第四代港口概述及核心能力探究

第四代港口是现代港口发展的必然趋势，文中在总结第四代港口目前的研究状况及其所拥有的功能特征基础上，探究第四代港口的核心能力建设。提出港口的核心能力建设包括三个方面，即港口信息平台的建设能力、构建供应链一体化的能力和提供综合性服务的能力，为港口建设提供参考。     

公路道路工程施工技术特点与发展探析

近些年来,伴随我国经济社会的跨越式发展,公路道路的建设规模与日俱增,同时,道路建设中所面临的质量问题也备受瞩目。从宏观上讲,道路工程的施工建设直接关乎到交通运输业的运营和发展,也同城市建设的总体规划息息相关,从这个角度看,道路建设的平稳运行,对于维护国家财产安全以及保障广大居民的人身安全有着重要意义。所以,在公路道路的施工中需严把质量关,增强施工技术的水平。本文首先论述道路工程施工过程中所要解决的主要问题,接着分析道路施工技术的特点及发展前景。     

LIN总线维修技术特性

局域互联网络(LIN)是一类串行数据通信的网络通信线,LIN的应用大大减少了车辆电气线路的使用数量,降低了电气线路的故障发生率。本文主要从传输方式、信号特性方面介绍LIN总线特性及LIN总线诊断特性。     

Discretionary effort of regional hospitality small business employees: Impact of non-monetary work factors

This research examines the impact of non-monetary work environment factors on employee discretionary effort within the hospitality sector in the South West Region of Western Australia. Limited qualitative research has previously examined the factors that drive employee discretionary effort especially in the regional hospitality sector. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 hospitality employees using purposive sampling. While the findings are preliminary, they do highlight important aspects of discretionary effort within a regional context. Critically, two previously un-identified factors, employees’ professional identity and perception of the hospitality sector have been found to have important implications for employees’ discretionary effort and need to be further explored. Additionally, the findings support the direct influence of organisational culture, job design, interpersonal relationships, on discretionary effort. Finally, the research confirms that a paternalistic leadership approach has a significant influence on hospitality employees’ discretionary effort. Theoretical and practical implications and directions for future research are outlined.     

The impact of prudential toolkits on loan growth in Central and Eastern European banking systems

This paper examines the effects of prudential policy on loan growth in 11 Central and Eastern European banking systems, spanning the period from 2000 to 2015. Based on the measures taken by the authorities of our sample countries, we build several prudential indices. Additionally, we control for the effects of several country-specific factors and bank-specific characteristics. Finally, we test the homogeneity of these effects, accounting for cycle, ownership, and bank effects. Generally, the empirical findings reveal a negative correlation between prudential toolkits and credit growth, with a conspicuous impact for tools targeting lending activity. We see that the effects of a change in the lending framework on loan growth are heterogeneous when we account for crisis and cycle patterns. Furthermore, the interaction between ownership and crisis reveals that, in normal times, foreign banks recorded higher loan growth compared to domestic banks. The opposite is true in turbulent times. The analysis of interactions between credit-based measures and bank-specific variables show that the effects of prudential actions depend on the bank size and leverage.     

Private equity characteristics and performance: An analysis of North American venture capital and buyout funds

The paper investigates the relationship between fund performance and fund characteristics of North American private equity (PE) funds, by analyzing the interactions of fund size, fund sequence, and past fund performance on traditional fund return measures. The empirical evidence is based on both linear and polynomial regressions, on a sample of 345 venture capital (VC) and 411 buyout (BO) funds with vintage year over the period 1995–2010. We document a concave relationship between fund size and performance, persistence in PE performance, as well as a convex relationship between fund sequence and performance. We suggest both the optimal fund size and the optimal fund sequence number. Economic implications for investors and general partners are discussed as well.     

我国中小企业三维差异化特征比较研究

作为推动国民经济增长和促进社会稳定的基础力量,中小企业在市场中扮演着最活跃的经济主体。与大企业相比,中小企业有其鲜明的成长特征,从动态演进视角选取体量规模、生命周期、要素需求三个维度,系统探讨了中小企业的差异化特征。结论显示:体量规模特征反映在个体与群体以及经济板块之间;生命周期特征体现在死亡陷阱和空间格局演变上;要素需求特征会根据阶段创新内容的不同做出适时调整。     

我国出境旅游相关研究的特点分析

以SCI来源期刊、核心期刊和CSSCI来源期刊1992年至2016年国内发表的与出境旅游有关的共752篇期刊论文进行综合研究。首先，从时间和空间两个维度分析了我国出境旅游的发展特点，其次，归纳了我国出境旅游主要研究内容的六个方面，即出境旅游者、出境旅游市场、出境旅游消费特点、出境旅游的影响因素、出境旅游的贡献、出境旅游政策。最后，指出了我国出境旅游市场发展中存在的主要问题，提出应关注出境旅游新领域重视微观层面进行精细化研究。     

论双电源切换装置的特点

双电源切换装置是一级负荷和其他重要负荷等用电设备中经常使用的关键设备。随着科技发展，双电源切换装置已有多种产品和型式供用户选择。本文重点对“Y”型和“H”型双电源切换装置的原理、发展过程、特点等进行论述，为电气设计、采购、及维护人员提供技术参考。     

Institutional quality and corporate financing decisions around the world

We investigate the influence of the recent comprehensive institutional quality dimensions of Karolyi (2015), such as market capacity, operational efficiency, foreign accessibility, corporate transparency, legal protection, and political stability, on financing decisions of firms across 56 countries between 2000 and 2015. We find that stronger institutional quality or lower fundamental risks in a country ease firms' access to long-term debt, and equity financing. We attribute our results to institutional environments influencing financing decisions by shaping the severity of market frictions, such as agency conflicts and information asymmetry, and transaction costs. As a result, we conclude that any improvement in a country's institutional environment will boost firms' access to long-term financing, and thus longer-term investments that promote countries' economic growth will be more feasible. Our findings are robust to potential endogeneity issues.