Romania’s IT industry is set to exceed EUR 4 billion next year and more firms are focusing on research & development (R&D) projects in the country, said industry representatives during the third Foreign Investors Summit (FIS).
“In Bucharest we have two teams working exclusively on R&D. The first is involved in automated testing and the […]
During the third day of the Foreign Investors Summit (FIS), panelists tackled topics such as Romania’s potential to attract investments, and pinpointed the sectors most likely to secure funding from both financial institutions and private investors. They also highlighted the need for entrepreneurial education to boost growth.
The financiers participating in the Funding round | […]
The promotion of the vocational education system in Romania should be the priority of the public authorities, suggested company representatives during the third Foreign Investors Summit (FIS).
“Romania needs a much stronger exchange between schools and the industry,” said Johannes Heidecker, CFO of Star Transmission, the company making gearboxes for the German Daimler.
Mihai Boldijar, general […]
The authorities are working to complete the new national energy strategy, which is set to map the country’s objectives in this industry over the coming decades, considering that current oil and gas reserves could be depleted by around 2025, said government and industry representatives, during the third Foreign Investors Summit (FIS).
“It is difficult to […]
Romania can outperform its own positive economic results and ensure sustainable growth, but for that to happen it needs to focus on developing its labor force, said panelists during the third edition of the Foreign Investors Forum (FIS).
“To compete or not to compete?” challenged John Riker, managing director of the Blue Ocean Strategy Initiative […]
Speakers on the panels of Day 3 of the 2016 Foreign Investors Summit (FIS) made a case for entrepreneurship education as a powerful and necessary tool in shaping the future of entrepreneurship in Romania.
The need for education emerged as a theme across panels, with speakers representing both the public and the private sector stressing […]
During the third and last day of the Foreign Investors Summit (FIS), panelists participating in the Funding round | Perceptions vs Realities discussed Romania’s potential to attract investment in the current economic and political climate.
According to financiers, due to its current political stability and high economic growth rate, Romania finds itself in a favorable position, compared to the neighboring countries. “Romania is on the map of […]
Iulian Sorescu, associated partner, head of Financial Department at Noerr, said on Wednesday, during the second day of the Foreign Investors Summit, the 3-day event organized by Business Review magazine, that Romanian authorities are planing to launch a new state aid scheme that focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises.
“Aside from the two state aid schemes […]
Mihai Boldijar, general manager, Robert Bosch Romania, said on Wednesday, during the second day of the Foreign Investors Summit, the 3-day event organized by Business Review magazine, that the company has invested EUR 200 million in the country in the past decade.
He said that the company has locally several operations, including a BPO unit and […]
Claudiu Petre, structural funds and business development projects manager at Telekom Romania, said on Wednesday, during the second day of the Foreign Investors Summit, the 3-day event organized by Business Review magazine, that the outsourcing market in Romania currently employs 63,000.
According to Petre, the value of the local outsourcing market is worth RON 1.2 […]