In recent years there has been considerable activity, by business analysts and academics, in developing new approaches to understanding contemporary innovation processes. This has resulted in the emergence of a large number of conceptual alternatives, with many overlapping features. It is the aim of this paper to outline and compare the most popular of these frameworks, and develop a model inco...

This paper investigates the diffusion of system dynamics as research paradigm. It deals with the question whether the diffusion of system dynamics is influenced by network externalities. Assuming the existence of such network externalities the so called penguin and bandwagon effect must be considered regarding the diffusion. Based on a system dynamics model considering network externalities lev...

This work explores the role of executive compensation in determining the capital structure decisions of a firm. CEOs experience a large personal cost of default that interacts through the risk adjusted probability of default with their compensation contract. Since default happens in a particularly costly state of the world for a CEO whose compensation contract consists primarily of pay for perf...

T his paper analyses the relation between GNP sectors of Iran’s economy. The different sectors of the economy directly or indirectly affect each other and can complement or follow each other. Using a number of empirical tests, the paper finds evidence of seasonal or periodic integration in the underlying data. This means that the conventional cointegration tests may not be robust and in re...

This paper outlines some research questions in relation to software process improvement. Software process improvement should be a continuous activity where you go through with a set of activities to achieve a higher level of maturity. These activities can be seen as a four step process; information collection and investigation, decision making and planning, implementation, and evaluation. This ...

BACKGROUND Depressive symptoms and physical performance are inversely associated, but it is unclear whether their association is bidirectional. We examined whether the association between depressive symptoms and physical performance measured using gait speed is bidirectional. METHODS We used a national sample of 4,581 community-dwelling people aged 60 years and older from the English Longitud...

Based on the cost-of-carry model of future prices, a number of studies have estimated nonlinear autoregressive models for the basis at different frequencies The structure of the models and the speed of adjustment to shocks reported are radically different. In this paper we examine the implications of systematic sampling. The results obtained show that regular sampling of the process seems impor...

Every project team expects their project management to be automated and robust. With advancements in automation technologies, one can think of automating the manual built infrastructures like storage servers, project servers and deployments on those servers. We can achieve this automation of Infrastructure and build a continuous delivery pipeline which accelerates the speed of project developme...

due to the fact that assets are recorded at their historical value and they may include unrealized gains (losses), managers may manipulate earnings through the sale of these assets and provide financial information which is not accurate and reliable. the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between income from asset sales, earnings change and leverage of companies listed on tehr...