In this paper, a qualitative and a quantitative risk assessment methods for urban natural gas pipeline network are proposed. The qualitative method is comprised of an index system, which includes a causation index, an inherent risk index, a consequence index and their corresponding weights. The quantitative method consists of a probability assessment, a consequences analysis and a risk evaluati...

it development and its ease of use have caused the organizations to equip their processing and operations through it. it has been over a century that performance assessment has been a significant issue for management and actually has been performed in different ways. the current study aims to discover the effect of e-mail on performance assessment. therefore, mixed method has been used. the res...

one of the strategies for achieving the knowledge-based economy and wealth creation is high technologies transfer. depending on their needs, all governments and knowledge-based corporations are transferring high technologies at different technology readiness levels. in this study, the researcher seeks to identify and rank the individual and organizational factors affecting high technologies tra...

at the beginning of twenty-first century, the water crisis in the priority policy andmanagement is inside and outside of the country as principle thoroughly human, social,economic and political rulers of the country is considered abundant. the world bank hasannounced that during 1960 and 2025, water resources in middle east, from 3430 m3 for theeach person in year reach to 667 m3 because of pop...

A meticulous analysis of the influential factors in Higher education marketing and the provision of a framework can be beneficial. The present study aimed at the identification and the analysis of the social factors influential in higher education marketing according to which a model was developed. The study was practical in terms of the aim and employed field research and a mixed-method approa...

ranked ninth in nano-science production, iran has a bright and hopeful perspective to exploit business opportunities and create wealth of this technology. universities and research centers as organizations in where researchers study, play an effective role in research commercialization. the purpose of this research is to identify and prioritize organizational factors affecting commercialization...