China’s value-added tax reform,firm behavior and performance

China reformed value-added tax (VAT) by removing investment from the tax base in northeastern provinces in 2004, which is a “natural experiment” of its tax system. Using difference-in-differences method, this paper for the first time investigates the impact of VAT reform on China firms’ fixed asset investment, employment behavior, innovative activities, and productivity, and furthermore discusses the impact of firm behavior on industrial structural upgrade and employment with a firm-level panel data of large and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises in China. We find that VAT reform significantly promotes firms’ fixed asset investment, and increases firms’ capital-labor ratio and productivity; while enhancement of firms’ productivity is mainly achieved by means of substituting labor with capital, rather than independent technology innovation; meanwhile, VAT reform distinctly decreases employment. Our findings have essential policy implications on the extension of VAT reform in the entire China.     

劳动力市场分割理论：对大学生自愿性失业的一个解释

从我国经济社会的发展看,大学生就业还有较大空间,但同时也存在着较大比例的大学生自愿性失业,本文认为这是我国劳动力市场分割情况下大学生就业的理性选择。解决该问题的对策在于找到劳动力市场分割的制度性因素,加强劳动力市场建设,发挥市场调控作用。     

社会资本对大学生就业的差序性影响

在中国传统社会的大背景下,充分继承马克·格兰诺维特＂弱连带＂理论和费孝通＂差序格局＂理论的基础上,将弱关系理论、社会资本理论以及＂差序格局＂理论相比照,分析中国大学生无论在职业选择还是就业倾向上都受家庭社会关系网所拥有的社会资本量的多少的影响,从而进一步分析社会资本（家庭背景）对大学生就业的差序性影响。     

阿拉伯语专业就业现状及其分析

目前,大学毕业生就业已成为中国社会经济发展中越来越突出的热点问题,受到了社会各界的普遍关注。通过对阿拉伯语专业就业市场进行仔细分析,找出阿拉伯语专业就业的优势与劣势,以期进一步提高、促进阿拉伯语专业学生的就业。在学校注重专业教育的前提下,加强对学生职业生涯发展规划的指导,并在日常教育和就业教育中贴近实际,培养学生的正确价值观和就业观,加强其实践能力,增强自我探知教育,使学生更好认清自己。     

对外开放门槛与服务业的外溢效应——基于省际面板数据的实证检验

本文利用面板门槛回归模型,以对外开放程度作为门槛变量,探讨在不同发展阶段服务业发展水平同国民经济发展效率之间的相关性.结果发现,提高服务业就业比重能够产生稳健的外溢效用,其背后的渠道包括适应居民消费结构升级、提供就业岗位、与工农业形成互动等方面.在服务业发挥外溢效应过程中,对外开放起着显著的调节作用,而且发展对外贸易和利用外资对服务业发挥外溢效应的调节功能存在显著差别.     

企业演化的动态特征及其对劳动就业的影响——对中国制造业的经验分析

本文采用2000年和2005年全部国有企业和规模以上非国有企业数据,考察该时期我国制造业的企业演化动态特征,分析微观层面上企业动态演化所引起的宏观就业变动。研究发现:(1)我国制造业企业更替较快,企业演化表现出高进入率、高退出率的动态特征;(2)进入企业的就业创造效应超过退出企业的就业丧失效应,保证了就业岗位的净增长;(3)新进入企业是近期我国就业增长的重要来源之一。从长远来看,一个行业的企业数不可能无限增加,因此,不可忽视存活企业的稳定成长。     

就业压力下的技术政策选择

技术进步具有多种功能,既可以对就业产生严重冲击,也可以产生”第二次就业效应“、”补偿就业效应“、”关联就业效应“.我国的就业问题只能立足于国内解决。应当在适应世界科技进步潮流这个前提下考虑技术进步对就业的可能影响,选择适当的技术政策。     

Discovering the “customer annoyance iceberg” through evidence controlling

There is no doubt about the relevance of complaint management for customer retention. But complaint management-objectives can only be achieved if complaints registered by the firm give a comprehensive view of the annoyances perceived by customers. In fact, a considerable share of annoyed customers do not complain and many complaint articulations are not registered. Because of these “unvoiced” and “hidden” complaints, registered complaints show only the tip of the “annoyance iceberg” leading to misinterpretations and wrong allocation decisions. As a countermeasure, the concept of evidence-controlling is developed in this paper. Relevant key figures are identified, effective information gathering is demonstrated and managerial implications and open research questions are discussed.     

Configurable e-negotiation systems for large scale and transparent decision making

Participatory democracy is one of several conceptions of democracy which strives to create opportunities for all members of a group to contribute to the decision making process. Recent developments in information technologies in general and Internet technologies in particular are affecting the existing democratic mechanisms, hence enabling citizens and organizations to participate widely, efficiently and transparently in the decision making process and, most importantly, to arrive at better decisions faster, through negotiation. E-negotiation systems rely on such technologies to implement protocols ranging from motion raising and voting to auctions, and to make them available on the web for general use. E-negotiation systems can be used for political and societal decision making as well as business dealings within e-government and B2B settings. In order for these systems to fulfill their promise of bringing decision making opportunities to all, we need a structured approach and a configurable framework for designing, implementing and deploying them. The resulting systems should be web-based, easy to use, affordable, traceable, reliable, secure, flexible, efficient, and open for integration with other systems. This paper starts by examining leading research initiatives to devise such a framework and discussing the motivations behind them. We then introduce several design requirements derived from the expectations of e-negotiation systems providers and users. We argue that meeting these requirements fosters a more democratic and efficient decision making process. We also present our approach and vision of a configurable framework for designing, implementing and deploying e-negotiation systems.     

Exploring the relationship of perceived automotive salesperson attributes, customer satisfaction and intentions to automotive service department patronage: The moderating role of customer gender

This study examines the relationship of perceived automotive salesperson attributes and customer satisfaction behavior in the purchase experience leading to the patronage of a service department in an automotive dealership. Logistic regression analyses indicate that gender moderates the relationship of the perceived salesperson attributes and customer satisfaction as well as intentions for service department patronage. The model distinguishes users from non-users of the service department and does this better for females than for males. Finally, the paper concludes with a discussion of the managerial implications and directions for future research.