SOUTH KOREA'S PERFORMANCE EVALUATION SYSTEM: Some issues further considered

ABSTRACT * : The South Korean 1983 reform of government invested enterprises has been commonly regarded a success. In particular, the core element of the reform - the Performance Evaluation System (PES) - has been recommended as a model. This paper contributes to the existing understanding of the PES by arguing that it is strained by three inherent defects: measurement leniency vis-à-vis'diminishing rate of improvement: indicator complexity and excessive weight assignment to the qualitative criteria; and incentive divergence. These defects are interrelated and can work to joint affect - introducing perverse incentives, and therefore eroding the credibility of the system and, further, the reform. The causes of these defects should be identified either with inherent contradictions in the system itself or with inadequate institutional support, or both. Thus, there emerges from the discussion unlearned lessons from the Korean experience. Such unlearned lessons, however, should be considered in a much wider, public policy-making context .     

GENDER EARNINGS DIFFERENTIALS AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN URBAN CHINA, 1988–97

Gender earnings differentials in urban China by region and their changes during the first decade of economic reform are examined. It is found that the female–male earnings ratio increased during the early stage of reform. The male earnings premium, overall, showed an increasing trend in the later stage of reform. Decomposition of the gender earnings differential reveals that a relatively lower percentage of the differential could be explained by gender differences in productive characteristics in the fast growing regions and in regions with a rapid pace of reform. The cross-sectional results highlight the possible existence of gender discrimination, particularly in the later stages of economic reform and development. Both market competition and the effects of wage decentralization play a role in shaping the gender earnings differentials. Gender earnings differentials varied by region and over time, generally in tandem with the pace of economic reform and development. The decomposition of the over time changes in the earnings gap indicated that improvement in the productive characteristics of females during the reform period constantly enhanced the earnings of females relative to those of males. The changes over time in the return to female characteristics, however, work to counter any narrowing of the gender earnings gap.     

顺德市农村管理体制改革实践的理论分析

本文论述了顺德市农村管理体制创新的四个方面的内容 :村域中心化 ;村制向市制转变 ;股权固化和资产量化 ;村委会职能的转变。通过改革 ,顺德市农村管理体制实现了体制城市化、产权市场化和资源集约化     

邮政物流配送系统开发

以某邮政局邮政物流配送系统为例，探讨了基于邮政综合网的物流配送系统开发。     

货运代理企业的客户关系管理浅析

分析了客户关系管理在货运代理业中的应用现状及其原因，提出了客户关系管理在货运代理企业中的实施步骤，以及不同货运代理运营模式应如何开展客户关系管理的问题。     

基于微粒群优化算法的物流配送中心选址问题研究

结合物流配送中心选址的特点，建立数学模型．在此基础上研究了基于微粒群算法的物流多配送中心选址问题，得到一种新的多配送中心选址方法。仿真结果证明此方法比传统选址方法更适合多配送中心选址和非线性问题的优化，并且具有传统算法所不具备的灵活性，适用多样的物流配送模型。     

基于交易成本经济学的企业业务外包分析

企业业务外包是近年来在国外兴起的一种经营行为,它的目的是降低成本,提高企业的竞争力。目前中国很多企业也纷纷在尝试这一做法。然而不是任何企业,任何业务都适合外包。本文将从交易成本经济学的角度来对企业业务外包这一行为进行分析,提出适宜进行业务外包的情况,并说明进行业务外包时应该注意的问题。     

基础设施在中国农业全要素生产率中的作用

This paper uses the Malmquist index to examine the sources of Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in Chinese agriculture. The overall goal of this study is to create a framework for assessing the trend of China’s agricultural infrastructure and to measure its impact on Total Factor Productivity. The main methodological contribution is to provide more contributive measure of crop-specific technologies. Based on the province-level panel data set during 1988–2002, the primary finding is that infrastructure has positively and statistically significant association with the estimated coefficient on Total Factor Productivity for rice, wheat, maize, and bean. An erratum to this article is available at .     

推进中国义工制度化的政策建议

文章指出义工服务事业具有可培育成社会保障体系重要辅助力量的潜质 ,并以发达国家和地区义工制度化为借鉴 ,指出义工制度化是发掘义工辅助社会保障体系潜质的基本途径 ;提出结合中国的基本国情推进中国义工制度化的政策建议。     

浅析劳动力派遣中的商业秘密保护

在劳动力派遣中,被派遣劳动者较大的流动性将会给要派机构带来商业秘密流失方面的隐患.本文通过对劳动力派遣这一特殊用人方式的分析,提出了劳动力派遣中要派机构在保护商业秘密方面可以适用的具体措施和方法.