Efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge management systems in SMEs

This paper proposes a 3D fuzzy logic methodology to assess the efficiency and effectiveness of knowledge management systems (KMSs) adopted by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and identifies a classification bringing together the behaviour of SMEs when adopting KMSs. The proposed methodology was previously tested on an individual SME and then implemented on a sample of SMEs. The results highlight that there is an ample variety of behaviours related to the nature of knowledge and the KMSs used. Specifically, four typologies of behaviour are identified: the efficient and effective SME, the effective but inefficient SME, the efficient but ineffective SME, and the inefficient and ineffective SME. The results show that only 18% of surveyed SMEs are efficient and effective for both KM-Tools and KM-Practices, the remaining 82% are inefficient or ineffective for KM-Tools and/or KM-Practices. Lastly, the paper shows how this methodology may be used by an SME as a managerial tool to suggest appropriate changes to improve the efficient and effective adoption of KMSs supporting SMEs in the knowledge management processes.     

SOME COMMENTS ON “A SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE ON MATERIALS REQUIREMENTS PLANNING”*

We believe there are some serious deficiencies in the Morecroft article on MRP problems which appeared in a recent issue of this journal. The article, at the most, shows that MRP, inappropriately imposed on an existing production system, can result in undesirable system performance. This does not represent a new or startling conclusion. Four problem areas in the article are discussed, and suggested alternative approaches are offered.     

节能服务法律制度研究

节能不是义务,而是一种商品,一个产业,节能服务更是一种产业。节能的时代要求催生了数千亿元的节能服务市场,但是节能服务法律制度的不完善严重制约着节能服务市场的发展,本文希望通过对节能服务法律制度的研究,提出一些对我国节能服务市场发展的可行性建议。     

我国《科学学与科学技术管理》和《科学学研究》1999-2003文章内部结构和资助状况浅析

应用统计学软件SPSS,对《科学学与科学技术管理》和《科学学研究》1999—2003年刊发的825篇研究性论文的发表年、文章内部结构及资助者进行文献统计分析,以深入透析我国科技管理研究所处的阶段、研究方向和研究内容,找出其研究的特点与不足。目前科学学研究性论文研究内容有三个倾向即“集中化倾向”、“理论化倾向”和“国家政策倾向”;研究阶段多处于“问题描述阶段”;研究方法以“非经验研究”为主;基金资助比例失调。     

A CANONICAL ANALYSIS OF MANAGERIAL-ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS: IMPLICATIONS FOR METHODOLOGY AND POLICY*

The present study uses canonical analysis to examine the contingency model of organizations in the nursing home field. Data on environmental pressures and managerial practices relevant to the decision-making process are analyzed. Results support the theory that managerial practices are contingent on environmental pressures. The implications of these results for health-care decision makers and for future assessments of managerial-environmental relationships are discussed.     

A ONE-PERIOD STOCHASTIC INVENTORY PROBLEM WITH A LUMP-SUM PENALTY COST

This paper presents an inventory problem related to the one-period stochastic inventory (or “newsboy”) problem. In this problem, the firm has to decide how much product to order to meet a random one-period demand. The version of the problem presented is novel in two respects. First, demand is explicitly permitted to be negative, and second, the penalty (or shortage) cost is assumed to be independent of the magnitude of the shortage. This situation is shown to change the form of the cost function and to complicate the determination of optimal policies. The form of the optimal policy is developed, and two example problems are presented in some detail.     

梁漱溟的中国哲学观

梁漱溟一生致力于反省中国文化及其哲学、实现中国文化及其哲学的复兴,文化与哲学构成梁漱溟学术思想的两翼。人们多从文化观的视角来研究梁漱溟的思想,其实,梁漱溟在20世纪早期就系统阐发中国哲学观,论证了中国哲学在中国文化中的地位、中国哲学的更新、中国哲学的特质等重要问题。梁漱溟的中国哲学观奠定了现代新儒学的基础,对现代中国哲学的创建与发展产生了深远的历史影响。     

国有商业银行资本市场业务研究

本文首先从国际金融界混业经营 ,国内银行、保险、证券三业互相渗透共同发展 ,我国资本市场发展对银行传统业务的冲击 ,以及加入 WTO挑战的需要等方面论述了国有商业银行拓展资本市场业务的客观现实性。其次 ,从资本市场规模、银行和证券公司、基金、保险公司的业务合作领域 ,以及合作的层次和市场发展潜力等方面阐述了国有商业银行进行资本市场业务创新的动因及其目前在资本市场业务方面存在的问题和解决办法。进而分析了进一步拓展资本市场业务从建立战略同盟、壮大资金实力和实现综合经营有效切入的问题     

中国冶金史研究的前行者(二)——1974～2004年北京科技大学冶金与材料史研究所的创建与发展

北京科技大学冶金与材料史研究所是国内最早从事专业科学技术史研究的机构之一,在中国古代冶金史学术研究中做出了一系列杰出工作。文章通过对冶金与材料史研究所①的前任所长——韩汝玢教授的访谈,回溯了该所早期的发展和建设情况。      

高校经管类学生参与科研意愿的影响因素分析——基于安徽省8所高校的问卷调查

大学生参与科研是高校培养双创型人才的重要途径之一,高校经管类专业学生培养存在重理论、轻实践的现象。安徽省8所高校1406名经济管理类学生科研意愿的实证分析表明:年级、学习成绩、科研重要性认知、科研了解程度和学校科研活动开展对大学生科研意愿有显著影响。高校在经管类学生培养过程中应通过加强科研宣传推广、开设科研训练课程、丰富科研活动多样性、激励教师科研指导和开拓校外实践教学基地建设等措施增强学生参与科研的积极性,提升学生的双创能力。