Contribution change of factor costs analysis may help managers in decision making and in adjusting to changes. Over the last two decades, production and enhancement of kutum fingerlings have increased in Iran, reaching to more than 229 million fingerlings by 2005, but declined to 187 million from 2005 to 2008. Over the years 2002-2006, a study of fingerling production costs for kutum fish was ...

Purpose: To examine the benefits from a vocational rehabilitation program for patients suffering from Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) in terms of quality of life, and overall health. In addition, to examine the direct societal costs of healthcare interventions related to vocational rehabilitation and indirect societal costs related to production loss. Method: Identified interventions in 45 patients...

Teams of agents can be made more effective by the introduction of team assistants to accomplish specific tasks. Team assistants may be real or virtual and may be first class team members or only team adjuncts. For example, a team assistant may be created as a virtual, first class team member to serve as team manager to coordinate the actions of team members. The need for a team assistant might ...

In this field study, the group development process in a "virtual" project team environment characterized by distributed team members working across time and/or geography for thcduration of the project in anon-face-to-face model was investigated. The primary research question was, "How do groups develop in virtual project team environments and what role docs groupware technology play in that dev...

Purpose This paper aims to study the influence of procurement on the performance of integrated design teams. Design/methodology/approach The research paradigm is based on Russian socio-constructivist approach to activity theory. Activity theory, as opposed to natural or social science, is a design science approach that focuses on the context aspect of project. A triangulation of qualitative res...

Purpose This paper aims to study the influence of procurement on the performance of integrated design teams. Design/methodology/approach The research paradigm is based on Russian socio-constructivist approach to activity theory. Activity theory, as opposed to natural or social science, is a design science approach that focuses on the context aspect of project. A triangulation of qualitative res...