A Perspective‐Based Understanding of Project Success

Answering the call for alternative approaches to researching project management, we explore the evaluation of project success from a subjectivist perspective. An in‐depth, longitudinal case study of information systems development in a large manufacturing company was used to investigate how various project stakeholders subjectively perceived the project outcome and what evaluation criteria they drew on in doing so. A conceptual framework is developed for understanding and analyzing evaluations of project success, both formal and informal. The framework highlights how different stakeholder perspectives influence the perceived outcome(s) of a project, and how project evaluations may differ between stakeholders and across time.     

Labor Income Taxation,Human Capital,and Growth: The Role of Childcare*

In this paper, we examine the effects of labor income taxation on growth in an overlapping generations model in which schooling and childcare play a role in the production of human capital. We compare such effects with those obtained in a model in which only schooling matters for skill formation. We show that the omission of childcare from the technology of skill formation can bias the results related to the impact of labor income taxation on growth.     

New product development in foreign customer relationships: a study of international SMEs

Abstract

This study identifies a gap in research concerning how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) can benefit from pursuing locally (rather than globally) oriented internationalization strategies. Becoming overly dependent on one single foreign market could potentially reduce the inflow and diversity of new knowledge that can serve as input for new product development. This study discusses how this risk can be minimized. In this endeavour we create a theoretical model that investigates how the local sales concentration and relationship-specific commitment of SMEs relates to new product development. To do this we draw on the behavioural internationalization process framework. The theoretical model is tested on an effective sample of 188 Swedish SMEs. The results show that relationship-specific commitment mediates the effect of local sales concentration on new product development. The implication is that investments which enable collaboration in important business relationships are crucial requisites for keeping firms innovative and in pace with market fluctuations. The findings thus contribute to international business literature by showing that a local market scope of operations combined with a relationship orientation are beneficial for new product development in international SMEs.     

Forecasting housing land requirements

Summary

Because of pressures on the countryside by private housing development, the Government and the planners have become increasingly involved in planning policy issues and in forecasting land requirements. The forecasting techniques used are examined, and their translation into local allocations through structure and local plans and land availability studies are looked at. The demand for more land releases is attributed more to structural changes in the housebuilding industry and local land shortages in the south‐east than to real shortfalls in housing provision. There is a need for improved monitoring systems for land resource management, particularly in balancing ‘green‐field’ releases against development/redevelopment in existing urban areas.     

民族山地特色经济研究——以芭蕉侗族乡茶叶经济为例

湖北民族地区主要以山地地形为主,但又各具特色.本文在调查芭蕉侗族乡具有茶叶特色的山地经济的基础上,运用泰尔系数对其进行较为详尽的分析,并寻求原因,进而初步建构了适合芭蕉侗族乡的山地经济开发系统.     

现阶段我国民营企业的社会责任及其培育

企业社会责任是企业在追求利润最大化的同时负有的维护和增进社会利益的义务。《中华人民共和国合伙企业法》第七条规定:合伙企业及其合伙人必须遵守法律、行政法规,遵守社会公德、商业道德,承担社会责任。我国民营企业总体而言其社会责任感不强,当前有必要强化民营企业的社会责任,强化其社会责任必须明确社会责任的内容。民营企业能否可持续发展与其企业能否承担应该的社会责任有很大的关系,企业社会责任的建构,不仅需要政府、市场和非政府组织三个部门积极的参入,还依赖于企业自身。     

国外野生动物旅游研究综述

非资源消费型野生动物旅游活动已经吸引了越来越多的人们关注和参与其中,而且这种形式的旅游活动从长远来看,有利于解决经济发展和野生动物保护这一矛盾.国外关于野生动物旅游的研究比较系统而深入.文章通过对国外有关野生动物旅游的文献进行梳理,认为从野生动物旅游产品的角度,文献主要集中在非资源消费型、半资源消费型和费源消费型野生动物旅游的研究；基于利益相关者的角度来看,文献主要集中在动物旅游的影响研究、游客满意度的控制、社区居民的态度这三个方面.最后,文章还对国外该领域现有文献的研究局限作了简要分析,并展望其未来可能的发展走向,以期能为国内相关研究提供参考和启示.     

智能化住宅是建筑行业可持续发展的方向

文章论述了在知识经济时代，集高新技术为一体的智能化住宅建筑将成为可持续发展的人居环境的主流和趋势。     

Floods of Fortune

Abstract

The insertion of emerging business frontiers into the global economy is one of the challenges facing the globalization process. The Brazilian Legal Amazon region is one of these emerging business frontiers. Accounting for 60% of the Brazilian territory, or 4.9 million square kilometers, the Amazon holds the key for the further development and growth of the Brazilian economy. Romantic approaches to the Amazon region, aimed at turning the region into a large botanical garden, do not provide the answer to the Amazon question. However, proposals that take into account both development and conservation measures would certainly provide a more fruitful contribution to the Amazon debate. This paper argues that the Amazon region can and should be explored taking into account the region's specificities, and that appropriate technology should be developed to address the region's multiple vocations.

Resumen

El surgimiento de nuevas fronteras de negocios en la economía global representa uno de los retos mas importantes en los procesos de globalización. La región amazónica del Brasil es una de estas nuevas fronteras. Los 4.9 millones de kilómeteros cuadrados del amazonas represntan el 60% de todo el territorio brasileño y son la clave del crecimiento y desarrollo económico futuro de este país. Los enfoques romanticistas que implican la transformación de esta región en un enorme jardín botánico no proporcionan la respuesta para el dessarrollo de la misma o de la nación brasileña. Sin embargo, las propuestas que consideran en forma simultánea medidas de conservation ambientales y desarrollo económico, ciertamente producen una contribución mas significativa al debate sobe el Amazonas sin pérdida de la identidad nacional. Este artículo propone que el amazonas puede y debería ser estudiada a través de consideraciones específicas a la region y que la tecnología apropiada debería ser utilizada para promover y apoyar las vocaciones múltiples de la región.

Resumo

A inserção de fronteiras emergentes de negócios na economia globalizada é um dos desafios ao processo de globalização. A Amazônia Legal brasileira é uma dessas fronteiras emergentes de negócios. Correspondendo a 60% do território brasileiro, ou 4.9 milhões de quilômetros quadrados, a Amazônia Leagal é um componente vital no desenvolvimento e crescimento da economia brasileira. Atitudes “românticas” em relação a questão Amazônica, propõem praticamente, a transformação da região em um grande jardim botânico. Esses enfoques não providenciam soluções pragmáticas para a região. No entanto, projetos que levem em consideração desenvolvimento econômico e medidas que visem a preservação e proteção ambiental, certamente contribuem para uma visão mais realista da Região Amazônica, sem perda da identidade nacional. Este artigo levanta a tese de que a Região Amazônica pode e deve ser explorada economicamente, levando-se também em consideração, o desenvolvimento de tecnologia apropriada as vocações múltiplas da Amazônia.     

价值工程在民营企业产品开发与推广中的应用分析

近年来,受国家宏观调控、产业转型等因素的影响,越来越多的民营企业注重自身产品的开发和推广。以某企业的EX型起重机控制柜产品为背景,引入价值工程的相关理念,从策略、模型等方面进行分析,并就实施过程及效果进行探讨。