• The Financing of Water Supply and Sewerage Services in Romania 

      Cucoş, Alina Florentina; Trif, Nicolae Viorel; Cazan, Doiniţa (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      Water supply and sewerage services represent utilities that must be provided to all users, both the urban and the rural. The responsibility to ensure these services in terms of nondiscrimination and affordability belongs ...
    • Models to Assess the Bankruptcy Risk 

      Toma, Simona Valeria; Alexa, Ioana-Veronica; Şarpe, Daniela Ancuţa (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      Closely related to financial risk assessment, one of the main concerns of the organizations should be the evaluation of bankruptcy risk, in this period of slow economic growth. Organization bankruptcies have increased ...
    • European integration, financial resources and the absorption of European funds in Central and Eastern European Countries 

      Neculiţă, Valentin; Şarpe, Daniela Ancuţa; Neculiţă, Mihaela (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      The regional integration has the purpose to enhance the income in the region, which may be achieved through getting higher economic results by using the production factors more efficiently, increasing their mobility and ...
    • Analysis of Overnight ROBOR Interbank Interest Rate Recorded in October 2008 Using a Correlational Mathematical Model 

      Călinică, Ramona Mariana (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      Information about possible manipulation of the overnight Robor interbank interest rates appeared in the press in late June 2012 when the British bank Barclays was fined for manipulating Libor. Suspicion of manipulation ...
    • Analysis of Performance Measures in the Banking System 

      Stratulat, Angelica; Ioan, Viorica (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      The complex and delicate character of the problem of banking performance, in the context of harsh competition and the emergence of multiple risks, impose on the banks the permanent evaluation of the behavior and the ...
    • The Impact of Communication in Job Satisfaction: an Empirical Investigation within Romanian Companies 

      Epure, Dănuţ Tiberius; Ionescu, Alexandra (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      Within any organization, communication is vital. Whether it refers to interacting in daily work with colleagues or superiors, reporting activities to managers or just exchanging opinions within teams, communication is ...
    • EU Strategy for Building a Knowledge-based Economy. Ambitious Targets vs. Effective Achievements 

      Epure, Dănuţ Tiberius; Nancu, Dorinela; Ionescu, Alexandra (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      In 2000 the European Union has developed the Lisbon strategy. This strategy designed the key elements for building a knowledge-based economy, using a deep analysis of the situation and developments in the EU compared to ...
    • Opportunities to Improve the Competitiveness of Romanian Organizations 

      Gheorghe, Gabriela; Lupaşc, Ioana (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      Competitive organizations are permanently prepared to identify the cutting-edge technologies which will change the future in business by using the concept of Business Intelligence. Moore's paradigm was a visionary model ...
    • Analysis of Satisfaction Degree of the Public Insurance System Beneficiaries 

      Panaitescu, Manuela; Micu, Angela Eliza; Sorici, Costin (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      The public insurance system provides financial benefits to individuals that are obtained by collecting the due contributions. The analysis of satisfaction degree of the beneficiaries of the system was carried out to ...
    • The Economic Crisis – Meanings and Significations Causes and Solutions 

      Cazan (Zafiu), Doiniţa; Cucoş (Săracu), Alina Florentina (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      The crisis can be defined as a period in the dynamics of a system, and it is described as a multitude of difficulties, as a conflict or tensions, fact that makes difficult its normal work or functioning and this can lead ...
    • Strategic Investment and Trade in an Oligopolistic Setting 

      Alexa, Ioana-Veronica; Toma, Simona Valeria; Şarpe, Daniela Ancuţa (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      This paper analyses the international trade dynamics between two countries as a twoplayer, non-zero sum, cooperative game. The reason behind this type of approach is that we consider game theory as an important instrument ...
    • Economic Issues in the Wind Energy Development at World and European Level 

      Holban, Dana Elena; Micu, Angela Eliza; Sorici, Costin (“Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, 2013)
      Energy has become increasingly more a commodity we can not replace, a good without which modern life can not exist. Over time, sources of energy have experienced several stages of development. The quantitative involution ...