Challenges in horizontal model integration

Firm Reputation and Horizontal Integration∗

We study effects of horizontal integration on firm reputation. In an environment where customers observe only imperfect signals about firms’ effort/quality choices, firms cannot maintain reputations of high quality and earn quality premia forever. Even when firms are choosing high quality/effort, there is always a possibility that a bad signal is observed. In this case, firms must give up their...

The Need for Horizontal Integration

21B. A Horizontal Integration Business Model for Integrative Medicine: Sustainability through Integration

In 2012, with solely institutional support, the University of Cincinnati officially launched its Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, focused on developing integrative medicine clinical, research, and education initiatives horizontally across the academic health center. Given that Integrative Medicine (IM) is intrinsically interdisciplinary, the UC Center purposively functions according ...

Attitudes of Anatomy Faculties in Medical Schools toward Horizontal Integration of Courses on Anatomical Sciences

Introduction: Theoretical courses on anatomical sciences are taught through integrative or regional approaches. It seems that integration helps teachers to convey the materials better to medical students, especially during their clinical stage. Therefore, we decided to study the viewpoints of faculty members of anatomy department in medical universities of Iran toward the horizontal integration...

Challenges in Geometric Numerical Integration

Geometric Numerical Integration is a subfield of the numerical treatment of differential equations. It deals with the design and analysis of algorithms that preserve the structure of the analytic flow. The present review discusses numerical integrators, which nearly preserve the energy of Hamiltonian systems over long times. Backward error analysis gives important insight in the situation, wher...