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Volume 20, issue 1, 2026

Economic Diplomacy as a Strategic Tool in Economic Warfare: A Qualitative Analysis of Global Resilience Strategies pp. 1-7

Tabita Nicoleta Alexandru

Synthetic Threats, Real Costs: Assessing the Macroeconomic Exposure of Emerging EU Economies to AI-Enabled Cyber Threats Targeting Financial Systems pp. 8-16

Narciz Bălăşoiu

Stress, Uncertainty, and Decision-Making in National Security Systems: A Digital-Ecosystem Approach to Enhancing Public-Sector Performance pp. 17-27

Eliana-Laura Buliga, Adina-Raluca Olteanu and Cristi-Daniel Lăţea

Geopolitical Uncertainty and Gold Market Volatility pp. 28-36

Flavius-Cosmin Darie

Political Shocks and Market Volatility pp. 37-45

Flavius-Cosmin Darie

FDI Screening in the European Union: A Dual Bibliometric and Descriptive Analysis pp. 46-54

Iulian Ion

The Economic and Monetary Union as a Framework for Solidarity and Resilience pp. 55-64

Irena Kenarova-Pencheva

Crisis Management and Economic Integration within the European Monetary Union pp. 65-74

Petar Penchev

Inflation Forecasting with Monetary Policy Narratives: Evidence from an Emerging Economy pp. 75-83

Antoaneta Amza, Vlad Bolovăneanu and Daniel Traian Pele

Evaluating Intervention Effectiveness during Extreme Price Events: A Counterfactual Analysis of Romania’s 2024 Energy Crisis pp. 84-103

Alexandru-Victor Andrei, Daniel-Traian Pele and Alexandru-Adrian Cramer

Multi-Horizon Explainability in Energy Price Forecasting: Disentangling Market Dynamics and Renewable Intermittency in Romania’s Liberalized Electricity Market pp. 104-117

Alexandru-Victor Andrei, Daniel-Traian Pele and Alexandru-Adrian Cramer

Explainable AI in Financial Fraud Detection: Evidence from the IEEE-CIS Fraud Dataset pp. 118-132

Delia Diaconu and Daniel Traian Pele

ESG-Aware Asset Selection and Portfolio Optimization: A Comparative Study of Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methods pp. 133-147

Ştefan Găman, Rahul Tak, Siang-Li Jheng and Daniel Traian Pele

Sustainability of DeFi Carry Trading Using Stablecoins pp. 148-160

Andrei-Theodor Ginavar, Francis Liu and Daniel Traian Pele

Illicit Bitcoin Wallets’ Modi Operandi and Sub-Network Discovery using Stochastic Block Modeling pp. 161-180

Petre-Cornel Grigorescu

How AI Is Reshaping Risk Management in Energy Industry: A Qualitative Study of Leading Companies pp. 181-190

Delia Iacob

A Multimodal Vision-Language Framework for Financial Anomaly Detection pp. 191-201

Siang-Li Jheng, Daniel Traian Pele, Rahul Tak and Ştefan Gaman

Exploring Occupational Stress in Higher Education: The Student Perspective pp. 202-217

Armenia Androniceanu and Dan-Alexandru Lazăr

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Systems: Strategic Applications for Budget Management, Resource Allocation and Workflow Optimization pp. 218-234

Andreea-Maria Arginteanu, Daniela-Ioana Manea, Adrian Otoiu and Razvan-Alexandru Rusu

Human-Centricity in Industry 5.0: A Bibliometric Mapping Study pp. 250-265

Petrina-Delia Vagiuc, Marius Pîslaru, Adrian Vîlcu and Ionuț-Viorel Herghiligiu

How Useful are Greenwashing Metrics for Investors from Developing Countries: A Thematic Analysis pp. 266-276

Oxana Buz, Svetlana Ratner and PAIVA Inna CHOBAN de Sousa

The Transformation of the Accounting Profession Driven by Blockchain Technology: A Bibliometric Analysis pp. 277-290

Violeta Codrean and Svetlana Mihaila

Audit in the Era of Digital Transformation: Challenges in the Evolution from Audit 4.0 to Audit 5.0 pp. 291-307

Irina-Carmen Găboroi, Camelia Cazoni, Alexandra Pîrcălăboiu and Carmen Nadia Ciocoiu

When Consumption Does Not Tell the Full Fiscal Story: Macroeconomic and Financial Drivers of the VAT-to-Consumption Ratio in Romania pp. 308-320

Mihai-Daniel Gavrila

Opportunities for Application of Artificial Intelligence in Accounting Education pp. 321-334

Daniela Georgieva

Coercive Mechanisms and Audit Documentation Quality in Integrated and Sustainability Reporting: A Comparative EU Analysis pp. 335-349

Alexandru Ioan Maca, TIRDEA Oana V., Gina Elena Zlate and Daniel Buda

Challenges and Perspectives of AI Implementation within Romanian Public Listed Companies - Comparative review of Annual Reports pp. 350-364

Dorin-Octavian Pietreanu

Do AI and Digital Technologies Curb Greenwashing in ESG Reporting? pp. 365-374

Artem Shaposhnikov, Svetlana Ratner, PAIVA Inna CHOBAN de Sousa and Svetlana Balashova

The Circularity Risk Matrix in EU Projects – An Approach by the Financial Auditor in Assessing a Cleaner Environment pp. 375-390

ȚÎRDEA Oana V.

Digital Literacy and the Electoral Support for Populist Candidates: A Preliminary Bibliometric and Political Analysis pp. 391-412

Eugen Gabor, Marian Oancea and Vladimir Pripp

The (Agent-Orchestrated) Customer Journey: How AI Agent Optimization is Revolutionizing Branding pp. 413-433

Steliana Vasileva

Human Capital in Romania’s Top Football League pp. 434-441

Ana-Maria Cocariu

Beyond the Touchline: Leadership Lessons from Elite Football for Educational Excellence pp. 442-454

Bogdan Costache, Vladimir Aurelian Enachescu and Andreea Gheorghita

Financial Resilience and Strategic Adaptation in the Sports Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review pp. 455-472

Teodora Dominteanu, Veaceslav Mirzac, Adina Salaoru and Adrian Iacobini

Women in Sport Governance across Europe: Institutional and Socioeconomic Determinants of Leadership Representation pp. 473-494

Maria Dulău, Emőke Molnár and Alexandru Bogdan Iordache

The Impact of Interest for Sport and Sustainability of GenZ on Fan Engagement in Sustainability Campaigns of Favourite Sport Club pp. 495-508

Constantin-Daniel Pestrea, Mihaela Constantinescu and Mihai-Cristian Orzan

Quasi-Recognition through Sport: Football as an Informal Diplomatic Tool pp. 509-520

Florian-Alexandru Vlad

Drivers of Engagement in TikTok Fitness Content: A Systematic Narrative Review pp. 521-537

Andreea Voinea, Paul Tiberiu Coman, Aletta Bozonc and Alexandru Mihai Matac

Hierarchical Anomaly Detection and SHAP-Based Root-Cause Attribution for Robotic Process Automation Workflows pp. 538-552

Yanka Aleksandrova, Mihail Radev, Mila Georgieva and Desislava Koleva

Forecasting Market Regimes in an Emerging European Market: A Machine Learning Framework for the Romanian BET Index pp. 553-562

Bogdan Ionut Anghel and Radu Lupu

Detecting Anomalies in Foreign Exchange Markets: A Comparison between Structural and Generative Approaches pp. 563-573

Andreea-Madalina Bozagiu

AI-Assisted Forecasts in Discounted Cash Flow Valuation: Valuation Date, Information Set, and Audit Trail pp. 574-583

Romana Cizinska and Pavel Neset

Decision-Making Preferences in AI Era: Human Perception of AI in Text-Based Tasks Including Emotional Context pp. 610-621

Yuliya Petrenko, Renata Kosíková, András Sári and Andrea Vergeiner

Economic Expansion and its Effects on Natural Resources A Clustering-Based Approach pp. 622-630

Ion-Florin Răducu and Stelian Stancu

Conventional Machine Learning Methods for Detecting Tax Evasion among Inactive or Insolvent Companies pp. 661-673

Alexandru Simion and Adrian Costea

Perception and Integration of Generative AI in Today’s Education pp. 674-698

Oana-Larisa Stoica and Alexandru-Ștefan Crăcea

From Variable Importance to Economic Scenarios: Interpreting Machine Learning Models for Firm Failure Risk Management pp. 699-717

Vlad Teodorescu and Catalina-Ioana Toader

Exploring the Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Co-creation Processes within Cultural Heritage Tourism pp. 913-924

Andrea Bringas

Corporate Social Responsibility in SMES: Mapping Adoption Trajectories and Thematic Evolution through Bibliometric Analysis pp. 925-945

Adil Cherkaoui and Moad Trirach

Innovation and Performance in Public vs. Private Healthcare Institutions: A Bibliometric Exploration of Bureaucratic and Political Influence pp. 946-963

Gina Matei and Nicolae-Marius Vavura

Combatting Loneliness for the Older Person in Rural Communities pp. 964-978

NAUGHTON Mary McDonnell

From Policy Design to Behavioral Change: Applied Social Marketing and Gender Equality pp. 979-991

Mara-Teodora Nita and Bianca Tescasiu

Exploring the Effects of Digital Transformation on the Post-Pandemic Retail Industry: A Systematic Literature Review pp. 992-1001

Diana. Paraschiv

Co-creating Value and the Socio-Economic Impact of a UNESCO Global Geopark: Case Study of the Buzău Land UNESCO Global Geopark (Romania) pp. 1002-1014

Cristina Toma, Marian-Andrei Vintilă, Teodor Sebastian Cosma and Andreea Karina Gruia

Innovation Future Prospects in Retail: A Sustainable Approach pp. 1015-1028

Ana-Maria Torjescu, Emanuel Ciobanu and Ioana Polec

Supply Chain Resilience as a Strategic Capability in Film Production: A Risk Management Perspective pp. 1029-1040

Ivan Angelov and KUPOU Brenda Letissia Mekambou

Strategic Dilemmas in Digital Educational Product Development: Cooperation vs. Competition pp. 1041-1053

Teodora Daneva

Risk Management as a Tool for Reducing Resistance to Change in Organisations pp. 1054-1077

Eugen-Mihai Dragomir, Miruna-Georgiana Stan, Denisa-Andreea Cimpu and Carmen Nadia Ciocoiu

Cultural Perception of Entrepreneurship: A Bibliometric Analysis pp. 1078-1093

Maroua Naji and Salah Koubaa

Sectoral Differences in the Perception of Dominant Production Resources in Relation to Efficiency pp. 1094-1105

Martina Novotná, Tomáš Volek, Ladislav Rolínek and Jaroslav Vrchota

Quantitative Assessment of Internal Brand Dynamics in Organizational Contexts pp. 1106-1119

Irena Kenarova-Pencheva and Petar Penchev

How Do Companies Perceive the Role of the Audit Committee? A Structured Analysis of the Literature pp. 1124-1136

(FLOREA) Elena Claudia Badea, (BURCĂ) Andreea Larisa Olteanu and Mariana Bunea

Exploring the Joint Impact of Board Characteristics on Financial Performance and Corporate Sustainability pp. 1137-1151

Constantin Bistriceanu

Financial and Sustainability Reporting A Structured Literature Review pp. 1152-1168

Diana-Adelina-Maria Bucuraș, Ileana Cosmina Pitulice and Aurelia Ștefănescu

Using the Altman Z-Score Model to Identify Bankruptcy Risk Prior to Insolvency Proceedings pp. 1169-1182

Maria Budui, Alina-Iuliana Tăbîrcă, Valentin Radu and Florin Radu

A Bibliometric Review of Research on the Role of Mentoring in the Accounting Profession pp. 1183-1197

Cristina Gabriela Guțu

The Human Dimensions of Accounting Education: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Specialized Literature pp. 1198-1208

Cosmin Mihăilă

How Is ESG Performance Addressed in Relation to Audit Quality? A Structured Review of the Literature pp. 1209-1221

(BURCǍ) Andreea Larsa Olteanu, (FLOREA) Claudia Elena Badea and - FELEAGǍ Liliana Ionescu

Changing Dividend Taxation, Dividend Policy, and Sustainability Reporting: Evidence from BVB-Listed Companies through a Forensic Accounting Lens pp. 1222-1232

Paula-Isabela Răuță and Raluca-Andreea Popescu-Predulescu

The Impact of ESG Policies on Firm Value: A Bibliometric Analysis of the Literature pp. 1233-1246

Dragoș Tănase

Labor Market Disruption and Reintegration Capacity in Ukraine after February 2022 pp. 1247-1255

Ana Alexandrescu

Determinants of the VAT Compliance Gap in the European Union: The Role of Shadow Economy and Fiscal Pressure pp. 1256-1275

Bianca-Maria Baias, Alexandra-Elena Dumitrescu, Georgiana-Daniela Oniceanu, Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu and Eduard Mihai Manta

Uncovering the Underlying Patterns of Migration Drivers in the European Union: A Hierarchical Clustering Approach pp. 1276-1289

Maria Berta Belu and Mădălina Ecaterina Popescu

Does Romania Meet the Targets for Recovery and Resilience? pp. 1290-1305

(DURNOI) Alexandra-Nicoleta Ciucu, Vanesa Vargas, Adina-Iuliana Jigani and Kosyo Stoychev

Exploring Happiness Across Europe: A Cluster Analysis of EU Countries through Well-Being Indicators pp. 1306-1321

Adina-Iuliana Jigani, (DURNOI) Alexandra-Nicoleta Ciucu, Anca-Elena Vlad and Cătălin Țibulcă

Beyond Banks and ATMs: When Institutions and Regulation Drive Bank Deposit Mobilization pp. 1322-1335

Mara Mazâlu, Ana-Maria-Antonia Mitu, Răzvan-Auxeniu Miclescu, Adriana AnaMaria Davidescu and Ioana Bîrlan

Developing the Business Plan. Case-Study: Miss Green pp. 1336-1346

Ștefania Pantaia and Mădălina-Vanesa Teodorescu

Can Lesser-Known Points of Interest (Pois) Be a Solution for Mitigating Overtourism? The Case of Val Gardena, Italy pp. 1347-1358

Adriana Pompejano, Bianca Tescașiu, Sébastien Laborie and Maxime Masson

The Role of AI in the Transition towards Sustainable Business Modelling pp. 1493-1506

Ivaylo Bonev

Adaptation of Innovative Tools for Human Resource Management in International Research Projects pp. 1507-1516

(DRĂGOI) Claudia-Anamaria Buzducea, Florentina-Geanina Tache, Mihail Puiu and Augustin Semenescu

Governance of Real Time Sustainability KPIS in Manufacturing – Bi, IIoT and AI Enhanced Lean Six Sigma pp. 1517-1527

(DASCALU) Nicoleta-Mihaela Casaneanu, Marius Pislaru1, Elena-Lidia Alexa and Geanina Giosan

Mapping the Impact of AI and Digitalization on Travel Decision-Making: A Bibliometric Analysis pp. 1587-1598

Andrada-Jawel Istanbouly, Alina Maria Vieriu and Andreea Fortuna Schiopu

A Seven-Criteria Framework to Evaluate Initiatives for Generative AI-Based Solutions pp. 1599-1612

Marius Sava and Gheorghe Militaru

ESG Integration in Strategic Innovation Management of Aerospace Enterprises: A Sustainable Decision-Making Framework pp. 1613-1630

Renata Septichita and Augustin Semenescu

Toward Intelligent ERPs: A Bibliometric Perspective pp. 1664-1677

Mihail Călin

ERP Labor Demand across Industries in Romania pp. 1691-1703

Florin Mihai, Ofelia Ema Aleca, Cristina Mihaela Călineață and Andrei Stanciu

ERP as the Foundation of Enterprise Autonomy: A Managerial Framework for Assessing Organizational Readiness for Agentic AI pp. 1704-1712

Irina Bogdana Pugna, Mirela Gheorghe and Dana Maria Boldeanu

The Renewable Energy Sector in South Korea between Policy Support and Market Constraints pp. 1741-1753

Stelian Grasu, Marian Dordescu and Mihai Vriscu

The Determinants of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHE) in European Economies pp. 1754-1763

Lavinia Maria Iloie, Claudiu-Tiberiu Albulescu and Anca Draghici

Shining Light on Quantum Technologies: A Bibliometric Analysis on Quantum Technology Research in the Energy Sector pp. 1764-1777

Anca-Alexandra Moraru

Cultural Drivers of Sustainability Reporting in the European Energy Sector: A Comparative Case Study of Romanian and Italian Companies pp. 1778-1787

Marian - Petrișor Mușat, Elena Fleacă, Beatrice Leuștean and Ioana Ruxandra Ioniță

Energy Transition in the European Union: A Comparative Analysis of Member States Based on a New Composite Indicator Proposal pp. 1788-1808

PAMFILE Lucian V.

Transforming Digital Healthcare through Social Media Strategies (Innovative Business Excellence Transformation) pp. 1809-1818

Niema Abdelmagid

Resilience Assessment of Laboratory Networks: A Multi-Indicator Approach pp. 1819-1829

Oana Daniela Bugan and Sorin Cristian Ionescu

Ethics in Healthcare Marketing: A Bibliometric Analysis pp. 1830-1847

Natalia Gabriela Cernat, Ana-Ruxandra Neacșu and Mihai Cristian Orzan

Systemic Business Excellence in the Age of Digital and Societal Disruption pp. 1848-1854

Dora-Maria Craiu, Costin Petcu and Ionut Laurentiu Petre

Why Trust Matters More Than Utility: Physicians’ Acceptance of Algorithmic Management in AI-Driven Pharmaceutical Communication pp. 1871-1882

Carmen Rozalia Georgescu and Ionut Andrei Militaru

Agile Leadership Models for Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in the Digital Economy pp. 1883-1889

Andreea Gheorghita, Bogdan Costache and Vladimir Aurelian Enachescu

Business Administration Education and Skills Formation for Competitiveness in the Digital Economy pp. 1890-1896

Andreea Gheorghiță, Andreea-Ileana Zamfir, Vladimir-Aurelian Enachescu and Bogdan Costache

EU Project Participation and Employment Dynamics among E-commerce Firms in Bulgaria pp. 1897-1909

Anna Kyosova

From Digital Tools to Decision Instruments: A Triad-Based Framework for Management Digitalization pp. 1910-1921

Raluca Loghin and Bogdan Fleacă

Digital Tools for Working Capital Optimization in Road Construction: An Empirical Analysis Based on Financial Statements pp. 1922-1935

Tsvetomir Manolov and Bozhidar Chaparov

Employee Adoption of Digital Tools in Traditional Work Environment pp. 1936-1960

Georgiana Moiceanu, Marina-Alexandra Cenuse, Mirona Ana Maria Ichimov and Onder Kabas

Comparative Analysis of Digital Innovation Platforms in the Context of Collaboration between Academic and Private Environments pp. 1996-2009

Andra – Sabina Nedelcu, Cătălin – George Alexe, Petronela Cristina Simion and Andrei Dan Panduru

Digital Ecosystems and Redefining the Nature of Small - and Medium - Sized Enterprises pp. 2010-2019

Florin Marius Pavelescu, Laura Mariana Cismaș and Cornelia Dumitru

Process Modeling and Simulation of the Service Configuration and Activation Process: An eTOM-Based Case Study pp. 2020-2032

Cătălina-Ileana Racheru, Andreea-Raluca Despa and Gheorghe Militaru

Artificial Intelligence, Audit and Fraud Risk Management: A Bibliometric Analysis Review pp. 2033-2044

Andrada – Mihaela Stoica

Digitalization as a Strategic Tool for the Sustainable Development of Organizations pp. 2045-2059

Bozhana Stoycheva and Hristina Sokolova

A Theoretical Mathematical Model for Identifying Critical Success Factors in the Digital Transformation of Medical Laboratory Services pp. 2060-2075

Marina Țenu, Ștefan Constantin Petriceanu and Augustin Semenescu

Digital Customer Journey as a Quality Management and Managerial Decision-Support Instrument in Digitally Transformed Medical Laboratory Services pp. 2076-2084

Marina Țenu, Ștefan Constantin Petriceanu and Augustin Semenescu

Bibliometric Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment's Impact on Economic and Social Development pp. 2181-2194

Silviu-Gabriel Baciu, Claudiu Constantin Cicea and Corina Marinescu

Research Trends in Economic Diplomacy: A bibliometric and Scientometric Analysis pp. 2195-2206

Andreea-Alexandra Bădulescu

Oil Diplomacy in the Global Economy: Production, Dependency Patterns, and Power Configurations pp. 2207-2218

Camelia Candidatu, Laura Benchea, Anca Gabriela Ilie and Dan Dumitriu

Exploring International Strategies: A Comparative Analysis of Global Best Practice Guides and the Need for a Unified Conceptual Framework pp. 2219-2227

Ioana Alexandra Dinu, Sorin Cristian Ionescu and Iuliana Grecu

The Future of Romanian Diplomacy through the Eyes of Its Citizens: A Public Perception Study pp. 2228-2240

Andreea-Alexandra Badulescu and Gheorghe Hurduzeu

From Projects to Results: An Approach for Qualitative Assessment of Implemented Projects (The Case of Ruse Municipality, Bulgaria) pp. 2241-2253

Trayan Totev and Svilen Kunev

Using Generative Artificial Intelligence in the Education in Marketing (a didactic experiment) pp. 2815-2825

Neviana Krasteva, Tsvetan Davidkov, Aleksey Potebnya and Ekaterina Souleva

Studies on Investment in Education and Labour Mobility pp. 2826-2847

Dragoș-Florin Marcu, Bogdan Florea, Monica Crăciunică and Ana Ivanov

Leadership Support, Mentoring and Institutional Resilience in Public and Private Schools in Romania pp. 2848-2859

Emanuelle Perța, Monica Roman and Ligia Barna