Innovation and new product development are critical to firm success and are often cited as means to a sustained competitive advantage. Unfortunately, the question of which innovation programs to pursue and how they should be funded is not trivial. This paper examines the resource allocation and portfolio problem. Special emphasis...
Although legal decision-making in real life is not based on individual utilities, social wealth maximization is also an over-simplified view for legal decision-making. DWORKIN argues that wealth is neither a value nor an instrument of social value. Some critical legal studies, for example, FITAPATRICK and HUNT assert that law systematically...
Shortening project duration is critical to product development project success in many industries. As a primary driver of progress and an effective management tool, resource allocation among development activities can strongly influence project duration. Effective allocation is difficult due to the inherent closed loop flow of development work and the...
Dynamic resource allocation is an important means to increase the sum capacity of fading multiple-access channels MACs. This paper considers vector multi-access channels and studies the effect of power allocation as a function of the channel state on the sum capacity defined as the maximum sum of rates of users...
Nobel Prize-winning economist Leonid Hurwicz was one of the finest economists of his generation. He made many important contributions to economic theory, the most significant of which was his invention of the field of mechanism design, an achievement which was recognised several decades later, in 2007, by...
Evolving Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOL), a leading provider of software solutions and services to thewireless, wireline and IP carrier market, and Oberthur Technologies, aleader in secure technologies, today jointly announced their combinedproject of delivering Dynamic SIM Solutions to MTN South Africa. Dynamic SIM Allocation will enable MTN to distribute prepaid...
In the newly released benchmark report,"Software Development and Innovation: Speeding 'Time-to-Market,'" AberdeenGroup, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), found that Best-in-Classorganizations realized an 18% decrease in time-to-market as a result oftheir R&D / Engineering Outsourcing engagement -- a rate that is over 26xgreater than Industry Average organizations. This report examined and...
Premier Industry Association Documents Link Between Services and Product Revenue SAN DIEGO -- The Technology Professional Services Association TPSA released a new framework to model the economic impact of professional services on total company revenue within product companies. Based on initial analysis from TPSA member Akamai...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3f980a/it_resources_spend) has announced the addition of the "IT Resources Spending - Allocation & Trends: Large Nordic companies 2008-2009" report to their offering. The report is written for the needs and requirements of suppliers of IT products and services towards large Nordic companies....
MOSCOW -- Sistema (LSE: SSA), the largest public diversified corporation in Russia and the CIS, which manages fast growing companies operating in the consumer services sector, today announced that Shyam Telelink Ltd. ("Shyam Telelink"), Sistema's telecommunications subsidiary in India, has selected three vendors to supply equipment for construction of CDMA...
ARNHEM, The Netherlands, July 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the international consulting, design and engineering company, today announced that as per September 15, 2008, Ms Stephanie Hottenhuis will be appointed to the position of Managing Director of the ARCADIS activities in Germany. She will succeed Hans van Dord,...
Inflationary forces are everywhere; from rising oil and commodity prices, the weak U.S dollar, to excessive government spending and increasing global demand for nearly all goods and resources. Inflation expectations have been building in the financial markets reflected by higher long-term interest rates and higher commodity...
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Franklin Universal Trust [NYSE:FT], a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., today reported its portfolio composition, certain portfolio characteristics and NYSE closing price as of May 31, 2008. Franklin Advisers, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN], a...
SAN MATEO, Calif. -- Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust (AMEX:FTF), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., today reported its portfolio composition, certain portfolio characteristics and AMEX closing price as of May 31, 2008. Franklin Advisers, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources,...
Enterprise Architecture Road Mapping Capability Aids in Resource Allocation RAYNHAM, Mass. -- MEGA International today introduced MEGA IT Planning, a road mapping tool that helps enterprises plan, model, and visualize technology resources to make well-informed decisions about IT asset acquisition, management, and retirement. MEGA IT Planning...
CLOUDBREAK RESOURCES LTD. (TSX VENTURE: CDB)(PINK SHEETS: CUDBF)(FRANKFURT: C6K) has received a "Comfort Letter" from Saskatchewan Energy and Resources for coal disposition applications filed in mid-May that confirmed first priority for 36,864 hectares (approx 91,000 acres). The comfort letter received lists all applications made on behalf of the company during...
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-26 June 2008-Field Service Manager introduced by ClarityC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Clarity, a supplier of Operational Support Systems OSS, announced on Wednesday (25 June) the commercial launch of a workforce management module that is integrated to its Unified OSS solution - Clarity Field Service Manager. ...
Researched by Industrial Info Resources(Sugar Land, Texas) -- In an unprecedented move, the Union Coal Ministry ofIndia is accepting applications for the development of coal-to-liquid CTLprojects in the Palasbani coal block in the Talcher Valley. This decisioncomes less than a month after the ministry ruled out the possibility ofallocating coal...
Provider of Healthcare Products and Services Succeeds with Web Content Management Initiative, Looks to Expand Enterprise Content Management Footprint REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- -- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, the largest health plan in Minnesota, improved the quality of its Web...
HONG KONG, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At a presentation during the Fourth Annual Private Banking Asia 2008 Conference held recently in Singapore, SEI , a leading global provider of outsourced asset management, investment processing, and investment operations solutions, highlighted the fact that wealth management organizations in Asia are facing...
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