The balanced scorecard (BSC) initially developed by Kaplan and Norton, is a performance management system that enables businesses to drive strategies based on measurement and follow-up. In recent years, the BSC has been applied to information technology (IT). The IT BSC is becoming a popular tool with its concepts widely dispersed by international consultant groups such as GartnerGroup, Renaiss...

Lenalidomide has been approved for the treatment of transfusion-dependent low- or intermediate-1-risk myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) associated with a chromosome 5q deletion with or without additional cytogenetic abnormalities. We evaluated the cost effectiveness of lenalidomide versus best supportive care (BSC) in these patients. We developed a decision analytic model to compare costs and out...

Values have been noted as integral elements of an electronic business model (BM) while value creation has been considered as a central strategic task in e-business planning. It has also been suggested that performance measurement and strategic management should focus on the value creation process. In recent years, the balanced scorecard (BSC) has evolved to become a dominant strategic managemen...

Simple scattering media fit scattering model theories much better than more complex scattering media. Tissue is much more complex as an acoustic scattering media and to date there has not been an adequate scattering model that fits it well. Previous studies evaluated the scattering characteristics of simple media (grouping of cells at various number densities) and fit them to the concentric sph...

Strategy is the main source of long-term growth for organizations, and if it not successfully implemented, even appropriate ones are adopted, process futile. The balanced scorecard which focuses on four aspects such as learning, internal processes, customer, financial considered a comprehensive framework assessing performance progress strategy. Moreover, data envelopment analysis one best mathe...

Following the idea of “what you measure is what you get,” this paper discusses the necessity to improve managing and planning firms’ service based on performance evaluation, The Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has been used as a tool for suggesting measures that can evaluate performance of a company by considering both financial and non-financial perspectives. The current BSC technology does not provi...

A biplane quadrotor is a hybrid type of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that has advantages both fixed-wing and rotary-wing UAVs. In this study, we design controllers using (i) Backstepping Control (BSC), (ii) Integral Terminal Sliding Mode (ITSMC), (iii) Hybrid control (ITSMC + BSC), where the ITSMC controls attitude BSC altitude subsystems as per mathematical model quadrotor. The performance th...

OBJECTIVES A recent randomized study showed switch maintenance with pemetrexed after nonpemetrexed-containing first-line chemotherapy in patients with advanced nonsmall-cell lung cancer to prolong overall survival by 2.8 months. We examined the cost-effectiveness of pemetrexed in this indication, from the perspective of the Swiss health care system, and assessed the influence of the costs of be...