Introduction So far, growth and recovery of post-socialist countries of central and east Europe (CEE) was based on efficiency gains from reallocations between sectors and firms, and on the firm level productivity improvements. Growth was not based on local R&D and extensive innovation activities. In order to grow further, CEECs will have to accumulate new knowledge and acquire new technology. I...

On the basis of goal/expectation theory, it was predicted that just as in interpersonal relationships, cooperation in social dilemma groups would increase only if both trust was high and group members had a common goal of cooperation. Introducing new measures of both these two processes to the social dilemma arena, the goal of mutual cooperation was assessed by the process of self–other merging...

the work deals with universal control formula which provides output global asymptotic stability for affine in control nonlinear system. Development of this result to input-to-output stability (IOS) is also considered. Copyright © 2002 IFAC

Despite the potential of inter-organisational systems (IOS) to improve organisational effectiveness, their uptake is slow. Many studies have investigated the slow diffusion of IOS and have identified some success factors. We however argue that adoption of IOS is also contingent upon the motivations of organisations. In this paper, we present a framework that proposes four generic types of IOS a...

BackgroundSeparating individuals with viral-induced wheezing from those asthma is challenging, and there are no guidelines for children under 6 years of age. Impulse oscillometry, however, feasible in 4-year-old children.ObjectiveTo explore the use impulse oscillometry diagnosing monitoring young evaluating treatment response to inhaled corticosteroid (ICS).MethodsA total 42 (median age 5.3 yea...

The competition among enterprises has gradually become the competition between supply chains, and it is more and more important for the cooperation among members of the supply chain to improve supply chain performance. Information sharing is an important way of cooperation among members of supply chain, which attaches great significance for the integration of the supply chain. With the developm...