Article history: Received 1 August 2015 Received in revised form 1 December 2015 Accepted 1 February 2016 Available online 17 March 2016 Prior research on the association between corporate social performance (CSP) and corporate financial performance (CFP) includes conflicting perspectives and inconclusive findings as to whether or not CSP has a positive, negative, or neutral associationwith CFP...

OBJECTIVES Medical imaging, which is expensive, is frequently repeated for the same patient within a relatively short period of time due to lack of access to previous images. Health information exchange (HIE) may reduce repeat imaging by facilitating provider access to prior images and reports. We sought to determine the effect of an HIE system on the occurrence of repeat imaging. STUDY DESIG...

The article discusses the basic legal act on right to religious freedom Law of Republic Armenia Freedom Conscience and Religious Organizations, which was enacted in early 1990s which, a slightly modified version, is still force today. In Armenia, close link between ethnicity affiliation (Armenian Apostolic Church) makes it difficult adopt solutions that would guarantee full realization freedom....

The paper examines the problem of risk mitigation in virtual organizations (VOs). In a virtual organizational setting, various information technologies provide employees freedom to work from any place and at any time. Such temporal and spatial dispersion however weakens the ties that bind the organizations and their members. The paper examines the problem of risk mitigation in VOs. The paper po...

In 2004, ten additional countries join the 15-member European Union. As a result, the nature of the community and its countries are predicted to change, including the economic freedom of individuals and organizations. This study uses classification tools to look at the Economic Freedom of the World index (EFI), examining the similarities and the differences in the economic freedom of the 25 aff...

The American Association for Health Freedom (AAHF) and the Alliance for Natural Health (ANH) would like to thank the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for giving us the opportunity to make this submission. Both organizations, which are formally affiliated, represent a wide range of natural health interests including consumers, food business operators and practitioners in the United States, Eur...

Philanthropists are exerting an unmistakable influence on the research agenda, drawing attention to long-ignored research areas, promoting collaborations, and giving scientists the freedom to explore serendipitous ideas. Unbridled by politics or bureaucracy, philanthropic organizations can fund the riskier projects that could yield the biggest payoffs.

deccan was under the control of six muslim ruling dynasties, i.e. the bahmanîds and their successors from the second half of the eight century to the end of the eleventh century (a.h.). most of the ruling class, the aristocrats and courtiers in that period were muslims. but the state particularly villages and small towns were dominated practicing hindus and they still form the majority in decca...

The socio-technical theory is concerned with human well-being; it is democratic, humanistic and provides both freedom and knowledge to those who are part of it. Balanced scorecard is an approach that assesses whether the organization is meeting its objectives in terms of vision and strategy. It measures four perspectives: financial, customer, internal business processes and innovation & learnin...