fabrication, characterization and application of micro-/nano-rods/wires are among the hottest topics in materials science and applied physics. micro-/nano-rod-based structures and devices are developed for a wide-ranging use in various fields of micro-/nanoscience (e.g. biology, electronics, medicine, optics, optoelectronics, photonics and sensors). it is well known that the structure and prope...

original article   evaluation of lymphadenopathy is of clinical significance as the underlying disease may range from a treatable infectious etiology to malignant neoplasm. the aim and objective of the present study was to evaluate palpable lymph nodes of population working in small to medium scale industries represented as group a by fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac) and to compare the re...

Researchers and managers, over the decades have devoted significant amounts of time in trying to understand and manage the innovation process. This research paper explores one particular part of the innovation journey, the subjectivity of innovation management and the influence that a change in leadership style can have. A framework is presented which explores the sensemaking and subjectivity o...

Claire Crawford is a Senior Research Economist at the IFS. Her research covers a wide range of issues, from the impact of the tax system on small businesses and entrepreneurship to the evaluation of large-scale labour market interventions. She is particularly interested in the determinants of educational attainment, and has recently completed work considering the roles of month of birth and non...

William J. Baumol is the 2003 winner of the International Award for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Research. Throughout his career Baumol has urged the profession to pay attention to the instrumental role of entrepreneurship in economic renewal and growth. At the same time he has insisted that economists continue to use their usual tool box when the purview of analysis is extended to entre...

alignment of information technology in business increases performance and effectiveness of information technology used in organization’s business and improves goals, strategies, resources, integration, investment and other relevant factors in the business. methodologies used and aligned technology to business always was considered by firms, large and small companies and organizations. until now...

innovation is the key to growth, without it, most organization would forever be stuck doing the same old things the same old way. new products, new services and new ways of doing business would never emerge. entrepreneurship activities brings about business innovation with resultant development in enterprises which also serves as a panacea to economic growth in developing countries. entrepreneu...

the objective of this study was to assess the influence of some socioeconomic characteristics on purposes for which mobile phone was used by small scale farmers in the gezira state, sudan. the total number of small- scale farmers in the state for 2013-2014 growing season was estimated to be 5000. ten percent of the population was used using the simple random sampling technique. the collected da...