BACKGROUND In today's transforming world, increased productivity and efficient use of existing facilities are practically beyond a choice and become a necessity. In this line, attention to change and transformation is one of the affecting factors on the growth of productivity in organizations, especially in hospitals. AIM To examine the effect of transformational leadership on the productivit...

In a multi-industry growth model, firms require external funds to conduct productivityenhancing R&D, and are limited by financing constraints. The cost of research differs across industries, so financing constraints hinder productivity growth in some industries more than in others. Equilibrium industry dynamics map into a differences-indifferences regression specification where industry growth ...

CORREsPOnDEnCE TO: Lannes Johnson Clinical director, Harbour Health, PO Box 9, Greenhithe Auckland 0756, new Zealand ljohnson@ harbourhealth.org.nz Is there a need for New Zealand (NZ) to develop, or encourage, men’s awareness of health issues? Awareness by men themselves, their children, their partners, or all of the above? Would there be benefits in respect of health gain including quality of...

The Work Exchange is a peer-to-peer enterprise crowdsourcing system, where colleagues within a company can share work with each other. Employees can post work that they need help with, and other employees can search for and select work that they’re interested in. It supports a variety of mechanisms for the work requester to choose who will do the work, including selection, bids, proposals, and ...