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Romanian family business internationalization: knowledge management and dynamic capabilities
Authors: Motoc Adrian
Published: January 2022

The key aspects of today’s economic climate are intensified competitiveness and fast-changing global markets. In order to stay competitive, family companies need to respond to these developments and more frequently seek foreign expansion themselves. To understand how organisations should respond to changes in the market to retain a competitive edge, the idea of knowledge management and dynamic capabilities has indeed been developed. Such an environmental transition could be the internationalisation of a family business. The purpose of this research is to examine, through the lens of knowledge management and dynamic capabilities, the internationalisation of family companies. A qualitative single case study model of a family business that has been through an international expansion has been considered, collecting evidence through semi-structured qualitative interviews with three of the company’s key individuals. The study reveals that in the internationalisation process, there are many skills that assist family companies. Sensing technologies include screening capabilities for networks and industries and helping family companies identify new prospects in international markets. Seizing skills provide decision-making and management capabilities and change the capital base to take advantage of the possibilities previously sensed. Finally, family businesses should constantly reconfigure their tools with transforming skills, which consist of entrepreneurial knowledge capabilities, to optimise processes and frameworks in the current international setting. Different facets of family life influence the development of these complex skills.
An overview of the academic level among EU countries. A cluster analysis approach
Authors: Busu Mihail , Nedelcu Catalina , Cadis Aura
Published: January 2022

The modernization of higher education is a complex process and occupies a priority place on the agenda of concerns both at European level and at the level of each member state of the European Union (EU). In this paper we present the results of the analysis of the main aspects of post-integration modernization of higher education in Romania, compared to the evolution in other Member States in the same period, from the perspective of five indicators: expenditure per student, percentage of GDP allocated to higher education, graduates per thousand inhabitants and professor per student’s ratio. In order to achieve the proposed objective, we have carried out a research and a cluster analysis of data from secondary sources of available information, respectively reports of the European Commission and various statistical reports that will be mentioned throughout the article.
Rising tensions along the agri-food value chains during the COVID-19 crisis: evidence based on Google Trends Data
Authors: Constantin Marius , Pătărlăgeanu Simona Roxana , Dinu Mihai , Ignat Raluca
Published: January 2022

The global socio-economic and sanitary crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has generated many different effects on the links of the global agri-food value chains regarding the production and consumption behaviors of agri-food products. Depending on the link, these effects can be positive, negative, or even a mix of both. However, all these sudden changes, beneficial or not, they result in deepening the economic tensions existing along the agri-food value chains. In this context, the aim of this research was to explore the rising tensions along the Romanian agri-food value chains during the different stages of the COVID-19 crisis in Romania, while bringing the HoReCa industry in the spotlight of this study, and, more specifically, the food service component. This paper brings contribution to the literature concerning the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic at the level of the agri-food value chains based on a statistical analysis carried out with the data available from two open access sources: Google Trends and the Romanian National Institute of Statistics. A short bibliometric analysis was also elaborated on the papers tackling the topic of the rising tensions along the agri-food value chains during the pandemic. Research results show that the Romanian HoReCa industry has been subject to various challenges emerged from the need to limit the spread of the COVID-19 disease. This has generated a lot of concern – not only from the food security perspective, but also from the perspective of the entrepreneurs active in the agri-food value chains. Food-ordering companies with homedelivery have been of high interest during the COVID-19 pandemic, as they connect two major links in the food chain: restaurants and consumers. While consumers have become more dependent than ever on digital solutions to purchase food, a lot of pressure is put on indoor restaurants.
Leading teams in virtual environment during COVID-19 crisis
Authors: Onete Cristian Bogdan , Chiţa Sandra Diana , Albăstroiu Irina , Andrei Teodora Liliana
Published: January 2022

Team coordinators are prepared to manage multiple situations such as misunderstanding, conflicts, different levels of engagement and they are usually willing to take risks while accepting a leading position. Yet, not all of them are prepared for crisis such as COVID-19 pandemic. The way they communicate with their teams in this type of periods is essential to ensure continuity and establish organizational trust (Guzzo et al, 2021). In this context, many corporations had to face a new challenge: working mostly or even entirely from home. Employees as well as managers switched to virtual meetings, the concept of a team has suffered modifications and virtual meetings replaced all face-to-face interactions. Leaders had to adapt and learn how to improve their skills to engage with their teams and to ensure performance. The purpose of our study is to see what specific activities were implemented within teams while working from home, what is the perception leaders have about team performance and to find out if this context has diminished their level of control. Data for this paper are gathered using in-depth interviews with team leaders/coordinators/managers from different corporations installed in Bucharest, Romania. The results show that the performance has increased, the teams and coordinators showed a great adaptability, and their level of trust has improved. Recommendations are put forward for teams to consider creating a better balance between their personal and professional lives and to find new ways of socializing at work from time to time on other topics that the business-related ones.
Approaching globalization from the perspective of socio-economic effects
Authors: Dobrea Catalin Razvan , Buzoianu Ovidiu Andrei Cristian , Dima Cristina , Balu Evelina Petronela
Published: January 2022

The topicality of the topic lies in the importance of globalization from the perspective of sustainable development in the socio-economic and ecological sphere. Globalization cannot be considered as representing a completely new phenomenon in the history of the world, it has certain historical antecedents, many specialists arguing that it is nothing but a new name for an older phenomenon. Globalization is the global trend of the world’s economies to become borderless and interconnected. Globalization has caused major damage to nature and the drying up of non-renewable resources, creating the possibility of global campaigns to develop. Civil societies are less efficient in the face of global factors, which cannot be held accountable, such as governments or companies anchored in the territory, visible and affordable.
Some new competitive advantages in the field of energetic paradigm shift from coal and gas towards the blue hydrogen production
Authors: Epurescu Vlad
Published: January 2022

Achieving the 2030 and 2050 climate targets gears up several economic opportunities but also a package of threats for the EU Member States. The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the energy transition, which is becoming an engine of post-coronavirus economic growth. In this landscape, new economic governance, speeding up innovation, cutting the red tape, and improving access to human and financial resources becomes essential for ensuring a sustainable and long-lasting economic development which is linked with reducing the carbon emissions. Basically, a race against the clock has begun, as the first significant climate targets are to be met in 2030, aiming to reduce GHG emissions by 55% from 1990 level. Several recent studies have sought to deepen the potential of hydrogen in achieving these climate goals explaining how it can be embedded into the European Union economy. It highlighted some important features and applications of hydrogen as a substitute for other polluting resources used today in energy production, transportation, or other economic and social domains. Using a regression model, the author identified a close correlation between the increase in the price of carbon certificates and the decline in coal production. An accelerated, three-fold increase in the price of carbon certificates could enable hydrogen to be used in the power sector, while ensuring post-2030 continuity for domestic natural gas production. The combination between blue hydrogen and natural gas might be the solution to eliminate two thirds of carbon emissions from energy production, while attracting European funds, as investments for the energy transition.
Similitudes and differences between global warming and COVID-19 crises – Lessons to be learned
Authors: Gole Iulian , Popescu Maria Loredana , Diaconu Amelia , Gombos Svetlana Platagea
Published: January 2022

In this article, we try to see if there is a direct link between this health crisis and global warming and if there is something to take away and use at a different level. We are living in complicated times, a sanitary crisis which is followed by an economic one, the amplitude is remained to see, but clearly, both are very damaging. In both cases, being able to rely on the best available scientific knowledge is essential for decision-making. But these cases are quite different because in the case of climate change, apparently, the solution consists in embracing a new social, economic, and energy model. Unfortunately, this aspect is missing from the measures aimed to slow down the COVID-19 pandemic. If certain decisions taken to solve the pandemic seem initially to be directed through the direction of climate protection, others seem rather to going in the opposite direction, so there is no immediate equivalence from one problem to another, and we should not mislead ourselves about possible positive consequences of this health crisis in terms of climate. Nevertheless, perfect communication, coordinated and targeted, clear and honest, has to go hand in hand with the actions taken, to obtain the best and fast results. Despite this situation, we don’t have to forget that that humanity is in the middle of another crisis, global warming, which will affect even more, at all levels, not only humankind, and for a longer period.
Academic leadership: agility in the digital revolution
Authors: Dima Alina Mihaela , Point Sebastien , Maassen Maria Alexandra , Jansen Adela
Published: January 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought tremendous challenges for the educational field, especially in terms of leadership strategies to be taken on a short notice in order to ensure both health security of the personnel and learners, but also adapt to an online teaching environment and other challenges. While several higher education institutions had partially or completely adapted to an online educational model, the COVID-19 period offered new challenges in terms of internationalization, investment in technology and financing, but also in terms of implementing new educational models, fully online or hybrid models. Based on a sample of 23 Universities from the European Union, the current research aimed to propose new directions of the academic leadership strategies and focus points during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as expected trends after the end of the pandemic.

Based on the study of the academic leadership strategies and models in the European Union, this paper offers an additional practical overview to existing studies in the field, as it inquires the implemented university leadership strategies in order to adapt and overcome the current pandemic crisis, as well as ensuring the continuity of activities and development of higher educational institutions.
Sustainable resilience for small farmers: the best way to protect food security
Authors: Dorneanu Mihai , Petrariu Ioan-Radu
Published: January 2022

In the past years, the food industry has been challenged by several factors: increased natality, accelerated growth of urban areas, higher prices. All the above are turning into a growth vector which may seem like a great opportunity for farm owners. Despite the favorable context, the farmers are facing their own issues trying to cover a big demand, through eco-friendly ways. This paper explains the importance of ensuring resilience for small farmers. In general, farmers are adaptive entrepreneurs, but they need support through agricultural policies, a coherent legislative framework, and a substantial package of economic measures. The modern Romanian farmer will be able to streamline their supply once they learn how to optimize their sustainable business plans. The increased yields are determined by both technological processes and responsibility for the environment. Promoting small farmers and stimulating their access to the market is defining for the future of food security.
Approaches to support disruptive innovations within entrepreneurship education
Authors: Hamburg Ileana
Published: January 2022

Due to COVID-19, disruptions in many sectors i.e., social, political, labor, economic and education have been produced. Education is one of the key factors for development and also for improving competitiveness and growth of countries. The role of entrepreneurship education and training institutions is to prepare students for entrepreneurial practices and develop entrepreneurship competences. The transition from face-to-face teaching to online ones creates many difficulties for students, educators and institutions to adapt quickly. But the required changes within education due Covid-19 also open the way for new forms of teaching and learning within entrepreneurship education i.e., to develop and use interdisciplinary education forms as well as more practical oriented lifelong learning approaches and use the support of digital learning platforms. This paper presents some consequences of the pandemic in the field of digital teaching and learning models within entrepreneurship education and lifelong learning. Second some improvements are proposed in this context which have been tested by the Lifelong Learning Study Group of the IAT also within European projects.
Buying behaviors in food retail – Offline versus online
Authors: Bălăşescu Marius , Bălăşescu Simona
Published: January 2022

The age in which we live is increasingly characterized by the ability of people to communicate without restrictions, to send information without restrictions and to have access to complex information, which can be accessed very quickly. The information economy will penetrate and change almost every aspect of our lives. Thus, there are many examples of companies that no longer need to occupy physical space to carry out their activity. They can be virtual and can work anywhere in the world. In this context we also refer to the transition from classic commerce to online commerce.

In this paper we analyze the behavior of Romanian consumers regarding the purchase of online or offline sales spaces and complete this analysis with a quantitative marketing research on “Opinions and attitudes of Romanians on the purchase of food products from online sales outlets and offline.”
Exploring the impact of customer experience on customer loyalty in e-commerce
Authors: Urdea Ana-Maria , Constantin Cristinel Petrișor
Published: January 2022

In recent years, with the remarkable growth of the global digital market, specialists took a new direction of focus in the field of marketing, considering customer experience an important differentiator in today’s digital landscape. In an online setting, in contrast to traditional marketing, the dimensions of customer experience include informativeness, entertainment, social presence and sensory, elements that create customer value. The experience is an increasingly significant component in defining the success of an online company, becoming a source of competitive advantage for any e-business. Yet, to accomplish these favorable results, a business needs to focus on customer loyalty, a concept that is understood from a relational perspective as the consumer’s preferences to sustain a stable relationship with the brand, fact that involves consistent visits of the site, and in consequence, repeat purchases. The research presented in this paper is based on the literature review. Subsequently, a conceptual model was proposed as the intersection of the online customer experience dimensions with the concept of customer loyalty, which, in turn, includes consumer’s attitudes and behaviors toward an online business. The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to offer an outline of opportunities to use customer experience for increasing customer loyalty and (2) to provide managerial implications and guides future research opportunities to empirically measure the impact of online customer experience components on customer loyalty.
In order to thrive, first we need to fix accounting and management Then, we must report what matters
Authors: Pantazi Marius
Published: January 2022

This paper examines the role of accounting through the information it provides to stakeholders, as well as the role of accounting in the development of our society. Accounting is vital for society, it is the main tool used to run businesses and state institutions, companies are decisive for defining culture, and culture is the basis of a developed society. Societies rely on its institutions, and the solution for a better world is found in the usage of reliable and independent data. It is well known the fact that subjective management decisions based on creative accounting led to big crises with negative consequences for all. Accounting has been used as the main tool to assess performance, but in order to be even more useful for society, the accounting system needs to modernize and unite, be transparent and totally independent from management. And it should be even more connected to the business model and responsive to the needs of society, in order to be able to provide valuable, comparable and useful information for all parties involved. The paper advocates for independent and forward-looking accounting, by giving up the flexibility, creativity and influence of managers, for decisions based on detailed and concrete information, transferred and consolidated in real time with the help of technology. Now accounting has the capacity to control the business and bring value to society through real-time and high-quality business reporting.
The accounting practitioner as a driver of digitalization pace
Authors: Stoica Oana Cristina , Ionescu-Feleagă Liliana
Published: January 2022

Accounting digitalization is a very important topic nowadays, not only for practitioners, but also for scholars and many different institutions. Digitalization influences the accounting profession through many ways, but the rhythm of digitalization firstly depends on people involved. Having that the accounting practitioner is the main actor in this field, it is very important to know how his behavior drives the pace of digitalization and whether his experience increases or reduces its rhythm. Using a case-based experiment with 2x2 between subjects and full factorial design, this paper examines the influence of the accountants’ experience and their behavior on digitalization pace. The findings show that Romanian accountants are attracted by digitalization and feel comfortable with this change. Although the results show that the work experience is a factor that influences digitalization changes, there was not enough statistical evidence to confirm the findings. This study contributes to accounting digitalization literature by showing how accounting practitioners react to digitalization change and how the pace of digitalization is driven by their behavior and their experience.
The impact of COVID 19 crisis on revenue recognition for telecommunications sector
Authors: Usurelu Valentin Ioan , Dutescu Adriana
Published: January 2022

One of the most intricate and debated subject in international financial reporting convergence program was and remains the Revenue recognition. After a long due process, the new IFRS 15 standard was published in 2014 and mandatory implementing from 2018. From here, 2020 adds multiples difficulties due to COVID 19 pandemic effects. In this context, from the same starting point we continued our previous endeavor into current times. Despite the new financial reporting standard “smartness” and high-quality content, the entities’ awareness and good understanding of the new standard’s main issues are crucial for successful implementation. Likewise, the business-model’s requirements and the way of caring them out are equally important. If in the precedent study we chose construction industry, now we extend the research to the telecommunications area – one of the most challenging sector – and we have considered the additional COVID 19 pandemic’s sudden, unpredictable, and complex effects, using the same research methods (comparison analysis and the theoretical pattern), in order to produce a chain of evidence and to reduce biases. The main objective was to demonstrate a common pattern of challenges and controversies from these two hot-impact sectors’ perspectives, alongside with the outcomes of the COVID 19 pandemic. We consider our effort to be helpful in finding the practical approach to improve the understanding and effective use of accounting information and to provide a value-added feedback to standard setters. Despite the inherent limitations of our research, we are confident that our findings originally contribute to increasing the knowledge of the relevant issues of financial reporting based upon IFRS and produce more “business light” to important global players.
Real convergence in Central and Eastern Europe. A comparative analysis of countries and regions
Authors: Holobiuc Ana-Maria
Published: January 2022

One of the fundamental pillars of the European Union aims the convergence of economic performances between countries and regions. This objective has proved to be increasingly difficult to achieve with the expansion of the regional group towards the Central and East of the continent. The aim of this paper is to study real convergence in the New Member States from Central and Eastern Europe, by taking into consideration the evolution of GDP per capita between 2000 and 2018. In this respect, we have conducted a comparative analysis between countries and regions using β- and σ-convergence. By applying cross-sectional regressions, we have identified a strong relationship between the initial level of income of the Central and Eastern European countries and the subsequent growth rates, the average catching-up speed reaching 3.6%. Moreover, β-convergence was accompanied by a reduction of income divergences between Central and Eastern European Members. In contrast, our analysis suggests a weaker process of convergence between regions compared to countries, the convergence rate reaching 1.7% per year. Furthermore, by studying the intra-national patterns, we have illustrated that the capital regions have consolidated their relative position in the majority of the Central and Eastern Member States to the detriment of the other territorial units. Consequently, the paper suggests that convergence across countries was accompanied by an increase of intra-national disparities between regions in Central and Eastern Europe.
“The Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing!?” – What Cultural Capitalism Is and What It Cannot Be Accused of Being
Authors: Stamate-Ștefan Andreas , Apăvăloaei Matei-Alexandru , Roşca Vlad I. , Iacob Mihaela , Jora Octavian-Dragomir
Published: January 2022

The present paper is a defense of the free-market economy/capitalism as a proper institutional setting for both producing and preserving cultural goods. We argue that culture is best served by a framework in which economic agents can evaluate their cultural consumption and production in a market order based on private property rights and monetary prices. In this vein, we first put, in contrast, two important lines of thought on the subject of value and capital in cultural matters. On the one hand, the mainstream approach upholds both that “cultural value” is intrinsic (and measurable) and that a fourth type of capital (namely “cultural capital”) can be introduced in the capital theory. On the other hand, by using a qualitative research methodology, based on deductive reasoning and historical analysis, we contrast the mainstream/neoclassic view with the praxeological approach of the Austrian School of economics. We conclude that neither “cultural value” is an objective fact, nor that the very concept of “cultural capital” can be integrated coherently in the economic theory. Yet, we claim that private management of cultural goods is superior to their public administration, due to (1) a genuine interest of private owners to rationally exploit cultural goods according to the subjective preferences of cultural consumers, (2) the inbuilt sustainability of the free-market economy as concerns the efficient exploitation of the cultural goods.
Tax governance: how the EU supports third countries
Authors: Raimondi Andrea , Buda Daniel , Niţă Sorin Cristian , Pistalu Maria
Published: January 2022

This paper aims to provide an analysis of the legislative framework that regulates the inclusion of clauses on good governance in tax matters, in the agreements concluded between the European Union, with its Member States, and third countries. We provide a representation of the regulatory pathway from a set of standards on tax good governance according to the principles of transparency, exchange of information and fair tax competition towards a common EU external strategy for effective taxation.

Agreements that the European Union has either in place or negotiating with countries and regions around the world are an excellent tool in fighting unfair trade practices and promoting international standards on good governance in the tax area, and set the basis for a fair competition in the economy of developing countries: a strong tax administration and institutions responsible for fighting illicit financial flows in developing countries can contribute to erase poverty and inequalities while promoting good governance and state-building.
Considerations on support active measures applicable in Romania in the context of the epidemiological situations due to the spread of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus
Authors: Vidat Ana , Teleaoaca-Vartolomei Brândușa Oana
Published: January 2022

The epidemiological crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has led to the need to adapt national legislation to safeguard jobs and to decrease the unemployment rate – realities existing at European and international level – by providing financial facilities to employers and employees. This paper presents and analyses the relevance of the legal rules adopted in this field.
Perspectives of social entrepreneurship in Romania in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Argatu Ruxandra , Puie Răzvanţă Florina
Published: January 2022

The usual and rather linear functioning of a country’s economic and social structures is mandatory for setting stable grounds towards wellbeing. However, disruptions may appear in the ordinary flow of a community and produce a new order of action, prompting social ecosystems to focus on core operations. The COVID-19 pandemic, that has profoundly affected humanity in 2020 on multiple channels, has imposed a novel strategic thinking both for individuals and businesses, demanding an enhanced societal approach more than ever. Faced with such a major crisis, known in literature as a “black swan” event, social enterprises must show developed capabilities, flexibility and proactivity. Given the inaccurate evidence of social enterprises activating in Romania and of the limited studies focusing on their risk-response behavior, the paper explores the impact triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic over social entrepreneurship and in particular on Romanian social enterprises. To investigate the ability of these entities to successfully cope with this groundbreaking challenge, the paper firstly performs a literature review analysis on the reorganization of the social and economic sphere, in light of the pandemic. Furthermore, it approaches the challenges posed by the pandemic on traditional and social entrepreneurship, together with their reshaping of organizational resilience. Building on literature review and on document analysis of reports regarding essential actions to be embraced to maintain stability during the COVID-19 crisis, issued by renowned consultancy companies and organizations supporting social enterprises, the paper formulates an instrument for mapping the ability of Romanian social enterprises to overcome the pandemic threats.
Digitalization of Coworking Space Services
Authors: Mátyus Enikő
Published: January 2022

Coworking spaces are actors of the entrepreneurial ecosystem with strong social aspect and recognized impact regarding start-up communities. These establishments became frontrunners of increasing work productivity for people working from distance as well. They also make part of the businesses which are directly affected by the pandemic caused by Covid-19 virus. The paper attempts to define a digitalization opportunity of coworking spaces by adapting the business model to the current living conditions with special regards on the services they provide. Beside of identifying the key challenges and edges that the current situation brought, the paper assumes to provide insight information from the point of view of a hub operator and hub members, who decided to preserve their membership. The research includes a literature review of key concepts used within the analyses, followed by the definition of the methodology which covers a study case of a coworking space from a small city located in a developing country. A hybrid approach is included as solution in the paper supported by a business model proposal based on Canvas Business Model. The results of the research are reflecting the needs of a group of entrepreneurs representing micro enterprises, willing to participate in the creative process of business transformation and adaptation. The conclusion chapter summarizes the main findings in the form of recommendations and further alleged questions during the research.
A qualitative study on social entrepreneurship: technology-based social ventures and humanitarian entrepreneurial mindset
Authors: Staicu Daniela
Published: January 2022

Seen as an effective approach for sustainable development of disenfranchised communities, spurring legislation initiatives and private investment, social entrepreneurship has gained the attention of many economies across the globe. Social entrepreneurship arises as an effective practice for solution development for access to education, healthcare, water, food, or electricity. In the United States, several university programs are tackling the development of technology-based social ventures. While there has been growth in assessing social entrepreneurship education, little exchange of what works in a technology-based social entrepreneurship program occurred.

To contribute to the body of empirical knowledge of what works in a program dedicated to technology-based solutions which have the potential to stimulate global improvements, the researcher performed a qualitative analysis of the Penn State HESE program’s ENGR 451 course on social entrepreneurship. The purpose of this research was to gather some baseline data about three areas connected to developing culturally fit technology-based ventures and the humanitarian entrepreneurial mindset developed throughout this process. The paper reported on a grounded theory study using in-depth interviews with the 49 students enrolled in the ENGR 451 course on social entrepreneurship, 70% studying engineering. The research analyzed two areas related to engineering entrepreneurship: the entrepreneurial mindset generated by participation in the course and the process of developing culturally fit technology-based social ventures with particular interest in task-role distribution, idea generation, and design-thinking stages. The current study is part of a larger qualitative study exploring how and what students in the HESE program learn about social entrepreneurship and how this learning influences their intent to be part of or to start a social venture.

The findings have potential impact across social entrepreneurship program design, are intended to inform educators of social entrepreneurs about social entrepreneurship program design and the humanitarian entrepreneurial mindset.
Solutions for Urban Resilience Assessment in Crisis Time
Authors: Arghir Denis-Cătălin
Published: January 2022

Cities are complex systems vulnerable to a multitude of risks and disruptions that are becoming increasingly difficult to manage due to urban overcrowding. Socio-economic, technological challenges, but especially natural ones, such as epidemics, have proven to be disruptive from several perspectives of human existence. The negative evolution of the disturbing factors led to the extension of the concept of resilience, traditionally used in socio-ecology, in the urban infrastructure. The aim of this paper is a comparative analysis of some sets of indicators, frameworks, and informatics solutions that can provide an image of how cities can become resilient urban areas. An exploratory analysis is conducted by studying scientific resources and specialized articles that address the issue of developing resilient cities supported by innovation and digital technology. With technology approaches, cities can be helped to prevent and reduce the effects of possible blockages or catastrophes, to respond and intervene promptly in case of crises, and to plan and organize properly in order to recover from shocks or stressors.
On the linkage between Gross Value Added by Economic Activities and the Overall Gross Value Added in EU-27
Authors: Andreescu Francesca Dana
Published: January 2022

The financial and economic crisis led to a significant recession in the EU-27 in 2009, followed by a rebound in 2010. The existing economic situation requires a rethinking of the economic development policies, focused on analyzing the indicator of gross value added, created in production. This may lead to a new growth model, based on economic activities with higher value added. This paper investigates the linkage between overall gross value added in EU-27 and gross value added by economic activities, as described by NACE Rev. 2, from first quarter 2010 to second quarter 2020. The article attempts to include a wide range of statistical analysis and models for a complete assessment of the subject. Therefore, in order to achieve the objective, we choose to investigate the presence of causality relationships using VAR/SVAR models and Granger causality test, which reflect the presence of long and short-term relationships between certain selected variables. Through the assessment, we discovered a strong bi-directional causality between overall gross value added and the gross value added by industry and by distributive trades, transport, accommodation and food services, based on which we estimated a linear regression. The findings should present interest for policymakers, in order to assess perspectives to economic growth.
A modelling proposal for the public interest under the European resolution framework
Authors: Mitrache Gabriel Razvan
Published: January 2022

The post 2008 financial crisis reform package includes the bank resolution framework. Among other measures, it foresees that failing banks should be left under insolvency proceedings, unless they meet their salvage is in the public interest. The Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive defines the public interest, providing guidance that resolution authorities need to take into account when deciding between resolution (continuation of the bank’s activity) or liquidation when a bank fails. While the guidance stems for a legal act, the concept can be mathematically modelled together with the underlying decision making process. To date, only parts of the resolution public interest or the concept of financial crisis have been modelled. The public interest assessment and underlying decision process, to the knowledge of the author, have not been mathematically modelled. This paper proposes a mathematical model for the public interest assessment as provided under the European resolution framework. While this seems to be the first such effort, it should be seen as a basis for further critical thinking that should allow more advancements that would ultimately facilitate the assessment and to provide insights for its intended users. The model can be easily implemented by practitioners by selecting or adding more relevant variables and most importantly by following their own calibration. The model is designed in a way to enable integration in an artificial intelligence deployment on data that authorities collect on the economies.
Devenires-perro. Abordajes etnográficos multiespecie en torno a animales de compañía
Authors: Medrano Celeste , Montenegro Martínez Leonardo
Published: January 2022

Estamos en los albores de la segunda década del siglo XXI y la humanidad —o al menos una parte de ella—, se ha desarrollado tecnológicamente de una forma insospechada. Del mismo modo, se ha modificado el entorno habitable hacia escenarios de profundas crisis climáticas y transformaciones planetarias que ponen en riesgo a la totalidad de las formas de vida conocidas o por conocer. Ha llegado la hora de vivir en las ruinas. Tal como menciona la antropóloga Anna Tsing, nos toca danzar en un escenario antropocénico para el que necesitamos «ejercitar las artes de la inclusión» (2019, p.45) de todxs los otrxs de este mundo —aquellos más que humanxs— que han sido empujados a los bordes de la vida. Y, para ejecutar aquellos movimientos capaces de emanciparnos, apremia volver a preguntarnos ¿quiénes somos lxs humanxs? Donna Haraway respondería enseguida “(s)omos humus, no Homo, no ántropos; somos compost, no posthumanos” (2019, p.94), situada en medio de un enredo multiespecies. Pues bien, este número de Tabula Rasa, se dispone en el juego de hilos que evoca la autora, dado que necesitamos de historias de vida menos binarias y más tentaculares (Haraway, 2019, p.77) en pos de esa habitabilidad en los actuales escenarios de extinción.
Notas sobre las relaciones entre perros de trineo y mushers en Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Authors: Amador Fanaro Luisa
Published: January 2022

En este artículo se analiza la actividad turística de los perros de trineo en Ushuaia (capital de la provincia de Tierra del Fuego, Argentina) y sus relaciones material-semióticas con los mushers, conductores humanos de estos trineos. Propongo abordar aquí dos de las principales preguntas que surgieron durante mi investigación y que, al final, culminaron en una gran contradicción: si, por un lado, el adiestramiento de perros de trineo es clasificado por los mushers como una forma de codomesticación (producida por el entrenamiento y la convivencia), por otro lado, los perros de trineo se consideran animales de trabajo genéticamente «programados», tanto por sus cualidades «ancestrales» como por su «mejoramiento genético». Así, parece haber una imagen paradójica de los perros: son trabajadores naturales, pero hay que entrenarlos y mejorar su genética. Entonces, ¿cómo pensar, en esta relación, en la convivencia particular entre lo innato y lo adquirido, entre la naturaleza y la cultura?
De jaurías, sufrimientos y rescates: violencia y relaciones entre perros y humanos en dos ciudades fronterizas mexicanas
Authors: Reyes Sánchez Rigoberto , Sandoval-Cervantes Iván
Published: January 2022

Los perros son presencias importantes en las calles de las ciudades mexicanas, sobre todo en los emplazamientos periféricos o fronterizos. El presente artículo explora estas presencias caninas en dos ciudades afectadas por la violencia, así como las relaciones que estos animales establecen entre sí, con los humanos y con los espacios, partiendo del supuesto de que los perros son entes activos que construyen alianzas, territorios, paisajes y vinculaciones afectivas. Se trata de un escrito a cuatro manos en el que ponemos en diálogo los encuentros y hallazgos de dos investigaciones hechas desde la perspectiva de la etnografía multiespecie en dos emplazamientos urbanos mexicanos: por un lado, Tecámac, ubicado al extremo sur de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México y por otro, Ciudad Juárez, en la frontera norte del estado de Chihuahua. Pensamos que estos dos espacios se prestan a una comparación interesante ya que representan núcleos urbanos densamente poblados pero que siguen apareciendo como fronteras entre lo rural y lo urbano. Ambas localidades, también, comparten importantes oleadas de violencia que han dado forma a las vidas cotidianas de sus habitantes humanos y no-humanos.
Proximidad en el vínculo humano-perro: El rol del antropomorfismo y el antropocentrismo
Authors: Díaz Videla Marcos
Published: January 2022

El vínculo humano-animal ha fluctuado históricamente, condicionado por nuestra tradición sociocultural. En esta evolución, las mascotas ocuparon un rol destacado, en tanto su proximidad hacia los humanos resultó en una ambivalencia que cuestiona la separación humano-animal. Su análisis identifica dos procesos complementarios que favorecen la proximidad interespecies: el antropomorfismo y el posicionamiento antiantropocéntrico. Estos se manifiestan más intensamente en el vínculo con los perros y tienden a desafiar dicotomías occidentales como persona/no-persona, humano/animal y sujeto/objeto. Estas tendencias, combatidas tradicionalmente por subversivas, en la actualidad continúan siendo indiscriminadamente cuestionadas a partir de su presunto impacto negativo en el bienestar animal, el cual no se ha manifestado consistentemente en estudios. En paralelo, la selección antropomórfica, claramente en detrimento de los animales, parece gozar de mayor aceptación en tanto no cuestionaría la distinción humano-animal instituida. Se destaca la necesidad de repensar a los perros en su especificidad, evaluando su bienestar con parámetros intrínsecos.
Exploration of the Relationship of Sleep Quality in Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy, Villahermosa Tabasco
Authors: Espinoza-Anguiano Tirsa A. , Avilés-Rodriguez GJ , Espinoza-Vargas José Ricardo
Published: January 2022

Introduction: In recent decades, there has been growing evidence suggesting that too little or too much sleep is associated with adverse health outcomes, including type 2 diabetes. There is a close association between diabetes and diabetic retinopathy (DR), so it is reasonable to assume that sleep may also have associations with DR. Objective: To explore the relationship between the perception of sleep quality and the degree of diabetic retinopathy in patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus treated at a 3rd level dophthalmological care service. Results: Significant correlations were found in: diastolic and systolic blood pressure (0.429), triglycerides and total cholesterol (0.707), glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) and glycemia (0.561), Epworth sleepiness scale (ESS Score) and age (0.394) , ESS Score and weight (0.365), extended STOP questionnaire (Stop Bang) and age (0.317), Stop Bang and weight (0.579), Stop Bang and ESS Score (0.452), insomnia severity index (ISI Score) and Stop Bang (0.460). Although the reduced sample size limited the results in the associations by subgroups in the study, a trend towards an elevation of the ESS score can be seen in the subgroup of patients who reported sleeping 8 hours or more. Conclusions: Although the trends are not statistically significant, the authors consider that this finding is congruent with the state of the art on the subject of sleep and metabolic condition of retinopathic diabetic patients (increased trend of ESS score reported in the subgroup of 8 or more hours sleep), it will be necessary to explore this phenomenon in more detail and in a larger number of patients.
Clinical profile of patients before and after a diabetes reversal program in Ecuador
Authors: Albuja Chaves Marco , Vera Alcívar David
Published: January 2022

Introducción. Las enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles (ECNT) son la principal causa de muerte en Ecuador y el mundo, y dentro de ellas la diabetes mellitus es una de las de mayor crecimiento en morbilidad y mortalidad. Objetivo. Determinar si existen diferencias entre las características clínicas antes y después de un programa de reversión de diabetes en Ecuador. Métodos. Estudio comparativo antes y después en el mismo individuo. Se realizo el seguimiento de pacientes que ingresaron voluntariamente a un programa clínico ambulatorio basado en Medicina del Estilo de Vida durante 8 semanas, se tomaron medidas al iniciar y al terminar este período, que contempló alimentación basada en plantas, ejercicio físico y apoyo psicológico. Resultados. Ocho pacientes fueron analizados entre 40 y 74 años (3 mujeres y 5 hombres) El análisis comparativo antes y después de la intervención mostraron diferencias significativas para: Peso (p= 0,007), IMC (p: 0,004), Glucosa (p= 0,04), Hemoglobina glicosilada (p= 0,007), triglicéridos (p= 0,04), urea (p= 0,004), y TGP (p= 0,023). Conclusiones. Existe una mejoría en algunas variables medidas después de haber llevado el programa de reversión “Medicina de estilo de vida” en comparación con las medidas iniciales.
Lifestyle Medicine: a field of medicine with deep roots and great potential for the future
Authors: Arkadianos Ioannis
Published: January 2022

Lifestyle Medicine - even though the term only recently started being broadly used – has its roots in ancient Greece, thousands of years ago. Hippocrates (460 – 370 B.C.) was the first one to use the term of Lifestyle Medicine, suggesting that in order for someone to have a good health, they should just “avoid eating excessive amounts of food and try to exercise even a bit”. So, he set the ground for what we call today, Lifestyle Medicine.