Accidental activists: headhunters as marginal diversity actors in institutional change towards more women on boards

We present a qualitative study that examines the role of headhunters as actors in a broader institutional change process aiming to increase gender diversity on corporate boards. We draw on institutional and diversity management theories to conceptualise their change agency in the broader field of women on boards. We describe their role as ‘accidental activists’ and theorise two micro‐processes that define their change agency in this field: voluntaristic framing of intentionality and role redefinition by drawing on competing logics. This conceptualisation does not match the heroic image of the institutional entrepreneur driving institutional change, or that of the tempered radical championing diversity, but rather casts light into a marginal and previously neglected change role. We demonstrate the opportunistic and precarious nature of this role with regard to both institutional change and diversity management and discuss its possibilities and perils.     

失地农民问题的成因分析及解决对策

城市化进程中的失地农民问题已成为困扰我国社会和谐和稳定的严重问题。因而从城市化与市场化、公共事业用地、各项制度及征地补偿等方面来分析产生失地农民的原因,继而通过合理规划,消除制度性障碍,完善补偿机制等方面的措施,达到少占用农民土地,尽可能不占地,并切实提高已占用土地的利用效率,这样既保护了有限的土地资源,保证我国的粮食安全,又减少了一大批新的失业大军,使农民有所依靠,从而也保证了社会稳定,这也对和谐社会的建设具有重要意义。     

论基于信息管理条件下投标取胜技巧

当今世界已经进入信息时代,信息技术日新月异,广泛应用于人类社会的工作、生活各个方面,推动了人类文明不断向前发展。我国《招标投标法》的施行,对建设施工企业提出了更高、更新、更严的要求,对此,一些企业感到无所适从和困惑。文章认为,善于运用信息技术管理的企业,在投标决策中能巧妙地避开陷阱,绕道而行,最终取胜中标。     

微型客车移滑门法规通过性结构研究

微型车滑移门法规通过性要求成为汽车厂商的重要安全指标之一。文章分析研究了要通过滑移门法规要求需要实现的车身结构设计方案,并验证了方案的可行性。     

互联网金融时代基金行业的机遇与挑战

伴随着互联网在我国的快速普及,相关的互联网新业态层出不穷。互联网对传统行业频频发起冲击,最引人注目的莫过于当前互联网对金融行业的革新。伴随着这一场快速的行业革命,基金行业首当其冲,传统的渠道优势不再,行业地位收到强势挑战。基金行业如何面对互联网金融时代的机遇与挑战呢?     

The management of variable pay in European banking

Banking is a major employer in most large European countries, facing common pressures in terms of competition and technological change. Traditional pay systems have been revised in response to changing business objectives and new forms of work organisation. This paper examines variable pay schemes (VPS) in banking in four countries with very different institutional contexts: Austria, Norway, Spain, and the UK. It finds extensive use of VPS in each case and shared managerial objectives in terms of performance management and cost control. Forms of VPS vary, with Norwegian banks in particular favouring collective forms of bonus, but overall there is a common drive towards individual (merit) pay and multiple bonus arrangements providing increased scope for management discretion. In broad terms, what the case of pay-setting in banking suggests is a course of fading path dependency at national level.     

基于IP的H.323视频会议系统的应用

在视频技术综述基础上,对H.323视频会议系统的整体构架做了介绍。H.323视频会议系统是基于计算机网络的,它功能多、控制灵活,可以很好地和其他媒体在计算机中进行融合。     

基于工作过程导向的《数控车床维修》改革实践

本文介绍了《数控车床维修》课程采用基于工作过程的课程设计、实施和考核评价方法,说明了基于工作过程的一体化教学符合数控机床故障排除的一般规律,学生学习目标明确,学习积极性得到提高,起到了良好的教学效果。     

培育长三角中小货代集群的可行性分析

通过分析长三角地区中小货代企业特点及现状,从区域位置、企业合作、网络平台、人才资源等方面对长三角中小货代企业集群进行可行性的论证,并在此基础上提出构建货代集群的意义。     

Benchmarking Corporate Social Responsibility within Spanish Companies

In this paper, the authors focus on the influence of corporate social responsibility (CSR) upon business profitability. In order to be capable of working with homogeneous data, the authors’ starting point is to use the criteria defined by PricewaterhouseCoopers’ work on the subject, and published by the Spanish journal Actualidad Económica. In this work, an index was created which assigns between one and five points to the companies depending on the importance given by them to CSR. The CSR measurement published by the Observatorio de la RSE will also be considered. In order to measure companies’ profitability, this paper will take into account their return on equity (ROE) and return on assets (ROA) of 2005 and 2006. The authors’ purpose is to demonstrate that the relationship between CSR and business profitability is neutral.