Considering the growing of high alarm signals on environmental issues, the implementation of green, sustainable, responsible investments has become a priority for each organization, in addition to maximizing profits and harmonious development with the environment. The purpose of this study is to examine the importance of implementing green investments within organizations and to identify the drivers that influence decisions for the implementation of green investments. In order to achieve this, two types of analyses were used: bibliometric analysis and systematic analysis, researching the representative studies in the field. The search was carried out for the period 1990–2020, and the analyzed sample comprised 444 articles. Following the application of the two methods of analysis, the results show that in the last 6 years the interest of companies in green investments has increased significantly, organizations being concerned with the efficient use of resources and environmental issues. This research highlights the internal and external drivers over which companies have a higher or lower control, as the case may be, in order to involve in green investments. The article offers new pathways for future research on this matter. Therefore, future research may develop a detailed description of the identified drivers for green investment. In addition, further research can calculate the level of the drivers’ impact on green investment and can identify that certain drivers should be more attentively treated. Moreover, subsequent works in this field can continue to identify new drivers or new ways of promoting the already identified drivers in the present research. Consequently, green investment could produce positive effects related to the reduction of pollution and global warming.
The digital revolution, driven and accelerated by the current pandemic, involves changes to known business models. The innovative model of the sharing economy can be a real and sustainable solution for long-term green economic development. The aim of our research was to determine the common factors of the sharing economy and the green economy and the perceptions of Romanian users regarding them. Our research questionnaire was based on the elements we found in the academic literature. To evaluate the collected data, we used the factor analysis method with the support of the SPSS program. As our study reveals, digitalization as well as inclinations towards saving are factors impacting both the propensity towards sharing and support for the green economy. The demarcation line between the sharing and the green economies is rather fluid, the two realities being under a reciprocal influence. In our model, the green economy develops according to the principles of the sharing economy, going a step further in considering the relationship between society and environment, society and sustainable, eco-friendly behaviour. Although the sharing economy is not necessarily a prerequisite of the green economy, it is, nevertheless, easy for societies or groups that have internalized the lessons of the sharing economy to move forward towards the green economy. This study can be an important tool and a first step for businesses, and, more importantly, for the Romanian public institutions to accelerate the implementation of necessary measures, including legislative ones, in order to promote the further development of these economies.
The purpose of this paper is to present a new type of cost that should be taken into consideration in the process of evaluation. The cost proposed improves the accuracy of the final results of this process, concerning the opportunity for implementation of the future investment project. The proposal of the cost was made based on the literature review carried out on the topic of investment project evaluation and on the authors' practical experience as a project evaluator and project manager. The paper's originality is supported by the fact that it brings in a new type of cost in measuring investment projects' performance.
The paper aims to present the concept of Performance – Based Budgeting and its importance for the economic development of a country. Performance – Based Budgeting is applied since decades ago in countries like Sweden or USA, whilst the others may learn from the good practices examples offered by the two. The present research highlights the advantages of implementing this concept, the suitable ways for implementing it, the obstacles that are often encountered and important recommendations for improving its use. The research was based on the literature review of the publications and the official data available in the studied field. The results of the paper contributes to implementing Performance – Based Budgeting in Romania but also to improving its implementation in other countries. Therefore, the paper offers solutions to stimulate a sustainable economic development of a country. The conclusion will reveal if Performance-Based Budgeting is an option among other concepts or a strong necessity for nowadays economic challenges.
The purpose of the present paper is to explore a potential solution to promote the investment projects' development in order to obtain sustainable urban growth. In the first part, the article highlights the considerable global importance of sustainable urban development. Moreover, it identifies examples of good practices related to implementation of instruments used for stimulating investments which are focused on achieving sustainable urban development.In the succeeding part, the article describes the identified potential solution, respectively a process which can be applied in practice in any city in order to attain sustainable development.The research was based on the specific scientific publications, the available official data related to sustainable urban development and on the experience of the authors in the studied domain. The results of the research will contribute to drawing up a new methodology that will stimulate investments for improving the process of urban growth considering the principle of sustainable development.
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