Pollution Control: When, and How, to Be Precautious

When and How to Control Consumption

Learning How to Swim and Improving Self-Efficacy: Physical Education Needs to be Taken More Seriously

Learning How to Swim and Improving Self-Efficacy: Physical Education Needs to be Taken More Seriously M. Taslimi P. Iraannejaad, Ph.D. Z. Lebaadi, Ph.D. Physical education is not just for improving the functions and well-being of the body, as it can help with the improvement of the psychological functions as well. A physical, and enjoyable, activity such as swimming, as a p...

Application of qualitative research in management (why, when and how)

Application of qualitative research in management (why, when and how) Qualitative research has been increasingly used in all sciences. In this paper we will discuss about the applications of qualitative research methods in management sciences. The differences between quantitative and qualitative researches will be clarified and the statistical methods which are suitable for such researches will...

When Should Control Be Shared?

We analyze the costs and benefits of allowing stakeholders in a firm to share control. In our model, there are conflicts among stakeholders and bargaining does not always lead to efficient decision-making. Although the logic of the Coase Theorem is such that bargaining problems lower the efficiency of decision-making regardless of who has control, we show that conflicts among parties favor undi...

How to reply to referees' comments when submitting manuscripts for publication

Background: The publication of articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals is a fairly complex and stepwise process that involves responding to referees’ comments. Little guidance is available in the biomedical literature on how to deal with such comments. Objective: The objective of this article is to provide guidance to notice writers on dealing with peer review comments in a way that maxim...