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.     

Risk Arbitrage in Takeovers

This article studies the role of risk arbitrageurs in takeoversand the source of their advantage. We show how the presenceof arbitrageurs affects the value of the target shares, sincearbitrageurs are more likely to tender. Therefore an arbitrageurhas the informational advantage of knowing he bought shares.In equilibrium, the number of arbitrageurs buying shares andthe price they pay are determined endogenously. We also presentseveral empirical implications, including the relationship amongtrading volume, takeover premium, liquidity of the shares, andthe number of risk arbitrageurs investing in one particulardeal.     

山东移动爱心献社会--捐资百万援建5所希望小学

日前,山东移动通信公司向外界宣布,山东移动在网客户突破1000万,这是山东省移动通信发展史上的里程碑,标志着山东省移动通信事业从此进入规模发展的新阶段。同时,山东移动将出资100万元,在鄄城、东明、苍山、临沭、五莲5县援建5所希望小学,支持经济欠发达地区基础教育事业的发展。客户突破1000万,意味着山东全省9000万人口中每9个人拥有一部山东移动的手机。从1991年山东省第一部移动电话开通至今,在短短的12年时间里,山东移动实现了从1到1000万的突破,昔日作为身份象征的"大哥大",如今已飞入寻常百姓家,成为人们工作、生活不可缺少的重要工具。移动通信技术的广泛应用,深刻地改变了人们的生活方式和     

香港与新加坡综合竞争力比较

香港与新加坡有太多相似的地方.两个城市同属东南亚地区,相距2660km,飞机航行时间仅3小时40分.香港处于东经113.52～114.30度,新加坡处于103度,同属一个时区.香港处于北纬22.9～22.37度,而新加坡处于北纬1度,由此新加坡属热带,香港属亚热带.     

Service Competitiveness – An Anglo-US Study

This article reports on the latest in a series of international comparisons of management practices and performance outcomes of industries in various countries. Here, it is the service industries in the UK and the US which come under the microscope. Among the companies surveyed, there were more world-class performers in the US than the UK, but also more low performers. The concluding part of the article is diagnostic – the authors also suggest measures which could improve performance.     

山东经济——以世界为舞台

引言 山东,古称“负海而扼天下之吭”,是“天下制胜之地”,曾有“山东安而天下皆安矣”的说法。今天,在中国的经济板块中,山东以其实力也属“形胜之地”。刚刚过去的2002年,山东经济亮点频闪,最引人注目的,是山东经济在国际舞台中的上佳表现。经历了经济模式的转变、贸易壁垒的突围、“倾销战”的洗礼,可以说,和着世界的节拍舞蹈,山东越来越从容了。     

全面整合旅游资源,推进广州旅游业的深度发展

<正> 广州旅游业发展到今天,已经完成了“基本原始积累” 的数量型发展阶段,实现了旅游产业化的飞跃。而在新的形势下,如何提升旅游业的综合竞争力,促进其向效益型、质量型的产业转变,引发新的飞跃,出路在于:全面整合旅游资源,推进旅游业的深度发展。     

反倾销规则与“中欧石材案”

反倾销规则是 WTO允许的世界各国均可采用的维护公平贸易秩序、抵制不正当竞争的重要手段之一 ,其规则非常严密 ,主要是明确规定了反倾销必须同时具备的三个条件及反倾销的程序。WTO成立以后 ,各成员方纷纷修改本国的反倾销法律 ,我国于 2 0 0 1年 12月 10日颁布了《中华人民共和国反倾销条例》,使之与 WTO的反倾销规则相一致。同时 ,也在积极利用 WTO反倾销规则来反对他国反倾销的滥用。 2 0 0 1年引起各界广泛关注的欧盟对我国石材业反倾销申诉案 ,经涉诉的我国 2 7家企业的积极应诉 ,终以欧盟撤诉 ,我方取得全面胜利而告终。这是我国按照 WTO原则建立自我保护体系 ,有效保护本国经济利益和经济发展的重要举措。意味着我国政府也将利用反倾销这把“利剑”来保护国内企业     

Fiscal sustainability and solvency: theory and recent experience in Indonesia

A major challenge for Indonesian economic policy makers is to avoid the recurrence of conditions that could trigger a new economic crisis. One of the important dimensions of this challenge will be to conduct fiscal policy in a way that is sustainable, given the level of interest rates and the rate of growth of the economy. This paper synthesises various approaches to the measurement of fiscal sustainability that have appeared in the economic literature, relates these measures to the fundamental concept of fiscal solvency, and applies the framework to Indonesia over the period 1991–2003. The domestic and foreign debt positions of the central government are treated separately, to capture the influence of exchange rate changes on the relative costs of domestic and foreign borrowing. The empirical analysis indicates that Indonesia has met the fiscal sustainability criterion in recent years, except when the rupiah has depreciated heavily.     

论柔性战略在中国邮政发展中的应用

文章阐述了柔性战略的含义和特征,阐述了中国邮政实施柔性战略的必要性,提出了邮政企业实行柔性战略管理的推进策略,以提高邮政的应变能力,适应市场的变化。