Reprint of “Linking rival and stakeholder pressure to green supply management: Mediating role of top management support”

Drawing upon the Schumpeterian view of competition and stakeholder theory, the purpose of our study is to examine how issues of rivalry and stakeholder pressure motivate firms to implement green supply management practices. We also consider the role of top management support as an important enabler to how firms react to competitive pressures to pursue green supply management practices. Our model is tested using a sample of supply chain professionals. Our results indicate that environmental pressure from rivals and stakeholders influences green supply management implementation through the mediating role of top management support for environmental initiatives.     

大采高工作面超前支承压力分布规律的数值模拟

为了获得大采高工作面超前支承压力分布规律,采用FLAC3D数值仿真软件对工作面推进过程中煤岩体内支承压力分布进行了数值模拟,得出了随着工作面向前推进距离的增加,支承压力峰值前移、应力集中系数增大、影响范围扩大。支承压力分布规律能够为煤壁片帮、巷道底鼓的机理与防治提供理论指导。     

仪表及控制系统两种典型故障案例分析及处理

仪表作为工业生产的“倍增器”，在化工企业中的作用日益突显。生产中，一旦仪表及控制系统发生了故障又不能及时处理，将使企业的生产处于盲目的混乱状态。文中给出了“气压机振动探头故障、烟机转速探头故障”两种故障的分析与处理，收到良好的效果。     

论压力管道检验检测技术在中小城市的应用

本文围绕中小城市发展特色,在有限的人员、设备、资金条件下,提供一条科学可行的压力管道检验检测思路。     

电弧焊带压堵漏技术研究与应用

本文针对天然气净化装置静设备管线经常出现法兰泄漏、阀门泄漏、法兰面刺漏损坏等问题,总结出来一套直接采用电弧焊焊接带压堵漏技术进行堵漏。并成功地进行了不同介质,不同压力漏点的带压堵漏,保证了设备的连续运行,避免停产损失,在过去许多禁区都得到了突破。     

离心式压缩机在矿山应用前景

本文通过对离心式压风机原理与应用的说明,从而体现离心式压风机不但具备螺杆压风机安装时方便简单、维修上易损件少,维修简单方便等优点。在很多方面螺杆压更是无法相比的。说明离心机在矿山中有着广泛的应用前景。     

加强会计实训课的教学 提高学生账务处理能力

会计实训是对会计课程理论内容的进一步完善和补充,具有实践性、可验证性、操作性强的特点,属于会计课程体系的主干课程。本文分析了财会实训课教学的意义,从理论上阐述了如何加强会计实训的教学,对会计实训课的组织形式及内容作出分析。     

Sustainable water storage by agricultural businesses: Strategic responses to institutional pressures

Management of water storage in agriculture is under increasing public scrutiny. In Australia, water is being stored unsustainably by agricultural businesses, putting communities downstream at risk. Yet, sustainable water storage management institutional policy mechanisms remain disjointed around the country. This study seeks to investigate the problem through application of Oliver's (1991) strategic response typology to a survey of 404 agribusiness managers in four different institutional environments. Findings highlight the importance of social aspects of water storage and sharing in agribusiness regions and industries, and suggest that increased manager connectedness could reduce resistance to water storage policy pressures. The results not only provide beneficial guidance for policymakers faced with potentially catastrophic flood and drought conditions exacerbated by poor water storage management practice, but also add support to those found by Clemens and Douglas (2005), indicating the robustness of this theoretical approach for solutions to modern problems faced by business, policymakers and society.     

The effectiveness of state preferential property tax programs in conserving forests: Comparisons,measurements, and challenges

Forest property taxes have been identified as one of the major driving forces behind forest loss and parcelization. Among various policy alternatives for reducing the burden of forest property taxes on landowners, preferential property tax programs have been widely used across states. Existing research has mostly focused on individual property tax programs, particularly those based on current use valuation, while little has been done to document, analyze and compare programs across states. By examining survey data from state preferential property tax program administrators across the United States, this paper describes the commonalities and differences among states regarding their preferential property tax programs, provides a preliminary understanding of the relationship between state preferential property tax policy and trends in private forest conditions, and identifies issues related to the effectiveness of state preferential property tax programs and private forest land management and conservation. Our analysis revealed three fundamental disconnects: (1) Program attributes that were previously considered to be important for preferential property tax programs to be effective in retaining forest land and fostering management did not consistently correlate with program effectiveness as viewed by the administrators of these programs; (2) These program attributes did not consistently correlate with actual program effectiveness as measured at the state level by forest trend indicators used in this study (i.e., change in private forest land cover, change in average size of private forest holdings, extent to which private forest land is being actively managed); and (3) The self-assessed program effectiveness did not consistently correlate with actual program effectiveness, either. The various ways in which the effectiveness of preferential property tax programs is defined and measured contribute to explaining these disconnects. It is particularly important for researchers and policy makers to be explicit about how they define and measure effectiveness and the scale on which they conduct their analysis before assessing and comparing programs or suggesting improvement strategies.