Dear colleagues,

On-line Journal Modelling the New Europe no. 16/2015, on the topic of  Small Business Management Performance in a European Context   –  is now available!

We would like to use this opportunity to thank our collaborators for their involvement in this project, especially our guest editor:

• Nicoleta Dorina RACOLŢA-PAINA, Associate Professor, PhD
  Faculty of European Studies
  Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, România
  nicoleta.paina@euro.ubbcluj.ro

CONTENTS

 I.   Horaţiu DAN: THE INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL ELEMENTS ON FISCAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

II.   Andreea IBĂNESCU, Nicoleta Dorina RACOLŢA-PAINA; Dan IONESCU: MANAGERS’ PERCEPTIONS REGARDING MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROMANIAN SMES. SELECTED FINDINGS FROM 2012-2015

III.    Kaloyan SIMEONOV: EU CAPITAL MARKETS INITIATIVES FOR BETTER FINANCING SMEs

IV.  Kornélia LAZÁNYI: WHAT MAKES A START-UP SUCCESSFUL? – SMALL BUSINESS VENTURES IN FOCUS

V.  Veronica Maria MATEESCU: PERSPECTIVES ON DIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AT WORKPLACE. THE EUROPEAN SMES CASE

VI. Mihaela Adriana OPRESCU: EUROPEAN LEGISLATION IN THE MATTER OF SALES – A USEFUL TOOL FOR SMALL AND MICRO-ENTERPRISES OR A SOURCE OF LITIGIOUS PROBLEMS?

VII.  Dominiek POST, Han van der MEER, Matthijs HAMMER: ORGANISATIONAL BLUEPRINTS FOR GROWTH IN SERVICE FIRMS