东北地区现代物流体系研究

提出了东北地区现代物流体系,论述了东北地区物流业发展空间布局,并提出了东北地区现代物流体系建设重点内容。     

现代空港经济区的产业选择与空间布局模式研究

产业选择与空间布局模式是现代空港经济区规划建设时必然要面临的问题,其关系着现代空港经济区的发展方向。文章对临空产业的特征进行了分析,对空港经济区的产业类型进行了探讨,提出了现代空港经济区的产业选择与空间布局模式,希望为现代空港经济区的规划和建设提供参考。     

体育产业空间规划初探——以广州市体育产业功能区布局规划为例

作为一种新兴的绿色产业、朝阳产业,体育产业将成为新常态下经济发展的新支柱,其空间规划愈发重要。在探析体育产业相关概念及特征的基础上,提出体育产业功能区是一种成熟的空间布局形态,并从该视角出发,以广州为例,提出体育产业空间规划应注重集群式规划、明确空间重点、促进城体融合,具体的规划方法可包括"分级规划"、"分类引导"、"多种规划模式"等。     

城市快速扩张背景下高速公路改扩建研究——以天津为例

当前我国城市化快速发展与既有高速公路的矛盾开始显现,高速公路改扩建将成为未来十多年高速公路建设新的热点,为协调既有高速公路与城市空间矛盾提供了良好的契机.本文在分析高速公路与城市空间布局关系、以及城市空间扩张模式的基础上,重点讨论了不同布局关系和不同扩张模式下既有高速公路与城市空间扩张的矛盾,进而提出高速公路改扩建为缓...     

西南历史城镇空间形态特征及保护研究

通过对西南历史城镇"区域尺度的生态格局、城镇尺度的山水格局、街区尺度的簇群模式"的形态特征与构成机理分析,综合阐述其空间形态的多尺度效应和逻辑,并从高强度与技术引发的自然灾害、人口增长及新需求导致历史物化空间不能满足现代功能及规模需求、历史文化资源与资本经济价值之间失衡等保护困境方面探析西南历史城镇发展矛盾,提出"资产包形式、大拆大建、穿衣戴帽、政府托底"等多种历史城镇保护利用模式思路,并重点从"资产包形式、居民结构优化、空间布局"等方面进行实践论证。     

政策影响下土地利用空间布局变化模拟分析

目前,对土地利用在空间布局方面的研究已经成为新兴热点,而对于政策影响下的土地利用空间布局变化模拟研究与分析的成果尚只存少数。因此,本文在对研究区进行土地利用现状于结构和空间布局两方面的分析的基础上,根据研究区当前面临的主要土地利用变化相关政策进行需求变化研究,通过合理选择土地利用分类,运用逻辑回归分析及ROC曲线等方法进行反复的驱动因子筛选,最终选出最适用于研究区特点的因子,并通过CLUE-S模型对土地利用变化政策在空间布局上的影响做出合理模拟。结果显示,采用确切符合研究区特点的参数设置,灵活多变地选用驱动因子可以有效地帮助实现运用CLUE-S模型同时模拟出"建设用地上山"、"建设用地为耕地腾挪土地"、"建设用地沿河沿路发展"、"重点产业用地扩张"等多项土地利用政策在空间上的布局,其结果对土地利用变化研究、土地利用规划工作等具有一定意义。     

基于网络化空间模型的京津冀城市群空间布局优化研究

城市群发展模式已经成为城市发展的新模式,而城市群空间布局在一定程度上对城市群的发展起到非常重要的作用,因此,实现城市群的有序发展需要从优化城市群空间布局着手。本文以京津冀城市群为研究对象,从城市群空间集聚状态、城市群经济集聚状态、城市群城市关联程度等角度构建网络化空间模型,从而探析京津冀城市空间布局结构及特点,并以此为依据,依托"一核、双城、三轴、四区、多节点"的空间结构,提出空间布局优化方案,以期为京津冀城市群发展助力。     

湖南省的城镇空间布局

本文针对湖南省城镇分布现状及存在问题 ,提出湖南省未来城镇空间布局应充分考虑高速公路的联结作用 ,采取点轴布局模式 ,以更好地带动湖南省城镇地域系统的发展 ,并就优化城镇空间布局的政策措施提出了相应的建议     

历史街区的链接式保护及生长型发展

以历史街区的保护与发展模式为研究对象,阐述了历史街区与现代城市割裂的现状,通过对国内各种模式的理论研究与实践经验的分析,引发了对历史街区保护与发展模式的新探讨,进而提出了"链接式"保护模式及"生长型"发展模式的思路,并结合济南老城区"芙蓉街—曲水亭街街区"的实例,分别从传统街巷联系、历史与现代的衔接、空间布局、建筑及文脉处理等方面探讨了该模式的应用。     

新北京城市总体规划方案中的城市空间布局问题研究

城市规划建设的空间布局,就是城市历史文化的演化在地域空间上留刻的有形足迹.今天,人们看到的以二环路为痕迹的"凸"字形北京旧城,就是明代祖先的创世杰作--明北京城.明北京城在世界享有盛名.其中最精彩的是它拥有一条贯穿全城中心的南北中轴线,全城建设均以轴线为核心,对称有序展开,中轴线是北京旧城城市建设的传世之宝.现代北京人,用他们的聪明智惠,创造新北京的历史和文化,描绘新生灿烂的北京城,"以旧城为中心向四郊发展新区"、"分散集团式"、"绿化隔离带"、"两轴两带多中心"、"中轴线与长安街东西轴线十字交叉骨架"等新的城市空间布局理念、布局模式,把新北京推向一个更加广阁、更加丰富多彩的地域空间.城市的地城空间扩大了,但是,空间布局的根却始终没有变,这就是祖先留给后人的传世之宝--南北中轴线,新北京颁布的每一个城市总体规划方案,都坚定不移地维护中轴线在城市空间布局的轴心地位,整个城市就是从这里开始,不停地向四周"排兵布阵"的,这就是北京城市空间布局的特点和魅力所在.     

Development in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics

This paper outlines the ICT statistical developments that the ABS has undertaken over recent years. These developments have been on both the supply side (ICT industry) and the demand side (use of IT by sector). The content of ABS ICT surveys has changed significantly over the last few years and are expected to develop further in line with industry changes and emerging policy needs.
Recent developments in household collections have been the inclusion of IT use questions in the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and in various ABS social surveys such as Children's Participation in Culture and Leisure Activities. Annual business IT use surveys are now conducted and include topics such as Internet commerce and IT security. Biennial ICT industry surveys are conducted to provide data on ICT production, imports and exports, ICT industry employment, performance and structure information. An Internet activity survey is run every six months and provides regional Internet access details and infrastructure details on Internet service providers.
A major development for 2002–03 will be the compilation of an ICT satellite account. ABS intends to produce an ICT Information Development Plan to guide its future statistical development work in the ICT field.     

Incumplimiento del salario mínimo en Europa central y oriental

En este estudio se analiza el incumplimiento del salario mínimo durante el periodo 2003–2012 en diez países de Europa central y oriental con salario mínimo obligatorio nacional. A partir de los datos de EU‐SILC y la metodología propuesta por Bhorat, Kanbur y Mayet (2013), se cuantifica la incidencia y magnitud del incumplimiento. Se realizan análisis de regresión sobre determinantes individuales, laborales y macroeconómicos. Aunque la incidencia permanece relativamente baja, los trabajadores a los que se dirigen las políticas de salario mínimo parecen los más expuestos a su incumplimiento. Con el tiempo, una mayor incidencia se asocia a una razón más alta entre salario mínimo y salario medio.     

Value at Risk in the Suburbs: Eminent Domain and the Geographical Politics of the US Foreclosure Crisis

Several US counties and local governments have recently considered a novel solution to the foreclosure crisis. They plan to use eminent domain to compel the owners of mortgage debt—and specifically of private‐label mortgage‐backed securities—to sell the debt to the government at a price reflecting the loan's market value. The government would then restructure the debt and resell it to new investors. The plans are striking because—in contrast to both development‐driven eminent domain and the federal subprime bank bailout—they would force investors to assume asset devaluation and increased long‐term risk. Notably, the plans have emerged as an instance of financialization‐focused politics in suburbs and suburban cities of color, specifically majority‐black and ‐Latino/a suburbs. Local support for the plans, we argue, is rooted in the long‐term disinvestment of these ‘suburbs of exception', which became targets of subprime lending and eventually sites where the ‘financial exception' has been localized. But these demographic shifts, fragmentation and fiscal pressures have at the same time created a suburban political terrain in which the plans have gained their strongest political support.     

Towards a Theory of Serendipity: A Systematic Review and Conceptualization

Serendipity – the notion of making surprising and valuable discoveries – plays a major role in the success of individuals and organizations alike. Previous research has established the importance of serendipity and identified important individual- and organizational-level antecedents. However, the literature has been dispersed and the boundaries of the concept have been blurry, leading to a lack of conceptual clarity and structure, and thus limiting validity and managerial actionability. Based on a systematic literature review, I synthesize existing management-related research on serendipity and explicate the emergence and composition of serendipity in the organizational context. I first identify three necessary conditions that differentiate serendipity from related concepts such as luck or targeted innovation: agency, surprise, and value. Then, I draw from the literature on sensemaking, event-based theorizing, and quantum-based approaches to management to conceptualize the process of cultivating serendipity in the organizational context as a process of enabling potentiality and materialization, and develop a multi-level theory of (cultivating) serendipity. This conceptualization contributes to our collective understanding of how, why, and when (i.e., under what conditions) organizations can leverage the value in the unexpected, which opens up fruitful avenues for further research.     

Accountability of NGOs in Bangladesh A critical overview

NGOs in Bangladesh have been recognized as effective change agents in the socio-economic arena throughout the world. Their contributions in micro credit, non-formal education and primary health care are widely known. NGOs play a significant role in society. NGO accountability, as a result, has become a critical issue. NGO accountability in Bangladesh has been examined here in relation to patrons, clients and themselves. Of the three relationships only accountability to patrons is in a near satisfactory state. Accountability to clients is handicapped by lack of opportunities of beneficiaries to participate meaningfully in NGO policy making. Accountability to themselves is adversely affected due to the adherence to a strictly hierarchical system and the influence of founding and charismatic NGO leaders.     

Towards an Asian model of human resource management? A comparative analysis of China,Japan and South Korea

There has been much discussion regarding the possible decline and weakening of national systems of human resource management (HRM). Yet, culture and institutions are often cited as the major stumbling blocks to this outcome. Such constraints may dissipate in the analysis, particularly if ‘regional clusters’ are considered where geographic and cultural closeness and ‘openness’ to similar economic pressures exist. In such cases, it might be postulated that convergence in HRM will occur. We argue that China, Japan and South Korea represent such a cluster. This article examines these countries, to see if a degree of convergence is taking place and if it is towards an identifiable ‘Asian’ model of HRM. A model of change is presented that distinguishes between levels of occurrence and acceptance. Details of the development and practice of HRM in each country are then set out. The article ends with a discussion and implications section and a brief conclusion.     

Cultural Economy Planning in Creative Cities: Discourse and Practice

While a growing body of research analyses the functional mechanisms of the cultural or creative economy, there has been little attention devoted to understanding how local governments translate this work into policy. Moreover, research in this vein focuses predominately on Richard Florida's creative class thesis rather than considering the wider body of work that may influence policy. This article seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how municipalities conceptualize and plan for the cultural economy through the lens of two cities held up as model ‘creative cities’ — Austin, Texas and Toronto, Ontario. The work pays particular attention to how the cities adopt and adapt leading theories, strategies and discourses of the cultural economy. While policy documents indicate that the cities embrace the creative city model, in practice agencies tend to adapt conventional economic development strategies for cultural economy activity and appropriate the language of the creative city for multiple purposes.     

Input/output ranges and performance: an examination of US machine tool producers

Despite the establishment of high-tech multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Ireland since the late 1950s, the country did not succeed in closing the technological gap with most of its EU counterparts. The weak National System of Innovation (NSI), and in particular low business and government R&D levels, combined with a lack of research and technology linkages between MNEs and indigenous firms, explain these poor results. However, the Shannon region in the West of the country presents some specific institutional characteristics that could theoretically make the region a strong technological enclave. The various actors in the region - i.e. the administrative, financial, political and research institutions, as well as the business organizations - have indeed infused a new type of economic development. After a brief review of the available concepts and models articulated around these actors and their interrelationships, the paper analyses whether the Shannon region, taken as an illustrative example, mirrors a specific economic and technological localized setting. The study is based on a survey of indigenous and foreign firms.     

Sixty years of discrimination and diversity research in human resource management: A review with suggestions for future research directions

This article reviews discrimination and diversity research published in Human Resource Management (HRM) over the past 60 years. While discrimination and diversity are very different constructs, it is often informative to study them together, because when people recognize each other's diversity, this can result in bias, stereotyping, and discrimination. We conducted bibliographic searches for terms related to discrimination and diversity as well as a manual search through every title and abstract published in HRM over the last 60 years to assess article relevance. The search resulted in 135 research articles with 136 unique studies (i.e., samples) which are reviewed in this article. Sex and race are the demographics that have been examined the most in HRM, while religion has been examined the least. Moreover, the number of studies examining lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) employees in the workplace in HRM has grown quickly within the past 10 years, culminating in a recent meta‐analysis. Our review looks at some of the earliest research published, the most recent research published, and the overall trends we identified in the research over the years for both discrimination and diversity articles. We then make future research suggestions and recommendations to advance the study of discrimination and diversity in the coming years.     

Multinomial distributions applied to random sampling of particulate materials

When sampling a batch consisting of particulate material, the distribution of a sample estimator can be characterized using knowledge about the sample drawing process. With Bernoulli sampling, the number of particles in the sample is binomially distributed. Because this is rarely realized in practice, we propose a sampling design in which the possible samples have a nearly equal mass. Expected values and variances of the sample estimator are calculated. It is shown that the sample estimator becomes identical to the Horvitz–Thompson estimator in the case of a large batch-to-sample mass ratio and a large sample mass. Simulations and experiments were performed to test the theory. Simulations confirm that the round-off error due to the discrete nature of particles is negligible for large sample sizes. Sampling experiments were carried out with a mixture of PolyPropylene (PP) and PolyTetraFluorEthylene (PTFE) spheres suspended in a viscous medium. The measured and theoretical variations are in good agreement.