Collective action regimes in seaport clusters: the case of the Lower Mississippi port cluster Peter W. de Langen，Evert-Jan Visser 1、Analysis of the competitiveness of the Mississippi River downstream port the paper analyses the competitiveness of the Lower Mississippi seaport from a cluster perspective,discussing the importance of local governance and collective action regimes for the competitiveness of the cluster.The case study of the Lower Mississippi port cluster shows that collective action regimes are relatively poorly developed in this cluster,compared with the seaport cluster of Rotterdam.Furthermore,the case shows these ineffective regimes are one of the reasons explaining the declining market share in overall throughput in the Gulf region.Houston,its nearest and main competitior,has grown much more than the Lower Mississippi port cluster.A number of collective action problems require effective collective action regimes that render significant benefits a

The LED display system LED (Light Emitting Diode), light-emitting diode, is a solid state semiconductor devices, which can be directly converted into electricity to light. LED is the heart of a semiconductor chip, the chip is attached to one end of a stent, is the negative side, the other end of the power of the cathode, the entire chip package to be epoxy resin. Semiconductor chip is composed of two parts, part of the P-type semiconductor, it inside the hole-dominated, the other side is the N-type semiconductor, here is mainly electronic. But linking the two semiconductors, among them the formation of a 'PN junction.' When the current through the wires role in this chip, will be pushing e-P, P zone in the hole with electronic composite, and then to be issued in the form of photon energy, and this is the principle of LED luminescence. The wavelength of light that is the color of light, is formed by the PN junction of the decisions of the material. 50 years ago, people have t

The basic hypothesis of the theory of plasticity Plastic theory is applied in metal forming was designed to explore the forming of metal plastic deformation mechanism. So, the research can provide the analysis and judgment of the following: (a) metal mobility (velocity, strain and strain rate), (b) temperature and heat conduction, (c) the strength of the material local changes or flow stress and (d) stress, load, pressure and energy forming process. This deformation mechanism can provide decision: how to flow with the aid of metal plastic forming, how to get the desired shape and forming method to produce parts for mechanical properties of what kind of. 为了建立金属变形的可控制的数字模型（曲线图形），作出以下几个简化的但是合理的假设： In order to establish digital model of metal deformation can be controlled (curve graph), make the following simplifying but reasonable assumptions: 1）忽略弹性变形。然而当必要时，

Choosing the Right Cameras for the Right Job As described in Chapters 1 and 2, there are two basic types of video surveillance camerasavailable today. The traditional CCTV analog camera, which delivers an NTSC signal invarious formats and has up to 702 Acirc; 480 resolution (called 4CIF), and digital megapixelcameras, which begin at the higher resolution of 1280 Acirc; 1024 or 1.3 megapixels. Thesetwo types of cameras can also be IP cameras, which include a built-in digital video encoderto allow for immediate delivery of data over Ethernet. When using the same Ethernetcable they can be powered by the same RJ45 port. IP cameras come in various shapes andsizes, including smaller fixed cameras with vandal-resistant enclosures to full-blown PTZcameras requiring separate power if used in an outdoor enclosure with a heating and coolingsystem. The correct hardware to choose is based entirely on the requirements. In Chapter 6,Site Survey, I discuss various steps to help make those a

The Access control system Access control system is widely used in recent years and it is one of the high-tech and safety equipment , has become one of the intelligent signs of modern architecture. Access control , the export and the entrance control system, is to control the export and entrance channel system. Access control system is developed on the basis of the traditional locks (Entrance Guard/Access Control in English). Access control is, in reality, an everyday phenomenon. A lock on a car door is essentially a form of access control. A PIN on an ATM system at a bank is another means of access control. Bouncers standing in front of a night club is perhaps a more primitive mode of access control (given the evident lack of information technology involved). The possession of access control is of prime importance when persons seek to secure important, confidential, or sensitive information and equipment .Item control or electronic key management is an area within (and possi

Human resource outsourcing: Market an operating performance effects of administrative HR function（select） Maureen G.Butler(USA)；Carolyn M.Callahan（USA）From:Journal of Business Research JBR-07646;No of Pages 7 a b s t r a c t Using event study methodology and two-stage regression analysis on a sample of firms announcing human resource outsourcing (HRO) contracts, this study tests the association between administrative HRO and firm-level capital market and long run operating performance, with archival financial data controlling for endogeneity and outsourcing decision optimality. The results demonstrate that the equity capital market responds positively to client firms announcing administrative HRO, particularly service firms and those outsourcing transactional HR tasks. Additional statistical analysis shows that suboptimal outsourcing is negatively associated with long run operating performance measured as return on assets and operating return on assets

附录B 外文原文 The Value of Online Customer Loyalty And How You Can Capture it[1]（extract） [India] Sarabjit Singh The power of online customer loyalty In the first years of e-commerce, it was generally accepted that customer loyalty and online shopping were mutually exclusive. The Web seemed to make customer loyalty irrelevant; at the click of a mouse, shoppers could effortlessly cover the globe in search of the lowest price, with little to hold them at one site. Yet, while itrsquo;s true that online shoppers can skip easily from one site to the next, a highly loyal segment of online shoppers has emerged nonetheless, and tools such as Internet bookmarks have led to usage patterns that are loyal, almost addictive. Today, loyal shoppers visit their favorite sites far more frequently than they would any bricks-and-mortar store. This surprising degree of customer loyalty can have an enormous impact on web-site profitability. We simulated the long-term economics

Foreign language original（select） ——Michael, the internal cost of external environment forced: South Africa Company experience [J]. open support environment magazine, October 26, 2013 Forced internalization of external environmental cost: experience of a South African Company 1 Introduction The brewing process generates high volume of waste that includes wastewater with negative effects on the environment. This effect, known as externalities, has mostly being ignored in the calculation of beer cost per liter because the cost is not borne by the producer but is rather borne by the society. Just as Hofmann (2007)argues that when environmental risks are interdependent, an organizationrsquo;s decision to protect itself alone affects the loss probabilities faced by others. As a result of these externalities, organizations invest too little in prevention relative to the socially efficient level by ignoring marginal external costs or benefits conferred on it

Automobile manufacture stamping process of new development Automobile manufacture has a 60-70% of metal parts must be approved by the plastic processing forming, stamping process is complete metal plastic forming a kind of important means, it is the most basic, the most traditional, the most important one of metal processing method. Such as vehicle body all kinds of covering parts, car support pieces, structure strengthen pieces, theres plenty of auto parts, such as engine exhaust muffler, hollow tube bending and camshaft, the oil pan, engine stents, frame structure, horizontal longeron etc, it is by stamping technology positively precision, multi-function, high efficiency and energy saving, safe cleaning production direction, stamping workpiece manufacturing technology level and quality, in great degree of automobile manufacturing quality and cost has direct impact. So-called stamping technology refers to the adaptability of the stamping to handicraft, namely the design of

The basic principle of ultrasonic transducer Piezoelectric transducer: piezoelectric transducer utilizes the electrostrictive effect single crystal piezoelectric effect of certain materials and some of the polycrystalline material. Ultrasonic piezoelectric effect Some single crystal material structure has an asymmetric characteristic, when the material is subjected to applied stress and strain occurs, change its internal lattice structure (deformation) would destroy the original macro performance electrically neutral state, the polarization electric field (polarization), an electric field (polarization intensity) generated proportional to the size of strain. This phenomenon is called piezoelectric effect, it was discovered by the Curie brothers in 1880. Subsequently, in 1881 has further found that such a single crystal material with inverse piezoelectric effect, i.e., a material having a piezoelectric effect when subjected to applied electric field, will generate stress