MBA education: a must in a competitive Romanian business environment

Ilie, Livia and Horobet, Alexandra (2007): MBA education: a must in a competitive Romanian business environment.

Abstract

The effective management of Romanian companies can represent an advantage in a competitive business environment, shaped by the end of transition, the EU membership and the globalization process. MBA programs represent, in our view, the key for the implementation of management theories and practices whose effectiveness has been validated by Western countries experience. The Romanian market developed slowly since 1993, with three major players dominating it: the Romanian-Canadian MBA, ASEBUSS Executive MBA and CODECS. These programs and the more recent entrants are facing legal recognition uncertainties and competition from the new professional master programs that will be developed under the Bologna framework, in addition to competition from European and American MBAs. The responses of Romanian MBAs to these challenges are critical for their future in an increasingly competitive environment.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: management, MBA, competition, education
• Subjects: I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education and Research Institutions; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M1 - Business Administration

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