International advocacy for contract-based public private partnerships through case studies: a re-interpretation of Southern Cross Station,Melbourne

In response to urban infrastructure deficits, international organisations, such as the United Nations, encourage governments to harness private finance. Contract-based Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) represent one policy option enabling infrastructure to be privately financed and constructed, and for service provision to occur. With PPPs also a contested policy option, private sector policy intermediaries advocate for their adoption, including through the selective promotion of case studies. In recognition that favourable case study narratives may leach out local context, a multi-dimensional analytical framework is introduced distinguishing between de-institutionalised, aspatial, non-historical, uncritical and non-futuristic perspectives. Recently the private sector-led World Economic Forum published ‘Harnessing Public-Private Cooperation to Deliver the New Urban Agenda’, which reported upon the PPP-led development of Spencer Street (or Southern Cross) Station in Melbourne, Australia. In deploying the framework, this paper concludes that case study narratives can be reductionist and locally detached in various ways. The role of policy intermediaries in the transfer of policy information therefore requires carefully interpretation, not least because of the malleable use of case studies to reveal desired conclusions.     

University Technology Transfer and Manufacturing Innovation: The Case of Italy

This article analyzes the influence of universities on Italian firms' probability to innovate. Using firm‐level data, we focus on institutionalized technology transfer (TT) activities in universities, namely spin‐offs, patents, and research contracts. Results show that TT activities play a significant role in the probability to innovate by Italian manufacturing firms located in the same province as the university. Nevertheless, the effect is not uniform: the contribution of university TT activities to the probability of firms' innovating is concentrated in certain territorial areas (North‐East and Center) and sectors (science based and scale intensive) and among firms that are large.     

产业转移与污染灾难--基于“依附性”省际关系的分析

近年来中国产业转移步伐加快,中西部地区环境污染问题越来越严重,对国民健康构成巨大威胁。依附理论视角有助于理解中国省际之间的环境不平等问题。中国省际关系实际上是一种不平等的依附关系,作为边缘的中西部经济相对欠发达地区对东部省份具有高度依赖性,其地方政府招商引资动机强,环境管制相对较弱,吸纳了东部地区的大量污染产业,从而不可避免的造成环境污染。欲统筹解决中国环境污染跨省转移问题,须从结构上改变这种不平等“依附性”省际关系。     

海峡两岸逃犯移交原则研究

逃犯移交是海峡两岸之间开展最早、也是目前最主要的司法互助事项。《海峡两岸共同打击犯罪及司法互助协议》将"逃犯移交"称为"遣返刑事嫌疑犯或刑事犯",并专条规定了"人道、安全、迅速、便利"的原则等内容,但是对其基础和核心的原则却采取了回避的态度。中国区际刑事司法互助中的逃犯移交与国际刑事司法协助中的引渡,性质不同,但问题相似。在参照国际惯例时,既要考虑两岸在政治经济和司法制度上的巨大差异,更要贯彻"一国两制"原则,同时还要在保障人权和防止罪犯逍遥法外之间掌握平衡。     

劳动力转移对农业经营体制市场化影响研究

随着我国农业人口向城市持续转移,农地流转也不断增加。这两个农村重要经济条件的变化,对我国农业经营体制有重要影响,推动农业经营体制向市场化不断转变。重点分析了劳动力转移对形成于1980年代的农业经营体制的影响机制。     

盗窃罪中的被害人同意

盗窃罪的客观构成要件是违反占有人意愿而转移财物的占有;相反,得到占有人同意而取走财物,就可以排除盗窃罪的客观构成要件。将被害人同意的一般原理与盗窃罪构成要件的具体特征相结合,能够强化刑法总论与各论之间的整合与协调,促进刑法教义学的纵深发展。运用"预设的同意"理论,可以有效回应ATM机等自助型机器类案件中的疑难问题:使用"伪币"从机器处取得财物的,构成盗窃罪;使用真币从机器处取得财物后又抽出真币的,构成针对真币的盗窃罪;非法使用他人的信用卡在ATM机上取款的,不构成盗窃罪;使用信用卡利用ATM机故障恶意取款的,构成盗窃罪。在盗窃陷阱的场合,应根据是否存在同意而区分既遂和未遂。按照"客观权限+审核义务"的标准来区分盗窃罪间接正犯与三角诈骗,体现了对被害人意愿的尊重。     

公司章程限制股权转让的合理性审查

公司可以通过章程限制甚至禁止股权转让,这是公司自治的表现。对于这些限制,除非违反了股东平等原则和损害了股东的核心利益,法院在实践中应予充分尊重,通过尽量合理的安排平衡相关股东和公司的利益,不宜简单地宣布其无效。     

高职生英语写作中的母语负迁移现象及教学对策

母语负迁移在外语学习中不可避免,对英语写作的影响甚为明显。本文针对高职高专商务英语专业学生在英文写作中出现的问题,从词汇、句法、语篇三个层面分析母语负迁移现象,并尝试提出几种可行的教学对策,以期提高学生的英文写作能力。     

再论指示交付及其后果

中国物权法第26条关于指示交付的规定有利有弊,对于其利,必应否定;对于其弊,在解释论上,应最大限度地限缩其中所言“法”的范围,将若干第三人无权占有的情形视为“依法”,而不作为“违法”对待。不宜一概否定指示交付场合让与物权的返还请求权。“出让人转让被人盗窃或遗失的手表一块,此时转让的返还请求权应包括对第三人的所有物返还请求权”之说,是合适的,不应否认。     

The strategic value of new university technology and its impact on exclusivity of licensing transactions: An empirical study

Commercialization of new university technology within the new product development process is an important tool by which established firms can expand their innovative capabilities. The strategic importance of the university technology to the firm, however, can vary considerably. An exclusivity agreement is a useful tool to protect the firm’s investment and help ensure that value is appropriated through the commercialization process. An empirical study of 66 technology transfer projects in the information and communications technology industry reveals that licensing transactions are usually secured by some form of exclusivity agreements when the product innovation enabled by the new university technology is new-to-the-firm or new-to-the-market and the firm’s perception of the strategic value of the new technologies is high.