The dramatic increase in interorganizational partnering in the last two decades raises questions regarding the value impact of alliances. Using event study methodology, this paper tests whether stock market reactions differ when an alliance formation or termination is announced. In addition, it provides an in-depth analysis of potential determinants of stock market reactions. The results show t...

Edward Kamau has gone far in his career, earning a PhD in parasitology and a position with the World Health Organization (WHO) Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases, or TDR. But he also remembers the challenges he faced as a university student in Kenya in the 1980s. “If you’re bright, you’ll get a government scholarship and your bachelor’s degree—but after that, it’s ...

The financial transformation journey is often addressed through trying to avoid the pitfalls associated with the causes of failure while leveraging the critical success factors. At best, Chief Financial Officers adopting this approach are likely to improve the degree of customer service experienced by Finance department. This is unlikely to lead to sustainable financial transformation being ach...

Inter-organizational networks represent one of the most promising practice-based approaches in public health as a way to attain resources, share knowledge, and, in turn, improve population health outcomes. However, the interdependencies and effectiveness related to the structure, management, and costs of these networks represents a critical item to be addressed. The objective of this research i...

Bernard Dumouchel of the Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI)3 gave a welcoming address outlining the unique position of ICSTI since its members are a broad church, representing scientific users, publishers, national scientific and technical information (STI) centers, international unions and so on. He thanked CSA4 and the US Geological Survey National Biological In...

The London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) peritoneal dialysis (PD) service is an active PD unit caring for approximately 100 patients. The service strives for optimal patient outcomes and, in doing so, regularly analyzes infection rates. In 2003, the LHSC peritonitis infection rate was one episode in 56 patient months (1:56). Peritonitis rates remained acceptable in 2004 (1:41) and 2005 (1:57). ...

Worker involvement in decision-making about the workplace can improve safety, health, productivity and the quality of organizational outputs. Australian work health and safety (WHS) legislation mandates worker involvement and gives elected Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs) specific powers, but there has been limited research about the impact of that regulatory framework on the nature, qu...

Prostaglandin endoperoxide H synthases (PGHSs) 1 and 2 convert arachidonic acid to prostaglandin H2 in the committed step of prostanoid biosynthesis. These enzymes are pharmacological targets of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and cyclooxygenase (COX) 2 inhibitors. Although PGHSs function as homodimers and each monomer has its own COX and peroxidase active sites, the question of whether the...

Human resource development (HRD) has traditionally been seen as the main driver behind people-centered developmental activities such learning and development, organization career development. However, role of HRD professionals stakeholder questioned more have integrated into a broad range leadership supervisory roles within organization. The question arises: How do business managers interact in...

Freight Security Management, and more explicitly in humanitarian value chains, is a subject that has drawn great deal of consideration from researchers practitioners the recent past. The current study sought to answer question does freight security management influence operational performance chains Kenya? adopted cross-sectional design. A target population 100 respondents was studied through c...