CACTUS CACTUS J Tour Bus Manag Econ CACTUS – Journal of Tourism Business, Management and Economics 2247-3297 ASE Publishing House Bucharest, Romania cactus-2015-5 Research Article R11, O32, O38, O40 Innovations and Evolution of scientific activities in Romania Bălan Mihaela-Alina balan.alina13@yahoo.com Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania 15 6 2015 11 1 1562015 Copyright © 2015, The Author(s) 2015 The Author(s) This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

The scientific activities represent currently the support of innovations, which in turn contribute to a competitive advantage and thus to economic growth. They help in the development of more efficient production processes and management methods, as well as in providing high quality products and services, thus having a significant contribution in economic growth and to increase the quality of life. The analysis of their evolution provides useful information regarding the importance of innovation in Romania. In this context, the aim of this paper is to highlight the extent to which the scientific activities were present in the national economy during 2008-2013 and this will be accomplished through relevant economic indicators, GDP and the employed population. In the last part of the study the previsions of both indicators for 2014-2016 period will be presented.

 Keywords innovation quality of life competitivity development

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