Comparative Analysis on Financial Performance and Sustainable Incentives in the Construction Sector. Evidence from the Coastal Area of Romania

Abstract

A testimony of local development resides in infrastructure, thus the construction industry shapes the image of cities, reflects the past of strives to an innovative future. The economic aspects of the construction industry reveal treands, interest areas or perspectives of sustainable development. The current study develops a statistical explicative investigation on how the construction industry has developed in the coastal area in Romania, by conducting a comparative analysis on construction businesses between the two counties in the area, Constanta and Tulcea. The results point to interesting divergent trends between the two neighbor counties and present interest to enhance the comparative analitical area of contruction research, to local governance, practitioners and potential investors.

Keywords

• construction industry
• financial performance
• sustainable development
• comparative analysis