National Centre for Comparative Management Studies
Research excellence in management, since 1999
About
The National Centre for Comparative Management Studies (CSMC) was established in 1999 as the first research centre of the Faculty of Management of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies.
The Centre was set up to concentrate and develop the professional expertise required for high-performance scientific research in the economic sciences, both individually and in collaboration with other academic and organisational entities in Romania and abroad.
The Centre's research projects address both theoretical and methodological developments and applied work, aiming to assess, design and substantiate strategies and policies at company, sector/industry, regional, national, EU single market and global level. Its interests cover a broad range of managerial and economic systems, approaches, methods and applications, in fields such as management, comparative management, knowledge-based management and entrepreneurial management.
The project themes have focused, and continue to focus, on major topics of Romania's managerial development and modernisation as a member state of the European Union, addressed in a comparative manner.
Mission
The Centre's mission is to build a renowned brand, nationally and internationally, through research activities in the economic field, with an emphasis on managerial aspects.
To this end, the Centre's activity aims to produce scientific results that are useful for substantiating managerial and public policy decisions, as well as to train young researchers in the field of management.
Areas of expertise
The Centre's researchers work in the following areas of expertise:
Team
The Centre brings together academic staff and researchers of the Faculty of Management. Its activity is coordinated by the Centre's director and deputy director, together with the members involved in national and international research projects.
Prof. Ion POPA, PhD
Prof. Simona Cătălina ȘTEFAN, PhD
Members
- Prof. Sebastian CEPTUREANU, PhD
- Prof. Eduard CEPTUREANU, PhD
- Prof. Marian Mihai CIOC, PhD
- Prof. Marian NĂSTASE, PhD
- Prof. Ciprian NICOLESCU, PhD
- Lect. Florin ANGHEL, PhD
- Lect. Ana Alexandra OLARIU, PhD
- Asst. Prof. Ovidiu Andrei-Cristian BUZOIANU, PhD
- Asst. Prof. Darko SHULESKI, PhD
- Research Asst. Andreea BREAZU, PhD
- Research Asst. Corina-Elena MIRCIOIU, PhD candidate
- Research Asst. Andrei TÎRNOVANU, PhD candidate
- Nicoleta CĂRUCERU, PhD candidate
- Teodora-Denisa MOJOIU, PhD candidate
- Alina Nicoleta PASCU, PhD candidate
- George SECĂREANU, PhD candidate
Research projects
Between 2020 and 2025, CSMC members coordinated and took part in 31 research projects. The topics include digitalisation and Open Science, institutional performance, student entrepreneurship, economic resilience, public health management and the digital transformation of organisations. The projects are grouped by year below.
20252025 3 projects▸
- MAN_2025 institutional project – “Female leadership in the transition to a green economy: the contribution of women entrepreneurs to sustainability initiatives and the transition of SMEs towards environmentally friendly and energy-efficient practices”, analysing the social and economic impact.
- EconST 2025 institutional project – Analysis of the current uncertainties generated by public policies and international tariff strategies on the economic environment.
- CNFIS-FDI-2025-F-0457 – Promoting research excellence through interdisciplinarity, digitalisation and the integration of Open Science principles to increase international visibility.
20242024 6 projects▸
- REDER institutional project – Analysis of Romania's economic recovery and resilience process in the context of sustainable development.
- CNFIS-FDI-2024-F-0302 – Developing and adapting collaborative processes in the research excellence carried out at ASE Bucharest, in the context of the modern challenges brought by Open Science and Artificial Intelligence (eXROS).
- _MAN 2024 institutional project – Modern approaches to the analysis of infrastructure investments for tourism development in the current economic context.
- PN IV 33ROMD – Analysis of the impact of Covid-19 on the main demographic indicators of Romania and the Republic of Moldova using econometric modelling.
- Institutional project – Qualitative and quantitative analysis of dropout among ASE students.
- CNFIS-FDI-2024-F-0108 – Improving the quality of teaching and learning activities by promoting academic freedom and integrity, while raising the quality of academic life at ASE.
20232023 6 projects▸
- Research on the managerial, administrative and legal mechanisms of the Public–Private Partnership (VEOLIA).
- Institutional project – Integrating the opportunities of digitalisation into the improvement of the management process of Romanian state institutions.
- Continuing training project in the field of scientific research – STAGE 2023.
- Institutional project – Analysis of the sources of uncertainty in forecasting the evolution of the national economic environment in the context of recent global socio-economic shocks.
- CNFIS-FDI-2023-F-0499 – Developing and promoting research excellence at ASE by strengthening RDI processes and supporting the visibility of results and their impact on the economic environment, in an Open Science context.
- CNFIS-FDI-2023-F-0321 – Supporting the development of entrepreneurial skills and initiatives among ASE Bucharest students (ASEdezvolta).
20222022 5 projects▸
- CNFIS-FDI-2022-0349 – Supporting, sustaining and promoting entrepreneurship and innovation among ASE Bucharest students (ASEInovA).
- Institutional project – Employee performance and its measurement systems: a comparison between the public and private sectors.
- 42 PFE – Increasing institutional performance by developing the infrastructure and ecosystem of transdisciplinary research excellence in the socio-economic field.
- Institutional project – Analysis of the impact of current uncertainties on the economic environment.
- CNFIS-FDI-2022-0472 – Developing the institutional capability for scientific research at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies by increasing scientific visibility and sustainability, promoting open science practices.
20212021 6 projects▸
- Institutional project – ASE Research Strategy 2021–2030.
- Institutional project – Organisational culture management: a comparison between the public and private sectors.
- Estimating the budgetary impact and identifying funding sources, including complementary financing mechanisms, for setting up the Innovation Fund for Medicines in Romania.
- Institutional project – Forecasting the evolution of the economic environment.
- CNFIS-FDI-2021-0372 – Integrated development of the institutional capacity for scientific research through digitalisation, Open Source promotion and the modernisation of research infrastructure in the context of global challenges.
- TE 204 / 2021 – Using entropy-specific concepts to build a development model applicable to Romanian entrepreneurship.
20202020 5 projects▸
- Drawing up the development strategy of S.C. APAVITAL S.A. for the 2020–2024 period.
- SOL 2020-2.1 – Approaches to public health management in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- CNFIS-FDI-2020-0193 – Promoting the Quality 4.0 concept in the process of transforming ASE into a digitalised university, in the context of student-centred education, academic ethics and deontology.
- FSS – ReStart the Economy. Measures to counter the economic and social effects of COVID-19 in Romania.
- CNFIS-FDI-2020-0217 – Institutional development of ASE in the field of research excellence by supporting advanced research, innovation and visibility to increase competitiveness in the European research area.
Scientific journals
The Centre publishes two scientific journals:
Review of International Comparative Management
Student Research
The Centre coordinates students' research papers and guides them in taking part in scientific events. The results obtained in recent years are presented below.
Results and awards
The students coordinated within the Centre have obtained the following awards at these competitions:
- Student Scientific Session – Faculty of Management, ASE Bucharest
- “Business Graduates Research Forum” Conference, “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University of Iași (FEAA)
- Students' International Conference (SECOSAFT), “Nicolae Bălcescu” Land Forces Academy, Sibiu
- ECOSTUDENT Student Scientific Session, “Constantin Brâncuși” University of Târgu Jiu, Faculty of Economic Sciences
- International Student Research Circles Session “Performance and Competitiveness in the Knowledge Society”, Valahia University of Târgoviște
- “IN EXTENSO” Student Scientific Session, Faculty of Economic Sciences, “1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia
- Student Research Circles Session, Romanian-American University
- National Olympiad of Economists in Training (ONEF)
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