Dynamic cost functions and freight transport modal split evolution

The paper studies the characteristics of the evolution over time of modal split for a transport system in which various modes compete with each other and face the freight flow increase in different ways. It is shown that the modal split evolution is constituted by a sequence of time periods, in each of which the dynamic characteristics of the system are different. An equilibrium, stable or unstable, is reached after a transition phase, whose length depends on the characteristics of the system, and in some cases exceeds the length of the period, so that an equilibrium is not reached.     

浅析事业单位专项资金的管理

文章从分析目前事业单位专项资金管理存在的问题及其原因入手,提出了四点关于事业单位专项资金管理问题的解决对策,明确提高事业单位专项资金使用效果和效率的重要性,希望能增强资金使用者和管理者的责任意识,并为事业单位及财政部门提供参考。     

进一步做好江西省价格公共服务工作的思考

2009年,江西省制定了《江西省开展价格公共服务三年规划》(以下简称《规划》),在全省范围内开展了价格公共服务工作。该省价格公共服务工作要在现有成绩的基础上,进一步提高认识,更新观念,突出重点,紧贴实际,坚持不懈进行下去。     

MAINTAINING MARKET POSITION: TEAM PERFORMANCE,REVENUE AND WAGE EXPENDITURE IN THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE

This paper investigates the relationship between playing success and commercial success in team sports. Utilizing a data set relating to the English Premier League that combines both financial measures and indicators of playing skills and performances, our empirical analysis is based on three behavioural equations. Our analysis indicates that on‐field success can be directly related to players’ skills and abilities and that revenue is positively related to on‐field success. Wage expenditure is also shown to systematically reflect player skills and performances. One interpretation of this evidence is that investment in players’ skills and ability buys on‐field success, with richer teams becoming ever richer and able to maintain or even build upon success by spending more on players than less successful clubs. To the extent that richer clubs are successful in their objective there is a causal link between revenue earned and competitive imbalance via investments in players. The implications of this tendency within a league are discussed in our conclusion, which also considers the potentially wider implications of our study as they relate to the evolution of firm size and issues of market share.     

Ownership Sentiments Towards the Customer Care Function in E-Business Situations

ABSTRACT

Effective management of customer care is critically important for successful electronic commerce. The executive in charge of the customer care function in a business based on e-commerce might have a technical IT background, a marketing background, or be from general management. This empirical study examined the degrees to which a sample of 86 marketing and IT managers responsible for customer care in e-commerce environments felt they “owned” the customer care function, and the antecedents and consequences of powerful ownership sentiments. It emerged that heads of department with marketing backgrounds reported significantly stronger feelings of ownership of customer care than heads with IT backgrounds. The level of ownership sentiment varied with respect to the extent of the personal investment a manager had devoted to developing the customer care function, the belief that he or she was an expert in customer care, the person's commitment to the organisation as a whole (rather than to a specific function within it), and the degree of centralisation of the firm's decision making. People who felt strongly that they owned their company's customer care function experienced a heavy sense of responsibility for its effective management. However, the same individuals were more likely to be in conflict with managers of other departments and to resist change.     

国有林区政府职能建设滞后问题剖析

国有林区政府职能的建设是实现林区社会可持续发展的一个重要的前提和基础。文章结合我国国有林区目前的特有状况，对林区政府在职能建设上滞后的原因进行了一个全新角度的系统剖析，力图为后续的研究者打开一条探索的新路。     

论社交礼仪在人际交往中的功用

社交礼仪是精神文明的内容之一。它在人际交往中具有形象塑造、感情联络、行为调节等功能,要成为文明人,必须注重社交礼仪。     

中国大陆与台湾地区创新体系中组织功能的比较研究

中国大陆与台湾地区社会制度与经济体制的不同导致两岸的创新体系有很大的差异，本文从两岸创新体系组织功能的视角，梳理两岸创新体系的优势与劣势，对两岸产业和科研创新的进一步合作有所启示。[编者按]     

合理建设区域中心城市 促进哈大经济带快速发展

哈大经济带是我国重要经济带之一,其发展不仅关系东北经济的振兴,对全国经济发展也有重要影响。本文从城市发展方面着手,分析了哈大经济带城市化发展的现状和存在的问题以及中心城市对经济发展的推动作用,并提出了几个区域中心城市城市功能调整与定位的建议。