Purpose – The paper seeks to develop a business model that shows the impact of operational knowledge assets on intellectual capital (IC) components and business performance and use the model to show how knowledge assets can be prioritized in driving resource allocation decisions. Design/methodology/approach – Quantitative data were collected from 84 high-tech federal contractors in the Washingt...

BACKGROUND As efforts to scale up the delivery of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) in facilities are increasing, a standardized approach to measure implementation and progress towards effective coverage is needed. Here, we describe a consensus-based approach to develop a measurement framework and identify a core set of indicators for monitoring facility-based KMC that would be feasible to measure wit...

Technology as a means to meet the needs of an increasingly competitive and demanding market is a reality. This is also true in the retail context. Due to this increases the IT importance that needs to be managed in an increasingly efficient and transparent way to the business areas. As IT becomes more strategic Information Technology management indicators need to be increasingly aligned with bu...

BACKGROUND Resource-limited countries increasingly depend on quality indicators to improve outcomes within HIV treatment programs, but indicators of program performance suitable for use at the local program level remain underdeveloped. METHODS Using the existing literature as a guide, we applied standard quality improvement (QI) concepts to the continuum of HIV care from HIV diagnosis, to enr...

Knowledge of the way perturbations propagate and/or attenuate along free-flow irrigation delivery systems is crucial for monitoring and effectively operating a system. With this knowledge sections of the canal system which are identified as sensitive to flow perturbations should be targeted for more frequent inspection and operational decisions than others. The steady-state hydraulic approach f...

BACKGROUND Within the EU Health Monitoring Programme (HMP), the ECHI project has proposed a comprehensive list of 'European Community Health Indicators'. METHODS In the design of the indicator set, a set of explicit criteria was applied. These included: i) be comprehensive and coherent, i.e. cover all domains of the public health field; ii) take account of earlier work, especially that by WHO...

Indicators of socio-economic development the regions Ukraine demonstrate a tendency to increase disproportions, which are significantly intensified in conditions military operations. In addition deterioration performance indicators, this trend leads fragmentation country's economic space. Regulation regional does not contribute reduction disparities, particular, due shortcomings assessment, int...

OBJECTIVE To position the concept of sustainability within the context of food security. DESIGN An overview of the interrelationships between food security and sustainability based on a non-systematic literature review and informed discussions based principally on a quasi-historical approach from meetings and reports. SETTING International and global food security and nutrition. RESULTS T...