This literature review was commissioned as part of an evaluation of IFC Project Development Facilities. In supporting Project Development Facilities to assist small and medium enterprises (SMES), IFC presumed that (i) development of SMES is important for achieving sustainable job creation and poverty reduction and (ii) subsidies are needed and justified to foster their development. As part of t...

this paper studies the effects of six factors including industry type, size, age, ratio of capital to total assets, ratio of debts to assets, and advertising costs on profitability of com companies accepted in tse. profitability is defined at the three standard levels of roa, roat, and roe. the sample used in this research belong to the companies which are accepted in tse vy feb. 2001, and they...

introduction: active packaging is one of the innovations in food packaging industry that would be a respons to the changing needs of consumers and markets. in this technique, materials such as adsorbents oxygen, moisture, carbon dioxide, ethylene and carbon dioxide-releasing flavor compounds, antimicrobials, antioxidants and various aromatic compounds are used. in the last decade, great attenti...

the primary purpose of this paper is to highlight for the research community and practitioners the various aspects of using vmi-type supply chains in today’s business environment as well as a number of directions for future studies. in this regard, fifty articles published in major international journals, beginning in 1995, which contribute to the vmi-type supply chains are reviewed via a syste...

Effects of personality profiles and human factors in software engineering (SE) have been studied from different perspectives, such as: software life cycle, team performance, software quality attributes, and so on. This study intends to compare personality profiles of software engineers in academia and industry. In this survey we have collected personality profiles of software engineers from aca...