Article history: Received January 4, 2014 Accepted 1 June 2014 Available online June 11 2014 This paper presents an empirical investigation on new product development (NPD) using a hybrid of quality function deployment (QFD) and analytical network process (ANP). The study is accomplished in one of the biggest auto producers in Iran named Saipa. The study examines whether or not NDP influences p...

background: stroke is the third leading cause of death. hypothermia has been recognized as an effective method in reducing brain injury. in this study, we assessed the effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (g-csf) as a neuroprotective agent and mild hypothermia on mortality, behavioral function, infarct volume, and brain edema in wistar rats. methods: forty male rats were used in fiv...

human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (hg-csf) induces proliferation and differentiation of granulocyte progenitor cells. this glycoprotein is currently being used for treatment of neutropenia, in patients who have undergone bone marrow transplantation. so far, different researchers have tried to enhance hg-csf biological activity and stability. in this study, polymerase chain reaction (p...

This research is focused in finding out the most important Critical Success Factors (CSF) having an influence on the implementation process of an ERP system. From a literature review a reference list of 14 CSF considered important in previous studies has been identified. An experience survey has been conducted to verify whether these CSF are also important and relevant for Mexican enterprises a...

Companies are increasingly focussing their information systems efforts around Business Intelligence (BI) solutions. The benefits realised from BI vary significantly from company to company. BI systems are now being used as extensions of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems as they consolidate, transform and analyse the vast amounts of data generated by the firm. Much attention has been gi...

Due to the ever changing Information Technology (IT) and the subsequent complexity of know-how management, many organizations may want to delegate IT works to third parties. However, in the practice this poses many risks that can threat the success a company may expect from IT Outsourcing. This paper identifies a number of risks associated to this kind of services and proposes a mitigation stra...

Wireless Field Force Automation (WFFA) is a wireless solution designed to support field staff such as service personnel, repair or installation employees, technical teams, or medical workers. Certain companies try to provide their field workers with this sort of solution to improve their productivity, their effectiveness and to reduce administrative costs, but more than 50% of these projects fa...

This research analyzes the critical success factors (CSF) of public-private partnership (PPP) in Indonesia that are very significant at ontological and sociological levels. The problem is interesting to analyze by conducting qualitative research. data were collected through in-depth interviews, documentation, observation. analyzed using reduction, display, verification supported triangulation. ...

as spending on it rises steeply, organizations become increasingly technology-dependent and, consequently, they become highly vulnerable to the risks of it failure. the latest report on the failure of many complex it projects to deliver key benefits on time and to target cost and specification was published jointly by the royal academy of engineering and the british computer society. one of the...