ISSN 2067 – 7693 www.cse.uaic.ro/WorkingPapers Volume IV, Issue 4, 2012 EDITORIAL BOARD SCIENTIFIC BOARD: Doina BALAHUR, Professor PhD, Faculty of Philosophy, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Tiberiu BRĂILEAN, Professor PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Daniela Luminiţa CONSTANTIN, Professor PhD, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, România, President of the Romanian Regional Science Association and member of the Council European Regional Science Association Gabriela DRĂGAN, Professor PhD, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, România, The General Director of the European Institute in Romania Gheorghe IACOB, Professor PhD, Faculty of History, Vice-Rector of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Corneliu IAŢU, Professor PhD, Dean of Faculty of Geography and Geology, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Ion IGNAT, Professor PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Vasile IŞAN, Professor PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Rector of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Gheorghe LUŢAC, Professor PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Cosmin MARINESCU, Associate Professor PhD, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, România Dumitru MIRON, Professor PhD, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, România Gabriela Carmen PASCARIU, Professor PhD, Director of Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Carmen PINTILESCU, Professor PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Romania Alexandru-Florin PLATON, Professor PhD, Faculty of History, Executive Director of Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iaşi, Romania Victor PLOAE, Professor PhD, Vice-Rector of Ovidius University, Constanta, Romania Ion POHOAŢĂ, Professor PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Ioan POPA, Professor PhD, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania Spiridon PRALEA, Professor PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, Romania Rodica ZAHARIA, Professor PhD, The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, România EDITOR IN CHIEF: Liviu-George MAHA, Lecturer PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România EDITORS: Anamaria BERCU, Lecturer PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Sinziana BĂLŢĂTESCU, Lecturer PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Ovidiu BURUIANĂ, Associate Professor PhD, Faculty of History, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Elena CIORTESCU, Assistant PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Ramona FRUNZĂ, Researcher PhD, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Ana SANDULOVICIU, Lecturer PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România EXECUTIVE EDITORS: Ciprian ALUPULUI, PhD, Centre for European Studies, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Gabriel-Andrei DONICI, PhD, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Sebastian ENEA, PhD Candidate, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Cristian ÎNCALŢĂRĂU, PhD, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Sorin-Ștefan MAHA, PhD, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iaşi, România Volume IV, Issue 4, 2012 Table of Contents COMPARISON OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH PERFORMANCES IN EASTERN EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES – Anton, Carmen; Florea, Nelu; Tiță, Silviu-Mihai ....................................................................................................................................................................... 636 MANAGERIAL OWNERSHIP, BOARD STRUCTURE AND FIRM’S PERFORMANCE: A REVIEW OF MAIN FINDINGS – Boța-Avram, Cristina ............................................................... 648 THE INFLUENCE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT POLICIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. CASE STUDY BOTOSANI COUNTY – Cuciureanu, Maria-Simona ...................................................... 657 GLOBALIZATION VERSUS SEGREGATION - BUSINESS CYCLES SYNCHRONIZATION IN EUROPE – Enea, Sebastian Florian; Palașcă, Silvia .................................................................. 668 TRANSATLANTIC COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS – Gentimir, Irina-Elena .................................................................................. 693 L’IMPACT DE L’APPLICATION DES REFORMES BALE III SUR L’INDUSTRIE BANCAIRE ROUMAINE – Halep, Maria; Drăgan, Gabriela ............................................................................. 707 TOWARD MIGRATION TRANSITION IN ROMANIA – Încalțărău, Cristian .......................... 726 LIMITS AND DIFFICULTIES IN IMPLEMENTING THE STRATEGIC TRADE POLICY – Maha, Liviu-George; Donici, Andreea-Nicoleta; Maha, Andreea .......................................... 736 GLOBALISATION – ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MANUFACTURER – Manolică, Adriana; Roman, Teodora ............................................... 747 AN OUTLINE OF THE EUROPE – SOUTH AFRICA RELATIONS DURING AND POST THE APARTHEID ERA – Margaritis, Konstantinos ................................................................................ 758 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST DESTINATIONS - AN ANALYSIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE DEVELOPING REGIONS IN THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT – Pascariu, Gabriela Carmen; Frunză, Ramona ....................................................................................................................................................................... 772 THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE INFLUENCE OF ETHICAL PRINCIPLES ON AUDIT QUALITY, BETWEEN OBJECTIVITY AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION – Pașcu, Ana-Maria ..................................................................................................... 795 PRICE-LEVEL TARGETING – A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE TO INFLATION TARGETING? – Popescu, Iulian Vasile ........................................................................................................................... 809 REFERENCES OF THE NEW THEORY OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH – Pralea, Spiridon ...................................................................................................................................................... 824 UNIVERSITY – INDUSTRY COOPERATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE: A COMMON PAST, A DIFFERENT FUTURE? - Șerbănică, Cristina; Drăgan, Gabriela ........ 837 POLITICAL BUSINESS CYCLE AND ECONOMIC INSTABILITY - LITERATURE REVIEW - Țigănaș, Claudiu-Gabriel; Peptine, Claudiu .................................................................................. 853 CHALLENGES OF THE ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION IN THE CONTEXT OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS – Văleanu, Ioana Laura ................................................................................. 866 EUROREGIONS IN UKRAINE – ROMANIA - REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA AREA: EXPECTATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND PROSPECTS – Vasylova, Valentyna .......................... 878 COMPARISON OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC RESEARCH PERFORMANCES IN EASTERN EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES* Carmen Anton National Inventics Institute Iași, România Nelu Florea Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, România [email protected] Silviu-Mihail Tiţă Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, România [email protected] Abstract: Scientific research performance measurement and its analysis creates the context where universities are forced to develop strategies to increase the values obtained from indicators such as number of scientific articles, the number of citations of these articles, h-index, g-index, etc. The purpose of this article is to analyze the performance differences arising in the socio-economic science between major universities in South-Eastern Europe, many of them EU Members. In addition, to see where they stand compared to Western Europe, will include a brief review of the results of a major university as London School of Economics and Political Science. Keywords: performance measurement, indicators, Southeastern Europe, database of scientific articles JEL Classification: I23, L2, L8 INTRODUCTION The idea behind this paper is not to create a ranking of Eastern Europe socio-economic sciences universities or faculties but „the need for accountability in Higher Education (HE) has led governments, research authorities and University administrators to assess research performance using single indices that allow comparisons and rankings. The concern for the implications of poor performance in such rankings has led Governments to consider taking some action.” (Panaretos and Malesios, 2009). Performance in scientific research depends on internal and external factors. Researchers or research teams from universities are constrained by legislative measures or called by the partners in the economic environment to conduct studies and provide solutions to solve some economic and social problems. Legislative constraints and the desire of those who teach or do research activities to promote,