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Pedagogical Prudence as a Attitude of Teacher and Educator. the Reinterpretation of the Aristotelian-Thomist Concept of the Prudentiae Politicae in the Context of Pedagogical Practice
Authors: Machowski Adam 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
In this article, I would like to attempt to reinterpret political prudence – a key skill for political action according to classical philosophy (Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas) – as a useful and even necessary skill for educators and teachers. This reinterpretation is made possible primarily by the fact that a significant part of the political works of classical authors is concerned with the upbringing and education of children and adolescents.
Key factors affecting disposal of radioactive waste in the sustainable development approach
Authors: Tantau Adrian , Vitioanu Greta-Marilena 
Published: August 2020

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The radioactive waste disposal is a well investigated issue worldwide because of its importance for a safe and sustainable use of nuclear energy. Such waste is subject to final storage in deep geological disposals. Many factors have a direct contribution to the success of such innovative facility. The objective of the study is to identify the principal factors which contribute to the radioactive waste location. Factors that influence public acceptance are recognized and emphasized in the paper. The methodology is based on a questionnaire for empirical data obtaining and interviews with a selected group of experts to explore the insights of a disputed topic. The study reveals the quantitative analysis of the key factors as well-established contributors for understanding how and where to construct a radioactive waste facility. General information about the respondents was considered, as well as the possibility and the level of cooperation with stakeholders, the degree of information and the motivation of the given benefits as important influential factors over location and construction of a radioactive waste disposal. Overall, the study has shown that various factors influence the general public attitude, and this aspect leads to a direct influence on the location and construction of such a facility. The novelty of the research consists in key factors investigation that specially influence the location and the construction of a radioactive waste disposal, especially because the available literature studies in this area are not so strong developed yet.
Comparative study on quality assurance for mandatory energy audits in Romania and Germany
Authors: Krutwig Michael , Starosta Kejo , Tantau Adrian 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
The commitment to an activity always requires the assurance of the quality of the result. Article 8 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2012/27/UE of the European Parliament (EED) requires large companies in all member states to carry out an energy audit at least every four years. An energy audit follows the standard EN-16247-1, but this standard does not take into account a possible reluctance of the company carrying out the audit and thus compliance with a minimum qualitative standard. The various national implementations therefore define further rules for carrying out these audits. In Romania, Article 8 of the EED was implemented in the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP). The coordinating authority for the energy audits is the Autoritatea Nationala de Reglementare în domeniul Energiei (ANRE). In Germany, the Erneuerbare Energien Gesetz (EEG) was created for this purpose, with the Bundesamtes für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA) being responsible for coordination. This study compares the differences in the respective regulations. In a comparative review, we analyze the national rules that companies in Romania and Germany have to follow when carrying out audits. Factors such as minimum sizes, balance sheet limits, calculation of measures, qualification of the auditor and also sanctions in the event of violation of the audit obligation are compared. This is intended to enable conclusions to be drawn as to whether there are differences in the requirements and minimum quality of energy audits in different countries and what influence the mandatory audit has on companies.
The need for rethinking the model of assessing value in the digital economy context
Authors: Ioniţă Cătălin Gabriel 
Published: August 2020

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In recent years, companies have begun to promote an economy based on knowledge and information, characterized by rapid economic changes, so the production of tangible goods has no longer been the main source of value, this being replaced by the creation and management of intangible assets, which are often not reflected in the accounting documents at the real market value because of the restrictive criteria for accounting valuation and recognition. Nowadays, the economy is based mainly on intangible assets and therefore they must be recognized in the financial statements of the companies, so that the shareholders and the investors have a clearer picture of company value. This paper aims to propose a model that can analyze the effects of intellectual capital and subcomponents of intangible assets on company value and the sustainable growth of firms listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Until now, it is unknown which kind of sub-components of intangible assets make firms listed at Bucharest Stock Exchange to have sustainable growth or are more useful to enhance firm value. The proposed model includes data referring to intellectual capital, computerized information, innovative property, economic competences and VEKTOR index, which was developed by the Romanian Investor Relations Association so that the shareholders and the investors have a clearer picture of company when it comes to Relationship with Investors, Corporate Governance, Proactive Approach in IR, Interactive IR Instruments, Coverage by Financial Analysts and Sustainability.
Does the shareholder salience influence the corporate social responsibility of entities from energy sector?
Authors: Ionescu Bogdan-Ștefan , Feleagă Liliana , Dumitraşcu Luminița-Mihaela 
Published: August 2020

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The stakeholder salience framework has become, over the past two decades, a tool often used to identify, asses and prioritize stakeholders and has demonstrated considerable theoretical and managerial implications. The objective of this paper is to determine to what extent stakeholder salience influences how different stakeholder categories are represented in the sustainability reports of entities from energy sector. In this respect, an interpretative content-based analysis of the social and environmental information disclosed by entities is used. The sample encompasses six energy entities that are comprised of Dow Jones Sustainability Europe Index (DJSI) constituent’s list on September 19, 2016. The results highlight that stakeholders who hold power have a high score of salience, being followed by those who possess legitimacy and then by those who possess urgency. The obtained results suggest the need to continue to focus on the normative theory of the stakeholders. The results also highlight that there is a link between the stakeholder salience, on the one hand, and the number and type of attributes held by each category of stakeholders, on the other hand. Stakeholders who hold power have a high score of salience, being followed by those who possess legitimacy and by those who possess urgency.
IFRS implementation in Romania. Insights from a professional’s perspective
Authors: Stoica Dragos Andrei , Dobre Florin , Nechita Elena 
Published: August 2020

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The widespread adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), by many countries around the world, tries to achieve a greater level of transparency in the reporting area. The research analyses the vision of audit professionals, from an emerging economy, of the implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standards. The paper aims to highlight the challenges and benefits of applying the standards from a professional’s perspective. We try to achieve this insight by applying a questionnaire to audit professionals employed in audit firms from the BIG4 group in Romania.
Improvement of the real estate transparency through digitalisation
Authors: Ionaşcu Elena , Anghel Ion 
Published: August 2020

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Taking into account that the transparency is a quality of communication of sustainability information, as well as the role of digitalisation in ensuring the transparency, we proposed to study the perception of real estate entities related to promoting transparency in the relationship with stakeholders and the integration of information and communication technology in their business models. Applying a qualitative approach, we critically analysed the sustainability reports published by real estate companies from the EU, which represent important non-financial information sources for stakeholders. Transparency is mainly reflected in corporate governance, as real estate entities are increasingly concerned with maintaining open relationships with stakeholders and knowing their expectations to integrate them into the business strategy. We have noticed a broader approach of transparency in REIT entities and in reports that include an assurance statement. New digital technologies serve the purpose of improving transparency, which, although still poorly explored in real estate, offer new solutions to increase the efficiency and productivity of real estate activities. Property technology can improve real estate market transparency and liquidity, bringing lower transaction costs, which should positively impact the value of investment assets.
New Training Trends in High-Risk Technology Fields
Authors: Tudoran Cristian 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
The more developed new and sophisticated technologies are, as in the energy sector, paradoxically, the more critical people are in terms of competences. A prophecy for 2020 was that machines and robots would replace people. It happened mainly for routine activities. Therefore, humans remain a crucial element in the technology world, especially in high-risk areas, such as nuclear. Companies developing, using high-risk technologies employ people with high-technical knowledge - not enough. Poor communication, failing leadership, improper management, decision reluctance, generation gap, lacking teamwork competencies were human errors that caused accidents. Besides technical competences, these people also need consistent training and workshops on soft skills, leadership, and strategy. Besides generic skills, requirements for training staff in long-life cycle technologies should consider: specific reaction patterns for various generations; the high-risk technologies are a combination of technologies with various durations, e.g., Silicon-based digital technology life cycle is about five years. However, the digital technology evolution to new ones, like quantum computing, may trigger unexpected interfaces with the underlying reactor technology, dominant in a nuclear plant, and requirements for training of staff. Extended use of the well-trained competencies can make the difference between life and death; Training? Because it is a combination of knowledge and practice; Coaching? Because it generates new behaviors in ordinary situations and improves the work-unit relationship; Leadership? Because there are moments when people need someone leading them to accomplish tasks efficiently. The methodology used to investigate such aspects was of team-group interviews for diverse generations involved in a nuclear project for risk analyses and master students, by using the same combination of training and coaching exercises. The paper presents the results of these investigations, considering the aspects mentioned and contributes to raising awareness of strategic development approaches for employees to aim at the emergence of new leaders.
Knowledge transfer between universities and smes and regional development. The role of the clusters as communities of practice
Authors: Lianu Costin , Rădulescu Irina Gabriela , Dobre Gudei Corina Simona , Lianu Cosmin 
Published: August 2020

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The Exchange of knowledge between universities and SMEs became a source of sustainable competitive advantages. The innovation capacity of SMEs is under pressure for various reasons since knowledge management is more costly and innovation readiness more difficult to be achieved. Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) became in this context critical players in the knowledge-based economy to interact with small companies. The traditional functions of universities are the generation of knowledge (research) and its transmission (teaching) are reconsidered in order to better serve the managers.
This paper investigate conditions SMEs and universities may better work together, assuming that a pro university-SMEs cooperation behaviour at the level of the SMEs managers and universities is an essential factor of an efficient transfer of knowledge. Evidence of this interaction from development regions of Romania are shown in order to identify emerging cooperation patterns. Another area this paper investigates is the interaction of universities and SMEs when they are bound together in a longer cooperation alliances, in clusters. Actions to develop clusters include universities as central resource. The research intends to review the role of the university in cluster development for Romanian development regions on their struggle to occupy a role in European smart specialization processes. As a main conclusion, the article argues that smart specialization and communities of practice are interconnected concepts enabling innovation processes in university-industry interaction. Knowledge transfer may be more efficient when clusters and universities are interacting on a long-term basis.
Some Considerations on the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education
Authors: Curmei Cătălin-Valeriu 
Published: August 2020

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This paper deals with presenting the main aspects of the assessment of learning in higher education, with an emphasis on the challenges that the evolution of the society imposed to this process. The main assessment techniques are presented and explained, insisting on their ability of coping with different objectives that can be assumed by the evaluation process. The paper insists on the importance of choosing the adequate methods for the assessment of learning and on the need to create new ones able to fit better to the needs of the new generations. It also tackles the limits of using these methods and the nexus generated by the conflict between adopting the optimal methods for the assessment of learning from a scientific point of view and the need for imposing working procedures and standards in the higher education system that sometimes prevent from achieving the optimum. Also, the factors that have a role to play in the choice of the design of the assessment of learning process are described in a special section. The paper also insists on the need of creating a versatile assessment of learning process that would offer the right combination of assessment methods able to support the learning process and that can be achieved only if a large liberty is given to the professional judgement of the teachers as opposed to bureaucratical procedures imposed by the society.
Discrepancies in European Union Funding across member nations and sectors as of 2019
Authors: Olteţeanu Angel-Cristian 
Published: August 2020

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This paper aims to explore the discrepancies in attracting European Union funding across member states and across different sectors of activity. Specifically, it aims to discover if there is a set of rule or model that can be attributed to the structure of European Union funding across nations and sectors to discern if some sectors are much more lucrative from the point of attracting European Union funding than others. In addition, beyond the purely economic and business considerations, the article wants to investigate if some ideologies, regimes, or parties are more successful in general in attracting European Union funding by sharing membership between European international parties or other reasons such as funding majoritarian populist parties to sustain European Union membership. The topic is of recent international economics significance in the context of Brexit and the buildup of Eurosceptic sentiments across the European Union as well as the international polarization between blocks of political power in the global trade war. This topic has been addressed partially before, mostly by journalists but represents a niche novelty in academic studies of International Relations. The methodology used will be both through argumentation of historical and current evidence as well as empiric data collection.
FEED - Modeling the relationship between education and food waste
Authors: Ghinea Valentina Mihaela , Cantaragiu Ramona Elena , Ghinea Mihalache 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
As formed by humans, which are living creatures full of contradictions, our society is characterized as well by lots of paradoxes. One could say that it has never been so wealthy and educated, while others would declare themselves as being grateful for a simple glass of water or a slice of bread, as the world wide abundance of goods and opportunities is counterpointed by deep scarcity, sometimes not too far from the sources of waste. Therefore, quite large amounts of edible food that could have been consumed end up in landfills, thus contributing to environmental pollution and social disparities. Despite many studies conducted in order to better understand the causes of this phenomenon, and although at the EU and UN level some actions were taken in order to reduce consumer food waste, the topic still remains open and it lacks a clear and impactful approach. In this light, we made use of the results of previous studies, and we built the causal model, FEED, based on system dynamics, with the aim to explore the impact of the evolution of educational attainment on the aggregate of household food waste. We then translated the model into the tenet of the dynamic simulation software, TRUE. There was no reinforcing loop displayed by FEED causal loop version, fact aligned with the evolution of our goal-variable when the simulation of the model was run, a result that make us to suspect the possibility of reducing food waste in the foreseeable future.
Innovation trends in Romanian logistics providers industry
Authors: Negruţiu Cristian , Onea Alexandra , Bădescu Ruxandra 
Published: August 2020

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The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the innovation efforts employed by Romanian logistics service providers. Innovation in the service sectors, namely in logistics and supply chain, has gained increased interest from scholars in the last years. The implications in the business environment are to be noticed, since logistics and supply chain are the backbone of any business in the world. In this sense, the performance of the supply chain can make the difference between failure or success for many companies. A tendency that has become prominent in the last years is the outsourcing of a part or the entire supply chain to professional logistics providers. Romania makes no exception to this trend, although is relatively new and has been consolidated in the last few years with the emergence of major international players. However, in order to be performant, the logistics providers need to be innovative on a constant and consistent basis. This characteristic is emphasized by the relevant literature as a prerequisite for delivering a superior service to the customers. The aim of this paper is to complement the current research on this matter and determine the relationship between innovative efforts of the global/regional logistics services providers present on the Romanian market.
In order to understand this preoccupation, there have been reviewed the innovation and/or sustainability reports of 12 logistics services providers. The results identified common trends on innovation, but also few major differences. The present study is a first step in a larger research on innovation in Romania and it will be continued through several sectorial reviews.
Lean and Agile model implementation for managing the supply chain
Authors: Hassani Youssef , Ceauşu Ioana , Iordache Adrian 
Published: August 2020

Abstract
Even though both researchers and practitioners propose several approaches to supply chain management research and the scientific literature shows that several methods have been implemented for supply chain management, the studies carried out have not revealed a formalized process or a clear method for supply chain integration. Indeed, there is a specific way to achieve this integration in the supply chain and there are differences in how one company does it compared to another. More recently, an alternative based on the Lean and Agile paradigms has been presented. The implementation of the Lean and Agile models to the supply chain aims to improve and simplify the production and the process of minimizing or eliminating wastes of all kinds, raise the productivity of the supply chain, increase the capability to respond quickly to unpredictable and changing customer demands and to take advantage of the uncertainty and the volatility of the market in the medium term. The main objective of this paper is to conduct an impact study on the implementation of Lean and Agile models in the supply chain, based on a review of the scientific literature concerning the models implemented to improve the productivity of the supply chain. We aim to identify and analyze the research carried out regarding the implementation of Lean and Agile models in order to improve the supply chain management, the results achieved and future research directions. Although the Lean and Agility paradigms are distinct and can be developed differently, they can be successfully integrated into a well-designed supply chain integration that involves a substantial degree of ambiguity in terms of significance and level of application across different supply chains, in order to increase the capacity to act, react and adapt to changes in demand and supply.
Indefinite vs. fixed-term work contracts: the impact over the teachers’ work-engagement
Authors: Mişu Sorina Ioana 
Published: August 2020

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A teacher’s work during the school year should be seen as a marathon or as a sprint? This paper intends to contribute to the expanding body of literature on the work-engagement issues of education employees from a perspective of strategic human resources management. It investigates how the length of their working contracts influences the level of engagement shown for their work. It was assumed that the existence of an indefinite or a fixed-term work contract brings up aspects such as stability, predictability and coherence for a teacher’s work, all thought to be parts of a positive engagement state of mind. Nevertheless, the acknowledgement and the acceptance of a short time collaboration could bring just as good results if the focus remains on the present moment. In order to gain a better understanding it was performed a quantitative research materialized in a questionnaire, answered by school teachers employed under both forms of contracts. The findings of this study are of value for any of the educational field stakeholders as the system’s human resources are the most valuable asset for a qualitative result. In the end, implications of a predominant engaged or disengaged stuff will be discussed and human resources management suggestions will be made.