University supply and corporate demand for academic research

University research is an important contributor to corporate innovation, but corporate-sponsored research has lagged other forms of research expenditure since 2000 and is perceived to be sub-optimal. This paper first examines and interprets reasons given by industry participants for this relative underperformance. It next establishes the complexity of this issue by explicating different patterns of research relationships for four industry groups. University supply of research and industry demand are both affected by internal factors that create inherent limits to these activities. The paper concludes that proactive measures by universities are the most feasible steps under current conditions to enhance corporate-sponsored university research.     

公共选择的未来前景

公共选择理论是一门新的分支学科,它位于经济学、政治学、社会学等学科的交叉领域,目前公共选择研究的中心在美国乔治.梅森大学(George Mason University,USA),该校公共选择研究中心(Center for Study of Public Choice,GMU,USA)前任主任Roger D.Congleton教授师从诺贝尔经济学奖得主JamesM.Buchanan,在公共选择和公共财政研究领域有很深的造诣。Roger D.Congleton在第6届国际公共选择研究大会(日本,2002年7月21日)上的论文:The Future of Public Choice,系统地介绍了这一新兴分支学科的未来发展方向,指出公共选择理论在局部领域已经取得许多成果,今后最可能实施的研究课题将深化现存的研究分式和方法论基础,在基本不改变基础性结论的同时扩展研究模型。     

Jock Young (1942-2013)

More than any other criminologist of his generation, Jock Young shaped the nature and direction of the discipline and has been at the forefront of almost every major development in the sociology of crime and deviance over the past four decades. Revered and respected for his scholarly activities, he will also be remembered for his charisma, humour and famously warm and relaxed manner that inspired all those who knew and worked with him.     

The Liberal Peace at Home and Abroad: Northern Ireland and Liberal Internationalism

Northern Ireland, we are told, holds positive lessons for other societies emerging from violent conflict. As Britain is one of the leading proponents of liberal internationalism, this article considers whether the liberal internationalism pushed with so much enthusiasm abroad through British foreign policy has been applied with diligence at home—in the Northern Ireland peace process. The findings suggest that Northern Ireland is by no means a poster child for liberal internationalism. Instead, British government handling of the Northern Ireland peace process shows serious deviations from the liberal internationalist canon. This article argues that liberal peace-lite has been tolerated and facilitated at home, while a stricter variant is often expected in overseas contexts.