ENERGY MANAGEMENT IN CONDITIONS OF CRISIS. SUSTAINABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT

Provision of adequate energy services in terms of quality, at acceptable prices, in terms of environmental compliance and security of supply, and in accordance with the requirements of economic growth is a vital component of sustainable development.Within the European Union the states are insisting on creating a single market in energy (in particular electricity and natural gas energy market, energies that are infrastructure network dependent). Hence, the emphasis must be focused on two different directions: ?? development of transmission and distribution networks;?? institutional reorganization of the system, abolition of monopolistic structures, activities unbundling, establishment of regulatory authorities, etc..energy efficiency, energy management, ESCO (Energy Services Companies), public utilities companies, sustainable development.

Economic Foundations and Practical Results of Transnationalization Processes

AbstractIn this paper, the authors are assessing the role of transnational corporations in transforming the international division of labor. Two main instruments of action are depicted: foreign direct investments and the new economic internal relationships system. The research work demonstrates the creation of uneven conditions of participation of developed, developing and transition countries to the international division of labour. These circumstances, established during the process of globalization strategy implementation, become constant factors of empowerment of a passive role of the latter countries in this process. A case study on energy transnational corporations acting on the Romanian territory comes to prove the consistency of the alleged conclusions of the previous theoretical approach

MODELS TO MANAGE PRICING IN MINING INDUSTRY

Abstract: Given that economic analysis of extractive industry is fundamentally different from the analysis of agriculture, manufacturing and services, this paper deals with finding and applying the political and economic principles of pricing in mining industry (in the first part), and with demonstrating the relationship between the level of extraction and price trend resulted in time (in the second part)

Key-abilities for successful managers in competitive economies (I)

The following paper will try to explore the concept of a successful manager, as well as to evaluate whether there is one essential ingredient that managers are compelled to possess if they are to achieve performance; although emphasis will be placed on social and human skills, there will also be evidence in support of the ideas that effective managers need all three skills - conceptual, human and technical - and that each of these skills could prove, at some point or another, to be essential for survival, but also useless unless supported by the others two.personnel management, labor contracting devices

Key-abilities for successful managers in competitive economies (II)

The following paper will try to explore the concept of a successful manager, as well as to evaluate whether there is one essential ingredient that managers are compelled to possess if they are to achieve performance; although emphasis will be placed on social and human skills, there will also be evidence in support of the ideas that effective managers need all three skills – conceptual, human and technical - and that each of these skills could prove, at some point or another, to be essential for survival, but also useless unless supported by the others two.personnel management; labor contracting devices

THE ROMANIAN HYDROCARBONS INDUSTRY AT PRESENT

The history of oil and gas industry has been and is an intrinsic part of the modern economic and social development of modern Romania. The Romanian oil and gas sector is today at a point of strategic inflexion, with economic, political and social valences. This sector is the potential beneficiary of a pool of opportunities that can generate sustainable social development, economic dynamism, energy security, regional collaboration and prestige at European level. In this context, the paper presents the main elements characterizing the actual state of crude oil and natural gas extraction industry in Romania, elements that are the basis for future strategies for the development of this industry essential for the country's economic and social development

DIMENSIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY

The concept of sustainable development, resulted from the reconsideration of the report between development and pollution in the light of the interdependencies among the components of development, defines the profound change in which the exploitation of resources, direction of investments, the development of technologies takes a new path in the sense that, by their judicious harmonization, provides significant increase of the present and future potential to meet the requirements of society. Such a development is based on economic growth, which is, in fact, its spring, but also on new concepts and values that provide a superior framework of transposing the growth coordinates. Such a framework should provide incentives to accelerate economic growth, whose objectives, ways and tools are defined in a long-term perspective, able to provide large openings to the real progress of society at all levels and provide solutions for the effective and continuous support for this progress. Therefore, in this article, we identify and explain the three dimensions of sustainable development: economic, social and environmental

THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION MEASUREMENT IN ECONOMIC STUDIES

This paper provides a framework to assess the contribution of science and innovation to society. It is divided into three parts. The first part reviews the indicators of the impact of science and innovation available in the literature and explains why economic indicators dominate the field. It also discusses some exercises that try to extend the discussions and measurements of impact to more intangible dimensions, and shows that these interesting results nevertheless fail to properly address the issue. The second part develops a typology of impact covering eleven dimensions. Beyond the economic dimension, the typology concentrates on more intangible ones. Finally, in the end, the third part discusses the challenges confronting social scientists and statisticians interested in measuring the impact of science and innovation

GAS AND COAL EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY DURING THE SOCIALIST INDUSTRIALIZATION PERIOD (1948-1989)

This article shows that since 1949 the extractive industry has undergone a strong process of restructuring when enterprises were nationalized and a strict control over all components of the economy was established. The new leadership of the country had the intention of developing the industrial sector as well, basically laying the foundations of the new Romanian economy where the industrial sector economy would bring considerable income. This program will lead to the development of the energy sector in Romania also, thus contributing to a great extent to the development and consolidation of coal and gas extraction. Despite of all the economic and social development achieved during the period 1950-1989, at the end of it, Romania ranked a marginal position in the European countries hierarchy since between its level of development and the market economy developed countries large gaps in respect to the main economic and social indicators occurred