Search

The study on flexible work has received increasing interest from researchers since 2000, but especially over the last years, when the coronavirus pandemic turned many people into remote workers overnight. The COVID-19 crisis has forced many employers to let their employees work from home. But what at first was a necessity becomes now a preferred way of working. Remote work allows employees to maintain a good work-life balance. This is essential to being more satisfied at work, and therefore to performing higher quality work. Commuting is not only mentally and physically stressful, but it also takes time, which is a valuable resource for people with busy schedules. Flexible working arrangements also have financial benefits, both for employers and employees; telecommuting allows employees to work from less expensive locations. COVID-19 has been the biggest engine of digital transformation, proving to businesses around the world that employees do not need to be in an office to get their work done. As flexible working becomes more popular due to its benefits, also the research on the topic grows swiftly. This study aims to explore the interest of specialists in investigating topics related to flexible work using bibliometric analysis. We conducted the study based on the investigation of the literature in this field from the Scopus database using the PRISMA methodology. The applications used in the data analysis process are VOSviewer and Microsoft Excel. The study involved the investigation of articles published in the period between 2000 and 2023. The major objective of the bibliometric analysis is the research of the scientific productivity of the literature focused on the subject under investigation.

Bibliometric research has recently gained much interest from academics seeking to investigate a particular topic. This study aims to explore the interest of marketing specialists in investigating marketing-related topics using bibliometric analysis. The paper includes the following sections: general information about bibliometric analysis, research methodology and how the database of articles was designed, data analysis results, conclusions and other insights. In this study, we considered the Scopus database for selecting the set of scientific papers. The applications used in the data analysis process are VOSviewer and QDA Miner. To achieve the purpose of the research, we analysed the productivity and impact of countries, journals and papers on the topic of bibliometric analysis in marketing. We also tried to identify the marketing-related concepts that generated the most interest from the specialists in their bibliometric analysis. The study aims to highlight the favorite topics related to marketing that specialists are interested in exploring through bibliometric research.

n recent decades, technological development has experienced significant acceleration, and smart devices are now widely available. Romanian e-commerce market, although ahead of countries like Greece, Portugal, Italy or Bulgaria, has still a long way to go before reaching its full potential. The purpose of this paper is to analyse the online shopping behaviour of Romanians. For this, we analyzed statistic data on internet access and online purchases and discussed the findings of an online purchase behaviour survey of 580 Romanian respondents. The main findings of the survey suggest that, while 64 percent of respondents prefer online shopping to the classic non-virtual shopping, the top three risks that worry potential online Romanian buyers are: fake online reviews, uncertain quality of goods, and unreliable match. 5G technologies, ultra-fast smart devices, lack of borders in online commerce are already present, so the future belongs to those who will know how to adapt and anticipate the needs of online shoppers.

online marketing, social media, touristic guesthouses

Marketing activities involve the use of large amounts of information. In order to be used effectively in decision making, they must be processed, presented in a form suitable and properly analyzed. The most complex and difficult problems are related to marketing activities because marketing is the interface between the company and the market. A large amount of new information are available during the continuous changes which take place on the different markets, so that quick decisions are necessary, the deliberation and analyzing time continuously decreasing. One of the most important concerns in software domain was to create powerful data analysis software tools for marketers, tools which can be used when situation must be analyzed and decision must be taken.

This paper presents an informatic system designed for collaborative logistic networks. The informational system is composed of structured informational modules that can easily be modified in order to facilitate the testing of the different algorithms that are being used. The informational system has two components, in the form of web application modules, which are connected to the user-specific modules (THE CLIENT WEB APPLICATION) and to the server-specific modules (THE SERVER WEB APPLICATION), respectively. These two modules operate the transmission of information, the demands of the client and the offers generated by the server. The designed informational system has been tested in actual operating conditions, by co-optating ten EMSs from the Bihor county area. Some of the elements considered positive by the users, in the testing period, were: usability, the automatic assignment of a motor vehicle according to the characteristics of the product, the automatic route generation, the selection of goods according to the cluster “route” of the system.

This paper presents the results of a study regarding the necessary means for small and medium enterprises to effectively interact and cooperate in terms of obtaining a maximum profit from transport infrastructures and communications using available and predictable information technology and communications means. The diversity of structures among enterprises has led to the development of new software products, which are more competitive and efficient and are covering a wider domain of application. As the majority of logistics activities are focused on planning, realizing and tracking cargo, managing vehicles and afferent activities, specific software products were designed and developed, generically called TMS. An analysis of current situation shows that small and medium enterprises are using just a small part of available software. They are treat customers individually and does not enable collaboration between customers to reduce transportation costs or sharing the transport resources.

EMCS-RO is a tool developed in accordance with EU requirements, which on April 1, 2010 provided electronic transmission of the accompanying administrative document in the states which are members of the communitarian bloc. Access to the EMCS-RO application is given by the National Customs Authority. The EMCS provides the use of ECS (Export Control System) to monitor the output of excise goods within the EU.