The CGEM-IT readout chain

Scaled CGEM: A Fast Accelerated EM

CGEM for Moldova with Factor Markets and Intermediate Inputs

In this article the attempt to examine the effects of tax policy in the framework of two-sector model with factor markets and intermediate goods is considered. In this connection the difference between intermediate and final goods is introduced. Model was extended to introduce the imported and domestic intermediate goods and production functions to produce domestic goods and exports. The basic ...

Supply Chain Finance – What’s It Worth?

Supply Chain Finance (SCF) represents an innovative opportunity to reduce working capital. Its underlying mechanism is reverse factoring making the technique buyerrather than supplier-centric. Implementing SCF is a difficult and time-consuming task that requires top management attention. Yet, it promises significant savings. Our survey results show that, on average, companies reduce working cap...

Challenges in IT Supply Chain Management

REQUIRED) Multiple players are involved in the process of service provision in today’s IT industry. IT service is mostly a combination of process output of different IT service providers. A single IT department is still unable to produce and deliver the entirety of the desired IT service without the risk of inefficiency. Additionally, the emerging trend of IT outsourcing over the past years acc...

Myosin light chain phosphatase: it gets around.

The importance of Ca 2 /calmodulin-dependent myosin light chain kinase (MLCK) for smooth muscle contraction is well documented.1 Until recently, myosin light chain (MLC) phosphatase was thought to be unregulated and constitutively active. However, studies have demonstrated that smooth muscle contraction is dependent on regulation of MLC phosphatase activity.2,3 The inhibition of phosphatase act...