Retail career attractiveness to college students: Connecting individual characteristics to the trade-off of job attributes

This study examines how U.S. business college students evaluate the attractiveness of potential job opportunities by making trade-offs among important job attributes. Using a conjoint approach, we examine the relative importance of industry type, starting salary, five-year salary, training, benefits, and work-life balance in job choice decisions. We also examine the effects of job applicants' career expectations and core competencies on their job choice determinants. An analysis of 162 business students' evaluations of 27 job profiles indicates that five-year-salary outweighs all other attributes. Their career expectations and core competencies have a substantial influence on their ensuing job choice. We suggest recruitment strategies to target recent college graduates with consideration of individuals' different career expectations and core competencies.     

The Government Transformation Programme of Malaysia: a successful approach to public service reform

The 2009 Malaysian Government Transformation Programme (GTP) could be useful as a model for reform given its positive impact on improving public services in targeted key result areas. This paper assesses the GTP's approach in the context of the wider debate on whether reforms should be based on best practices or whether they should be diagnostic or problem-solving in approach. The GTP's success was largely the result of blending both approaches. The GTP experience in Malaysia provides a number of insights and lessons for delivering intelligent reforms quickly and effectively.     

长三角医药制造业上市公司动态竞争力研究

基于企业竞争力基本理论提出了上市公司动态竞争力的评价指标体系。运用集对同一度分析和因子分析对长三角17家医药制造业上市公司的竞争力进行了实证研究。得出了各上市公司动态竞争力的排序,同时总结了各上市公司在市场盈利、资产结构、组织运营、科技创新各方面的优劣,以及不同因素对公司动态竞争力影响的程度。     

A number‐of‐modes reference rule for density estimation under multimodality

We consider kernel density estimation for univariate distributions. The question of interest is as follows: given that the data analyst has some background knowledge on the modality of the data (for instance, ‘data of this type are usually bimodal’), what is the adequate bandwidth to choose? We answer this question by extending Silverman's idea of ‘normal‐reference’ to that of ‘reference to a Gaussian mixture’. The concept is illustrated in the light of real data examples.     

高职财经类特色专业建设中专业定位的探讨

在高职财经类特色专业建设中，专业定位至关重要。通过分析目前高职财经类专业定位上存在的问题，提出了高职财经类专业定位的原则和途径。认为高职财经类特色专业适宜于“宽口径，窄定位”，关键是核心岗位要明确，并根据市场变化适时调整。     

高校形势与政策课教师队伍建设路径研究

高校要建设一支思想过硬、素质优良、结构合理、充满活力的形势与政策课教师队伍,就要高度重视并大力加强专兼职教师队伍建设,不断完善业务培训与进修制度,注重加强教学和科研活动,努力提高他们的教学能力和研究水平。     

大秦铁路榆次站枢纽现状分析及扩能探讨

铁路枢纽运转效率的高低直接影响着铁路运输企业的竞争力。随着石太、侯月、丰沙大线三线增量及车流的调整，榆次站枢纽的地位显得尤为重要。调研榆次站枢纽现状，分析车流现状、各场能力及运用情况，针对既有运输组织方式下局部运转不畅的问题，提出优化作业组织、人员配备、编组计划等提升榆次站枢纽能力的扩能建议。     

Regulations for the Eighth International Congress of Actuaries

Abstract

The present paper proposes and investigates a procedure for numerical evaluation of the transition probabilities for a time-inhomogeneous Markov process when the intensities are known (estimated). The procedure is based on Taylor-expansion of the transition probabilities linked with the Chapman-Kolmogorov equations.     

Book Reviews

The evaluative function of local public actors has been exacerbated in recent years with the individualisation of social policies. One of their tasks is to select the appropriate informational basis in order to assess welfare claimants. Amartya Sen's capability approach offers a theoretical and normative framework to analyse this evaluative function. In particular, it insists on the importance of “objectivating” people's preferences with reference to their capabilities. The weight that is to be attached to individual preferences in the course of public action can be a matter of controversy. Claimants “capability for voice”, we argue, should be developed. This capability refers to their effective possibility to express their concerns with regard to the choice of the informational basis. It is argued that local institutions prohibiting capability for voice will produce adaptive preferences, whereas procedural institutions promoting reflexive public evaluation and capability for voice will result in a fairer wording of individual preferences. At a situated level, the way to connect subjective and objective information when assessing people very much depends on the position of the evaluator. Several illustrations show that the fairness of evaluation, and its impact on the people's capability set, depend on this positional perspective.     

科技革命与粮食安全

文章运用投入产出现价序列表 ,对安徽 10年间需求结构变动特征 ,以及投资对消费需求的拉动作用作了定量分析 ,指出结构调整需注意的问题 ,主张继续实行积极的财政扩张政策。