PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 18, Issue no.2/ 2024

Authors :

Alina GENTIMIR 1 , Ada-Iuliana POPESCU 2 *

1 “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Faculty of Law

 2 “Alexandru Ioan Cuza” University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration

E-mail : * Corresponding author: ada.popescu@uaic.ro

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2024182010

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