Reconciling Alternative Theories for the Safety of Owner–Operators

Motor carrier safety is an important concern of shippers, carriers, policy makers, consignees, insurance providers, and the motoring public. One aspect of carrier safety that has garnered substantial attention is whether carriers making greater use of owner–operators are more or less safe vis‐à‐vis carriers making greater use of employee drivers. Currently, conflicting theoretical predictions exist regarding the direction of this relationship. In this article, we offer a reconciliation of the alternative theoretical predictions by developing a coherent theory that merges sociological rational choice theory and theory regarding motor carrier safety. We subject our theory to empirical testing by fitting a series of seemingly unrelated regression models to a vector of safety measures tracked as part of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Compliance, Safety, and Accountability program. Our results are consistent with our proposed theory of owner—operator safety and provide meaningful theoretical and managerial implications and directions for future research.     

隐性契约中信用机制的作用及其构建

由于雇佣关系契约的不完备性,契约双方职责的履行在很大程度上是基于相互的信用。信用作为重要的隐性激励手段,可以成为显性合约的替代品。信用机制为隐性契约的实现提供了最基本的制度保证,构建中国经济转型时期的社会信用,应着力培育信用机制,完善企业经营者的激励体系。     

Competitive effects of the airlines-within-airlines strategy – Pricing and route entry patterns

This paper investigates the effects of the airlines-within-airlines strategy adopted by Qantas airline group, which simultaneously runs a full-service airline (Qantas Airways) and a low-cost carrier (Jetstar Airways). Our empirical investigation of airline pricing and route entry patterns in the Australian domestic market suggests that Jetstar has been used as a fighting brand against rival low cost carriers. Such a strategy increases group airlines’ prices at the expenses of rival airlines. There is preliminary evidence that pricing benefits to Qantas Group come from increased market power as well as service quality improvements.     

Clustered airline flight scheduling: Evidence from airline deregulation in Korea

This paper explores the impacts of competition level on airline scheduling in the Korean domestic short-haul routes where a hub-and-spoke system is not the optimal air transport network strategy. The empirical findings using the Korean airline panel data for the period 2006–2010 suggest that competition leads to less differentiated departure flight times as expected from spatial competition theory. Unlike the previous study on the U.S airline industry, the degree of this tendency for less differentiation differs across the type of routes: the Jeju island routes (leisure type) and the inland routes (business type), in the deregulated period. Following the May 2008 Deregulation Act we find an increasingly clustered pattern of airline scheduling in the Jeju island routes where there have been competitive pressures associated with new low cost entrants. This recent evidence would imply that airline carriers strategically schedule departure flight times and allocate flights between routes as competition increases in the deregulated period.     

Key drivers of passengers' overall satisfaction at klia2 terminal

The purpose of this study is to examine the airport service quality dimensions based on the ASQ survey and investigate the best predictor for overall satisfaction. The context of this study is the klia2 terminal passengers, which are predominantly users of the low-cost carriers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. Secondary data obtained from the airport operator on the 2016 ASQ survey for the klia2 terminal was analysed using the PLS-SEM method. The grouping and impact of the thirty-three service quality elements from the ASQ survey were tested against the overall satisfaction element. The findings indicated that twenty-two out of the thirty-three elements were valid measures for the klia2 terminal users which forms the eight dimensions i.e. access, airport environment, airport facilities, arrival services, check-in, finding your way, passport and security. Airport environment was found as the best predictor in determining passengers’ overall satisfaction at klia2 terminal and should be given particular focus by the airport operator for continuous improvements.     

A study on the importance of airline selection attributes by airline type: An emphasis on the difference of opinion in between Korean and overseas aviation experts

The main purpose of this research is to understand the relative importance of airline selection attributes that are considered important by passengers when selecting an airline. Specifically, we analyzed how the attribute selections differed based on airline types, a Full Service Carrier (FSC) and a Low Cost Carrier (LCC). For this purpose, a Delphi analysis was performed with 34 Korean aviation experts and 32 overseas aviation experts as the target sample groups. Statistical tests including Mann-Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, were used to analyze the selection attributes. In the case of FSCs, safety, flight schedule, cabin interior, and fast check-in processes were considered to be important selection attributes whereas for LCCs, air fare level, flight safety, the convenience of air ticket purchasing procedures, and additional charges were considered to be the important selection attributes. Additionally, there was a difference in the importance of airline selection attributes depending on whether it was a Korean or overseas aviation market. The result of these findings may be utilized as basic data in establishing a marketing strategy for an airline company to attract more passengers.     

论隐性载体在高校思想政治教育中的发挥

新时期,隐性思想政治教育载体（以下简称隐性载体）由于其自身的优势,越来越广泛的应用于高校思想政治教育工作之中。隐性载体与显性载体相比,不仅覆盖面广,而且具有教育方式的多样性与隐蔽性、教育内容的丰富性与灵活性、教育效果持久性及教育过程无逆反性等优点。通过对隐性载体如校园环境、社会实践活动、心理咨询和社会公共环境等的应用现状的分析可知,要提高思想政治教育的实效性,需要进一步完善、优化现有隐性载体和开发新的隐性载体,进而使高校思想政治教育达到理想的教育效果。     

以思想政治理论课为载体推进高校生命教育

本文以高校学生及教育实际情况为切入点分析了高校生命教育的紧迫性,进而提出了思想政治理论课是当前高校生命教育的主要课程载体的理念,并就思想政治理论课教学如何推进高校生命教育提出了几点建议。     

基于SC-FDMA的认知无线电网络的研究

物理层数据传输方案的选择是认知无线电（CR）技术能在实际中广泛应用的重要基础。给出了将SC—FDMA（单载波频分多址）技术应用于CR网络中的传输方案,并与传统的NC—OFDM（非连续的OFDM）技术进行分析比较。仿真结果和相应分析表明：在CR网络中,总体而言SC—FDMA的性能比NC—OFDM更为优良,特别是在严重的频率选择性衰落环境中,或者是当认知用户的可用频谱资源（子载波）比较稀少时,SC—FDMA的性能优势更加明显。因此SC—FDMA是一种很有前景的技术,在不久的将来有希望取代NC—OFDM,成为CR网络的物理层传输方案。     

基于频-时域的非正弦波通信系统设计方法

为了突破正弦载波通信体制的约束,有效提高系统的频带利用率,提出了基于频-时域的非正弦波通信系统设计方法。采用从频域出发再到时域波形设计的通信系统设计思想,通过构建频域特性函数,反向设计时域脉冲波形;经时域正交脉冲组构建、非正弦时域正交调制,实现了信息的无载波传输。理论分析及仿真结果表明：该方法可使已调信号具有较好的能量聚集性,无需滤波而直接送往信道传输,可有效减少对其它频段用户产生电磁干扰,且系统的频带利用率可快速接近2 bit/s·Hz-1。