A model of periodic job training

This paper examines conditions under which a demand-constrained, cost-minimizing firm will provide industry-specific on-the-job-training to its employees, when a flexible stock of outside labor is available for hire. The term industry-specific is used to describe training with general components valued by other firms in the industry. This definition of on-the-job-training offers the possibility that trained workers could be poached by competing firms and provides limited opportunities for newly trained workers to seek alternative employment. The firm's decisions involve whether or not to invest in on-the-job-training, and whether to use in-house labor exclusively or a mix of in-house and outside labor. The cost-minimizing strategy is crucially dependent upon the mutual loyalty of the firm and its workers.This paper has benefited from numerous comments from the participants of the 41st International Atlantic Economic Conference in Paris, March 12–19, 1996.     

Process innovation capability and subsequent collaborative team performance in travel planning: a knowledge exchange platform perspective

Purpose: Backpacker tourism is flourishing in this century as the high development of Internet technology which enables travellers to search for resources they need easier. The research goal of this study was to exam how virtual skill and collective efficacy affect process innovation capability and subsequent team performance of collaborative design team in a virtual community. Design/methodology/approach: In this study, we formulated the virtual team model from the perspectives of open innovation paradigm and virtual competence, and we collected virtual community participation samples from the online communities. Invitation emails were delivered to numerous trip plan initiators in two well-known online travel communities for filling survey questionnaires for this study. In total, 3000 invitation messages were mailed, of which 373 were returned completed. The model and hypotheses were tested by structural equation modelling. Findings: Virtual competence, including collective efficacy and virtual media skill, is the essential key to facilitate process innovation capability and subsequent team performance success. Besides, knowledge sharing significantly moderates the relationship between process innovation capability and the team performance. Originality/value: Backpackers in the online travel communities have to have not only the willingness to collaborate, but also the abilities of using the correct tool to help with their tasks. When a self-efficacy gets into collective efficacy, it enables the collaborative team to develop with good virtual competencies. Accordingly, trip plan initiator and participants of a virtual team are as expertise contributors between conformity in online communities and online compulsive control tendencies.     

国际资本引入对商业银行效率影响的实证研究

引入国际战略投资者是国内商业银行提高自身竞争力的有效途径之一。本文首先对引入国际资本后可能产生的各项效应进行分析,继而运用数据包络分析(DEA)方法对引入国际战略投资者前后各商业银行的效率进行了测度,说明其变化情况;并以可能造成效率变化的因素为自变量,银行效率为因变量建立线形回归模型,发现资本充足率高低对银行效率并无直接影响,但产权结构与银行效率显著相关。最后给出相关政策建议。     

美国房地产税制对我国房地产税制改革的借鉴

目前,作为新一轮税制改革,房地产税立法被列为税制改革进程而再次成为各方关注的焦点。美国已经建立了较为完善、稳定和成熟的房地产税收制度。从房地产业的可持续健康发展看,借鉴美国成功经验,完善我国的房地产税制改革具有深远的意义。首先探讨和总结了美国房地产税收制度体系的经验,然后对我国目前房地产税改革的问题与难点进行深入剖析,并提出了立足基本国情的房地产税制改革建议。     

数据库在计算机控制系统中的应用

介绍了在ＶｉｓｕａｌＣ＋＋编写的程序中,使用数据库的必要性,用实例程序叙述了如何用 Ｖｉｓｕａｌ Ｃ＋＋语言打开数据库,获得所需数据的方法。     

加快向公共服务型政府转变--从SARS突袭谈起

SARS危机直接暴露出我国政府在公共卫生和医疗,尤其是农村公共卫生和医疗中的欠账太多。从有关数据显示,我国经济增长的成果没能主要投资于公共卫生和医疗、社会保障、教育等社会事业发展问题,政府仍是一个经济建设型政府,远没有完成向公共服务型政府的转变。经济建设型政府,比     

浅谈绿色建筑设计及对环境的影响

全世界都在倡导绿色,城市建筑必须由传统高消耗型发展模式向高效绿色型发展模式转变,而实施这一转变的必由之路就是绿色建筑。绿色建筑满足了人们的物理需求和精神需求,达到了文化与建筑、科技与环境的和谐统一。     

国家开发银行和商业银行的竞争与合作

开发银行和商业银行的竞争是客观存在的一个现实，但随着金融市场的不断完善成熟，开发银行和商业银行可以通过合作优势互补，发挥各自的优势。因此开发银行和商业银行的合作同样具有广阔的空间。     

西部民营经济发展的战略思考

作为西部经济新的主要增长点—民营经济,在西部经济发展中起着越来越重要的作用。但由于诸多原因,西部民营经济同东部民营经济发展的差距不是在缩小,而是在扩大。如何使西部民营经济持续、快速、健康发展,提升西部经济发展水平,缩小地区间差异,本文在充分认识西部民营经济发展问题及深入分析问题原因的基础上,从战略的高度提出了一些促进西部民营经济发展的策略。