Performance measurement integrated information framework in e-Manufacturing

The implementation of Internet technologies has led to e-Manufacturing technologies becoming more widely used and to the development of tools for compiling, transforming and synchronising manufacturing data through the Web. In this context, a potential area for development is the extension of virtual manufacturing to performance measurement (PM) processes, a critical area for decision making and implementing improvement actions in manufacturing. This paper proposes a PM information framework to integrate decision support systems in e-Manufacturing. Specifically, the proposed framework offers a homogeneous PM information exchange model that can be applied through decision support in e-Manufacturing environment. Its application improves the necessary interoperability in decision-making data processing tasks. It comprises three sub-systems: a data model, a PM information platform and PM-Web services architecture. A practical example of data exchange for measurement processes in the area of equipment maintenance is shown to demonstrate the utility of the model.     

电子文献——现代图书馆发展的必由之路

文章通过具体分析电子文献的资源优势及其对现代图书馆的深远影响,说明使用与开发电子文献是现代图书馆发展的必由之路,并提出了电子文献的发展方向。     

Does trade creation by social and business networks hold in services?

Recent literature on the border effect has shown that the intensity of trade in goods is positively correlated with the migration stocks between any pair of countries/regions. The number of references for business networks is more limited, but they are also related with a reduction on information costs. In this article we investigate whether such a relation holds also for Spanish domestic trade flows in consumer services. To this end, we use a gravity model rooted in the Dixit–Stiglitz–Krugman theoretical framework and a unique data set on interregional trade flows for some of the main tourism service sectors, namely, accommodations and restaurants. Our industry-specific analysis finds a large positive effect for restaurants but a more limited effect for accommodations. Forces driving the demand in each sector explain this result and suggest the idea that although social networks can act as a substitute of firms in some sectors at the same time they can enhance trade flows in other sectors. We perform the same kind of analysis with a data set (obtained by a similar method) for domestic trade in goods and discover a different response to social and business networks. Finally, we treat the potential endogeneity by taking the instrumental-variable approach of the Poisson pseudo-maximum likelihood estimator and thus obtain consistent results.     

国外两种网站信息服务管理质量评价体系的分析与综合

网站信息服务管理质量的评价对于现代化信息服务管理来说意义重大。文章首先对网站信息服务管理质量评价的内涵进行了说明;其次,分析了基于ITIL的网站信息服务管理质量评价体系,指出了该评价体系的局限性以及缺陷;然后,分析了基于用户满意度的网站信息服务管理质量评价体系,讨论了该评价体系的导人原因以及优点;最后,将两者进行了综合,建立了更加全面系统、面向用户的网站信息服务质量综合评价指标体系。该综合评价指标体系能更加有效地对网站信息服务管理的质量做出评价,从而使网站信息服务管理的质量得到不断的改进和提高。     

Knowledge combinations and the survival of financial services ventures

The paper investigates the role of knowledge in the evolution of new financial services ventures in Sweden between 1990 and 2002. Drawing upon economic theories of human capital and spin-out entrepreneurship, we investigate whether knowledge from prior employment in the financial and technological industries facilitates the survival of new entrepreneurial firms. Based on a database tracking the evolution of 1,077 financial services ventures, we find that firms with more extensive knowledge from the financial services and high-tech sectors have higher chances of survival than firms with more narrow knowledge bases. Our findings offer contributions to the emerging literature on spin-out entrepreneurship and to research on entrepreneurship in services.     

金融危机背景下的供应链金融业务的风险应对机制——以仓单质押贷款业务为例

供应链金融业务,既有利于缓解企业生产经营过程中流动资金紧缺的问题,又有利于商业银行拓展业务范围,还能为第三方物流企业带来新的利润增长点,可谓多方共赢。在实践中,供应链金融在其市场推广过程中仍存在信息不对称等问题,金融业的态度谨慎,而金融危机又使供应链金融业务产生新的风险。因此,如何在新的经济条件下开展以仓单质押贷款业务为代表的供应链金融业务,研究应对风险的机制有着重要的现实意义。     

服务业FDI与东道国制造业效率提升

服务业跨国公司具备所有权优势,为东道国制造业提供优势服务投入。直接层面上,这种优势投入会提高东道国制造业效率,服务业FDI吸引制造业FDI进入,促进制造业出口产品结构升级;间接层面上,服务业FDI通过竞争效应、示范效应、增加东道国服务种类、降低服务价格、导致服务业跨国技术外溢等方式促进东道国服务业发展,进而促进东道国制造业的效率提升。