BACKGROUND Country-of-origin of a product can negatively influence its rating, particularly if the product is from a low-income country. It follows that how non-traditional sources of innovation, such as low-income countries, are perceived is likely to be an important part of a diffusion process, particularly given the strong social and cognitive boundaries associated with the healthcare profes...

Limiting land take is an important sustainability target. To this end, infill development a primary strategy. implement strategy, policy-makers need reliable knowledge base on potential (IDP), such as brownfields, vacant lots and underused lots. This study presents the results of first comprehensive national survey IDP in Germany. Almost 12% German municipalities were contacted by questionnaire...

There is a growing body of research looking at the adoption and diffusion of IS innovations. This paper assesses three theories of IS innovation and adoption: the stages model, the decision episode framework, and the technological framework model. The three theories are assessed with reference to an in-depth interpretive case study of a funds management company in New Zealand. The most importan...

In innovation networks, participatory foresight activities can typically have several functions. They can be seen as a tool for supporting decisionmaking on Science and Technology (S&T) priorities, but they can also be expected to contribute to the structures of a network beyond the scope of decision making. Foresight activities are often limited by tight timeframes, budgets and they need to be...

A taxonomy of performance measurement systems (PMS) is developed based on three dimensions, namely the design (mix of financial, customer, internal processes, innovation and learning measures), the use (monitoring, strategic decision making, attention focusing, legitimization), and the updating process. Three groups of PMS emerge: (i) outcomes surveillance mechanism, (ii) management support too...

In innovation networks, participatory foresight activities can typically have several functions. They can be seen as a tool for supporting decision-making on science and technology (S&T) priorities, but they can also be expected to contribute to the structures of a network beyond the scope of decision making. Foresight activities are often limited by tight timeframes, budgets and they need to b...

The paper describes two heuristics to reduce the number of comparisons necessary to reach a certain goal for a Markov model for multi-criteria and multi-person decision making. The motivation results from a demand observed in the early stages of an innovation process. Here, many alternatives need to be evaluated by several decision makers with respect to several criteria. With the implementatio...

In this article, we examine the impact of terrorist attacks on asylum-related migration flows. So far, literature that examines “push factors” such as terrorism explain forced has omitted fact vast majority people to flee typically do so toward other locations within country. The novel feature our research is estimation a structural gravity equation includes both international and internally di...

The cause of the 100 kyr glacial–interglacial cycles during the past 800 kyr is one of the fundamental puzzles in paleoclimatology. The widely accepted Milankovitch theory, relating earth’s climate cycles to variations in insolation caused by periodic changes in orbital parameters, has difficulties to explain the predominant 100 kyr rhythm. Although earth’s eccentricity varies with a period of ...

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Infectious disease physicians (IDPs) play a major role in patient care, infectious disease control, and antibiotic use in hospitals. The aim of this research is to explore the effects of employment of IDPs on patients' prognosis and the related medical and antibiotic expenses in hospitals. METHODS This population-based study provides evidence-based information on IDPs' cont...