This case describes challenges in the adoption and implementation of IT in two public sector enterprises in the postal and distribution businesses respectively, in India. In spite of similarities in the scale of operations and the general cultural contexts, the IT adoption processes and outcomes of the two organizations were significantly different. While one failed to implement IT in its cruci...

The Czech Republic is a country in the Central Europe with population of 10.2 million and territory of 78864 km, i.e. density of 130 inhabitants per km. The gross domestic product is USD 50 billion, inflation around 4% and unemployment 9%. The Czech Republic has been the member of NATO since 1997 and negotiations for membership in EU are in final stage with target year 2004. Foreign direct inve...

Nike's tagline,"Just do it," is an inspirational call to action for the millions who wear the company's athletic gear. But in terms of corporate responsibility, Nike didn't always follow its own advice. In the 1990s, protesters railed against sweatshop conditions at some of its overseas suppliers and made Nike the global poster child for corporate ethical fecklessness. The intense pressure that...

lems yet to be considered. Louis Battan of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Arizona, and Denver attorney Roger P. Hansen also focused on the opportunities for lawyers and scientists to work together toward resolving and understanding scientific issues. Conference participants joined one of three working groups: (i) social implications of weather modification, (ii) institution...

I would like to begin by thanking the Melbourne Business School for organising this conference. For far too long, discussions about payment systems typically took place behind closed doors and were largely the preserve of specialists in fi nancial institutions. As this conference shows us, this is no longer the case, with payment systems posing challenging issues not just for the specialists, b...

Recent efforts to assess the future workforce in oncology have elicited concern and action from several agencies and organizations; however, none have specifically focused on the workforce in cancer prevention or addressed the impact that prevention activities could have on the future burden of cancer in the United States. As the potential for prevention to reduce such burden is substantial, an...

In An Empirical Analysis of Aftermarket Transaction by Hospitals, the authors Robert E. Litan, Hal J. Singer, and Anna Birkenbach suggest public policy changes to the law governing hospital group purchasing organizations (GPOs). Their recommendations, however, appear to be based on a common fallacy and on selective data. Therefore, their conclusions are questionable. In response, we address the...

BACKGROUND Planning a public health initiative is both a science and an art. Public health practitioners work in a complex, often time-constrained environment, where formal research literature can be unavailable or uncertain. Consequently, public health practitioners often draw upon other forms of knowledge. METHODS Through use of one-on-one interviews and focus groups, we aimed to gain a bet...

Battles for corporate control have increasingly attracted the public spotlight. This attention reflects not only the growth in the number of acquisitions in the 1980s but also the size of the targets. Firms previously thought too large to be takeover targets have been acquired despite active management opposition. Any acquisition, and particularly one involving sizable assets, is likely to resu...

Data aggregators collect large amount of information about individual users and create detailed online behavioral profiles of individuals. Behavioral profiles benefit users by improving products and services. However, they have also raised concerns regarding user privacy, transparency of collection practices and accuracy of data in the profiles. To improve transparency, some companies are allow...