Bei zunehmenden Investitionsausgaben f?r Informationstechnologie (IT) ist die aktuelle Situation, dass ca. 70% der IT-Investitionen die geplanten Ziele nicht erreichen (vgl. Chaos Report der Standish Group), kaum tragbar. Dieser Zustand resultiert u.a. aus einer Fehlallokation von Ressourcen...

In Zeiten von Globalisierung, kurzen Produktlebenszyklen und schnellem technologischen Fortschritt gewinnen Projekte ?ber alle Branchen zunehmend an Bedeutung ? so auch in der Softwarebranche. Nahezu jedes Unternehmen muss derzeit gro?e Anstrengungen im Bereich Projektmanagement unternehmen, um...

The Congestion Mitigation/Air Quality Program (CMAQ), established in 1991 by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) to provide about $1 billion per year to fund transportation projects that improve air quality, is intended both to support traditional transportation control...

The current ACIAR (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research) guidelines forimpact assessment of agricultural development projects see impact assessment as being usefulfor both accountability to stakeholders and as a learning tool to find out what works, whatdoesn’t work and...

A utilização de sementes de alta qualidade é fundamental para que os sistemas de produção desoja apresentem adequados resultados técnicos e econômicos. No entanto, para que essesinsumos sejam ofertados com alta qualidade, em geral, são necessários expressivosinvestimentos. Assim,...

The dominant view in the information systems (IS) and software engineering literature is that the application of a rigorous pre-investment evaluation methodology is the key to ensuring the selection of the best IS projects ? that is those with the highest expected value for the organisation and...

Presented paper deals with qualitative analysis of several papers and studies focused on identification of key Value for Money drivers in Public Private Partnership projects/schemes. In the first part author clarifies the basics and specifics of PPP projects evaluation with a special focus on...

Accountable Care Organizations are developing in the United States as a result of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A study is needed to evaluate an emerging issue of ACOs, quality improvement infrastructure, and the pharmaceutical industry. The convergence of these topics has not...

The pharmaceutical industry invests its sales force in contacts with doctors, making visits and publicizing its drugs, in orderfor them to prescribe these products to their patients. This work discusses the structure of the pharmaceutical market and howmarketing strategies are used by...

IN 1984, Congress enacted a new law that greatly affected the economicsof the pharmaceutical industry in the United States. It has been characterizedas the most important legislation affecting competition in the pharmaceuticalindustry since the 1962 Kefauver-Harris Amendments to theFood and Drug...