This paper introduces the theoretical foundation of an ongoing research project whose goal is to disclose how IT business alignment (ITBA) impacts business process outsourcing (BPO) success. We propose ITBA to be one of the important issues in the BPO context which can be tackled by the IS community. We regard BPO through an “innovation adoption lens” and merge findings from two different liter...

While traditional BPO has been an ‘as-is’ business process execution by a vendor with minimal client intervention with cost benefit being the principal motive, BPM, on the other hand, is the management of processes for the client where the objective is to deliver both cost as well as value to the process stakeholders. Thus success metrics of a vendor’s ability to execute BPM projects are likely...

Although the financial services industry is a large buyer of outsourcing services, it still lags behind other industries especially regarding business process outsourcing (BPO). This research in progress asks why. The main hypothesis is that subjectively perceived risk is decisive for senior management's attitude towards BPO. A causal model will be developed, derived from Perceived Risk Theory ...

one of the common methods to cure unsaturated polyester resins is to use dual initiators. in order to produce an appropriate composite, it is necessary to know the effect of dual initiators on curing behavior. in this paper the effect of benzoyl peroxide, bpo, and tertiary butyl perbenzoate, tbpb, and their mixtures on thermal curing of an unsaturated polyester resin have been investigated. bpo...

A new resorufin-based probe is developed, which exhibits a rapid and sensitive color and a fluorescence off-on response to benzoyl peroxide (BPO) in aqueous media containing 10% ethanol via deboronation. The probe has been applied to the simple detection of BPO in real samples such as wheat flour and antimicrobial agent.

A skin disease, like acne, is very common and normally happens to everyone at least once in their lifetime. The structure of the stratum corneum is often compared with a brick wall, with corneocytes surrounded by the mortar of the intercellular lipid lamellae. One of the best options for successful drug delivery to the affected area of skin is the use of elastic vesicles (niosomes) which can be...

Artificial tubular molecular pockets bearing polar functionalities on their inner surface are useful model systems for understanding the mechanisms of protein–ligand interactions in living systems. We herein report a pillar[5]arene-derived tube, [P4-(OH)BPO], whose endo conformational isomer endo-[P4-(OH)BPO] possesses an inwardly pointing hydrogen-bond (H-bond) donor (OH) its deep cavity and s...

AIM The aim of this study was to test the usability of selected narrativity indices identified from autobiographical accounts of important relationships in an assessment of neurotic (NPO) and borderline personality organization (BPO). METHODS Narrativity indices, both particular and generalized, were used to predict personality organization levels. Indices were derived from two separate layer...

INTRODUCTION Elderly men with multiple comorbidities may be unfit to undergo surgical management of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO). Permanent and temporary prostatic stents have been developed as an alternative to chronic indwelling catheters in men unfit for surgery. MATERIALS AND METHODS Herein we review the past and present literature on the role and effectiveness of prostatic stents i...

Ethylene-propylene-diene rubber (EPDM) is a elastomer widely used in common industrial applications. EPDM can be shaped into sheets and employed as isolating material for roofing systems. In this study, scraps of from commercial, residential systems were treated by combined thermo-mechanical microwave devulcanization processes including peroxide benzoyl (BPO). The devulcanized (Dev-EPDM) was ch...