Continual advances in information technology (IT) have opened new business opportunities in global marketplaces. As a result, many businesses have turned to CRM to gain greater insights into their customers and apply this knowledge toward forging long-term relationships with them. This study examines the relationships of CRM practices (marketing and operational programs) with three antecedent e...

A 5-year strategic plan for Aboriginal health research and evaluation has been developed to support the NSW Ministry of Health in its efforts to create the evidence for what works in addressing the health disparity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. The plan has the following objectives: that all Aboriginal health policies and programs are evidence informed; that programs and strateg...

Payments for ecosystem services programs have become common tools but most have failed to achieve wide-ranging conservation outcomes. The capacity for scale and impact increases when PES programs are designed through the lens of the potential participants, yet this has received little attention in research or practice. Our work with small-scale marine fisheries integrates the social science of ...

Computer based learning gets more and more important in higher education. Particularly, in Legal domain, students have little chance to deal with realistic situations. One way to alleviate this problem is to provide Law students with real cases, rules, and viewpoints of which a given body of knowledge is often recognized as important to their successful learning. In this paper is proposed a nov...

The achievement of strategies goals is one of the objectives of many organizations. One of the important influences on strategic objectives is the attitudes and perceptions of strategic planners groups. This paper focuses on conception of strategic directions in Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) among administrators (including board members, top and middle managers). This study was designe...

along with the global fervor over evidence based medicine (ebm), certain measures have been taken in iran too. many educational workshops and national and international seminars have been held. multiple educational packages have been prepared and even included in the educational curriculum. in recent years, policies have been directed toward encouraging clinical guidelines, health technology as...

OBJECTIVE The obesity epidemic has resulted in an increasing number of children needing multidisciplinary obesity treatment. To meet this need, pediatric obesity programs have arisen, particularly in children's hospitals. In 2008, the National Association of Children's Hospitals and Related Institutions (NACHRI) convened FOCUS on a Fitter Future, a group drawn from NACHRI member institutions, t...