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2017

Keywords: nostalgia; systemic transformation; hauntology; PRL; popular culture

This review discusses the book Duchologia polska. Rzeczy i ludzie w latach transformacji (2016) by Olga Drenda, placing it in the context of a larger cultural tendency representing an interest in the end of the period of socialist Poland and the transition to capitalism and democracy as well as a more global trend described, among others, by Simon Reynolds as the ‘Re’ Decade (2011). Polish hauntology refers to the mythologization of the past, which cannot be assessed unambiguously, but is recalled with nostalgia, largely without taking into consideration the nature of the cultural phenomena it refers to. In a nostalgic perspective, it is not the balanced assessment that comes to the foreground but emotions and personal memories. This article looks at Olga Drenda’s book as a valuable voice in the discussion on nostalgia, capturing some of these personal responses to the past. The book shows in a successful, though incomplete way, that events, people, places and objects stored in old photographs and memories may create a unique cultural experience.

Exchange Rate Volatility and Trade Flows

Exchange Rate Volatility and Trade Flows

Author(s): Ali Eren Alper / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2017

Keywords: Exchange Rate; Volatility; Trade Flows Panel; Data Analysis;

After the collapse of Bretton-Woods system in 1973, many countries adopted the floating exchange rate regime. This situation led to fluctation and uncertainties in the exchange rates. There are number of studies that analyze the effect of Exchange rate volatility on trade flows but previous studies cannot obtain results about sectoral base due to the lack of disaggregated data sets. This study investigates the effects of exchange rate volatility on trade flows in Turkey. For this purpose using annual data covers the period 2002-2013. Exports to 15 European countries and imports from 15 European countries are analyzed by panel methodology. According to the test results, export sectors are negatively affected; import sectors are both positively and negatively affected from exchange rate volatility.

Becoming the promised land once again

Becoming the promised land once again

Author(s): Emil Staulund Larsen,Emily Jarvie / Language(s): English / Issue: 02 (31)/2018

Keywords: Łódź;Poland;tourism

The city of Łódź was once touted as the Promised Land of Poland. But in 2004, it was the fastest depopulating city in the country. After the modernisation of Poland and a revitalisation of the city which saw old factories turned into hip shopping malls and cultural centres, Łódź is back on track to living up to its old epithet.

Healthy Lifestyle and Pro-Consumer Orientation among Poles

Healthy Lifestyle and Pro-Consumer Orientation among Poles

Author(s): Agnieszka A. Borowiec,Izabella Lignowska / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2018

Keywords: consumer society; pro-consumer orientation; healthy lifestyle; eating, sports; smoking; sociology of health

Much like Western societies with developed economies, Polish society has become increasingly consumer-oriented, as is manifested by Poles’ desire for instant pleasure and the search for the meaning and sense of life through the purchase and consumption of goods and services available on the market. Such an approach could be positively or negatively connected with a healthy lifestyle. The aim of our study was to explore the relationship between a healthy lifestyle and the pro-consumer orientation in Poland. The study involved a survey conducted in2016 on a nationwide sample of 1,000 people. The findings suggest that a pro-consumer orientation is positively correlated with those elements of a healthy lifestyle that are trendy and symbolize membership in certain social groups. On the other hand, this orientation is inversely correlated with behaviors that require constant self-control and do not bring immediate benefits.

Getting out of Crisis of SME Sector

Getting out of Crisis of SME Sector

Author(s): Ovidiu Nicolescu,Ciprian Nicolescu,Ana Bontea / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2010

Keywords: crisis; SME sector; SME’s management; entrepreneurship;

Without any doubt, relaunching Romanian economy depends very much on SME sector getting out of the crisis, sector which has the main contribution to GDP production, to state budget income and human resources employment. Starting from these premises, based on scientific research performed in the framework of the VALAD project, we present in the following a group of coordinates and markers which, in our opinion, are capable to relaunch indigenous SME sector. Elements contained in this study are complementary to the ones presented in the article “Policy coordinates concerning SME sector development in Romania”, published in the previous issue of this magazine.

Motivation – A Performance Increase Method for the Manager

Motivation – A Performance Increase Method for the Manager

Author(s): Constantin Coderie,Dan Năstase / Language(s): English / Issue: S1/2009

Keywords: management; performance; stimulation; demands; competences; motivation; work / production climate; ergonomics;

The connection between MANAGEMENT and PERFORMANCE is mediated by motivation, which proves to be one of the most efficient elements from the range of tools at the disposal of the leadership meant to ensure constant increase of the final performance in the activity of an enterprise.

Băile Olăneşti resort. Touristic potential and valorification

Băile Olăneşti resort. Touristic potential and valorification

Author(s): Ana-Maria Roangheş-Mureanu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2018

Keywords: mineral waters; resort; tourism; promovation; Băile Olănești;

Băile Olănești Resort, located in the Olănești Depression in the Eastern part of the Getic Subcarpathians, is one of the most important spa resorts in Romania. The construction and development of Băile Olănești has been favored by the natural and anthropogenic potential of a geographical unit located in the depression area at the foot of the Căpățânii Mountains. The rich and varied hydromineral potential contributed to the early development of the spa tourism in this resort, where other types of tourism (religious) appeared, which contributed to a highly favored touristic movement and the position and favorable access from large urban areas located at relatively small distances R. Vâlcea, Pitești, Sibiu and Bucharest). Although in recent decades the resort has modernized, attracting a significant number of tourists, it is worth noting the need for a more extensive and efficient promotion of the existing benefits and the promotion of an environmental protection strategy.

Elements of the magical-religious universe, specific for the architectural ornaments in the traditional societies

Elements of the magical-religious universe, specific for the architectural ornaments in the traditional societies

Author(s): Simona Lazăr,Anca Ceaușescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 02/2017

Keywords: the architectural ornaments; the traditional societies; the magical-religious universe; symbols;

The architectural ornaments are characterised by certain symbols and signs, an interconnection that generate elements specific to the magical-religious universe, belonging to the traditional societies. Between sign/symbol, in its quality of bearer of magical-religious significations, and the sign-ornament, which includes aesthetical functions exclusively, there are established specific relations that generate the originality of the architecture or the inside of the traditional peasants’ house. In Oltenia, it is well-known the use of the specific architectural ornaments such as: the circle, the wheel, the five or six sides rosette, the cross, the rope, the tree of life, the motif of the snake. The persistence of certain symbols along hundreds or even thousands of years, and the fact that they have been used for generations, by different communities, do not reflect an ethnical continuity, but an archetypal one.