Network management is the proverbial “elephant in the room”—the pressing problem we all know is plaguing the Internet, yet seems intractable to solve. Each new management challenge leads to a new point solution, such as a new configuration script, measurement tool, or protocol extension. In this paper, we argue that many networkmanagement problems stem from the same root cause— the need to main...

The paper models the interaction between risk taking in the financial sector and central bank policy for the case of pure illiquidity risk. It is shown that, when bad states are highly unlikely, public provision of liquidity may improve the allocation, even though it encourages more risk taking (less liquid investment) by private banks. In general, however, there is an incentive of financial in...

In British Columbia, “we found out that most doctors don’t really know the rules of the road when prescribing for someone with chronic non-cancer pain,” says Dr. Robert Vroom, deputy registrar for the College of Physicians and Surgeons of BC. “Why should we be punishing our doctors for something they don’t know? This is one of those big gaps in their education and we thought we should do someth...

introduction: leadership style is one of the most debated topics in management (urban health-care centers), which has influenced a great number of managers and employees. the present study aimed to determine the impact of the managers’ leadership styles on the employees’ job motivation based on the vroom-yetton model. methods: this study was a descriptive–analytical one and the research environ...