COMPETITIVE ABILITY OF RUSSIAN MEDICAL SCIENCE: CURRENT STATE, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS

Current state and prospects of macromolecular crystallography.

The current situation and possible future development of macromolecular crystallography are reviewed. The rapid progress and maturation of this field in recent years have to a large extent been made possible by the inspiration and generous support of several active structural genomics initiatives. Two tendencies can be currently observed: one which treats protein crystallography as a highly aut...

Estonian Wordnet: Current State and Future Prospects

This paper presents Estonian Wordnet (EstWN) with its latest developments. We are focusing on the time period of 2011–2017 because during this time EstWN project was supported by the National Programme for Estonian Language Technology (NPELT). We describe which were the goals at the beginning of 2011 and what are the accomplishments today. This paper serves as a summarizing report about the pro...

The State of Islamic Finance: Post-crisis and Future Prospects

The main purpose of this paper is to trace epistemological roots of conventional and Islamic finance. Based on an extensive literature review, this paper aims to highlight, explain, and discuss an ideal conventional and Islamic financial system. The ideal conventional financial system is discussed in light of various writings by Smith and Arrow, based on Arrow-Debreu model. On the other ...

Problems and Prospects of Introducing Islamic Microfinance in Azerbaijan Republic

Bargaining Ability and Competitive Advantage: Empirical Evidence from Medical Devices

In markets where buyers and suppliers negotiate prices, supplier costs, buyer willingnessto-pay, and competition (forces strategists often refer to as sources of bargaining power) determine only a range of potential prices, leaving the final price dependent on other factors (e.g. negotiating skill), which I call bargaining ability. I use a model of buyer demand and buyer-supplier bargaining, co...