EDITORS
                DANIEL DEJICA – Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
                MARIANA CERNICOVA-BUCĂ – Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania

ASSISTANT EDITORS
                SIMONA ȘIMON – Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
                CLAUDIA E. STOIAN – Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania

ADVISORY BOARD
                ȘTEFAN BRATOSIN – Paul Valéry University of Montpellier 3, France
                MARIANA CERNICOVA-BUCĂ – Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
                IGOR CHARSKYKH – Donetsk National University, Ukraine
                SORINA CHIPER - Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași, Romania
                SEBASTIAN CHIRIMBU - Spiru Haret University, Romania
                ROGER CRAIK – Kent State University, USA
                DANIEL DEJICA – Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
                TAMARI DOLIDZE, Batumi State Maritime Academy, Georgia
                JAN ENGBERG – Aarhus University, Denmark
                CARLO EUGENI – University of Leeds, UK
                VASILE GHERHEȘ – Politehnica University of Timișoara, Romania
                WALTER GIORDANO – Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy
                GYDE HANSEN – Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
                LETICIA HERRERO – Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
                ANGELIKA IONAȘ – West University of Timișoara, Romania
                DAVID ERLAND ISAKSEN – University of South-Eastern Norway
                DEBRA JOURNET – University of Louisville, USA
                JEFFREY KILLMAN – University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
                VLASTA KUČIŠ – University of Maribor, Slovenia
                MARIANNE MARKI – West University of Timișoara, Romania
                ARSENIO JESUS MOYA GUIJARRO – University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
                HORTENSIA PÂRLOG – West University of Timișoara, Romania
                IOAN LUCIAN POPA – Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău, Romania
                LOREDANA PUNGĂ – West University of Timișoara, Romania
                ILIE RAD – Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj- Napoca, Romania
                KIRK ST.AMANT – Louisiana Tech University, USA
                KLAUS SCHUBERT – Hildesheim University, Germany
                JOZEF ŠTEFČÍK – Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia
                SLÁVKA TOMAŠČÍKOVÁ – Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia
                MIHAELA ALEXANDRA TUDOR – Paul Valéry University of Montpellier 3, France
                MARIA ȚENCHEA – West University of Timișoara, Romania
                TITELA VÎLCEANU – University of Craiova, Romania