The evaluation of demand responsive transport services in Europe

Over the last decade Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) services have grown in popularity for several reasons including: the shortcomings of conventional regular bus and taxi services; shortcomings of special transport services; and new developments in community transport. Traditional dial-a-ride services have often been criticised because of their relatively high cost of provision, their lack of flexibility in route planning and their inability to manage high demand. The potential for overcoming these limitations may be realised through the introduction of telematics-based DRT and this has been widely demonstrated, for example, in recent research funded by the European Commission (e.g. the DGXIII-funded SAMPO and SAMPLUS projects). This paper provides an introduction to the concept of telematics-based DRT services and presents the results of the evaluation of a set of DRT technologies and operations at urban and rural sites across Europe. The paper offers discussion in terms of the key issues that influence the introduction of DRT services.     

商务英语专业学科定位、课程目标及教学原则

近年来,商务英语教学在我国得到飞速发展。然而,由于学科定位的不确定和教学目标、教学原则的千变万化,难以构建适应21世纪的商务英语人才培养模式。本文首先探讨了商务英语专业的学科定位,在此基础上提出了本专业的课程目标和教学原则,希望为构建合理的商务英语专业人才培养模式奠定扎实的基础。     

Trade, investment and growth: nexus, analysis and prognosis

Patterns of causation between income, export, import and investment growth for 39 developing countries are examined using model selection techniques which are based on ex ante predictive ability criteria to identify the best predictive model for each country. In particular, we look at the incidence of causation and reverse causation between various economic variables which are commonly believed to lead economic growth and find that there is less reverse causation from income to these variables than previously thought. We also construct an index of global business cycle conditions and find that models of countries with high trade exposure, growth rates and investment rates tend to gain in predictive ability from the addition of this variable.     

西安铁路枢纽客运系统扩能方案研究

西安铁路枢纽将有8个方向、7条铁路线引入,既有西安站已不能满足客流增长的需要。分析西安枢纽内影响客运能力的各项因素,结合西安枢纽的改扩建及西安城市规划,提出新建第二客运站——西安北站和辅助客运站——纺织城站,并对原西安站进行扩建的方案,形成西安枢纽客运系统二主一辅的格局。     

论非竞争性企业的满意定位

定位 ,是竞争性企业的一项重要工作 ,由于非竞争性企业所提供的产品质量和服务水平直接影响到竞争性企业的竞争力 ,所以 ,搞好非竞争性企业的市场定位至关重要。     

外资进入中国金融业:进展、问题与趋势

中国加入WTO两年多以来,金融领域正有条不紊地按照预定的框架向外资开放,众多外资金融机构已通过适当的程序进入中国金融市场。本文分析了中国金融业对外开放的现状与问题、外资进入中国金融市场下一步的政策趋势,以及外资金融机构参与中国金融市场的途径及应注意的问题。     

嘉兴房地产业发展历史、现状及趋势

在总结嘉兴房地产业发展现状的基础上，分析了影响和制约产业发展存在的问题，根据嘉兴社会经济发展的态势，提出了嘉兴房地产周期波动的特征、未来发展的主要趋势和政策建议。     

Diverging Measures of Capacity Utilization: An Explanation

In the wake of the recent recovery in manufacturing production, the capacity utilization rates published by the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) have rebounded much more slowly than those published by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM). As a result, some observers have speculated that the manufacturing sector may have considerably less slack than is indicated by the FRB measures. Our view is that the two characterizations of manufacturing slack are not as incongruent as they first appear. This paper discusses the practical and conceptual differences between these measures of capacity utilization, and concludes that the recent divergence simply reflects the character of the latest business cycle. JEL Classification E220     

Consumer transactions with SMEs: implications for consumer scholars

Historically, the consumer movement has defined business as big business. This paper proposes that we shift the focus to consumer transactions with small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). After SMEs are defined, facts about the realities of SMEs are used as stepping stones to develop the idea that consumer interactions with SMEs are different than those with large firms and merit the attention of consumer scholars. Thirteen recommendations are tendered for future research including rethinking our traditional approach to consumer behaviour theory, consumer policy, and consumer movement theory.     

基于模糊层次综合法的多式联运虚拟企业风险评价

通过虚拟企业的经营方式将多式联运企业整合起来，可以提高我国多式联运产业的规模化、标准化，实现企业自身功能资源与空间的超越，提高运输效率与效益。在多式联运虚拟企业的组建与运营管理过程中，存在各种风险。文章将系统分析多式联运虚拟企业所面临的风险，并利用模糊层次综合法对多式联运虚拟企业的风险进行评价，以提高多式联运企业风险评价的准确性与科学性。