Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to develop the theoretical links and empirically examine the association between IT and R&D performance, and their study is to answer management's questions: how should IT resources be organized and managed to enhance the process performance?...

In 1986 German federal parental leave and benefit policy was expanded in several ways, extending the potential duration of leave from six to ten months and paying child-rearing benefits to all new mothers regardless of their employment status before childbirth. The potential duration has...