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The more and more accelerated scientific and technological progress in advanced economies requires an increased complexity of the uncertainty and non-repetitiveness characteristics of the university activities. This calls more and more for the diversification, perfection and refinement of the evaluation methods for the efficiency and effectiveness of the university activity, in the short, medium and long run under the new conditions of globalization and assertion of knowledge-based society. This paper compares met...

Financial instruments are one way of providing assistance from the European Structural and Investment Funds. They support investments that are expected to be financially viable but have insufficient funding from market sources. They may take the form of capital investments, loans, guarantees or other risk-sharing instruments. Unlike grants, they represent a return form of assistance through them the final beneficiary can access the financing of economic activities on preferential terms. The specificity of financia...

At present, one of the main cardinal factors is the question of economic governance and the sustainability of business entities. The issue of financial and economic analyzes contributes significantly to decisions in the field of corporate management. One of the essential dispositions of each manager is an understanding of financial theory. The aim of the contribution is to point out the sustainability of the company's performance, with an accent on economic performance and indicators of the company's economic perf...

The article presents a brief analysis of sound environmental, economic and technological policy in solving the problem of education in the field of municipal solid waste (MSW) management. The authors make emphases on methodology features of educational activity when training specialists in the field of solid waste management. It is revealed that the creation of a new productive industry is impossible without professional training of specialists, who comprehend the problem, have a good handle in the solid waste pro...

The analysis of foreign experience in the implementation of projects for sustainable development economy has shown that in almost all countries the greatest number of innovation projects are carried out in the construction and energy sectors, while very strict requirements for energy efficiency level are imposed on the facilities The accumulated array of analytical data in this field is definitely insufficient to obtain clear and unambiguous conclusions about the relationship between the energy efficiency of the b...

The current highly competitive situation requires organizations to seek, find and use new potentials to increase competitiveness in both strategic and tactical aspects of activity. In the article the approaches to efficient administration with significant contemporary bases of organization competitive advantage as set of strategies at various levels and its integration actions are analyzed. This in-depth analysis of the main idea of complex strategies, integration activity of organizations and its interaction spec...

Medical facilities, as a result of changes in the economy, have been increasingly active and building a competitive advantage. The medical facility, by providing health services, strives to make its functioning efficient, maintain effective management and keep costs at a reasonable level. An essential factor to achieve this goal will be the introduction of effective management strategies. The strategies used should also include remuneration management concepts, manifested in creating a quantitative and qualitative...

Every citizen in the country uses the services provided by the public administration in daily contact. At present, we can see increasing demands on public administration employees, as well as changing citizens' understanding of the client and the consumer, as it is in the private sector. Here, however, it is important to point out that the citizen is more like an unwanted client, hitting a high level of bureaucracy and also the unwillingness of officials to act. The first impression and contact with professional o...

Development of the digital economy and information technology requires the development of an effective urban space management system. In this regard, the Russian state has adopted a strategy for the development of the concept of Smart City. In the process of modernization of Russian energy and transport industries and Civil Engineering industry, new ways of the territorial energy efficiency improvement are relevant. The selected topic of the article is considered very relevant. The authors of the article on the ba...

Non-governmental organizations belong to the third sector and operate in the economy along with public administration (the first sector) and the business sector (second sector). Nowadays, most national economies are based on these three pillars, which form the basis for the cooperation, partnership and development. The purpose of non-governmental organizations is to meet social needs, therefore they are often called the foundation of a civil society. Non-governmental organizations present on the Polish market are ...

Under the conditions of Austro-Hungarian legal regulation, cooperatives had been based on associations which had developed from societies and therefore underwent specific legal regulation that differed from that regarding trading companies. In countries following the continental law based on the Roman law, cooperatives as legal entities have been regulated separately from trading companies. This division has been taken over by the Slovak commercial law as well. However, the Commercial Code as lex generalis of comm...

With a history spanning over more than 200 years, the traditional ensemble of three instruments known in Romania under the name of Transylvanian Trio gathers instruments of different sizes and shapes, encompassing a specific repertoire, unique in the Romanian area. In order to collect this specific repertoire, for its preservation and promotion, a Transylvanian Trio Festival takes place in Cluj County every year, bringing together the local ensembles of this type. The present paper analyzes the audience’s percepti...

Machiavellianism is known in many areas of politics and psychology as a behavioral strategy where a qualified manipulator achieves his or her benefits through deception, flattery, intimidation, bribery, suggestion of false targets. Manipulative behavior as part of Machiavellian manifestations is a significant factor that occurs in the interpersonal context of behavior. Conceptualization and operationalization of this construct are a prerequisite for exploring manipulative manifestations as well as their theoretica...

The present stage of evolution processes puts forward to the social conscience a problem of determining a further way for Russian society development because today it became urgently needed to rethink the accumulated experience and relevant transformation of the country economy management system for the purpose of national sustainable development. Transition of western countries to the fourth technological mode of social relationship development requires a new society to be built that is based on principle of lega...

The current age is characterized by the leadership of professional as well as layman discussions about the nature and importance of education, about its quality and direction as one of the most important premises for the creation of a knowledge society. Issues related to raising the level and quality of university education are gradually coming to the forefront. Regarding this, it is important to emphasize that the main purpose of university education is to increase the knowledge, cultural, scientific, technical a...

Performance assessments and performance management in public institutions is an issue that raises the needs for the serious approach toward increase of quality in the service access from citizens and costumers in those institutions. Manny researches and studies have been done, most of them focusing on management evaluations but also on the causes that have sparked the need for change, but little attention is paid to the performance assessment as well to resources that affect the changes. Therefore this research ai...

The Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) is a collaborative instrument for developing business/ technological/ research partnerships for entities around the world especially SME’s (Small and Medium sized Enterprises). One of the key factors for business development is innovation. Innovation management can be assessed using specific methods and instruments. One of these methods is the approach developed by the ImP3ove Academy. The ImP3ove methodology is based on an on-line questionnaire which is filled out by the entity...

The aim of this paper is to present a realistic solution for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) despite the financial crisis via innovative management. It is believed that the first “victims” of the debt and financial crisis are the SMEs and for this reason we present the creation of a dynamic “shield” via spin off and university research. A literature review took place to investigate the issue and to prove that the change of the “usual” into innovative management in Small and Medium Enterprises gives direct ...

The change of the social establishment in 1989 paved the way for the large groups of population to the entrepreneurship. The economic theory considers the entrepreneurship to be the basic tool for the economic development of every state. However, the main issue for every beginning entrepreneur is the choice of convenient legal form of entrepreneurship. General commercial partnership and limited partnership representing the types of personal trading companies have their origin in German and Austrian commercial law....

Quality management and logistics processes in an enterprise should be closely related. The area of quality management and logistics processes must penetrate each other, co-exist. Their cooperation enables the company to achieve the organization's goals effectively, attract new customers and build a competitive advantage in the market. In the process of quality management in logistics, an important area is to prepare and constantly monitor the system of logistics implementation of customer service. The purpose of t...

Addressing urgent market problems in the course of implementation of the need to find business opportunities in today's economic reality actualizes the study of management marketing imperatives as basic requirements, underlying market growth of business structure. The necessary conditions for effective market management of business development process is implemented taking into account the need for harmonious interaction with consumers in the framework of the doctrine of consumer needs priority. The purpose of thi...