Assessment and selection of management consultants: A comparative cognitive study between small- and large-scale companies

This paper explores alternative ways of evaluating and ultimately hiring a generalist consultancy for short- and medium-term projects, and how this is shaped by the size of the clients’ company. What buying factors do managers of small and large firms have in mind when hiring consultants for their projects?Instead of employing surveys incorporating predefined buying factors based on what the researchers think would be important, a cognitive mapping methodology - the repertory grid technique - is applied to investigate the underlying phenomena. Using the repertory grid technique to draw mental models is a novel research technique within the supply management field. Recent behavioral supply chain management research found the behavior of managers to be critically influenced by mental models: the lenses through which managers perceive, simplify and interpret the world.Results show differences between the buying factors used in small- and large-scale companies: managers of large companies are more ‘reputation and outcome-oriented’ and managers of small businesses are more concerned with ‘how the services are rendered’. However, both constituents stressed the importance of expertise, quality and the relationship between the client and the management consultancy, although the character of such a relationship differed between small- and large-scale firms. Results also point out criteria that managers of small and large companies employ to discriminate between good and poor performing consultancies and to judge service delivery. The practical implications for both companies hiring consultancies and the consultancy companies are discussed. For consultancies, our findings can help tailoring their efforts to a differing clientele when marketing and selling their services. For companies hiring consultancies, fixating too much on particular buying factors may lead to biased decisions.     

论互联网与保险科技结合的重要性

随着互联网科技的快速发展,其影响力已深入市场经济的各个部分,保险行业依托云计算、大数据等互联网科学技术,不断推动自身发展。但在互联网科技时代,互联网保险行业也出现了诸多问题,有必要对这些问题进行探讨,并提出相应的指导策略。     

强化全面预算管理在科研事业单位中的应用

随着国有企事业单位经济体制改革的不断深入,原有“财政补贴”的科研事业单位获得的财政支持将会逐步减少,已经面向市场开展经营活动的科研事业单位最终将推行“自收自支”模式。随着中央财政补助收入的逐年削减,以及民营企业市场准入政策的推进,科研事业单位面临的市场竞争更加激烈,不能创造经济效益的单位不可避免地面临重组或剥离,根本无法生存。因此,怎样适应新的发展形势,推行全面预算管理并进行精准管控成为军工科研事业单位的一项重要课题。     

我国城市建筑垃圾资源化现状及对策研究

随着我国基础设施的大规模建设以及城镇化进程的快速推进,建筑垃圾的产生量日益增多。建筑垃圾资源化作为解决当前环境问题的一种有效途径,对实现资源的优化配置以及经济社会的可持续发展具有重要意义。论文首先阐述了建筑垃圾资源化的基础理论,并采用建筑面积估算法对我国城市建筑垃圾的产生量进行了估算,进而分析了我国建筑垃圾资源化的现状,并提出了实现建筑垃圾资源化的具体对策。     

Developing and applying a framework to evaluate participatory research for sustainability

The normative implications of participatory research imply ongoing social learning that ought to lead to personal and institutional transformation. Sustainability science also requires reflexive scientific practice in order to enable the co-generation of solutions that take account of uncertainty and multiple forms of knowledge. However, there is little published peer-reviewed material on how to assess to what degree the rhetoric regarding the benefits of participatory research are achieved in practice, particularly with regard to participatory research for sustainability. This paper outlines how linking the rationales for participatory research and for sustainability science to the principles of evaluation can deliver a conceptually coherent evaluation framework for assessment. The approach for evaluating participatory research in this context consists of framing the evaluation, i.e., setting boundaries on the subject within its social, political, environmental and institutional context and selecting appropriate criteria, methods and data sources. The application of the framework, using a summative evaluation of participatory research for sustainability in north-east Australia, illustrates its strengths and weaknesses, concluding with a consideration of its applicability to further participatory sustainability science.     

科研开发与经济增长——兼论科研开发的溢出效应

经济划分为科研部门和非科研部门，科研开发对经济增长的作用及科研对非科研部门具有外溢效应。1999-2003年30个省市自治区的面板数据表明，科研开发对经济增长具有较大的拉动作用，同时科研开发部门对其他部门的外溢作用明显为正。     

基于协同平台的高校教师科研绩效评价体系

在研究组织人员行为绩效评价体系的基础上,分析了传统的KPI(key performance indicator)评价方式所面临的主要问题,提出针对高校教师科研绩效进行分类建模,并设计相应的绩效指标、绩效算法及评价体系来解决问题。最后,用某院教职工2015—2019年在协同信息管理平台上的行为数据,检验了该体系的有效性及合理性,并针对基于协同平台的高校教师科研绩效评价体系的结果分析,提出高校科研管理及绩效激励方案。     

我国三农问题的现状及其对策研究

自20世纪90年代后期,三农问题逐渐成为全社会关注的焦点。笔者认为,三农问题的核心是农民问题,而农民问 题的实质是农民的增收问题,一切破解三农问题的措施都应围绕这个中心来进行。为此,应该打破城乡分割的二元格局发展 城市经济,调整国民收入分配格局,支持乡镇企业的发展。     

基于发展核电的生态经济价值及其伦理思考

发展核电、开发利用核能充满复杂而多层次的价值矛盾，在巨大的生态与经济利益和风险之间．核电对生态环境及人类安全的威胁问题倍受社会各界的关注．并由此引发了一系列价值难题和伦理争论，成为影响核电发展的关键。核电的安全、可持续发展不仅仅是技术问题，还涉及一系列的伦理问题，要保证核电可持续发展并有益于生态环境保护且不损害人类利益，不能犯“技术决定论”的错误．必须辅之以伦理之轨。伦理之轨通过深入核电发展链的各个环节．对核电发展进行伦理价值观的批判和引导．参与战略选择使之得以规约．并保障核电发展有益于人类合的目的性价值得以实现。     

股权结构与公司绩效实证研究的发现及其评价

对中国国有企业改革的研究,主要有“委托—代理”“、法定产权与事实产权不一致”“、产业定位与产权特性相对称”等三个理论框架。对股权结构与公司绩效的实证研究,为这三个理论框架的逻辑分析提供了有力的经验证据,也为深化国有企业改革提供了明确的、有益的指导。