This paper empirically examines commercialization of university faculty inventions through startup firms from 1994 through 2008. Using data from the Association of University Technology Managers and the 2010 NRC doctoral rankings, our research reveals several findings. We find that university entrepreneurship is more common in bad economic times and that engineering department quality and biolo...

BACKGROUND Integrated health care delivery is a goal of health care systems; to date there has been limited information on the integration of medical care in practice. PURPOSE To examine and compare perceptions of clinical integration and to identify associated strategic, cultural, technical and structural factors. DESIGN AND SETTING A NATIONAL SURVEY ADDRESSED TO: all county administrative...

The Möbius-Kantor map {4 + 4, 3} [CMo, §8.8, 8.9] is a regular orientable map of type {8, 3} and genus 2. It is a 2-sheeted covering of the cube {4, 3}, branched over the centers of its six faces, each of which lifts to an octagonal face. Its (orientation-preserving) automorphism group is isomorphic to GL2(3), a double covering of the automorphism group PGL2(3) ∼= S4 of the cube. The aim of thi...

Introduction Hospital quality rests on the morale and productivity of those who work in them. It is therefore important to try understand kinds team leaders that create high within hospitals. Methods This study collects examines data 3000 physicians hospitals from Denmark, Australia Switzerland. estimates regression equations statistical predictors levels doctors’ job satisfaction, their intent...

small and medium enterprises (smes) have distinctive characteristics that differentiate them from their larger counterparts. one of these characteristics is marketing; poor marketing skills in smes would lead to low performance and, in extreme cases, to failure. therefore, adopting a marketing strategy based on small business analysis is the fundamental requirement of any successful sme. the te...

This paper presents the results of a study investigating the factors affecting information and communication technology (ICT) adoption in the supply chain of facilities management in Denmark. The study takes the starting point in the literature of supply chain management, facilities management and ICT adoption to conduct a qualitative study of factors impacting ICT adoption in the Danish facili...