FOSTER is an EU project aiming at identifying, enriching and providing training content on relevant Open Science topics in support of implementing EC‘s Open Science Agenda in the European Research Area. During the previous two years a wealth of training resources have been collected, which are now presented in a dedicated training portal. The paper describes how to use the FOSTER training platf...

In order to achieve competitive advantage and better performance of firm, supply chain management (SCM) strategy should support and drive forward business strategy. It means that supply chain should be aligned with business strategy, at the same time supply chain (SC) managers need to use appropriate information system (IS) solution to support their strategy, which would lead to stay competitiv...

In recent years, for-profit (FP) firms have replaced nonprofit (NP) organizations as the most prevalent form of health maintenance organization (HMO). In this paper, we provide empirical evidence on the pricing practices of both organizational forms. We theorize that nonprofit HMOs derive utility from conduct that increases their marginal cost above the minimum level. They exhibit this conduct ...

Educational Intervention Strategies is a collaborative project undertaken by teams from the following institutions: Belgium All project teams have contributed to this report, which is the outcome principally of the first workpackage. The workpackage was coordinated by the University of Surrey.

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The objective of this research project was to investigate bridge approach problems and develop new concepts for design, construction, and maintenance that will reduce this costly problem.

As criticisms of factory farming continue to mount, an increasing number of individuals have changed their existing dietary practices. Perhaps the two most important food movements reacting against industrial farming are (1) vegetarianism, the avoidance of animal flesh; and (2) conscientious omnivorism (CO), the consumption of meat or fish only when it satisfies certain ethical standards. While...

An unsettled area of antitrust law is the regulation of the competitive process for product distribution and promotion. Competition for distribution involves vertical contracting with respect to product placement, promotional activity, or the decision to carry a particular product. This process includes controversial practices recently subject to intense scrutiny such as slotting allowances, lo...