Never before, since the last economic crisis, has mankind tried so hard to protect the environment by using alternative energy sources. No one can deny the importance of steam, electricity and oil for the creation of long term economic wealth. Nowadays, the use of renewable energy sources plays...

The adoption of mobile phones in most countries has been exceptionally rapid over the last three decades. In response to this new wave in technology, Cuban government under Raul Castro has made it clear that he will be reducing the size of Cuban state expenditure in favor of private...

This work was supported by CNCSIS – UEFISCSU, project number 224 PNII – IDEI code ID 793/2007). Within the context in which nowadays the health services suffer changes that have never been met before concerning in significant reforms in progress, having a new approach in providing the...

Production cost represents one of the most significant indicators by which it can be appreciated the activity of an industrial enterprise. Its content includes a serial of information necessary to any manager, which by their calculation make it an indispensable tool for diagnosis, for...

To survive and achieve to develop their activities in an increasingly competitive environment, small and medium sized enterprises have to increase their competitiveness and, progressively, reduce their operational cost. It is necessary to develop a flexible and unique management system for these...

This paper aims to underline the role and importance of a quite recent issue for managers and marketing responsibles,in fact,the strategic quality,analysed at both objective and the client level.The study propose the identification of the main possible vectors of the strategic quality and to...

Given that the purpose of any business, and therefore those working in the field of extraction of coal mineral resources, is aimed at maintaining the equilibrium relationship between revenue and expenditure, the management problem facing firms is to find those methods which allow sizing and...

In practice one cannot speak of a “standard” method used as a single recipe that may facilitate the reduction of uncertainty in decision making. The transition from the state of crisis to the state of opportunity becomes the ground on which technocratic, structural, cultural and political...

Following the global economic crisis, some organizations have managed to find new opportunities for development. The research aims to explore these opportunities in the extended supply chain by analyzing key features that until now were left behind to care for the cost and sales volume. A...