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This article aims to examine how certain economic and social factors influence short-and long-term performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). SMEs' performance is defined by using the value added (VA) by SMEs, as a percent of the total VA by enterprises. The study targets European Union (EU) countries selected by the authors following a cluster analysis procedure. In order to obtain short-and long-term influences, an analysis that carries out three types of tests is conducted: testing stationarity, testing cointegration and testing causality between the indicators identified as influencing factors and the variable measuring the performance of SMEs. The novelty and originality of this research are defined in terms of addressing the performance of SMEs from a new perspective, using an econometric basis in a macroeconomic view. From an econometric perspective, the results are among the most varied, both in the long-and short-term, however they also have a correspondent economic explanation. ARTICLE HISTORY

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The relationship between foreign direct investment and economic growth is a relationship that has long been studied in the economic literature, of particular importance for the economic and social development of any nation. The main objective of this paper is to analyze the scientific output in this scientific area, based on a bibliometric analysis, in order to identify some trends and to explain some phenomena within the economic reality. The paper analyzed 2281 documents from the Scopus database, using tools provided by the aforementioned database, VOSViewer and Citespace software. The analysis was carried out on several levels: typology of information dissemination, thematic area of publications, temporal/geographical distribution of documents and their scientific content. Among the findings authors can mention that the connection between foreign direct investment and economic growth is very strong (according to the cluster analysis in VOSViewer); consequently, the focus of the authors migrated from general economic aspects of the relationship to the elements of ecology and environmental protection. Going deeper with the analysis, conducting two parallel analysis of the papers with highest citation burst and keywords with highest citation strength values, some interesting trends were found in the relationship between foreign direct investment and economic growth.

The aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of knowledge management practices on healthcare system employees' satisfaction. A hypothesized causal model concerning the connections between three facets of knowledge management (knowledge acquisition, knowledge sharing, and knowledge utilization) and job satisfaction is proposed. A convenience sample of 459 respondents was chosen from 20 health organizations, including hospitals, pharmacies and medical centers providing specialized medical services. For the construction and validation of the econometric model and the validation of the research hypotheses, structural equation modeling (SEM) and technical support of IBM SPSS Amos 24.0 were used. The research results showed that knowledge acquisition and knowledge utilization have significant positive effects on employee satisfaction, while knowledge sharing is associated with a decrease in satisfaction. Moreover, relationships are moderated by the type of healthcare provided. In the end of the paper, theoretical and managerial implications are discussed.

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In the current context of increasingly limited resources and of constantly multiplying and diversifying needs, the issue of performance (in any form of its manifestation) is becoming increasingly important. This desideratum is even more important in the field of public management, because this sector is a large consumer of resources, of any nature (material, financial, human and informational). The main objective of this paper is to perform a bibliometric analysis in the field of performance within the public management, based on the analysis of scientific production, in order to discover significant aspects and trends. The present research analyzes 3309 documents (articles) from the Web of Science database, using two specific analysis software (VOSViewer and CiteSpace). The conducted research identified three clusters, based on the analysis of titles, abstracts and keywords, which take into account the economic aspects of the analyzed field, concrete ways of evaluating performance in the field of public management and particularities of the public sector in general. Finally, the present paper analyzes which are the main papers in the field (based on citation burst), highlighting the trends in this scientific field in the last 20 years. The novelty of this paper is the bibliometric analysis (combined with a "text mining" approach), being the first of its kind in the field of performance for public management.

The socio-economic context and globally discouraging trends observed in recent years regarding resource conservation and regeneration, control of climate change, technical, technological and informational inequality, progress gaps among nations and locally among citizens of the same country, have led to the need for developing policies, reforms and programs to support sustainable development. In this chapter the authors analyze some important issues regarding the Romanian experience in developing the green economy. They start with the background analysis of the concept, emphasizing several European Union documents regarding green economy and sustainable development. Then, the authors analyze the social and economic profile of Romania, in relation with some suggestive indicators of welfare, sustainability, equity and economic opportunities etc. Special attention is given to the environmental Performance Index (EPI) and Human Development Index (HDI). In the last part of the research, the authors present a short SWOT analysis for the green economy in Romania and several future research directions.