和谐社会中的城市物流

回顾了城市物流的产生,并对“和谐社会”的理论渊源进行了梳理,指出和谐思想为解决城市物流问题提供了一个新的视角,使我们从科学发展观的高度来审视城市物流的发展。而要建设和谐的城市物流需要重点解决以下3方面问题:城市定位、城市物流的绩效评价及有效利用PPP模式。     

PPP模式下海绵城市项目的绩效评价研究

在我国海绵城市试点城市中,大多数海绵城市项目都采用了PPP模式进行相关建设工作,但由于PPP模式在建设项目中的复杂性,使得在对海绵城市PPP项目进行绩效评价时,遇到了较大的困难.本文以PPP模式下海绵城市绩效评价为研究对象,构建了海绵城市绩效评价指标体系,应用层次分析法和模糊综合评价法进行了绩效评价,并对武汉市S示范区海绵城市项目进行了实例分析,评价结果显示:武汉市S示范区海绵城市PPP项目绩效评价结果为良,此研究结果可对日后的海绵城市PPP项目进行绩效评价提供一定的借鉴意义.     

投融模式在海绵城市建设中的应用研究

在《2012低碳城市与区域发展科技论坛》中,初次提出的"海绵城市"概念,受到多方关注.本文基于海绵城市建设和PPP模式与BOT模式的研究背景,分析了PPP模式与BOT模式下海绵城市建设的优缺点,为海绵城市建设科学选用合理的模式提供了有益的思路.     

城市基础设施工程PPP融资模式的应用思考

城市基础设施建设需要大量的资金支持,且由于其特征决定了许多地方政府无法满足城市基础设施建设要求,故需要引入第三方资本来介入其中.文章以PPP融资模式为对象,阐述了PPP融资模式的应用风险,提出了化解PPP融资模式在城市基础建设中应用的风险,以期为政府缓解地方财政压力,进而为城市基础设施建设提供相应的理论基础.     

智慧城市建设PPP模式实践研究

当前,我国智慧城市建设进入爆发期,庞大的建设运营资金需求为传统政府主导的智慧城市建设模式带来了严峻考验。在公共服务需求迫切、政府财政收入紧缩、政府融资平台市场化的背景下,PPP模式成为推动我国智慧城市建设的最优途径。在分析我国PPP模式的政策形势基础上,结合智慧城市建设项目的特点,对地方开展智慧城市建设的PPP运营模式进行梳理,分析并提出智慧城市PPP模式在我国应用的要点与建议,展望未来智慧城市PPP的发展。     

对海绵城市建设PPP模式的思考

政府和企业合作的PPP模式是通过引入社会资金参与到公共项目中,提高公共产品质量和服务水平的同时,降低财政的压力和风险。这种模式在未来城市基础设施设计、建设和营运维护等多方面将发挥巨大作用,因此受到国家的高度重视和大力提倡。不同领域的PPP模式在国内外已有较多的成功应用案例,而海绵城市由于自身复杂性及行业发展所处的阶段所限,如何高质高效地推行PPP模式尚属一个新的课题。从一年多的海绵城市试点经验看,PPP模式的推行尚面临许多问题和挑战,海绵城市PPP融资与收益模式的确定、项目的整体策划与打包、责权归属、绩效评估和考核、风险承担的约定等许多关键要素,都存在诸多的不确定性,因而使得各城市海绵城市PPP模式的推进进度和效果不一,甚至一些企业对其望而却步。首先分析海绵城市建设的特点及其与PPP模式的联系,探讨海绵城市PPP推进过程中面临的主要问题和障碍,结合新西兰奥克兰和美国乔治王子郡两个PPP案例,分析并提出海绵城市PPP模式在我国应用的几个要点与建议,展望未来海绵城市PPP的发展。     

农村物流供给的PPP模式探究

农村物流事关农产品的流通,是农产品供给侧改革不可或缺的环节。随着电商等的发展,农村物流在改善农村居民生活品质方面的作用也日益凸显。农村物流服务属准公共物品,具有一定程度的非竞争性和非排他性。此外,我国农村物流呈现出季节性、分散性等特征。基于对农村物流的特性和PPP模式的研究,探索我国农村物流服务供给的PPP模式。     

海绵城市PPP项目面临的机遇和挑战

城市雨洪灾害和水污染管理现在已经成为制约我国城市发展的关键问题之一。“海绵城市”理论的提出正是基于我国目前的城市水生态危机。海绵城市建设投资巨大,对地方政府来说,PPP模式无疑是最好的选择。目前,大多数试点城市已采用PPP模式进行海绵城市建设工作。在国内外关于海绵城市工程项目研究的基础上,结合海绵城市PPP项目的特征,分析海绵城市PPP项目面临的机遇与挑战,为海绵城市PPP项目的有效实施提供了基础。     

PPP模式下城市综合管廊项目收费模式探讨——以金沙县综合管廊为例

随着城市化进程的不断加快,城市综合管廊逐渐替代了传统的直埋管线方式,减轻市政管网所承受的压力.由于城市综合管廊行业普遍存在投入巨大、资金短缺、技术相对落后等缺陷,行业深化改革,走市场化道路,采用PPP模式成为必然.本文着重研究了PPP模式下金沙县综合管廊收费模式,为今后城市综合管廊项目收费模式奠定一定的基础.     

PPP模式在我国污水处理领域的应用与发展动态

随着我国城市化进程的不断加快,国家大力推进PPP模式以期更好的推动中国城市建设与经济发展.本文通过分析我国污水处理的现状,介绍PPP模式的特点与发展以及其在我国污水处理领域的应用,并进行典型案例分析,总结出PPP模式在现有污水处理领域的经验教训,最后通过综合研究提出相应的政策建议,以期为PPP模式在我国污水处理领域的进一步推广提供借鉴.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

The Creation of the Office for National Statistics

A new Office for National Statistics was created in the United Kingdom in 1996 following a series of developments designed to strengthen the relevance and integrity of statistics. This paper describes these fundamental changes and sets out a blueprint for future progress. It also sets current developments in the United Kingdom in an historical and international context.     

What helps? Women engineers' accounts of staying on

We have considerable understanding of the obstacles that women engineers encounter and the reasons that they leave the field, but we know less about what enables them to remain. Adopting an interpretivist approach, this article examines how a group of British women engineers in two FTSE 100 companies account for “staying on” in their male‐dominated work settings. We delineate four specific forms of help that facilitate women's retention in the field. We argue that exposure to help leads to women developing a habitus that enables them to continue working in engineering. To conclude, we draw on our findings to outline HR practices that will facilitate supportive relationships in the workplace and pave the way towards developing more positive organisational climates.     

论现代物流企业的发展观

物流业经过诸多年的发展目前已经成为最热门的行业之一,物流企业的注册数量也与日俱增,达到前所未有的规模。毋庸置疑,任何企业都希望自己迅速做强做大,并成为真正现代物流企业的典型代表,要实现这一目标一个首要问题就是要解决现代物流企业的发展观问题。