从交易成本角度评价物流供应商模型探析

物流供应商的的好坏对一个企业的成败起着关键的作用。本文通过理论分析提出基于交易成本的物流供应商评价指标体系,并对所收集数据进行因子分析,对评价指标进行识别及确定其权重,最后建立物流供应商综合评价模型。     

我国区域农产品物流能力评价研究

区域物流能力在一定程度上可以反映区域经济的发展状况,是衡量区域物流服务水平的重要因素。本文选取了全国30个省市地区作为样本,从各地统计年鉴收集该地区GDP、人均GDP、社会消费品售总额、农林牧渔业总产值、公路里程、货运总量、国际互联网用户数、载货汽车总量、冷库容量等数据,采用因子分析和聚类分析法相结合的方法,对我国区域农产品物流能力进行分析。首先通过因子分析得出各省市农产品物流能力综合得分排名,将30个省市地区划分为四类,其次通过聚类分析对该结果进行验证,增强分类结果可信度。最后通过分析各类地区农产品物流发展特点及问题,提出针对性的对策和建议。     

基于因子分析的浙江省区域农产品物流能力研究

浙江省经济发展水平和物流资源分布存在地区差异,农产品需求和区域物流能力不匹配对浙江省农产品物流现代化发展造成很大阻碍。本文收集了浙江省各地区农产品物流发展的相关数据,通过因子分析,客观地评价浙江省11个市的农产品物流能力,为浙江省区域农产品物流发展提供相应的对策和建议。     

基于因子分析的安徽省区域物流发展对策研究

通过选取区域物流发展的部分评价指标,对安徽省近几年及其17个地级市06年数据进行因子分析,根据析出的4个主因子客观地对安徽省及其地级市物流水平进行综合评价,在此基础上提出安徽省区域物流的发展对策。     

我国物流行业上市公司盈利能力实证研究

选取了2011年年报数据,运用因子分析方法对物流行业23家上市公司的盈利能力进行了综合评价,得出了盈利能力排名;并通过分析影响物流行业盈利能力的因素,为投资者提供投资信息,同时也为上市公司的管理者提供科学的决策依据。     

主辅分离政策背景下制造企业物流模式选择研究

通过模糊综合评价对制造企业物流模式选择的影响因素进行分析,将定性指标转化为定量分析,为企业在进行物流模式选择时提供客观、科学的决策依据.     

基于标准的区域物流产业竞争力评价研究

从标准的视角审视物流产业竞争力,基于物流标准提出区域物流产业竞争力评价指标体系,分析了各评价指标的内涵和意义,收集相关数据资料,运用模糊综合评价法构建了区域物流竞争力评价模型,为区域物流竞争力评价提供了一定的理论依据与指导.然后对浙江省各地区区域物流竞争力进行实证研究,并进行了综合评价和排序,最后提出培育区域物流竞争力的对策建议.     

西部民族地区农产品物流模式分析

分析了西部民族地区一般物流模式的优缺点,对西部民族地区发展农产品绿色物流进行可行性分析,并提出西部民族地区发展农产品绿色物流的两类模式,即基于供应链的农产品循环物流系统运行模式和基于产品生命周期的农产品企业绿色物流运行模式.     

基于数据包络分析的农产品冷链物流绩效评价

为完善陕西省农产品冷链物流管理,利用数据包络分析法,从农产品冷链物流发展的外部环境、内部流程、总体效益、风险评估四个方面选取投入、产出指标。通过Max DEA软件对陕西省11个市的农产品冷链物流数据进行了分析,给出了改进建议,为衡量农产品冷链物流综合表现提供了新的评价方法。     

主辅分离政策背景下制造企业物流模式选择研究

通过模糊综合评价对制造企业物流模式选择的影响因素进行分析,将定性指标转化为定量分析,为企业在进行物流模式选择时提供客观、科学的决策依据。     

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.