In the context of SDG 7 and SDG 13 of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, a new performance indicator has started to gain momentum in scientific research: renewable energy productivity. Understanding the drivers and the challenges of green energy productivity could help add on to the classical focus of renewable energy research on infrastructure, technical and economic feasibility, and environmental and social impacts, by considering the performance indicators in this field more. Only very few studies have explored the influencing factors of renewable energy productivity. Thus, this research aims to reveal the impact of social, economic, energy, and environmental variables on green energy productivity. The methodological approach involves bibliometric analyses of the literature on green energy productivity (GEP) and panel data regression models involving 16 independent variables. The main findings indicate positive effects of green taxes, female participation in the workforce, and highly educated people on GEP, pointing out the importance of green taxation, education, and gender equality in sustainable development. On the other hand, negative relationships of green energy productivity with economic growth, traditional energy variables, and air pollution were found for the European Union’s member states over 2007 and 2023. The results suggest that the analyzed European countries based their economic growth on traditional resources, with less importance given to renewable resources and green technologies, as the share of renewable resources of GDP was also negatively correlated. While private financial resources increase green energy productivity, questions about research and development investments, urbanization, and diversity index are still debatable.

The rapid penetration of digital in financial services has deeply transformed the banking business model, risk management approach and strategic decision-making. Although previous research provides a rich and extensive body of evidence on the technological capabilities of digital finance, it has paid relatively less attention to the institutional and governance processes through which these innovations can lead to sustainable business success in global banking. This study fills this gap by exploring how governance mechanisms moderate the linkage between innovation in digital finance and organizational performance in cross-border banking. Based on a conceptual and institutional research design, the study integrates findings from the digital finance, corporate governance, and innovation management literatures. The analysis is structured around two research questions that concentrate on the impact of governance alignment and regulatory coordination on translating digital capabilities into strategic and resilience enhancing outcomes. Instead of proposing a testable hypothesis, the paper provides an integrated theoretically grounded framework explaining causal links between innovation input variables, institutional intermediaries and performance outputs. The paper makes three contributions to the literature. On the first, it repositions governance from a limiting regulatory overlay to a strategic catalyst for digital finance. Second, it defines the context in which digital innovation sustains business exceptionalism without amplifying systemic exposure. Third, it provides a model based on theory that has immediate relevance for bank managers, regulators and policy makers who need to balance innovation against stability and competitiveness in uncertain financial environments.

The public order and safety system in Romania has several valences of national importance for which the internal management control mechanisms must be adapted to the general and specific objectives of the entity, so that the institutional needs related to the safety of the citizen and the preservation of a climate of public tranquility are realized at an optimal and continuous level. In this respect, at the managerial level it is analyzed through information, communication and management of certain documents, how to achieve general and specific objectives through planning tools, the degree of achievement of targets, the, performance monitoring, using the resources at hand. Case study was used as qualitative research in order to emphasize the particularities and evolution of performance evaluation in the public order and safety system. Thus, we can talk about the effectiveness of performance that is examined and evaluated in order to provide reasonable assurance that all the objectives of the public entity will be achieved. This study attempts to establish the evolution of performance indicators in the system of public order and safety, from the perspective of legislative changes in the field and the opinion of the authors based on the method of observation on the revolution of the system to the advantage or detriment of the entity. Also, a case study will indicate the results obtained and their evolution reported to the performance indicators at the level of the preventive arrest structure in Bucharest for the period 2019-2023.

Energy efficiency projects play an essential role in shaping a more sustainable and competitive economy in Romania and across the European Union (EU). Reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, these initiatives help combat climate change and generate new jobs, enhance living standards, and drive technological advancements. With the EU setting ambitious climate targets, Romania faces the pressing need to implement large-scale energy efficiency programs. This paper researches the benefits and economic implications of these projects at both the national and European levels, using a multidisciplinary perspective that considers economic, environmental, and social factors. The findings underscore the importance of well-defined policies and robust funding mechanisms to unlock the full potential of energy efficiency measures.

In the context of SDG 7 and SDG 13 of the 2030 sustainable development agenda, a new performance indicator started to gain momentum in scientific research: the renewable energy productivity. Understanding the drivers and the challenges of green energy productivity could help add on to the classical focus of renewable energy research on infrastructure, technical and economic feasibility, environmental and social impacts, by considering more the performance indicators in this field. Only very few studies explored the influencing factors of the renewable energy productivity. Thus, this research aims to reveal the impact of social, economic, energy, and environmental variables on the green energy productivity. The methodological approach involves bibliometric analyses of the literature on green energy productivity (GEP), and panel data regression models involving 16 independent variables. The main findings indicate positive effects of green taxes, female participation in the workforce, and highly educated people on GEP, pointing out the importance of green taxation, education, and gender equality in sustainable development. On the other side, negative relationships of green energy productivity with economic growth, traditional energy variables, and air pollution were found for the European Union’s member states over 2007 and 2023. The results suggest that the analyzed European countries based their economic growth on traditional resources, with less importance provided to the renewable resources and green technologies, as the share of renewable resources of GDP was also negatively correlated. While private financial resources increases the green energy productivity, questions about research and development investments, urbanization, and diversity index are still debatable.