When memes program the genes: What managers need to know about the emerging genetic revolution

Many industries and their offerings have fallen victim to managerial shortsightedness. Firms often believe they are invincible and see themselves as immune to threats from seemingly unrelated technologies. There seemed to be no apparent link between bound paper books and the emerging internet, no discernible ties between the video rental business and streaming technologies, and no obvious connections between photography and cellular phones. When these associations were established by means of other, newer technologies, major incumbent firms such as Barnes & Noble, Blockbuster, and Kodak came crashing down. CRISPR is the technology of the moment, one that will enable the programming of evolution. While we might think about gene editing in terms of cures for diseases, its repercussions will impact almost every domain of human and planetary development, and sooner than one might think. In this installment of On The Horizon, we adopt an evolutionary perspective to understand the impact of the genetic revolution on firms regardless of industry.     

The Scottish Path to Capitalist Agriculture 2: The Capitalist Offensive (1747–1815)

The first in this series of articles left Scotland on the verge of agrarian transformation. Although the nation geographically nearest to England, it remained in 1745 considerably more distant in social structure. England was the first state unambiguously to complete the transition from feudal to capitalist agriculture. Unlike England, however, those that followed did not have a period of several centuries in which to undertake the process. Lenin identified the alternatives that they faced as the Prussian 'reformist' and American 'revolutionary' paths. Scotland was to prefigure the Prussian path, where the feudal landowners themselves instigated the transition to capitalism in the countryside. After the final defeat of Jacobitism at Culloden in 1746, the Scottish feudal landowners were juridically stripped of the powers (military tenures, local jurisdictions) with which a section of them had threatened the British state. They were, however, allowed to retain most of their power over their tenants. With no remaining alternative but to adapt to the capitalist mode of production, they systematically used these powers to reorganize their estates along existing English lines. The speed and extent of the transformation that followed remains unprecedented in Western European history.     

2＋1模式下高职毕业论文中存在的问题及对策--以浙江汽车职业技术学院物流管理专业为例

文中从浙江汽车职业技术学院物流管理专业“2＋1”教学模式学出发,分析了造成毕业论文质量低下、抄袭严重的原因,并提出了对毕业论文管理模式改革的思考。     

基于BIM平台的集成化可持续建筑设计教学研究

通过对我国建筑设计教育现状的分析,指出基于线性设计模式和单一学科平台的教育模式已不能满足可持续建筑设计需求,基于集成化设计模式和跨学科设计平台的教学方式更适应社会的需求和学生设计能力的培养,而BIM平台能够为集成化设计模式提供软件平台,满足教学要求。通过在教学团队、教学方法、教学内容和教学时间上的改进与实践,教学改革收到良好效果,学生设计能力与专业内认可程度都有较大提高,在全国学科竞赛中成绩优异。     

迎接现代科技革命潮流 加快推进新型工业化

现代科技革命发展的潮流是新科技革命和新产业革命以及由此带来的新工业革命,顺应这一潮流必须加快推进新型工业化;对新型工业化必须从“适度”和“新”两个层面来加深认识,必须大力发展循环经济。     

对日本零售市场国际化竞争经验的借鉴

2000年废除《大店法》以后,日本零售市场的国际化竞争加剧。但是从2005年以后的情况看,外资零售商在日本没有大的作为。完备的商业立法和行业管理制度、先进的物流配送系统、独特的商业文化,以及零售业的适时变革,使得日本零售业安全度过了市场国际化初期的强大冲击。     

改革、开放和发展的不同思路与流派

在中国改革中，已形成若干经济学派别，主要有：原生马克思主义经济思潮、创新马克思主义经济思潮、新自由主义经济思潮等。创新马克思主义经济思潮认为，社会主义和谐社会的经济基础是“四主型”经济制度，即公有主体型的多种类产权制度、劳动主体型的多要素分配制度、国家主导型的多结构市场制度和自立主导型的多方童开放制度。     

美国购油策略分析及对中国的启示

美国页岩油革命改变了美国原油贸易格局,使得美国进口原油品质趋于重质化,且地域来源趋于集中化。本文通过挖掘页岩油革命后美国原油进口策略转变的内在原因,提出美国国内页岩油需求与对加拿大原油进口之间存在互补效应,而与对欧佩克原油进口之间存在替代效应,并通过协整检验和格兰杰因果关系检验,分析了美国页岩油需求和对各国原油进口的互动关系。本文的研究结果对中国的页岩油战略和中美原油贸易关系均有重要的政策启示。     

The Goals of Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality and China’s New Energy Revolution

Based on the full consideration of both domestic and global environments and conditions, the adherence to the conviction that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, and the comprehensive weighing of pros and cons, the Chinese government has made a major strategic decision to achieve the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, which is crucial to the overall green transformation of the economy and society and the long-term benefits of the Chinese nation. With the new energy revolution and energy mix diversification driven by the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, nonfossil energy sources centered on photovoltaic energy will gradually dominate the energy mix, while the status of electricity and hydrogen energy will be significantly enhanced and the consumption of coal and petroleum will decline significantly. Carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals are both challenges and opportunities for China. Specific challenges are embodied in the large pressure of economic and energy restructuring, the rising manufacturing costs, the difficulties in withdrawing coal-fired power stations, the possibility of unstable grid operations due to large-scale integration of photovoltaic and wind power into the power distribution network, and the supply risks of key metals, while specific opportunities are emerging in the strong competitiveness of photovoltaic and wind power equipment, lower dependence on foreign petroleum and gas supply and accelerated low-carbon green transformation. China should strengthen the top-level design of the path to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality, encourage innovation of green low-carbon technologies, accelerate economic and energy restructuring, strictly restrict the construction of new high-emission and energy-intensive projects, and steadily promote the adjustment and withdrawal of the existing high-emission and energy-intensive projects.     

言息科技革命与反垄断法的冲突——微软公司VS．美国司法部案例分析

科技进步所诱发的信息革命给我们经济、法律、文化、伦理等社会关系造成了巨大的冲击。其中,建立于传统经济运行模式基础上的监管规制(尤其是反垄断法)在信息时代中显得难以应付,这集中表现于美国司法部与微软公司的世纪之诉中。因此,通过分析微软公司的案例,指出了反垄断立法背后的理论基础并不能囊括信息时代企业的竞争行为,因此有必要研究与信息经济时代特征相适应的反垄断立法。