不要刹车

无论汽车三包草案听证会对这部重要法规的出台会产生怎样的影响．中国的汽车4S店售服人员仍将面对客户提出的问题：我的车修不好怎么办？能不能退,能不能换？     

省还是不省

似乎这个标题是个伪命题,只要是省钱的,省油的,省力的,当然都应该是好事,都应该省,哪有不省的道理。就拿现在油价来说,虽然曾因拉登被美国特种部队击毙,国际上认为恐怖袭击对油价造成的影响会逐渐减弱而跌破100美元关口,但由于种种原因。估计是华尔街大佬们并不想油价真正下跌吧,油价很快就回到了100美元以上,并在100美元位置高位盘整,而且还有继续上涨的空间     

IS THE TRANSITION TO THE MARKET TOO IMPORTANT TO BE LEFT TO THE MARKET?

Most models of Central and Eastern European transition fail to appreciate the de facto organising principles that governed life in the Soviet-type system. Concentration has instead been focused on the de jure pronouncements of what constituted these systems. It is this misidentification, we contend, that has caused the major problems for economists devising strategies for reform. Proper appreciation of the de facto realities underlying Soviet-type economies sheds light on the crucial role that market forces must be allowed to play in the process of transition.     

中小企业市场部门不容小视

市场上的馅饼和陷阱往往是联系在一起的,一些明显的需求与趋势,对大型企业和行业领导者来说是市场机遇,按部就班的推行就能够获得成功,馅饼对于中小企业却可能就是陷阱,竞争者的众多与强大,陷入进去就很难全身而退.中小企业的资源有限,更应该做好营销创新,寻找市场空白点,这一切都与市场部联系在一起,它作为营销战略的制定者,其重要性凸现出来.     

亚马逊：不拘一格用人才

1999年12月,亚马逊网上书店的创始人贝索斯由于"革命性地改变了全球消费者传统的购物方式",被美国<时代>周刊评为"本年度封面人物".贝索斯和他创建的电子商务帝国成为不容置疑的电子商务时代的领军人物.亚马逊的发展让每一个传统行业的总经理都大吃一惊:短短4年时间,亚马逊书店从一个小小的网站起步,到今天最高市值达300亿美元,远远超出美国有上百年历史、分别拥有1000多家连锁店的最大的两个书店的市值总和!     

WILLING THE ENDS BUT NOT THE MEANS: A REJOINDER TO THORNTON

Sara Thornton's response to my article was thoughtful and in many ways reassuring. However, police chiefs need to understand the importance of the beat for collecting dispersed information and police forces need the freedom to innovate.     

PRIVATE EDUCATION AND'EDUCATION FOR ALL'- OR HOW NOT TO CONSTRUCT AN EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENT: A REPLY TO TOOLEY

The poor cannot afford education if they are left to pay for it themselves. Furthermore, given the right political structures government schools can deliver accountability and a good quality of education.     

HIGH COTTON: WHY THE USA SHOULD NOT PROVIDE SUBSIDIES TO COTTON FARMERS

Trade theorists agree that barriers to trade are declining. Still more progress could be made if trade barriers and government interventions were eliminated. One area in which government interference can and should be vastly reduced is that of agricultural production in general and US cotton production in particular.     

RELATIONSHIPS OF JOB CATEGORIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS TO USE OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS,INCLUDING ELECTRONIC MAIL: A META-ANALYSIS AND EXTENSION*

This study tests hypotheses derived from information processing theory concerning relationships between individuals' job category, organizational level, and levels and patterns of media usage. Media studied include face-to-face, meetings, memos/letters, telephone and electronic mail. In the meta-analysis of over 40 studies, usage of different media was significantly different for managers/executives versus others, and was highly correlated with organizational level. In the individual-level analyses of four organizations, the majority of respondents were classified into their actual job categories, and according to distances between organizational levels, by a discriminant function involving only relative extent of media use, especially participation in meetings. Contrary to information richness theory, upper-level respondents (managers) did not necessarily use electronic mail less than did lower-level respondents (clerical workers). The article concludes by discussing implications for theories of organizational media use and implementation of electronic mail systems.     

如何破解“能共苦，不能同甘”的宿命？

创业团队的分裂，始终是大家关注却又在遗憾当中无可奈何的事，似乎也只能慨叹一句“共苦易，同甘难”的千古名言而已。然而在大家对着数不胜数的案例出神时，却很少有人将这一规律式的宿命，加以归纳，总结出共性，并在进一步分析之后拿出药方——尽管谁都希望能有这样一个药方。而本文则正好弥补了这一空缺，相信对创业者会大有裨益。     

SAATCHI, SENSATION, AND WHY CONTEMPORAR Y ART SHOULD NOT BE CONCEDED TO THE LEFT

Commentators from the 'Right' have contributed little to 'is-it-art' discussions. The Saatchi Sensation exhibition of 1997 offers the opportunity to explain what contribution anti-socialist, anti-collectivist writers might make. In particular, they should be honest in their response to contemporary art rather than treating it as a no-go area.