铁路物流中心间集装箱OD预测与分析研究

箱流预测是开行集装箱班列的条件和基础,铁路物流中心间集装箱OD预测有其特殊性,文章对该预测问题进行了相关研究.将铁路物流中心间集装箱OD预测问题分为两个步骤:首先采用组合预测模型对铁路物流中心的集装箱发送量进行预测,然后根据比例分担模型对铁路物流中心问集装箱OD量进行预测.     

基于witness及虚拟现实平台的超大型集装箱码头前沿物流系统仿真

为了适应超大型集装箱码头的装卸要求,提高码头前沿物流系统组织方式的效率,基于witness二维仿真数据,搭建三维虚拟现实平台,分析不同组织作业方式的优缺点,以帮助港口工作人员直观、高效地进行物流系统分析,为码头建设提供可靠性依据.     

基于OOPN的港口集装箱堆场作业流程仿真优化研究

在阐述集装箱港口平面布局、装卸系统以及集装箱堆场的基本职能、堆存的作业流程之后,利用面向对象Petri网(OOPN)的建模方法对堆场作业进行建模并做深入分析,并利用计算机模拟仿真技术(ExtendSim仿真软件),结合所建立的集装箱堆场系统的OOPN模型,对集装箱港口的整个生产作业系统进行数字仿真并实现了模拟,通过对模型输出的仿真结果进行综合分析,剖析堆场的物流活动流程,对其进行集最优化处理,以达到提高堆场的资源利用率、使资源配置成本最小的目的.     

基于OOPN的港口集装箱堆场作业流程仿真优化研究

在阐述集装箱港口平面布局、装卸系统以及集装箱堆场的基本职能、堆存的作业流程之后,利用面向对象Petfi网（OOPN）的建模方法对堆场作业进行建模并做深入分析,并利用计算机模拟仿真技术（ExtendSim仿真软件）,结合所建立的集装箱堆场系统的OOPN模型,对集装箱港口的整个生产作业系统进行数字仿真并实现了模拟,通过对模型输出的仿真结果进行综合分析,剖析堆场的物流活动流程,对其进行集最优化处理,以达到提高堆场的资源利用率、使资源配置成本最小的目的。     

借力亚运会东风广州冲刺亚洲物流中心

亚运前夕,广州市政府出台了《加快推进广州建设成为亚洲物流中心工作方案》,提出将依托航空物流、国际远洋集装箱物流、区域性道路运输枢纽物流等现有的平台,计划用6年时间,形成空港、海港、道路、铁路复合型现代物流集聚高端基地,促进广州现代物流     

公铁联运物流实现集装化作业的项目管理式运营尝试

由于需要进行铁路和公路运输的装卸转换,公铁联运物流对转换过程中的装卸效率和成本比较敏感.目前公铁联运过程中,人力装卸仍普遍存在,人力装卸作业效率不高,成本逐渐上涨,已不能满足公铁联运物流的发展,部分货物必须开展集装化运输,实现机械化作业.集装化运输是一种效率高、成本低的运输手段,特别是对于适量大并且到发地点比较集中的货物,物流全程实施标准的集装化运输将更能发挥优势,集装箱运输就是其中之一.对于部分公铁联运物流公司,集装箱外的集装化运输是一种新的业务,而且必须推广到整个物流链.在此过程中可采用项目管理的方法进行全程集装化物流的运营设计,理顺企业内部运营管理的关系使生产方案和运营管理于一体.     

物流配送中心规划方案探讨

以某物流配送中心为例,探讨了物流配送中心规划中的功能布置、平面布置方案以及装卸工艺对配送中心仓库布局的要求,物流配送中心仓库建筑物的位置布局要求等。     

基于Arena的集装箱港口装卸工艺系统方案仿真研究

介绍了集装箱港口装卸工艺系统，基于离散事件建模理论对集装箱港口装卸工艺系统运用Arena仿真软件进行了建模和仿真，通过分析仿真结果得出最优的装卸工艺系统。     

铁路物流中心及集装箱专办站间班列开行方案的研究

从班列的组织形式、运输通道的技术条件、运行径路选择、班列编成辆数及班期等几个方面对铁路物流中心及集装箱专办站间集装箱班列开行方案的制定问题进行了分析研究,对集装箱班列开行方案的实际制定具有参考价值。     

集装箱码头装卸业务实验教学的组织

以上海海勃物流软件公司针对我院交运和物流专业开发的集装箱装卸业务教学系统为平台,提出了课程教学的目标和任务.分析了该教学系统的实验环境,并概要阐述了实验教学内容的组织和实验成绩的测评.最后总结了教学系统实施后的教学效果,并提出了该课程实验有待发展的方向.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

Sixty years of discrimination and diversity research in human resource management: A review with suggestions for future research directions

This article reviews discrimination and diversity research published in Human Resource Management (HRM) over the past 60 years. While discrimination and diversity are very different constructs, it is often informative to study them together, because when people recognize each other's diversity, this can result in bias, stereotyping, and discrimination. We conducted bibliographic searches for terms related to discrimination and diversity as well as a manual search through every title and abstract published in HRM over the last 60 years to assess article relevance. The search resulted in 135 research articles with 136 unique studies (i.e., samples) which are reviewed in this article. Sex and race are the demographics that have been examined the most in HRM, while religion has been examined the least. Moreover, the number of studies examining lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) employees in the workplace in HRM has grown quickly within the past 10 years, culminating in a recent meta‐analysis. Our review looks at some of the earliest research published, the most recent research published, and the overall trends we identified in the research over the years for both discrimination and diversity articles. We then make future research suggestions and recommendations to advance the study of discrimination and diversity in the coming years.     

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.