Neoliberalism and the alcohol industry in Ireland

This paper sheds light on the development of the Irish alcohol industry and its regulation since the 1980s by situating it within the politico-economic context of neoliberalism at the national, European and global scales. First, a conceptualisation of neoliberalism is presented and the alcohol industry is related to it. Second, the connections between neoliberalism, the drinks industry and alcohol legislation are explained and illustrated at the three spatial scales mentioned above, emphasising the following components of neoliberalism: deregulation, liberalisation, commodification, free trade agreements and transnational capital flows. The paper provides a theoretical template for future research.     

FAMILY MATTERS: EFFECTS OF FAMILY MEMBERS’ RESIDENTIAL AREAS ON CRIME LOCATION CHOICE*

According to crime pattern theory, offenders are likely to select crime locations within their awareness space. Previous studies have shown that offenders often commit crimes within their current and former residential areas and in areas they previously targeted. However, offenders’ awareness spaces obviously consist of more locations that potentially influence their crime location choices. This study examines the importance of the residential areas of offenders’ family members. Most offenders visit their families at least occasionally and consequently get familiar with the areas in which their families live. It is hypothesized that family members’ residential areas are at increased risk of being targeted. Unique data were used to reconstruct residential histories of the parents, siblings, and children of 7,910 offenders who committed 19,420 offenses. The results of discrete spatial choice models showed that residential areas of family members are indeed at increased risk of being targeted. Current familial residential areas had stronger and more consistent effects than had former familial residential areas. Effects were strongest for the residential areas of offenders’ children compared with those of their parents and siblings. The residential areas of male and female family members affected the crime location choices of male and female offenders equally.     

借鉴经验,着力发展北京现代服务业核心产业群

加强对世界城市核心产业群的研究,以有效确立北京的核心产业群和核心竞争力,对北京现代服务业发展具有重要战略指导意义.本文根据世界城市发展的经验,提出了北京现服务业的核心产业群的范畴及其发展的基本思路和举措.     

中国文化产业国际竞争力评价和若干建议

本文通过建立文化产业国际竞争力评价指标体系 ,对国际上包括中国在内的 1 5个有代表性的国家文化产业竞争力指数进行测算和比较 ,分析中国文化产业在国际竞争中的比较优势和劣势 ,并对提高我国文化产业国际竞争力提出若干建议     

“十五”期间我国东中西部地区建筑业产业竞争力比较分析

本文对我国东、中、西部地区建筑业在“十五”期间的竞争力进行了综合比较分析,分析指标包括总体运营状况、产业结构特征、生产力水平、盈利能力和产业贡献率等方面,结果表明东部地区建筑业在产业规模方面占有绝对优势,但在个别竞争能力方面,中西部地区反而超过东部地区。因此,东部地区建筑业在规模扩张的同时,要注重产业内部质量的提升,带动全国建筑业产业水平持续稳定提升,而中、西部地区急需对建筑业进行产业结构调整。     

Drivers for adopting environmental management systems in the post-Soviet mining industry

The past decade has witnessed an active dismantling of public environmental policy in Russia. At the same time, Russian companies involved in natural resources extraction have adopted standardized environmental management systems. In this way, much of the responsibility of environmental policy in Russia has been transferred to private industries and their environmental management systems. These systems do not, as such, guarantee increased environmental responsibility. This article addresses the privatization of the Russian environmental policy in light of the legitimacy and uncertainty involved in standardized environmental management systems. A case study of the mining industry in the Kola Peninsula, Russia, is used in two ways. First, environmental policy conflicts between public bodies and mining companies in Russia are illustrated with two examples. Second, key drivers for adopting environmental management systems in the Kola Peninsula mining companies are extracted from thematic interviews. These drivers are analyzed for their impact on unit and corporate level decision-making. In addition, the drivers are categorized according to the type of legitimacy and stakeholder salience. It is shown that unit and corporate level applications of environmental management have different societal and environmental implications. On the basis of the case study it is suggested that due to their support of cognitive and moral legitimacy, and a broader view on salient stakeholders, environmental management systems defined on the unit level allow a better alignment of corporate goals with societal goals of sustainability.

Technology transfer by foreign firms and the utilization of competencies within Indian industry

This article evaluates whether the changing presence of foreign firms in India has had an impact on the performance of India’s industrial sector by impacting on the utilization of intangible capabilities within firms. Foreign firms bring in technological skills and capabilities and these are transferred by a spillover process to all of Indian industry. The results show a strong relationship between the growing presence of foreign firms in India and measures capturing the utilization of varieties of competencies in Indian industry. Thus, the notion that foreign firms’ capabilities can spillover to other sectors of industry finds support in the data.

国家安全审查与反垄断法的区别与协调——以产业安全保障为视角

反垄断法的价值取向与产业安全保障存在差异.我国的国家安全审查应具有产业安全保障的功能.基于此种功能定位,国家安全审查的审查对象,除了包括一定规模以上的经营者集中以外,还应当包括"获取涉及我国国家安全的技术控制权"和"获取我国驰名商标和中华老字号控制权"的外商直接投资.国家安全审查的审查标准可以归结为.外资产业控制力是否显著增强".     

加入WTO对我国体育立法的影响

通过对《服务贸易总协定》关于对成员方在服务贸易方面的规定和当前我国体育立法现状的分析,提出了我国加入WTO,将对体育立法产生很大影响。我们应加强以下几方面的立法工作,以确保体育服务业迅速发展:(1)体育服务市场准入和市场监督;(2)体育产权界定;(3)充分利用《服务贸易总协定》中的例外条款等,制定保护我国体育服务业的措施;(4)政府对体育服务业的优惠政策等;(5)制定有关体育无形资产的保护法;(6)加强体育法律编篡工作。     

银川市“一强五优”产业发展现状分析

＂十一五＂期间,＂一强五优＂产业的发展已成为银川市经济发展战略的重要组成部分并已突现出其强大的产业带动作用。＂十二五＂伊始,这些产业将相继进入规模扩大、结构优化、层次提升的新阶段。因此,及时把握这些已占全市工业经济总量近90%的产业发展的脉搏显得尤为重要。