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In the COVID-19 outbreak context, some industries were seriously affected, and the T&T (travel and tourism) industry is unarguably one of those industries. As the world is slowly moving towards a recovery stage, T&T is lagging in the recovery process, mainly because of people’s perception of safety and a new, more cautious behavior when buying products that are not essential for survival, such as T&T products. In order to discover sustainable recovery paths for the industry and the real impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on consumer perceptions and purchasing behavior, the current quantitative research was developed on the basis of two different representative samples in two different moments: May 2020 and December 2020, with a focus on Romania’s population. The main results indicate that the COVID-19 pandemic has influenced travel patterns and habits regarding philological and economic factors. Psychological factors, primarily the fear of contamination, impact travelers’ willingness to travel and the conditions and preferences for vacation destinations. At least in the medium term, people will avoid traveling in large groups and being in crowded places. Hygiene and health conditions in the host destination can represent essential factors in travel decisions. Confronted with a cautious clientele, tourism businesses (such as transport, accommodation, and catering) should further enhance their hygiene conditions to restore confidence. Moreover, communication is essential in these challenging times to tackle travelers’ fear and concerns.
Andreea Orîndaru; Maria-Floriana Popescu; Alina Alexoaei; Ștefan-Claudiu Căescu; Margareta Florescu; Anca-Olguța Orzan. Tourism in a Post-COVID-19 Era: Sustainable Strategies for Industry’s Recovery. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6781 .
AMA StyleAndreea Orîndaru, Maria-Floriana Popescu, Alina Alexoaei, Ștefan-Claudiu Căescu, Margareta Florescu, Anca-Olguța Orzan. Tourism in a Post-COVID-19 Era: Sustainable Strategies for Industry’s Recovery. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (12):6781.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndreea Orîndaru; Maria-Floriana Popescu; Alina Alexoaei; Ștefan-Claudiu Căescu; Margareta Florescu; Anca-Olguța Orzan. 2021. "Tourism in a Post-COVID-19 Era: Sustainable Strategies for Industry’s Recovery." Sustainability 13, no. 12: 6781.
Consumption has lately been under the microscope facing pressure from all stakeholders as principles of sustainability have gained more popularity. In this context, a new sustainable consumer model was born, referring to major shifts in buying and consumption habits. Nevertheless, these shifts were lagging as consumers resisted change in the comfort of old habits. This comfort was shaken up by the COVID-19 outbreak that forced us to rethink every aspect of our lives. Therefore, this crisis context seems the perfect opportunity to shift towards the sustainable consumer model. People’s openness towards embracing new consumption habits was evaluated in a quantitative study where data was collected in two different moments: May 2020 and December 2020. Major results of our research show that people’s lives were dominated in 2020 by uncertainty, especially when referring to their financial situation. Further on, consumers have already started to bring major shifts in their consumption habits because of this uncertainty. Among the most important shifts, there were more prudent purchase decisions, rising interest for discounted prices, increased likelihood of buying local and enhanced preference in buy fresh products instead of processed or semi-processed ones.
Andreea Orîndaru; Maria-Floriana Popescu; Ștefan-Claudiu Căescu; Florina Botezatu; Margareta Florescu; Carmen-Cristina Runceanu-Albu. Leveraging COVID-19 Outbreak for Shaping a More Sustainable Consumer Behavior. Sustainability 2021, 13, 5762 .
AMA StyleAndreea Orîndaru, Maria-Floriana Popescu, Ștefan-Claudiu Căescu, Florina Botezatu, Margareta Florescu, Carmen-Cristina Runceanu-Albu. Leveraging COVID-19 Outbreak for Shaping a More Sustainable Consumer Behavior. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):5762.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndreea Orîndaru; Maria-Floriana Popescu; Ștefan-Claudiu Căescu; Florina Botezatu; Margareta Florescu; Carmen-Cristina Runceanu-Albu. 2021. "Leveraging COVID-19 Outbreak for Shaping a More Sustainable Consumer Behavior." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 5762.
The present study aims to present, evaluate and identify the factors required to measure the prosperity and sustainability of Romania’s economy over the specific period 2000–2020 in light of sustainable regional development assessments, and examines how the main factors—as considered by the authors—may be integrated into regional development policies. The focus throughout the study is on the need to permanently support the development of Romanian regions in direct relation to the sustainable indicators presented within the model—through the use of data from empirical analysis—which are measures of Romania’s economic prosperity and long-term economic growth. Therefore, the study intends to assess the progress of each region of the country, showing the evolution and selection of factors that are related to sustainability, namely, child survival, poverty and education, with implications for regional development strategies and local initiatives that must promote wider sustainable regional development. Furthermore, the aim of the study is to analyse the influence of sustainable inflows on economic prosperity, reflected in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita for each region in Romania, considering factors related to sustainability and the major differences between the regions, depending on the effectiveness of these public policy applications. With this approach, our goal—considering all the macroregions of the country—is to emphasize the significance of two main aims in sustainable regional development: a better allocation of the means which actively aim to decrease the unemployment rate and a better infrastructure for public services. National, regional and local administrations play important roles in promoting coherent sustainability in economic, social and environmental activities. Regardless of the level at which development policies are devised—local, county or regional—they must take into consideration and monitor the determinants of sustainable development in cases where development is the ultimate goal.
Ibinceanu Cristina; Cristache Nicoleta; Dobrea Cătălin; Florescu Margareta. Regional Development in Romania: Empirical Evidence Regarding the Factors for Measuring a Prosperous and Sustainable Economy. Sustainability 2021, 13, 3942 .
AMA StyleIbinceanu Cristina, Cristache Nicoleta, Dobrea Cătălin, Florescu Margareta. Regional Development in Romania: Empirical Evidence Regarding the Factors for Measuring a Prosperous and Sustainable Economy. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (7):3942.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIbinceanu Cristina; Cristache Nicoleta; Dobrea Cătălin; Florescu Margareta. 2021. "Regional Development in Romania: Empirical Evidence Regarding the Factors for Measuring a Prosperous and Sustainable Economy." Sustainability 13, no. 7: 3942.
Demand response (DR) programs were usually designed to provide load peak reduction and flatten the load curve, but in the context of rapid adoption of emerging technologies, such as smart metering and sensors, load flexibility will address current trends and challenges (such as grid modernization, demand, and renewables growth) encountered by the evolving power systems. The uncertainty of the renewable energy sources (RES) and electric vehicle (EV) fleet operation has increased the importance of load flexibility that can be managed to provide more support for the stable operation of power systems, including balancing. In this paper, we propose a data model to handle load flexibility and take advantage of its benefits. We also develop a methodology to collect and organize data, combining the consumption profile with several auxiliary datasets such as climate characteristics of the location, independent system operator (ISO) to which the consumer is affiliated, geographical coordinates, assessed flexibility coefficients, tariff rates, weather forecast for day-ahead flexibility forecast, DR-enabling technology costs, and DR programs. These multiple features are stored into a flexibility relational database and NoSQL database for large consumption data collections. Then, we propose a data processing flow to obtain valuable insights from numerous . csv files and an algorithm to assess the load flexibility using large residential and commercial profile datasets from the USA, estimating plausible values of the flexibility provided by two categories of consumers.
Simona-Vasilica Oprea; Adela Bâra; Răzvan Cristian Marales; Margareta-Stela Florescu. Data Model for Residential and Commercial Buildings. Load Flexibility Assessment in Smart Cities. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1736 .
AMA StyleSimona-Vasilica Oprea, Adela Bâra, Răzvan Cristian Marales, Margareta-Stela Florescu. Data Model for Residential and Commercial Buildings. Load Flexibility Assessment in Smart Cities. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):1736.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSimona-Vasilica Oprea; Adela Bâra; Răzvan Cristian Marales; Margareta-Stela Florescu. 2021. "Data Model for Residential and Commercial Buildings. Load Flexibility Assessment in Smart Cities." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 1736.
City life has become the norm for most of the global population and building sustainable cities is a growing trend, together with an increased focus on healthier lifestyles in urban settings. Given this framework, the concept of ‘rurbanization’ is gaining momentum as more and more people are interested in bringing natural green spaces within the urban setting. For this purpose, a research (online survey on a sample of 500 respondents) was developed to discover youths’ perceptions on what a sustainable city means, their perspectives on the urbanization problems, and willingness to take action towards improving the green aspects of their urban life. Results revealed that sustainable life perception vary a lot across the young generation, but opinions on what are the city life issues tend to converge to similar points, such as air quality, disconnection with nature, greenhouse effect, urban heat islands, and water quality. When it comes to rurbanization solutions for a greener urban life, young people lean more towards individual solutions, be it an easy and short-term one, such as endowing their home with more green plants, or a more drastic one, such as moving altogether from the city area towards greener locations. Results were also used in designing a conceptual model for actions towards rurbanization.
Andreea Orîndaru; Mihaela Constantinescu; Claudia-Elena Țuclea; Ștefan-Claudiu Căescu; Margareta Florescu; Ionel Dumitru. Rurbanization—Making the City Greener: Young Citizen Implication and Future Actions. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7175 .
AMA StyleAndreea Orîndaru, Mihaela Constantinescu, Claudia-Elena Țuclea, Ștefan-Claudiu Căescu, Margareta Florescu, Ionel Dumitru. Rurbanization—Making the City Greener: Young Citizen Implication and Future Actions. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (17):7175.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAndreea Orîndaru; Mihaela Constantinescu; Claudia-Elena Țuclea; Ștefan-Claudiu Căescu; Margareta Florescu; Ionel Dumitru. 2020. "Rurbanization—Making the City Greener: Young Citizen Implication and Future Actions." Sustainability 12, no. 17: 7175.
This paper analyses the influence of Sustainable Supply Chain Management strategies—Supplier Selection, Product Stewardship and Logistics Management—on Supply Chain Management functions—Planning, Execution, Coordination and Collaboration in the oil and gas distribution industry. Using multiple regression analyses, we performed the study on 79 companies from Romania and the Republic of Moldova operating in the oil and gas distribution industry. We concluded that Sustainable Supply Chain Management strategies have a positive and significant influence on Supply Chain Management functions, both overall and on each of the functions considered in the study. Overall, the findings of this study can be used by companies operating in oil and gas distribution to design Sustainable Supply Chain Management strategies to better address the requirements for more environmentally and socially responsible activities in their supply chains and to optimize their Supply Chain Management to better cope with Sustainable Supply Chain Management requirements and expectations.
Margareta Stela Florescu; Eduard Gabriel Ceptureanu; Anca Francisca Cruceru; Sebastian Ion Ceptureanu. Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy Influence on Supply Chain Management Functions in the Oil and Gas Distribution Industry. Energies 2019, 12, 1632 .
AMA StyleMargareta Stela Florescu, Eduard Gabriel Ceptureanu, Anca Francisca Cruceru, Sebastian Ion Ceptureanu. Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy Influence on Supply Chain Management Functions in the Oil and Gas Distribution Industry. Energies. 2019; 12 (9):1632.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMargareta Stela Florescu; Eduard Gabriel Ceptureanu; Anca Francisca Cruceru; Sebastian Ion Ceptureanu. 2019. "Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy Influence on Supply Chain Management Functions in the Oil and Gas Distribution Industry." Energies 12, no. 9: 1632.
Florina Bran; Cristina Alpopi; Sorin Burlacu; Bucharest Bucharest Academy Of Economic Studies. Territorial Development - Disparities between the Developed and the least Developed Areas of Romania. The 14th Economic International Conference: Strategies and Development Policies of Territories: International, Country, Region, City, Location Challenges, May 10-11, 2018, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania 2018, 6, 146 -155.
AMA StyleFlorina Bran, Cristina Alpopi, Sorin Burlacu, Bucharest Bucharest Academy Of Economic Studies. Territorial Development - Disparities between the Developed and the least Developed Areas of Romania. The 14th Economic International Conference: Strategies and Development Policies of Territories: International, Country, Region, City, Location Challenges, May 10-11, 2018, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania. 2018; 6 (1):146-155.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFlorina Bran; Cristina Alpopi; Sorin Burlacu; Bucharest Bucharest Academy Of Economic Studies. 2018. "Territorial Development - Disparities between the Developed and the least Developed Areas of Romania." The 14th Economic International Conference: Strategies and Development Policies of Territories: International, Country, Region, City, Location Challenges, May 10-11, 2018, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Romania 6, no. 1: 146-155.