In this paper we present a model that addresses the issue of the uneven distribution of employment opportunities over lowand high-skilled workers in a context of skill-biased endogenous technical change. In our model, technical change consists in part of product innovation. There is also process innovation to the extent that new products can be produced in two different ways, either using high-...

Given the high percentage of turnover invested in R&D, the cost structure and segmentation of investment in high-tech firms necessitate regular review of resource allocation. For high-tech firms, the vital importance of innovation management is one of the building stones of a successful business. The key question remains how innovations can be managed throughout the S-curve of technological per...

the aim of the research is to determine the concept of conflict, conflict management scope and approaches in managerial approaches based on islamic view. to achieve the goal, content analysis has been used. research data was collected from the books and articles in the context of management, human relations and organizational behavior reflecting islamic view. a number of 19 books and articles t...

Data mining involves extracting information from large data sets, discovering the hidden relationships and unknown dependencies, and supporting strategic decision-making tasks. The alignment of data mining and business would bring benefits to the organization’s management. The study investigated the adoption of data mining technologies in managerial accounting system, concentrating on the chall...

In this paper we estimate a stochastic production frontier in a panel of manufacturing firms in Côte d’Ivoire. Our main interest is on the impact of the business environment on technical efficiency levels. Moreover the chosen modeling allows us to derive managerial efficiencies, and then define most efficient firms independently of business environment influences. A non-neutral modeling of the ...

This paper presents a possible framework for designing a public health cadre in the present context, with lessons from health services development of the last six decades. Three major gaps that the public health cadre is meant to bridge have been identified. These are capacities within the system to address the technical requirements (epidemiological and health systems analysis); administrative...

Questionnaire is a fundamental method for investigation and research, but participants get tired about it, because of the impression of being long and boring, which causes low quality of research. The authors developed an interactive questionnaire as an effective method to involve responder actively. The development of this tool is dynamic process, which goes with a research project called Sunr...

From the educational point of view, the most widespread method in developing countries is on-site education. Technical and economic resources cannot support conventional distance learning infrastructures and it is even worse for courses in universities. They usually suffer a lack of qualified faculty staff, especially in technical degrees. The literature suggest that e-learning is a suitable so...