The development of the small business sector in Ukraine is believed to be central to economic reforms and to the creation of wealth and employment (Isakova, 1997). Given the inherent instability and general weakness of the Ukrainian economy, there have been many internal and external obstacles to the development of small enterprises in a variety of business sectors. However, the recent growth a...

Dendritic cells (DC) are professional antigen presenting cells that are crucial for the induction of anti-tumor T cell responses. As a consequence, research has focused on the harnessing of DCs for therapeutic interventions. Although current strategies employing ex vivo-generated and tumor-antigen loaded DCs have been proven feasible, there are still many obstacles to overcome in order to impro...

Conducting field research in the developing world is, under any circumstances, a complex affair, and the study of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in this context adds yet another series of special challenges. Nevertheless, telecenter research offers tremendous opportunity to understand the role of communication and information in development. More importantly, a participatory ...

Social networking /WEB 2.0 is the technology to support connecting people in various ways. The arise of WEB allowed users enhance their actions when accessing internet not only for searching information but above all interact, collaborate, and share content. For specific showcase school teachers, providing new opportunities build gain professional development by assisting them remain current on...

Conflict of Commitment (COC). A conflict arising when time expended on Outside Activities such as consulting or entrepreneurial activities interferes with a Covered Person’s ability to meet his or her Institutional Responsibilities. (SOM faculty may, with approval of their chair, contract with outside entities for consulting or other external professional activities as described in SOM Policy o...

This paper presents a discussion of field research by survey of the range of obstacles to the effective implementation of knowledge management strategies in the Australian corporate environment. The paper provides background to the current study, refers to results and to further research possibilities. Previous research in the UK, in Europe, in Australasia and the USA has presented consistent f...

the importance and various applications of information technology have made fundamental changes in all organizations. the aim of the present study was to identify and prioritize the obstacles to the application of information technology in sport and youth offices using fuzzy topsis technique. the study had an application purpose and used a descriptive-survey methodology and data were collected ...

Access to finance appears to be among the most severe obstacles of the private firms’ growth particularly in developing and less developed countries. Using the micro data over 1,500 enterprises, our study aims to understand the determinants of firm-level access to external finance before and after the global financial crisis 2008-09, and how in general the crisis affected the financing obstacle...