Purpose The paper is a proof of concept (PoC) intervention study aimed for developing performance management (PM) practices in manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the longer-term aim enabling SMEs to improve their productivity. was designed deployed by collaborative quartet academics, consultants, accountancy firm commercial bank manager. Design/methodology/approach fir...

Flight periods of the cherry fruit fly, Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew), were compared in the major sweet and tart cherry-growing regions of Michigan, among neglected orchards, managed orchards, and natural areas containing the ancestral host, black cherry. Traps were deployed from early June to late September 2005 and 2006. Captures indicated that cherry fruit fly has an early flight (June-July) i...

This research extends the body of knowledge on SME IT innovation by identifying practical, locallydelivered interventions to assist SMEs to innovate with IT. The research was conducted in two phases over a two and a half year period employing an action research methodology. The diagnostic phase, which has been reported on previously, explored IT adoption factors and provided recommendations to ...

Given the current economic climate, it might well be assumed that it is a poor time to advocate greater expenditure on people with mental health needs. With the push to reduce government spending, a strong light is being directed to every corner where cuts might be made and mental health services are not likely to prove exempt. But might there be a case for quite the opposite course. Research s...

background: drug utilization evaluation (due) is an effective process in order to identifying variability in drug use and subsequent application of effective interventions for improving  patient outcomes. in this study, appropriate uses of drugs were evaluated by pharmacy service. methods : a prospective, interventional study was designed for determining frequency and type of clinical pharmacis...