How Fair Is Safe Enough? The Cultural Approach to Societal Technology Choice1

This paper consists of an argument and a pilot study. First is a general, perhaps philosophical, argument against the National Academy's viewpoint⁽¹⁾ that dealing with risk is a two-stage process consisting of (a) assessment of facts, and (b) evaluation of facts in sociopolitical context. We argue that societal risk intrinsically revolves around social relations as much as around evaluations of probability. Second, we outline one particular approach to analyzing societal risk management styles. We call this the fairness hypothesis. Rather than focusing on probabilities and magnitudes of undesired events, this approach emphasizes societal preferences for principles of achieving consent to a technology, distributing liabilities, and investing trust in institutions. Conflict rather than probability is the chief focus of this approach to societal risk management. This view is illustrated by a recent empirical pilot study that explored the fairness hypothesis in the context of new nuclear technologies.     

信息与传播技术企业的竞争与营销战略

我们生活在信息社会,在这个新的时代,先进技术被迅速转化成高科技产品,因此越来越多与ICT相关的高科技产品已逐渐进入家庭、办公室和公共场所。ICT这种新的媒介在不远的将来将彻底改变公司管理顾客事务的方式。所以,努力获得ICT产业的竞争优势对任何国家的经济或企业来说都是非常重要的议题。虽然,在高科技对市场营销战略的影响的研究方面已经产生了一些理论成果,但是,现有的研究中还没有直接讨论高科技对市场营销战略和实践的影响。了解ICT企业独特的市场营销战略与实践是现今企业生存和发展的必要课题。     

先进制造技术与企业的现代化

由于世界市场动态多变的需要,先进制造技术应运而生。本文通过对先进制造技术发展的叙述,分析了先进制造技术对企业的影响,并针对我国发展现状提出若干对策。     

广东工业大学艺术设计学院办学目标定位与人才培养模式研究

文章从艺术设计学院办学目标定位与人才培养模式的理论研究出发,在办学的具体实践过程中,对以地方工科大学为背景的广东工业大学艺术设计学院的办学目标定位与人才培养模式进行了研究和探索。     

科学、技术的历史发展及当代反思

历史上,科学、技术一直存在着独立的传统和统一的基础。一方面,古代科学、技术来源于不同的知识传统使其长期处于分离状态;另一方面,近代科学技术融合是彼此发展的内在实践需要。当然,科学、技术的融合也需要政策、社会等各种外在因素的促进。     

IT工具功能属性对显性知识与隐性知识传递效果的影响研究

信息技术（Information Technology，IT）工具已日益成为知识传递的重要手段。IT工具主要有五项功能属性，分别是反馈功能、符号多样功能、多人参与功能、重复编辑功能、重复处理功能。本文实证研究了IT工具的五项功能属性对显性知识和隐性知识传递效果的影响，并探讨了知识传递双方所具有的共同经验对IT工具五项功能属性与显性及隐性知识传递效果之间关系的调制作用。研究结果表明，交流伙伴熟悉程度对IT工具的五项功能和显性知识传递效果之间的关系有正向调制作用，其调制作用主要是通过多人参与功能属性实现的。传递双方对交流主题的熟悉程度对IT工具五项功能和显性知识传递效果之间的关系有正向调制作用，其调制作用主要是通过反馈功能、多人参与功能实现的。与此同时，交流伙伴熟悉程度对IT工具的五项功能和隐性知识传递效果之间的关系有正向调制作用，其调制作用主要是通过反馈功能、多人参与功能实现的。传递双方对交流主题的熟悉程度对IT工具的五项功能和隐性知识传递效果之间的关系有正向调制作用，其调制作用主要是通过符号多样功能实现的。     

PCB assembly scheduling through kit concept

This paper presents the design and test of a new scheduling environment dedicated to the off-line scheduling of PCB assembly shops. The main idea introduced is the employment of the 'kit concept' as a scheduling tool, as opposed to the traditional batch scheduling. In the kit approach, the basic PCB aggregations are kits composed of different PCBs matching finished products requirements, instead of homogeneous batches of identical boards. By introducing the kit approach, PCB assembly schedule is intended to be focused more towards the assembly of final products than towards the internal PCB assembly shop constraints and requirements. A simulation model and data from a real assembly system are used to compare the kit approach with traditional batch processing. Experimental results show that the proposed kit approach jointly achieves remarkable improvements in the effectiveness and efficiency performances of the assembly system, as compared to the batch approach. However, it is determined also that these advantages can only be achieved if a sufficiently advanced scheduling system is used.     

教育软件的发展与素质教育

面对新世纪的挑战，教育软件的开发与研制需要有新的视角。本文对此作了探讨。     

基于CSSCI的高校社会科学论文的产出与被引分析——以河南工业大学为例

以CSSCI来源和引文数据库为基础，检索统计了河南工业大学2005—2007年间的论文产出量和被引情况。结果表明：2005—2007年间河南工业大学共有54名教师在38种CSSCI来源期刊上发表学术论文109篇，41．28％的论文发表在影响因子在0．10～0．20之间的学术期刊上。经济学、管理学、新闻传播学和图书馆、情报和文献学的发文量居前4位。在109篇论文中仅有9名作者的15篇论文被引用了28篇次，论文的被引用率和作者的被引用率分别为13．76％和16．67％。     

Cellular automata and Riccati equation models for diffusion of innovations

Innovation diffusion represents a central topic both for researchers and for managers and policy makers. Traditionally, it has been examined using the successful Bass models (BM, GBM), based on an aggregate differential approach, which assures flexibility and reliable forecasts. More recently, the rising interest towards adoptions at the individual level has suggested the use of agent based models, like Cellular Automata models (CA), that are generally implemented through computer simulations. In this paper we present a link between a particular kind of CA and a separable non autonomous Riccati equation, whose general structure includes the Bass models as a special case. Through this link we propose an alternative to direct computer simulations, based on real data, and a new aggregate model, which simultaneously considers birth and death processes within the diffusion. The main results, referred to the closed form solution, the identification and the statistical analysis of our new model, may be both of theoretical and empirical interest. In particular, we examine two applied case studies, illustrating some forecasting improvements obtained.