Closing the gap: Encouraging fintech innovation in Canada

The FinTech phenomenon: antecedents of financial innovation perceived by the popular press

The financial industry has been strongly influenced by digitalization in the past few years reflected by the emergence of “FinTech,” which represents the marriage of “finance” and “information technology.” FinTech provides opportunities for the creation of new services and business models and poses challenges to traditional financial service providers. Therefore, FinTech has become a subject of...

Innovation in Payments: The Future is Fintech

Revisiting the Relationship Between Systems of Innovation and Health Systems: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Numerical Formulation on Crack Closing Effect In Buckling Analysis of Edge-Cracked Columns

In this paper, buckling of simply supported column with an edge crack is investigated numerically and analytically. Four different scenarios of damage severities are applied to a column, open crack assumption and the effect of closing crack in stability of the column which depends on position and size of cracks, are numerically compared. Crack surfaces contact is modeled with GAP element using ...

Educational policy makers’ views on secondary education relevance to the world of work in Iran: a critical reflection on 1990s educational reform

This paper reports the results of a qualitative study about the effectiveness of major reforms taken place in 1990s towards closing down the gap between general upper secondary education and the economy in Iran. The study aimed to analyse questions such as: To what extent dose Iranian secondary education meet current and future needs of labour market? How satisfied are employers and other key s...