This article, third in a series of six, describes Life Sciences Era activities. Life sciences, rapidly gaining momentum, will begin to dominate US economic activity by 2100, then predominate well into the following century (see Figure 1). Massive advances will follow as the 140 000 genes, and 3...

Purpose – Determinants of internet adoption in industrial purchase have rarely been paid attention in the literature. Considering this gap in the literature, the present study intends to approach the factors that determine the use of the internet as a source of information in procurement....

Abstract: The introduction of the DRG system in 2003/04 can be considered the last real hospital reform. Although the latest reform was called Hospital Structure Act due to its insufficient structural components it is sometimes referred to as missed reform. Essential aspects of the institutional...

Presents the results of an empirical study of the activities of US multinationals manufacturing in Scotland. Provides an examination of the aspects of strategies for market entry and development. Concentrates specifically on market planning issues, providing data illustrating some of the...

Marketing managers in high technology and information industries are a victim of paradigms, processes and tools developed out of the mass market packaged good industries. These constitute an implicit set of “rules of engagement” by which such marketers are constrained. Posits a new set of...

Attempts to reach some meaningful conclusions on the issue of why market orientation practice and research in general started later in Europe than in North America. With the aid of a literature review in the field of marketing in general and European history in particular and by studying the...