Economy and Sociology: Theoretical and Scientifical Journal

11-17

Authors: Gheorghe CUCIUREANU

Smart Specialisation is a strategic approach to economic development through targeted support to research and innovation. It is a key element in the ‘Innovation Union’ flagship initiative of the Europe 2020 agenda for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The paper is focused on analysis (especially through desk-review and observations) of the existing R&D framework in our country, to see to what extent science policy can lead to smart specialization in the Republic of Moldova. As a result, we have formulated five major challenges for convergence of the national R&D system to smart specialization.

24-28

Authors: Vadim MACARI, PhD, Conf. Researcher, National Institute for Economic Research, Moldova Marioara IORDAN, PhD, Senior Researcher I, Institute for Economic Forecasting of the National Institute of Economic Research of Romanian Academy

Novelty of this research paper is determined by the imperative economic and social need to create the necessary legal and favorable framework for initiation and developing family business as a form of business success that would be accessible to socially vulnerable families. The aim of the research paper is to investigate the main legal rules of the legal framework of family business in Romania and to familiarize it with similar families from the Republic of Moldova; this would take into account acceptable rules for the Republic of Moldova and will help to create the legal basis for the establishment of this relatively new form of family entrepreneurship in this country. The main research methods are: systemic analysis, monographic, logic etc. The main scientific results obtained in the article are based on identification, analysis and systematization of main legal norms of the legal framework for the initiation and regulation of family businesses in Romania.

34-40

Authors: Nicoleta MIHAILA, PhD, Centre for Financial and Mometary Research “Victor Slavescu” Silvia Elena ISACHI, PhD Student, Centre for Financial and Mometary Research “Victor Slavescu”

Economic growth implies, at microeconomic level, a process of analysis and adaptation of the business climate, which requires continuous tracking of transaction costs. In this regard, our paper aims at identifying these transaction costs at the firm’s level, respectively the theoretical aspects of transaction costs and their analysis from a fiscal perspective, a comparative analysis of them in Romania and Moldova and some countries in the South East Europe. The methodology used will be a descriptive one, consisting of gathering data and information from the specialized literature and practice. Results of the analysis show that transaction costs, determined in our case, by the costs of compliance with tax legislation, influence the activity of the firm: the higher tax compliance costs are the more transaction costs grow, so the company results will be diminished.

47-60

Authors: Bestenigar KARA, PhD Student, Turkey Alexandru GRIBINCEA, PhD, Professor, ULIM

This study shortly deals with bilateral political and economic relations between Turkey and Azerbaijan, of which relations have acquired unique and irreplaceable dimension beyond brotherhood thanks to their common history, culture, religion and language. Within this frame the topic of article, there has been researched in depth as follows: short history of political and diplomatic relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey, bilateral foreign trade of the two states, energy cooperation of Azerbaijan and Turkey, cooperation of Azerbaijan and Turkey in transportation, investment and tourism as well. The topic of article is a current issue. On one hand, the world demands are increasing day by day and on the other hand, the world is shrinking due to fast developing technology and innovations. Considering such, that world we can apperceive the importance of two fields which sometimes interact with each other: energy and transportation. Within this frame, the joint projects of Turkey and Azerbaijan in these fields that will end in the future time have characteristics of creating a big reaction around the world. On this basis, the main aim of study was to reveal the intensive cooperation areas of Turkey and Azerbaijan, their bilateral foreign trade and to find out the problems underlying their bilateral economic relations despite those countries have pretty closed relations. The methodology of research. Literature research, historical method and comparison method have been used for this study.

66-72

Authors: Anatolii ROJCO, Ph.D., Associate Professor,National Institute for Economic Research Svetlana IVANOV, scientific researcher, National Institute for Economic Research

In the Republic of Moldova, the problem of the social capital and its main indicator – the trust is less studied. The conceptual apparatus is insufficient developed and there were made very few empirical studies. Therefore, the theme of this article is very actual. The aim of the study is to implement the assess of the interpersonal trust and the trust in the social protection institutions. In the paper were used the following research methods: monographic, analytical, comparing, analogy. It was demonstrated that the level of interpersonal trust in Republic of Moldova is lower than in many other countries. The level of institutional trust is extremely low, especially in the public institutions. It was concluded that the low level of social capital is a limiting factor in improvement of the social protection system in Republic of Moldova.

79-83

Authors: Natalia PALII, PhD, Associate Professor, Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova, Mariana Rodica TIRLEA, PhD, Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University Bucharest, Faculty of Economic Sciences Cluj-Napoca, Romania

This article aims to identify the importance of the use of information and communication systems in the enterprise, their role in human resource management, as well as the identification of the impact of information and communication systems on performance, whether these systems are crucial for successful management of an enterprise, the relevance of their use in the efficient human resource management. The problems of this topic are the uncertain potential of information and communication system usage, as well as the identification of prospects for the use of these systems. In the context of this paper there have been identified the main factors of influence of information and communication systems on performance, and have been specified the key forms of these systems application.

92-96

Authors: Stela GUZUN, PhD Student,Free International University of Moldova

The actuality of the theme consists in concretizing the importance of the management teams, identifying and classifying the most adequate individual and personality qualities and the behavior specificity of their members. The author emphasizes the analysis methods of premises that encourages the formation of the management teams, analyzes the impact of the place and the role of the property, of its structure on the practice regarding the formation of the management teams within the companies of the Republic of Moldova. The results are considered as useful and axiomatic in the process of elaborating the management model by the administration of the local companies. The aim is to motivate scientifically and to elaborate the concept fundamentals concerning the formation and the functioning of the management teams, which might improve the management of the modern companies from the Republic of Moldova.

101-106

Authors: Marin URSU, PhD Student, Academy of Economic Studies of Moldova

Currently, NBM does not have a well defined role in maintaining financial stability, but it has responsibilities in this area through regulation and prudential supervision of the banking sector. With this publication we aim to analyze the legal and regulatory framework governing financial stability and banking supervision in Moldova and offer solutions to improve them. In the context of current issues related to the critical situation in the banking sector, including the loss of credibility among the population and the development partners of Moldova, the development of oversight function should be an objective of strategic importance for the NBM.