U.K. Conference Venues

ABSTRACT

The following paper investigates the supply and demand for conference venues in the United Kingdom (U.K.) over the past 40 years. The main data relates to trends in the type of venue facilities provided in the U.K. and how the varying market sectors use these. It is suggested that the patterns of venue development have often been in response to perceived opportunity for business rather than actual demand. The concern is raised that current business levels cannot support the growing supply of venues and that continued new developments may not be the most appropriate method of approaching the situation.     

浅议高职专业英语教学策略

通过调查学生实习状况阐述高职学生学好专业英语的必要性,并从与基础英语的关系、实际运用以及教学方式方法等几方面提出高职专业英语的教学策略,最后指出了专业英语教学中应注意的几个问题。     

新疆实施农业巨灾保险证券化探讨

新疆是我国的农业大省,也是农业受自然灾害影响较大的省区。因此,发展新疆农业保险就显得尤为重要。但是,新疆农业保险的发展却一直落后于农业的发展。本文认为,实施农业巨灾保险证券化是新疆农业保险发展的出路所在。     

Subsidiary knowledge flow strategies and purpose of expatriate assignments

Although a general association between the role of international assignees and knowledge transfer has been noted in the international human resource literature, very little is known on how subsidiary knowledge flow strategies influence the purpose of expatriate assignments. Building specifically on Gupta and Govindarajan’s typology of subsidiary knowledge flow strategies and Hocking’s expatriate assignment purpose, we examine the link between subsidiary knowledge flow and the purpose of expatriate assignments using a mixed method approach. Combining survey data and qualitative interviews from 156 subsidiaries in the service and manufacturing sector in Malaysia and Singapore, we find that subsidiaries with divergent strategic roles have different knowledge flow strategies, thus leading to different purposes of expatriate assignments.     

The double-edged sword of purpose-driven behavior in sustainable venturing

This paper examines the relationship between purpose and purposeful organizing and how such arrangements influence the entrepreneurial journey as sustainable ventures move from idea to markets. We leverage an iterative multi-stage process-tracing design to understand the mechanisms whereby 14 different B Corp certified organizations embed purpose before, during and after the certification process. Our analyses reveal three types of venture paths for purpose-driven entrepreneurs, which are shaped by distinct imprinting sequences with three critical sensitive windows playing a pivotal role: the definition of scope of purpose, timing of purpose formalization through B Corp Certification and shifts in the source of feedback. Different imprinters occurring within the critical sensitive windows shape particular imprinting sequences triggering situations of both productive and counterproductive path development. Our results challenge the assumed linear relationship between purpose and purposeful organizing and more specifically the belief that seeking (purposeful) B Corp certification at firm foundation is necessarily productive for society and for the ventures themselves regardless of when the certification is achieved.     

论消费者自主选择权的保护——以数字电视为视角

消费者自主选择权是消费者最为核心的权利之一,消费者自主选择权的正当性基础是平衡正义、消费者的弱者地位及其意思表示不自由。而数字电视提供者滥用其垄断地位以格式合同剥夺了消费者自主选择权,极大冲击了契约自由原则。政府与数字电视提供商利用"公共利益"之名合法化其自身利益,损害消费者的自主选择权。因而,应完善垄断行业消费者权益保护的相关立法、执法及诉讼机制,更好保护消费者自主选择权。     

中小企业资产证券化问题研究

中小企业是市场经济的重要组成部分,是经济发展的最重要的驱动力量。本文分析了由于我国目前中小企业发展过程中存在融资难的问题而需要资产证券化的必要性,认为可以通过创造良好的外部环境和整合优化中小企业自身内部资源,进行资产证券化。     

我国资产证券化结构中SPV的法律构建问题

文章回顾了我国资产证券化发展不足的历史及原因,分析了我国资产证券化结构中SPV构建的法律问题,即现行的《公司法》、《合同法》、《担保法》等与SPV的构建都存在障碍。提出我国资产证券化结构中SPV的模式选择：第一,利用国有公司的公信力,发挥社会主义的优越性,以四大资产管理公司承担公司型SPV的职能。第二,依据现行《信托法》,以信托机制构建SPV的模式进行资产证券化。建议在借鉴国外经验的基础上,以保护投资者利益为原则制订我国的《资产证券化法》,推动资产证券化全面发展。     

18m长出口钢轨采用普通平车装运优化方案研究

随着我国钢轨生产质量的提高,钢轨出口量也逐年上升,为解决原18m长出口钢轨普通平车装运方案存在的装载量低、运输成本高等问题,阐述出口钢轨装运现状,充分考虑18m长出口钢轨的长度和规格,依据《铁路货物装载加固规则》的技术要求,研究提出一种"低-高-低-…-低"交错承载方式的18m长出口钢轨采用普通平车装运优化方案,该优化方案充分考虑各型号出口钢轨特性、有效利用车辆载重能力,可以成倍提高装载量和运输效率,减少车辆使用,降低运输成本。试验结果表明该优化方案满足安全运输要求。     

技术通用性、全球创新链嵌入与国际知识流

文章通过技术的通用性水平差异刻画各国制造业在全球创新链中的位置,并在非线性双指数知识流模型的基础上,分析知识在全球创新链不同环节间的流动。研究表明,知识流在全球创新链的上游和下游强度较高,在中游强度较低,中国制造业的融入位置处于全球创新链的中下游,并随着中国内需市场的扩张和经济结构的转型,下游化趋势日趋显著。在下游化的过程中,中国制造业企业完成了由低端技术的供给者向技术资源的整合者的转型,实现了对全球的科学知识资源的高效利用,但研发资源集中于下游环节使得企业更加依赖国外技术,技术革新过程受制于人。在上游通用性技术领域,中国制造业企业仍然处于追赶者的角色,亟需抓住新一轮通用性技术革新的机遇,从供给侧发力,通过创新驱动提高制造业整体竞争力,推动中国经济的高质量发展,由知识使用者向知识创造者转型。