CONTEMPORARY ECONOMY JOURNAL

5-9

Authors: Ion CUCUI, Aurelia GHEORGHE (DAMIAN), Dorian-Florin DAMIAN

The effective capacity of the informations extracted from accounting, to represent the financial position of an economic entity, gives future or not to the current activity conducted in that entity. Therefore the major interest in establishing the economic performances of an entity is the reability of the information. Thus, looking from an objective prespective, the persoective of mathematics, we can accord a high degree of confidence of the information taken into account. This paper is intended to obtain a valid result, that shoud fit in the threshold value used in the ANOVA parametric method to determine a standard cost over a period of time. Capitalizing on information obtained from registrations give certainty to both management accounting as well as those of financial accounting.

24-37

Authors: Cristina GĂNESCU

Over the last five decades, the concept of organizational justice has been a topic of interest for human resource management, industrial organizational psychology and organizational behavior alike. Current research set out the many practical implications of organizational justice, defined specific theories and models in relation to ethics, law, and equity. The current paper aims to explain the concept of organizational justice, the existing models and theories, as well as the consequences of its practical use. The paper also presents a new concept, that of a culture based on organizational justice and its role in companies.

46-54

Authors: Mihaela DIACONU, Amalia DUȚU

The paper highlights the relationship between vocational training providers and the micro-enterprise community in the context of the Strategy for Education and Vocational Training in Romania for the period 2016-2020 and that of the Europe Strategy 2020 that promotes smart growth through major investments in education. The research underlying this paper was carried out within an European project called ME2ME - Micro-Enterprise Learning Partnerships. The aim of the paper is to identify the current state of collaboration between Romanian VET providers and micro-business owners focusing on the following issues: the continuing availability of training providers to support entrepreneurial training or business development, the current relationship between VET providers and the micro-enterprise community. The main conclusions are: there are some barriers in providing training in the business field; VET representatives consider the following content as important in the training offer: problem solving, performance management, human resource management, communication, and IT; they see as very useful the training sessions, the small group meetings and peer-to-peer learning activities for which VET providers consider that there is great potential in learning among micro-enterprises owners.; there is a certain difference between the perceptions of the two groups regarding the learning methods used.

59-78

Authors: Delia TESELIOS, Mihaela SAVU

In a world in which the number of Internet users is steadily increasing, Social Media has become a phenomenon, being an integral part of modern society. Starting from the fact that online activities that have earned percentages in the last 5 years include the use of social networks, making simple or video phone calls and sending / receiving emails, this paper aims to present a series of Social Media issues and the impact it has on society.

88-95

Authors: Silvia-Elena ISACHI

Globalization and the economic changes have recently caused new challenges for the companies, industries and countries. The popularity of the concept of competitiveness is shown by the high national interest for this aspect, similar to the policies by which the government’s aim to enhance the competitiveness of the national industry. The present paper aims to answer several questions regarding the analysis and measuring of competitiveness at the company level. Making a connection between the concepts of internationalization, performance and company competitiveness, one can build a conceptual framework to analyse the different dimensions of the competitiveness. The analyses of the ways to develop the competitive advantage of the companies can be done in terms of the resources. The competitive advantage of the companies relies on their capacity of accumulate, exploit, combine anew and innovate the set of resources specific to the company, similar to the transfer of these resources into its expanded network.

105-111

Authors: Lilia GHIŢIU; Zinovia TOACA; Zaharia OLARESCU

A brief look on current socio-economic situation of the country denotes its tedious condition as a result of many years of reforms which have come across and which have not been successfully at all. The greatest difference is observable when we compare with other states ‘situation in the region. The paper is based on an analysis of information (data) from the period of 2000-2016 years, delivered by the National Bureau of Statistics on Gross Value Added, salary fund, number of employees and number of working hours per national and branch economy. Also, was used statistical information of other countries in the benchmarking. The research reveals low levels of labor productivity and low wages in the national economy in comparison with countries from the region. The unsatisfactory economic development caused by reforms lack placed the Republic of Moldova on the last places among compared countries. The GDP growth rates registered in the years of independence of our country will not allow a crucial changing of things in the nearest future.

121-126

Authors: Isabela STANCEA

For the holders of public property rights, but also for the holders of private property rights, the current way of procuring the material assets necessary for their operation and their existence is the purchase of goods in the civil circuit of the company. In the case of public authorities and institutions, the acquisition of goods in the civil circuit is generally carried out through public procurement. In the field of procurement, the award procedure is the basic part of the procurement process. In other words, it is the time when the contracting authority meets with the operator or economic operators to evaluate the offers and decide the package of products, services or works that is appropriate for the institution or public authority.

138-141

Authors: Tiberu Horațiu GORUN, Ramona BIRĂU

The main aim of this research paper is to provide an exhaustive theoretical approach on globalization and sustainability. Globalization is a complex phenomenon that exceeds international boundaries and requires interaction, diffusion and integration thus amplifying differences and diversity in spite of any cultural influences. Sustainability is also a broad concept focused on the preservation of the environment and exhausting natural resources without affecting the equal chances of future generations. Contrariwise, the anti-globalization movement contests the quintessence of the globalization concept along with its various positive implications based on the principles of equity and homogenization. Consequently, the advantages and disadvantages of globalization highlights a dynamic structure in a globally connected world, considering different internal and external factors. The interconnections between globalization and sustainability are analyzed in this research article based on multiple theoretical perspectives.

152-165

Authors: Andreea-Daniela GANGONE, Mariana-Cristina GĂNESCU, Mihaela ASANDEI

The purchasing power parity is an indicator that facilitates the analysis of price differences between national economies, enabling comparisons in terms of level of development. In order to test this scientific hypothesis, we used the Big Mac Index to assess the purchasing power of the national currencies of 21 European countries between 2011 and 2017. We used statistical correlation to analyse the relationship between the strength of the national currency and the competitiveness of the national economy, on one hand, and the relationship between the strength of the national currency and the level of human development achieved by the countries included in the study, on the other hand. The two statistical correlations generated positive results, thus validating the initial hypothesis. All the correlation indices recorded positive values, ​​higher than 0,5, throughout the entire period of analysis, supporting the idea that the strength of the national currency does influence the competitiveness and level of human development of the studied countries.