In this work, a sophisticated model is proposed to study the effects of heterogeneous types of individuals on the evolution of cooperation. In the prisoner’s dilemma game, the whole population which adopts different strategies against different neighbors, is divided into two types: the...

Impact of aspiration is ubiquitous in social and biological disciplines. In this work, we try to explore the impact of such a trait on voluntary prisoners’ dilemma game via a selection parameter w. w=0 returns the traditional version of random selection. For positive w, the opponent of high...

This study investigates the sources of bank productivity growth in China over the period 2002–2009. In order to perform this research, we propose an advanced index – input slack-based productivity index (ISP) – a model that disaggregates total factor productivity growth into each input...

This study investigates the role of risk in determining the cost efficiency of international banks in eight emerging Asian countries. Researchers of this paper consider three distinct risk aspects under a total of eight risk measures: credit risk, operational risk, and market risk. We apply a...

Le Québec a fait du Projet (Clinique) le pivot de son système de santé. Si sur le plan stratégique cela dénote une certaine audace, sur le terrain le Projet Clinique tarde à s¹implanter. Bien que le management de projet soit une approche de gestion privilégiée par le Ministère de la...

In the 1980’s, project management has grown exceptionally and many companies have adopted principles and methods of project management. These methods (WBS, Gantt, PERT...) addressed individual projects and project management focus on the performance of individual projects. In the 1990’s...