introduction: pervasive beliefs regarding curricular reform and integration have flourished among medical students, faculty members and medical school administrators. these concepts have extensively impacted the reform process, sometimes by resisting the reforms and sometimes by diverting the curriculum from its planned objectives. in the current paper, we have tried to address the challenges o...

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between supply integration and firm performance by first, investigating mediating effects of manufacturing flexibility mass customization; second, exploring moderating role innovation orientation on link internal capabilities performance. Design/methodology/approach Resource orchestration contingency theories are used address effects. A cross-...

The issue of financial integration, at the country level, is a well-documented phenomenon in the area of International Portfolio Diversification (IPD). Despite the increasing degree of financial integration, it is important to investigate the global integration at industry level to capture the potential benefits of IPD. Thus, this study attempts to evaluate the potential advantages of IPD for i...

Mass customization (MC) relates to the ability to provide individually designed products and services to every customer through high process flexibility and integration. For responding to the mass customization trend it is necessary to develop an agility-based manufacturing system to catch on the traits involved in MC. An MC manufacturing agility evaluation approach based on concepts of TOPSIS ...