IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ora/journl/v1y2014i1p1046-1056.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Benchmarking For The Romanian Heavy Commercial Vehicles Market

Author

Listed:
  • Pop Nicolae Alexandru

    (Academia de Studii Economice Bucuresti,)

  • Draghescu Florin

    (Academia de Studii Economice Bucuresti,)

  • Palade Alexandru

    (Academia de Studii Economice Bucuresti,)

Abstract

The globalization has led to a better integration of international markets of goods, services and capital markets, fact which leads to a significant increase of investments in those regions with low labor cost and with access to commercial routes. The development of international trade has imposed a continuous growth of the volumes of transported goods and the development of a transport system, able to stand against the new pressure exercised by cost, time and space. The solution to efficient transport is the intermodal transportation relying on state-of-the-art technological platforms, which integrates the advantages specific to each means of transportation: flexibility for road transportation, high capacity for railway, low costs for sea, and speed for air transportation. Romania's integration in the pan-European transport system alongside with the EU's enlargement towards the east will change Romania's positioning into a central one. The integrated governmental program of improving the intermodal infrastructure will ensure fast railway, road and air connections. For the Danube harbors and for the sea ports, EU grants and allowances will be used thus increasing Romania's importance in its capacity as one of Europe's logistical hubs. The present paper intends to use benchmarking, the management and strategic marketing tool, in order to realize an evaluation of the Romanian heavy commercial vehicles market, within European context. Benchmarking encourages change in a complex and dynamic context where a permanent solution cannot be found. The different results stimulate the use of benchmarking as a solution to reduce gaps. MAN's case study shows the dynamics of the players on the Romanian market for heavy commercial vehicles, when considering the strong growth of Romanian exported goods but with a modest internal demand, a limited but developing road infrastructure, and an unfavorable international economical context together with medium and long term growth perspectives. Important efforts are being made in Romania in order to align the national transportation system, weather railway, sea, road, air or pipelines to the European network, by supporting big modernization projects, the development and integration of national transportation infrastructure into the European network.

Suggested Citation

  • Pop Nicolae Alexandru & Draghescu Florin & Palade Alexandru, 2014. "Benchmarking For The Romanian Heavy Commercial Vehicles Market," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 1046-1056, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ora:journl:v:1:y:2014:i:1:p:1046-1056
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://anale.steconomiceuoradea.ro/volume/2014/n1/115.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Pop Nicolae Alexandru & Draghescu Florin & Rosca Vlad, 2013. "Global Competition And Romania'S National Competitive Advantage," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 1807-1814, July.
    2. Nicolae Al Pop & Mihaela Roman & Adina Săniuţă & Carmen Petrişoaia, 2012. "Relationship Marketing, Engine of Sustainable Development and Organisational Change in the Romanian Business Environment," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 14(32), pages 349-364, June.
    3. Tony Chapman & Bill Best & Paul Van Casteren, 2003. "Review of Best Practice," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Executive Coaching, chapter 0, pages 257-268, Palgrave Macmillan.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Dibondo Nafula Lucy & Susan Were, 2014. "Challenges Faced by Public Sector Institutions in Adopting Entrepreneurial Skills - A Case Study of the Postal Corporation of Kenya," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 4(10), pages 344-360, October.
    2. Mihaela Tomaziu-Todosia, 2020. "The Importance of Health in All Policies (HiAP)," Postmodern Openings, Editura Lumen, Department of Economics, vol. 11(1), pages 238-249, February.
    3. Luciano Monti & Roberto Cerroni, 2019. "How the Widespread Presence of Historical Private Real Estate Can Contribute to Local Development," Review of European Studies, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 11(1), pages 183-183, December.
    4. Do Manh Thai & Duong, Dang & Falch, Morten & Chung Bui Xuan & Tran Thi Anh Thu, 2021. "Factors Affecting the Sustainability of Telecentres in the Developing Country," 23rd ITS Biennial Conference, Online Conference / Gothenburg 2021. Digital societies and industrial transformations: Policies, markets, and technologies in a post-Covid world 238017, International Telecommunications Society (ITS).
    5. Nicolae Al. Pop & Steluta Todea & Cristina-Veronica Partenie & Cristina Ott, 2020. "Stakeholders’ Perception Regarding Sustainable Universities," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 22(54), pages 330-330, April.
    6. PURCAREA, Theodor, 2021. "Honoring building organizational resilience and driving value, impacting positively on society, showing respect," Holistic Marketing Management Journal, Holistic Marketing Management, vol. 11(1), pages 04-08, April.
    7. Ephraim Kabunda Munshifwa & Wilson Ngoma & Ikugile Makenja, 2017. "Major Determinant of Physical Development on Urban Residential Land: The Case of Kalulushi Municipality in Zambia," International Journal of Social Science Studies, Redfame publishing, vol. 5(6), pages 79-89, June.
    8. Pop Nicolae Al. & Ott Cristina-Maria & Simion Daniela & Zottu-Z Monica, 2018. "Marketing of luxury events. Case study on the tenth Congress of anti-aging medicine, Bucharest, 2018," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 12(1), pages 772-781, May.
    9. Roy Kelly, 2013. "Making the Property Tax Work," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper1311, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
    10. Virginia A Cary & Joseph Boullata, 2010. "What is the evidence for the use of probiotics in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease?," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 19(7‐8), pages 904-916, April.
    11. Dan-Cristian Dabija & Raluca Babut, 2013. "An approach to sustainable development from tourists` perspective. Empirical evidence in Romania," The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal, Academy of Economic Studies - Bucharest, Romania, vol. 15(Special 7), pages 617-633, November.
    12. Baldan Cristina Florentina & Barbulescu Marinela & Brinzea Victoria-Mihaela, 2014. "Competitive Flows, Means And Mechanisms Postadhering On The Automotive Market," Annals - Economy Series, Constantin Brancusi University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1, pages 71-78, February.
    13. Taher Hamza & Nada Mselmi, 2017. "Corporate Governance and Equity Prices: The Effect of Board of Directors and Audit Committee Independence," Post-Print hal-03380724, HAL.
    14. Vlad Roșca, 2014. "Web interfaces for e‐CRM in sports: Evidence from Romanian Football," Management & Marketing, Economic Publishing House, vol. 9(1), Spring.
    15. Howell, Bronwyn, 2008. "Regulated Retail Tariff Structures, Dial-Up Substitution and Broadband Diffusion: Learning from New Zealand's Experience," Working Paper Series 3987, Victoria University of Wellington, The New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition and Regulation.
    16. Mehmet Ali Ekemen & Ayta? Y?ld?r?m, 2016. "E-Business Usage in Tourism Industry: Drivers and Consequences," Business and Economic Research, Macrothink Institute, vol. 6(2), pages 302-330, December.
    17. Pantano, Eleonora & Rese, Alexandra & Baier, Daniel, 2017. "Enhancing the online decision-making process by using augmented reality: A two country comparison of youth markets," Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 81-95.
    18. George Verikios & Michael Summers & Rex Simmons & Zanfina Ademi, 2009. "The costs of keeping cool for Australians with Multiple Sclerosis," Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers g-190, Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre.
    19. Samantha Dobbie & Kate Schreckenberg & James G Dyke & Marije Schaafsma & Stefano Balbi, 2018. "Agent-Based Modelling to Assess Community Food Security and Sustainable Livelihoods," Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 21(1), pages 1-9.
    20. Pop Nicolae Al. & Ott Cristina-Maria & Simion-Danicescu Daniela & Todea Steluța, 2019. "The scientific event – a visibility factor for the university brand," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 13(1), pages 1021-1032, May.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    benchmarking; transport; globalization; heavy commercial vehicles;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • M30 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - General
    • M31 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Marketing
    • M39 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Marketing and Advertising - - - Other

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ora:journl:v:1:y:2014:i:1:p:1046-1056. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catalin ZMOLE (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/feoraro.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.