Benchmarking concept implementation in order to increase efficiency of public companies

the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran the impact of e-readiness on ec success in public sector in iran

acknowledge the importance of e-commerce to their countries and to survival of their businesses and in creating and encouraging an atmosphere for the wide adoption and success of e-commerce in the long term. the investment for implementing e-commerce in the public sector is one of the areas which is focused in government‘s action plan for cross-disciplinary it development and e-readiness in go...

Transformation of Cry1a105 gene to tomato in order to increase resistance to Heliothis

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is an important vegetable in the world, it exposes to a wide range of pathogens and plant pests attack. Fruit worm is one of the most important the plant pest which mainly damage the fruit and causes the yield reduction. In this study, cry1a105 gene was cloned to pBI121 plasmid (with 35S promoter and Nos terminator), and was transferred to tomato by Agrobacteriu...

Financial Benchmarking of Telecommunications Companies

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the financial performance of telecommunications companies with the help self-organising maps. A total of 88 companies is evaluated and benchmarked on the basis of seven key ratios, calculated for five consecutive years 1995-99. To conduct benchmarking with several financial key figures in a changing business environment is difficult and time consuming for to...

Evaluating the Efficiency and Benchmarking of Regions in an Electricity Distribution Company Using a Public Lighting Asset Management Model

Public lighting networks are constructed and maintained to provide social security and traffic safety. Due to the expansion of cities, the development in public lighting is inevitable. In addition to new investment, the public lighting service and maintenance program imposes high costs on distribution companies. Since performance assessment methods focus on a combination of key performance indi...

Membrane reactors: A way to increase efficiency