The Discouraging Effect of Risks in WTO Negotiations: Determinants and Perceived Changes

The observation has frequently been made that uncertainty about the legal meaning and the economic and political effects of WTO agreements exert a discouraging effect on the progress of multilateral trade negotiations. This article identifies the determinants of uncertainty and risk in the WTO. It also examines changes in these determinants over time, pointing to increasing levels of uncertainty and risk. The argument is based on a series of interviews conducted with members of national delegations to the WTO and with WTO employees.     

Stock Returns,Productivity, and Corruption in Eight European Fast-Emerging Markets

This article addresses the impact of productivity, corruption, and trade openness on the stock returns of 265 industrial companies listed in eight Eastern European fast-emerging markets, over the 2004-2013 period. Through a three-factor model that includes both measures at firm level and macro-level control variables, our findings suggest that country corruption index is negatively correlated with the total annual return of the stocks of the listed industrial companies of our sample. Moreover, the most productive firms are featured by higher stock returns, while leverage seems not to be a key predictor of stock returns. In addition, the article uncovers innovative evidence about trade openness that is negatively correlated with stock returns due to its connection with the recent financial crisis. That is, firms operating in markets that are more open to trade show a higher degree of interconnection with other economies and are more likely to undergo the effects of negative fluctuations from foreign markets during the economic crisis. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

A New Internet Driven Internationalisation Framework

This paper aims to offer a new Internet driven theoretical framework that explains how a successful internationalisation process may be developed and identifies the strategic dimensions that influence the key decisions in an interrelated, performance-associated way. The extant literature is examined in international marketing, international entrepreneurship and Internet marketing and a comprehensive strategic analysis is conducted of a successful individual services business: ING Direct. It is shown how strategic constructs and risk constructs drive the internationalisation process in an interrelated and performance-associated way. In the framework, the firm's target is to take advantage of an opportunity by obtaining a sustainable competitive advantage while attenuating international risk. Entry mode and country selection are strategic decisions interrelated mutually and with other strategic choices and with performance; this is why an analysis with ceteris paribus statements or episodic analysis may lead to the wrong conclusions.     

一种快速的扇束CT滤波反投影重建算法

提出了一种用于扇束CT(计算机断层扫描)重建的快速滤波反投影算法.这种算法是传统标准滤波反投影(FBP)重建算法的加速形式,主要通过减少投影数量然后重建子图像来实现.实验结果表明:对于一幅512×512图像,这种算法可以将重建过程加速40倍以上,并且不会引入明显的图像误差.这种算法也适应于多层螺旋三维重建,并且可以延伸用于三维锥形重建.     

一种新的SC—FDE系统粗定时同步算法

定时同步是单载波频域均衡(SC-FDE)系统的一项关键技术,其中的粗定时同步算法决定着同步收敛速度,由Schmidl和Cox提出的传统算法中出现的测度峰值平台影响着粗同步的精度与速度。通过训练符号格式的重新设计,利用其中4个相同部分良好的相关特性,提出了一种基于特殊训练符号的粗同步算法。仿真结果表明,在高斯白噪声信道和多径衰落信道条件下,新算法定时偏差估计的方差和均值接近于理论值,粗定时同步能够精确地完成,较好解决了测度峰值平台问题。     

Factors that influence the consumption of food outside the home in Brazil

The food sector has taken on an unprecedented dynamism in recent years. The processing and distribution of food, although heavily influenced by tradition, have seen intensive innovations, leading to changes in the way individuals consume. One of these changes is the consistent growth of the habit of eating outside the home. Consuming food outside the home involves a number of practices such as eating at commercial establishments that specialize in food (restaurants, fast food restaurants and snack bars) and those that offer food as a part of their services (hotels, in‐flight meals), and non‐commercial alternatives such as the homes of family and friends. In order to describe the eating habits of consumers in the town of Lavras in Minas Gerais State, Brazil, especially when it comes to eating outside the home, a quantitative study was conducted, with 413 questionnaires being distributed by convenience sampling. Among the main results are: (a) a search for variety as a motivator for eating outside the home; (b) convenience as an important element on many occasions of consumption; (c) more intensive consumption and more favourable attitudes towards eating out on the part of younger people, people with higher incomes, no children and a higher degree of schooling; (d) importance of paying for food by the kilo. When compared with a study conducted in England, important similarities were identified in socio‐demographic influences, although the cultural factors are notable when it comes to dishes and the types of eating establishment. The growing habit of eating out has therefore become a worldwide phenomenon, but with cultural and regional differences that have led to different rhythms in terms of change and the way food is supplied. The recovery of embedded cultural habits, with increased value being given to slow food, traditional dishes and tradition itself, appears to co‐exist with a productivity model of food courts, pasteurization and accessible prices. The occasion for consumption, which may be understood as the dichotomies of ‘weekday versus weekend’ or ‘convenience versus leisure’, is an important element that influences consumer behaviours. The undertaking of a cross‐cultural comparative study can be seen as an important step in this field of research.     

基于多元线性回归的装饰工程快速估价模型

针对目前装饰工程陕速估价方法的不足，以及装饰工程造价组成的特点，建立一种基于多元线性回归的快速估价新模型。以住宅类建筑为例，建立其多元线性回归模型，结合SPSS软件对样本分析，结果表明，其线性回归模型显著，同时，内墙、外墙、楼地面和窗的回归系数也非常显著。通过计算回归值与实际值的误差，发现误差比较理想，该模型具有很好的实用价值。     

基于IEEE802.11a的符号定时同步新方法

<正>张媛的“电子商务与税收新理念的探析”一文,在本刊2005年第6期发表后,本刊收到西南财经大学尹音频检举张文存在抄袭内容的来信。本刊立即展开调查工作,现将有关调查与处理情况公告如下: 1．经鉴定,张文大量甚至原封不动地抄袭了尹音频的“电子商务税收理念与     

初相注入式快速符号同步的一种实现方法

通过平方滤波算法对时钟初相进行预估计,实现了Gardner算法下初相注入式符号同步.该方法具有快速、高精度的特点,尤其是较好地解决了初始点为过零点的极端情况下,Gardner算法收敛方向不确定、收敛时间较长的问题.计算机仿真和实际应用证实了该方法的有效性.     

快速城市化地区社区的社会结构特征——以深圳市五联社区为例

通过对深圳市五联社区社会状况的实地访谈和定量调查,对快速城市化地区社区的社会结构状况进行了研究,力求揭示快速城市化地区社区社会结构运作的基本特征,以深入推进城市化工作,建设和谐社区.