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Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): Raul Ambrus, Monica Izvercian, Larisa Ivascu, Alin ArteneAbstractSustainability is a concept adopted and approached in public and private organizations as a guiding principle that contributes to organizational development. However, the greatest challenge for organizations is its real implementation and the steps to be taken in this respect. At the same time, another challenge is how this sustainable development performance can be measured (for products and processes). These concepts are addressed in a competitive business environm...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Considerations Regarding Inbound Regenerative Management Accounting Application on Eco-efficient Business Models
Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): Raul Ambrus, Monica Izvercian, Alin Artene, Larisa IvascuAbstractInbound regenerative management accounting as a cost control process is a fundamental shift in the world of business due to the changes it implies upon the mentality of seeing and developing a business model. More and more economic entities begin to realize the eco efficient potential they have at their disposal and are beginning to replace linear business models with circular business models. Within a linear business model the economic entity controlled the producti...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Scaling up Resource Efficiency and Cleaner Production for an Sustainable Industrial Development
Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): Aida Szilagyi, Marian MocanAbstractResource Efficiency and Cleaner Production (RECP) is a globally proven approach to improve productivity and reduce environmental impact of the enterprises. Application of RECP is beneficial for enterprises, in particular SME's, contributing to enhancing their productivity and competitiveness; for the environment by lowering the impact of their operations, and for people, by decreasing the risks to workers and communities (UNIDO, 2015).Greening up the economies, the major global trend nowadays, co...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Eco-innovation, a Business Approach towards Sustainable Processes, Products and Services
Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): Aida Szilagyi, Marian Mocan, Anne Verniquet, Andrei Churican, David RochatAbstractEco-innovation has been wildly accepted as a method for improving the environmental performance of enterprises and for supporting them to improve their products; as well as to advance to more sustainable business models, and as a driver of business success and competitive advantage at the firm level. Implementing eco-innovation is a challenging process and will not be suitable for all organizations. Therefore understating barriers and drivers at the ...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Sustainable Development of Marginalized Urban Areas by Applying Knowledge-based Public Policies
Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): Mihai-Ionuţ Danciu, Sabina Irimie, Claudia Tatiana Muntean, Sabin-Ioan IrimieAbstractThis paper addresses the sensitive subject of residents in marginalized urban areas and proposes solutions in order to improve life quality parameters by accessing multidisciplinary networks of knowledge and information. In the context of contemporary technologies, conclusions resulting from applied practices in strictly contextualized situation become important sources for the implementation of efficient public policies. Access to knowledge prov...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Lean Manufacturing in SMEs in Romania
The objective of the theoretical part of the article is, by summarizing the information existing in the literature, to present the meanings given to the concept of lean manufacturing and how it can be implemented in organizations (steps to be followed, success factors, barriers), the term evolution and the emergence of a new concept - Lean Six Sigma.The second part is an investigative approach to the interest of Romanian bloggers in studying the lean manufacturing phenomenon, especially a well-known instrument of it, just-in-time production method.The information obtained has shown that although the concept is an intensely...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Egg Candling Analysis Equipment Design: A Safety Solution
Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): Vargas C. Ramiro S., Ruiz S. Lourdes C., Navas L. María C.AbstractEgg candling analysis is a process that consists in applying light to an egg in order to detect abnormalities inside it. The light makes the eggshell transparent; hence it is possible to analyze the components inside the eggs in a non-destructive procedure. Manual egg candling is time consuming and pays a toll in workers’ health. It is mainly prevalent in small and medium business in developing countries. The following work describes the design of an egg candling...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Managing a Symphony Orchestra in Times of Change: Behind the Curtains
Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): Nicolae Bibu, Laura Brancu, Georgiana Alina TeohariAbstractThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the symphony orchestra as a living organism in a perpetual interaction with the volatility of the nowadays environment, as a symbiosis between the goods and the services provided by a symphony orchestra's activity. A description of the symphony orchestra's activity, with emphasize upon German orchestras (Kulturorchester), as dominators on the classical symphony orchestras’ market. This paper aims to present some of the mission stat...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Analysis of the Romanian Global Competitiveness International Ranking. The impact of the IEC Program
This article analysis the impact of the IEC Program (2007-2013) on the Romanian global competitiveness index and 12th pillar innovation and tries to answer those questions mentioned above. (Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Crisis Management Between Public Relations and the Holonic Multi-Agent Approach
Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): Levente BakosAbstractCrisis management represents a multidisciplinary topic in many sciences. Social sciences, state affairs, medicine, engineering and many others are interested to handle unforeseen major great impact events. The paper presents some differences and common topics of crisis management using two different approaches. The first is Public Relations (PR), as part of the communication sciences; and the second is the Holonic Multi-Agent (HMAS) Concept, which is a research topic belonging to software engineering and compu...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Influence of the Complexity of Wellness Services upon Different Aspects of the Management of Wellness Tourism Organizations in Romania
This article's main purpose is to establish whether the complexity of the wellness services directly influences some aspects regarding the managements of the wellness tourism organizations that provide them. The managers have to take into account and to pay attention to all the aspects regarding services culture if they want to be able to provide high quality wellness products and services. Moreover, they have to consider an entire and complex package of services, including extra services, if they want to provide top wellness packages. (Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Communication, Company Mission, Organizational Values, and Company Performance
Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): Valerij Dermol, Nada Trunk ŠircaAbstractAlthough research confirms that company mission and organizational values may influence the performance of individual employees as well as the company, it is evident that explicitly or implicitly codified statements of company mission and organizational values are simply not enough. Employees should feel the meaning of the mission and values, they should exercise them passionately and positively. It is therefore not only important for companies to define such statements but spread such idea...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
The Impact of Internet-Technologies Development on Small Business Success in Russia
Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): V. Barhatov, A. Campa, D. PletnevAbstractThe Internet is an important instrument for small businesses if it is used correctly, otherwise it can be a dangerous problem. Regardless, the Internet has started a process of innovation that is transforming the way people are planning to do business. This essay examines the Internet and its different approaches used within small businesses; it takes into consideration some aspects such as piracy and forgery, social networks, and websites. This paper gives a prospective of this phenomenon ...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Exploring the Roles of European Funds in the Life Cycle of Romanian Spin-offs
This article analyses and tries to answer this question. (Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences)
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
Human Resources Crisis: Identifying Future Entrepreneur's Profile in Romania
Publication date: 2018Source: Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 238Author(s): Cristina Nicolau, Tiberiu ForisAbstractThis paper aims to highlight entrepreneurship's importance in today's world as a paradoxical field. On the one hand, human resources have always worked on the labour market as either employees or employers, but today, the migration between the two specific categories has started to be more intense and people have just been developing the needed skills to run their own business (even if they are at the beginning of their career, in late-career or even retired) and to cope with entrepreneurial ...
Source: Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research
