This paper describes knowledge based entrepreneurship in the Czech Republic and Hungary, in particular the growth and development process of 4 firms are studied: Dekonta, an environmental services firm, Et netera, an IT services firm, both operating in Czech Republic, along with a data recovery firm, Kűrt, and a biopharmaceutical firm, Solvo, both operating in Hungary. The objectives of the cas...

John Jeongseok Yang, M.D., Tae Yoon Kwon, M.D., Mi Jeong Seo, M.T., You Sun Nam, M.S., Chung Soo Han, M.D., and Hee-Joo Lee, M.D. Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University; Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Orthopedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul; Department of Biomedical Science, Graduate School, Kyung Hee Univ...

We examine a model of contracting where parties interact repeatedly and can contract at any point in time, but writing enforceable contracts is costly. A contract can describe contingencies and actions at a more or less detailed level, and the cost of writing a contract is proportional to the amount of detail. We consider both formal (externally enforced) and informal (self-enforcing) contracts...

Several antibiotic compounds have been isolated from green plants. Those which have been structurally identified, are citrinin (l-4), dicumarol (5-7), and protoanemonin (8, 9). Other less well defined factors are an oil from AZZium sativum (lo-12), a colorless crystalline compound from Arci&rz minus (13), Products A and B from Asarum cunadense (14), cassic acid from the leaves of Custiu reticdu...