Dean's Welcome

	Presenting the fourth edition of Business Summer School, that will be held at the Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, I invite you to take part in a program that will influence the way you look upon the world. During two weeks experts in the investments field will come to Sibiu to obtain exceptional outcomes investing in the participants of this summer school.

The theme of the summer school is of novelty. Distinguishing this current wave of globalization from earlier ones, author Thomas Friedman said that today globalization is “farther, faster, cheaper, and deeper.” 

This wave of globalization has been driven by policies that have opened economies domestically and internationally. In the years since the Second World War, and especially during the past two decades, many governments have adopted free-market economic systems, vastly increasing their own productive potential and creating myriad new opportunities for international trade and investment.

Companies are increasingly looking to emerging markets as a vital source for growth, as an important part of their globalization strategies. Here, at Business Summer School, you will discuss the shapes of these emerging markets and the factors that companies must consider when investing in an emerging market.

Do not miss this opportunity of a new educational concept that BSS offers from the summer 2009 onwards.

Prof. Carmen Comaniciu
Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences