We are facing an era, where pressures on health costs are extremely high, and the reforms in health system are almost constant. But over time, one factor remains unchanged – Technology continues being the sustenance of health care. Manufacturers, clinicians, patients, diagnostic and...

We propose a simple task for the elicitation of risk attitudes, initially used in Sabater-Grande and Georgantzís (2002) [SGG], capturing two dimensions of individual decision making: subjects’ average willingness to choose risky projects and their sensitivity towards variations in the return...

We propose a simple task for the elicitation of risk attitudes, initially used in Sabater-Grande and Georgantzís (2002) [SGG], capturing two dimensions of individual decision making: subjects’ average willingness to choose risky projects and their sensitivity towards variations in the return...

By studying a culture that is very far and different, you can gain a better insight into your own culture. You also have the opportunity to develop or adopt certain skills. The article deals with characteristics of Japanese workplaces and business culture, and the factors behind them. The...

L'objet de ce papier est d'analyser le profil des hommes qui participent à l'élaboration des normes comptables. La discussion s'articule autour de trois points : 1) l'opposition entre experts et représentants ; 2) l'émergence de plus en plus marquée de professionnels de la normalisation ;...

After a brief description of the role and functions of digital information systems, we examine, within the conception of these systems, the decisive breaks resulting from technological advances. Then, we clarify the problem of “capitalizing on company’s knowledge” in order to introduce a...

This paper introduces a reflection on the types of data to accessed by be extended company's employees from the Knowledge Management viewpoint. This leads us to distinguish between three types of data: main-stream-data, shared-data, and source-of-knowledge-data. In that way, as distinguishing...

In a knowledge management project, the key issue is to help the stakeholders to choose which parts of their knowledge will need to be specifically capitalized. This means finding a decision support approach enabling them to identify and locate potential crucial knowledge. To deal with this type...

This publication stems from the work of the CORELOG project (Coordinated Regional Logistics), financed within the EU Initiative INTERREG IIIB CADSES NP (Central, Adriatic, Danubian and South-Eastern European Space) and coordinated by Regione Emilia- Romagna in cooperation with the Institute for...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a method of image diagnose proven to be of undeniable importance when it comes to neuro and cardio related diseases. In fact, these diseases (such as: ischemic heart disease, stroke and acute myocardial infection) have high incidence in Portugal. For these...