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The paper tries to analyze the issue of human capital development on the performance of the organization at national and regional level, to identify and analyze, through the proposed conceptual model, the factors of the human resource development that lead to increasing the organization competitiveness by ensuring the connection between the specialized human capital and the organization performance, which will generate a competitive advantage over the selected organizations. The overall objective of the research focuses on the analysis of the existing links between the specialized human capital and the performance of the organization, the study and evaluation of the investment factors in the human capital within the industrial clusters, respectively the innovation and the entrepreneurial attitude in the industrial sectors of the North-West development region of Romania the context of increasing competitiveness. This requires an in-depth study of the impact of the human resources development on the achievement of increased performance within the clusters in Romania, as well as the influence of the cluster relations on the human capital within them. In Romania clusters have spontaneously formed as a result of international projects, as there has been no policy to stimulate the formation of competitive productive agglomerations. Cluster research focuses on the connection between the specialized human capital (training, education, qualification and training), cluster relationships (management, procurement, technology, innovation) performance of the organization (productivity, low costs, quality, innovation).Clusters in the North-West region of Romania capitalize on the interconnections between knowledge, resources, motivation, and relationships as central pillars of local development, providing information, specialized training, research, education and technical support. The factors of human resource development influence within clusters will need to be correlated with performance based on quantitative supplemental information that influences human capital efficiency, multivariate analysis of human captivity, resources, competitive advantage and relationship between them. The research is based on the assumption that human resource efficiency influences cluster performance. In this context, one can identify a conceptual level, which refers to the way we address the efficiency of human capital and performance, and an operational level, which refers to the concrete way in which we highlight them through measurement values. It was deemed necessary to select this factor in human capital development activities because the human resource is the essential element of a trading company, it is the central mechanism of any company, a financially stimulated element, which will implicitly lead to performance and high qualification of service / product achieved, aș well as strengthning the organization and its prestige. Within this human resources factor, labor force elements have been addressed as this is the main element of any internal "engine" of an organization that drives its activity and performance. The processing analysis of the data obtained and the interpretation of the research results were made using the programs SPSS 20.0 (Statistical Packages for Social Sciences) and Microsoft Office Excel, with which we obtained and produced graphs, correlations, analysis. Thus, for testing internal consistency, the measurement and fidelity of the 60 questions assigned to the components of knowledge management, human capital efficiency and competitiveness, investment in human capital, cluster relationships, and performance based on the Likert scale, the Croncbach Alpha(α) coefficient. Following the internal consistency test, a Croncbach Alpha coefficient of .916 resulted, indicating a high internal consistency of the quationnaire, which leads to its validity and will yield conclusive results. The association of the variables in order to highlight the correlation between them was based on the calculation of the correlation coefficient using the Pearson or Kendall tests. It is found that there is a good correlation between knowledge management and capital investment of .806, followed by performance .796, and with weaker relationship relationships within the clusters of .629. We can say that there is a strong link between investment in human capital and knowledge management, which leads to the interest in human capital development în the organizations, with the aim of achieving performance and increasing the competitiveness of the analyzed clusters. The analysis points out that the areas of human capital efficiency and competitiveness increase are correlated, having a coefficient of Sig. to <0.01, all of which are found to have average scores, ± 0.50 and ± 1, data showing that there is a strong correlation between them, the data being normally distributed. Different clusters of indicators were used and cluster comparisons were made by activity sectors, cluster members, catalysts, training institutions. The results indicate some progress towards a better competitive positioning, but participation in the human resource training has led to a qualitative leap in the development of organizations, especially in the furniture, IT and agro sectors. They also highlight some systemic weaknesses in the process of human resource development, driven by national training, R & D,and business, which require sustained efforts at multiple levels (entrepreneurial, institutional, economic, social, and political) to overcome the current stage and develop an open minded education of human capital in the near future. In the process of predicting the evolution of the factors for increasing the human capital efficiency, based on econometric methods models, it is assumed that the investment in human capital will continue to have a growing trend, within a foreseeable period of time, with the involvement of organizations, cluster members and correlated with the national and European legislative framework in force. In order to be relevant in establishing the organization's development strategy, the study of the implementation of knowledge management under analysis should be compared to market dynamics, activity and performance. If the market is more dynamic than the company, it will be noticed that the company will have a certain gap in terms of competition on the market. The role of statistical and econometric methods and models is considerably amplified in the context of market mechanisms as the complexity of the economic and financial activity of the organization increases, with profound implications in the management process, which cannot be achieved only on the basis of experience and routine, further requiring relevant studies and analyses to underpin operative and strategic decisions. In conclusion, the present study will provide, in an overall view, the image of identifying and outlining the relationships between knowledge management and human capital factors that lead to performance within the existing industrial clusters in the North-West region of Romania, whose connection leads to competitiveness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The most important capital of modern enterprises is information, knowledge and intellectual capital, while at the same time in process of building the competitive advantage, the role of material components decreases. Knowledge in the enterprise is partly its property but mostly its owners are employees. Therefore, it is crucial to provide employees with appropriate working conditions in which they could fully use their potential. This may require, among others, such activities as: changing the organizational culture, introducing new communication corridors or new rules for storing information. At the same time, in this context, it should be mentioned that knowledge in an enterprise may have an explicit or hidden character. Explicit knowledge is a kind of systematized and clearly defined knowledge (documents, databases) of easy transfer and facilitating the fulfillment of many company functions. Tacit knowledge accumulates with increasing experience and intuition, is individual and is passed on during professional relationships. It is estimated that about 80% of the knowledge accumulated in the enterprise is associated with tacit knowledge - it is therefore the main, though difficult to explore, source of new ideas or innovations. The problem of knowledge management is complex and multilayered. Problems in this area may refer to such issues as: mismatch of the enterprise structure, inappropriate level of personnel motivation, application of ineffective methods and management styles. However, actions in this area should be a priority for modern enterprises. Knowledge management allows to increase the value of intellectual capital, adjusting the strategy to real opportunities (strengths and weaknesses), encouraging innovation, better use of information and technical resources, modifying activities so that the company uses knowledge more effectively, minimizes knowledge gaps, develops knowledge that adds value to products and services. The study describes the most important issues related to knowledge management in enterprises, presents the basic problems and opportunities related to activities in this area, as well as the assumptions of the method of analysis and assessment of the company's knowledge resources. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article is dedicated to intellectual capital overview as part of country innovation development core factors. In the article the theoretical analysis of approaches to intellectual capital definition concept, essence and structure. Provided intellectual capital definition original interpretation, structural components allocation is given. The analysis and comparison of innovation development in various countries conducted in terms of patent activity, the volume of shipped innovative products, changes in the allocations for research and development, the structure of domestic expenditure on research and development by source of funds, etc. Studied number of related ratings that are based on countries' economic innovativeness indicator. As result of performed analysis among reviewed countries, there were identified differences in the national innovational systems that allowed to work out estimation scale of intellectual capital influence on countries' innovational development. As the further research consequence defined matrix of innovational development strategy identification. This instrument based on reveal of optimal combination of national innovational system model and intellectual capital influence level on countries' innovational system development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the issue of a systemic approach to strategic management in the period of the transformation of information-based to knowledge-based society, where one of the strategic factors in the process is the use and development of intellectual capital. Described in the first part is the main contexts of the given issue, and then there is a design of a general model of the systemic approach to the development of a knowledge-based society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]