Tribute to Colston E. Warne

The daughter of Colston E. Warne reviews the social history of the consumer movement and her father's role in that movement. She speaks of her father's college days, his role as President of Consumers Union (CU) in the pre- and post-war years, CU's role in the beginning of ACCI, and the development of an international consumer movement.     

中国出口集装箱运输市场月评

本期．正值中国出口集装箱运输市场货运旺季,运输需求持续上涨,大部分航线舱位紧张,市场运价水涨船高。9月18日,上海航运交易所发布的中国出口集装箱综合运价指数报945．30点。较上月大幅上涨9．0％．上海地区出口集装箱运价指数报890．20点,较上月大幅上涨11.3％。     

Rosemary Feurer. Radical Unionism in the Midwest, 1900-1950

For more than a decade, workers in the Midwest electrical manufacturingindustry, as well as many other blue-collar workers in the Americanheartland, rallied around an openly Communist union organizerwho promised to deliver an alternative vision of democracy andeconomic development. William Sentner's ability to thrive inwhat one would expect to be a hostile environment for Leftistsrested on a community-based organizing strategy attuned moreto local conditions than national or international events. Thisstory, Rosemary Feurer suggests, holds     

2000年美国对外贸易状况

美国作为世界头号贸易大国是中国最主要的贸易伙伴之一,其贸易发展变化对我国外贸影响很大。总结美国过去一年的对外贸易,进一步了解美国的贸易地位、进出口商品结构、服务贸易结构、贸易平衡状况、贸易流向和贸易发展变化趋向等十分必要,对我国有关部门及时制定相关政策,帮助企业抓住商机调整发展战略,均有重大意义。     

The Survival and Growth of New Establishments in Sweden, 1987-1995

The aim of the study is to examine the survival of new establishments and to identify factors affecting their survival probability and their employment growth.This study uses a unique data set on all new establishments that were created in Sweden 1987 and 1988, with the exception of the construction industry. The results show among others that:(i) new establishments face a high risk of closing down, (ii) the probability of establishment survival increases with the age and size of the establishment,(iii) variables that are assumed to measure access to resources (being a part of a multi-unit firm,and being new due to merger or dispersal) have a positive effect on survival, (iv) the number of employees at the start- up year has a negative effect on the employment growth, and (v) demographic and educational factors are important in explaining survival and growth.     

服务是焦点,陕汽八月"贴心""放心"行

俗话说：“乘用车卖价格商用车卖服务”。近几年，国内重卡品牌多元化及产品同质化趋势日益明显，市场竞争日益激烈，服务成了各企业争夺的焦点，一场重卡市场的服务战悄然而至。