This paper describes a procedure that can help managers measure their return on investment for project management (PM/ROI). Current PM processes and practices of 38 different companies and government agencies in 4 different industries or application areas were quantitatively examined. A PM benchmarking procedure was developed and used to assess the PM process maturity of these different organiz...

To conduct high-quality state-of-the-art research, clinical and translational scientists need access to specialized core facilities and appropriately trained staff. In this time of economic constraints and increasing research costs, organized and efficient core facilities are essential for researchers who seek to investigate complex translational research questions. Here, we describe efforts at...

When making capital investment decisions organizational leaders are trained to consider the financial return on investment. Yet, the same expectation typically does not exist for investments in leadership training. We suggest that decisions regarding leadership training and development ought to use a similar approach as the process leads to organizations incurring cost for an anticipated benefi...

before making decisions about the investment and financing the companies. it is necessary to know how the value of a company is determined. in this article three valuation methods are discussed: 1) value dirver method. 2) free cash flow method 3) economic value added method. in these methods the factors affecting the value of companies such as operating rate of return, cost of capital. amount o...

identification and selection of entrepreneurial businesses, are key activities to encourage people to do entrepreneuship. the majer goal of the current study is to identify, and prioritize the effective components in selection off superior entrepreneurial businesses.the research method is mixed method . friedman rank test has been used to analyze the data. the findings has revealed that the fol...