北部湾经济发展给广西高职教育带来的机遇与挑战

北部湾经济的发展,将带动广西经济的大发展,同样给广西高等职业教育带来了良好的发展机遇,但也面临着困难和挑战。积极采取应对措施,是广西高等职业教育义不容辞的责任。     

Computing systemic risk using multiple behavioral and keystone networks: The emergence of a crisis in primate societies and banks

What do the behavior of monkeys in captivity and the financial system have in common? The nodes in such social systems relate to each other through multiple and keystone networks, not just one network. Each network in the system has its own topology, and the interactions among the system’s networks change over time. In such systems, the lead into a crisis appears to be characterized by a decoupling of the networks from the keystone network. This decoupling can also be seen in the crumbling of the keystone’s power structure toward a more horizontal hierarchy. This paper develops nonparametric methods for describing the joint model of the latent architecture of interconnected networks in order to describe this process of decoupling, and hence provide an early warning system of an impending crisis.     

Response Effects in Surveys on Children and Adolescents: The Effect of Number of Response Options,Negative Wording,and Neutral Mid-Point

Social researchers increasingly survey children and young adolescents.They are convinced that information about perspectives, attitudes, and behaviors of childrenshould be collected from the children themselves. Methodological expertise on surveying childrenis still scarce, and researchers rely on ad-hoc knowledge from fields such as child psychiatry and educationaltesting, or on methodological knowledge on surveying adults. Regarding adults, empirical evidenceshows that respondent characteristics (cognitive abilities) as well asquestion characteristics (question difficulty) affect response quality.This study reports on a methodological survey experiment on theeffect of negatively formulated questions, the number of response options and offeringa neutral midpoint as response option question characteristics on the reliability of theresponses, using children and young adolescents as respondents.The study shows no effects of negatively formulated questions onthe reliability measures, although children respond consistently differently on negativelyformulated questions than on positively formulated questions. Taking all results on the effectsof number of response options and offering a neutral midpoints on the different reliabilitymeasures into consideration; it would appear that offering about four responseoptions is optimal with children as respondents.     

基于生命周期理论的高校旅游管理专业“双师型”教师发展路径研究

本文从生命周期理论出发,揭示高校旅游管理教师的职业发展路径,从而在实践层面给予高等旅游教育政策制定者、执行者以及教师一些有益的启发。本文规划高校旅游管理教师在各个生命周期阶段的职业发展路径,以期对我国高校旅游管理专业教师"双师型"能力的提高和人才的培养起到促进作用。     

香港公共房屋制度的成功经验及其启示

住房是人类一项最基本的生存需要.解决城市中低收入居民的住房问题是建设和谐社会的主要组成部分.近年来,随着内地商品房价格的快速上涨,发展经济适用房和廉租房制度,解决我国内地中低收入居民的住房问题日益迫切.本文分析了香港公共房屋制度的成功之处,并从资金、管理,以及公共房屋资源的合理分配等几方面探讨了其对内地的启示.     

The influence of telecenters on rural life and their success correlates: Lessons from a case study in Iran

New information and communication technologies (ICTs) are fast becoming an inevitable and necessary part of rural development projects in Asian countries. Since 2004, about 10,000 Rural ICT Offices have been opened in Iran to improve the lives of those living in rural communities. This research aimed at investigating the influence of the Mazijan ICT Office on the lives of villagers and its success correlates. Data was collected through archival records, observations, structured face-to-face interviews with 210 users, semi-structured face-to-face interviews with the office operator, and six local officials and leaders. Findings were contrasted with the literature to provide more generalized lessons. Results revealed that the Mazijan office was successful in some aspects especially in reducing the need for travels, but not successful in creating job opportunities. Significant positive relationships were found between users' ICT literacy, satisfaction with the services and extent of using services with the extent to which their lives were influenced by the office. The main lessons for promoting the success of telecenters included careful considerations to be given to rural ICT capacity building, improvement of rural telecommunication infrastructures, and providing multiple low-cost and financially viable services.     

Institutions and Joint Ventures in the Mid dle East and North Af rica: The Case of Jor dan

Abstract

Many Mid dle East ern and North Af ri can (MENA) coun -tries are mak ing val iant ef forts to re form their eco nomic sys tems to boost growth and liv ing stan dards. Mul ti na tional Com panies (MNCs) are generally thought to have a ma jor part to play in help ing these coun tries to de velop. The prob lems caused by gov ern men tal sys tems that placed legal and bu reau cratic ob sta cles and pro hi bi tions in the way of For eign Direct In vest ment (FDI) ac tiv i ties are un der at tack in many coun tries. The World Bank (WB) and the In ter na tional Mon e tary Fund (IMF) in sist on the adop tion of busi ness-friendly pol i cies for those coun tries that seek their aid. More over, mem ber ship of the World Trade Or ga ni za tion (WTO) also re quires coun tries to re form their gov ern men tal sys tems. The prize at the end of the pain ful re form pro cess is higher growth of ten driven by FDI ac tiv i ties. In re cent years, FDI to de vel op ing and for mer com mu nist coun tries has con sid er ably in creased. How ever, some de vel -op ing coun tries (no ta bly, Af rica and large parts of the Mid dle East) have not bene fited to the same ex tent as many Asian and Cen tral and East Euro pean coun tries. More over, MNCs have fo cused on In ter na tional Joint Ven tures (IJVs) as the main means of en ter ing these coun tries. This form of en try may not be the best method to trans fer tech nol ogy and to ob tain the best re sults of the in ter ac tion be tween MNCs and host coun tries. This pa per seeks to ex plore this is sue by use of a qual i ta tive study of IJVs in Jor dan. The pa per uses a new in stitutional eco nomic framework that high lights the im por tance of in for mal in sti tu tional sys tems for the de cision on mode of en try. The re sults of the study in di cate that MNCs in Jordan would pre fer to use fully-owned sub sid iar ies, but the char ac ter is tics of the in for mal in sti tu tional sys tem in Jor dan re sults in high trans ac tion costs that can best be re duced by the use of IJVs. Thus al though Jor dan has un der gone sig nif i cant re form to her eco nomic sys tem, the prob lems caused by the na ture of in for mal in sti tu tional sys tems have lim ited the growth of what might have been more ben e fi cial FDI. [Ar ti cle cop ie s available for a fee from The Haworth Doc u ment De liv ery Ser vice     

鹤煤二矿二部猴车支护整修及保运行方案

鹤煤二矿井下地质条件复杂,井下普遍压力较大、巷道变形严重,如不及时采取措施,二部猴车随时面临停运、瘫痪的可能。通过该方案的实施,整修期间没有出现任何工伤事故,而且巷道整体面貌焕然一新,为今后特殊支护段巷道整修积累了宝贵经验。     

以思想政治理论课为载体推进高校生命教育

本文以高校学生及教育实际情况为切入点分析了高校生命教育的紧迫性,进而提出了思想政治理论课是当前高校生命教育的主要课程载体的理念,并就思想政治理论课教学如何推进高校生命教育提出了几点建议。     

服务贸易竞争力:影响因素与模型

服务贸易在国际经贸领域中日益引起人们的高度重视。它不仅是影响各国经济发展的重要力量,也成为衡量一国国际竞争力的一项重要标准。本文从服务贸易竞争力的影响因素、服务贸易与货物贸易的关系、服务贸易与服务业发展的关系、服务贸易与直接投资的关系等四个方面来探讨我国服务贸易竞争力的问题。     

“逃遁”主题在美国文学中的体现——以《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》和《麦田里的守望者》为例

"逃遁"是美国社会生活中一个不容忽视的现象,美国文学中以"逃遁"为主题的文学作品异彩纷呈。马克·吐温笔下的哈克贝利·费恩与杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格笔下的霍尔顿是美国不同时期文学作品中逃遁者形象的代表。本文试从《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》和《麦田里的守望者》两部作品中主人公形象、逃遁原因及作品的现实意义三方面出发,进行分析,以展示美国文学中的"逃遁"主题。     

Foreign Market Strategies of European and United States Transnational Management-Consulting Firms in South East Asia: The Case of Thailand

ABSTRACT

The share of transnational corporations' (TNCs) foreign investment in the global investment has increased over the years. In this context, the international activities of transnational service corporations (TSCs) have become an important topic of discussion for international managers, governments, researchers, and academics. An even greater expansion has taken place in the case of management consulting services. The core subject of this study are entry strategies and FDI motives observed among transnational management-consulting firms (TMCFs) from the United States, Europe and Asia operating in Thailand. A management interview approach was the major tool for data collection in this study. Eighteen foreign TMCFs operating in Thailand were the main source of primary research data, which were analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively. The results indicate that TMCFs prefer full-ownership participation as an entry mode into the Thai market. As to their FDI motives, the most important one identified is to exploit the existing market opportunities in host countries. Other important motives include: market expansion, exploitation of competitive advantage, and following the client's international involvement.     

Evaluating the success in international sourcing of information technology projects: The need for a relational client‐vendor approach

This article investigates the differences across and the need to consider both the client and vendor perspective in evaluating international sourcing (offshoring) success and highlights the need for incorporating relational factors into the success assessment rather than focusing solely on financial or operational outcomes (e.g., projects delivered on time, within budgeted costs). We take an expanded view of project success (using relational/process dimensions) and provide insight into how client and vendor firms evaluate success differently across relational dimensions and how relational factors play a key role in achieving success. Based on the findings, propositions are presented to guide future offshoring success research.     

Role of explicit and tacit knowledge in Six Sigma projects: An empirical examination of differential project success

This research develops a conceptual model for predicting success of process improvement projects as a result of knowledge-creation practices employed in the projects. The model is empirically examined in the context of Six Sigma black belt projects. New scales are developed to measure explicit- and tacit-knowledge-creation practices in process improvement. Data is gathered via a cross-sectional sample, and the hypotheses are tested using hierarchical regression. Our results support the notion that knowledge-creation practices influence the success of process improvement projects. Specifically, the inclusion of softer, people-oriented practices for capturing tacit knowledge explains a significant amount of variance in project success, as much as the more analytically focused practices that capture explicit knowledge. This research offers practical insights about the influence of practices that project managers use to create new knowledge by capturing explicit and tacit knowledge, and seeks to advance theoretical understanding of process improvement.     

城中村改造中的政府角色扮演:安排者、监管者和协调者

城中村改造是地方政府实现彻底城市化,改变城乡二元结构的首要目标。以往的政府为主体的城中村改造模式遭到了越来越多的抵制,激化了社会矛盾,不利于和谐社会的构建。政府在城中村改造中应改变传统的主导角色,定位为公共服务的安排者、公共政策的供给者、改造过程的监管者、利益关系的协调者,为城中村改造的顺利推进提供服务。     

Remaining life estimation of used components in consumer products: Life cycle data analysis by Weibull and artificial neural networks

Environmental awareness and legislative pressures have made manufacturers responsible for the take-back and end-of-life treatment of their products. To competitively exploit these products, one option is to incorporate used components in “new” or remanufactured products. However, this option is partly limited by a firm's ability to assess the reliability of used components. A comprehensive two-step approach is proposed. The first stage phase statistically analyzes the behavior of components for reuse. A well-known reliability assessment method, the Weibull analysis, is applied to the time-to-failure data to assess the mean life of components. In the second phase, the degradation and condition monitoring data are analyzed by developing an artificial neural network (ANN) model. The advantages of this approach over traditional approaches employing multiple regression analysis are highlighted with empirical data from a consumer product. Finally, the Weibull analysis and the ANN model are then integrated to assess the remaining useful life of components for reuse. This is a critical advance in sustainable management of supply chains since it allows for a better understanding of not only service requirements of product, but the remaining life in a product and hence its suitability for reuse or remanufacture. Future work should assess: (1) reduction in downtime of process equipment through the implementation of this technique as a means to better manage preventative maintenance; (2) reduce field failure of remanufactured product; (3) selling-service strategy through implementation of the proposed methodology.     

The Estimable Functions of Age, Period and Generation Effects: A Political Application

In traditional social research, it is customary to assume that the birth cohort, period and age are scaled as follows: cohort = period – age. Starting from this constraint, the joint analysis of the three effects is not estimable, as one phenomenon is completely determined by the remaining two. In this study we will see how, in given situations, the use of the concept of political generation, to replace the cohort concept normally used, allows us to overcome this obstacle and how in this case estimable models may easily be created.     

会计造假原因及其防范措施

会计信息失真,已经成为普遍关注的重大社会问题,究其原因,一是我国理论界对会计造假的原因分析缺乏深度,满足于理论上推理;二是提出的对策缺乏系统性、可行性,特别是对会计管理体制没有提出大刀阔斧的改正。本文从产生会计造假的根本原因、直接原因和间接原因三个方面进行了理性的、深入的分析,并对我国会计造假的成因、治假的对策作以下粗浅的探索。     

商业银行差异化经营动因及策略选择

随着金融业改革的深入和市场化的加深,银行间的经营竞争日益激烈。这其中金融产品研发和创新滞后,银行经营的同质化现象严重,差异化明显不足,严重制约了银行业健康长远发展。因此,银行要在竞争中取胜有必要实行差异化经营策略。论文在分析银行差异化经营的动因的基础上,利用Hoteling空间竞争模分析了银行差异化经营的效益问题,最后探讨了银行差异化经营的策略问题。