Is UK Vice Chancellor Pay Justified by University Performance?

The pay of university managers (vice chancellors, VCs) in the UK has risen sharply in recent years. This paper considers the extent to which VC pay awards are related to university performance measures based around institution mission and financial probity using an individual fixed effects strategy based on data covering academic years 1998–99 to 2008–09. In contrast to earlier studies on this theme, we find evidence that VCs are rewarded for observable mission‐based performance measures. Specifically, our results suggest that success in widening participation for students from comprehensive schools and those from areas with low university participation exerts a positive effect on VCs' pay. Securing income flows from university funding council grants also impacts positively on their remuneration. However, even after controlling for a rich array of observable and unobservable factors, there have been sizeable increases in real pay in recent years that cannot be readily explained.     

Unveiling the temporally contingent role of codification in alliance success

While prior research highlights the importance of codifying alliance experience to achieve alliance success, it is unclear whether codification is equally useful in the different phases of an alliance. Based on a sample of 192 technology firms that report on over 3,400 strategic alliances, we find that in the partner selection and termination phases, reliance on codified knowledge is useful. However, in the partner management phase, reliance on codified knowledge is less beneficial and can be even negatively related to performance. Our findings have implications for the tension between flexibility and efficiency and the relationship between structure and performance. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

我国区域创新能力的评价及空间分布特征分析

区域创新能力的综合评价及其空间分布均衡性是实现区域经济协调可持续发展的关键。本文在区域创新能力评价指标体系的构建基础上,运用因子分析模型,对我国2001～2012年31个省市的创新能力进行了测度。通过区域创新能力的聚类分析、空间分布图和全局Moran指数,直观地发现我国区域创新能力空间分布呈现不均衡和空间正相关特征,即我国区域创新能力存在明显的阶梯层次分布,东部沿海地区创新水平普遍较高,而中部六省创新能力普遍一般,西部地区创新水平则较为低下,并且这一空间相关程度整体呈现持续扩大的趋势。     

论学前教育专业本科生科研能力的培养

随着教育的发展,就业市场对幼儿教师的需求已经从数量的补充过渡到质量的竞争。提高幼儿教师的专业技能和科研能力已成为学前教育专业本科生的培养目标。更新科研理念、设置相关科研课程,利用一切机会进行科研实践活动等是加强学前教育专业本科生科研能力培养的重要举措。     

依托财经办学特色构建多层次一体化培训体系

根据《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要(2010—2020年)》中有关于职业教育的论述精神,职业院校应在开展学历教育的同时,利用学校的优势办学资源开展各类职业培训,为社会服务。以桂林市财贸管理干部中等专业学校为例,从培训模块体系、培训组织体系、质量监控保障体系等方面,构建了一套完整、科学、规范的财经类职业技能培训体系,开展了较大规模的财经技能培训和鉴定考试工作,很好地发挥了为桂北地区经济服务的职能。     

增强台州市民营企业自主创新能力的区域政策支持体系建设

针对我国浙江省台州市如何增强民营企业自主创新能力的区域政策支持体系问题,采用实证研究的方法,通过对台州市部分民营企业的问卷调查,分析了增强台州市民营企业自主创新能力提升的区域政策的建设与发展,并进一步探讨了台州市运用区域政策促进民营企业自主创新能力提升的制约因素,最后从优化政策的视角提出建设创新政策支持体系来增强民营企业自主创新能力的对策和建议。     

新形势下高校毕业生党员教育管理探析

高校毕业生党员是大学生里面的特殊群体。毕业班学生面临着实习、就业、升学的多种人生抉择,高校毕业生党员的群体流动性增强、个体发展特征鲜明,毕业生党员里面存在组织观念差、作风意识弱、模范意识淡等问题,此外,基层党组织生活缺乏吸引力和创新性。因此,必须加强高校毕业生党员教育管理,创新管理机制,定期开展组织生活,创新组织生活方式,实行动态管理,做好毕业生组织关系转移工作。     

“社交礼仪”四维立体教学创新研究

对高校学生开展的礼仪教育应该是立体的从内到外的完整塑造,这种教学方法好比一个三角锥体,由四个面构成,分别是基础素养、礼仪规范、模拟实践和经典阅读,谓之“四维立体教学法”,如此才能塑造出具有健全人格和良好行为习惯的公民。     

管理创新能力对组织绩效影响的实证研究

文章在理论研究基础上,探析管理创新能力对组织绩效的影响,建立基本假设,并利用结构方程模型方法对162份有效问卷进行实证检验。结果表明：理念创新能力和组织学习能力对组织绩效无直接影响,但可通过动态能力产生间接影响;动态能力、知识管理能力和环境适应能力对组织绩效具有直接影响,且明确了管理创新能力维度间的相互影响关系,动态能力是核心,环境适应能力是基础。研究结果可为企业培育管理创新能力以提升组织绩效提供借鉴。     

Impact of International Remittances on Schooling in the Philippines: Does the Relationship to the Household Head Matter?

We study the impact of international remittances on schooling in the Philippines, taking into account the school‐age individual's relationship to the household head. This consideration is important because employment opportunities abroad may be taken at the expense of the quality of child rearing. Our estimation results indicate that there are, indeed, significant negative guardian effects on school attendance and education expenditures when children with overseas parents are looked after by a relative other than a parent or grandparent. However, these negative effects tend to be outweighed by the positive impact of remittance flows from overseas.