Revisiting the stock price impact of quality awards

In an event study, Hendricks and Singhal [Hendricks KB, Singhal VR. Quality awards and the market value of the firm: an empirical investigation. Management Sci 1996;42:415–36.] find evidence that firms that win quality awards are further rewarded with a stock price increase on the day of the award announcement. We revisit Hendricks and Singhal (1996), extend their research and find four reasons why management, owners and analysts should be cautious about expecting an abnormal return when a firm wins a quality award. First, in our sample of Baldrige Award winners, the evidence of a stock price response on the announcement day is only marginally significant. Second, in our sample of State quality award winners, the announcement day relationship between stock returns and winning awards is not significant. Third, in the most recent subperiod, 1992–1997, we find no evidence of positive abnormal returns. Fourth, the marginally significant Baldrige results are actually driven by just four companies. A company-by-company microanalysis reveals that only 50% of the award winners experienced positive abnormal returns. The diminishing stock price response on event day does not necessarily imply a lack of stockholder rewards. Evidence from other studies suggests that the stockholders are rewarded for successful total quality management (TQM) implementation, but the rewards can come long before and after the formal award is presented. From a shareholder value perspective, TQM still matters but the award ceremonies may not.     

试论以人为本与高校青年教师师德建设

“以人为本”，加强师德建设提高师德素养，是强化高校青年教师整体素质的核心，是高校德育工作的治本之策。     

加强新闻策划 提高高校新闻宣传工作的水平

随着新世纪以来高等教育的大发展、大改革、大提高，社会对高等教育的关注度大大增强，高校和社会的联系也越来越紧密。做好高校新闻宣传，必须加强新闻策划，对现有的新闻线索和新闻资源进行统筹安排，通过精选题材、捕捉热点、挖掘细节等手段，充分挖掘报道对象的新闻价值，提高宣传的质量和效率，从而达到树立高校品牌和形象，营造良好的外部发展环境的目的。     

在考查课中贯彻素质教育思想的实践

素质教育应贯穿于整个教育过程之中。在考查课中贯彻素质教育的思想，由于没有考试的压力，更容易调动学员学习的积极性，只要方法得当，会取得很好的效果。     

素质教育与中华文明

素质教育是着眼于提高全体国民综合素质的教育。素质教育具有全面性、全体性、重能力性、贯通性等特点。实施素质教育既是教育改革的需要,也是经济、社会发展的客观要求。加强人文素质教育,离不开中华民族优秀传统文明成果的学习,而通过人文素质教育,能够使这些宝贵的资源在人才培养中发扬光大,并且与社会主义的现代文明完美地结合在一起。     

建构主义理论与高校学生中西文化素质的培养

建构主义提倡在教师指导下以学习者为中心的学习,既强调学习者的认知主体作用,又突出教师的指导作用。中西文化蕴含的个性特征既有表层和深层差异,又有固有的习俗差异。中西文化差异需要依据建构主义理论,通过教育者的积极导入和潜移默化,转化为学习者内在的基本素质,使其知识、素质和能力相互统一、彼此促进。建构主义理论对高校学生中西文化素质培养的启示是:确立新型的师生关系,突出教育者在中西文化因素导入进程中的引导作用,强调教育者在中西文化因素导入实践活动中的可操作性做法。     

论素质教育与思想政治工作的创新

思想政治工作的创新是实施素质教育的内在要求;增强思想政治工作的时代感、主动性、针对性、实效性是思想政治工作的落脚点;进行体制与机制、内容、手段和方法的创新是思想政治工作创新的重要方面;思想政治工作的创新要处理好创新与继承优良传统的关系.     

网络环境下参考咨询人员素质问题思考

对网络环境下图书馆的发展趋势和与之相应的参考咨询人员的素质问题进行了探讨。     

Sick building syndrome and perceived indoor environmental quality: A survey of apartment buildings in Hong Kong

The outbreak of a highly communicable disease, SARS, in Asia in 2003 has revealed the health risk of living in a high-density environment. To show the important connection between human health and environmental quality, this study surveys the prevalence of sick building syndrome (SBS) among apartment residents and their evaluation of indoor environmental quality (IEQ). Based on a sample of 748 households living in Hong Kong, two interesting findings are revealed: (1) nasal discomfort was the commonest home-related SBS symptom despite the absence of any central ventilation system in apartment buildings; (2) noise, rather than ventilation, was the major IEQ problem perceived by residents. Our statistical analysis further showed that residents with SBS symptoms were less satisfied with their IEQ than those without. That is, despite a positive evaluation of specific IEQ criteria with respect to the building residents lived in, if they reported feeling SBS related symptoms, the overall IEQ evaluation of their building could still be negative. This perception bias gives rise to a sample selection problem in measuring perceived IEQ, which has implications on housing management practices and the formulation of a healthy housing policy.     

对现行数理统计方法质量评定判别式若干问题的商榷

通过对《公路工程质量检验评定标准》（ＪＴＪ０７１－９４）各种的质量评定判别式的可靠性的分析和探讨，提 出对现行采用的某些质量评定判别式的几点修正建议．