This paper analyzes the impact of the decision to contract ICT consulting on firms’ innovative incentives. The paper develops a theoretical model and estimates some of its implications for a sample of German firms. In particular, the paper estimates the average treatment effect of the decision to contract ICT consulting on firms’ innovative incentives, considering the role of endogeneity and un...

This study presents a variation scheme of participation roles in consulting projects. Typical consulting assignments in the area known as IS planning involve strategic planning and information systems management, enterprise architecture, information management or information technology governance. Participation is a crucial issue in consulting on these issues. In the literature on participation...

The aim of this study is to determine the main factors of development consulting services in Serbia. The verification was done by a procedure, by which have been achieved relevant scientific conclusions – by data research in the field, where had been respected factor analysis criteria, according to which had been possible adequate conclusions and generalization. Namely, taking into consideratio...

This is a survey of social class habits of consulting in a rural general practice situated on the eastern fringe of the Nottinghamshire coalfield in a village which is referred to as Longlands. The practice has almost a monopoly of the 1,500 population, which is in effect a closed medical community, lying a mile away from the main road. There is a wide range of socio-economic groups. There are ...

This article identifies issues relevant to the scientist-practitioner model espoused by consulting psychology. It asks what it means to be a scientist-practitioner in more than aspirational or superficial terms and notes the frequent gap between science and practice and between practice and science. These gaps, it is argued, call for changed behavior on the part of both practitioners and of res...

T HE analysis of communication is a complex topic that has been the subject of many disciplines, including philosophy , linguistics, and sociology. Within the sociology of health there has been an increase in the number of studies on the role of communication within the consultation process. 1 Two papers in this issue belong to this genre of research — they focus on communication between doctor...

Project Description Consulting on evaluation, purchase, installation, and use of software plays a prominent role in today’s software business. There are many attempts to replace human consultants by sophisticated help utilities, electronic wizards and elaborated Web sites. But they all have two major drawbacks: First, they cannot (yet) answer a specific question. They can only offer a database ...

PURPOSE To quantify and determine the relationship between oncology departmental/division heads and private industry vis-à-vis potential financial conflict of interests (FCOIs) as publicly reported by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Open Payments database. METHODS AND MATERIALS We extracted the names of the chairs/chiefs in medical oncology (MO) and chairs of radiation oncology...

Background. Theoretical and clinical developments suggest that opportunistic interventions could be developed that are more effective and satisfying to use than brief advice to quit smoking. Motivational consulting was influenced by the ‘stages of change’ model, self-efficacy theory, motivational interviewing, and the patient-centred clinical method. Aim. To compare the clinical and cost-effect...