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Since the end of the Second World War, retail has undergone a profound and long-term transformation all over the world. The second half of the twentieth century witnessed a structural shift from small and independent single-establishment retailers towards big discount chains operating larger that distribute a multitude of goods to multiple markets. Foreign retailer investments around the world have intensified since the end of the last century as the large international retailers transformed themselves into global business organizations. The paper aims to present and analyze the evolution of global retailing in recent years. In order to achieve the objectives of the paper the authors used a quantitative research method. The results demonstrated that the world’s largest retailers by their retail revenues are from North America and Europe, with a clear majority of the American corporations. Wal-Mart has been by far the largest global retailer in the period 2016-2019.

Worldwide, there is a constant pursuit to develop particular regions, either strategic or following old economic power poles. Such an environment is based on mutual aid and exchange that increases the likeliness of an economic power conglomerate to thrive, increasing general welfare. The Central and Eastern European region registered an economic boom in the last period, thus helping companies reach higher turnover levels and manage to achieve higher global competitiveness. The aim of the paper is to portray the evolution of the Central and Eastern European region’s largest companies in the period 2015-2017 by using the turnover criteria. The methodology used is quantitative and based on the research of secondary sources such as articles and reports. The findings show an improving situation in the advancement of the companies from the analyzed region.

In recent years, China superseded Japan as the world’s second-largest economy and Germany as the world’s biggest exporter of merchandise. As its economic expansion is continuing, China makes efforts to identify and exploit new sources of growth and development. In this respect, China has launched and promoted its Belt and Road Initiative since 2013. The goals of the paper are to briefly describe the Belt and Road Initiative and to illustrate the Chinese economic pragmatism in this case. The authors achieved the objectives of the paper by using a quantitative method. The information was gathered through a comprehensive literature review from various sources of secondary data. The paper demonstrates the Chinese economic pragmatism in launching, developing and supporting the Belt and Road Initiative.

Doing business constitutes a major concern around the world, both for policy makers andentrepreneurs. Economic freedom allows individuals to be independent and choose those types andmeans of doing business that suit them the best. The aims of the paper are to show the relationship between the concepts of doing business andeconomic freedom, and to present the rankings of the top 10 countries in the world according tothese two topics for the period 2014-2016. In this respect, the methodology used is based on theresearch of various secondary sources such as articles and reports. The findings highlight that there is a positive relationship between the ease of doing businessand the level of economic freed.

The last decades have witnessed the rapid spread of entrepreneurship all over the world. Consequently, the state of entrepreneurship has significantly improved. The aim of the paper is to present the evolution of the top ten countries in the world according to the Global Entrepreneurship Index in the period 2015-2017. The research methodology is based on a quantitative method. The paper shows that the top ten countries in the world according to this index in the last three years were the same in a high proportion and demonstrates the absolute domination of the United States of America and the growing presence of the European countries.