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Enterprise Services have been proposed as a more business-friendly form of web services which can help organizations bridge the gap between the IT capabilities and business benefits of Service Oriented Architecture. However up until now there are almost no methodologies for creating enterprise services, …

The research assesses the value chain and quality control of the pork industry in Beijing municipality of China. Through interviewing all the actors of pork industrial value chain in Beijing, the roles functions and problems of each of the actor of the pork industrial value chain of Beijing were investigated …

The theme of the research is “Possibility of introducing smallholder Beef Cattle Farmers Association as a starting point to develop the beef chain and improve their income in Arua district, Uganda”. The study was carried out in two Sub Counties of Arua district, Uganda. The objective was to investigate …

This paper presents the results of an exercise to assess the effects of metaphors on knowledge management. Knowledge is an abstract phenomenon with no direct referent in the real world. To think and talk about knowledge we use conceptual metaphors. The exercise shows that these metaphors greatly influence …

STUDY DESIGN: Literature review. MAIN QUESTION: What is the most evidence based physiotherapeutic diagnostic tool and physiotherapeutic treatment method for patients with the piriformis syndrome? BACKGROUND: Piriformis syndrome is difficult to diagnose and resistant to therapy. The existence of piriformis …

De effecten van ISO-certificering zoals gerapporteerd in wetenschappelijk onderzoek. Met speciale aandacht voor de resultaten in het onderwijs. ISO 9000:2000 doet het nadrukkelijk beter dan haar vorige versies.

Onderzoek naar betere aansluiting van de facilitiare dienst op het primaire proces. De wisselende belasting van werkzaamheden van het primaire proces zijn hierbij een belangrijk onderdeel. Het achterliggende doel is het aanpassen van de bezetting van de facilitaire diensten en de wisselende belasting …

Kwaliteit in het algemeen, maar zeker in het hoger onderwijs, gaat om waarden. Hardjono, Shiba en Jouslin de Noray, allen verbonden aan de European Organisation for Quality definieren drie waardenorientaties in kwaliteitsmanagement: control, continue verbetering en breakthrough. In deze introductie op …