“原料指向”型企业设施选址决策研究

制造型企业的选址决策问题对于制造业今后的发展有着极其重要的作用。而“原料指向”型企业作为制造业的一个重要分支,其选址决策好坏与否都将对企业的发展产生深远的影响。本文对“原料指向”型企业选址的因素与方法进行了深入探究,并通过实例说明了正确选址的重要性。     

A啤酒制造公司新厂区选址决策分析

合理科学地选址对提升企业的整体竞争力和优化公司资源有积极的作用.文章首先在对A公司选址决策的目标和其行业竞争环境分析的基础上,提出确定城市候选工业园区筛选的关键条件,建立关于地理位置优势、资源充裕、投资环境优越性和可持续发展性的选址影响因素评价模型,并选出三个与A公司发展战略和投资规模相适应的候选工业园区.接下来,应用层次分析法综合评价各候选工业园区,经比较后得出最满意方案.     

谁会回归美国制造

投入产出比与利润率才是企业决策的核心。企业在选择投资地区的时候,自有一套游戏规则。无论在美国还是在中国,企业选址的时候都会寻找比较成本低的地方     

互联网对企业边界的影响机制

企业边界是企业经营决策的重要参考指标,明确的企业边界是企业制定发展战略的前提。互联网的应用带来了企业生产方式的变革,企业的交易成本和生产成本处于不断变化中,企业边界趋于模糊化。本文基于新制度经济学派的交易成本经济学和新古典经济学派的生产成本理论,构建理论分析框架探究互联网对企业边界的影响机制。结果表明,不同企业由于资产专用性程度、比较优势大小和信息依赖程度等特征的差异,在互联网的作用下,企业边界呈现不同的变动趋势。这一结论较好地解释当前企业并购和企业虚拟化并存的社会现象。     

层次分析法在物流配送中心选址决策中的应用

随着互联网的发展,越来越多的配送中心被建设起来,但是如何选择物流配送中心地址是诸多建筑商烦恼的问题,物流配送中心选址决策决定着企业运营的成本和企业的效益,好的物流配送中心选址决策可以给企业带来更多的收益,反之,物流配送中心会因为选址的原因而面临风险,所以,本文基于层次分析法的定义及特点,探究层次分析法在物流配送中心选址决策中的应用,希望为具有物流配送中心选址决策问题的企业带来解决方案。     

风险型决策在配送中心选址中的应用

物流配送中心选址是物流企业在开展物流活动的基础,选址的好坏直接影响到物流企业的经营情况。而决策又是管理的重要职能,经过系统分析后的决策能帮助企业更好的解决生产过程中出现的问题。所以配送中心的选址本身就是一个决策过程。本文通过使用风险型决策分析方法和系统评价法来对配送中心的选址方案进行分析,然后为配送中心的最终选址提供方向。     

物流标准化对物流企业竞争力提升的作用分析

物流标准化问题已成为制约我国物流发展的瓶颈问题之一,而物流产业的发展需要产业内的公司的竞争力的持续提升,由产业组织经济学对企业竞争力的解释框架,可得出企业竞争力的市场表现主要有成本优势、差异优势和领先优势三个方面。本文将分别从这三个方面分析物流标准化对物流企业竞争力提升的作用。     

配送中心选址影响因素的结构方程模型分析

目前国内外对配送中心选址方法的研究大致可分为定性和定量两大类，且存在一定的应用局限。本文提出一种结构方程模型．可以比较客观地、全面地对选址方案的影响因素进行识别，较为客观地计算出各影响因素的权重．有利于决策。     

我国经济发展模式面临七大转变

物流标准化问题已成为制约我国物流发展的瓶颈问题之一，而物流产业的发展需要产业内的公司的竞争力的持续提升．由产业组织经济学对企业竞争力的解释框架，可得出企业竞争力的市场表现主要有成本优势、差异优势和领先优势三个方面。本文将分别从这三个方面分析物流标准化对物流企业竞争力提升的作用。     

欠发达地区旅游业发展的战略选择--从比较优势到竞争优势

不同的地区有其不同的要素禀赋结构，旅游业所采取的发展战略也应有所不同。欠发达地区自身的要素禀赋结构状态决定了其旅游业发展必须选择与之相符的技术路径－从比较优势到竞争优势。本文分析了欠发达地区旅游业发展应如何按照比较优势原则进行技术选择，以及在此基础上，欠发达地区如何利用比较优势，创造自身的竞争优势，增强旅游业和产品的竞争力。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.