Reviews

The expansion of the global economy and the governance deficit it has generated raise questions about the possibilities for regulating the practices of participants in global production networks. This paper focuses on the regulation of industrial relations in Cambodia's textile and garment industry – a unique ensemble of state, trade union, private sector and international institutions that is promoted as a “fair model of globalisation.” We track the trajectory of Cambodia's industrialisation and insertion into the global economy over three interrelated phases: first, the beginnings of export-orientated garment production in the mid- to late 1990s; secondly, the promotion of Cambodia as an “ethical producer” from 1999; and, thirdly, privileging “competitiveness” in global production networks over labour compliance for its advantage. In doing so we centre our analysis on the complex intertwining of global production, the genesis of the unique ensemble of actors in Cambodia and the anomaly of Cambodia's labour movement.     

Getting to know the knowledge economy: ICTs,networks and governance

Do we live in a new information-based networked economy? This is the underlying issue raised in this article. Confronting the claims made that such an economy is in the making provides the opportunity to discuss some ideas about the reconfiguration of knowledge that the interaction of ICTs with networks is providing. The extent and importance of ICTs is analysed and their potential impact on the evolution of economic activity investigated. The question of how to ‘govern’ these interactions is also broached. Perhaps somewhat paradoxically, a key argument made is that the advent of ICTs is pressing networks into a deeper engagement with tacit knowledge and the reappraisal of the virtues of craft production.     

Determinants and directions for Chinese weapons imports

This article assesses and presents the determinants and directions of Chinese acquisitions of weapons and weapons technology from abroad, focusing on major conventional weapons and their relevant technologies. Following a brief development of historical themes which continue to affect Chinese military‐related imports today, the study considers the principal contemporary domestic and international determinants which contribute to shaping Chinese arms import policies, and the type of foreign arms acquisitions likely to result from those policies. In analysing past and current security policies, weapons development policies, foreign weapons procurement policies, the study reaches four main conclusions. First, a wide range of problems — including prohibitive cost, political and bureaucratic infighting, absorptive capacities, managerial and administrative roadblocks, and supplier controls — stand in the way of a Chinese military modernization strategy based on foreign procurement. Second, with the exception of Sino‐Soviet cooperation in the 1950s, Chinese arms and arms technology acquisitions from abroad have consistently been relatively modest, sporadic, and problematic. Even in the case of current transfers from such suppliers as Israel and Russia, it is unclear the extent to which these countries are willing to part with significant amounts of top‐of‐the‐line systems and technologies. Third, the impact upon international security of the improvement of Chinese military capability through the acquisition of foreign weapons and technology is not likely to manifest itself in violent military disruptiveness, but rather in the nuanced and steady expansion of Chinese power and influence in parts of East Asia around China's periphery. Fourth, the military capabilities of China's arms clients will probably not be significantly improved through the acquisition of foreign weapons and weapons technologies by China. In sum, Chinese military modernization through arms and technology imports will continue to be a slow and painful process.     

国防工业运行机制初探

我国国防科研生产运行机制的改革取得一定成绩 ,但未实行竞争择优 ,资源浪费较严重 ;军工企业管理落后 ,内控制度不健全 ,制约了行业的发展。改革的途径是 ,通过试点 ,逐步引入竞争机制 ;深化军工集团的改革 ;强化资产监管及审计工作。     

基于消费者视角的食品质量安全生产可行性探析

通过构建质量安全成本函数，定性研究了提高质量安全水平对生产者收入的影响。比较了不同条件下提高食品质量安全水平对生产行为影响的差异性。初步认为质量安全水平的提高，对生产者来说有其经济上的可行性。一是长期的质量安全成本会趋于下降，存在利润增加的空间；二是可以寻求到最大化的利润点。     

绿色营销:企业可持续发展的必然选择

“建立一个可持续发展的社会”是 2 1世纪全球性社会改革浪潮的重要主题之一。为了协调人与自然、发展与环境的关系 ,全球可持续发展战略已从学术讨论转向付诸实践的人类面向新世纪的共同选择。然而 ,对于国内绝大多数企业而言 ,“可持续”与“发展”毕竟是一个两难选择。鱼与熊掌能否兼得 ?绿色营销作为实现可持续发展的强有力手段 ,无疑将成为现代企业市场营销发展的必由之路     

价值源泉的逻辑分析与现代经济学解释

坚持和发展马克思劳动价值论,只有对价值源泉的劳动从逻辑上加以肯定,并在实践中结合社会分工与协作发展的特点赋予劳动的时代特征,才能正确把握形成商品价值源泉的实质内涵。随着信息时代的到来,源于社会分工与协作而引起的劳动多种具体形式的发展,使劳动的整合效应无论在一个企业内部还是在全社会范围内都大大增强了,出现了劳动过程和生产过程在时间与空间上的错位与分离,总体工人作为劳动过程中分工与协作的产物,必然共同创造价值。现代价值源泉观标志着生产劳动概念与时俱进,是解读价值源泉的关键。     

不断认识和把握中国先进生产力发展的基本规律--学习江泽民"三个代表"重要思想的一点体会

认识和把握中国先进生产力发展的基本规律 ,必须认识和把握中国生产力与生产关系相互作用的矛盾运动规律 ,中国生产力自身发展的矛盾运动规律 ,如何使先进生产力发展适合中国国情的矛盾运动规律。     

依法行政与安全生产

在我国经济高速发展阶段,安全生产事故的频发引起人们的关注与反思,在现阶段实现安全生产不仅是企业生产者、劳动者的义务,更是政府的义务,要减少以至遏止安全生产事故,需要政府依法行政。     

纹面为美:美学哥德巴赫猜想题解之一

自由创造美的行为是建立在两大基本需求基础之上的,那就是“两种生产”,即生活资料的生产与人类自身的生产。在美和艺术起源探讨上,我们以往注意了解决人类生存的物质生产,而比较忽略危及人类生存的自身生产。在美的概念产生之前,人们对一切违反乱伦禁忌的行为,都视为“丑恶”。纹面符号最早成为婚姻集团和级别制度的标志。这种因禁忌带来的更大的诱惑力和意志力,极大地刺激了婚姻禁忌标志的制作和美的创造。在母系氏族社会内,女性优先获得这种创造美的自由。“美”就是一个由“人”和鱼蛙纹纹面符号“︽︽”组成的合体象形文。“美在健康、和谐、愉悦的婚姻关系”,这是从亘古到当今的人类一直不懈的追求,它能带给我们关于“以人为本”的许多美的启示。