城市旅游文化的深度开发——以桂林"老街"旅游项目为例

随着城市现代化进程的加快,传统城市的历史文化特色正在被现代化的商业所替代,恢复和挖掘城市旅游中的文化内涵是传统城市旅游进一步开发的关键。通过对桂林"老街"旅游项目的开发,深入挖掘其深厚的文化内涵。以历史文化为主题,以古代街区为载体,展现桂林城市历史文化特色。老街旅游项目以"以人为本,以史为鉴,兼顾环境,突出特色"为开发理念,设置餐饮、购物、戏曲文化活动、休闲参与以及参观展览5个功能区,通过举办具有桂林文化特色的休闲娱乐活动来丰富市民和游客的文化生活。     

倾力打造“满意绍兴”旅游服务品牌——绍兴创建全国旅游标准化示范城市

“创建全国旅游标准化示范城市,旅游标准化就不仅是行业的标准化。更要引领城市的标准化;旅游标准化是一项实实在在的事关文化休闲城市建设的全局性、综合性、系统性工程。要以创建活动为契机。加快把绍兴建设成为国内一流、国际知名的文化休闲旅游目的地城市。”——绍兴市长钱建民     

黄山市休闲旅游发展的创新探索

休闲旅游是社会经济发展的产物,它在我国出现的时间不长,但发展前景巨大。本文以国际旅游城市黄山近年来旅游产品转型过程为研究基础,介绍了黄山休闲旅游的特点和基本类型,提出了创新、文化和环保的黄山休息旅游可持续发展对策。     

鄂州城市旅游品牌塑造研究

本文以鄂州市为例,就如何塑造城市旅游品牌,发挥旅游资源优势进行了分析,并提出了打造具有吴楚文化特色的现代化城市旅游品牌——"吴楚浪漫文化健康休闲之都"这一构想。     

宝鸡市金台森林公园旅游产业发展的几点思考

2002年宝鸡在城市滑坡水土保持工作的背景下建设金台森林公园,取得良好的生态作用和社会作用,目前公园应充分整合区域内丰富的历史文化旅游资源、生态农业旅游资源、西府民俗旅游资源和城市休闲旅游资源,科学定位旅游产业规划和管理模式,运用市场机制提升城市森林公园的社会生态效益和经济发展价值。     

从国际视角看旅游地产产品的主题塑造

北京奥运会将城市文化休闲旅游进入了一个新的时代。无论是外国游客，还是国内游客，探索一个城市独特的文化内涵，找寻一个城市特有的文化脉络，感受一个城市特定的文明程度，已经成为城市休闲文化旅游的新趋势。     

柞水纳入大西安都市圈的思考

《大西安总体规划空间发展战略研究》将大西安都市圈内的黄陵历史文化、秦岭生态文化、华山名山文化和法门寺宗教文化四类文化实现有机的融合,逐步将西安建设成为国家中心城市之一、富有东方历史人文特色的国际化大都市。按照大西安＂一心、八区＂的产业格局规划,柞水处在大西安的生态、农家休闲养生区。为此,柞水必须强化生态旅游理念、开发特色景点、完善旅游配套设施;加大旅游宣传力度、建设休闲养生项目。     

城市旅游品牌问题研究——以提升南昌旅游业竞争力为例

城市旅游品牌与城市旅游业竞争力密切相关,城市旅游品牌化能够有效地提升城市旅游业竞争力。本文在前人研究的基础上,将城市旅游品牌的构成要素和评价体系的内容、城市旅游品牌对城市旅游竞争力贡献弹性分析作为理论切入点,对南昌与其他城市旅游品牌进行比较研究,并提出创建以青云谱、绳金塔、豫章十景为代表的园林建筑文化;充分利用英雄城丰富的革命历史资源,打造完整统一的"红色旅游"体系;以弘扬赣文化为脉络,挖掘万寿宫历史价值等是提升南昌城市旅游品牌的主要对策。     

建设最美山水型现代化中等城市 提升桐庐“富春山居·生态养生”品牌知名度 访桐庐县住建局局长陆端平

城市品牌已经不是大城市的专属,一些走在前面的县域城市营销也日益重视品牌推广。"中国画城·潇洒桐庐"品牌的提出,将在很大意义上赋予桐庐新的价值,促进其城市影响力和竞争力的提升。"中国画城"作为一个休闲旅游品牌,既符合桐庐既有的资源优势,又传承桐庐与画结缘的悠久历史,是桐庐的旅游资源优势、文化底蕴的综合体现。而打造好"中国画城"这么个宏大目标,却是对建设者极大的考验。为此,本期专刊,记者专访了桐庐县住建局局长陆端平,看他们是如何为建设最美山水型现代化中等城市而努力的。     

规范休闲服务 创造全新休闲文化

正近年来,人民生活水平普遍提高,对休闲娱乐等精神文化的需求逐步增强,随之也催生了休闲文化产业,休闲旅游、休闲城市、休闲农业、公共休闲空间等休闲文化渐入寻常百姓生活,成为国民精神文化生活的重要组成部分。休闲文化产业的出现是社会经济发展使然,是社会向更和谐文明迈出的重要标志。为全面规范休闲文化服务,确保休闲服务质量,推动新兴休闲文化产业蓬勃发展,我国出台了GB/T 31171-2014《城市公共休闲空间分类与要求》、GB/T31172-2014《城乡休闲服务一体化导则》     

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.