带式输送机常见事故分析及预防措施

带式输送机发生事故后,将严重影响煤矿安全生产,造成重大经济损失。对其发生事故的原因应具体分析并采取相应的预防及处理措施。     

Sub-national institutions,firm strategies,and firm performance: A multilevel study of private manufacturing firms in Vietnam

Some private small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in transition economies have actively internationalized. This decision needs to accommodate institutional conditions that vary, not only between countries, but also within an individual country. Our paper examines the relationship between export strategy and firm performance, and the extent that sub-national institutional factors moderate this relationship. Using multilevel data analysis techniques with a sample of private manufacturing firms in Vietnam, we find institutional factors moderate export strategy and firm performance's relationship.     

An assessment of the 2008 telecommunications restructuring in China

The restructuring in the Chinese telecom sector in 2008 has prompted heated discussion among telecom analysts and experts. Past research tends to take an optimistic view that China has embarked on a liberalizing route, resulting in utopian projections that domestic competition and foreign liberalizing forces would lead to the emergence of a telecom market operated primarily under the principles of free market economics in the near term. This paper, instead, argues that current telecom restructuring was largely driven by domestic agendas. Drawing from the bargaining perspective, this paper finds that, while it is true that market mechanisms play a significant role in the telecom industry, the impact of competition and privatization on the telecom market ultimately depends on the political endowments of Chinese society.     

Can Defaults Save the Climate? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Carbon Offsetting Programs

Individual preferences for environmental policies can be influenced by the frame in which choices and decisions are presented. In this paper we present results of a field experiment on the contributions to carbon offsetting programs under two alternative treatments for the default option. The opt-in treatment asked subjects to pay for the policy proposal while the opt-out treatment asked subjects if they wanted to be excluded from payment for the policy proposal. The results show that the frame of the default option had a significant effect on the amount of money paid for the policy proposal. Subjects were more likely to accept the policy proposal if the default option was the opt-out treatment. The results have implications for the design of environmental policies.     

动态集成制造系统环境下车间调度代理协商机制的研究

引入动态集成制造系统概念及其系统的构成，介绍动态集成系统的代理结构并对其进行扩展；在分析基于代理的车间调度系统模型的基础上对车间调度系统的代理协商过程、协商协议及协商步骤进行了探讨、研究和改进。     

有关反倾销问题的几点见解

本文认为:中国出口产品频频遭受反倾销,其原因是由外部因素和内部因素的双重影响而造成的。外部因素主要有:国际经贸大势所趋;制度差异引起歧视。内部因素主要有:出口秩序混乱;出口产品结构和渠道单一;管理机制不健全,法律应诉乏力;对反倾销重视有待进一步加强;专业人才不足;某些企业确实存在倾销嫌疑等。     

印度小额贷款危机成因分析及对中国的启示

近年来,小额贷款在印度等发展中国家获得快速的发展,同时也引发了一些问题。本文在介绍小额贷款和印度小额贷款危机的基础上,重点分析印度小额贷款危机成因,并提出印度小额贷款危机对中国小额贷款业健康发展的启示。     

Promoting sustainable event practice: The role of professional associations

International scholarly and industry debates are focussed clearly on the issue of climate change and environmental protection. The tourism industry and its related sectors have weathered much of the criticism for making a large contribution to environmental pollution. With its exponential growth over the past decade or so, the event sector is drawing attention as an increasing contributor to this global problem. Currently, there is a paucity of academic literature which examines the relationship between events and the environment. The event sector, primarily its professional associations and peak bodies are also publishing materials to provide guidance to members as to how to produce events which have minimal impact or reduce their impact on the environment.     

Corporate Incentives to Disclose Carbon Information: Evidence from the CDP Global 500 Report

We investigate how the Global 500 companies respond to the challenge of climate change with regard to their carbon disclosure strategies. This paper is motivated by a growing body of research that examines the role of large companies in carbon disclosure responsibility and practices. We consider the impact of social, financial market, economic, regulatory, and institutional factors on the motivation to voluntarily participate in the 2009 Carbon Disclosure Project. We find that economic pressure is significantly associated with the decision. That is, companies facing direct economic consequence are more likely to disclose. Companies in greenhouse gas (GHG) intensive sectors show the same tendency. In addition, big companies have a higher propensity for disclosing, suggesting that social pressure plays an important role. We also provide possible explanations as to why a large proportion of our sample firms refuse to disclose. Furthermore, our results suggest that the proxies for information needs of investors are not associated with a higher propensity to disclose the amount of their emission footprints. In sum, it appears that the major driving force for climate change disclosure comes from the general public and government rather than from the other major stakeholders such as shareholders and debtholders. Our results are robust after controlling for other influences.