Knowledge at work: Some neoliberal anachronisms

With a predilection for market solutions, neoliberalism upholds that the individual is generally the best judge of his or her interests. Yet markets are never universally applied as a mechanism of allocation and there are reasons, in principle, why capitalism will always have “missing markets.” Concentrating on the application and appropriateness of neoliberal theory to the workplace, this article argues that firms are not markets, despite some tendencies in modern theory to conflate the two. The employment contract is a key characteristic of modern firms, but neoliberal theory is often silent on the distinction between an employment contract and a contract for services, and largely ignores the asymmetrical rights of authority within contracts of employment. Furthermore, the social nature of knowledge represents a challenge to neoliberal theory and policy, because it sometimes makes it more difficult to define individual property rights. Accordingly, with the growth of the knowledge economy, neoliberalism to some extent is an anachronism.     

Technology transfer and innovation performance: Evidence from Chinese firms

This paper explores the relationship between technology transfer activities and innovation performance with special reference to Chinese industrial firms. It is based on a recent nationwide survey covering 2334 Chinese industrial firms. The impact of technology transfer on their innovative performance was analyzed for all the responded firms and similar analyses also addressed the issue from perspectives of general industrial firms versus high-tech firms, and large firms versus small and medium firms. Several critical types of technology transfer activities were identified and both positive and negative impacts were discussed along with the Pearson correlation analysis and stepwise regression analysis. The study revealed that the innovation activities in Chinese manufacturing firms could not be boosted substantially merely through the acquisition of key equipment and apparatus from abroad. The findings also suggested that Chinese firms should develop their technological absorptive capacity and transformative capacity, and foster technology transfer and communications among trading partners. Moreover, it would be crucial for Chinese firms to stress the nurturing of indigenous innovation capabilities so as to sustain their performance improvement.     

理论力学教学改革的实践

在理论力学的教学改革过程中,通过重视基本概念、基本理论的教学,增加学生在学习中的主体作用,加强与实际的联系,达到了增强学生寻找知识和运用知识的能力,并初步培养了学生的创新意识和创新精神.     

高职学生英语自主学习能力的培养

培养学生英语自主学习能力是近年来外语教育界的热门话题。本文简要介绍了自主学习的定义,分析高职学生学习英语的现状,提出培养高职学生英语自主学习能力的建议,旨在帮助学生成为真正的自主学习者,提高外语学习效率,获得最佳学习效果。     

试论化学实验课的教学环节

本文阐述了高等专科院校化学教育的一个重要问题,即加强化学实验课的教学环节,着重培养学生的动手能力和独立思考能力,培养具有科教创新意识的毕业生.阐述了化学实验课教学的重要性和搞好化学实验课教学的方式及方法.     

解读“企业可持续成长”的内涵、外延与本质特征——一个整合的多维概念框架

目前学术界关于“企业可持续成长”概念在理解上比较混乱,阻碍了企业可持续成长理论的进一步研究。深入探讨“企业可持续成长”概念的内涵、外延与本质特征对于企业可持续成长理论研究和指导企业实践都有重大意义。文章尝试对“企业可持续成长”的概念内涵、外延与本质特征进行详细的阐释,力求从多维的角度对其进行科学明确的定义。     

Ownership Advantages, Foreign Production and Productivity: Evidence from Austrian Manufacturing Firms

Multi-plant economies of scale generated by firm-specific assets form a constituent feature of multinational firms. This paper uses a panel of Austrian manufacturing firms to test for multi-plant economies of scale by examining the dependence of labor productivity in plants of the home country on the volume of foreign production. As there is an inherent causality problem in testing this proposition, the econometric estimates use a simultaneous equation framework. The estimation results indeed indicate that firms which operate plants abroad achieve productivity advantages in domestic plants. The same holds true for affiliates of foreign multinationals.     

Extreme events: a study of small oil and gas firms

The oil and gas industry is subject to different types of risks, many of which have the potential to generate extreme results. Classifying extreme events as global, industry specific and firm specific, we use a Bayesian probability model and the Exponential Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (EGARCH) model to evaluate the impact of disclosure of extreme events on returns and return volatilities. The results suggest political events have more of a pronounced effect compared to those classified as economic events. The overall effects are more pronounced at the global and firm‐level classifications. At the firm level, extreme economic events have a more significant impact than political extreme events.     

论自制多模态PPT对大学生元认知能力的培养

学生自制PPT以其交互性、直观性、灵活性、实时性、立体化及趣味性等优势,最大程度打通了学生的多模态接受渠道,培养了大学生的元认知能力。就此,从学生的心理特征、认知水平和教学现状分析学生自制多模态PPT与自主学习之间的关系及合理应用这一教学模式的可行性。     

基于自生能力和内在约束的银行业发展方式转变问题研究

本文认为,中国银行业发展取得的成绩主要得益于体制改革释放的政策性红利以及经济快速发展带来的历史性机遇,而银行作为市场主体的商业自主性、公司治理和风险管控的有效性、经营管理的科学性并没有明显提高,银行业运行发展中的根本性、长期性矛盾依然存在,银行作为市场化主体的自生能力和自律约束机制尚未真正形成,本文分析了制度方面的成因与根源,并结合实际提出了进一步深化改革的政策建议。