Many studies of IS alignment have focused on the alignment between business strategy and IS strategy. This study is different to these prior studies as it develops a measure of IS alignment that is focused on business processes rather than business strategy. Therefore, it examines whether IS is aligned with business processes, i.e. the functional sub-component of the Henderson & Venkatraman (19...

Background The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Mozambique became a People that Deliver (PtD) focus country in 2011. Soon after the PtD Conference in 2011, the MOH re-ignited the development of a Strategic Plan for Pharmaceutical Logistics and decided to make reform of Human Resources for the Supply Chain (HR for SC) a key pillar of the plan, as well as a component of the Health Sector Strategic Pla...

In many industries supply chain flexibility is becoming a more and more important concept for gaining competitive advantages. By the design and use of strategic supply chain networks significant improvements of supply chain flexibility can be achieved. The article identifies resources, objects and parameters of supply chain flexibility and highlights the potentials of a strategic supply chain n...

Foraging for resources is a fundamental behavior balancing systematic search and strategic disengagement. The foraging behavior of primates is especially complex and requires long-term memory, value comparison, strategic planning, and decision-making. Here we provide evidence from two different foraging tasks that neurons in primate posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) signal decision salience duri...

To keep the increase in global average temperature below 2 °C use of renewable energy sources is essential. There are various scenarios for this transition depending on amounts and types energies implemented. However, material requirements to build new power systems rarely considered. It key understand impact that increasing demand materials technologies could have mining mineral availability s...