The Strategic HRM Configuration for Competitive Advantage: Evidence from Japanese Firms in China and Taiwan

The purpose of the present study was to identify the pattern of HRM practices that would lead to an improvement in business performance in Chinese- and Taiwanese-based Japanese affiliates in the light of a configurational perspective, following the current debate in the field of strategic human resource management (SHRM). In particular, a set of working hypotheses regarding the structural relationship among HRM practices for producing enhanced business results was drawn from the organizational learning theoretical framework that emphasizes a linkage between the process of learning and firm performance. Our conceptual model and specific hypotheses were examined using a sample of 286 Japanese affiliates operating in Mainland China and Taiwan. The results provided basic support for the configurational hypothesis in predicting the financial aspect of an affiliate's performance. It is argued that the findings of the study have several important implications for the untested relationships between high commitment work practices (HCWPs) and high performance work systems (HPWSs) from a Japanese management perspective. In addition, the manner in which each HRM technique can be used by Japanese overseas affiliates to enhance their learning and adaptive capabilities is discussed.     

英语教学与研究性学习的思考

研究性学习是适应E时代社会发展而出现的一种新型的教育理念，是自20世纪80年代末以来国际教育界比较普遍推崇和实施的一种培养“关键能力”的重大教育改革。根据笔者教学实践和研究，本文拟对研究性学习发表几点浅见。     

铁路空车调整蚁群算法的研究

依据数量调配和网络配流两个空车调整的核心问题,建立了空车调整协同优化模型,并设计了相应的蚁群算法。由于共同径路约束与模型是不协调的,且对流约束不会对模型的最优解产生影响,故而模型可以描述为线性整数规划模型。同时,研究表明蚁群算法对求解空车调整问题具有一定优势。     

基于遗传算法的集装箱多式联运联盟合作伙伴的选择

集装箱多式联运是一个复杂的大系统,其多式联盟的组成首先要选择正确的合作伙伴。建立基于遗传算法的集装箱多式联运联盟合作伙伴选择的模型,从联盟的运营成本、运营时间和运营风险的最小化进行择优,同时给出应用算例进行验证,并利用MATLAB7.0求解,得到能以最佳性能完成运输任务的联盟伙伴组合。     

Sustainable rural communities? A legal perspective on the community right to buy

Sustainable development is the underlying policy behind the community right to buy land in rural Scotland enshrined in the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, Part 2. The Act explicitly requires communities wishing to exercise the right to buy to have sustainable development at the heart of their community body and all their plans for the land. This paper examines the role and interpretation of sustainable development in the CRB. Since the Act was passed three administrations have headed up the Scottish government and sustainable development issues and strategies for Scotland have been aired in four important and distinctive policy documents showing that it is still very much an evolving concept in Scottish politics. The current administration has adopted the most econocentric approach yet seen in the UK, focusing on sustainable economic growth. Meanwhile, the community right to buy has developed its own sustainable development agenda. This review of decisions taken under the legislation illustrates that a diverse range of community ownership plans have been deemed consistent with sustainable development, from creation of sports facilities to preservation of castles, lighthouses and village greens. A range of economic, social and environmental objectives have been approved. On the other hand, communities that fail to adopt the ‘right’ approach to the principle will not be successful in using the legislation.     

浅谈如何克服英语课上的畏难心理

在高校新生中,学生的英语水平层次不一,许多来自山区和经济贫困地区的学生,因学习英语的环境和经济务件所限,其英语听、说能力很差,在高校学习期间,对英语学习在心理上有很大的畏难情绪,面对高校新生在英语课上出现的种种问题,教师应在教学实践中提供有效的学习方法,建立起平等、和谐、良好的语言环境,引导学生一步一步地走进绚丽多姿的语言天地。     

基于组态视角的物流竞争力提升路径研究

基于基础-企业-市场(groudings-enterprises-markets, GEM)模型和复杂系统理论,采用模糊集定性比较分析法,从组态视角出发,对31个省份(因数据缺失,不包括港澳台地区)物流竞争力提升路径进行实证分析。研究发现,主体、资源、环境、需求、技术、创新6个要素对物流竞争力都存在一定的影响,但是单个要素并不是强物流竞争力的必要条件;存在环境-需求-技术-创新驱动型、全面均衡综合驱动型以及资源-环境-技术驱动型3条等效路径;各地应根据资源禀赋情况,选择差异化提升路径。     

电磁场数值模拟TLM算法及其应用

传输线矩阵（TLM）算法是基于Huygens的波传播模型，与计算机结合起来后，成为一种强有力的三维时域电磁场数值仿真算法，在1971年TLM被首次提出以后，便得到不断的改进，从二维到三维，从扩展型结点到凝缩型结点，从时域TLM到频域TLM，而其应用也从最初的处理电磁场问题发展到对微波电路的模拟，高速IC的设计，以及处理光学，机械学，热学和声学问题，本文详细介绍了二维、三维空间的TLM算法，扩展型结点和几种改进的对称凝缩结点，阐述了TLM在各领域的应用，最后还简单介绍了我们完成的工作。     

基于解释结构模型的铁路低碳物流影响因素分析

首先,介绍铁路低碳物流的内涵,通过SWOT分析,指出我国铁路发展低碳物流的必要性与迫切性,进而探究其影响因素。其次,采用解释结构模型,针对影响铁路低碳物流发展7个因素之间的关系,进行层次化分析处理,得出表层、中层和深层影响因素。最后,提出促进我国铁路低碳物流的发展对策。