Although a large share of gross domestic product (GDP) and an even larger share of employment were generated by the private sector, the state played a dominant role in three ways: first, by emphasizing import substitution across the board and industrialization as core strategies; second, by appropriating a large share of the savings of the economy for its own use, largely for public investment ...

High technology organizations are increasingly facing survival and growth challenges. Whereas the investment in R and D projects is increasing; the development of the new product is decreasing in the biopharmaceutical sector [1]. The pressure for the productivity and emerging opportunities from changing institutions as well as from the advent of enabling information and communication technologi...

One of the major advantages in using Deep Learning for Finance is to embed a large collection of information into investment decisions. A way to do that is by means of compression, that lead us to consider a smaller feature space. Several studies are proving that non-linear feature reduction performed by Deep Learning tools is effective in price trend prediction. The focus has been put mainly o...

Healthcare systems around the globe are facing a number of challenges. Thus Increasing focus is being placed on constructing appropriate healthcare reforms which are attempting to address how to tackle these challenges. A critical enabler in these reforms is the adoption of an e-health solution. Such e-health solutions are not only expensive and complex endeavours, but also have far reaching im...

Cloud computing has the promise of significant benefits that include reduced costs, improved service provisioning, and a move to a pay-per-use model. However, there also are many challenges to successfully delivering cloud-based services; including security, data ownership, interoperability, service maturity and return on investment. These challenges need to be understood and managed before att...

Artificial Intelligence raises new, distinct governance challenges, as well familiar challenges in novel ways. The of AI, moreover, is not an issue distant futures, it underway – and has characteristics akin to ‘herding cats’ with a mind their own. This essay introduces the contributions special issue, situating them broader political social science literatures. It then provides sketch interdis...

Advanced 300-mm ASIC/SOC (application-specific integrated circuit/system on a chip) fabrication plants with multiproduct and multiprocess models will require both a high level of flexibility and efficiency to achieve cost-effective manufacturing cycle times. Today, potential solutions to achieve breakthrough manufacturing cycle times are under consideration. Given the dynamic nature of all of t...