在“六求“上下足功夫——谈谈怎样做好调研工作

说到调研,让我想起2005年《中国今日论坛》第11期上的一则报道:广东、贵州、山西、河南、江西、湖北、新疆、云南、辽宁、陕西、四川、青海、北京、安徽……中国"东西南北中"的18个省、自治区、直辖市,是中共中央总书记胡锦涛和国务院总理温家宝一年来调研过的地方.再加上中央政治局其他的7位常委,2004年11月份以来,中央高层的调研脚步遍布全国31个省、自治区、直辖市.     

失败是一种磨砺

罗伯特·麦瑞尔,这位已经演出了近5000场,曾经为9位美国总统演唱过的美国著名男中音,他那令人陶醉的美妙歌声,至今仍令千万人痴迷.可是,又有谁知道这位在纽约布鲁克林贫民窟长大的小男孩,有着严重口吃的毛病呢?在学校读书时,他连回答老师的问题都害怕.而今,他却站在舞台上为歌迷演唱,赢得了雷鸣般的掌声和无数的鲜花,但其中的艰辛有谁能明白?爱迪生、居里夫人、张海迪、陈景润……他们所经历的失败又有谁能数得清呢?     

石家庄旅游购物品开发的非价格竞争对策

石家庄是我国北部的重要城市之一,商业相对繁荣.火车站北侧的中山西路上集中了东方购物广场、国贸中心、人民商场等石家庄最大的几家商场.此外火车站附近还有属于中国十大批发市场的南三条批发市场和新华批发市场,这里是购买各种小商品的乐园.近年来,石家庄已经开发出了不少成型的旅游购物品,如:赞皇金丝大枣、赵州雪花梨、藁城宫面、河北大红袍柿等,但旅游购物品开发仍是其薄弱环节.     

石家庄的超市现状与发展

一、石家庄的超市基本状况石家庄最早的超市成立于1998年5月,是位于西二环与开泰街交叉口的保龙仓超市,它是石家庄市乃至河北省最早的大型综合超市,发展至今,保龙仓超市在石家庄有五个分店:留营店、槐底店、金谈固店、柏林店和保龙仓购物广场;北国超市成立于1999年,其前身为北国商城食品商场,目前有北国超市、西兴店、益友店、天河店、新石店、谈固店、先天下店、自由港店等11家超市;天客隆超市有天客隆超市总店、新华店和红旗店;世纪联华超市有:仓安店、石岗店、金马店;同时还有少量只有一店或两店规模的外来超市.到2006年底大型超市总数将超过28家.同街开店、近邻开店、对门开店频频上演,超市业的商圈半径将由3公里降至1.5公里,甚至1公里.超市不合理地分布在石家庄的中心区和人口密度大的区域.     

为经济普查趟路的人们

在先期进行的北京市第一次全国经济普查试点中,各区县普查一线活跃着一支得力的普查队伍.在这支队伍中,以区县、乡和街道统计部门的人员为主体,还有从工商、税务、财政等职能部门抽调人员,有丰富经验的"4050"下岗人员,有大学生"志愿者".他们本着为国家、为企业、为所有普查对象高度负责的精神,用自己的心血、勤劳和智慧,感化着普查对象,摸索了普查经验,在这带有历史性记录的第一次全国经济普查活动中谱写了一曲曲时代的颂歌.     

基于Mega128单片机简易智能机器人的设计

智能机器人的发展速度很快,但价格高、成本贵,这不但影响机器人爱好者实践,而且使得它的应用受到了限制,影响了我国未来机器人知识的普及.为了解决这一问题,文章提出了一种基于Mega128单片机简易智能机器人的设计.     

2008，拷问企业信誉

<正>在竞争环境,信誉展现企业最突出的优势在买方市场,信誉奠定企业最坚实的基础在信息社会,信誉造就企业最核心的资本在全球化时代,信誉赋予企业整合国际资源最强大的权利众所周知,信誉是企业的公信力,是企业在社会中所获得的美誉度和信任度,在员工、消费者、合作伙伴、股东等利益相关者中占据重要地位,是企业的无形资产。信誉是企业双方合作的前提,是保证契约实施的重要机制。事实表明,一个企业的信誉的价值在于,在顺境里,良好的信誉是企业资产增值的助推器,能为企业     

海外走马“游牧族”

印度&巴基斯坦:在本国兼职,赚全世界的钱 在“自由职业最盛行的国家”排名中,印度居于首位.印度有成千上万的程序员在下班后或者周末做兼职,其客户来自世界各地.互联网使得人们可以跳出传统思维,面向全球寻找新路.27岁的苏雷什·克里希纳在新德里一家IT公司做程序员.下班回家后,克里希纳便登录电脑开始自己的兼职工作,他的服务对象是一个海外私人客户. 在美国,公司花费1万美元请设计师设计图标是司空见惯的事,但印度的工程师平均工资要低廉得多.     

创业黑马,智在风口处“刷”存在感——对话三个爸爸创始人陈海斌

安富大厦,北京南三环一幢普通的写字楼.记者从北京站匆匆地前往目的地,生怕错过约好的时间.走进陈海斌的办公室,碰巧一位创业者前来取经.聊后得知,这位创业者李先生毕业于清华大学,记者惊讶道:“清华高材生一不出国,二不进机关,却辛苦跑来众筹创业,可惜了!”李先生笑着说:“名校毕业生没什么了不起,中国有的是.这么好的创业机会,错过了,才是真的可惜.”李先生插在采访之前,对陈总说:“给我15分钟的时间,我跟您介绍一下我的创业项目,请您帮忙融资.” “15分钟太长了,请您压缩到3分钟.”语罢,陈总开始计时.记者再次陷入惊讶之中.     

周哲:成功最重要的因素是"人"

周哲,毕业于美国斯坦福大学,曾是Google AdWords的第一个工程师,谷歌第103号员工;他被称为"真天使",投资过兰亭集势、安燃电池以及电影《一夜惊喜》等;他做过大型励志创业节目《创赢未来》第二季的导师,点评犀利又很幽默;他是技德科技创始人,做了一款叫做Remix的超级平板电脑(智能迷你电脑主机).     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.