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{"title":"The Analysis of the Impact of Energy and Environmental Policies of the European Union on the Economic Performance of Companies. Case Study in the Transport Sector","authors":"M. Petcu, E. Dinu, I. Cismasu, Raluca-Andreea Popescu-Predulescu","doi":"10.24818/ea/2023/63/362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/ea/2023/63/362","url":null,"abstract":"The macroeconomic reason and objectives, in a normative framework, reside to a large extent in the support, catalysis, and efficiency of activities at the microeconomic level, the gear through which they are built. Responsible behaviour at the macro and microeconomic level involves the dynamic revelation of dysfunctions and conflicts, generated within each sphere, in their relationship, as well as in the involved normative framework, in order to establish effective mechanisms for balance and development. The purpose of this approach is to analyse the micro-macroeconomic convergence from the perspective of the link between economic performance and energy consumption from the point of view of ensuring the necessary resources and the efficiency of their use, with impact on the environment. The study covers the transport sector at the level of the member countries of the European Union in the period 2011-2020, the collected data being processed with the regression method. The growth in energy efficiency and energy dependence are, against the background of the increase in the volume of activity, factors that lead to an increase in the gross operating rate. From the analysis, it emerges that the use of renewable energy to a greater extent, as a result of sustainable development, does not constitute a significant factor for improving the economic performance of companies in the transport sector. The contributions of the two-dimensional approach conducted consist of mediating the conflict between the objectives of economic profitability and the environmental constraints, targeting both the microeconomic level, through the analysis of the gross operating rate in correlation with energy consumption and CO 2 emissions, as well as the macroeconomic level, constituting a benchmark in policies substantiation.","PeriodicalId":46837,"journal":{"name":"Amfiteatru Economic","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44794482","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of COVID-19 on Romanian Tourism. An Explorative Case Study on Prahova County, Romania","authors":"Volkmann Christine, K. Tokarski, Mihaela Violeta, A. Bogdan","doi":"10.24818/EA/2021/56/196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/EA/2021/56/196","url":null,"abstract":"Europe stands first in the world ranking of tourist destinations Tourism is at the heart of a huge business ecosystem that contributes substantially to prosperity and job creation in all Member States of the European Union The COVID-19 epidemic puts the EU tourism industry under unprecedented pressure It has led to the suspension of most domestic and international travel, causing a significant reduction in revenue and creating liquidity problems for all tour operators Both travellers and businesses face uncertain prospects The goals of this research focused on the main directions: 1) to assess the main concerns for the tourism industry in Romania in the autumn of 2020 and 2) to identify immediate measures to support the Romanian tourism sector A questionnaire was applied to acquire the viewpoints of the sixteen representatives of eleven prestigious hotels in the mountain region of Valea Prahovei in Romania The outcomes show their considerations on lifting travel restrictions, restoring traveller confidence and rethinking the Romanian tourism sector for the future","PeriodicalId":46837,"journal":{"name":"Amfiteatru Economic","volume":"23 1","pages":"196-205"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49116044","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Use on the E-Commerce in Romania","authors":"Adrian Micu, Angela-Eliza Micu, Marius Geru, A. Căpățînă, Mihaela-Carmen Muntean","doi":"10.24818/EA/2021/56/137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/EA/2021/56/137","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims at identifying the tools used in e-commerce, able to optimize marketing campaigns Managerial and marketing processes have been identified in the relevant body of knowledge that can be optimized using artificial intelligence;thus, a questionnaire has been designed within a quantitative research The sample used in the research consists of 201 persons having managerial positions, who are involved in e-commerce, their companies' have been their company active in 2020, with at least one employee The article highlights the managerial tools used in promoting products in the online environment and business processes that they want to optimize using artificial intelligence At the same time, for the quantitative study, three hypotheses have been tested to identify the motivation to buy online, as well as the methods used by online store managers in the communication process The limitations of this study are determined by the fact that only the managerial perspective is analysed, without considering the perception of the final consumer, which could have ethical implications Optimizing the flow of stocks and logistics processes will be the subject of future research considering that it is the main challenge for management, as the quantitative research proved","PeriodicalId":46837,"journal":{"name":"Amfiteatru Economic","volume":"23 1","pages":"137-154"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49116703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Artificial Intelligence in Retail: Benefits and Risks Associated With Mobile Shopping Applications","authors":"Stanciu Victoria, S. Rîndașu","doi":"10.24818/EA/2021/56/46","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/EA/2021/56/46","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of the study is to examine the practical implications of using artificial intelligence (AI) based solutions in the case of retail mobile applications, to enhance the online shopping experience and improve the engagement by also having in mind the privacy of the users. We examined 117 shopping applications available in the Google Play market and investigated the permissions required for each application and the categories of personal data collected from the users. Based on the information gathered, we provided practical methods to integrate artificial intelligence-based solutions to offer a new set of services, partially unavailable in physical stores. Some of the permissions identified, if exploited by malicious users, can affect individuals’ privacy. The fact that artificial intelligence is a fast-developing technology constitutes the main challenge in the effort of creating proper regulations. This research provides practical directions regarding the benefits of integrating artificial intelligence solutions in retail mobile applications in an ethical manner, protecting the users’ privacy.","PeriodicalId":46837,"journal":{"name":"Amfiteatru Economic","volume":"23 1","pages":"46-64"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49448089","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"On the Determinants of Fiscal Decentralization: Evidence From the EU","authors":"Francisco J. Delgado, Spain Gen","doi":"10.24818/EA/2021/56/206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/EA/2021/56/206","url":null,"abstract":"We empirically analyze the determinants of the fiscal decentralization in the European Union. Our approach consists on a quantile regression for the period 2005-2017. The results show the differences in the impact of explanatory variables on the fiscal decentralization by quantiles. Specifically, while GDP per capita or corruption are not significant in a linear modelling, both are relevant in the quantile approach with different effects along the distribution of fiscal decentralization. And other variables as population, density or inequality do not have neither the same impact among quantiles, denoting the limitations of using linear approaches for complex issues as fiscal decentralization.","PeriodicalId":46837,"journal":{"name":"Amfiteatru Economic","volume":"23 1","pages":"206-220"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2021-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47729535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Crisis After the Crisis – Resilience or Reset?","authors":"Ioan-Franc Valeriu, Andrei-Marius Diamescu","doi":"10.24818/ea/2021/58/864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/ea/2021/58/864","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of the crisis after the crisis recently introduced in the academic debate refers to the fact that, since the outbreak of the health crisis generated by SARS-CoV-2, the pandemic has had a major impact on all economic, social, political and cultural activities of the daily life, influencing significantly the global development. However, the sanitary crisis has induced a multiple faceted crisis, with a number of implications whose consequences are to impact on the further development of the human society as a whole. Treated at first with a certain degree of relaxation, considering the stage we were facing at the time, when both the scientific community and the decision-making actors of the responsible organizations in the field were focusing on the management of the situation, unprecedented at such a scale, on identifying the protocols and action strategies, respectively on implementing recommendations for governments, companies and population, the crisis after the crisis would really capture the researchers attention in the second part of the last year. On the occasion of the Penser l'Europe International Academic Seminar of the Romanian Academy in October 2020, the phrase was retained internationally by two famous economists, honorary members of the Romanian Academy: Jaime Gil Aluja, the president of the Spanish Royal Academy of Economic and Financial Sciences, and Thierry de Montbrial, member of the French Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. The debate that took place on this occasion, obviously \"energized\" by the already visible social, cultural, economic and sanitary effects, as well as the major impact of the pandemic over the national and international macroeconomic indicators, extended significantly the field of thought regarding the \"cascading\" consequences both of the infections and of the measures to limit and especially to combat the spread of the virus, justifying once more the necessity to quickly identify globally viable solutions adjusted to each national economic and epidemiological bivectorial context to facilitate the return to a normal life as soon as possible.","PeriodicalId":46837,"journal":{"name":"Amfiteatru Economic","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69172727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Teleworking: Socio-Economic Impact And Perspectives","authors":"Dan-Cristian Dabija","doi":"10.24818/EA/2021/58/579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/EA/2021/58/579","url":null,"abstract":"The crisis generated by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has forced organizations on a global scale to re-think their strategies and current activities, replacing traditional work at the employer’s workplace with working from home. Thirty years ago, academic research hinted at the fact that quick technological progress would facilitate working from home for white collar workers. Recent technological developments have facilitated the quick adoption of teleworking in most work sectors, especially in the sphere of services. Work done by employees outside the employer’s workplace is frequently called teleworking, although there are various alternative concepts such as “telecommuting”, “work from home”, “remote e-working”, or “home office”. Teleworking is legislated in most states;for instance, in Romania there is Law no. 81 from 2018, “concerning regulation of teleworking”, wherein policymakers address work relations. © 2021, Amfiteatru Economic. All rights reserved.","PeriodicalId":46837,"journal":{"name":"Amfiteatru Economic","volume":"23 1","pages":"579-584"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69171909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Approaches and Perspectives on the Heavy Work Investments","authors":"Dan-Cristian Dabija","doi":"10.24818/EA/2020/S14/967","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/EA/2020/S14/967","url":null,"abstract":"The obtained results highlight important contributions to the progress of specialised theory, as well as managerial ones, being the ground for defining human resource strategies, in order to improve work conditions, in compliance with employees expectations The paper extends studies that address work engagement and workaholism through overwork in connection to work results, the authors highlighting methods of improving human resource management in organizations from emerging markets, such as Romania Based on a questionnaire applied among employees with higher education and at least one-year experience in multinational companies offering consulting and auditing services in Romania, the authors investigate the determinant factors of heavy work investment: personal needs, workload, work-allotted time, work attitude, employees' physical and mental condition The authors debate on the correlations between heavy work investment and work productivity, quality of life, quality of work conditions, the relation between work - living standard - personal life;work and technology addiction;retirement decision, etc","PeriodicalId":46837,"journal":{"name":"Amfiteatru Economic","volume":"22 1","pages":"967-972"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44099372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Impact of Heavy Work Investment on the Economy and the Individual","authors":"Simona Roxana Pătărlăgeanu, C. Rădulescu, M. Dinu, Marius Constantin","doi":"10.24818/EA/2020/S14/1085","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/EA/2020/S14/1085","url":null,"abstract":"Heavy work investment represents a research area which has been intensively debated in the specialised literature, especially since 2013 On the one hand, heavy work investment can be made in the means of production, in order to increase work productivity On the other hand, it is correlated with numerous other factors related to the quality of life and the quality of work conditions, among which: the relationship between work - living standard - personal life;workaholism and technology;the decision to retire and so on The objectives of this research are to identify the correlations between the quality of life and heavy work investment, as well as to assess the social and economic progress from the view point of the need for heavy work investment The research methods used in the study were mainly of a quantitative nature: bibliometric and econometric analysis (linear regression with cross-section data) The data used in the econometric models constructed were taken over from two sources: Eurostat and the World Bank The research findings highlight the fact that in the analysed European states, making work investments by increasing the work volume is not a justified measure, because its effects do not reflect directly on the social and economic progress, quantified as the nominal gross domestic product","PeriodicalId":46837,"journal":{"name":"Amfiteatru Economic","volume":"22 1","pages":"1085-1102"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2020-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"69171838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Online Teaching Practices and the Effectiveness of the Educational Process in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"C. Tartavulea, C. Albu, Nadia Albu, Ramona Iulia Dieaconescu, Silvia Petre","doi":"10.24818/ea/2020/55/920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24818/ea/2020/55/920","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we investigate the impact of the abrupt switch to online teaching which occurred in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By using responses from 362 professors and students from 13 European countries, we find that universities and students were very quick to adapt to the new changes and that a mix of synchronous and asynchronous interaction and assessment methods are currently employed. However, this mix is quite limited relative to what is usually subsumed into online learning tools, and is indicative of passive delivery and reduced interaction. Our respondents estimate that most online interaction and assessment methods will continue to be used after the return to face-to-face education. Our respondents also view the switch to online teaching to have an overall moderate positive impact on the educational process, albeit the overall effectiveness of the online educational experience is perceived to be lower than in the case of face-to-face teaching. Moreover, we find that the institutional support, the trust in the online system and the perceived effectiveness of formative assessment are factors that are positively associated with the impact and effectiveness of online education.","PeriodicalId":46837,"journal":{"name":"Amfiteatru Economic","volume":"22 1","pages":"920-920"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2020-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49514288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}