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conclude the presented case, with known yearlyand unpredicted expenses of 18000 RON and 4people working – involving 24000 RON / yearwage expenses, the work-hour reference pricefor landscape architecture services referenceshould be 31.47 RON.Printing and presentationdocuments as well as transportation and fieldrelatedexpenses, just as documentation costswere not included. They should be countedseparately in the deals closed by the startingventure.Despite appearances, landscapingbusiness is tricky considering the complexity ofthe market features, the human and technicalissues, the home trade opacity and the hostilelegal and administrative environment. Previousexperience in the business that graduates areventuring into is a way of painlesslyanticipating the specific challenges, knowcompetition and build key-connections withpotential clients and promoters, lawyers,accountants, even bankers, publicadministration, potential partners, contractors,materials purveyors – especially plants andstone, potential employees, architects,engineers and various specialists. Branchexperience as employees before turning intoemployers is otherwise recommended invarious industries (King, 2005; Thilmany,2008), considering that cumulated bankruptcyrisks of small business start and that of theniche market approach.CONCLUSIONSThe shallow client profile diversity shows thedeep gap between the Romanian and thewestern landscape markets, and the long waythat lays ahead the new ventures.The complex professional grounding thatlandscaping students acquire in college mightbe considered excessive when the businesstarget is individual private landscaping – theprevalent employment niche – but it shouldprovide the graduates enough flexibilityto handle exceptional contracts thus ensuringbusiness’s sustainability (King, 2005; Stark,2003). Furthermore, the landscaping marketwill hopefully approach the western diversitysoon enough, which will make humanresources a major national issue.Landscaping studio infrastructure is the easiestissue, even for a small business. Businessconnections and basic experience are requiredto minimize start-up risks. Technicalcompetence and professional ethics are basicsustainability conditions.The work-hour reference price for landscapearchitecture services should stand as a guidemarkfor clients looking for a fair business.REFERENCES*** 2013. GNU Operating System.http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ (2013/02/28).*** 2013. Price.ro. http://www.price.ro (2013/02/28).*** 2013. Plant generation software packages.http://vterrain.org/Plants/Bangs Jr., D. H., 2005. Business Plans Made Easy.Entrepreneur Media Inc, USA, p. 83-174.van Borgstede C., Andersson M., Johnsson F., 2013.Public attitudes to climate change and carbonmitigation – Implications for energy-associatedbehaviours. Energy Policy (in press).Cantrell B., Michaels W., 2010. Digital Drawing forLandscape Architecture: Contemporary Techniquesand Tools for Digital Representation in Site Design.John Willey & Sons.Heinberg, R., 2011. The End of Growth. New SocietyPublishers. www.endofgrowth.com chapter 7: Lifeafter Growth.King, R., 2005. The Ugly Truth About Small Business:50 things that can go wrong and what you can doabout it. Sourcebooks, Illinois, p. 55-66.Lazar-Bâra A.P., 2011. Round-About by Cain Church.Cluj Napoca.Lazar-Bâra A.P., 2012. Landscaping for SocialManipulation. Warsaw.Lazar-Bâra, A.P., 2012. Landscaping the environmentalresponsibility – village parks and EU money.Craiova.Rogers W., 2011. The Professional Practice ofLandscape Architecture: a complete guide to startingand running your own firm. John Willey & Sons. P.53 – 148.Russel E., 2010. Fundamentals of Marketing. AvaPublishing, Lausanne, p. 140-143.Smith J.G., Hinze J., 2010. Construction Management.Subcontractor Scopes of Work. CRC Press, Taylor &Francis Group, Boca Raton, USA. p. 399-401.Stark J., 2003. Landscape Business Planning Guide.Cornell Cooperative Extension.http://dyson.cornell.eduThilmany D., 2008. What are Niche Markets? WhatAdvantages do they Offer? Colorado StateUniversity.349

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