A tipping point for agricultural expansion? Technological changes and capital accumulation in Argentina's rural sector

Drawing upon a case study located in central Argentina, we analyse in what ways technology is contributing to the accumulation of capital in a context where prevailing strategies resting on farm‐scale extension are no longer effective. We identify two major technological phases that go along with changes in actors' strategies aiming at re‐establishing expanded capital accumulation. These phases allow a better understanding of the mediating role of technology between capital accumulation and the appropriation of nature. In a context of increasing depletion of agro‐ecological conditions, the call for a new wave of innovations can be seen as an attempt to restore that mediating role. As we suggest, this entails broader changes in multiple levels.     

Tour leaders’ job crafting: Scale development

Job crafting is an emerging construct that has been applied in various disciplines but remains largely unexplored in the tourism industry. The purpose of this study was to develop a scale for measuring tour leaders' job crafting. First, focus group interviews and content analysis were conducted to generate the initial items. Second, two surveys involving respective sample sizes of 268 and 253 were conducted. Through a rigorous development process, the 30-item four-dimensional tour leaders' job crafting scale was proven to have reliability and validity. This study extends current knowledge of the field of job crafting in the tourism industry and provides a foundation for further investigation of tour leaders’ job crafting and the relationships between the related constructs. The scale provides a useful tool for tour leaders to understand their own job crafting level. Furthermore, the results can serve as a reference for managers in recruiting and training tour leaders.     

某物流企业的国内速递收派件网络服务供应商的选择与评估

介绍了国内速递收派件服务供应商的几种选择方法：招标法、协商选择法和层次分析法，重点介绍了层次分析法，并以某物流企业为例，详述了运用层次分析法选择最优供应商的具体步骤。     

浅谈产品包装标准化

对产品包装标准化的含义，必要性、意义及主要内容作了论述，并对企业推行产品包装标准化应做的工作进行了阐述。     

Destination diversification as an indicator of activity compatibility: An exploratory analysis

Abstract

The concept of activity packages has long been recognized as an important basis for planning outdoor recreation activities. Recent studies suggest, however, that because of definitional and methodological problems, little has been accomplished in helping park planners assess the degree to which activities can be planned together. In this study, we explore the relationship between participation in recreation activities and the number of facilities at which activity takes place. The results suggest that this relationship can be used as a reliable indicator of the degree to which recreation activities are perceived to be compatible. The analyses also suggest that households generally tend to perceive compatibility among recreation activities in the same way regardless of their socioeconomic status. The implications of these findings are considered and shown to be important within the context of park planning.     

速递物流企业核心竞争力分析

核心竞争力是企业竞争优势的源泉,速递物流企业由于核心竞争力的缺乏只能单纯依赖价格手段因而无法实现企业长足的发展。文中在阐述速递物流企业的核心竞争力构成的基础上,从行业整合和拓宽融资渠道、推行服务标准和CRM建设、实行流程再造和人才培养三个方面对速递物流企业核心竞争力的培育和提升进行了分析。旨在推动速递企业通过提高服务运作效率,脱离恶性的价格竞争方式,向着改善客户关系、构建企业竞争优势的可持续发展模式迈进。     

我国发展铁路快捷货运战略思考

在快捷货运需求快速增长的背景下,发展铁路快捷货运不仅是满足经济社会发展和适应经济发展方式转变的需要,也是构建现代物流体系和提高铁路经济效益的需要.尽管近年来铁路快捷货运取得较快发展,但总体滞后于公路、民航.在对铁路快捷货运发展进行态势分析,详解其外部环境、内部条件、铁路优劣势以及面临机遇和挑战的基础上,提出我国发展铁路快捷货运的战略选择和战略重点.分析阐明铁路只要积极实施“扭转型战略”,抓住机遇,突出重点,加快发展,完全有条件扭转在快捷货运市场竞争中的被动局面.     

Buying behaviour of rural and urban consumers in India: the impact of packaging

This study aims to establish whether the residential background of consumers has a varying influence on their buying decisions. A survey of 1090 urban and rural respondents was carried out of which 523 were rural and 567 were urban. The gathered data were analysed by applying counts, percentages, means, and analysis of variance. Rural residents found that packaging is more helpful in buying, that better packaging contains a better product and that they are more influenced by the ease of storing a package than their urban counterparts. Ease of carriage, package weight, simplicity, transparency and similarity of packaging have comparatively less impact on purchase decisions of rural consumers than urban ones. However, rural consumers are more critical about packaging as they strongly consider that it contributes to misleading buyers and is also an environmental hazard.     

The emergence of management controls in an entrepreneurial company

The dilemma faced by founders of entrepreneurial companies is how to scale their business while staying in control. While the accounting literature has found that financial controls are important to rapidly scale a business, we do not know how these controls emerge in entrepreneurial companies in relation to other management controls. Using a case study of an entrepreneurial company that rapidly scaled its business, this study examines the management controls that emerged to become a package of controls. We highlight the importance of the management control package remaining in balance, with controls working together interdependently in a complementary fashion.     

广东省快递业发展现状及对策研究

结合国内快递行业迅速发展的大环境和广东省快递三大市场结构的不同特点,对广东省快递业发展现状进行了分析,进而深入剖析了广东省快递业发展中存在的问题,并为广东省快递业提出了相应的发展对策,以促进广东省快递业实现跨越式发展。