Digital Economy and New Value Creation: 15th International Conference on Business Excellence, ICBE 2021, Bucharest, Romania, March 18–19, 2021 (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)

This book constitutes a selection of the best papers from the 15th International Conference on Business Excellence, Digital Economy and New Value Creation, ICBE 2021, held in Bucharest, Romania, in March 2021.This book is a collection of research findings and perspectives related to the digital economy and new value creation, led by the set of improvements and changes in the economic, societal and technological structures and processes towards the effort of reaching the sustainability goals. Preface Contents Study Regarding the Impact of ICT Development on Romania’s Economic Growth 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Methodology 4 Results and Discussions 5 Conclusion References EU Countries’ Performance in Digitalization 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Methodology 4 Results and Discussions 5 Conclusions References Greening the European Freight Transport 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Methodology 4 Results 5 Discussion 6 Limitations and Conclusion References Work Ability Index-Evidence from the Human Resource Field in Romania 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Methodology 4 Results and Discussions 4.1 Demographics 4.2 Work Ability Index Results 5 Conclusion References The Impact of Digitalization in Romanian Automotive Industry 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Short History of Automotive Dacia Company 4 Digitalization in Automotive Industry 5 Methodology 6 Results and Discussions: Digitalization of Automotive Dacia 7 Conclusion References The Climate Refugees—A Different Effect of Climate Change 1 Introduction 1.1 Literature Review and Background 2 Methodology 3 Results and Discussions 4 Conclusion References The Impact of the Culture and the Social Norms on the Characteristics of Entrepreneurs: The Case of East Asian Countries 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 Characteristics of Entrepreneur 2.2 The Influence of Culture and Social Norms on Entrepreneurs 3 Methodology 3.1 Research Hypotheses 3.2 Data Collection 3.3 Data Analysis 4 Results 4.1 Culture and Social Norms, and Entrepreneurship of the East Asian Countries 4.2 Analysis of the Differences of Cultures and Social Norms of Countries for Entrepreneurs 5 Discussions and Conclusions References Evolution and Challenges in the Digital Markets. The Case of Facebook in the Framework of EU Law 1 Introduction 2 The Legal Framework for e-commerce at the European Level 2.1 The Challenges and the Evolution of One of the Biggest Digital Platforms: Facebook 2.2 Facebook Acquisition Campaign 3 An Overview of the Competition on the Digital Market and Cases Related to Facebook 4 Conclusions References Improving Organizational Performance Through in Terms of Using the Customer Relationship Management system—an Exploratory Study for SMEs in Romania 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review and Hypotheses 2.1 Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises—Role in the Economy Development 2.2 CRM System and Organizational Performance 3 Methodology 4 Results and Discussions 5 Conclusion References Creating Value with Big Data in Marketing 1 The Usefulness of Big Data in Marketing 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Literature Review—The Usefulness of Big Data in Marketing 2 Methodology 3 Results and Discussions 4 Conclusion References Disclosing Information About Employees According to Global Reporting Initiative Standards 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 Human Capital. National and International Context 3 Methodology 4 Results and Discussions 5 Conclusion References The Role of Dynamic Capabilities and Digitalization in Achieving Economic Intelligence. The Case of Huawei’s Success 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical Background 2.1 Economic Intelligence (EI)—Definition and Characteristics 2.2 Economic Intelligence (EI) and Dynamic Capabilities (DC) 2.3 Dynamic Capabilities (DC) and Digitalization 3 Methodology 3.1 Research Methods 3.2 Data Collection 3.3 Operationalization 4 Empirical Analysis 4.1 History of the Company 4.2 Dynamic Capabilities (DC), Digitalization and Economic Intelligence (EI) at Huawei 5 Discussion 6 Limitations of the Paper 7 Conclusions References Triadic Models: On the Triad Technology-Efficiency-Culture at the Organization Level 1 Introduction 1.1 Triadic Models: Triad-Based Models 1.2 Three Examples of Triadic Models 2 The Triad of: Technology—Efficiency—Organizational Culture 2.1 Relationship Technology—Efficiency 2.2 Relationship Efficiency—Organizational Culture 2.3 Relationship Technology—Organizational Culture 3 Conclusions References Multi-Processing Data Analysis for the Residential Load Flexibility in Smart Cities 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Methodology 4 Results and Discussions 5 Conclusion References Differentiation Strategy and Cost Leadership Strategy: Their Contribution to Achieving Sustainable Financial Performance 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 Strategy and Innovation 2.2 Sustainable Financial Perfromance 2.3 A Subsection Sample 3 Research Method 3.1 Sample 3.2 Model Analysis 3.3 Data Analysis and Technique 4 Results and Discussion 5 Conclusion References Evolutions of the Forest Fund Against the Background of Climate Change and the Effects on the Carbon Stock and the Environment 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 The Distribution of the National Forest Fund 4 Methodology 5 Results and Discussions References COVID-19 Crisis Among Romanian Entrepreneurs—Challenges and Support Measures 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 2.1 Economic and Budgetary-Fiscal Measures to Support the Business Environment 2.2 Measures to Support Jobs in the Economy 2.3 Social Protection Measures 3 Methodology of the Empirical Research 4 Results and Discussions 5 Conclusion References Entrepreneurship and Short-Term Labor Market Sustainable Functioning—The Case of Romania 1 Introduction 2 Literature Review 3 Systemic Approach of Waged Employment, Self-Employment and Unemployment 4 Methods and Research Data 4.1 Data Description 4.2 Main Steps of the Toda and Yamamoto Procedure 5 Results 6 Discussion 7 Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research References