Investment in infrastructure is recognized as a key enabler of economic prosperity, but it is also important for addressing social and environmental challenges, including climate change mitigation and addressing fuel poverty. The UK Government Strategy Investing in Britain’s Future argues that significant investment in “resilient, cost effective and sustainable energy supplies” is needed to mee...

Many hospitals are experiencing pressure to improve their operational efficiency and patient safety due to escalating costs and increased competition. In order to achieve these and other business objectives, hospitals have to outsource some of their Information Technology (IT) functions to external outsourcing contractors. The scope and range of IT-related outsourcing services are also increasi...

For the purposes of this paper, e-business is defined as: “the performance, automisation and organisation of transactions, or chains of them, and the gathering and publishing of data, electronically over a communication protocol” Little research has been conducted either into how e-business technology can be successfully evaluated, or into the associated costs and benefits specifically related ...

nowadays, organizations in a competitive environment need an efficient and integrated system of resources in order to rich more quality and speed in product and service's delivery. one of the main problems to implement erp is the lack of coordination and relevance with business process reengineering (bpr). successful implementation of bpr inspired by strategic planning and top management s...

Some researchers argue that the welfare gains from eliminating consumption fluctuations for United States are not small once model uncertainty is taken into account. This paper presents new evidence on using a data set broad range of countries. It quantifies exactly effect an analytical formula. The results indicate most countries derive much larger reduction compared with States. Countries at ...

The economic-driven evaluation of information technology (IT) has become an important instrument in the management of IT projects. Numerous approaches have been developed to quantify the costs of an IT investment and its assumed profit, to evaluate its impact on business process performance, and to analyze the role of IT regarding the achievement of enterprise objectives. This paper discusses a...

Introduction: This paper presents a historical review of quality assurance in nursing with terminological definitions. General issues involving the evaluation of quality of care are discussed and key questions tackled. Aims: The aims of this paper were to critically discuss and analyze the essence of quality as a construct with high relevance to nursing practice. Also, to look at quality throug...