Technical,quality and environmental efficiency of the olive oil industry

This paper studies the level of technical efficiency in the olive oil industry from a multi-output perspective, and examines olive oil production in quantitative and qualitative terms. The study also covers the environmental impact of the production process. These are key issues due to the current environmental, organoleptic and food traceability requirements of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Furthermore, product differentiation is sought after in today’s ever more demanding markets. The production of olive oil in Andalusia (Spain) is the most important agricultural food industry in the whole region and it represents 30% of world olive oil production. Three data sources have been used: a comprehensive survey to a sample of olive oil producers, their financial reports, and the opinion of a group of experts in olive oil production techniques interviewed by means of the Delphi survey. With this data and after the construction of indicators, a production frontier is elaborated by applying an extension of the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) technique. This will allow for the measuring of the relative technical efficiency indices and set specific efficiency indices for both the quality of the oil produced and the environmental impact of the production process. Those factors impacting on efficiency are determined by a truncated regression model with bootstrap. The results show a medium–high level of relative technical efficiency and highlight the importance of efficiency factors involving production and marketing associations.     

The heterogenous relationship of food stamp participation with body mass: Quantile regression model

This study explores the heterogenous relationship between Food Stamp Program (FSP) participation and body mass index (BMI) for low income individuals whose per capita family income falls in the bottom two quintiles. We estimate changes in the dispersion of the entire distribution of BMI following FSP participation using a quantile regression model in both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses. For women, we find that the mean OLS estimate of FSP participation underestimates the extent of the positive association with BMI at the top quantiles in both cross-sectional and longitudinal individual fixed effects models. Controlling for individual fixed effects in the quantile regression model reduces the estimated magnitude of the association by a factor of three to four, although the estimates remain statistically significant for women. For men, a marginally statistically significant positive association of FSP participation with BMI is found at the top quantiles compared to no statistically significant mean estimate although the association is no longer statistically significant when time-constant individual heterogeneity is adjusted for in the individual fixed effect models.     

交通建设项目社会经济环境影响评价指标体系研究

根据交通建设项目社会经济环境影响评价的内涵，从社会环境、经济环境、美学及历史学环境三方面设置指标体系，并探讨了指标的表达方式和估算方法。     

国有商业银行外部公关现状之分析

大量的公关理论研究和实践表明:银行公关外部活动是否有效,直接影响银行的形象、银行的竞争力乃至银行的生死存亡。然而银行外部公关的理论研究在中国至今还近乎空白,本文就以银行外部公关为研究主题,结合国有商业银行的实际情况,运用银行管理学、公关学、制度经济学的有关理论,系统深入分析银行外部公关,即银行与客户的关系、银行与同业的关系、银行与政府的关系、银行与新闻媒体的关系等状况,针对性地提出银行在解决处理各种关系时应采取的策略措施,建立了银行外部公关的保障体系,强调银行公关组织构建、人才培养以及公关策划,对银行外部公关的特殊作用。     

安徽电力提升顾客让渡价值方法探讨

增加顾客让渡价值,是企业提高顾客满意度和忠诚度的有效手段,文章从六个方面分析了安徽电力提升顾客让渡价值的方法和途径,从而对安徽电力优质服务具有相当的指导意义。     

"深度经济"与顾客终身价值管理

在顾客资产日益重要的情况下,顾客终身价值(LTV)概念为企业重新认识与顾客的关系提供了新的视角。实施LTV型经营必须从战略层面考虑问题,不能短期地模仿,要构建防止顾客流失的有效经营体制。顾客终身价值与深度经济正成为企业管理新的思路和模式。     

东亚货币一体化中的中日韩货币组合选择

本文对东亚货币一体化的研究建立在最优货币区理论和OCA指数计量模型的基础上，目的在于判断东亚经济中起主导作用的中日韩三国是否可能展开双边或者多边的货币合作。经测算发现，在排除了原模型中部分不适用的决定因素后，中日韩三国货币的共同组合似乎是比较合适的选择。     

关于石化行业炼油技术经济指标核算的思考

通过对炼油技术经济指标核算过程的分析，阐明统一核算标准（包括统一物料编码、数据整合准则及分摊规范等）是考核评价体系中非常重要且不可缺少的内容。只有确立了通用规范，消除不同核算方式的差异，才能正确评价企业的专业运营水平，从而使得考核评价体系真正有效发挥作用。     

Ground Roasted Coffee Consumers’ Ability to Determine Actual Quality: The Use of Attributes and the Role of Education Level in Mexico

This study contributes to the understanding of the consumer’s ability to distinguish levels of quality of a product comparing it to an objective evaluation. Also, it was hypothesized that a higher level of education would lead to a better ability to discriminate quality. Perceived and objective quality are compared using a semi-experimental design with subjects evaluating coffee attributes. Objective values are provided by certified expert coffee cuppers, whereas perceived values are obtained from regular coffee drinkers. Results suggest that the importance placed on each attribute (aroma, flavour, body, and residual flavour) by the consumer is different from that placed on each attribute by the experts. Furthermore, the most relevant attribute for the consumer (flavour) is distinct from the one most relevant for experts (residual flavour). Additionally, the consumer is unable to distinguish quality levels as an expert can do, regardless of his education level.     

产业集聚指数、产业吸引力指数与产业转移和承接

一个地区的资源禀赋影响该地区承接产业转移的能力。对中国中部地区的湖南、湖北、江西、山西、安徽、河南（这六个省简称为“中部六省”）的资源禀赋进行分析,测算作为产业接收地的中部六省承接产业转移的能力,要测算的能力包括在投资环境、自然资源、交通便捷、技术创新、劳动力成本等五个要素上表现出的单项能力及其综合能力。从产业集聚指数视角,分析上海、江苏、浙江、福建、广东（这五个省市简称为“沪苏浙闽粤五省市）当前产业发展格局,得出这五个省市那些具有产业转移趋势的产业分布范围。通过建构产业吸引力指数,分别计算中部六省和沪苏浙闽粤五省市之间的产业吸引力。从工业细分行业方面,横向对比分析中部六省在对沪苏浙闽粤五省市产业转移的承接当中,确定产业接收范围,以及接收的产业将如何分布。着重以湖南省为典型案例,分析该省在承接产业转移当中存在的主要问题,测算该省在承接来自于沪苏浙闽粤五省市的产业转移当中,能够承接的产业领域和产业分布范围,并从招商环境、产业集群、企业自主创新、产业承接政策等方面,对该省承接产业转移提出对策与建议。