About the Book
The volumes are dedicated to the 30th anniversary of "Costin C. Kiritescu" National Institute for Economic Research and its research network of the return under the aegis of the Romanian Academy.
The NIER’s network of incorporated research institutes and centers under its scientific coordination include the Institute of National Economy, the Institute of Economic Forecasting, the Institute of Agricultural Economics, the Research Institute for Quality of Life, the Institute of World Economy, the Centre of Industry and Services Economics, the Centre for Financial and Monetary Research, the Centre for Studies and Research on Agricultural and Forest Biodiversity and the Centre for Economic Information and Documentation. Also, under NIER’s umbrella six unincorporated research entities are set up: the Centre for Complex Research, the Romanian Centre for Comparative Economics and Consensus, the Centre for Macroeconomic Modelling, the Centre for Demographic Research, the Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency and the Centre for Mountain Economics.
Table of Contents:
Elena Pelinescu, Leonard Cazan, Marioara Iordan: The economic planning and prognosis
Mirela Panait, Irina Rădulescu, Cătălin Voica: Challenges of foreign direct investment in Central and Eastern Europe
Emil Dinga: About scientificity
Bogdan Căpraru, Iulian Ihnatov, Nicoleta-Livia Pintilie: What are the key drivers of European bank competition?
Adina Criste, Iulia Lupu: A retrospective analysis of the relationship between financial development and economic growth
Marioara Iordan, Mihaela-Nona Chilian, Dana Ioana Ţapu: Changes and trends in the business milieu of Romania during the post-crisis period
Corina Ene, Marian Cătălin Voica: Investors protection on the Romanian capital market
Ionela Gavrilă-Paven: European funds – Mechanism for financing the priority objectives of the member states of the European Union – the case of Romania
Muhammad Sheraz, Vasile Preda, Silvia Dedu: Bitcoin cash: statistical analysis of prices and returns dynamics
Alina Georgeta Ailincă, Cătălin Drăgoi: The bitcoin quotations, the quotations of the main international trading indexes and the main exchange rates – possible links and lags’ analysis
Florin-Marius Pavelescu: Economic cycles and political regimes in Romania during 1862–1914 period
Valentina Vasile, Elena B ănic ă, Elena Bunduchi, C ălin-Adrian Come, Daniel Ștefan: Technological intensity and firms’ export performance from the capital ownership perspective
Stelian Stancu, Constanţa Nicoleta Bodea, Alexandru Isaic-Maniu, Mihai Sabin Muscalu: Modern methods for estimating the levels of world production for the alternative fuels
Victor Platon, Andreea Constantinescu, Sorina Jurist: Models of coal production in Romania: evolution and scenarios
Marius Bulearcă, Cornelia Neagu, Cristian Sima, Daniel Mărguș: Strategic options for primary valorization of mineral resources in Romania
Mihaela Mateescu, Mihai Sabin Muscalu, Daniela Baleanu, Raluca Bozga: Decision support system for the efficient use of natural resources and waste recycling
Cornelia Neagu: Valuation of coal resources of Romania – Experiences of the past and challenges of the future
Jamal Khamis: Economy and management of critical cases at the stations of distribution of petroleum products in Damasc, Syria
Marius Bulearcă: The current status of oil refining industry in Romania
Andrei Silviu Dospinescu: Evolutions of the Romanian manufacturing sector structural weights
Rodica Miroiu: Trends of the Romanian processing industry in the world context
Roxana Florina Glăvan: Professional ethics, maximizing profit and corporative social responsibility in the oil industry
Marina Bădileanu, Luminiţa-Izabell Georgescu: An economic and financial analysis of municipal waste management in Romania
Alina Ligia Dumitrescu, Petre Prisecaru: Energy union progress revealed by key indicators and a SWOT strategic analysis
Diana Mihaela Jula, Nicoleta Jula: Energy and economic growth: econometric analysis
Cecilia Alexandri, Lucian Luca: Farm incomes and their resilience in the context of CAP simplification and modernization
Biljana Grujić, Zoran Simonović, Nikola Ćurčić: Importance of agriculture and food industry in the economy of the Republic of Serbia
Iuliana Ionel, Diana-Maria Drigă: The resilience of Romanian pig farms to African swine fever with effects on trade and budget expenditure
Anna Ivolga, Vasilii Erokhin: Food self-sufficiency and security in the conditions of trade restrictions: evidence from Russia
Lucian Luca: Some structural characteristics of Romanian farms at regional level
Claudiu-Cătălin Munteanu, Narcis Bozgă, Victor Tițăr, Daniel Nijloveanu: Young Romanian farmers’ attitude towards education and continuous learning
Vesna Paraušić, Jonel Subić, Svetlana Roljević Nikolić: Economic size and structural characteristics of the agricultural holdings in the EU and Serbia
Carmen Beatrice Păuna, Raluca-Ioana Iorgulescu, Mihaela Simionescu, Tiberiu Diaconescu: Smart agriculture development and bioenergy production: case study Covasna
Camelia Toma: Energy analysis of the farm and assessment of greenhouse gas emissions
Laurențiu Ciornei, Paula Munteanu: The structure of the forestry land in Romania and the economic advantages that can be generated in international trade with greenhouse gas emission certificates
Cornelia Alboiu: Horticultural sector competitiveness in terms of production efficiency
Romulus Gruia, Alexandru T. Bogdan, Liviu Gaceu, George Florea Tobă: Regeneration of European and Romanian biodiversity sustained by bioharmonist policies
Steliana Rodino: Transition pathways and opportunities for Romanian bioeconomy
Simona Ivana, Nicolae Starciuc, Cristea Costache, Delia Costache: Biodiversity in lignocellulolytic fungi as a source of ecoinnovation in "white biotechnology" for a circular bioeconomy
Gabriela-Cornelia Piciu: Method of calculating circularity of materials in circular economy
George Florea Tobă, Ștefan Gregore Ciornei, Marcel Th. Paraschivescu, George Leonard Tobă, Liliana Ciornei, Florin Bănățeanu: Identification, monitoring and conservation of the biodiversity of the national heritage of the Romanian buffalo breed, using breeding biotechnologies
Radu Rey: Possibilities of increasing the income of small and medium family farms by the high capitalization of "mountain products", in the associative-cooperative and private systems: examples of "good practices" and optimized results in the Romanian mountains: A vision of perspective
Daniela Antonescu, Raluca-Mirela Iordache: Regional development and cultural heritage in Romania
Vasile Avădănei, Ioan Surdu, Lidia Avădănei: Elements of impact and resilience of sustainable regeneration in housing mountain
Liviu Gaceu, Romulus Gruia, Oana Bianca Oprea: Aspects on the use in food industry of vegetal resources with antioxidant and antimicrobian properties from the mountain area
Ioana Toma, Cristina Gârlea, Daniela Popa: Mountain products – conclusions from evaluation and certification process
Dănuț Ungureanu, Dănuț Gîțan: Appreciation of the agro-tourist potential in the mountain area of Romania state of fact and new challenges
Donatella Privitera: Technology application in tourism and augmented reality: insights from Italy
Mihaela Andreea Stroe, Oana Andreea Enache: An overview on rural tourism and consumer behavior: particularities in Transylvania
Vlatko Cingoski, Biljana Petrevska: Rooftop PV Plants – Fashion or Future Trends in Hotel Industry
Drago Cvijanović, Tamara Gajić, Master Snežana Đorđević: Renovation of Lemeška Spa and tourism development: survey of attitudes of the local population
Valentina Varivoda, Alexander Trukhachev: Spatial aspects of managing tourist destinations at the regional and municipal levels
About the Author :
Chivu Luminita is General Director at the National Institute for Economic Research, Romanian Academy. She is a member of the Editorial Review Board, International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management.
Ioan- Franc Valeriu is General Deputy Director at the National Institute for Economic Research, Romanian Academy. He is the head of the Centre for Economic Information and Documentation and Editor-in-chief of NIER publications.
Georgescu George is General Deputy Director at the National Institute for Economic Research, Romanian Academy. He is a member of the National Statistical Council.
Andrei Jean-Vasile is Assistant professor at Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Department of Business Administration. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Sustainable Economies Management and Associate Editor of Economics of Agriculture.
