To investigate the process of information technology (IT) impacts on firm competitiveness, an integrated process model of IT impacts on firm competitiveness is brought forward based on the process-oriented view, the...To investigate the process of information technology (IT) impacts on firm competitiveness, an integrated process model of IT impacts on firm competitiveness is brought forward based on the process-oriented view, the resource-based view and the complementary resource view, which is comprised of an IT conversion process, an information system (IS) adoption process, an IS use process and a competition process. The application capability of IT plays the critical role, which determines the efficiency and effectiveness of the aforementioned four processes. The process model of IT impacts on firm competitiveness can also be used to explain why, under what situations and how IT can generate positive organizational outcomes, as well as theoretical bases for further empirical study.展开更多
The time-driven activity-based costing has received extensive attention from scholars both at home and abroad in recent years,which has been applied to the calculation of manufacturing operations and the cost of produ...The time-driven activity-based costing has received extensive attention from scholars both at home and abroad in recent years,which has been applied to the calculation of manufacturing operations and the cost of products.However, this approach is rarely introduced into the service sector.As to the hospitality industry, the profitability of the customer usually plays a decisive role in the business process.Therefore, this article takes the hotel service industry as the research point and allocates the costs of resources of each departments to customers according to time drivers.The focus of this paper is to calculate the costs of customers ,and then analyze the profitability of customers in order to take the appropriate marketing strategies to improve the hotel service industry Drofitabilitv.展开更多
Taking advantage of company survey data,this paper examines the responsiveness of enterprises in manufacturing sectors to the recent labor market changes characterized by surging wages and shrinking unskilled workers....Taking advantage of company survey data,this paper examines the responsiveness of enterprises in manufacturing sectors to the recent labor market changes characterized by surging wages and shrinking unskilled workers.The result shows that the labor demand elasticity with regard to output is substantial.In other words,growing manufacturing will keep creating jobs and intensify labor scarcity in China.The wage elasticity is-0.40 for unskilled workers and-0.53 for skilled workers,which indicates that Chinese companies are quite responsive to the recent labor market changes.There exists a kind of substitution effect between skilled and unskilled workers,however,the magnitude of elasticity remains small.To promote economic upgrading in China's labor market,institutional and industrial policies should encourage companies to be responsive to the warning signals from the market of production factor.展开更多
The current issues in workforce development are on high competence not only in technical skills, but also in non-technical skills. The term of non-technical skills is also called as employability skills. The research ...The current issues in workforce development are on high competence not only in technical skills, but also in non-technical skills. The term of non-technical skills is also called as employability skills. The research with topic analysis and development ofemployability skills of polytechnic students aims to: describe supervisors' perceptions of the importance of the employability skills needed in the workplace; describe supervisors' perceptions of the students' level of competence at performing the employability skills; and find the attributes of employability skills that are need to prioritize for development. Research sample has been selected by using a stratified random sampling from the supervisor of last year students when they are on the job training in industry. Total 146 supervisors participated in this research. The Employability Skills Questionnaire with a five-point Liken scale was used to assess perceptions level of importance of identified employability skills and students' level of competence. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, means and standard deviations, and priority development analysis. Three main groups of the employability skills with highest important level are: workplace health and safety, self-management, and team working. Students have a high level of competence in occupational health and safety, self-management and learning skills. There are three attributes of employability skills in high priority category for developed: knowing the benefits of computer application programs are needed in the work, taking the initiative in organizing activities, and participating in learning activities to gain new experience.展开更多
In this paper, we conduct research on the ability and the employment guiding thinking and the applications on professional basiccourse of higher vocational art and practice of bridging mode. Art design is the biggest ...In this paper, we conduct research on the ability and the employment guiding thinking and the applications on professional basiccourse of higher vocational art and practice of bridging mode. Art design is the biggest characteristic of individual creativity, art need to createinstead of imitating and copying. In the process of production, creative thinking is the key to a successful art products, grasp the technology canproduce the same design and the product, but the hand of art and technology perfect combination is possible to create the art products. For designand production activities in the basic technical indexes and basic operation can understand and grasp the designer is unable to turn the designinto product, higher vocational art and design. This paper integrates the state-of-the-art angles and perspectives on the issues that hold specialmeaning.展开更多
Until now, the issue of quality of the products of SMEs (small and medium enterprises) remains the main issues as the cause of low ability to compete. This study focused into the issue of what happened with regard t...Until now, the issue of quality of the products of SMEs (small and medium enterprises) remains the main issues as the cause of low ability to compete. This study focused into the issue of what happened with regard to the quality of products in the supply chain SME products. This study aims to describe how the culture of quality in the supply chain of SMEs and their role in contributing to the lack of SME products. The study involved 128 SMEs in the food processing industry cluster and garment industry. The research uses qualitative method with case study approach. The results showed an average internal quality culture reached 3.62661 supply included in the category enough. Of the five industry cluster, a culture of quality in the internal supply chain is the best T-shirt industry (4.3385) in both categories, while other four clusters exist in enough categories, with grades: hoods (3.661), soy crisps (3.6635), cassava chips (3.64), and the last chips fish balls (2.829). The low average internal quality culture supply mainly is in industrial processing of cassava chips and chips fish balls. One reason is the low awareness of quality. There is no technology and equipment adequate to safeguard the stability of quality. The upper most excellent quality culture occurred in the supply chain, where the product is controlled by big industry, is the industry shirts (4.018), soy crisps (3.613), and hoods (3.473), while when in the upstream industry controlled by small or SMEs, there is deterioration in the cultural values of quality: cassava chips (2.917) and chips fish balls (2.781). For downstream, 100% controlled by SMEs, there is an average value of quality culture 3.5662.展开更多
This study aims to investigate and explore the relationship between vertical integration and the firm's innovativeness in food supply chain. For doing so, a two-stage least-squares model was used. It encompassed inst...This study aims to investigate and explore the relationship between vertical integration and the firm's innovativeness in food supply chain. For doing so, a two-stage least-squares model was used. It encompassed instrumental variables that attempt to describe the effective determinants of firm's vertical integration willingness. Results based on data concerning a set of 130 food-manufacturing firms, highlighted that vertical integration of a firm is strongly affected by internal incentives such as innovation rate and firm size. Moreover, it is simultaneously influenced by the economies of scale and some structure incentives. To conclude, results indicate globally that important and statistically significant differences exist across the studied firms and the small effective ones which acquire a high level of vertical integration.展开更多
With the rapid development of China' s economy and the accelerating pace of economic globalization, the rapid expansion of trade appears in goods, materials; space to move also will expand in breadth and depth, and t...With the rapid development of China' s economy and the accelerating pace of economic globalization, the rapid expansion of trade appears in goods, materials; space to move also will expand in breadth and depth, and thus the efficiency of the logistics activities, rapid response capabilities and the level of information logistics put forward higher requirements. Meanwhile, the logistics needs of personalization, diversification and sophistication, require that logistics service companies must constantly improve and optimize enterprise business model, and target to develop new logistics services to adapt to changes in the logistics market, and improve the competitiveness of enterprises.Modem logistics enterprises refer to the concept of modem logistics as a guide, and the use of modem logistics and organization of modem logistics technology, it is to provide customers help and reduce logistics costs and improve the level of integrated logistics services to rationalize logistics enterprises. Modem logistics enterprises are in terms of philosophy, mode of operation, services, information technology degree, logistics technology, enterprise systems and others have higher requirements to react quickly, service serialization, standardization of operations, the target of systematic, modem means are the features of the organization which are different from the traditional network of logistics enterprises.展开更多
Private University has been putting the development cultivate the integrated ability to make use of English is the final goal. goal on the applied talents. In terms ot college English teaching, to Meanwhile, the final...Private University has been putting the development cultivate the integrated ability to make use of English is the final goal. goal on the applied talents. In terms ot college English teaching, to Meanwhile, the final goal also put forward the higher requirement for teacher's professional quality of class teaching. The article discussed the two issues, i.e. teaching skills and professional knowledge of college English teachers in private university. The author expects that the study can offer some valuable advice for the professional development of college English teachers in private university.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.70671024).
文摘To investigate the process of information technology (IT) impacts on firm competitiveness, an integrated process model of IT impacts on firm competitiveness is brought forward based on the process-oriented view, the resource-based view and the complementary resource view, which is comprised of an IT conversion process, an information system (IS) adoption process, an IS use process and a competition process. The application capability of IT plays the critical role, which determines the efficiency and effectiveness of the aforementioned four processes. The process model of IT impacts on firm competitiveness can also be used to explain why, under what situations and how IT can generate positive organizational outcomes, as well as theoretical bases for further empirical study.
文摘The time-driven activity-based costing has received extensive attention from scholars both at home and abroad in recent years,which has been applied to the calculation of manufacturing operations and the cost of products.However, this approach is rarely introduced into the service sector.As to the hospitality industry, the profitability of the customer usually plays a decisive role in the business process.Therefore, this article takes the hotel service industry as the research point and allocates the costs of resources of each departments to customers according to time drivers.The focus of this paper is to calculate the costs of customers ,and then analyze the profitability of customers in order to take the appropriate marketing strategies to improve the hotel service industry Drofitabilitv.
基金supported by National Science Foundation of China grant 71173234the Asian Development Bankthe Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
文摘Taking advantage of company survey data,this paper examines the responsiveness of enterprises in manufacturing sectors to the recent labor market changes characterized by surging wages and shrinking unskilled workers.The result shows that the labor demand elasticity with regard to output is substantial.In other words,growing manufacturing will keep creating jobs and intensify labor scarcity in China.The wage elasticity is-0.40 for unskilled workers and-0.53 for skilled workers,which indicates that Chinese companies are quite responsive to the recent labor market changes.There exists a kind of substitution effect between skilled and unskilled workers,however,the magnitude of elasticity remains small.To promote economic upgrading in China's labor market,institutional and industrial policies should encourage companies to be responsive to the warning signals from the market of production factor.
文摘The current issues in workforce development are on high competence not only in technical skills, but also in non-technical skills. The term of non-technical skills is also called as employability skills. The research with topic analysis and development ofemployability skills of polytechnic students aims to: describe supervisors' perceptions of the importance of the employability skills needed in the workplace; describe supervisors' perceptions of the students' level of competence at performing the employability skills; and find the attributes of employability skills that are need to prioritize for development. Research sample has been selected by using a stratified random sampling from the supervisor of last year students when they are on the job training in industry. Total 146 supervisors participated in this research. The Employability Skills Questionnaire with a five-point Liken scale was used to assess perceptions level of importance of identified employability skills and students' level of competence. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics, means and standard deviations, and priority development analysis. Three main groups of the employability skills with highest important level are: workplace health and safety, self-management, and team working. Students have a high level of competence in occupational health and safety, self-management and learning skills. There are three attributes of employability skills in high priority category for developed: knowing the benefits of computer application programs are needed in the work, taking the initiative in organizing activities, and participating in learning activities to gain new experience.
文摘In this paper, we conduct research on the ability and the employment guiding thinking and the applications on professional basiccourse of higher vocational art and practice of bridging mode. Art design is the biggest characteristic of individual creativity, art need to createinstead of imitating and copying. In the process of production, creative thinking is the key to a successful art products, grasp the technology canproduce the same design and the product, but the hand of art and technology perfect combination is possible to create the art products. For designand production activities in the basic technical indexes and basic operation can understand and grasp the designer is unable to turn the designinto product, higher vocational art and design. This paper integrates the state-of-the-art angles and perspectives on the issues that hold specialmeaning.
文摘Until now, the issue of quality of the products of SMEs (small and medium enterprises) remains the main issues as the cause of low ability to compete. This study focused into the issue of what happened with regard to the quality of products in the supply chain SME products. This study aims to describe how the culture of quality in the supply chain of SMEs and their role in contributing to the lack of SME products. The study involved 128 SMEs in the food processing industry cluster and garment industry. The research uses qualitative method with case study approach. The results showed an average internal quality culture reached 3.62661 supply included in the category enough. Of the five industry cluster, a culture of quality in the internal supply chain is the best T-shirt industry (4.3385) in both categories, while other four clusters exist in enough categories, with grades: hoods (3.661), soy crisps (3.6635), cassava chips (3.64), and the last chips fish balls (2.829). The low average internal quality culture supply mainly is in industrial processing of cassava chips and chips fish balls. One reason is the low awareness of quality. There is no technology and equipment adequate to safeguard the stability of quality. The upper most excellent quality culture occurred in the supply chain, where the product is controlled by big industry, is the industry shirts (4.018), soy crisps (3.613), and hoods (3.473), while when in the upstream industry controlled by small or SMEs, there is deterioration in the cultural values of quality: cassava chips (2.917) and chips fish balls (2.781). For downstream, 100% controlled by SMEs, there is an average value of quality culture 3.5662.
文摘This study aims to investigate and explore the relationship between vertical integration and the firm's innovativeness in food supply chain. For doing so, a two-stage least-squares model was used. It encompassed instrumental variables that attempt to describe the effective determinants of firm's vertical integration willingness. Results based on data concerning a set of 130 food-manufacturing firms, highlighted that vertical integration of a firm is strongly affected by internal incentives such as innovation rate and firm size. Moreover, it is simultaneously influenced by the economies of scale and some structure incentives. To conclude, results indicate globally that important and statistically significant differences exist across the studied firms and the small effective ones which acquire a high level of vertical integration.
文摘With the rapid development of China' s economy and the accelerating pace of economic globalization, the rapid expansion of trade appears in goods, materials; space to move also will expand in breadth and depth, and thus the efficiency of the logistics activities, rapid response capabilities and the level of information logistics put forward higher requirements. Meanwhile, the logistics needs of personalization, diversification and sophistication, require that logistics service companies must constantly improve and optimize enterprise business model, and target to develop new logistics services to adapt to changes in the logistics market, and improve the competitiveness of enterprises.Modem logistics enterprises refer to the concept of modem logistics as a guide, and the use of modem logistics and organization of modem logistics technology, it is to provide customers help and reduce logistics costs and improve the level of integrated logistics services to rationalize logistics enterprises. Modem logistics enterprises are in terms of philosophy, mode of operation, services, information technology degree, logistics technology, enterprise systems and others have higher requirements to react quickly, service serialization, standardization of operations, the target of systematic, modem means are the features of the organization which are different from the traditional network of logistics enterprises.
文摘Private University has been putting the development cultivate the integrated ability to make use of English is the final goal. goal on the applied talents. In terms ot college English teaching, to Meanwhile, the final goal also put forward the higher requirement for teacher's professional quality of class teaching. The article discussed the two issues, i.e. teaching skills and professional knowledge of college English teachers in private university. The author expects that the study can offer some valuable advice for the professional development of college English teachers in private university.