Identifying micro-destinations and providing statistical information: a pilot study in the Canary Islands

Municipalities and regions are often used as an object of tourism analysis at the subnational level. This occurs because administrative borders are used to implement tourism policies and collect statistical information. However, administrative boundaries may not always be suitable for studying tourism destinations at a local level. Sometimes, particularly in high-density tourism destinations, several differentiated tourism areas occupy a single municipality; tourism areas may, and often do, extend beyond municipal boundaries and tourism destinations may not occupy the whole of the municipal area. As such, a new level of analysis is often required: the micro-destination. There are few tourism concepts as imprecise as that of the destination. Therefore, the process of identifying and establishing the boundaries of a micro-destination is by no means a straightforward one. This paper presents six criteria for establishing the boundaries of this type of tourism area. Of these six, the two primary criteria used are: the concentration of tourism establishments; and tourism typologies and supply characteristics. These criteria have been applied as part of a pilot study in the Canary Islands. Statistical information for nine micro-destinations is generated using the geolocation of tourism establishments together with information obtained from both supply-side and demand-side surveys.     

Environmental orientation in tourism: the RTEO scale

This paper analysed the validity and reliability of the revised tourist ecological orientation (RTEO) scale. There are relatively few studies in the area of the ecological behaviour of tourists and, therefore, RTEO and other scales should be taken into account in future tourism research. This study is based on a sample of 461 golf tourists. A double analysis was carried out: (1) a qualitative analysis through expert opinion and (2) a quantitative analysis through the partial least squares approach. The results suggest that the RTEO scale is a brief, simple and reliable scale of environmental actions.     

"突破菏泽"经济发展模式的几点思考

菏泽市，古称曹州。历史上，菏泽因水而穷。建国前，黄河三年两决口，菏泽人民饱受自然灾害之苦，生产条件恶劣，工业几乎空白。建国后到改革开放前，菏泽处于吃粮靠统销、生产靠贷款、生活靠救济的“三靠”状态。长期恶劣的生存环境使不少菏泽百姓逐渐形成了不敢积累、不愿意积累、无意识积累的生活习惯。从1992年到2002年的10年间，菏泽市GDP年均增长6．8％，比全省平均水平低6个百分点，菏泽市累计实际利用外资仅占全省累计实际利用外资的1％，累计出口总值仅占全省累计出口总值的0．5％。2003年菏泽市人均GDP3337元，仅为全省平均水平的25％。1992年菏泽GDP同德州、聊城、滨州经济实力大体相当，现在差距却越来越大，从这些数字中折射出一个严峻的现实：菏泽何去何从？     

经济分析与预测模型中信息矩阵的病态问题分析

对常用的经济分析与预测模型中的线性回归、时间序列及灰色系统信息矩阵的病态问题进行了讨论。通过对统计资料附加干扰,基于最小二乘原理,得出每个模型中的每一参数与噪声的数值关系。指出在经济分析与预测模型的使用过程中,使用这类模型进行分析时必须考虑矩阵的病态问题,采取有效方法减轻或者消除信息矩阵的病态程度后方可使用这三种模型。     

高速公路建设证券化融资刍议

在高速公路建设时期,各国一般都会遇到建设资金短缺这个"瓶颈"问题,我国也不例外。本文以我国高速公路建设证券化融资为研究主体,创新性地把它分为筹建阶段的证券化融资和建成后的证券化再融资——资产证券化,从理论和实践层面对高速公路的证券化融资进行研究。     

存货质押融资分阶段利率决策模型的构建

随着保理融资各交易阶段的进行,保理商所承受的风险相对由高至低,保理商利润非负的临界质押率水平及利率水平都发生了相应的动态变化。从价格波动规律出发,以进出口保理融资业务为代表,在满足下侧风险限制条件下,提出保理商针对各交易阶段提供融资业务利率的决策模型,并在此基础上分析保理融资中质押率、价格、违约可能性与利率的相互关系。研究得出利率水平随着各交易阶段的进行呈逐渐降低的趋势,灵活把握融资各阶段质押物价值、违约等风险因子变化,有利于降低融资风险性。     

Learning by supplying

Outsourcing in many industries has advanced beyond simple component supply to encompass manufacturing of entire products, often by suppliers in emerging economies. Understanding the evolving role and capabilities of suppliers in global supply chains is thus a pressing strategic issue for suppliers and customers alike. We analyze a novel panel dataset of supply relationships in the mobile telecommunications industry to answer the following questions: What factors contribute to a supplier's ability to build technological and market capabilities? Does it matter to whom the firm supplies? Is involvement in product design important, or is manufacturing the key to learning? Do the same types of relationships that support technological innovation also facilitate successful introduction of own‐brand products, or does this require a different “locus” of learning? Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于供应链的煤炭企业物资精细化管理研究

基于先进的供应链管理思想和物资管理现状,提出大型煤炭企业应构建新型多层级一体化的物资精细管理模式,依托信息化平台建设,实施物资供应集约化管理。并从业务流程再造、制度建设、人才培养、信息化平台和物资管理环节建设等角度全面分析了实现新型物资管理模式的关键点。     

Perception evaluation kit: a case study with materials and learning styles

International Journal of Technology and Design Education - Materials are elements that configure our built environment and are key components in design and engineering education. This research aims...