School meals and pupil satisfaction. Evidence from Italian primary schools

This paper aims to analyse to what extent pupils value the characteristics of the state school foodservice and identify which variables affect the degree of pupils’ satisfaction with the quality of school meals. A representative sample of 33 state primary schools providing meals was extracted for the metropolitan city of Naples. Two questionnaires were distributed, one to the headteachers concerned and the other to 5th grade pupils (10–11 years old). Information about the catering companies was mainly sourced from the AIDA database. Pupil satisfaction was measured by two key variables: pleasantness of eating at school and food tastiness. Controlling for pupil, family, school, foodservice and catering company characteristics, the paper shows that the catering company size negatively impacts upon pupil satisfaction with the foodservice, whereas the estimated meal average production cost is positively associated with pupil satisfaction. The study could assist city boroughs in devising meal quality indicators to be taken into account in designing competitive tendering.     

论高校图书馆学术图书采购难的原因分析及改进建议

从高校图书馆和出版社以及流通环节对高校图书馆学术图书采购难的原因进行了分析。提出了改进的途径:加强图书采购人员的业务培训、合理招标、疏通信息渠道、提高网络采购的比例等。     

跨国采购外包在中国发展的制约因素研究

随着全球供应链整合与跨国采购外包的发展,将采购业务外包．已经成为企业节省采购系统投资、降低成本的重要方式。自2003年,埃森哲公司首先将“采购外包”的概念引入了中国以来．越来越多的跨国企业通过采购咨询公司在中国市场寻找供应商。本文深入分析了跨国采购流程的各环节在中国执行的过程中遭遇的困难,并提出了跨国采购外包在我国发展的制约因素。     

中小制造企业采购管理模式研究

文章对中小制造企业的内涵进行了界定,从重销售、轻采购、忽视"双赢"等方面分析了中小制造企业采购管理现状及存在的问题;并从构建采购管理组织机构、采购管理信息系统和采购管理模式的保障机制三方面提出了中小制造企业采购管理模式的构建——集中采购管理模式。     

汽车政府采购项目的技术体现

汽车采购是政府采购的重要组成部分,也是政府采购的难点。文章通过全面分析汽车政府采购项目的实施程序和技术体现,提出了关于汽车政府采购的几点思考。     

建筑材料采购与管理分析

建筑材料是整个建筑工程造价中最重要的组成部分,加强施工项目材料的采购和管理,对于提高工程质量、降低工程成本都将起到积极的作用。文章结合工程实际,阐述了建筑材料从计划、采购到入库、保管、出库等阶段的管理。     

构建军地一体化应急物资采购保障模式

文中主要阐述了军地一体化应急物资采购保障模式的概念和意义,构建了军地一体化应急物资采购保障模式的基本要求、基本设想和应注意的问题。     

中小制造企业采购管理模式研究

文章对中小制造企业的内涵进行了界定,从重销售、轻采购、忽视＂双赢＂等方面分析了中小制造企业采购管理现状及存在的问题;并从构建采购管理组织机构、采购管理信息系统和采购管理模式的保障机制三方面提出了中小制造企业采购管理模式的构建——集中采购管理模式。     

基于供应链管理的发电企业物资采购研究

物资采购是企业管理中极其重要的组成部分,运用合理的采购模式不仅可以提高工作效率,而且还能降低成本。从这一点出发,论文分析了供应链管理的内容及内涵,并根据准时采购、全球采购和集中采购的模式提出发电企业供应链管理策略。     

Nonparametric Estimation of Oligopsony Power in First‐Price Auction

This paper proposes a nonparametric procedure to estimate market power for first‐price auction data and applies the procedure to cattle procurement markets. Most previous studies have used parametric methods, which require specific functional forms for retail demand, input supply and processors’ cost equations. However, researchers often find that market power estimates from parametric methods are sensitive to the choice of functional forms and specifications. An application to data from cattle procurement experiments shows that our nonparametric approach greatly outperforms commonly used parametric methods in estimating the degree of market power. While parametric estimates are sensitive to functional form specification and are at least 90% smaller than ‘true’ market power indices, estimates from our nonparametric procedure deviate from the actual value by no more than 25%.