Firm-level training in local economic systems: Complementarities in production and firm innovation strategies

The paper presents a conceptual review over the main aspects concerning the role of human capital investments and training activities within production processes, followed by empirical evidence on two local economic systems in Northern Italy, based on recent survey data. Theoretical and empirical considerations are brought together in order to provide new insights on the role of training and the factors associated to training activities at firm level.The potential driving factors of training here analysed compounds structural characteristics, labour demand dynamics, human resource management practices, workforce features, and firm performances. We observe that training activities emerge positively associated with high-performance practices, innovative labour demand features, workforce skill level, firm size, and are affected by labour flexibility in various directions. Empirical evidence confirms most previous results but also adds further important insights. The analysis suggests that a widening gap, between few innovatively evolving and many stagnant firms, could characterise the future dynamics of the Region. The high relevance of structural variables, labour demand factors and HRM/innovation practices shows that regional industrial policies and labour policies should be jointly implemented for increasing potential firm productivity. This is a key concern for the current debate on local systems economic development in the European and Italian environment.     

土地治权的变动与政权变迁

在传统农耕社会的制度框架中,土地不仅是一种经济学意义上的自然资源,更为重要的是作为一种政治活动的对象而存在。国家以政权的形式赋予土地所有权、土地经营方式以合法性的依据。土地治权与国家政权之间存在着一种内在的张力,土地治权作为国家意志在土地之中的凝结,其变动是对于社会利益的一种强制性的分割,与传统社会的政权变动有着内在性的相关。     

加快西部地区农村土地流转的对策

随着农村经济的深入发展 ,农业生产水平的不断提高 ,西部地区农村土地使用权流转呈现出规模不断扩大 ,形式日趋多样 ,速度明显加快的特点。西部地区与东部地区农村土地流转相比 ,则起步晚 ,进展慢 ,规模小 ,问题多。西部地区农村土地流转的障碍因素既有思想认识、政府政策、管理体制的原因 ,又有自然条件、社会发展、经济水平的影响。要加快西部地区的土地流转 ,就必须消除上述障碍因素     

加强政府对农地流转的干预——对台湾第二次土地改革的反思

如何实现农业生产土地规模经营是我国当前农村土地改革的一个重大课题.一些专家认为解决这一问题的关键是实行土地私有制,文章对台湾省第二次土地改革及其后果进行反思,并结合我国的实际情况,认为我国不仅不能实行土地私有制,反而要在土地国有的基础上加强政府对农地流转的干预.     

加入WTO对西部高校人才资源的影响与对策

加入WTO后,人才的竞争将更加激烈。作为人力资源集中且承担着为西部大开发培养高级人才的西部高校,急需转变观念,深化改革,营造有利于人才成长的机制和环境,造就高素质的教师队伍。     

山西省农村人力资源开发现状及对策

农村人力资源开发是在对全体农村人口进行认真分析的基础上 ,确立以农村为主的不同农村人口类群中的质量差别 ,同时利用培训和教育等多种渠道 ,有效地进行人力资源资本投资 ,努力提高农村人口素质 ,以实际行动落实科教兴农的战略构想。本文从农村人力资源的规模及构成 ,文化素质及构成以及农村人口的从业类别三个方面对我省农村人力资源开发现状进行剖析 ;在认清现状的基础上 ,分别从投资规模 ,农村教育体制 ,组织领导 ,制度建设 ,思想观念等五个方面深入分析了造成目前现状的根源 ,并结合我省实际提出相应的对策建议 ,并创新了一套具有操作性的运作模式。     

Improving the contributions of technology assessment to the health care system of the U.S.A.

Summary Based on 14 case studies of highly effective therapies and the reasons they succeeded less frequently than they could, we propose a variety of steps to improve the health care system of the U.S.A. Whatever proposal emerges from current national debates until innovations are shown to be safe and effective, they should not be supported; when slightly better technologies are much more expensive than other good ones we need to consider appropriate choices carefully; simplified billing and bookkeping would reduce our costs; when a technology is rapidly introduced cautionnary measures may be needed; tracking immunization and repairing their omissions requires a new system; educational programs such as seen effective in hypertension should be applied in other areas such as vaccination; in organ transplantation the nation should consider “presumed consent”; our payment system sometimes creates perverse incentives and therefore needs review; and the preferences of the public in allocation of health resources need to be discovered once the public is informed about the issues. Research supported by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.     

国有土地拍卖中串谋对策研究

分析了国有土地拍卖中竞价人的串谋成因,并在假定的串谋机制下对串谋的整个过程进行博弈分析,通过分析得出结论:当nγ≤α-β≤nn-1δ式成立时,开发商选择串谋。本文为政府防范串谋提供了参考建议:确定适当的土地保留价β;提高串谋成本γ;增加竞价人数n。     

对社会主义市场经济内涵的理论思考

自我国确立社会主义市场经济体制改革目标以来,市场经济得到迅速发展,市场活动有序进行,但也存在不少问题。因此,全面准确地把握社会主义市场经济的内涵,对于我们完善社会主义市场经济体制,建立规范的市场经济秩序、实现经济的平稳运行有着重要的意义。     

福建省耕地流向及其与经济发展的关系

土地利用数量的净变化是土地双向变化的结果。在单一土地利用类型动态度模型基础上利用单一土地利用动态变化辅助方法:列表清单法和单一土地利用动态度双向模型,对福建省及各设区市耕地流向进行分析。并在此基础上,研究了福建省耕地的减少与经济发展的关系,提出福建省耕地保护的措施。