Evaluating the Tourism Potential of Public Museums in Hangzhou: A Supply-Side Perspective

This is a qualitative study to evaluate the tourism potential of public museums from a supply-side perspective. Nine specialized public museums in Hangzhou were evaluated based on six criteria: cultural, physical, product, experiential, marketing, and leadership. The overall tourism potential was rated as moderate for the museums in Hangzhou. Poor accessibility, isolation from tourism nodes, lack of complementarity with peripheral attractions, and limited carrying capacity impair the museums' appeal to tourists. The local government's proactive intention to develop cultural tourism and the innovative marketing efforts adopted by a few museums certainly help to enhance the museums' tourism potential.     

WTO规则与我国行政许可原则的确立

目前,有关我国加入WTO的经济贸易法律调整与应对问题,国内学者们已多有论述。而有关我国公共行政领域法律制度的相应协调与变革,则开始成为需要进一步加强研究的课题。行政许可是国家行政管理的重要手段之一,在国内,依法行政的呼声日益高涨,与我国刚加入WTO的国际形势下探索行     

Impact of Continuous Climb Operations in ATC workload. Case-study Palma airport

This research assesses the impact of the integration of Continuous Climb operations (CCOs) on Air Traffic Control (ATC) workload. The methodology encompasses different modules: CCO, standard departing and arriving trajectories extracted from an external database, an ad-hoc algorithm for detecting and solving conflicts, and an ATC-workload model with the inclusion of CCO-task modifications. Monte Carlo simulations evaluates different combinations of these modules. Then, a sensitivity analysis is performed to evaluate two parameters: the impact of the calibration of the maximum ATC workload and the percentage increase of the CCO tasks on the ATC workload. The methodology is applied to a case study at Palma airport in Spain. Extensive numerical simulations are executed based on the integration of CCOs into the system from 0% to 100%. The integration of CCOs implies the increase of the ATC workload in the Control Tower (TWR) and the reduction in the Approach Control Centre (APP). The sensitivity analysis shows that the decrease in the increase of CCO-task workload barely affects the number of CCOs that can be operated without exceeding the workload limits. Conversely, the reduction of the ATC workload calibration allows the integration of CCOs around 50% in the case of 90% TWR calibration and up to 100% in the case of 80%.     

农村社区公共产品供给制度的变迁

从新制度经济学和公共财政学的一些相关概念和理论出发,分析我国家庭承包制下农村公共品供给制度变迁的背景,然后通过与人民公社时期的这一制度进行对比分析,结合当今实际指出变迁过程中形成的几种模式,并进行相应的评述和政策建议。     

公用事业民营化:理论盲点与政策建议

中国公用事业民营化改革有其深刻的现实与理论背景。对公用事业民营化的理论研究与实践探索,是一个认识逐步深入的过程。目前在公用事业公有民营与民有民营、民营化与市场效率改善、价格管制的“信息悖论”、改革中的利益协调问题等方面缺乏研究,存在理论盲点。这些问题不解决,会阻碍民营化的进程、影响民营化的效果。中国公用事业民营化改革应该是一个从公有民营到民有民营的渐进过程,自由交易权是民营化改革成功的制度保证,政府制度改革是民营化改革的政治基础,协调各方利益是民营化改革成功的关键。     

山东省公共文化服务设施的空间分布特征及影响因素研究

运用最邻近指数、核密度估计法和标准差椭圆,对山东省公共文化服务设施的空间分布特征及影响因素进行分析。结果表明,山东省公共文化服务设施数量分布不均衡,整体呈现“中东多,南北少”的空间分布特征,青岛市公共文化服务设施数量最多,东营市公共文化服务设施数量最少;山东省公共文化服务设施分布空间集聚程度较高,呈现“两核-多中心”的空间分布密度特征;山东省公共文化服务设施的空间分布方向呈“西南-东北”走向,与山东省区域分布方向较为一致;山东省公共文化服务设施空间分布受到人口规模、资金投入、经济发展等因素的综合影响。最后,从推进区域均衡发展、加强财政支持、因地制宜进行服务资源建设等方面,提出山东省公共文化服务设施空间优化的对策和建议。     

The impact of social cues on passengers’ travel experience

Despite the importance of social cues in service experience environments, little is known about the role of other customer perceptions (OCP) in the formation of passengers’ travel experience (PTE) and loyalty in public transportation. This study examines the impact of OCP on PTE and loyalty in public transportation and also investigates the moderating role of face-consciousness between OCP and PTE. Results revealed that all three dimensions of OCP have a positive effect on PTE, which consequently influences loyalty. More importantly, face-consciousness moderated the relationship between suitable behavior and PTE. Transport managers can benefit from these findings by considering the social environment as they design their services.     

Copyright: a systemic marketplace icon

This article argues that copyright is a systemic marketplace icon because of the breadth of its effects on market operations. Copyright determines how intellectual property rights for creative work are allocated between the different actors involved in production and consumption, and must balance the civic priority of public access to creative work with the market-driven principle of rewarding private interests for their effort. This duality tends to polarise opinion about its implementation by rights holders, because very different ideological assumptions underpin civic and market objectives. Copyright discourses reveal how these ideological struggles play out among interested parties, who use the concept of copyright to make arguments about how markets should be structured, how creative work should be exchanged, and how consumers should behave. In the process, copyright is constructed, explained, branded and promoted as an object to which market actors must orient themselves if they wish to conduct themselves appropriately, and as a rationale for material changes to market structures. At the same time, copyright discourses reveal the implications of copyright, which invoke both the market and democracy, for the quality of democracy, the circulation of creativity, and the availability of public knowledge, and help explain why ideological struggles over copyright are so difficult to resolve.     

Governmental Financial Reporting Reforms and Relationship Marketing: An Analysis of International Public Sector Accounting Standards Implementation

This study aims to investigate the effect of the implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs) on corruption. This study utilizes a primary data approach based on survey design. The study uses a sample of 255 accountants and auditors in the Nigerian public sector. Multivariate regression analysis r is performed on data gathered from the field of study. The study finds that the implementation of IPSASs significantly affects transparency and accountability favorably at .05 level of significance. The analysis of the result based on the doctrine of Oli–eclectic paradigm, agency and culture theories indicates that improved transparency and accountability in the public sector will enhance relationship marketing.     

The nature and extent of service user involvement in critical care research and quality improvement: A scoping review of the literature

The importance of involving patients and the public in health care research is globally recognized, but how best to do this in critical care is unclear. The aim of this first published review was to explore the extent and nature of evidence on service user involvement in critical care research and quality improvement. Using the scoping review framework described by Arksey and O'Malley ( 2005 ), a team of service user and critical care researchers searched eleven online databases, reviewed relevant web sites, conducted forward and backward citation searching and contacted subject experts. Extracted data were subjected to a narrative synthesis based on the objectives of the review. Findings from a broad range of evidence support that involvement is becoming more commonplace and that experiences are generally positive. Data extracted from 34 publications identify that involvement is most commonly reported at the level of consultation or participation in project teams, however, the extent to which involvement impacts on projects output remains unclear. Key barriers and facilitators relate to the challenge of recruiting a diverse group of service users, dealing with power hierarchies, being adaptable and effective consideration of the resource requirements. More research is required to identify the most effective methods to support the opportunity for involvement and more thorough reporting of service user involvement practices is strongly recommended.