Comfort can Boost Productivity

Applying ergonomic principles in the workplace doesn＇t call for NASA scientists or a big budget. From setting the right temperature in the office to providing chairs with back support and lights that minimize eyestrain, CPA firms that attend to staff comfort and health are rewarded with greater productivity and job loyalty.     

can总线及其应用和前景

论述了场总线技术在控制系统中应用的意义,对关于现场总线can与生活息息相关的各种应用领域和使用较多汽车领域和其他几个领域的也做了相关的介绍.对现场总线can发展前景进行了进一步的探讨和阐述,提出对我国can应用情况的看法.     

How can foreign companies enter Chinese market？

China‘s entry of WTO signifies its connection with the world market.More and more Business opportunities will be found in China with the development of its market economy. The great potentials of China‘s market arc especially attractive to foreign manufacturers and firms. It is ncccssary for foreign companies to adopt new strategy to adapt to China‘s local conditions if they hope to enter China‘s market.Only with effectivc localization strategy can they obtain a space for themselves on China‘s Market.     

基于can总线的数据采集与分析系统

如何将采集到的数据实时、正确传送给数据监控和处理系统成了这方面运用中要解决的首要问题.can(controller area net-work)总线作为一个现场总线,具有通信速率高、可靠性强、连接方便、性能价格比高等诸多优点,被广泛用于工业控制系统.     

What can Psychology Tell us About Business Ethics?

Insights from contemporary psychology can illuminate the common psychological processes that facilitate unethical decision making. I will illustrate several of these processes and describe steps that may be taken to reduce or eliminate the undesirable consequences of these processes. A generic problem with these processes is that they are totally invisible to decision makers – i.e., decision makers are convinced that their decisions are ethically and managerially sound.     

can通讯系统电梯及轿顶站系统分析

对can通讯系统电梯中can总线的构成情况进行了分析,结台轿顶站的具体情况,对信号进行了分类整理,提出了设计调试装置的重点和难点问题,并给出了实现调试要求的基本思路.     

Dysfunctional executive behavior: What can organizations do?

Much has been made of dysfunctional executive behavior in recent years. As such, the purpose of this article is to assist organizations in the design of executive work. To better construct a work environment that diminishes self-serving and unethical behavior, we propose that organizations structure an executive's work around three factors: the accountability environment, managerial discretion, and relationship composition. These factors are used to describe how organizations can better design executives’ work so as to promote more desirable executive behavior. We describe how these factors should be calibrated, as well as how they affect each other.     

基于can总线的车载音响控制系统的设计

提出了一种基于can总线的汽车音响控制系统,给出了系统的整体结构及设计模块硬件设计方案,该系统投资少,且便于扩展,有一定的应用前景.     

How can shopping mall management best capture mall image?

One way to generate more traffic in a mall is to build a strong mall image perceived by shoppers as delivering a unique bundle of benefits. Such effort has to be guided by a performance metric, namely a comprehensive measure of mall image. We hypothesize that mall image can best be conceptualized in terms of five major dimensions a la Ailawadi and Keller [Ailawadi K.L., Keller K.L. Understanding Retail Branding: Conceptual Insights and Research Priorities. J Retail 2004; 80 (Winter):331-342.] retail branding dimensions: access, store atmosphere, price and promotion, cross-category assortment, and within-category assortment. The predictive (nomological) validity of the mall image measure was tested in relation to mall attitude, mall patronage, and word-of-mouth communications. We validated the mall image measure using data generated with mall-intercept surveys in two different malls in a large city in Canada (N = 861). The data provided support for the predictive validity of the mall image measure. Managerial implications of the mall image measure are also discussed.     

How far can China''''s motors driue in the international market?

On July 8, the General Manager of Sundiro Honda MotorCo., Ltd., Zhao Xuhong, officially declared to the public: "theexports to Japan of the Today 50 CC peddler made by Sun-diro Honda has exceeded the threshold of 100,000. It is esti-mated that by the end of July,this model will accomplish thegoal of occupying 1/8 of the Japanese motor market." Al-though China' motor industry has kept up a good develop-ment momentum in the past six months, this news still greatlyexcites insiders.     

How can we reliably measure the occurrence of non-fatal injury?

Introduction In England, there is no reliable indicator for measuring the occurrence of non-fatal injury. As a consequence, we do not know whether the rates of non-fatal injury are increasing or decreasing. Purpose This paper addresses two questions: what criteria should an indicator of non-fatal injury satisfy, and can we identify an indicator that satisfies these criteria? Method Criteria for a good indicator of non-fatal injury are postulated, and an indicator based on serious long-bone fractures is proposed. Inferences from the literature and the various non-fatal injury data to which we have access are used to justify the criteria, and to test the proposed indicator of serious injury against the criteria. Findings There is significant evidence to justify the use of the following criteria to assess indicators of non-fatal injury: the indicator should reflect the occurrence of injury satisfying some case definition of anatomical damage; the injury cases ascertained should be important in terms of incapacity, impairment, disability, quality of life, cost, and/or threat-to-life; cases should be completely ascertained from routinely or easily collected data; and the probability of a case being ascertained should be independent of social, health services supply and access factors. Our analysis indicates that an indicator based on serious long-bone fracture admitted to hospital is likely to satisfy each of these criteria for a good indicator. Conclusion An indicator of non-fatal injury occurrence based on serious long-bone fractures exhibits favourable characteristics when judged against our criteria for a good indicator.     

‘Mum,can I play on the internet?’

Research about the role of parents in children’s consumption of online advertisements is scarce. Parents are viewed as having a responsibility to deter children from invasive marketing, yet with the rise of non-traditional marketing it is unclear whether they have the knowledge and skills necessary to undertake this role. The authors address this research gap and demonstrate that parents have limited understanding of the effectiveness of online advertising and this restricts their ability to protect their children from online marketing endeavours. Parents recognize online persuasive techniques only when they themselves have been exposed to them (e.g. banners, pop-up advertisements) and are often unable to appreciate more subtle marketing techniques in their persuasive capacity (e.g. advergames). In addition, they erroneously believe that children respond to online marketing the same way adults do. Finally, parents display naivety in their conviction that their children would never be taken in by marketers but, paradoxically, this complacency is only limited to online advertising.     

基于8031的can总线与rs232通信协议转换装置设计

can总线在工业应用中的价值遥步显示出来,除了它较高的性能价格比外,还可以与pc机相连并实现工业控制过程的透明化,网络化.本文基于8031单片机,can总线驱动82c250构建了串行rs2232和can总线的数据通信桥梁,从而实现了r.s232与can总线中下住机节点之间的数据通信;介绍了数据传输工作原理,以及硬件电路.     

How far can China＇s motors driver in the international market？

On July 8，the General Manager of Sundiro Honda Motor Co．，Ltd．，Zhao Xuhong，officially declared to the public：“the exports to Japan of the Today 50 CC peddler made by Sundiro Honda has exceeded the threshold of 100,000．It is estimated that by the end of July,this model wiII accomplish the goal of occupying 1／8 of the Japanese motor market．”Although China’motor industry has kept up a good development momentum in the past six months，this news still greatly excites insiders.     

Drug testing and corporate responsibility: The “ought implies can” argument

Most of the debate about drug testing in the workplace has focused on the right to privacy. Proponents of testing have had to tackle difficult questions concerning the nature, extent, and weight of the privacy rights of employees. This paper examines a different kind of argument — the claim that because corporations are responsible for harms committed by employees while under the influence of drugs, they are entitled to test for drug use. This argument has considerable intuitive appeal, because it seems, at least at first glance, to bypass the issue of privacy rights altogether. The argument turns, not on rights, but on the nature and conditions of responsibility. We may therefore call it an ought implies can argument.In spite of its initial appeal, however, the argument does not succeed in circumventing the claims of privacy rights. Even responsibility for the actions of others does not entitle us to do anything at all to control their behavior; we must look to rights, among other things, to determine what sorts of controls are morally permissible. In addition, the argument rests on unjustified assumptions about the connection between drug testing and the prevention of drug-related harm. Jennifer Moore is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Delaware. She does teaching and research in business ethics and business law and is co-editor of the anthology, Business Ethics: Readings and Cases in Corporate Morality, published by McGraw-Hill.     

Youth entrepreneurship in emerging economies: can family support help navigate institutional voids?

Abstract

Institutional voids plague entrepreneurship in emerging economies. In this paper, we investigate how the social structure of the family can enable young entrepreneurs to navigate the institutional voids and progress through the venturing process. Findings suggest that both institutional voids and family support have a significant effect on startup activities, and that family financial support helps absorb the negative influence of capital market voids. Our study begins to explain the relationship between institutional voids and family support, thereby contributing to the ongoing development of institutional theory in an emerging economy context and to the literature on family influences on entrepreneurship.     

Inequality in Europe: What can be done? What should be done?

As economic inequality in Europe has continued to rise, it has become the subject of increasing academic attention. What are the drivers of inequality? How does it affect intergenerational economic and social mobility? At what point does inequality become a drag on economic growth or a threat to social order? What economic policy tools are available to reduce inequality? This Forum addresses these and other aspects of this complex and disturbing trend. Case studies of Ireland, Germany and Spain also highlight the impact of economic inequality on individual member states.     

How far can luxury brands travel? Avoiding the pitfalls of luxury brand extension

Brand extensions are always tempting to marketers, and in the case of luxury brands the allure is particularly strong. While the path to luxury brand success may be partly paved with extensions, there are even more examples of brand extension disasters that litter the way. Brand extensions continue to be among the most researched and studied phenomena in marketing. When it comes to luxury brands, however, the factors that lead to successful extension have received far less attention. In this article, we consider the notion of perceived premium degree of the brand as a function of its category, and what we term the degree of adjacency between its product categories. Building on our research, which found that a luxury brand's perceived premium degree has a different impact on profitability depending on whether or not the brand is spread across adjacent product categories, we demonstrate when luxury brand extensions work—and when they fail. Perhaps most importantly, we herein introduce the premium adjacency matrix as a tool for luxury brand managers to consider in formulating extension strategies.