SHAPING COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR AGROECOLOGIC PRODUCTS

A competitive advantage exists when the company is able to deliver the same benefits as competitors but at a lower cost (cost advantage), or deliver benefits that exceed those of competing products (differentiation advantage). Thus, a competitive advantage enables the firm to create superior value for its customers and superior profits for itself. In order to develop a competitive advantage, the company must have resources and capabilities that are superior to those of its competitors. Resources such us patents and trademarks, proprietary know-how, reputation of the firm, brand name , are the firm specific assets useful for creating a cost or differentiation advantage and that few competitors can acquire easily . Classification-JEL: M21, O13competitive advantage, agroecologic products, cost advantage

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR IN THE DIFFERENT SECTORS OF TOURISM

Consumer behavior is a fascinating but difficult subject to research. This statement is particularly relevant in the tourism field, where the decision to purchase by a consumer is of emotional significance. The consumption of tourism products is dependent on discretionary time and income. Thus, much attention has been devoted to determining motives for travel behavior, both in terms of choosing one tourism product over another and regarding the decision to commit time and money to tourism, as opposed to alternative uses of those same resources (Todd, 2001). The holiday that the consumer buys will probably provide the consumer with the major highlight of the year - a chance to escape from work. Consumers are influenced in their decision making processes by many internal and external motivators and determinants when they choose products. It is very difficult to research how these many motivators and determinants affect the consumer when they are making their choices. They may be affected in different ways, according to the type of product or service that they are purchasing (Swarbrooke&Horner, 2007).consumer behavior, purchase decision, motivators, tourism

STATISTICAL INFERENCE USED IN MARKETING RESEARCH

The purpose of this article is to describe, theoretically, but also through several applications, the statistical methods or procedures through which the research results can be extended at the target population level. The target population represents the aggregate of all the elements, sharing some common set of characteristics that comprise the universe for the purpose of the marketing research problem.marketing research, sample, statistical inference, statistic test

DISCLOSING THE PROMISING POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA – AN IMPORTANT DIGITAL MARKETING TOOL

The newest channels for communicating and selling to consumers are electronic. The Internet provides consumers and marketers with more opportunities than ever in achieving a greater interaction and individualization of services. Companies can send tailored messages that engage consumers by reflecting their special interests and behavior. Nowadays, very few marketing programs are considered complete without some type of prominent online component, which is gaining ground at the expense of traditional marketing. Attaining a successful marketing program compels companies to fully connect with their targeted customers. Thus, a holistic marketing approach must be adopted in order to comprehend the potential clients, by gaining a perspective of their daily lives, their customs of purchase and consumption, their plans for the future and the changes that actually occur in their lifetimes, so that the appropriate products are marketed to the right customers in the appropriate manner. The social media represents such a major cost effective opportunity for marketers to enter into dialogue with their customers and get an insight into their lives. Social network services such as Facebook, MySpace and Twitter aggregate an abundance of information about their members that marketers find highly valuable, and they have paved the way for new forms of communication and collaboration between marketers and consumers. These new communications platforms are already making an impact as businesses use them as a means to connect with their audiences, find out more about their likes and dislikes related to their market offerings, and spread brand messages virally.social media, customer empowerment, digital marketing, interactive marketing

CAUSE RELATED MARKETING – TRUE HEART-FELT CORPORATE BENEVOLENCE?

Nowadays, globally, consumers’ expectations have reached a new high, as they expect companies to act responsibly in changing the world. More than often these expectations are not met solely out of the kindness and generosity of corporations, but they are mixed in with corporate social responsibility programs and cause-related marketing. Consumers want more of the products and services they buy to support worthy social and environmental issues.Cause Related Marketing, Corporate Social Responsibility, Consumption Philanthropy, Corporate Philanthropy

PURSUING A CUSTOMER-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR INNOVATION AND MARKETING EXCELLENCE

Nowadays, innovation goes so much further than merely products. In order to thrive in this extremely competitive business environment a company needs to innovate its technologies, its business strategies, its business models, and by innovating in research. It is also about reinventing or building new markets in order to meet, satisfy and delight untapped consumer needs, wants, and desires. However, considering the new opportunities and threats that Internet, globalization, and hypercompetition have on an organization’s activity regarding selecting and executing the right ideas, right products, and delivering them through the right channels in record time, at the right prices, while promoting them through all the relevant and right communication channels to the target market.marketing research, innovation, disruptive technology, customer-driven approach, customer value

Joint action planning: co-actors minimize the aggregate individual costs of actions

Successful cooperative activities rely on the efficient distribution of sub-tasks between co-actors. Previous research has found that people often forgo individual efficiency in favor of group-level efficiency (i.e., joint cost minimization) when planning a joint action. The present study investigated the cost computations underlying such "co-efficient" decisions: We tested the hypothesis that people compute the joint costs of a shared action sequence by summing the individual costs of their own and their co-actor's actions. We independently manipulated the parameters quantifying individual and joint action costs and tested their effects on decision-making. Participants weighed their own and their partner’s costs equally to estimate the joint action costs as the sum of the two individual parameters. The results provide empirical support for computational approaches that formalize cooperation as joint utility maximization based on a sum of individual action costs.https://cognitivesciencesociety.org/cogsci20/papers/0057/0057.pd

Cochlear implant in a 10 months old patient

Otorhinolaryngology Clinic, Targu Mures Emergency Clinical County Hospital, Romania, The 6th International Medical Congress for Students and Young Doctors, May 12-14, 2016Introduction: World Health Organisation declares that over 5% of the global population, 32 million children included, suffer from disabling hearing loss, meaning a loss greater than 30 decibels in the better hearing ear in children. Objective: The purpose of this study is to present the case of the youngest bilateral cochlear implant receiver in Romania and the correlations between the imaging and surgical findings.Results: Both findings, the imaging and the surgical ones, were concordant, no pathological modifications were found that could have discomforted the cochlear implantation. Conclusion: This is the first case of an infant patient under 12 months suffering bilateral cochlear implantation in Romania, with activation of the implant after 7 weeks from implantation, and having a favourable outcome subsequent to the surgery

Gastrointestinal Manifestations of IgA Vasculitis-Henoch-Schönlein Purpura

Immunoglobulin A vasculitis, formerly called Henoch-Schönlein purpura (HSP), is the most common systemic vasculitis in childhood. It is a small-vessel vasculitis mediated by type III hypersensitivity, manifested as rash accompanied by gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, arthritis, and nephritis. The etiology of this disease (a leukocytoclastic vasculitis) is still uncertain, but immune complexes of IgA and unidentified antigens seem to have a central pathogenic role. Most often the diagnosis is established after the clinical examination; it is easy at first glance when the clinical presentation includes the classic tetrad of rash (nonthrombocytopenic palpable purpura), arthralgia/arthritis, abdominal pain, and renal manifestations but may be difficult when the gastrointestinal manifestations precede the skin purpuric rash. Gastrointestinal involvement is frequently seen and varies from mild symptoms to severe complications; sometimes the gastrointestinal symptoms (colicky abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding) are the first manifestations of the disease. Immunoglobulin A vasculitis is usually a self-limited disease with a benign course, and the treatment is often symptomatic; in severe cases corticosteroids are necessary