Rural Population Growth, 1950–1990: The Roles of Human Capital, Industry Structure, and Government Policy

Human capital raises rural incomes, but this effect is swamped by higher returns to human capital in urban markets. This leads to "brain drain" from rural areas. Populations grow more rapidly in rural counties that have a diversified employment base. Farm population grows faster (or declines more slowly) in counties with relatively high farm income, and nonfarm populations grow faster in counties with relatively high nonfarm income. However, higher farm incomes lead to slower nonfarm population growth and vice versa. Rural county government services financed by local taxes or debt have neutral or negative effects on population growth.     

Service procurement in manufacturing companies: Results of three embedded case studies

An increasing part of companies' purchasing expenditures is being spent on (business) services. At the same time, the interactive character of business services has so far largely been neglected in purchasing and supply management studies. The success of a service purchase is however established during the ongoing production and consumption of that service, which takes place in continuous interaction between buyer and seller.This paper investigates these ongoing interactive processes between buyer and seller after the purchase decision has been made. The specific focus is on services buying by manufacturers, since manufacturers' services spend increasingly encompasses services that eventually become part of the final offering to customers. This is expected to pose specific challenges for manufacturing companies, who have traditionally been involved with purchasing goods.Case studies into ongoing buyer-seller interaction are conducted at three manufacturing companies. Starting from a usage-based classification which contains four types of business services, four services are studied at each manufacturing company. The results show that indeed the different types of services can be associated with distinct patterns of ongoing interaction. Furthermore, the results provide initial support for the idea that having differentiated patterns of interaction contributes to successful ongoing service exchange.     

Control of intellectual assets in client relationships: implications for innovation

This empirical study of business‐to‐business service firms examines the determinants and effects of control rights to intellectual assets in a property rights theoretic framework. Regression analyses using survey data suggest that service suppliers that retain control over their intellectual output are more innovative. In long‐term relationships, service firms' clients may thus be better off balancing their need to control outsourced activities with the suppliers' incentives to invest in learning and innovation. Additionally, and aligned with property rights theoretic predictions, service suppliers' bargaining power and their indispensability in service projects are positively associated with their ability to retain control rights. In contrast, innovation capabilities are not very significant in determining control rights allocation between service suppliers and their clients. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Planning food services for a campus setting

Providing appropriate food services in a campus setting is increasingly important due to more demanding customers and because clients have less time to go off-campus when they need to eat. Using a university campus as an example, this research looks at customer satisfaction with existing food services and explores various methods for determining where to locate new facilities. This campus currently has great needs for additional food services, and it is shown clearly where additional food services are required. Also, the methods used are compared in terms of their effectiveness in finding the solution.     

Managing and financing metropolitan public services in China: experience of the Pearl River Delta region

Under China’s current fiscal policies and inter-governmental relations, it is a significant challenge to finance and deliver public services across jurisdictions. This challenge was met in the Pearl River Delta region in southern China with a collaborative governance approach. Directives from higher-level governments and horizontal inter-city fiscal arrangements were successfully combined to deliver public services. Effective networks should be developed to improve co-ordination and collaboration in delivering cross-jurisdictional public services.     

以知识联盟塑核心能力——论我国内资旅行社的市场竞争战略

随着我国旅行社行业的不断开放,小、散、弱、差的内资旅行社必须紧紧把握世界范围内的服务产业知识化的浪潮,塑造自己的核心能力,改造成为知识服务实体,方能在今后的竞争中生存和获胜。旅行社要获得持续的竞争优势,在满足顾客需求成为企业生命线的今天,必须具备的两个能力是满足顾客需求和发挥员工的积极性和智慧。旅行社的核心能力可以而且必须通过知识联盟来实现。     

CEPA以来粤港珠区域产业转移及产业升级路径分析

CEPA及其补充协议的实施,改善了粤港两地经贸关系,港资服务业的进入如火如荼。文章分析了CEPA签订前后,粤港珠区域核心城市的服务功能及粤珠地区制造业优势的变动情况,探讨香港服务业扩散对广东及珠三角地区产业结构演进的影响,进而提出对广东地区产业转移与产业升级的相关政策思考。     

盐城市沿海滩涂湿地生态服务价值研究

生态服务价值评估,是区域生态安全评估的重要组成部分,对区域可持续发展具有重要的意义。盐城市位于江苏沿海开发战略的最前沿,有西太平洋海岸最大的滨海湿地,具有极高的生态价值。文章分析了盐城沿海滩涂湿地的主要生态服务功能,包括生产功能、调节功能、维持功能、人文功能,通过对不同景观的生态服务价值系数的重新核定,对沿海滩涂湿地生态服务价值进行了评估,计算出沿海滩涂湿地生态服务价值为22287803080元。文章通过生态活度位表征沿海各生态系统单元的自然属性和经济属性的相对大小,结果表明经济属性响水>东台>滨海>射阳>大丰。文章对沿海滩涂湿地生态服务价值的核算,不仅是对盐城沿海经济发展的生态屏障的评估,也是为了更好的贯彻《江苏沿海地区发展规划》,实现江苏沿海地区经济、社会、环境的和谐发展。     

高技术产业对传统工业的波及影响分析

文章运用投入产出法,根据2002年和2007年中国42部门投入产出表以及OECD美国2007年的投入产出表计算了中国及美国高技术产业和传统工业的完全消耗系数,结合两国高技术产业的发展情况,对两国产业升级情况进行定量对比分析。分析表明中国技术密集型产业对高技术产业的消耗尤为突出,而劳动密集型产业对高技术密集型产业消耗较低。并依据数据为我国产业发展提出建议。