the best deal. nowhere is more real than today business environment which affect the success or otherwise of any business venture. several authors have attributed failure of businesses particularly small and medium scale enterprises to various factors ranging from training of the entrepreneur to exposure and experience while some analysts opined that business environment could impact on small a...

introduction agriculture still constitutes the backbone of the rural economy and is an engine of rural household income growth in developing countries. according to the evidence, agriculture sector has an important role also in rural economy in islamic republic of iran. thus, in order to promote rural economy, rural development programs and policies have been focused on agricultural investments...

In today’s business world with rapid change and global expansion, the trends are also changing. Companies are shifting from product centered approach to customer oriented approach. Therefore the priorities are also changing and the companies are trying to satisfy their customers to deliver what they want in terms of values. Thus, to meet customer’s need and expectation and to get competitive ad...

Mid-American Journal of Business, Vol. 20, No. 1 Abstract Failures may lead to ultimate success in both nature and business. Just as dynamic ecosystems depend on death to replace senescent organisms with vigorous growth, the termination of uneconomic activities is essential to wealth creation. This paper explores the benefits of failures, and uses aspects of the analogy between death and busine...

Safety of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) is paramount, but the large number of dynamically changing controller parameters makes it hard to determine if the system is currently stable, and the time before loss of control if not. We propose a hierarchical statistical model using Treed Gaussian Processes to predict (i) whether a flight will be stable (success) or become unstable (failure), (ii) the...

The study seeks to empirically apply multiple performance evaluation techniques, including traditional approach to assess the performance of government projects. Studies have shown that while there is an increase in improved project management methods, tools and techniques, including performance evaluation techniques, organizations including governments are still relying on outdated or insuffic...

regarding the ecommerce growth, websites play an essential role in business success. therefore, many authors have offered website evaluation models since 1995. although, the multiplicity and diversity of evaluation models make it difficult to integrate them into a single comprehensive model. in this paper a quantitative method has been used to integrate previous models into a comprehensive mode...