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...

The purpose of the paper is to discuss the phenomenon why some system dynamics projects fail to generate substantial impact in organizations—despite the fact that they are based on an apparently valid system dynamics model and are conducted by experts in the field. The approach followed in the paper is a conceptual discussion, extended by two short case studies. Findings are that the quality of...

Crowdfunding platforms have become important sites where people can create projects to seek funds toward turning their ideas into products, and back someone else’s projects. As news media have reported successfully funded projects (e.g., Pebble Time, Coolest Cooler), more people have joined crowdfunding platforms and launched projects. But in spite of rapid growth of the number of users and pro...

In this study the challenges of managing the civil projects in oil and gas industry over recent years that failed were investigated. For this purpose, the relevant cases and their effectiveness were categorized by analyzing research data obtained from the questionnaire results. The results obtained from the research showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the projec...

E-government could simply defined as “the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in improving the activities and services of government” (Heeks, 2004). Its remarkable benefits encouraged most governments in both developed and developing countries to launch egovernment projects (Liikanen, 2003). However, few of them have succeeded in achieving their set targets. In developing co...

Small-scale pilot projects have demonstrated that integrated population, health and environment approaches can address the needs and rights of vulnerable communities. However, these and other types of health and development projects have rarely gone on to influence larger policy and programme development. ExpandNet, a network of health professionals working on scaling up, argues this is because...