Entrepreneurial applications of the lean approach to service industries

Service industries have grown significantly in recent years, especially in the advanced economies. The applicability of the Toyota system for manufacturing excellence to other industries has been widely studied. This paper seeks to contribute to this growing body of research by exploring the applications of the Toyota approach, particularly the lean system in the service sector. The paper examines the information systems that have enabled benefit in the service industries, to include vendor-managed inventory systems and variants, and then compares the benefits from information systems in support of supply chains. We also review why enterprise systems provide more opportunities in aiding the implementation of the lean systems. We present a case study of a South Korean supply chain system to demonstrate the entrepreneurial application of such approaches.     

中国的发展离不开利用外资

经济特区是我国最早大举利用外资的地区。港澳台投资和外国投资是深圳等经济特区投资的重要来源，也是推动经济特区高速增长、对外开放、经济体制改革和率先建立市场经济体制的重要动力。经济特区利用外资的成功实践，产生了良好的示范效应，促进了全国利用外资和对外开放工作，也引致全国的经济面貌发生翻天覆地的变化。以利用外资、对外开放促进改革和发展，是中国成功的经验和有特色的发展道路。     

Equilibrium unemployment as a discipline device when finding employment is costly

Abstract In this paper, we study a model that incorporates costly job search into an efficiency wage model. We show that the relationship between wages and detection rates is ambiguous in this framework. The model can generate a positive relationship, consistent with empirically reasonable values for unemployment rates, job finding rates, and employment duration.     

关于国有企业大力发展MBO的障碍与风险分析

MBO(ManagementBuyouts)即管理层收购,是杠杆收购(LBO,LeveragedBuy-outs)的一种,由英国经济学家麦克·莱特于1980年提出,并对该现象进行了比较规范的定义,指目标公司的管理者或经理层利用借贷所融资本购买公司的股份,从而改变本公司所有者结构、控制权结构和资产结构,使管理者     

Economic cost–benefit analysis of the addictive digital game industry

This study attempts to estimate the economic costs and benefits of the addictive digital game industry. Addiction to digital games induces economic costs such as increase in crime, facilities investments for curbing addiction, increase in counselling costs and other welfare losses. As a case study, we investigate the digital game industry in South Korea which is known to have one of the highest rates of game addiction. According to our calculations, the annual cost of game addiction is estimated to be approximately $3.5B while the annual benefit is approximately $24.3B ($3.7B for addicted user market). The proportion of the total costs to total benefits from the game industry is an alarming 14% (95% for addicted user market). We offer some policy recommendations.     

后危机时代世界经济的风险

在后危机时代,加强金融监管,重振制造业,改革社会保障制度,成为美国的政策取向。但是,美国实行这些举措的前景并不乐观,仍然会为未来世界经济发展带来巨大的风险和不确定性。     

DZ-10G焦化汽油加氢精制催化剂的性能及应用

开发了一种汽油加氢精制催化剂,并实现了首次工业应用.工业应用结果表明,该催化剂在处理大庆常顶汽油和焦化汽油的混合油时,在入口压力2.5 MPa,体积空速2.2 h-1,氢油体积比263∶1～272∶1,反应器入口温度220 ℃、反应器出口温度262 ℃的条件下,生产的石脑油烯烃含量小于2.0 %(体积分数),符合乙烯裂解装置对其的技术指标要求.     

与时代脉搏一起跳动——评《方生文集》

改革开放以来,方生的名字一直活跃在中国经济学界,其论著尤其是关于对外开放的问题的精辟论述,频频见诸于报刊,引起国内外学术界和新闻媒体的关注.<方生文集>(以下简称"文集")分上下两册,共8个部分,收录了作者在80年代以来发表的部分论文和文章约150篇,100余万字,记录了作者在不断探索和追求真理的路途上所留下的足迹.文集具有许多鲜明特点: