Ramona SIMUT, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Business, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Oradea, Romania. Her research and teaching activities concern the development and application of statistical and econometric methods to address problems in economics, education, entrepreneurship, and tourism. She has published 11 ISI-indexed research papers with impact factors and over 50 peer-reviewed papers in reputable international and national journals and conferences in Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Cyprus, Spain, and other countries, as well as three textbooks. She has also been a member of seven research projects.