Developing energy conservation and carbon reduction indicators for the hotel industry in Taiwan

This study develops and weights energy conservation and carbon reduction (ECCR) indicators for the hotel industry in Taiwan to create an instrument to help address climate change. Eighteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior hotel managers, environmental specialists, and government officials to identify the preliminary ECCR framework. An expert panel then was invited to review the structure of ECCR criteria and the compiled criteria in a structure for item modification. An analytic network process questionnaire survey was employed to determine the relative weights of the criteria. The data analysis reveals seven categories in the ECCR framework: communication and participation, top management commitment, energy, water, waste, building, and purchasing. A total of 32 indicators were identified and prioritized in terms of their relative importance to ECCR contributions. The results of this study suggest that the success of ECCR implementation depends primarily on management support and staff engagement. Hotel operators can improve their environmental management by initiating ECCR practices based on the proposed ECCR indicators.     

A stochastic cost efficiency analysis of international tourist hotels in Taiwan

The one-stage stochastic frontier approach (SFA) is used in this study to simultaneously estimate cost efficiency scores and factors of cost inefficiency for 66 international tourist hotels in Taiwan during 1997–2006. An SFA model with three outputs and three inputs is defined. The three outputs are room revenue, food and beverage revenue, and other operation revenue while the three inputs are price of labor, price of other operation, and price of food and beverage. This model also takes into account five environmental variables, including dummy variable of the hotels located in non-metropolitan area, dummy variable of chain hotels, the number of tourist guides, the minimum distance from each hotel to Taoyuan international airport and the minimum distance from each hotel to Kaohsiung international airport. Empirical results show that international tourist hotels in Taiwan are on average operating at 91.15% cost efficiency. All nominal variables are transformed into real variables in 1997 prices by GDP deflators. Chain systems, tourist guides, and international transportation can significantly improve the cost efficiency of international tourist hotels in Taiwan.     

餐饮废油的回收利用研究进展

综述了餐饮废油在制备生物柴油、化工原料、饲料、混凝土制品脱模剂等领域中的应用及研究进展．并对其发展前景进行了展望。     

媒介竞争与市场需求催化报纸专栏发展

我国媒体事业迅猛发展,报纸专栏一直深受报人喜爱和推崇。时至今日,媒体竞争日渐加剧,而专栏在报业界却始终保持永不退色。分析原因,同质、异质媒体激烈竞争和市场需求使然。     

Cost Efficiency of International Tourist Hotels in Taiwan: A Data Envelopment Analysis Application

This paper uses the data envelopment analysis approach to measure cost, allocative and overall technical efficiencies of international tourist hotels (ITHs) in Taiwan during 1997–2006. There are three outputs, three inputs, three input prices and four environmental variables in the empirical model. The cost inefficiency of these hotels is from overall technical inefficiency. International tourist hotels in Taiwan have an average efficiency of 57%. Chain systems, non-metropolitan areas and occupancy rate have significantly positive impacts on all efficiency scores of Taiwan's ITHs. The distance from the nearest international airport significantly worsens their efficiency scores.     

预应力管桩在博罗县巷口排涝站地基处理中的应用

目前工程建设中,利用预应力管桩施工工艺有助于提升工程施工质量.本文通过博罗县巷口排涝站地基处理设计及施工实践,结合预应力管桩技术特点,详细介绍了施工工艺流程与具体质量控制措施,总结了施工技术难点和注意事项,以供参考.     

农业银行审计整改问题探讨

文章探讨农业银行审计整改难的问题。在仔细分析整改难的成因的基础上,提出了改进对策     

建设项目全寿命期综合计划体系

建立了建设项目综合计划的工作过程和工作内容。与传统的狭义的项目计划不同，建设项目全寿命期综合计划必须以全寿命期项目目标为主导，以项目的功能建设和运行为核心．包括设计、组织策划、实施方案和实施过程计划、运行策划等，它们之间有复杂的内在联系，具有高度的系统性。     

财务核心能力研究

财务核心能力是财务活动中能够为企业不断创造价值、提供持续竞争优势的财务能力的集合体,主要包括CFO才能和制度安排、财务战略管理能力、财务运营管理能力、财务应变能力和财务创新能力。本文在回顾现有文献的基础上,提出了财务核心能力的概念,分析了财务核心能力的构成要素,并提出了培育和提升企业财务核心能力的具体措施。     

伊朗回购合同的执行与油气服务市场

伊朗回购合同在规范油气勘探、开发、生产、投资、产能建设和成本回收方面,与其他油气合作合同有所不同,由此产生合同执行过程及管理理念的较大差异.对于回购合同的执行,成本控制和时间是至关重要的.回购合同的作业者以伊朗国家石油公司(NIOC)的名义并代表伊朗国家石油公司进行作业,但并非石油作业的最终决策者.回购合同项目的联合管理委员会、伊方技术代表和协调程序,要求作业者具备扎实的专业知识和现场作业经验,拥有较高的商务操作和处理能力.伊朗石油服务市场呈现作业量有限、市场资源匮乏、市场准入门槛高的特点,作业者必须考虑在伊作业的工程风险.在伊执行回购合同时,应注意合同执行总体计划、选择承包商、工程技术设计方案、作业管理以及项目回收等环节的重点工作.