外资并购国内制造业上市公司的特征与趋势

分析了外资并购国内制造业上市公司在4个方面的主要特征：行业选择上以汽车及相关行业为主,目标选择上注重上市公司的资本国际化程度和行业地位,类型选择上均为横向并购,模式选择上直接收购和间接收购居于主导地位。在此基础上,指出了在我国制造行业,外资并购与外企上市互为补充、外资并购与并购外企同时并存将会成为一种必然趋势。     

基于C／S与B／S混合结构的模具报价系统

在模具价格构成的基础上,结合模具企业的实际情况,设计了以综合成本报价为主,比较报价为辅的模具报价方法,构建了基于C／S与B／S混合结构的模具报价系统,给出了详细的系统功能结构设计,可帮助模具企业实现快速科学的模具报价。     

基于随机前沿分析的上市物流公司技术效率评价

运用随机前沿分析模型,站在整个物流行业的角度,对中国沪深两市18家上市物流公司2003～2009年间的技术效率进行动态测度。结果表明:资本和管理要素投入对产出的影响显著,具有规模经济性,尤其是资本投入;人力资源投入的影响相当弱,且在统计上不显著;18家物流公司的总体技术效率较低,且有逐年下滑的趋势,但下降幅度相当小;运输类公司的效率显然大于港口类;物流公司的技术效率不仅受区域经济因素影响,而且与自身的经营管理水平密切相关。最后,根据评价结果分析存在的问题并提出相应的政策建议。     

Performance Assessment of Construction Companies Integrating Key Performance Indicators and Data Envelopment Analysis

The web benchmarking systems broadly used in the construction industry (CI) are designed to provide results based on key performance indicators (KPIs). No insights concerning organization overall performance and improvements targets are available. This research aims to fulfill this gap using data envelopment analysis (DEA) as a method to complement the information provided by a set of KPIs. The methodology proposed is useful to all organizations involved in benchmarking routines. To enable a more realistic assessment of CI companies, two types of DEA models were used, one allows factor weights to vary freely and the other includes weight restrictions. These models assign an efficiency score to each organization, identifying efficient organizations and providing performance improvements targets for the others. To enable suggesting targets for all organizations, expert opinion was used to specify virtual units which were included in the efficiency assessment to define a practical frontier located beyond the productivity levels of the original DEA frontier. Based on a sample of 20 Portuguese leading contractors, the Portuguese web benchmarking system for CI, icBench, was used to demonstrate the advantages of integrating the DEA method with KPIs benchmark scores.     

Understanding and Improving Your Risk Management Capability: Assessment Model for Construction Organizations

Implementing risk management in construction projects and organizations may bring a number of benefits and therefore it is necessary to have risk management as an integral part of a construction organization’s management practice. The aim of this paper is to develop a risk management maturity assessment model for construction organizations. The paper describes the development process of a Web-based RM3 (risk management maturity model), including its contents, its validation and testing, as well as its applications. The RM3 developed has five attributes namely, management, risk culture, ability to identify risk, ability to analyze risk, and application of standardized risk management process/system. These attributes are measured against four levels: initial, repeated, managed, and optimized. It is found that the proposed RM3 was suitable and useful. Using the RM3, it is found that the Australian construction industry’s overall risk management maturity level was relatively low (where 32% rated at Level 2 and 52% rated at Level 3). Furthermore, it is found that the weakest attribute was “analyzing risks” followed by “application of standardized risk management process.” It is therefore necessary to provide more training on qualitative and quantitative risk analysis to construction personnel and to develop and apply standardized enterprise risk management. It is concluded that the proposed RM3 is suitable for construction organizations to assess their risk management maturity levels and find ways for improvement.     

Exploring the dual-level effects of transformational leadership on followers.

We developed a dual-level transformational leadership scale to measure individual-focused behavior at the individual level and group-focused behavior at the group level, and we validated the scale using a sample of 203 members from 60 work groups in a Canadian company. Results show that individual-focused leadership behavior, at the individual level, was positively related to task performance and personal initiative; group-focused leadership behavior, at the group level, was positively associated with team performance and helping behavior. Implications for leadership theory and practice are offered. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

基于主营产品的中国矿业上市公司复杂结构关系研究

通过分析主营产品来研究我国矿业上市公司之间的复杂关系结构。研究以矿业上市公司为节点,把两个上市公司之间的主营产品的有重叠关系定义为两个节点有边,否则没有边,并据此按公司所主营产品的共有性构建公司之间关系的复杂网络模型,利用复杂网络理论及分析方法,通过计算网络中的节点度、网络度分布、聚集系数来分析主营产品关系下的网络结构特征。发现了我国矿业上市公司的整体结构关系特点,各个公司在整个行业中所处的地位及各公司之间的相互关联度,反映出其整体关系的复杂性,也揭示了节点与网络中其他节点之间的关系。研究能够帮助矿业公司做出正确的决策与调整,为上市公司在行业中提高竞争与合作起到推动作用,以利于企业快速、有效地向前发展。     

Watford Music Centre

David Littlefield describes how Tim Ronalds – the architect of the much-loved, restored Hackney Empire in London and the Landmark theatre in Ilfracombe, Devon – has, on a very tight budget, satisfied the ambitions of both the Watford Grammar School for Boys and the county council for a regional music centre. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于开放式创新的低渗透油气资源开发研究

技术的迅猛发展与环境的高度不确定性使得石油企业技术创新的难度不断增加。低渗透油气资源勘探开发中普遍存在油气藏识别难、油层孔喉小、渗透率低、油井注水效果缓慢等制约因素,导致低渗透油气资源的高效开发需要广泛的技术资源和专业能力,而任何企业都不可能拥有创新所需要的全部资源。开放式创新为石油企业有效利用和整合内外部创新资源提供了一条有效路径,通过创新合作机制构建实现创新联盟的资源共享、优势互补,为每一成员企业提供一种追逐市场竞争优势所必需的企业间合作,进而提升企业的技术创新能力。     

国际大石油公司炼油业务发展战略分析

在石油市场波动、需求增速放缓、能源结构转型、市场竞争加剧的新形势下,国际大石油公司更加重视炼油业务的战略应对,力求巩固优势,进一步扩大市场份额,并引领行业前沿。本文分析了国际大石油公司炼油业务发展面临的形势,重点研究了埃克森美孚、BP、壳牌等主要的国际大石油公司进行的战略调整,这些公司改变了以往炼油“大而全”的战略,更加专注做精优质资产,聚焦重点市场,主导超前领域,推进低碳转型。文章指出战略重点包括：保持优势炼油资产的竞争力,实现稳健增长;高度重视炼油生产与下游业务的一体化发展;重点发展“核心”市场,慎重选择新项目投资地点;保持技术领先优势,突出技术对业务的支撑引领;及早制定低碳发展战略,增强炼油业务在未来低碳情景下的灵活性和适应性。国际大石油公司炼油业务的战略调整和规划对于我国石油公司做强下游业务具有参考借鉴意义。