AS A RETURN ON INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGY T he Computer Science and Telecommunications Board of the National Research Council first described the “IT paradox” in 1994: “Some economic studies have suggested that the large investment in IT by the service sector has not been associated with substantial gains in productivity as measured by national macroeconomic statistics. . . . [Yet] the use of IT ...

One of the best ways to prevent and control occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities is to qdesign outq or minimize hazards and risks early in the design process. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is leading a national initiative called Prevention through Design (PtD) to promote this concept and highlight its importance in all business decisions. PtD addr...

Purpose. To systematize and justify the mobilization optimization of internal resource potential innovative indicators for development national outsourcing IT companies. Methodology. complete this paper work authors followed justification forecast based on use following methods: trend method (establishing basis determining average previous periods) to identify ways ensure efficiency potential, ...

The movement for a national pharmacare plan in Canada is growing, but at the same time the multinational pharmaceutical companies and their supporters are critical of such a move. The three major arguments that they make are that all that is needed is to “fill in the gaps,” ie, cover those who currently are uninsured or underinsured, that private drug plans are superior to public ones because t...