房地产商会的作用与发展

住宅产业商会于2001年成立，其初衷是代表中国住宅产业广大企业的共同利益，协助解决企业共同关心的问题，以促进住宅产业的可持续发展。住宅产业商会成立以来，在“维护行业、企业的合法权益”方面做出了卓有成效的工作。2006年住宅产业商会提出《REICO报告》，全国工商联房地产商会会长聂梅生强调关注“中低收入与中小户型”建设力度和建筑节能的关系，有效地影响了政府的决策，     

动态关注

2009年度“世界著名品牌500强”公布中国入选88个 由世界品牌组织、美中经贸投资总商会、美国世界著名企业联盟联合推选的2009年度“世界著名品牌500强”，近日在日本东京向世界公布。美国入选130个．日本入选60个．德国和法国均入选35个，英国入选27个。     

深圳市浙江商会工作成绩卓著

深圳市浙江商会是浙江省人民政府驻深圳办事处组织筹建，以浙江在深企业为主体，吸收部分有业务联系的单位和个人自愿参加的、非盈利性的社会组织。目前已有常驻会员200多家。该会1992年8月经深圳市民政局审核批准成立时称深圳市浙江企业管理服务协会，后改深圳市浙江企业协会，2006年9月协会改商会，在主管单位浙江省人民政府驻深圳办事处领导下，为企业、企业家服务做了大量工作。     

长城石油 出发即“迷航”？

这艘在石油商会内部纷争中出海的“民营石油航母”,究竟会走向何方?“一定别把石油商会和长城石油混淆了,长城石油筹备组成立后,我们商会就不管了。”6月28日,长城石油成立大会前一天,全国工商联石油商会副秘书长王德岗一再对《中国企业家》强调。而不久前,媒体还一直把二者相提并论。     

山东商会破茧之旅——河南省山东商会会长刘继臣

近年来，各地山东商会如雨后春笋，相继有17个省市成立了山东商会。然而运行一段时间后，部分商会陷入了窘境：商会囊中羞涩，发展难以为继。有的商会会费难以按时收交，会员企业则抱怨商会“不作为”而成了鸡肋。商会没有运转资金，有的连房租和工作人员的工资都难凑齐，无从谈起为会员企业提供服务。会员企业渐渐失却了当初的热情，觉得商会成了“吃喝会”，宴终人散，各奔东西。这样下去，久而久之，商会难免成为空架子，最后“树倒猢狲散”。     

四海潮讯

香港潮州商会举行第四十六届会董就职典礼香港潮州商会第四十六届会董就职典礼暨祝贺饶宗颐名誉会长荣任中央文史研究馆馆员联欢大会、九龙东潮人联会首届会董就职典礼在3月25至26日分别在香港举行。创立于1921年的香港潮州商会是香港100多万潮籍乡亲中历史最悠久且最具有代表性的工商团体。88年来,商会一直以敦睦乡谊、弘扬文化、促进工商、     

上海外国商会网络体系及分析借鉴

在当代中国的市场经济活动中,诞生于改革开放后的各外国商会,伴随着商会组织的团聚力和活动力的不断加强,与其本国及国内其他商会的交往日趋频繁,初步构筑了一个相互交错、多层面的外部组织网络,并由此形成有效的运行机制,促进了商会的发展。本文以上海外国商会为研究对象,以商会的网络体系构建为视角,通过对上海外国商会网络体系的结构层次、网络内容以及网络的影响力这三方面的初步考察,并在借鉴上海外国商会网络体系构建成功经验的基础上,对中国商会提出了发展策略,以便更好地迎接经济全球化的挑战和考验。     

要积极培育具有国际竞争力的大企业集团

“十五”期间我国实施“走出去”战略取得了显著成效。以我国企业“走出去”的主要形式之一——对外承包工程为例,据中国对外承包工程商会统计,2005年我国对外承包工程完成营业额217.6亿美元,比2004年增长24.6%;有49家企业进入美国《工程新闻纪录》(ENR)2005年8月发布的“全球最大225家国际承包商”行列。然而,在为成就而欣喜的同时,我们不能不清醒地看到中国企业在实施“走出去”战略方面存在的隐忧:2005年ENR225强中,前10名与中国企业无缘,前20名中仅有1家是中国企业,前50名中仅有4家,前100名中只有9家,有一半以上的入选企业(27家)排名…     

基于小微企业困境的商会职能架构实证研究——以温州永嘉地区泵阀行业为例

本文依据2012年初对温州永嘉地区泵阀行业的小微企业的调查及实地走访,了解小微企业目前的经营及融资现状。发现本行业小微企业目前处于转型升级的关键阶段,主要存在工人成本上升、土地供应紧张、融资难、产品技术含量低等困境。而小微企业虽然数量庞大,但他们的问题没有得到切实的关注。商会作为企业的代表在帮助小微企业发展的过程中存在自身组织管理和职能方面的缺陷。我们认为,商会应该发挥更大的作用,通过商会立法、股份制改革、聘用职业经理人和市场化运营等方式有效提高商会管理效率并加强与企业和政府的沟通并提供人力资源、融资、技术设备革新的服务,帮助小微企业解决经营及融资困境,推动小微企业进行转型升级,落实十二五规划,实现国家淘汰落后产能,进行新型工业化发展的道路。     

所有的问题在于沟通——对话巴斯夫大中华区董事长关志华

巴斯夫是一家有着140多年历史、全球最大的德国老牌化工企业，自进入中国市场以来，尤其是近十几年来，巴斯夫中国每年销售额以23％的速率增长，2005年增长率更是高达28％，目前中国已经成为巴斯夫继德国、美国之后的第三大市场。对于管理这样二家具有5500名员工、正处于高速成长的企业，巴斯夫大中华区董事长关志华有着自己独特的感悟。     

Development in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics

This paper outlines the ICT statistical developments that the ABS has undertaken over recent years. These developments have been on both the supply side (ICT industry) and the demand side (use of IT by sector). The content of ABS ICT surveys has changed significantly over the last few years and are expected to develop further in line with industry changes and emerging policy needs.
Recent developments in household collections have been the inclusion of IT use questions in the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and in various ABS social surveys such as Children's Participation in Culture and Leisure Activities. Annual business IT use surveys are now conducted and include topics such as Internet commerce and IT security. Biennial ICT industry surveys are conducted to provide data on ICT production, imports and exports, ICT industry employment, performance and structure information. An Internet activity survey is run every six months and provides regional Internet access details and infrastructure details on Internet service providers.
A major development for 2002–03 will be the compilation of an ICT satellite account. ABS intends to produce an ICT Information Development Plan to guide its future statistical development work in the ICT field.     

Incumplimiento del salario mínimo en Europa central y oriental

En este estudio se analiza el incumplimiento del salario mínimo durante el periodo 2003–2012 en diez países de Europa central y oriental con salario mínimo obligatorio nacional. A partir de los datos de EU‐SILC y la metodología propuesta por Bhorat, Kanbur y Mayet (2013), se cuantifica la incidencia y magnitud del incumplimiento. Se realizan análisis de regresión sobre determinantes individuales, laborales y macroeconómicos. Aunque la incidencia permanece relativamente baja, los trabajadores a los que se dirigen las políticas de salario mínimo parecen los más expuestos a su incumplimiento. Con el tiempo, una mayor incidencia se asocia a una razón más alta entre salario mínimo y salario medio.     

Value at Risk in the Suburbs: Eminent Domain and the Geographical Politics of the US Foreclosure Crisis

Several US counties and local governments have recently considered a novel solution to the foreclosure crisis. They plan to use eminent domain to compel the owners of mortgage debt—and specifically of private‐label mortgage‐backed securities—to sell the debt to the government at a price reflecting the loan's market value. The government would then restructure the debt and resell it to new investors. The plans are striking because—in contrast to both development‐driven eminent domain and the federal subprime bank bailout—they would force investors to assume asset devaluation and increased long‐term risk. Notably, the plans have emerged as an instance of financialization‐focused politics in suburbs and suburban cities of color, specifically majority‐black and ‐Latino/a suburbs. Local support for the plans, we argue, is rooted in the long‐term disinvestment of these ‘suburbs of exception', which became targets of subprime lending and eventually sites where the ‘financial exception' has been localized. But these demographic shifts, fragmentation and fiscal pressures have at the same time created a suburban political terrain in which the plans have gained their strongest political support.     

Towards a Theory of Serendipity: A Systematic Review and Conceptualization

Serendipity – the notion of making surprising and valuable discoveries – plays a major role in the success of individuals and organizations alike. Previous research has established the importance of serendipity and identified important individual- and organizational-level antecedents. However, the literature has been dispersed and the boundaries of the concept have been blurry, leading to a lack of conceptual clarity and structure, and thus limiting validity and managerial actionability. Based on a systematic literature review, I synthesize existing management-related research on serendipity and explicate the emergence and composition of serendipity in the organizational context. I first identify three necessary conditions that differentiate serendipity from related concepts such as luck or targeted innovation: agency, surprise, and value. Then, I draw from the literature on sensemaking, event-based theorizing, and quantum-based approaches to management to conceptualize the process of cultivating serendipity in the organizational context as a process of enabling potentiality and materialization, and develop a multi-level theory of (cultivating) serendipity. This conceptualization contributes to our collective understanding of how, why, and when (i.e., under what conditions) organizations can leverage the value in the unexpected, which opens up fruitful avenues for further research.     

Accountability of NGOs in Bangladesh A critical overview

NGOs in Bangladesh have been recognized as effective change agents in the socio-economic arena throughout the world. Their contributions in micro credit, non-formal education and primary health care are widely known. NGOs play a significant role in society. NGO accountability, as a result, has become a critical issue. NGO accountability in Bangladesh has been examined here in relation to patrons, clients and themselves. Of the three relationships only accountability to patrons is in a near satisfactory state. Accountability to clients is handicapped by lack of opportunities of beneficiaries to participate meaningfully in NGO policy making. Accountability to themselves is adversely affected due to the adherence to a strictly hierarchical system and the influence of founding and charismatic NGO leaders.     

Ansätze und Ergebnisse anglo-amerikanischer M&A-Forschung

Based on a review of established U.S. management journals (1995–2003), six schools of thought are identified within the Anglo-American M&;A research: “Capital Market”, “Principal/Agent”, “Industrial Organization”, “Organizational Behavior”, “Human Resources” and “Strategic Management”. The literature review shows that the definition of M&;A success, the methods applied, and insights from empirical research differ according to the respective school of thought. Empirical studies focus on the resource combinations of merger partners, the specific circumstances of merger negotiations, and on integration management as antecedents of merger performance. Unfortunately, empirical findings have not yet provided reliable explanations for M&;A success. Based on the current state of Anglo-American M&;A research, the authors discuss implications for business practice, identify research gaps, and propose areas for future research.     

Towards an Asian model of human resource management? A comparative analysis of China,Japan and South Korea

There has been much discussion regarding the possible decline and weakening of national systems of human resource management (HRM). Yet, culture and institutions are often cited as the major stumbling blocks to this outcome. Such constraints may dissipate in the analysis, particularly if ‘regional clusters’ are considered where geographic and cultural closeness and ‘openness’ to similar economic pressures exist. In such cases, it might be postulated that convergence in HRM will occur. We argue that China, Japan and South Korea represent such a cluster. This article examines these countries, to see if a degree of convergence is taking place and if it is towards an identifiable ‘Asian’ model of HRM. A model of change is presented that distinguishes between levels of occurrence and acceptance. Details of the development and practice of HRM in each country are then set out. The article ends with a discussion and implications section and a brief conclusion.     

Cultural Economy Planning in Creative Cities: Discourse and Practice

While a growing body of research analyses the functional mechanisms of the cultural or creative economy, there has been little attention devoted to understanding how local governments translate this work into policy. Moreover, research in this vein focuses predominately on Richard Florida's creative class thesis rather than considering the wider body of work that may influence policy. This article seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how municipalities conceptualize and plan for the cultural economy through the lens of two cities held up as model ‘creative cities’ — Austin, Texas and Toronto, Ontario. The work pays particular attention to how the cities adopt and adapt leading theories, strategies and discourses of the cultural economy. While policy documents indicate that the cities embrace the creative city model, in practice agencies tend to adapt conventional economic development strategies for cultural economy activity and appropriate the language of the creative city for multiple purposes.     

Introduction of New Technology with a Sound Transition of the Input-Output Structure

We examine the general equilibrium repercussions associated with the introduction of new technologies, using the generalized Leontief system that allows technological substitutions. We show that an untested introduction of cost-increasing technologies in any industry may result in creating a non-productive technological structure that does not satisfy the Hawkins-Simon condition, following the autonomous dynamic adjustment process with structural transitions in the economic system. Therefore, we propose a practicable control scheme of introducing cost-increasing technologies that strictly avoids the creation of non-productive structures in all periods of structural transition, using the available information on the ex ante technological structure.     

Input/output ranges and performance: an examination of US machine tool producers

Despite the establishment of high-tech multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Ireland since the late 1950s, the country did not succeed in closing the technological gap with most of its EU counterparts. The weak National System of Innovation (NSI), and in particular low business and government R&D levels, combined with a lack of research and technology linkages between MNEs and indigenous firms, explain these poor results. However, the Shannon region in the West of the country presents some specific institutional characteristics that could theoretically make the region a strong technological enclave. The various actors in the region - i.e. the administrative, financial, political and research institutions, as well as the business organizations - have indeed infused a new type of economic development. After a brief review of the available concepts and models articulated around these actors and their interrelationships, the paper analyses whether the Shannon region, taken as an illustrative example, mirrors a specific economic and technological localized setting. The study is based on a survey of indigenous and foreign firms.