Codes of Conduct in Subcontracting Networks: A Labour Law Perspective

In the past ten years, many European companies organised into subcontracting networks have decided to adopt codes of conduct to regulate labour relations and to ensure the respect of fundamental social rights. This paper first determines the context and the issues to be addressed by codes of conduct within networks of companies, and second analyses the terms under which they can be implemented. The paper argues that codes of conduct can complement the standards developed by States, the European Union or the social partners, but that steps should be taken in order to avoid that these texts replace the existing labour law.     

Market structure and profitability in the international tourist hotel industry

This paper adopts Hsiao (1986) panel data techniques, with metropolitan-level panel data from Taiwan, to examine how the market structures of various related service markets and hotels’ locations affect hotels’ profitability. The empirical results indicate that: (1) market concentration in rooms could significantly improve international tourist hotels’ profitability, while concentration in the food and beverage markets have positive but insignificant effects, and (2) the locations of the international tourist hotels significantly affect their profitability.     

Integration of collective bargaining and formal worker participation processes: Boon or barrier to worker rights?

Many employers are extending workplace rights by allowing for more employee voice in decision making. Numerous unionized organizations have established formal worker participation processes to help achieve this end and to improve organizational performance. Based largely on theory, such processes are normally designed to operate independently from the bargaining process. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between participation and bargaining processes, and the effect of this relationship on workplace satisfaction. A total of 712 Midwest union officials were surveyed, and the results indicate that the processes tend to become integrated in the workplace. Further, union officials' workplace satisfaction was greater where formal worker participation is institutionalized within the bargaining process.     

城市发展质量评价的公众参与研究

城市发展质量评价是现代城市治理的有效手段之一。公众参与城市发展质量评价不仅是民主政治的集中体现,也有助于提高评价的质量和信度。本文在分析城市发展质量与公众之间辩证关系的基础上,讨论了公众在城市发展质量评价中的主体作用,分析了评价过程各阶段的公众参与形式,并初步研究了公众参与的主要问题及对策。     

A monetary business cycle model with unemployment

To reproduce key features of the post-war U.S. data, most monetary business cycle models must assume there are high price markups and that agents have high labour supply elasticities despite the existence of contradictory microeconomic evidence. This paper eliminates the need for these assumptions by introducing imperfectly observed effort into a limited participation model. The estimated model is better able to capture the sluggish price response to a monetary policy shock than the standard model, and is consistent with evidence regarding the qualitative responses of the U.S. economy to technology shocks, fiscal policy shocks and monetary policy shocks.     

英国城市的无障碍环境建设

随着残疾人问题的日益突出 ,英国对城市无障碍环境建设问题日渐重视。本文介绍了英国无障碍环境建设的有关立法、建筑规范、规划政策、规划控制与建筑控制的比较以及公众参与的情况     

中国互助游的现状及发展策略研究

网络社区的发展,旅游需求的多元化,催生了一种全新的旅游方式——互助游。根据网络调查的结果分析了互助游的概念内涵和特征,互助游客的旅游行为特征及发展互助游的障碍,在此基础上总结网络调查结果提出部分发展策略,以期引导互助旅游的健康发展。     

旅游管理专业一体化实践教学体系的构建与实施

实践教学体系是高校实现培养目标的重要途径。旅游业对旅游管理人才的实践能力和综合素质提出了更高的要求，旅游管理专业必须构建一体化实践教学体系以迎接这种挑战。从旅游管理高等教育的实际出发，就一体化实践教学体系的基本内涵、目标体系、构建框架和实施途径进行探讨，为有效解决当前中国旅游高等教育普遍存在的教学与实践相脱离的问题提供新的思路。     

以产学研结合搭建旅游人才培养的平台

旅游高等教育是具有鲜明职业特色的专业教育，产业需求是办学的依据、动力和出发点。桂林旅专产学研结合主要体现在三个方面：一是在办学体制上以新校区建设为契机，探索校企合作办学的新机制，寻求产学研结合的新模式；二是以能力为重心，从实践技能出发强化旅游教学与旅游产业的结合；三是以就业为导向培养适应旅游业需要的高质量应用型人才。实现“以学办产、以产辅学、以研带产、产学研相互促进”的良性循环。     

广州高校旅游的客源市场研究--以中山大学(南校区)为例

根据2003年3月15日至4月30日对中山大学(广州南校区)93名游客的抽样调查资料，同时结合其他资料，初步分析了广州高校旅游的客源市场特征，并对发展广州高校旅游提出了一些建议。