Japanese management and salary productivity: the case of the electronic and automotive industries in Portugal

This paper intended to assert in what form the Japanese approach to business management, concerning the factors human resources, research and development (R&D) and organization and methods, has effect on the value creation by workers, beyond that expressed in direct salaries. The investigation fell on companies in the electronic and automotive sectors operating in Portugal, with and without Japanese capital, in the 6-year span from 2001 to 2006. This paper is divided into four parts. The first part presents the Workonomic Index as an indicator of salary productivity – the measure of the value creation by workers, beyond that expressed in direct salaries. The second part presents in short the factors that are linked to the high productivity of the Japanese industrial worker. The third part presents the goal, hypothesis and methodology of the empirical study, namely the components of the above-mentioned factors. Finally, the fourth part is dedicated to the presentation of the empirical study and its conclusions. The specific results demonstrated that the impact on salary productivity is clearly visible over the factor organization and methods. In addition, there is evidence of substantial indirect influence of R&D on the creation of surplus value.     

Public Provision,Commodity Demand,and Hours of Work: An Empirical Analysis

The theoretical analysis of optimal commodity taxation is advanced, but there is only limited empirical evidence to guide commodity tax policies. With this paper, we contribute to this body of literature by empirically examining, using Finnish consumption data, the relation between working hours, consumption demand, and the use of publicly provided day care. When labour income is controlled for in a non‐parametric way, we find that capital income and housing expenses are negatively associated with working hours, whereas the use of childcare is positively correlated with working hours. These results provide arguments for taxing capital income and housing, and for subsidizing day care.     

冷却塔风机传动轴故障监测技术研究

在分析冷却塔风机传动轴故障原因的基础上,提出一种基于PLC技术的冷却塔风机传动轴故障监测方法,并研制出一套非接触式冷却塔风机传动轴故障监控系统,能够实现在传动轴即将发生故障时报警停机,从而预防传动轴甩出事故的发生。生产实践证明,此监测方法简单易行,能够避免进行复杂的信号处理,降低了监控系统的成本,此监控系统明显提高了风机运行状态监测的可靠性,能够有效避免传动轴甩出故障的发生,具有良好的推广应用价值。     

耕地后备资源调查与评价方法探讨--以浙江省为例

以耕地后备资源的三项特性为依据,将浙江省耕地后备资源分为2个一级类,9个二级类,并针对不同类型,根据浙江省的实际情况,制定了五类不同类型耕地后备资源的评价指标体系。应用现代航空和航天遥感技术,进行了耕地后备资源的类型、数量、质量、分布和利用现状调查。     

物流成本的计量与核算

物流成本节约能够给企业、给整个社会带来巨大效益已成为经济管理中的一种共识,但由于物流成本的特殊性,如何正确地对物流成本进行计量与核算仍是一个需要解决的问题。本文从发生物流活动的主体与物流服务的供需方,提出了不同视角下的物流成本概念;并以此为基础阐述了微观物流成本与宏观物流成本的计量问题,同时探讨了一般工商企业与物流企业的物流成本核算方法问题。     

土地利用总体规划修编前期的主要指标测算原则与方法

在土地利用总体规划修编前期调研中,主要指标的测算是一个重点和难点,确定好主要指标测算的基本原则和实用、有效的方法对提高规划修编的质量有着非常重要的意义。对此,通过借鉴湖南省土地利用总体规划修编试点经验,并结合实际情况,提出了在测算主要指标时应遵循的原则与具体方法,试图为即将开展的土地利用总体规划修编提供参考。     

Reprisal, retribution and requital: Investigating customer retaliation

Customers, regardless of context or culture, will go to any extreme to retaliate against an offending service provider. Retaliation is an action taken in return for an injury or offense [Huefner, J.C. and H.K. Hunt, “Consumer retaliation as a response to dissatisfaction,” J Consum Satisf Dissatisfaction Complaining Behav, (2000); 13, 61-82.]. To date, research has had only a limited discussion of customer's use of anti-consumption behaviors as an expression of retaliation. This study uses qualitative methods to demonstrate that the motivations for retaliation extend beyond simply “getting even,” customers retaliate to teach the service provider a lesson or to save others from the same fate. The research identifies specific roles taken by customers as they retaliate, the emotions of customers and store issues that are at the root of these behaviors. In addition, the authors categorize a range of retaliatory behaviors as follows: cost/loss; consumption prevention; voice, exit and betrayal; and boycotting.     

国有中小水利企业发展思路

在经济全球化和我国加大水利基础设施投资的新形势下,国有中小型水利企业面临着良好的发展机遇．但它只有实现集团化和规模化,实现管理体制的现代化,并勇敢地走向市场,才能在全球化的竞争中站住脚跟,求得发展。探讨了国有中小水利企业的发展思路和方法。     

高校教育培养成本核算探讨

高校教育培养成本的核算是政府拨款的依据。如何核算高校教育培养成本．已成为社会广泛关注的焦点。明确高校教育培养成本的内涵,规范高校教育培养成本的内容、核算方法、核算手段。是高校管理的当务之急,势在必行。     

关于高校教学模式的思考

在高校文科类专业教学过程中,长期以来形成的教师讲、学生听的模式并没有超越中学的灌输式教学方法。学生在成为被动的接受者过程中由对某门课程的部分内容不感兴趣发展为对大部分学习的课程不感兴趣。因此,在广大高校教学活动中,由灌输式教学向启发式教学转变应该成为新时期高校教育教学活动改革的重要发展方向。