Water accounting for the Orange River Basin: An economic perspective on managing a transboundary resource

The framework for water accounting is applied to an international river basin, the Orange River Basin, which is shared among Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and South Africa. Each of the riparian states faces water constraints and relies increasingly on shared international water resources. The countries have adopted the principle of an economic approach to water management, once basin human needs are met, and all but Lesotho have constructed national water accounts to assist in water management. The water accounts for the Orange River Basin bring an economic perspective to water management at the regional level. The accounts include supply and use tables, which are used to compare the contribution to water supply from each riparian state to the amount used. The water accounts are then linked to economic data for each country to calculate water use and productivity by industry and country. There are considerable disparities in water productivity among the countries, which should be taken into account in future decisions about water allocation, pricing and infrastructure development.     

上海股票市场空气质量指数的实证研究

空气质量能够通过情绪渠道和信息渠道去影响投资者的决策和投资行为,从而影响股票市场。采用2014年5月14日至2017年2月17日的上证指数、全国PM2.5指数以及百度指数数据,对空气质量如何影响股票市场及其影响力度进行实证分析。结果显示空气质量能够显著地影响股票市场,且季节性紊乱会加剧这一影响力度。此外空气质量对上证工业指数的影响大于上证综指,表明空气质量对特定行业的影响大于整体市场,而信息获取方式又会影响到影响的方向和力度。     

上市公司利润质量恶化的分析

随着我国现代企业制度的建立和发展及证券市场的壮大,投资证券市场的人数也在日益增多。为了更好地选择上市公司,避免投资风险,我们不仅要考虑上市公司利润的高低,而且要考虑其利润的质量,正确判断上市公司的发展前景。     

基于物元可拓法的地下水水质评价

介绍了物元可拓法的基本原理及计算步骤。在此基础上,利用物元可拓法对建三江垦区地下水水样进行水质等级评价。从评价结果中看出,运用物元可拓法对地下水水质进行综合评价,排除了人为的干预,并利用关联度函数及权重系数等手段,使最终评价结果更加接近于实际情况,比较客观的反映了地下水水质总体状况。     

公路施工企业内部会计控制分析

我国加入WTO后,经济发展突飞猛进,公路施工企业面临着激烈的竞争.如何在众多的竞争对手中脱颖而出,立于不败之地,已经成为公路施工企业所面临的严峻问题.对此,建立适合公路施工企业的财务内部会计控制体系显得十分必要.将施工企业内部会计控制与施工的进度、质量、安全等因素综合考虑,才能实现效益最大化的目标.     

旅游市场信息不对称与旅游者权益保护

旅游市场信息不对称是导致旅游权益受侵害的重要原因之一,要保护旅游者权益,应消除信息不对称现象,建立对旅游者的信息支持制度,信息支持制度包括规范旅游企业的信息提供行为,建立旅游者信息服务系统,提供旅游产品质量信息三方面。     

Budgetary control within the hotel industry

This paper is divided into two distinct parts and within these parts it follows the following lines of progression. The major division in the paper is between a look at the accepted theory that underpins any research in this area with comments on its likely effects on the organizations under scrutiny, and a look at the case studies that were constructed as a result of undertaking research into several hotel and leisure companies with the aim of gaining a representative cross-section of the industry and its budgetary control techniques.     

World Leisure and Recreation Association International Position Statement on Leisure Education and Youth at Risk

Researchers have noted the utility of the Investment Model in explaining the formation of loyalty. This study extends the Investment Model in a leisure service context by including two additional constructs of quality and value. Quality and value are proposed as antecedents of satisfaction, with their effects on loyalty mediated by satisfaction. Results from an online panel survey of American cruise passengers support these hypotheses. The study provides a model of loyalty building that may shed new insight on loyalty research.     

The Relationships among Theatrical Components,Experiential Value,Relationship Quality,and Relationship Marketing Outcomes

Both marketing practitioners and academic researchers have traditionally recognized the major influence that relationship quality (RQ) has on relationship marketing outcomes. Differing from previous studies, this study proposes a more integrated model by including theatrical components and experiential value in the “RQ-relationship marketing outcomes” paradigm. The structural relationships among the variables are examined by adopting a structural equation modeling (SEM) approach in the context of a theme park. The results confirm the existence of the path “theatrical components → experiential value → RQ → relationship marketing outcomes”.     

Tourism in China and professionalism: An insider's perspective

This paper starts with an overview of tourism development in China in the past two decades. While highlighting much of the government initiative which makes progress possible, it tries to pinpoint the primary cause of the existing problems China faces. It is the lack of professionalism, which can be found in government decision making, business management and operation, education and training. The solutions will come mainly from the inside, and one can see efforts being made by policy‐makers and the front‐line people, but it is believed that overseas professionals have a positive role to play, as they have done in China's hospitality industry in the past.