The O-Ring theory provides a framework to analyse the emergence of firms organized as partnerships. The ownermanagers of such entrepreneurial firms can benefit from ability matching within their production teams. However, they must also bear the project risk. Risk-aversion then induces a second-best solution. At the same time, integrated firms managed on behalf of risk-neutral residual-claimant...

Public response to risk is socially shaped in a way that often severely overor under-estimates expert risk assessments. One of the main theoretical tools to examine public risk responses of this kind is the social amplification of risk framework. An important finding is that social amplification is strongly influenced by the conduct of those managing a risk. This study models social risk amplif...

Background & aim: Evaluation of prevalence of risk factors for breast cancer in different regions of Iran and identification of their significant effect on this disease can promote the prevention and reduction of breast cancer incidence. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the prevalence, demographic characteristics, and frequency of the risk factors of breast cancer during 10 years. Method...

Abstract There are a lot of risks in new product development projects. It’s very important to assess these risks accurately for the success of these projects. This paper proposed a risk assessment approach of NPD projects based on analytic network process (ANP) method. The effectiveness of the approach is tested by an actual NPD project. The results show that the approach can reflect the comple...