abstract narcissus species (amaryllidaceae) are highly suitable outdoor ornamental plants and also as cut flower. narcissus is used in folk medicine and is a medicinal plant, because of galanthamine properties. south area of iran such as khouzestan province, is one of the most important areas of producing cut flower of narcissus in winter season. in this research, the effects of planting distan...

This study examines how national culture influences the likelihood and rate of buyouts among R&D equity alliances and joint ventures in the biotechnology industry. We hypothesize that the interaction of specific national culture attributes and cultural differences between alliance partners bear upon: a) the amount of endogenous uncertainty surrounding the potential integration of the target fir...

in diasporic literature the question of identity is tangled with the question of history. this study aims at discussing how yasmin crowther reviews the persian tradition in the saffron kitchen, her autobiographical novel which is mainly set-in early 60s, iran. the novel focuses on evoking and rewriting history by using different types of counter narratives that contrast with iranian hegemonic d...

abstractthe aims of the present research included, investigating the possible relationships between the four aspects of cultural attitudes based on the hofsted model(masculinity, power distance, uncertainity avoidance and collectivism) and the staff's creativity in the ministry of welfare and social security. therefore, a statistical sample of 150 people was chosen from the employees of th...

In diasporic literature the question of identity is tangled with the question of history. This study aims at discussing how Yasmin Crowther reviews the Persian tradition in The Saffron Kitchen, her autobiographical novel which is mainly set-in early 60s, Iran. The novel focuses on evoking and rewriting history by using different types of counter narratives that contrast with Iranian hegemonic d...

This paper develops and empirically tests a research framework that models the role of technological, organizational and environmental factors in organizational intention toward E-procurement systems. The partial least square analysis of survey data of 211 firms in China demonstrates that technological factors including perceived efficiency benefits and perceived ease, organizational factors in...

Group support systems (GSS) have been shown to be effective in a variety of managerial applications such as business process reengineering, strategic planning, and intelligence gathering. The majority of experiments and case studies that have reported GSS effectiveness, however, have been conducted in Western environments, which have individualistic and low power-distance cultures. It is not cl...