Vaginal births after caesarean: What does Google think about it?

AimVaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC) is a relatively safe alternative to repeat caesarean birth in the proper context. This important decision to undergo an elective caesarean versus VBAC is ultimately a decision of the mother. The purpose of our study was to assess the quality of online information in relation to VBAC collected using the most common search engine: Google.MethodsThe 10 most common hit sites for the keywords “VBAC” and “Vaginal birth after caesarean” were evaluated using the search engine Google. The quality of websites was rated based on the Silberg scale for accountability, the modified Abbott's criteria for presentation and the SMOG index for readability. The content of each website was compared to the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) guidelines for VBAC.Findings13 out of 20 identified websites met the adequate criteria for accountability, with 85% of the websites indicating authorship. 11 websites were deemed aesthetically agreeable. The target audience, assessed by the readability score, was notably above the non-medical population with an average SMOG index score of 14.75. Only half of the websites contained recommendations, as detailed by the SOGC guidelines.ConclusionAlmost all sites target a higher academic level, making it beyond the comprehension of the general population. Woman friendly web-assessment tools should be provided to enable pregnant women to take an active role in their decision making.     

互联网深化、信息不确定性与企业出口平稳性

互联网作为信息搜寻和传播的重要渠道,有利于缓解国际市场不确定性对企业出口决策的影响,从而有助于稳定企业出口预期,保障出口企业的持续生存。本文首先基于Fernandes 和 Tang(2014)的研究框架将互联网深化程度和出口集聚同时纳入到异质性贸易企业模型,在剥离出口集聚对企业出口行为影响的基础上,从理论视角揭示了互联网深化程度提高影响企业出口行为特别是出口持续生存的内在机理与方向。研究发现,不同于出口集聚会同时影响企业的需求冲击和成本冲击,互联网深化带来的信息溢出效应会通过贝叶斯法则(Bayesian Rule)使得企业修正其对国际市场不确定性的预期,提高其对目的国市场成本冲击的估计精度,从而在互联网深化程度较高的城市,企业进入出口市场的临界生产率较低,有利于其出口参与度和出口稳定性的提高。然而互联网深化程度提高不影响企业在目的国市场产品出口的集约边际。本文使用2000-2013 年中国工业企业数据库、中国海关数据库和中国城市统计年鉴数据库的匹配数据从企业-目的国-产品层面实证检验了本文的理论命题。研究表明,我国政府应充分发挥互联网发展降低信息不确定性的微观机制,以推动外贸的平稳增长。     

Professional blinders? The novel as an eye-opener in organizational analysis

ABSTRACT

Scholarly textbooks often follow a logic where suitable empirical cases are selected to illustrate the theoretical and analytical points that we as scholars want to make. But what would happen if we would do the opposite: build a textbook on a novel written by a novelist for such purpose and let the theories explain the actions and emotions of fictional characters? In this article, we share and reflect upon our experiences of co-authoring a textbook in organization theory together with a professional novelist. We argue that the novel can function as an eye-opener in organizational analysis, forcing us to look beyond more static and rationalistic perspectives on organizations as well as the stereotypes of such. We build and relate our experiences to the growing literature about using fiction in scholarly work and discuss the potential of such genre-bending work when we bring in flesh and blood into the analyses.     

The Myth of the Computer Hacker

The seriousness of computer hacking is not exaggerated, it is far worse than that. The computer hacker has attained the status of myth; society associates all computer crime with a mythical perpetrator that bears no resemblance to reality. This paper will argue that in the early stages of the myth the computer hacker was regarded as a highly skilled but mentally disturbed youth who has an unhealthy association with computers. The new reality of electronic commerce resulted in pressures that culminated in the computer hacker becoming regarded as a dangerous criminal. A thorough analysis of the statistics will demonstrate that the majority of computer intruders are neither dangerous nor highly skilled, and thus nothing like the mythical hacker.     

中介组织主导型市场农业体制探索——立论依据、概念界定及理论分析

我国农业市场化的关键问题是如何将规模过小且过于分散的农户组织起来,实现与千变万化的大市场之间有效接轨.要解决这一关键问题,必须实行中介组织主导型市场农业体制.中介组织主导型市场农业体制是指农业社会分工的协调以及交易的进行由中介组织来主导的一种市场农业运行模式.制度经济学、产业经济学和生产力经济学的分析表明,这一体制在理论上是可行的,具有合理性.     

谈谈波特竞争模型中的合作因素

波特竞争模型将市场竞争看成一种零和博弈,但是,近年来,合作越来越受到企业的认可,合作带来的收益远大于竞争所带来的收益。本文将合作因素引入波特竞争模型,解释了企业间的合作现象,同时对合作所引起的收益与风险进行了探讨,指出我国企业参与国际竞争必须走合作之路。     

谈企业组织形式之球队组织特征

球队结构组织理论是作者新近提出的一种组织结构理论 ,论文对该组织结构模式的特征进行了详尽的分析研究。作为一种适合未来经济与组织发展需要的新组织结构 ,球队组织具有高度的动态性与开放性特征 ;同时 ,球队组织事实上还是一个无边界的组织 ,我们很难对球队组织的边界进行界定 ;最后 ,球队组织是一个彻底分权的组织     

高等教育创新之探析

高等教育创新是现代化建设的必然要求 ,为此必须进行教育哲学、人才模式、教育组织与教育制度创新 ,才能自觉有效地培养创新人才     

组织与创新

组织是资源集中使用的制度安排 ,创造了新的扩大了的生产力。组织是创新的制度保证 ,它具有创新所需要的资源能力 ,抗衡风险的承受能力和创新扩散的品牌效应。创新塑造了适应创新的组织模式 ,表现在组织结构网络型、组织性能适应性和组织运行信息化。     

任务型组织设立中的任务分析

任务分析是任务型组织设立的前提，但是，这项工作必须是在常规组织中进行的。因为在常规组织的运行中，当出现了非常规任务的时候，才会通过设立任务型组织去解决这类任务。所以，常规组织必须拥有一种任务分析机制，去自觉地识别非常规任务。这一机制的存在，对于常规组织承担常规任务也是积极的。任务型组织设立的方式有回应性设立和前瞻性设立2种，从现实需求看，前瞻性设立将会成为越来越普遍的现象。