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This paper aims to analyse the nexus between tourism activities, including tourists’ circulation, accommodation or entertainment, and environmental degradation. Consequently, the conceptual framework captures the complexity of the nexus between tourism and the environment, given that tourism activities can be performed by tourists or for tourists and that tourism depends on the environmental quality, and, consequently, we highlight the impact of tourism activities on biodiversity loss through the pollution effects that they generate, i.e., air pollution, water pollution, or noise pollution, as well as their contribution to waste increase or to the depletion of natural resources. To achieve this goal, we apply structural equation modelling based on partial least squares analysis (PLS). The results based on tourists’ opinions highlight the existence of a direct and significant nexus between tourists’ activities and environmental degradation, with many implications and consequences.
Mirela Ștefănică; Christiana Brigitte Sandu; Gina Ionela Butnaru; Alina-Petronela Haller. The Nexus between Tourism Activities and Environmental Degradation: Romanian Tourists’ Opinions. Sustainability 2021, 13, 9210 .
AMA StyleMirela Ștefănică, Christiana Brigitte Sandu, Gina Ionela Butnaru, Alina-Petronela Haller. The Nexus between Tourism Activities and Environmental Degradation: Romanian Tourists’ Opinions. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (16):9210.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMirela Ștefănică; Christiana Brigitte Sandu; Gina Ionela Butnaru; Alina-Petronela Haller. 2021. "The Nexus between Tourism Activities and Environmental Degradation: Romanian Tourists’ Opinions." Sustainability 13, no. 16: 9210.
The activity of enterprises has a major impact on the quality of the environment. Deterioration and abusive exploitation of resources, with no concern for environmental protection, bring the need for a higher level of corporate environmental responsibility (CER). Consequently, CER has become a sine qua non concern of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). This study aims to estimate the importance of drivers for CER. It was conducted on a sample of SMEs from two groups of EU countries characterised by a different level of social and economic development backgrounds. The authors applied statistical analysis to estimate the importance of the effect of drivers for CER using the logit model and the nomogram. The logit model shows that the most important effects of drivers for CER correspond to the company’s core values, the impact of resource efficiency actions on the production costs, and the return on the investments made on resource efficiency. The magnitude of these effects is different for the SMEs from the two EU groups. Also, the study underlines the significant effect of SMEs’ size for CER. The differences for the two groups of countries call for policies stimulating environmental responsibility, differentiated by the two types of SMEs.
Mariana Hatmanu; Christiana Brigitte Sandu; Elisabeta Jaba. A Comparative Study on Drivers for Corporate Environmental Responsibility, EU15 vs. EU-NMS13. Sustainability 2019, 11, 6397 .
AMA StyleMariana Hatmanu, Christiana Brigitte Sandu, Elisabeta Jaba. A Comparative Study on Drivers for Corporate Environmental Responsibility, EU15 vs. EU-NMS13. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (22):6397.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMariana Hatmanu; Christiana Brigitte Sandu; Elisabeta Jaba. 2019. "A Comparative Study on Drivers for Corporate Environmental Responsibility, EU15 vs. EU-NMS13." Sustainability 11, no. 22: 6397.
This article aimed to analyse the influence of the main factors on management control used in optimization activities, in order to reach the strategic goals of a company. Agency, transactional costs and contingency theories have been analysed from the traditional perspective. This study reviewed resource-based, institutional, planned behaviour and upper echelon theories, and underlined the main features of management control processes. Empirical evaluation was conducted using data collected from interviews of top management of the main and secondary segments of the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Consequently, we showed the specific features of the systemic approach to management control by means of its determining factors: control environment, management strategies and budgetary system, operational control and the performance appraisal system.
Ionel Bostan; Aliona Bîrcă; Viorel Țurcanu; Christiana Brigitte Sandu. Systemic Approach to Management Control through Determining Factors. Journal of Risk and Financial Management 2018, 11, 65 .
AMA StyleIonel Bostan, Aliona Bîrcă, Viorel Țurcanu, Christiana Brigitte Sandu. Systemic Approach to Management Control through Determining Factors. Journal of Risk and Financial Management. 2018; 11 (4):65.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIonel Bostan; Aliona Bîrcă; Viorel Țurcanu; Christiana Brigitte Sandu. 2018. "Systemic Approach to Management Control through Determining Factors." Journal of Risk and Financial Management 11, no. 4: 65.
Elisabeta Jaba; Christiana Brigitte Balan. The Variation of Healthy Life Expectancy and Health Expenses in Europe. Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Economics 2012, 59, 1 .
AMA StyleElisabeta Jaba, Christiana Brigitte Balan. The Variation of Healthy Life Expectancy and Health Expenses in Europe. Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Economics. 2012; 59 (2):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleElisabeta Jaba; Christiana Brigitte Balan. 2012. "The Variation of Healthy Life Expectancy and Health Expenses in Europe." Annals of the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University - Economics 59, no. 2: 1.