Business and the limited reconstruction of industrial relations in the UK in the 1970s

Industrial relations were reconstructed in the UK in the 1970s, but only in a limited way. This article examines how business preserved ultimate managerial prerogative in the organisation of the firm and the workplace by constraining the process of reconstruction. The analysis contributes to understanding of business in the 1970s and varieties of capitalism literature on comparative political economy by suggesting that changes in industrial relations were accepted by business only where congruent with corporate strategy. Evidence comes from industrial relations surveys and the Bullock Inquiry on board-level worker participation.     

Networks and business development: Convict businesspeople in Australia, 1817–24

This article uses social network analysis to examine accounting records in order to establish and analyse business relationships. It applies this methodology to accounting transactions recorded at Australia's first bank, the Bank of New South Wales (BNSW) in order to establish whether a business network existed among ex-convict businesspeople in Sydney during 1817–24. Uncertainty regarding distance from suppliers and credit facilities, lack of markets and business connections plus the social stigma of ‘convictism’ meant that it was difficult but not impossible for ex-convicts to establish businesses. The network among BNSW shareholders and depositors served the purpose of pooling of resources and information and alleviating uncertainty.     

Development credit corporations: Not-for-profit development finance institutions in the postwar United States

Development credit corporations (DCCs) were innovative not-for-profit organisations first set up in the United States in the years after World War II. DCCs borrowed from financial institutions and lent on a long-term basis to small companies that needed funds to expand or maintain their operations but did not qualify for long-term credit from conventional lenders. DCCs were private-sector bodies created at the state level under charters issued by state governments. The organisations were established in more than half the American states. DCCs continue to function in the contemporary era, and have thus proved to be a permanent fixture in the landscape of development entities and not-for-profit financial institutions.     

The role of implicit contracts: Building public works in the 1840s in Portugal

This article studies financial schemes for building public works in the 1840s. The study of the Portuguese case clearly illustrates the importance of implicit contracts with governments in peripheral Europe, shedding light on solutions for financing the provision of public goods. Building roads and railways seems to have been the fruit of an implicit contract behind the tobacco monopoly in a country involved in social turmoil and civil wars. Reputation effects are called to explain the relevant range of the partners' negotiations, to reject the traditional historiography based on wrong management and speculation in a period of savage capitalism.     

The rise and fall of single-letter ticker symbols

A single-letter stock ticker symbol is a limited resource – only 26 possibilities are available in a stock universe of over 475,000 possible one-, two-, three- or four-letter ticker symbols. These symbols were first allocated based on trading volume therefore some of the most important companies at the time were initially placed into this group. This paper examines the history of this group of stocks and documents a decline in the importance of these firms due to a natural turnover in commercial leadership and no established mechanism to remove the single-letter designation from firms that lost their prominence.     

中国商学教育的历史演进

随着交换的发展,商的学说、商学、商学教育随之兴起。商学教育在外部环境、社会需求和自身变革三大动因的推动下,经历了古代起源、近代雏形和现代成长三个阶段的历史演进。进入21世纪,商学教育出现实践导向、国际对接和品牌运作的新商学趋势。     

论中职物流专业职业导向课程体系的构建与实施

以培养学生的基础能力、专业能力和职业拓展能力为目标,从物流行业特点、区域经济发展需要等方面探索以职业为导向的中职物流管理专业课程体系的构建与实施。     

浅析藏汉双语模式下的高中新课程改革——康定县藏文中学高中新课改的调查报告

康定县藏文中学是甘孜州唯一的一所重点寄宿制藏文中学,也是甘孜州内第一所进行双语教学的重点中学.本文通过对该校高中部的高中新课程改革的工作进行调查,并试图为此次课程改革寻找出较好的途径与方式.     

在地理教学中开展学生思想道德教育的可行性及途径探析

现行所有的地理教材都非常注重对相关自然地理及人文事物形成过程和规律进行细致的分析,这为给学生进行日常的思想道德教育提供了非常好的素材,本文就是在分析了在地理教学中开展学生思想道德教育的可行性后提出了多项有效的教育途径。