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Costea MUNTEANU
Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti
The purpose of this paper is threefold: (1) to examine briefly the history and development of the major methodological controversies in economic science.

ŒCONOMICA no. 1/2008
Keywords: methodological controversy, individualism, holism, personalism, neutralization of controversy
JEL: E32
Despre controversele metodologice din ştiinţa economică
Agnes GHIBUŢIU
Academia Română

Drawing on recent literature on the issue of services offshoring, this essay aims to give an overall picture on the dynamics, scale and effects of this phenomenon in Romania.


ŒCONOMICA no. 1/2008
Keywords: methodological controversy, individualism, holism, trade in services, FDI, services offshoring
JEL: F14, F21, F23, L80
Fenomenul relocalizării serviciilor şi impactul său asupra economiei româneşti
Sarmiza PENCEA
Institutul de Economie Mondială, Academia Română
Providers of energy and energy-intensive products all over the world will face at least a decade of uncertainty, generated by the unprecedented mutations taking place in the global economy.

ŒCONOMICA no. 1/2008
Keywords: energy demand, energy providers, global industrial structures
JEL: Q41, Q31, Q32, Q56
Megatendinţe cu impact în lumea energiei
Ion ANGHEL
Fundaţia Familiei Menachem H. Elias
In the context of the performance requirements implied by the development of a knowledge based economy, we look at industrial property as an important tool thereof

ŒCONOMICA no. 1/2008
Keywords: divergence, harmonization, convergence, institutional convergence, economic growth, research and development, global competitiveness, industrial design, innovation, statistical indicators, trade-mark, patent
JEL: K11, K29, O34
Gradul de convergenţă / divergenţă a reglementărilor şi instituţiilor privind drepturile de proprietate industrială (Uniunea Europeană, SUA şi România)
Andreea PAUL VASS
Academia de Studii Economice din Bucureşti
Throughout the EU, retailing is increasingly becoming dominated by a small number of supermarket chains.

ŒCONOMICA no. 1/2008
Keywords: statistical indicators, trade-mark, patent, abuse of dominant position, retail market, supermarkets
JEL: L81, D40, D32
Dilema consumatorului: dictatura pieţei sau dictatura statului?
Roxana-Mihaela SULGER
The measure of the economic value has become a widely debated issue because, nowadays, more and more companies are focusing on creating value for their shareholders.

ŒCONOMICA no. 1/2008
Keywords: Economic Value Added, Value Based Management, Return on Investment, Return on Equity, Earnings per share, Total shareholder Return, Market Value Added
JEL: G31, M21
Valoarea economică adăugată. O cercetare empirică