没有和谐劳工意识的企业迟早会被淘汰

在后国际金融危机时期,我国出现了看似矛盾的“民工荒”与“蚁族”两个现象,一方面企业招不到工人,一方面是数以百万计的大学生找不到工作。危机前的“裁员潮”与危机过后的“民工荒”,都是对劳动关系和谐稳定的冲击,也是对企业发展理念和社会责任担当的挑战。金融风暴给企业一个非常深刻的教训——劳动者在企业中不是无足轻重的,没有劳动者工作,     

Economic relations between the EU and East Asia: Past, present and future

Present economic linkages between the European Union and East Asia are relatively underdeveloped despite the fact that a number of EU member states have deep historical associations within the region. It is imperative that EU business engages itself more intensively in East Asia if Europe is not to become marginalised in an emergent “Pacific century”. *** DIRECT SUPPORT *** A02GP109 00002     

A deontological analysis of peer relations in organizations

Using practical formalism a deontological ethical analysis of peer relations in organizations is developed. This analysis is composed of two types of duties derived from Kant's Categorical Imperative: negative duties to refrain from the use of peers and positive duties to provide help and assistance. The conditions under which these duties pertain are specified through the development of examples and conceptual distinctions. A number of implications are then discussed.Dennis J. Moberg is Professor of Management and Fellow of the Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University.Michel J. Meyer is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Fellow of the Center of Applied Ethics at Santa Clara UniversityThe authors wish to thank Martin Cook, Jaques Delacroix, and Phil Zink for their helpful comments on various drafts of this paper.     

State and trends of economic East-West relations — A German view

The trade of the Western industrial states with Eastern Europe has been the object of keen political interest in the past year or two although it accounts for no more than 5–6 p.c. of the total foreign commerce of the OECD countries. The current discussion about the future of the economic relations between East and West focuses on the greatly increased indebtedness of the East European countries to the West. The following review was presented as the introductory paper at a colloquium on the state and trends of East-West relations which was held at the end of February at the invitation of the Senator of Economic Affairs of Hamburg.     

健康发展的加速器——关于发展我国对外经济的若干思考

世界经济在经历了2001年的衰退后,奇迹般地再现生机,估计全球经济在不发生大的意外前提下,2002年能够增长3%.这是半年前包括经济学家在内的大多数人普遍不敢奢望的.     

US-European community relations

On the economic side it has been possible generally to maintain American-European cooperation, on which world stability and progress depend, but political cooperation has been less rapid. Therefore the time seems ripe for a re-examination of the principles of the Atlantic Community.     

A brighter future with lower transactions costs?

Recently, the OMX Nordic Exchange reduced the exchange fee for trading the OMXS 30 index futures with more than 22%. The reduction in exchange fees provides this study with a unique opportunity to investigate the effects of a change in fixed transaction costs on futures market liquidity, trading activity, volatility, futures pricing efficiency, and the futures exchange's revenues. The results show a ceteris paribus increase in futures trading volume with 19%, a 27% decrease in futures bid–ask spread, and a 27% increase in volatility, as a result of the futures exchange fee reduction, whereas the pricing efficiency of the futures contract and the exchange's revenues are unaffected by the change in transaction costs. The exchange fee reduction has improved futures market liquidity at the cost of higher volatility. Moreover, the attractiveness and competitiveness of the futures exchange has increased relative alternative trading venues, without a loss of revenues in the process. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Jrl Fut Mark 29:775–796, 2009     

Grooming future hospitality leaders: A competencies model

Competency models can be useful tools for identifying and grooming future leaders. Rather than base leadership assessment on personality traits or other unrelated characteristics, competency models specify the actions and behavior needed for successful leaders. While some hotel companies have begun to identify leadership compentencies, the hotel industry does not have an overall competency model. Starting with competency models from other industries and the assessments from a pilot study, the authors complied a list of 99 competencies or skills (grouped into eight overarching factors comprising 28 dimensions) that might contribute to leadership success in the hospitality industry. Those compentencies were rated on a five-point scale, ranging from not at all important to extremely important, in a survey of 137 industry leaders. The competency labeled “self management” was the top dimension (of the 28)—composed of ethics and integrity, time management, flexibility and adaptability, and self development. Second in importance was competency in strategic positioning, comprising awareness of customer needs, commitment to quality, managing stakeholders, and concern for the community. (However, concern for the community was rated least important compared to the other three dimensions in that category). Industry knowledge, leadership, and interpersonal skill were factors that, while important, were ranked lower by the respondents.     

近期LNG船需求趋于增大

最近,日本海事产业研究所首席研究员长塚诚治先生对世界液化天然气(LNG)消费量的变化,进出口情况以及对LNG船市场产生的影响做了较为深入的调研,并指出了今后存在的问题。在此将其概况编译如下,供参考。一、引言世界能源需求随着时代的变迁,一次能源的种类也在发生变化,特别是20世纪后半期,能源结构从发达国家主要以石油、煤     

The future of private-label markets: A global convergence approach

Private-label (PL) shares are characterized by considerable heterogeneity across both countries and categories, not only in their current level, but also in the rate at which they are growing. This creates ambiguity about their remaining growth potential. To offer insights into the likely long-run PL shares, we take a forward-looking perspective by means of a convergence model. We apply the model to two unique datasets that together span more than 50 countries, both emerging and developed, across more than70 CPG categories. We find evidence of partial PL convergence: even though PL shares will become more similar, part of the currently observed heterogeneity will persist. The future evolution in two key marketing instruments, new-product introductions by both NB manufacturers and retailers and the NB-PL price gap, is found to play a substantial role in shaping the global PL landscape of the future. This impact is not uniform, however, but depends on the category, and varies with the retail, economic and cultural context. In addition, the long-run impact of both marketing drivers differs from what is currently observed, suggesting that managers should not adhere too strongly to earlier practices when planning for the future.     

Alternative interpretations of price-quality relations

In a previous paper by Ratchford and Gupta price-quality relations are related to a measure of market efficiency. In this paper, alternative explanations are presented to the effect that one cannot conclude from a poor price-quality relation that the market is inefficient. Further, some of the estimates presented by Ratchford and Gupta are questioned.

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Zusammenfassung Alternative Erklärungen für Preis-Qualitäts-Beziehungen. Diese Stellungnahme bezieht sich auf den Beitrag von Ratchford und Gupta über Preis-Qualitäts-Beziehungen und darauf, da\ diese als Indikator für Markteffizienz angesehen werden können. Sie präsentiert alternative Erklärungen und kommt zu der Schlu\folgerung, da\ man von einer niedrigen Preis-Qualitäts-Beziehung nicht auf eine geringe Markteffizienz schlie\en kann. Darüber hinaus meldet er Zweifel an einigen Berechnungen des kritisierten Beitrages an.

     

Public relations comes of age

Public relations (PR) is an important component of a firm's Integrated Marketing Communications strategy. Once populated by such passive acts as issuing press releases and responding to press inquiries, the field has “come of age” and developed into an active part of the firm's promotional activities. Today's PR employs such techniques as event sponsorship, stunt marketing, charitable activities, and placement (the paid appearance of a firm's products within entertainment content). This paper defines contemporary PR practice and develops rules for successful implementation of these modern approaches to promotion.