introduction: the process of knowledge transfer and exchange (kte) in fact is a process of utilizing knowledge gained from research to practice. appropriate exploitation of research results is guaranteed by good management of the research. the research aimed to evaluate the situation of kte in current research centers in isfahan university of medical sciences, and review its strengths and weakn...

The last 2 decades witnessed remarkable events in the life of academic medical centers (AMCs) in the United States. Twenty years ago, AMCs were thriving as the era of fee-for-service medicine came to a close: clinical departments were expanding, hiring new faculty members, purchasing new equipment as necessary, and funding research projects and protected research time with the abundant clinical...

For more than a dozen years most components of the Department of Defense (DoD) have been exploring the means for incorporating effects based thinking into their planning, execution, and assessment activities of the command and control process. Over the same period of time effects based tools that support the development of analytical models relating actions to effects have been developed by the...