Business process orientation (BPO) supports business process management by reorienting employees’ focus from functional performance to customer value adding. While it is generally believed that BPO improves various aspects of organizational performance, there has been a lack of empirical evidence. The results of this study showed that BPO significantly influences organizational innovation perfo...

Purpose – The motivation for this research is to contribute towards development of a management framework for offshore Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). Design/methodology/approach This paper utilises longitudinal case studies to identify success factors in managing offshore Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) via the captive model (i.e. wholly-owned subsidiary). Findings – Success in offshore...

An excess of D-benzylpenicillenic acid (BPE) was reacted with human gamma-globulin, human serum albumin, gelatin, and poly-L-lysine in aqueous solution buffered at pH 7.5-8.0. Under these conditions, BPE reacted predominantly with lysine epsilon-amino groups of the proteins to form the mixture of diastereomers of epsilon-N-(D-alpha-benzylpenicilloyl)-lysine groups (Di-BPO-Lys). BPE reacted also...

benzoyl peroxide (bpo) is a first-line topical treatment in acne vulgaris, and it is superior to antibiotics, because the bacteria do not develop resistance to it. skin irritation is a common side effect, and it has been shown that controlled release of bpo from a delivery system to the skin could reduce the side effects while reducing percutaneous absorption. therefore, the purpose of the pres...

The development of cloud services is rapidly transforming IT outsourcing. Highly standardized services are offered in elastic ways. Pricing models are shifting away from up front investments, allowing pay per use. In business process outsourcing (BPO), these business models are still less common and BPO services are often still implemented on a per customer basis, often heavily based on custome...

Outsourcing decisions are not, technically, irreversible. But in practical terms the organizational disruption and financial costs of bringing services back in house (“backsourcing”) mean that few organizations revert, even when quite dissatisfied with an arrangement. Instead, organizations typically seek to move to another outsourcing arrangement, that is sometimes less attractive than the ori...

BACKGROUND/AIMS Antibiotic-induced drug resistance requires new approaches in topical acne treatment. Tyrothricin is known to produce no resistance. In this study, it was tested for the first time in topical acne treatment. The efficacy and tolerability of topical tyrothricin 0.1% was evaluated. METHODS A randomized, active comparator-controlled, exploratory, observer-blind clinical study was...

A placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, comparative, multicenter study was conducted to investigate the efficacy and safety of benzoyl peroxide (BPO) gel, administrated once daily for 12 weeks to Japanese patients with acne vulgaris. Efficacy was evaluated by counting all inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions. Safety was evaluated based on adverse events, local skin ...

Outsourcing, during its establishment phase, focused on the socio-economic and the managerial concerns of the companies, countries and people involved. As we progress toward the next generation of outsourcing, we need to ascertain a technology framework that would permit us to outsource in a secure and optimized manner with reduced reliance on litigations approach. This paper discusses Business...

An open-label, randomized, multicenter study was conducted to evaluate the safety and efficacy of long-term use of 2.5% and 5% benzoyl peroxide (BPO) gels administrated once daily for 52 weeks to Japanese patients with acne vulgaris. The efficacy of the study drugs was evaluated by counting inflammatory lesions and non-inflammatory lesions. Safety was evaluated based on adverse events, local sk...