These results are perhaps not surprising in light of the broader literature on R&D productivity that points to two factors as instrumental in driving higher R&D productivity (depth of scientific information, and objectivity of decision-making based on that information), both of which could be expected to increase because of a merger.
"Unfortunately, the Americans are insisting on certain dates more than they are insisting on the objectivity of their decisions," said Saleh al-Mutlaq, a Sunni member of Parliament.
Today, the editors of PLoS Medicine published an editorial calling for editors to do exactly the same because their "political and scientific views, personal relationships, and professional and financial interests can all conceivably interfere with the objectivity of their decisions".
Policy makers in modern democratic societies often look for causal inferences from the research community to support the perception of "objectivity" in decision making.
Enbridge's pipelines move the lion's share of tar sands crude into the U.S. The web of tar sands lobbyist cronies with ties to Hillary Clinton pressuring the State Department to approve Keystone XL shows that President Obama must take personal responsibility for the transparency and objectivity of this permit decision.
Mises pointed to commensurability as the root of objectivity of rational calculation of decision of production and allocation of consumption and production goods (Mises 1920/1935 and 1922).
This is arguably even more pertinent for SME developers where there are likely to be fewer people involved in the development of each device perhaps leading to less objectivity during decision making.
The challenge remained to defend the rationality and objectivity, the fairness of decision-making in the alternative framework.
However, an informal approach to risk management does not hold up well to close scrutiny, as the process is often poorly documented and not structured to ensure objectivity and consistency of decision-making.
Risk scores can provide objectivity in decision making.
The efficiency and quality of administrative decisions depend upon the following factors: timeliness obtain information about controlled objects and processes; completeness and objectivity of the analysis (processing) of this information; clarity of presentation processing results for decision support systems [5].
