Abstract   Background: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurological   disorder with high mortality and morbidity. Some risk factors have been implicated for   ALS such as exposure to high magnetic fields, and trace elements like selenium, cadmium and lead. Afew studies have been carried out throughout the world to evaluate   the prevalence of ALS among veterans. This stud...

The authors examine the influence of a firm’s market orientation and salesperson customer orientation on buyer–seller relationships. Data from a national manufacturer’s sales force and retail trade customers were used to test the influence of sales managers’ perceptions on salesperson attitudes toward a firm’s market orientation and its salesperson customer orientation. The impact of salesperso...

Software-as-a-Service providers have been growing fast while the contemporary research literature has neglected analysis of their business-critical marketing and sales processes. In this paper we collect the key factors characterizing how to market and sell SaaS to business customers into an eight dimensional model. We also use an explorative multi-case study to observe six SaaS providers and v...

services require high involvement of consumer in consumption process. when consumers experience a service, their evaluation of service quality will change. the propose of current study is to provide a conceptual model for measuring hardware and software quality of banking services in the context of iran’s banking industry. current study is descriptive-applicable one in which has been done by a ...

Background Ongoing conflict and systematic targeting of health facilities and personnel by the Syrian regime in opposition-controlled areas have contributed to health system and governance mechanisms collapse. Health directorates (HDs) were established in opposition-held areas in 2014 by the interim (opposition) Ministry of Health (MoH), to meet emerging needs. As the local health authori...

W study a manufacturer’s problem of managing his direct online sales channel together with an independently owned bricks-and-mortar retail channel, when the channels compete in service. We incorporate a detailed consumer channel choice model in which the demand faced in each channel depends on the service levels of both channels as well as the consumers’ valuation of the product and shopping ex...