Luminita Chivu is Managing Director and Senior Researcher at the National Institute for Economic Research “Costin C. Kiritescu” (INCE), Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania. Her research focuses on economics of agriculture, rural development, labor market, economic growth, European integration, economic restructuring, industrial relations and working conditions.Valeriu Ioan-Franc is Founding Member and Deputy Director of the National Institute of Economic Research “Costin C. Kiritescu” (INCE), Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania. He is also Executive Director of the Romanian Center for Compared and Consensual Economy, Director of the Economic Information and Documentation Center, and President of the “Pierre Werner” Center of Studies and Documentation Romania-Luxemborg. He has published numerous scientific papers in marketing.George Georgescu is Senior Researcher and Deputy Director of the National Institute of Economic Research “Costin C. Kiritescu” (INCE), Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania. He has an extensive experience in various areas of economic research, including macroeconomic and financial balances, labour market, industrial restructuring, FDI, internationalization of companies).Ignacio De Los Ríos Carmenado is Full Professor and Director of the GESPLAN Research Group at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain.Jean-Vasile Andrei is Full Professor at Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Department of Business Administration and Ph.D. mentor in economics at Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania. He is co-founder and scientific coordinator of the Research Network on Resources Economics and Bioeconomy (RebResNet).