The perspective of competition in the high technology industry has changed impressively over the last two decades and the indicators which can be defined as the traditional indicators of business performance are insufficient today. So we have identified a new set of financial and non-financial performance indicators that can be used by firms and then, we developed a business performance measure...

regarding to rapidly changing and highly competitive business environment it will become increasingly important for organizations to measure their performances appropriately. with respect to special characteristics of pharmaceutical industry and lack of reported performance measurement, this study tries to design an integrated performance measurement model for pharmaceutical companies. for gene...

the experiences by different societies reveal that consistent social and economic development results from the development of science and technology, and that the latter takes place only in a process that includes: comprehensive policy making; precise planning; determining relevant strategies and finally the effective implementation of plans in different areas. providing a clear picture of scie...

Monte Carlo simulation was used to predict the long-term financial performance related to the technical performance of dairy herds. The indicators addressed were derived from data collected routinely in the herd. They indicated technical performance that can be affected by the farmer or the consultant, and they were derived from expected cause-effect relations between technical performance and ...

PURPOSE To determine how productivity- and finance-related indicators are used by radiology departments to evaluate departmental performance. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study met the criteria to be exempt from institutional review board approval. All subjects were informed of the purpose of the study and that their questionnaire responses would be kept confidential. For the study, a survey was...

The goal of this paper is to identify key financial and accounting variables that can accurately classify Green IT leaders against Green IT followers. The detailed objectives are: (i) to build and compare single and meta classifiers to identify the relationship between environmental performance and financial performance; (ii) to select and interpret a final prediction model with a smaller set o...

SUMMARY: This study examines whether the voluntary provision of non-financial performance indicators (as part of the Balanced Scorecard framework) and assurance on this information impacts on stock price estimates and earnings forecasts in an experimental setting. A controlled experiment was performed on sophisticated users of financial statements. They were provided with a case study containin...