Organizational versus Market Knowledge: From Concrete Embodiment to Abstract Representation

Synopsis In contrast to the neoclassical economic presumption in favor of markets, we argue that organizations, not markets should be taken as our default assumption. We do so on information processing grounds. We distinguish between Zen and market Knowledge. The first is embodied and hard to articulate and the second abstract-symbolic. In human evolution, the first type of knowledge came first, and, on any pragmatic definition of knowledge, it still incorporates most of what we mean by the term. We take codification and abstraction as the two data processing activities that lead to the articulation of knowledge into an abstract-symbolic form. We develop a conceptual framework, the Information-Space (I-Space) to show how far the articulation of knowledge leads to its being shared. Whereas an unlimited sharing of information and knowledge leads to market-oriented outcomes, a more limited sharing leads to organizational outcomes. A market-oriented economics has tended to look to physics for its models; the field of organization theory has tended to look to biology. A more organization-oriented economics would thus look more to biology for its models.     

谈高校资料室网上信息资源的开发利用

面对浩如烟海的网络信息资源丰富又无序、新颖又形象、急需开发利用。本文探讨了开发利用网上信息资源的必要性,介绍了如何开发利用网上信息资源,为用户充当网络信息导航员,发掘网上信息,丰富现有信息源等几种方法。     

正交实验设计方法在B to B电子商务体系质量改进中的应用

电子商务在全球快速地发展，中国企业面临着由B to C方式向B to B方式的转变，本文采用正交实验设计的方法来解决已建成电子商务体系的质量，以满足新的需求。     

Self‐help in housing and chengzhongcun in China's urbanization

This article focuses on the housing issues of rural migrants arising from urbanization, with particular reference to chengzhongcun, a topic with considerable impact on policymaking. An attempt is made to understand the underlying rationale of self‐help in housing and the important role of chengzhongcun in sheltering rural migrants in the context of China's rural‐urban dichotomy. As demonstrated in this study, chengzhongcun accommodate, with little in the way of government resources and assistance, millions of rural migrants because of their social accessibility and affordability. While not denying their social problems, we argue that chengzhongcun in fact act as an innovative and positive agent to promote urbanization in present day China by housing massive numbers of rural migrants and assimilating them into cities. Current government policies towards chengzhongcun have generated a wide range of interest conflicts and confrontations. The consequences of such conflicts show that the government policies were problematic and unworkable, as they violated basic market principles as well as citizen rights. Policy strategy towards the redevelopment of chengzhongcun must acknowledge their credibility in the Chinese road to urbanization and requires more thoughtful and prudent consideration of migrants' demands for affordable housing.     

Regional economic performance in China1

This paper investigates convergence patterns among China's provinces using GDP data for the period 1952–97. We analyze convergence behaviour on the basis of Markov chains proposed by Quah (1993 ) and the generalized entropy decomposition proposed by Shorrocks (1980, 1984 ). Both sets of results show similar evidence of convergence within the pre‐defined geo‐economic sub‐regions, but no evidence is found of convergence between the sub‐regions. This finding has important policy implications for regional economic development in China. JEL classification: C33, E20, O47.     

再论“三位一体”的农村改革观——农村管理模式的逻辑演进

历史上每一次土地制度、赋税制度和行政管理体制的较大规模变革,都是同步配套进行的,有其相互关联性和一般规律性.新中国成立后,在城乡对立的二元经济社会结构中,农村集体土地制度、农民收入分配制度和农村行政管理体制自成一体,封闭运行,城乡差别日益扩大,同时附带了明显的"外部性"问题.改革开放以来,国家新的农村政策导向和农村新经济因素的产生,正在促使中国经济社会结构由农村农业、城市工业的二元结构向城市、小城镇、乡村多种产业组合和多样化的生活方式并存的三元结构转换,终将形成城乡一体化发展的新格局.农村集体土地制度、国民收入分配制度和国家行政管理体制,必须要按照社会主义市场经济发展的基本规律和城乡经济社会协调发展的新要求,进行一次最彻底的整体性配套改革.     

生命周期评价方法及其应用

介绍了生命周期评价的目的、意义和基本方法，并运用该方法对燃煤发电、废纸造纸、废旧塑料气化发电等几种不同工业过程的环境影响进行了分析。     

保税区与保税区外减免税及加工贸易政策对比

对照我国现行进出口管理、产业政策和加工贸易的相关规定,保税区内企业在进口设备减免税和加工贸易管理等方面与保税区外企业存在着一定的差异.对于保税区内企业来说,了解和认真研究这些差异,并在政策规定范围内充分用足、用好政策,以便为企业带来更大的经济效益.     

小汤山亮出温泉名片

“开发规模最大、集中利用最高、保护发展最好、服务领域最广、经济效益最多、文化底蕴最深、品牌意识最强、田园山色最美。”10月21日，在小汤山镇申报“中国温泉之乡”评审会上，中国矿业联合会秘书长王燕国高度评价了小汤山以温泉开发为中心的各项工作。小汤山申报“中国温泉之乡”取得圆满成功。