Skills,Investment and Exports from Manufacturing Firms in Africa

It has been argued that Africa will not be able to export manufactures as it lacks the necessary skills. This study uses panel data from Ghana to ask how skills have impacted on manufacturing investment and exports in the 1990s. Two dimensions of skills are defined and measure. The first is that observable in the education and experience of the workforce. The second is the underlying efficiency with which the firm operates. The latter is shown to be a significant determinant of both investment and exports. These exports are relatively capital intensive; unskilled labour-intensive exports remain negligible. Possible reasons for these outcomes are discussed.     

Sketching and validating the location-based services (LBS) regulatory framework in Australia

Location-based services (LBS) are defined as those applications that combine the location of a mobile device associated with a given entity (individual or object) together with contextual information to offer a value-added service. LBS solutions are being deployed globally, and in some markets like Australia, without appropriate regulatory provisions in place. Recent debates in Australia have addressed the need to bridge the gap between technological developments and legal/regulatory provisions. This requires an assessment of the regulatory environment within a given social context such as Australia. The core components of such an investigation include: (a) composing a conceptual framework for analysing regulation of technologies such as LBS, one that is sensitive to public policy themes and challenges, and (b) applying this conceptual framework to the Australian setting in order to sketch and define the components of the present framework, and identify areas for improvement through a process of validation. This paper addresses these aims, demonstrating how the current regulatory framework in Australia is bound by legislation with respect to privacy, telecommunications, surveillance, and national security (that is, anti-terrorism), in addition to a set of industry guidelines for location-service providers (LSPs). The existing Australian framework, however, is lacking in its coverage and treatment of LBS and location data, and does not adequately address the themes and challenges in the defined conceptual framework.     

QQ盗号黑色产业链犯罪研究

我国已形成制造木马、传播木马、盗窃QQ账户信息、第三方平台销赃、洗钱等分工明确的网上黑色产业链。QQ盗号黑色产业链犯罪侵犯QQ用户的个人信息、虚拟财产和现实财产,严重危害了我国网络环境的健康运行。对QQ盗号黑色产业链犯罪的认定及应对是目前亟待解决的问题。     

电视购物发展对策探析

作为一种新兴的营销模式,电视购物符合人们快节奏的生活方式,在我国有着较大的发展空间。但是目前,电视购物在我国的发展过程中存在着许多问题,这在一定程度上制约了电视购物的发展。为此国家应健全相关法律,加强监管,电视购物企业自身要诚信经营,以促进电视购物行业的健康发展。     

蓬莱临港产业发展问题的探讨

蓬莱依海而立,必将依海而兴。蓬莱拥有发展临港产业优良条件,临港产业可以发展成为蓬莱经济新的增长点。     

东北振兴中地区文化产业的发展策略

东北振兴的过程,是计划经济体制向社会主义市场经济体制转换的过程,同时也是文化注入工业、文化经济的含量在社会生产结构中的比重逐步提高的过程。由于受历史传统、地理环境以及计划经济体制等因素的影响,东北存在着技术装备落后、产业结构"老化"等问题。与之相应,人的思维方式、行为方式、文化观念等也存在"老化"现象。因而,东北文化产业的深度拓展,既是东北振兴的重要内容,也是推动东北振兴的强大动力。     

山东服务业发展研究

我省服务业总体上规模偏小、结构层次较低、竞争能力不强,思想观念、管理体制、政策环境等制约发展的问题还十分突出。目前,服务业将会出现一个高速增长的时期,我省正面临着前所未有的机遇。因此,需要加快行政管理体制改革,加快服务业的开放力度,加大服务业投入,进一步优化服务业发展环境,走创新发展之路来促进山东服务业发展。     

美日公司治理的制度比较——对东北老工业基地的启示

公司治理是公司长期发展的产物,它受一国的非正式制度和正式制度的影响。通过以美国、日本为例对公司治理的制度比较分析,说明文化传统、价值观、市场模式、要素市场的发展水平、法律政策等在公司治理模式演进过程中具有影响作用,从而对东北老工业基地国有企业改造与调整、公司治理都具有一定的启示意义。     

在“两带两圈”框架下建设贵州工业重镇——万山工业发展历程与现状分析

贵州省万山特区曾是中国最大的汞工业生产基地,有中国汞都之美誉。上世纪八十年代末,随着汞资源逐渐枯竭,汞矿生产日益萎缩,2009年被国务院列为全国第二批资源枯竭城市,享受国发〔2007〕38号文件各项优惠扶持政策。万山特区委、政府提出了工业强区、商贸活区、农业稳区、生态立区的发展思路,着力在两带两圈框架下建设贵州工业重镇,万山工业重新焕发生机。     

工业强省战略下贵阳市法制环境建设初探

当前，贵州全省都在为贯彻工业强省的战略部署而努力，作为在实施工业强省战略中具有重要地位的贵阳市，怎样发挥其带动作用，加强法制环境建设，创造一个良好的法制环境显得尤为重要。文章以贵阳市在深入实施工业强省战略中如何建设与完善自身法制环境问题为切入点，通过对贵阳市地方环境、BOT投资模式、地理标志保护、地方行政审批制度改革的调查研究，就其法制环境的建设与完善提出自己的一些看法与建议。