Culture media for the isolation of bacterial L-forms from the blood were studied. The most successful media had an osmolality of more than 1100 mosm/kg and this appeared to be a critical factor in determining success.

IntroductIon An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is an integrated set of programs that provides support for core organizational activities, such as manufacturing and logistics, finance and accounting , sales and marketing, and human resources. An ERP system helps the different parts of an organization share data and knowledge, reduce costs, and improve management of business processes....

The aim of this paper is to establish critical success factors in 57 biomedical laboratories in academic hospitals and health research institutes in the Netherlands. Great differences could be demonstrated between the more-than-average and the lessthan-average performers, with regard to the effectiveness of personnel policy, the flexibility of administrative procedures and the establishing of n...

A stage hypothesis for information centers (ICs) is proposed and 26 critical success factors (CSFs) for IC managers are investigated. Based on 311 responses from IC managers, support is found for the proposed stages and information is provided about the importance of the CSFs. A principal components analysis is performed on the 26 CSFs which identifies five composite CSFs: (1) commitment to the...

As pre-packaged multi-module software solutions. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems do not necessarily satisfy by default the needs of the entities where they are deployed, and require customization and sometimes additional development in order to satisfy the end-users' requirements. Due to several reasons, many ERP implementation projects are geared towards failure, out-of-budget deplo...

INTRODUCTION Distance education is playing an ever-growing role in the education industry. As such, it is prudent to explore and understand driving conditions that underlie this growth. Understanding these drivers and their corresponding concerns (Table 1) can help educators in the distance education field better prepare for the industry.

Overall, the results of this research demonstrated the effectiveness of behavior-based safety (BBS) interventions for increasing safe work behaviors and reducing injuries. Without exception, organizations participating in our research realized an improvement in their safety records after implementing a BBS process. Such success, however, was not always easily achieved. This helped identify a nu...

Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) has become flavor du jour for many businesses. Seemingly, almost every company has implemented, is in the midst of implementing or is seriously considering a SOA project. A critical question many organizations are facing now is – what are the critical success factors for SOA implementations? This research aims to identify a list of factors relating to SOA imp...

System integration is a complex technological task, and an infrastructure decision that seems right today might well be obsolete tomorrow. This article proposes a framework of critical success factors (CSFs) that can be used to manage IS integration projects, according to a firm’s current stage of IT integration maturity and other IS infrastructure characteristics. To demonstrate the potential ...