PARTICIPATION AS A FORM OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY

                       Sorin Briciu, „1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia
                    Iustin Atanasiu Pop, „Babes-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca
                    Oana Raluca Ivan, „1 Decembrie 1918” University of Alba Iulia


ABSTRACT: This paper attempts to define the concept of participations and its manifestations in the
Romanian economy. Within this research a number of questions related to participations as a form of
economic activity have raised, questions that led to the formulation of certain hypotheses which were
tested based on data obtained from the analysis of national and international literature. This paper can
be considered as a start of a research that will extend to financial investments. The research
methodology used in compiling this material presupposed theoretical documentation on the concepts,
forms and ways of expression of participations, based on the literature, both native and foreign, which
we managed to study. We appreciate however that the research we made allowed us to start with some
assumptions, namely that both in the economic theory and in the financial - accounting practice, the
concept of participations is insufficiently clarified and defined. Broadly, any participation is a financial
investment due to the upward evolution trend which the participations and the combinations of
companies are facing nowadays.

Key words: participations, information flow, decisional support

JEL codes: M41