行政中心区位、迁移与城市商圈空间分布——基于动态模糊算法仿真和经验数据的研究

我国城市发展的实践揭示,绝大多数城市的行政中心所在区域不仅是政治中心,也是商业中心;行政中心迁移往往带来迁入地零售商业的爆发式增长,行政中心 区位和迁移与城市商圈空间分布之间有着显著关联.文章通过动态模糊算法仿真分析发现:行政中心对其空间所在区域的商圈发展有积极的正向影响;行政中心空间区位迁移与城市商圈空间结构演化存在显著的空间耦合互动,即迁入区域的商圈发展将显著加速,特别是区域内新商圈成形将明显加速,对迁出区域商圈的影响则相对不明显;城市商圈空间分布发展显著变化.最后,以长沙市的经验数据验证了仿真模型的可靠性.     

精确新闻:新闻实务对量化研究方法的借鉴与拓展

精确新闻积极借鉴并尝试运用量化研究等社会科学研究方法,对数据加以全方位的综合应用,从而不断增强人们认识事物的科学性与准确度。精确新闻报道应特别重视社会科学的规范与方法,最大限度减小新闻报道的可能偏差,并尽量做到价值中立。精确新闻要理清新闻报道数据的来龙去脉,精心筛选具有新闻价值的数据,善于挖掘数据背后深藏的含义,运用多种技巧使数据更具可读性,从而彰显精确新闻报道更大的传播价值。     

元杂剧人物形象研究综述

元代乃杂剧发展的成熟时期,也是发展的黄金时期。杂剧家们感怀时势,或以人寄言,或借人抒怀,采用一系列艺术手法,塑造出一批鲜明生动、类型多样的人物形象,成为文学史上引人注目的特殊形象。历年来,这些人物形象的研究渐渐受到学者们的青睐,学者们从不同的角度对元杂剧人物形象进行了多方面的分析阐述,留下许多宝贵的研究成果。文章试从形象类型化、形象成因、形象意义等方面着手,对学术界研究元杂剧中人物形象的硕果作一番梳理。     

北京书院的“前生”与“精神”--读?北京书院史?

?北京书院史?跳出了关于书院研究偏好宏观历史研究的思路,而代之以文化视野下的北京书院研究,在大视野、小范围的研究中做出了出色的成绩。作者以书院的日常生活与运作为侧重点,关注的是社会变迁与文化发展给书院带来的重要影响,这为书院研究提供了一条新的思路。该书将书院发展与历史语境紧密结合,既能透过书院窥探政治文化、军事争夺、经济发展等给书院带来的影响,又能以书院这一视角发现许多逸出宏大叙事之外的历史细节。作者对北京书院历史命运的研究,不仅在于总结书院发展之于社会、文化发展的重要意义,而且注重分析北京书院的历史作用以及对于当下中国教育的启示价值。     

基于董事会特征调节效应的R&D与绩效关系研究——来自新一代信息技术企业的经验数据

文章以2009至2012年为研究区间,选取沪深A股主板137家新一代信息技术上市公司的347个样本数据作为研究对象,对基于董事会特征调节效应的R&D投入与企业绩效的关系进行实证分析。研究结果表明,新一代信息技术企业R&D投入与企业绩效呈正相关的关系;董事持股比例和关键董事年龄都是同质调节变量,对R&D投入与企业绩效关系的形态和方向进行调节,董事持股比例越高或关键董事年龄越低对二者关系的影响越强;董事会会议强度不是调节变量。     

中美研究生教育管理制度比较研究

相比较美国研究生教育,我国研究生教育质量普遍不高,主要原因在于研究生教育管理制度不健全、不完善。本文从入学制度、教学制度、科研训练制度、激励—淘汰制度、资助制度对美国研究生教育管理制度进行研究,就以上制度比较中美两国的研究生教育,总结出我国研究生教育管理制度存在的问题与不足,提出促进研究生教育质量提升的政策措施。     

Leaving a licensed boarding house: transcending trans-institutionalisation with person-centred transitions

While de-institutionalisation set out with the laudable aim to improve the quality of life of people with disability, the untethering of accommodation from support services has in some cases led to less than desirable outcomes. Poor regulation of for-profit boarding houses licensed to care for people with disability has led to the exploitation and abuse of some of Australia’s most vulnerable and marginalised people. Recognition of this, and a number of other factors, has led to the closure of many of New South Wales’ licensed boarding houses. This research presents the experiences of 15 former residents of licensed boarding houses and their supporters spanning from their time as a resident, the transition to other accommodation and their quality of life post transition. While finding the transition challenging, almost all of the former residents identified improvements in their lives since leaving the boarding house.     

Measuring Social Return on Investment

Strategic decision making and evaluation in philanthropic giving and social investment requires good‐quality information about the social impacts of that investment. One way to meet this need is by calculating a social return on investment (SROI) measure, akin to the return on investment (ROI) approach used in business analysis. Despite much buzz in the field, SROI measurements are rarely used, in part because of the complexity of the calculations but also because of a number of thorny and often expensive organizational challenges associated with implementing an SROI process. This article explores these implementation challenges by comparing four social venture organizations in the health care field—two in the Netherlands and two in the United States—that have utilized some sort of SROI measurement. We summarize the SROI process and identify the specific organizational challenges in each case. Lessons learned from this analysis include the value of process versus product and the importance of fitting the type of measurement to the organizational context. We conclude with a summary of best practices for organizations and social investors who might try to make effective use of SROI measures.     

Social Return on Investment for Good Foot Delivery

This article provides reflections on a social return on investment (SROI) research process with Good Foot Delivery, a work integration social enterprise in Toronto, Canada, engaged in package delivery and employing people with developmental challenges. The article has three aims: (1) to assess Good Foot's key business inputs, activities, and outputs, and the social impact that these have had on its key stakeholders for the 2013 calendar year; (2) to critically reflect on how the research team arrived at the SROI’s inputs, outputs, outcomes, proxies, and other findings; and (3) to discuss some of the strengths and challenges of the SROI process in practice.     

Social Return on Investment Analysis

This article uses a social return on investment (SROI) methodology to analyze the social impact of a social enterprise offering a job and skills training program to an unemployed, largely female population. The social enterprise is based in Toronto (Canada) and run by a nonprofit agency dedicated to the advancement and empowerment of women, primarily immigrants, through access to employment. We focus our analysis on a job and skills training program that provides clients with the skills and tools that they need to successfully seek employment in their efforts to (re‐)enter the Canadian labor market. Our goal is to determine the tangible and intangible program outcomes by applying and testing the SROI methodology.