物流信息服务企业服务创新过程模式研究

物流信息服务作为物流产业、服务外包以及信息技术迅速发展的产物,是为制造业、商务流通企业以及物流服务企业提供服务的.企业为保证其可持续发展必须不断进行创新,于是服务创新便成为企业发展的重要动力.文章基于学术要求和市场实际需求,在界定服务创新概念的基础上,采用规范性研究方法,对物流信息服务企业的服务创新过程模式进行了探讨,并对服务创新过程中需要企业关注的工作内容进行了分析,以期为今后相关服务和产业研究提供研究基础.     

基于因子分析和模糊综合方法的物流企业服务创新评价

根据基于因子分析和模糊综合分析的物流服务创新改进模型,甄选不同创新因素,应用因子分析法提取出5个公因子,即战略意识创新、业务创新、服务营销创新、物流技术创新、管理创新,利用层次分析法构建了一个三级评价指标体系,并利用模糊综合方法进行了评价研究。以南通林森物流企业集团为例,运用模糊综合方法对该企业物流服务创新进行了评价,提出了该企业物流服务创新的改进措施。     

新形势下第三方物流企业仓储服务创新问题的研究

首先分析了第三方物流仓储服务创新的内涵和运作模式,在此基础上对新形势下第三方物流企业仓储服务创新中存在的主要问题及其表现进行了分析,着重指出了仓储服务创新中存在的相关软硬件配套设施不健全、具体业务流程中操作风险的控制水平低和信用风险较高等问题,最后结合相关理论和国内外经营模式经验,提出了加强和改善第三方物流企业仓储服务创新水平和质量的建议和对策。     

物流企业服务创新影响因素及对策研究

物流业是生产性服务业的重要组成部分,物流服务创新不仅是物流企业增强竞争力的重要途径,对于服务经济的发展也起着至关重要的作用。文章研究的基本问题是两业联动框架中物流企业进行服务创新是否同时受到联动主体及环境因素的影响,具体有哪些因素影响物流企业的服务创新,并运用层次分析法(AHP)对这些因素进行分析。研究结果表明:影响物流企业服务创新的因素主要有物流企业因素、政府政策因素、行业环境因素、制造企业因素四个方面。     

新形势下第三方物流企业仓储服务创新问题的研究

首先分析了第三方物流仓储服务创新的内涵和运作模式,在此基础上对新形势下第三方物流企业仓储服务创新中存在的主要问题及其表现进行了分析,着重指出了仓储服务创新中存在的相关软硬件配套设施不健全、具体业务流程中操作风险的控制水平低和信用风险较高等问题,最后结合相关理论和国内外经营模式经验,提出了加强和改善第三方物流企业仓储服务创新水平和质量的建议和对策.     

基于服务创新的物流企业能力形成机理研究

在分析总结现有企业能力理论的基础上,对物流服务创新的概念、模式和内容进行了分析;从服务创新的视角,以物流企业作为对象,研究基于服务创新的企业能力形成机理,丰富了企业能力理论。     

基于服务创新的物流企业能力形成机理研究

在分析总结现有企业能力理论的基础上,对物流服务创新的概念、模式和内容进行了分析;从服务创新的视角,以物流企业作为对象,研究基于服务创新的企业能力形成机理,丰富了企业能力理论.     

湖南省小微物流企业服务创新能力评价对策研究

以湖南省小微物流企业服务创新问题为研究基础,聚焦于服务创新的理论;通过对以往的服务创新研究理论成果的总结分析,结合小微物流企业所处的环境特点,分析了小微物流企业服务创新能力影响因素等问题;建立湖南省小微物流企业服务创新能力评价体系对策研究。     

基于共生理论的物流需求与物流服务创新关系分析

基于共生理论对物流需求和物流服务创新的关系进行探究,分析了物流需求与物流服务创新的关系,并以内陆港为例论述了二者基于互惠共生关系下的相互作用机制。研究表明,物流需求与物流服务创新在互惠共生关系下能够实现良性循环,为物流企业与客户企业创造较大利益,使二者共同发展。     

山西省小微物流企业服务创新能力现状及对策研究

以山西省小微物流企业服务创新问题作为研究基础,分析了当前山西省小微物流企业服务创新能力的现状,探讨了小微物流企业进行服务创新的必要性,并就其创新能力的提高提出了相应对策。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Ansätze und Ergebnisse anglo-amerikanischer M&A-Forschung

Based on a review of established U.S. management journals (1995–2003), six schools of thought are identified within the Anglo-American M&;A research: “Capital Market”, “Principal/Agent”, “Industrial Organization”, “Organizational Behavior”, “Human Resources” and “Strategic Management”. The literature review shows that the definition of M&;A success, the methods applied, and insights from empirical research differ according to the respective school of thought. Empirical studies focus on the resource combinations of merger partners, the specific circumstances of merger negotiations, and on integration management as antecedents of merger performance. Unfortunately, empirical findings have not yet provided reliable explanations for M&;A success. Based on the current state of Anglo-American M&;A research, the authors discuss implications for business practice, identify research gaps, and propose areas for future research.     

Introduction of New Technology with a Sound Transition of the Input-Output Structure

We examine the general equilibrium repercussions associated with the introduction of new technologies, using the generalized Leontief system that allows technological substitutions. We show that an untested introduction of cost-increasing technologies in any industry may result in creating a non-productive technological structure that does not satisfy the Hawkins-Simon condition, following the autonomous dynamic adjustment process with structural transitions in the economic system. Therefore, we propose a practicable control scheme of introducing cost-increasing technologies that strictly avoids the creation of non-productive structures in all periods of structural transition, using the available information on the ex ante technological structure.