Economic Performance Of The Enterprises: A Bibliometric Analysis At The Level Of Europe And The Usa For The Last 5 Years

Performance can be seen as a concept that, after six decades of studies and approaches, is still seeking clarification. Over time, the performance has been viewed from several perspectives such as: the equivalent of organizational effectiveness, adaptability, sensitivity, and productivity, up to concepts from the economic-financial sphere such as: increasing added value, profitability, productivity, indebtedness, and solvency. If we look at performance as a term, we notice that it presents a certain imprecision and is rarely defined. In DEX “performance” is represented as “the outcome (especially good) obtained by someone in a sports competition”, “special achievement in a field of activity”, or “the best result obtained by a technical system…” (DEX, 1998). The meaning of word performance comes from the English language from the verb “to perform” which according to the translation made by google translate means to do something regularly, to fulfil an obligation, to execute a contract, to perform in the activity you carry out, to achieve the work. If we look at the word “performance” not from the perspective of the verb but of the subject, this approach leads us to the goal and the way in which an organization achieves its proposed objectives, a fact that can be viewed from the point of view of effectiveness and productivity.