The Performance of Service Industries in Canada: A Real Value Analysis

The performance of service industries in Canada has been lower than that of good industries over the last four decades, with noticeable exceptions such as for railways and telecommunication carriers. Service industries were less economically (and technically) efficient in that they generated less output value (quantity) per hour worked (level and growth) or per combined unit of labour and capital (multifactor productivity growth) than good industries. The relative output price of services declined slightly over time compared with goods. At the disaggregated level, changing relative output prices were substantial and proved to be an important factor explaining the relative satisfactory economic performance of many service industries despite their low technical performance. Nevertheless, the output share of service industries increased over that period, sustained, mainly, by the growing recourse of all firms to outsourcing of services.     

布列塔尼的微笑

三位来自中国山东的摄影家,虽然离开法国布列塔尼大区已有一个月之久了,但他们却依然感到布列塔尼人民所给予他们的友好情谊时时环绕在身边,让·比尔、雅克琳娜、苏蒂芬、妮可儿、大卫……一个个热情、真诚的面容时时浮现在眼前,布列塔尼的微笑已经永远印在了中国摄影家们心中的底片上。     

汉诺坝玄武岩中麻粒岩捕虏体的发现

近十余年来,中外地质学家对我国河北西北部的汉诺坝玄武岩及其深源包体进行了广泛深入的研究,发现了种类繁多的上地幔岩石捕虏体,发表了不少专著和论文,但有关麻粒岩捕虏体的报导,迄今为止尚未见到。本文作者经过三年的努力,在汉诺坝玄武岩中发现了五类八种麻粒岩捕虏体,其中包括石榴辉石麻粒岩、斜长石榴辉石麻粒岩、斜长单辉麻粒岩、斜长二辉麻粒岩、石榴钾长石英麻粒岩、石榴斜长石英麻粒岩、辉石二长麻粒岩、辉石钾长麻粒岩。初步研究表明这些麻粒岩大部分是在下地壳环境下形成的,它们具有麻粒岩矿物组合和结构构造特征,但又不完全类同于古老高级变质地体中的麻粒岩。     

汇率变动、市场份额与中国纺织品服装出口竞争力

本文选取中国纺织品服装出口的主要海外市场——美国作为研究范围,将韩国、印度和巴基斯坦分别作为中国棉纱、棉机织物和服装成衣类纺织品出口的主要竞争对手,探讨在人民币实际有效汇率波动和贸易争端引起的市场份额不稳定的情况下,以上三类产品国际竞争力的不同表现及人民币实际有效汇率波动对中国以上三类产品价格的传递系数。研究结果显示:汇率变动对服装类和棉纱类出口价格影响具有完全传递性。导致汇率波动的压力直接传递到出口产品价格上;中国相对较高的市场份额对产品价格的积极影响力并不太大,而贸易争端导致的市场份额不稳定对以上三类纺织品的国际竞争力造成了不同程度的影响。     

基于系统思考的企业危机管理的探讨

企业的危机是企业随时可能面对的问题。危机管理是一门艺术性和策略性非常强的科学,是基于坦诚、沟通基础上极为讲究策略的科学。本文通过对企业危机管理中利益攸关者的态度和行为的分析,探索其相互联系和影响,并通过建立危机处理的模型,寻找解决危机的根本方法。     

OECD国家企业年金基金监管模式及其对我国的启示

企业年金的发展已经有了100多年的历史,已成为社会保障体系的一个重要组成部分。本文从总结OECD国家的监管经验,对审慎性模式和定量限制模式进行比较出发,分析我国企业年金监管的内在动因,结合我国的具体国情,确定我国应当采用何种监管模式,保证企业年金的安全性和收益性。     

??ber Terroristen und Spitzensportler

Islamophobia is more strongly developed in East Germany compared to the western part of the country. Given the lack of personal contact with Muslims in East Germany, islamophobia is probably strongly influenced by media coverage. For this reason, the coverage of two East German regional newspapers, Nordkurier and Volksstimme, is analyzed against the theoretical background of a conjunction of the social-psychological stereotype content model with the communication-scientific concept of framing. Using content analysis and latent class analysis, two so-called stereotype frames were identified. Two thirds of all Islam-related articles use the ??cold and harm frame??. Here, Muslims are often blamed for the lethal consequences of terrorist action, their behaviour is evaluated as cold or immoral, and military interventions against them are discussed. On the other hand, one third of all Islam-related articles belongs to the ??competence and cooperation frame??. Competence is ascribed to Muslims as their success in artistic, athletic or political activities is recognized and other actors?? interest in cooperation in these areas is emphasized. Whereas the ??cold and harm frame?? probably promotes medial segregation, the ??competence and cooperation frame?? is representing an assimilative model of media integration.     

Ein Tag ohne Pflege

Einen akuten und vollst?ndigen Pflegemangel haben wir in Deutschland noch nie erlebt. Das hat nur einen Grund: Beruflich Pflegende sind gepr?gt von einem hohen Ma? an ethischer Verantwortung, zu Recht liegen sie im Ranking der vertrauenswürdigen Berufe auf Platz drei. Andere Berufsgruppen zeigen eindrucksvoll, was mit Ausst?nden erreichbar ist, wenn sie nur einen empfindlichen Nerv der Bev?lkerung treffen und Mangel spürbar wird.     

How do controversial foreign country images affect consumers?

Research shows that controversial political–economic, social, and environmental country images affect consumer responses to foreign products. This study adds to the existing evidence by examining the contingent role of subjective country knowledge and (domestic vs. foreign) country image congruence in the relationships between foreign country image and two major determinants of country-driven (anti-)consumption: foreign product judgements and consumer animosity. The findings draw on survey data (N = 400) on Spanish consumers' views of China and Chinese apparel products. The results indicate that higher subjective knowledge about social and environmental issues (negatively) affecting the foreign country can lead to attenuated (positive) relationships between such country images and foreign product judgements. Further, more negative foreign product judgements can result from incongruent country images—that is, when consumers are more critical of the foreign than of their home country in political–economic, social, and environmental areas. Instead, there is limited support for the hypotheses involving consumer animosity as an outcome. Implications for theory, policy, and practice are discussed.