This study evaluated the effects of sit-stand desks on workers' objectively and subjectively assessed sitting, physical activity, and productivity. This quasi-experimental study involved one intervention group (n = 16) and one comparison group (n = 15). Participants were call center employees from two job-matched teams at a large telecommunications company in Sydney, Australia (45% female, 33 ±...

This paper analyzes the culture conflicts between two merged IT departments from two banks and how they resolve them. The integration of divergent cultures is crucial to maintain the performance of merged organizations. This paper examines post-merger IT integration of a Taiwan’s financial holding company which merged a government owned bank with its banking business, and argues that the unders...

The importance of the post-merger integration (PMI) is derived from the fact that the value creation can only begin when the organizations begin to work towards the purpose of the acquisition. Besides merger, another source of radical change in a company’s life cycle is the implementation of an enterprise system (ES), such as ERP. Both mergers and acquisitions and enterprise systems implementat...

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems enable business operations through IT in basically any midto large-size company. In the past, research on ERP systems has focused heavily on their adoption and implementation. However, since implemented and running ERP systems are already omnipresent in most industrialized countries, research has to shift its focus to the post-implementation phase. Con...

Group VII atom containing polymers such as chlorine rubber, and fluorine rubber tend to show a high degree polarity due to their high molar attraction constants [1]. Their practical applications include molded parts, cable, hose, o-rings, etc., which require chemical resistance. In molding the final products, there are several problems such as shrinkage, porosity, blisters, poor knitting, backr...

What is it famous for? It's not, really — but one of the journals it publishes, Development, is, if only for being one of the few high-profile journals that almost nobody complains about. How did it start? It was founded in 1925 by George Bidder, a sponge specialist who was also a shrewd businessman with leanings towards philanthropy. His wish to benefit mankind took him into some unusual enter...

Economic sociologists and white-collar criminologists offer competing predictions about the outcomes of socially embedded transactions. Economic sociologists stress the protective and beneficial role of social networks. Their evidence shows that social ties improve transaction outcomes. White-collar criminologists focus on the harmful and exploitative role of social networks. Their evidence sho...