LEGAL KNOWLEDGE AND AGILITY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

To address agility in public administration, we have developed a knowledge acquisition infrastructure for legal knowledge, based on an implementation‐oriented conceptualization of the legal system. Our objective is to reframe legal knowledge as a knowledge source in a design‐oriented task ontology, building on insights from the CommonKADS methodology for intelligent system design. The main result is to make case law and legal expert knowledge of critical incidents in organizations, two diagnostic knowledge sources underutilized in modern management and engineering, more accessible as a resource for design of agile organizational structures and intelligent systems. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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Purpose: Companies engage in business relationships for a variety of reasons, including specialization, product development, and building competitive networks. Research has demonstrated that mergers and acquisitions (M&As) may challenge ongoing business relationships. The purpose of this article is to investigate whether and how competition authorities consider business relationships when evaluating M&As.

Methodology: The article uses the documentation from 450 M&As reported to the Swedish competition authority to capture the way in which an authority evaluates M&As. The Swedish competition authority evaluation corresponds to other national and international evaluation procedures.

Findings: The findings indicate that the competition authorities neglect an important aspect of business life, namely companies forming business relationships. The competition authorities evaluate M&As on the basis of risk for price increases, and consequently disregard such issues as heterogeneity in demand and offerings, and values built into existing business relationships.

Originality/Value/Contribution: The article contributes to research on business relationships through exploring how a public authority deals with such relationships. It also contributes to research on mergers and acquisitions through examining how these activities are evaluated by competition authorities. Furthermore, the article contributes to competition research by reflecting on competition law concerning M&A regulations in relation to business relationships.     

湿敏电容测试系统研究

本文研究的湿敏电容测试系统是用虚拟仪器技术组建的,将LabVIEW应用到湿敏电容测试系统中,实现对测试数据的采集、分析处理及显示。设计了通过串口方式对仪器进行控制、数据采集及对湿敏电容进行分选的方法。应用LabVIEW软件的测试系统能解决人员、时间、精度和稳定性等诸多问题,使工作人员能够通过电脑屏幕直观的看到测试结果,并将结果储存到电脑中自动分析。     

情景语境中教学方法对学生语言习得影响的研究报告

如何能提高英语教学的质量和学生英语学习的效率是英语教学工作者和学习者十分关心的一个问题。文章旨在探讨情景教学法对学生语言习得的影响,以及其对英语教学的启示,以探讨英语教学的方法,提高英语教学的质量。     

铅酸蓄电池大电流快速充电方法探讨

本文以电动自行车上广泛使用的全密封型免维护铅酸蓄电池为对象,通过对智能充电算法的研究,采用单片机作控制器,实时监控电压、电流,使充电过程按理想的充电曲线进行,达到既保护电池,又能使电池充满的最优效果。     

A New Internet Driven Internationalisation Framework

This paper aims to offer a new Internet driven theoretical framework that explains how a successful internationalisation process may be developed and identifies the strategic dimensions that influence the key decisions in an interrelated, performance-associated way. The extant literature is examined in international marketing, international entrepreneurship and Internet marketing and a comprehensive strategic analysis is conducted of a successful individual services business: ING Direct. It is shown how strategic constructs and risk constructs drive the internationalisation process in an interrelated and performance-associated way. In the framework, the firm's target is to take advantage of an opportunity by obtaining a sustainable competitive advantage while attenuating international risk. Entry mode and country selection are strategic decisions interrelated mutually and with other strategic choices and with performance; this is why an analysis with ceteris paribus statements or episodic analysis may lead to the wrong conclusions.     

基于声卡的便携式数据采集与分析系统设计

文章利用声卡作为数据采集设备,用数据分析和处理功能非常强大的工程实用软件Labview作为软件开发平台,设计了一个低成本、高性能的数据采集与分析系统。实现了数据采集、信号分析(时域分析和频域分析)及信号发生等多种功能。     

企业购并中的财务问题探析

上个世纪80年代美国曾经出现所谓的＂购并风＂,在90年代形成愈演愈烈之势。近年来,随着我国社会主义市场经济体制的逐步发展和加入世界贸易组织,我国企业购并现象日益突出。对于企业购并中政府过分干预的问题,应实行政企分离,明确产权;对于企业购并中的财务风险,企业应积极应对并寻找解决之道;对于购并后的整合,企业应予以重视。     

概念隐喻理论在英语词汇习得中的应用探析

本文试从词汇习得中的难点,多义词,介词,和习语等方面的习得入手,把概念隐喻理论导入词汇习得,以期对词汇的教学和学习有所帮助。     

CLV

SUMMARY

It is becoming increasingly clear from the literature that there is a need for a metric that can objectively measure future profitability of the customer to the firm. This paper traces the emergence of such a metric—the customer lifetime value (CLV) and discusses the two measures of computing CLV—the aggregate approach and the individual level approach. Subsequently, eight strategies that are available to firms for maximizing CLV are discussed. These strategies assist firms in deciding how to: select the best customer, make loyal customers profitable, optimally allocate the resources, pitch the right product to the right customer at the right time, link acquisition and retention to profitability, prevent customer attrition, encourage multi-channel shopping behavior, and maximize brand value. Each of these strategies was successfully implemented by different firms across various industries, resulting in significant increases in the bottom-line. Further, the challenges in implementing a CLV-based framework in a B-to-C organization are also discussed with an illustration.