One of the main tools used in innovation management is the adoption of technology development process models. Its main particularities, as well as its main forms of use are presented in this study based on an extensive literature review on the subject. Different models are presented. The...

Purpose: This paper aims to develop a conceptual framework of the implementation of the contact points (CPs) between Lean Six Sigma practices and Industry 4.0 technologies. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic literature review was carried out based on two samples. A first sample...

The Random Field Ising Model (RFIM) following bimodal and Gaussian distributions for the RF is investigated using a finite connectivity technique. We focused on determining the order of the phase transition as well as the existence of a tricritical point as a function of the connectivity c for...

Sparse-code networks have retrieval abilities which are strongly dependent on the firing threshold for the neurons. If the connections are spatially uniform, the macroscopic properties of the network can be measured by the overlap between neurons and learned patterns, and by the global activity....

This paper analyzes the impact of participation in multi-stakeholder platforms (Plataformas) aimed at linking smallholder potato farmers to the market in the mountain region of Ecuador. It describes and evaluates the Plataformas’ program to determine whether it has been successful in linking...

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of what is known about the effectiveness of projects aimed at fostering agricultural production and productivity and what has been done to improve the development effectiveness in this area. It then identifies where gaps lie in the existing evidence,...

The volume Assessing the Effectiveness of Agricultural Interventions is the Special Topic for the Development Effectiveness Overview 2008-2009. The Special Topic provides an in-depth analysis of what we know about the effectiveness of projects in one of the Bank¿s specific areas of intervention...

Development Effectiveness Overview 2008-2009 is a tool by which the IDB accounts for the effectiveness of its work. It reports on the progress made in the Development Effectiveness agenda of the Bank.

Panorama de la efectividad en el desarrollo 2008-2009 es una herramienta mediante la cual el BID da cuenta de la efectividad de su trabajo. Informa sobre los avances hechos por el Banco en su agenda de efectividad en el desarrollo.