Nr. 5 (52) vol.2/2010 REVISTA ECONOMIC Ă Nr. 5(52) vol.2/2010 Universitatea “Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu Bd. Victoriei nr. 10 cod 550024, România Centrul de Cercet ări Economice Revist ă de teorie şi practic ă U.L.B.S. economico-financiar ă Cl. Dumbr ăvii nr.17 cod 550324, România tel./fax: 40-269-235 879 G.P.E. «Continent» Str. dr. I. Ra Ńiu Nr. 2, Sibiu cod 550012, România tel.: 40-269-243 210 ISSN 1582-6260 [email protected] SIBIU, 2010 http://economice.ulbsibiu.ro/rom/profesori/publicatii/revista_economica.php 1 Revista economic ă «REVISTA ECONOMIC Ă» COLEGIUL REDAC łIONAL Dan POPESCU Ion POHOA łĂ prof.univ.dr., DHC, ULBS, România , prof.univ.dr., Universitatea „Alexandru redactor-şef , Ioan Cuza” Ia şi, România Liviu MIH ĂESCU Robert LABBÉ, prof.univ.dr. ULBS, România, prof.univ.dr. Universitatea din Rennes redactor-şef adjunct , 1, Fran Ńa Iulian V ĂCĂREL Grigore BELOSTECINIC Acad.prof.univ.dr.- Academia Român ă Acad.prof.univ.dr.hab., membru corespondent al Academiei de Ştiin Ńe a Lucian-Liviu ALBU Moldovei prof.univ.dr. - director Institutul de Prognoz ă al Academiei Române, Mihaela Herciu membru corespondent al Academiei conf.univ.dr., ULBS, România Române Silvia M ĂRGINEAN Mircea CIUMARA conf.univ.dr., ULBS, România prof.univ. dr., DHC, Director General al Institutului de Cercet ări Economice, Cristina T ĂNĂSESCU România conf.univ.dr., ULBS, România Viorel CORNESCU Ramona TOMA-OR ĂŞ TEAN prof.univ. dr., Universitatea din conf.univ.dr., ULBS, România Bucure şti, România Claudia OGREAN Eugen IORD ĂNESCU conf.univ.dr., ULBS, România prof.univ. dr., ULBS, România Adrian MORO ŞAN Francesco D’ESPOSITO lector dr., ULBS, România prof.univ.dr.Universitatea Gabrielle d’Annunzio, Perscara, Italia 2 Nr. 5 (52) vol.2/2010 Contents AN APPLICATION OF HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES .......................... 5 AFR ĂSINE Laura, ZALZALA Ali ................................................................................................................ 5 GENERAL PURPOSE TECHNOLOGIES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH A FOCUS ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES .............................................................................................. 15 BUNDA Nicoleta Ramona, POPOVICI Veronica, GHEORGHIU Gabriela ............................................. 15 IMPLEMENTING MULTIPLE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS IN MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS ............. 23 CĂRU łAŞU George, BOTEZATU Cornelia Paulina, JOI łA Alin-Cristian ............................................. 23 RONALD COASE'S THEORY AND THE BIOMASS POTENTIAL IN ROMANIA .................................. 30 CISMA Ş Laura, MAGHEAR Diana ............................................................................................................ 30 NEW PARADIGMS OF ENTERPRISE .......................................................................................................... 38 COCULESCU Cristina, DESPA Radu, FOLCU ł Ovidiu.......................................................................... 38 THE INFLUENCE OF THE QUANTIFICATION MODE TO THE SIMULATION OF ECONOMIC PROCESSES .................................................................................................................................................... 43 COCULESCU Cristina, DESPA Radu, SOLOMON Ovidiu ....................................................................... 43 INTEROPERABILITY ENHANCEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ................................... 50 CONSTANTINESCU Radu, ZOTA R ăzvan, VASILESCU Adrian ............................................................ 50 ABOUT MOBILE COMPUTATIONAL TECHNOLOGIES ......................................................................... 54 CRISTESCU Corina Ioana, CRISTESCU Marian Pompiliu ..................................................................... 54 DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS. PRACTICAL RULES ............................................................................. 60 CRISTESCU Marian Pompiliu, CRISTESCU Corina Ioana, CUCU Ciprian .......................................... 60 COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY FACING THE CHALLENGES OF THE ECONOMIC PROCESS DEVELOPMENT .................................................................................................... 65 DOINEA Mihai, CIUREA Cristian, DUMITRACHE Marilena ................................................................ 65 THE EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNAL AUDIT ACTIVITY IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ....................... 75 GREJDAN (DEMIAN) Gabriela Elena, JOLDOS (UDREA) Ana-Maria, STANCIU Ionela ................. 75 TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS INCUBATOR CENTERS - ADDING SUPPORT TO SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN THE INFORMATION SOCIETY .................................................................. 81 JOI łA Alin-Cristian, C ĂRU łAŞU George, BOTEZATU Cornelia Paulina ............................................. 81 CLOUD COMPUTING – A NEW BRAND IN THE WORLD OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS ............... 89 LĂZĂRIC Ă Marinela ................................................................................................................................... 89 DATA MINING TECHNIQUES USED WITHIN THE SIX SIGMA OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGY94 LUNGU Ion, ANDRONIE Mihai ................................................................................................................. 94 THE IMPACT OF GEOGRAPHIC, TECHNOLOGICAL AND LINGUISTIC PROXIMITY ON INTERNATIONAL KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS..................................................................................... 100 MAFTEI Anamaria .................................................................................................................................... 100 BUSINESS STRATEGY THROUGH IT&C ................................................................................................ 109 MARE Ş Marius Daniel , MARE Ş Valerica , ILINCU łĂ Lucian Dorel ................................................... 109 STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH OLD AND NEW TECHNOLOGY ................ 116 MARE Ş Valerica, MARE Ş Marius Daniel ................................................................................................ 116 MINIMIZE ECONOMIC CRISIS THROUGH DIGITAL ECONOMY ....................................................... 122 MARTIN Florin-Marius, STOICA Eduard ............................................................................................... 122 3 Revista economic ă STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ..................................................................................... 126 OPREAN Constantin, VANU Mihaela Alina, BUCUR Amelia ................................................................ 126 LISBON AGENDA: AN EDUCATIONAL STRATEGY WITHOUT EDUCATION ................................. 136 PAN Ă Marius-Cristian ............................................................................................................................... 136 VERY-LARGE-DATASETS ORIENTED SOFTWARE MODULES ......................................................... 143 PAVEL Sorin Lucian .................................................................................................................................. 143 A STUDY ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ICT AND INNOVATION IN EUROPE ..................... 149 PREDA Ana-Maria, CRI ŞAN Daniela Alexandra, POTECEA Olga ...................................................... 149 THE EFFICIENCY OF ONLINE BUSINESS – SOME STRATEGIES FOR INTERNET BUSINESS ENDURANCE ............................................................................................................................................... 155 ŞERBU R ăzvan, DANCIU Aniela, DROB C ătălin .................................................................................... 155 MATHPRACTICE – USING TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE MATH LEARNING ................................ 159 ST ĂNIC Ă Justina-Lavinia, CRI ŞAN Daniela-Alexandra ........................................................................ 159 AUDITING AND REENGINEERING TWO-STAGE LEAST SQUARES ECONOMETRIC APPLICATIONS ............................................................................................................................................ 166 TOMOZEI Cosmin, AMANCEI Cristian................................................................................................... 166 THE INTERNET OF THINGS FOR A NEW BUSINESS WORLD ............................................................ 175 ZOTA R ăzvan Daniel, TIMOFTE Carmen Manuela, CONSTANTINESCU Radu ................................ 175 4 Nr. 5 (52) vol.2/2010 AN APPLICATION OF HEALTHCARE ECONOMICS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AFR ĂSINE Laura 1, ZALZALA Ali 2 1Ph.D. student, Faculty of International Business Economics, Department of International business Economics, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, [email protected] 2 Professor, Institute of Management Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, [email protected] Abstract: This paper describes international humanitarian efforts for the deployment of technology in healthcare centres in developing countries. The IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge (http://www.ieeehtc.org) develops and implement technological solutions for the provision of reliable electricity, data connectivity of rural district health offices, and identifying individuals and linking them to their medical records. The focus is set on the Individual ID tied to Health Records because the authors are involved in this specific challenge. The paper describes the economics of healthcare