Strategic trade policy for Eastern Europe

The integration of the former state-trading countries into international free trade may, on the one hand, sensibly complement the reforms now under way towards their becoming market economies; on the other hand, this move harbours the risk of perpetuating and indeed aggravating the economic backwardness of those countries. The detrimental effects can be avoided if a product-cycle-oriented economic policy is pursued which makes a deliberate point of utilizing the relatively rich endowment of human capital available in these countries.     

Competitive effects of Basel II on US bank credit card lending

We analyze the potential competitive effects of the proposed Basel II capital regulations on US bank credit card lending. We find that bank issuers operating under Basel II will face higher regulatory capital minimums than Basel I banks, with differences due to the way the two regulations treat reserves and gain-on-sale of securitized assets. During periods of normal economic conditions, this is not likely to have a competitive effect; however, during periods of substantial stress in credit card portfolios, Basel II banks could face a significant competitive disadvantage relative to Basel I banks and nonbank issuers.     

新型煤电一体化:促进天富电力跨越式发展

发展能源工业,优化能源结构,是实现全面建设小康社会目标的重要任务之一。而基于煤电一体化在能源产业中的核心地位,加快煤电一体化发展,以及新型煤电一体化企业的创建,对推动能源工业的可持续发展有着重要的现实意义。本文主要就新疆天富电力公司的煤电一体化经营起步情况进行了分析,并总结了公司实施“煤电一体化三步走发展战略”的经验与体会。     

对富裕县域农村社会稳定问题的调研与思考

随着经济、社会及人们思想观念的深刻变革，发达地区处理改革、发展与稳定的关系问题，被提到越来越重要的位置，构建和谐社会的任务显得相当艰巨。社会和谐的基础在农村，随着工业化城镇化的推进．大量社会矛盾又集聚在农村．尤其像绍兴县这样的全国十强县，显得特别突出。因此，保持安定有序，尤其是实现广大农村社会的稳定，便成为打牢党的执政基础，推进率先发展，基本实现现代化的重要课题。     

破解矛盾求发展--当前我国银行业面临的主要矛盾和解决这些矛盾的基本思路

经历20多年的改革、开放之后，我国的银行业在继续发展中，面临诸多无可回避的矛盾，其中最主要的。可归纳为：银行股权与社会经济成份结构的不对称、对利率的严格管制与社会商品价格的放开并行、国内银行制度与运行现状不适应国际惯例的要求、银行高级管理人员既要满足经营市场化的要求，又受到行政管理的约束、金融混业经营趋势与分业监管格局、既要防风险又要降低成本、银行业市场定位单一无法满足社会分工不断深化的需求、国有银行商业化经营与实际承担的某些政策性职能的难以协调、社会信用严重缺失对银行安全的威胁、银行人事管理高度集中严重制约了人力资源开发、利用，影响银行长远发展以及银行制度标准化程度偏低等。本文简要分析了这十大矛盾，并提出解决的基本思路。     

论乡村旅游的"围城"效应及可持续发展

在乡村旅游如火如荼进行的同时，也面临着诸多尴尬，陷入了其发展的“围城”之中。只有实施低成本运营的制度化、产业链本地化、经营者共生化、投资途径复合化、乡村旅游生态化，才能促进乡村旅游的可持续发展。     

基于城市公交系统的 B2C电子商务物流配送解决方案

随着电子商务的发展，电子商务中的物流管理越来越受到商家的重视。本文结合现阶段中国物流配送行业的状况和城市公交系统的特点，提出了基于城市公交系统的服务于B2C电子商务的第三方物流配送的解决方案。并对该模式下的工作流程、关键问题和该方案的可行性进行了分析。     

The effects of group decision-making process and problem-situation complexity on implementation attempts

The effects of group problem-solving method and problem-situation complexity on attempts at implementing group solutions were investigated in a laboratory-field setting. Group members were supervisory nurses from various organizations, who were randomly assigned to three groups in a balanced research design which included three group decision-making processes and three levels of problem-situation complexity in implementation. The dependent variable was the number of attempts at implementing group-derived solutions in home organizations. The results showed that structure in group decision-making processes led to increased rates of implementation attempts at all levels of problem-situation complexity. There was a significant complexity-by-process interaction effect among the decision-making processes, which supports the conclusion that the type of group decision-making process and the problem-situation complexity should be considered in order to optimize the number of implementation attempts.g     

Critical factors in computing externalities for electricity resources

The New York State Environmental Externalities Cost Study and computerized externality model (EXMOD) are used to examine the specification of methods design and application factors in the computation of electricity externalities. We report the sensitivity of externality estimates with alternative specifications for 15 different factors in the analysis, including the selection of facility type, site, and operating characteristics; air emission assumptions and air modeling procedures; dose-response assumptions; economic valuation assumptions; and other modeling procedures and assumptions. Many of the factors that most influence externality computations can be well specified in the analysis, such as the facility type, age, characteristics, emission rates, whether there is SO₂ trading, and the inclusion of long range impacts. Most significant among the factors for which there remains significant scientific uncertainty are the selection and application of air dispersion models, selection of air pollution thresholds for health impacts, reduced life span risks associated with ozone exposure and with long-term exposure to PM₁₀, values for CO₂ damages, and the value to be applied to increased risks of reduced life span for individuals age 65 or older.     

射频识别技术在商品储运领域的应用

文中介绍了RFID技术在商品储运领域中的优势,然后从危险品跟踪、集装箱跟踪、食品跟踪和仓库管理等方面列举了RFID在商品储运领域的典型应用,最后分析RFID在商品储运领域的应用环节。