Governments have always affected the economic environment as a policy maker. On the other hand, the presence of political connection as representatives of governments in companies affects their administrative and decision - making methods.Firms and managers manage them under environmental conditions by applying different approaches to earning management in order to achieve their goals.The gover...

Providing elderly and people with special needs to retain their independence as long as possible is one of the biggest challenges of the society of tomorrow. Teseo, a startup company spinoff from University of Genoa, aims at accelerating the transition towards a sustainable healthcare system. Teseo’s first concept and product, Arianna, allows for the automated recognition of activities of daily...

The software development team is a key factor in software projects, however, achieving and maintaining positive team dynamics in software development project especially when the software companies have fewer resources in term of people, money and time is a remarkable challenge. This paper explores the dynamics of software development teams (structure, process, communication, learning and sharin...

© 2002 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors Complaints: (1) A reviewer calls to say he will never review another paper for CMAJ because we accepted a paper he had urged us to reject in view of the authors’ undisclosed and close relationship with a pharmaceutical company. (2) A letter writer complains that we edited her letter so severely that the main point was utterly lost. (3) An aut...

The aim of this research paper is to formulate a road map for implementation of lean techniques within SMEs product development (PD) teams, identifying barriers to change and explaining possible drivers for successful implementation. The research methodology necessary to develop the road map – the IPID cycle – is a combination of different approaches. It combines a literature review, an initial...

This theoretical paper attempts to clarify design issues that the field of education has encountered in the context of OER (Open Educational Resources), Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and increased emphasis on informal learning, as examined through the lens of the Interaction Equivalency Theorem. An overview of the core concepts of the Interaction Equivalency Theorem (the EQuiv) is provide...

Brand Perceptions and the Market for Common Stock This paper investigates the effect of company brand perceptions on investor incentives to hold stocks. We find that, after controlling for other postulated determinants of stockholdings, there is a negative and significant cross-sectional relation between percentage institutional holdings and brand visibility. This result is consistent with the ...