Effective business development strategies often begin with market segmentation, which involves the grouping of customers and non-customers with similar characteristics. Segmentation is useful to the extent that customers within a segment have similar purchasing behavior and/or profitability that differs from customers in other segments. Many companies segment their markets and customers using a...

Increasing adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) requires a change in the organizational culture and reshaping IT decision-makers mindset. Adopting OSS software components introduces some risks that can affect the adopter organization’s business goals, therefore they need to be considered. To assess these risks, it is required to understand the socio-technical structures that interrelate the s...

Environmental and economic issues have significant impacts on reverse supply chain management and are thought to form one of the developmental cornerstones of sustainable supply chains. Perusal of the literature shows that a broad frame of reference for reverse supply chain management is not adequately developed. Recent, although limited, research has begun to identify that these sustainable su...

The literature on workplace training highlights that the mentoring program is an important employee development method practiced in successful organizations. The ability of mentors either informally or formally to implement the mentoring program activities may lead to higher individuals’ psychosocial support and career development. The nature of this relationship is interesting, but the role of...

Preliminary version 1 Browsing through Oxford students " economics reading lists during the inter-war period; it rapidly becomes apparent that Marshall " s theory formed a key part of economics syllabi at the time. It seems highly likely that Marshall " s Principles of Economics prevailed as the dominant theory of industry and of competition during these two decades. However, the Principles of ...

background : in spite of much literature written about the theory-practice gap in the international nursing journals, there is evidence that indicates this subject has not been probed comprehensively since nursing education was transferred to universities in iran.  in the recent years, the public and the government have criticized iranian nurses because of poor quality of patient care. although...

nowadays, polymer blends usages increase more and more in order to produce materials with better properties. according to many research works, the blends of polyolefins have shown industrial importance. the purpose of this project was to carry out some investigations on fibers melt spun from the polypropylene and low density polyethylene blends. pp and ldpe are immiscible. pp/ldpe blend filamen...