New technology, pharmaceutical research and therapy development between 2000 and 2005 have contributed to increase globally life expectancy with five years according to the WHO report 2008. Increased life expectancy of youth in developing countries will enhance economic activity in developing...

In 2008 president Obama decided for an “open data” policy on governments’ data resources and opened since 2009 10th of thousands of data. The EU commission followed in 2009 with the “Open Forum” initiative [www.openforumeurope.eu]. Although the European Union opts for a policy to open...

Since firms’ rationale to outsource parts of their IT function are mainly based on cost reduction, many vendors applied a high level of standardization in organizing the delivery of IT services to decrease their cost level. As the environment of firms changes frequently, it is of key...

Over a period of three years, Bogor Agricultural University/Institut Pertanian Bogor (IPB) and Maastricht School of Management (MsM) have been executing the multi-annual project Round Table Indonesia, www.roundtableindonesia.net. This project aimed at contributing to the improvement of a...

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there are common conceptions of high performance organizations (HPOs) among business students in South Africa and Tanzania, as the perceptions of these students will influence the structure and use of future HPOs. Questionnaire data were...

Previous research identified that the delivery of integrated IT services requires intensive coordination. The aim of this research is to create a deeper understanding in how a vendor coordinates the delivery of integrated IT services to their clients as part of an outsourcing arrangement. This...

An issue which has occupied management researchers for a long time is that of the direction of causality, centering around the question: Do certain management practices cause better performance or do better performing organizations find it easier to adopt certain management practices? Much...

This report presents the findings of a research conducted in Ethiopia by the „MSPs, Service Delivery and State Institutions‟ working group of the „Network for Peace, Security and Development‟.1 The research aimed at generating insight in:  the nature of cooperation between multiple...

OBJECTIVES To examine pharmaceutical pricing strategies not only through the lens of efficiency but equity as well, and propose analytic methods that support policymakers and executives in making pricing and reimbursement decisions. METHODS The paper takes a 3-dimensional approach...

TThree decades have passed since the Iranian revolution in 1979 and the country has gone through various waves of changes in its economic, political, social and cultural systems. In 1980, one year after the revolution, the Iran-Iraq war started. A war, which lasted eight years and towards its...