Research background: The economic impact of investing in new transport capacity or improving existing ones is complex and often indirect. Loans for infrastructure are often needed, but they cannot create sufficient conditions for economic growth. Investments in transport infrastructure require public funding. An assessment of their cost-effectiveness is needed to ensure a reasonable and acceptable allocation. Relevant economic, environmental and social effects must be taken into account. There is a growing concern in the transport sector about decisions on the development of the transport system and the effects of scale and externalities they produce. Planners and decision-makers need to know more about the wider economic impact of individual infrastructure projects and transport policies in general. Purpose of the article: This paper aims to present the most important theoretical and practical aspects of the importance of transport investment worldwide, at European level and Romania. Investments in transport infrastructure will not improve the economic vitality of a region unless it has sufficient economic capacity and employment, land use and economic development policies. Methods: This article starts from the hypothesis of the influence of globalization on the development of transport systems in general and applies as a case study on Romania. The paper was based on the analysis of transport legislation, as well as data sets for the period 2011-2019, to observe the gradual development of all types of transport. Findings & Value added: Following these researches, the link between globalization and investments in transport systems was found by emphasizing accessibility to new infrastructures, new horizons and development plans for the main types of transport, which is a key element in economic activity. The main results were disseminated throughout the article and it adds value through the analysis created at global and regional level (at European level) and the interpretation of statistical data related to transport investments.

This study aims to analyze the role that income has on food security. For this, with the help of data provided by national institutions (National Institute of Statistics) and international (FAOSTAT), it will be possible to analyze the evolution of certain indicators regarding living standards, food expenditures, income, and share, but also indicators that reveal ensuring food security. Following this analysis, a regression will be made between income as an independent variable and the indicator on food security (average dietary energy supply adequacy) straight dependent variable. Following this analysis, the research hypothesis will be validated according to which income has a direct and positive impact on ensuring food security.

Advertising is one key element for companies to transmit information to their stakeholders. Although the times and the uncertainty of the future are nowadays something very common, and what is much worse is that, the global economy must recover after the Pandemic. Entire economic sectors, like tourism, events, hotels, restaurants, cafes, transportation, spas, more precisely tourism sectors were affected and had not only to diminish their activities, but even to close down their businesses. Organizations still had to communicate with their audience. In this article, we propose a model of communication and the strategies that must be taken by companies in different fields, in order to transmit the message to their stakeholders. We also conducted a research to discover if the advertising in pandemic times has changed and in what manner and intensity. It is widely known that during economic crisis, the first department where the budget is diminished is the marketing budget. After conducting the research, we have discovered that organizations laid more emphasis on security, safety and protection as main communicational axe, although other companies transmitted the opposite, even showing that we can have the same "normal life" as before the pandemic. The majority of the respondents admire ads that present the normal life and ways of returning to the life before the pandemic, being more appreciated and watched. Ads can be very powerful, but at the same time, organizations must pay attention to the way the message is interpreted and decoded.

In the current context of the transition from a classical society to a society based on a smart and sustainable economy, the integration of the needs of communities at economic, social and environmental level into complex projects is a constant concern. The implementation of complex projects in terms of volume and structure can no longer be covered at the individual level only by the institutions that require public-private partnerships, so it is practically necessary to achieve combinations between the different alternatives available.The objective of this research is to evaluate the opportunity of financing through public-private partnership of public investment projects, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages associated.In this paper we used the qualitative research method based on the analysis of articles in the literature and we highlighted the context of developing this source of funding and the relationships and responsibilities that can ensure good management between different categories of partners.The results obtained from the study of the specialized literature proved that the investments made in PPP can be extremely useful and efficient tools for the sustainable development of communities, but in Romania they are insufficiently exploited compared to the classic investments financed from local and central budgets.This topic has a high degree of novelty for Romania, where the institutions are still reluctant to identify and select a private partner, which indicates a lack of involvement.

Research background: Even if they have a similar background, the ex-communist countries in Europe have started since the ‘90s to differentiate socially and economically one from another. Nowadays, the differences between them are significant in many aspects of the socio-economic environment, including innovation. Measurements done by Cornell University, INSEAD, and WIPO through the Global Innovation Index and some researchers compared the achievements from the last 30 years of the ex-communist countries in terms of innovation. Although innovation may be under the influence of multiple factors, some authors suggest that taxation has a major role. Purpose of the article: The purpose of the article is identifying a potential link between the dynamics of innovation and the dynamics of taxation in 8 ex-communist EU countries in the context of globalization, and to describe the way the globalization and taxation together fostered or suppressed the innovation. Methods: We will do a comparative analysis, comparing the taxation and the innovation input and output indicators - regulatory environment, education, general infrastructure, credit, investment, knowledge workers, knowledge creation, knowledge impact, online creativity, intangible assets. Findings & Value added: This paper may add value to the economic and taxation policies in the ex-communist countries by identifying the policies that proved their effectiveness in increasing innovation rates, policies that can be adapted and then adopted by the ex-communist countries that are less innovative.