The literature on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has advanced several explanations of the links between financial market developments and FDI inflows across developing as well as developed countries. Empirical literature show that financial market development reduces informational frictions and improves resource allocation more efficiently. Also, financial systems are important for both produc...

since software systems play an important role in applications more than ever, the security has become one of the most important indicators of softwares.cloud computing refers to services that run in a distributed network and are accessible through common internet protocols. presenting a proper scheduling method can lead to efficiency of resources by decreasing response time and costs. this rese...

data envelopment analysis (dea) is a non-parametric method for assessing relative efficiency of decision-making units (dmus). every single decision-maker with the use of inputs produces outputs. these decision-making units will be defined by the production possibility set. resource allocation to dmus is one of the concerns of managers since managers can employ the results of this process to all...

introduction: efficiency evaluation of universities and faculties is one of the tools that help managers to identify the departments’ strengths and weakness. the main objective of the present research was to measure and compare the technical efficiency of shiraz school of medicine departments using data envelopment analysis (dea) technique. methods: this cross-sectional and retrospective study ...

Objective: To estimate the wound treatment cost borne by the Buruli Ulcer Treatment Centre of the Amasaman Government Hospital, Ghana. Methods: Three different types of data collection approaches were used, namely, 1) observation checklist, 2) in-depth interviews, and 3) expenditure data review. Wound dressing processes were observed. Retrospective health facility cost data of Buruli ulcer (BU)...

in this paper, the energy efficient resource allocation in noma-based heterogeneous cellular network(hcn) systems is investigated. since energy consumption and its limitations is one of the important challenges in fifth generation of cellular networks (5g), we propose a resource allocation problem which allocates power and subcarriers to multiple users to achieve the best system energy efficien...

• Discuss the challenges involved with introducing TRIZ to executive level decision makers. Factors affecting approval, buy-in, resource allocation, and toplevel commitment including financial analysis, cost vs. rewards of innovation programs, measuring innovation success. Consideration of the politics of organizations in implementing organization-wide programs, and vital role of innovation in ...

Providers are incorporating novel techniques to cope with prospective aspects of trading like resource allocation over future demands and its pricing elasticity that was not foreseen before. To leverage the pricing elasticity of upcoming demand and supply, we employ financial option theory (future contracts) as a mechanism to alleviate the risk in resource allocation over future demands. This s...

Metabolic rate reduction has been considered the mechanism by which sleep conserves energy, similar to torpor or hibernation. This mechanism of energy savings is in conflict with the known upregulation (compared to wake) of diverse functions during sleep and neglects a potential role in energy conservation for partitioning of biological operations by behavioral state. Indeed, energy savings as ...

When is a country financially ready to implement universal health coverage (UHC), a health policy designed to ensure that all citizens receive the health services they need without financial hardship? Since no standard set of essential health services or a defined benefits package for universal coverage exists, determining financial readiness is challenging. Health priorities must be set knowin...