How can the maritime industry meet Sustainable Development Goals? An analysis of sustainability reports from the social entrepreneurship perspective

Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) are a comprehensive agenda agreed upon globally that aims to stimulate actions towards economic, environmental and social sustainability. Being one of the key stakeholders, the international maritime industry plays an important role in contributing to global sustainability. By applying the concept of social entrepreneurship (SE), this study aims to examine (1) the basic and extended responsibilities (SDG 1–SDG 16) and (2) the potential collaborations within the value chain (SDG 17) concerning SDG implementation in maritime industry. To achieve these, we conduct a content analysis of sustainability reports published by container shipping liners and terminal operators from 2016 to 2019. More specifically, manual text classification is adopted to categorise the text content of sustainability reports based on 17 SDGs, and automatic text mining is employed to further identify the key roles of maritime industry related to each SDG. A unified framework is proposed, which points to varied motives and levels of comprehensiveness of the sustainability efforts by the maritime industry. This framework reveals the theoretic process of maritime industry's transitional involvement in sustainability from the SE perspective. It also creates managerial implications regarding the resource allocation strategies by maritime industry in meeting SDGs.     

Social networks,social influence and activity-travel behaviour: a review of models and empirical evidence

ABSTRACT

The study of social networks in activity-travel research has recently gained momentum because social activities and social influence were relatively poorly explained in activity-based models of travel demand. Over the last decade, many scholars have shown interest in identifying personal social networks that constitute an important source of explanation of activity-travel behaviour. This paper seeks to review two research streams: social networks and activity-travel behaviour, and social influence and travel decisions. We classify models, summarise empirical findings and discuss important issues that require further research.     

新媒体技术下的汽车营销模式研究

随着我国科学技术的快速发展,越来越多的行业向信息化、科技化迈进.其中新媒体技术就是应用极其广泛的内容之一,因此本文针对新媒体技术对汽车营销模式的影响内容进行分析,以及相关的新媒体汽车营销方式进行阐述.     

对农民工社会保障问题的思考

由于城乡分割的"二元社会"以及与之对应的"二元就业结构"的存在,致使农民工长期游离在城乡之间,被排除在应有的社会保障体系之外。将农民工纳入社会保障体系刻不容缓。文章试图结合众家之长,提出一个相对系统化,具有可操作性的建立农民工社会保障制度的对策建议。     

Applying social marginal costs pricing to the road sector

This chapter, following the results of the case studies analyzed in the Enact project, will identify and analyze the implications of the possible application of SMCP in PPP’s in the road sector. The main issues analyzed include SMCP revenue formation and its ability to finance the PPP. The paper will focus on market and competition issues like: 1) the problems due to mispriced substitutes; 2) the interdependencies between the tolls and the capacity of different road infrastructures when these are competing for the same demand; 3) since short run social marginal costs do not repay for the investments costs (except in special cases), in the case tolls should cover also the investment costs this will lead to totally different pricing schemes between roads in a same area, with problem of demand shift toward cheaper existing infrastructures, therefore increasing the problem of cost recovery. The incentives caused by the introduction of prices based on SMC’s are also investigated.     

Applying social marginal cost pricing in rail PPPs: Present state, drawbacks and ways forward

The application of social marginal cost pricing (SMCP) in PPP's in the railway sector faces several challenges. We examine in detail the practical applicability of SMCP in railway PPPs from the perspectives of cost accounting and effectiveness of SMCP towards the allocative efficiency goal, addressing the likely drawbacks in conciliating the welfare objectives of SMCP with the objectives of project financing (cost recovery) and value for money that justify the realization of PPP's. To this end, we combine theoretical analysis with the observation of empirical results of a case study. We split the analysis per type of private service provision, which can be for service operation or infrastructure management. For infrastructure management, we recommend splitting the operator remuneration and the track access charges. For service operation, we argue that the correct decision on source of funding of the service operator should depend on the characteristics of the contract.     

Traffic Scheduling in WDM Passive Optical Network with Delay Guarantee

IntroductionWDM passive optical network (PON) is an at-tractive solution for future broadband access net-work in that it offers the potential of large capaci-ty, network security and data transparency[1]WDM PON connects the optical line terminal( OLT ) with multiple optical network units(ONU) through a splitter. The OLT has an arrayof m fixed-tuned transceivers, each tuned to a dif-ferent wavelength. Each ONU is equipped withone fixed transmitter (control channel) and onetunable trans…     

自媒体时代大学生网络舆情现状调查研究——以W学院为例

在自媒体时代,加强大学生网络舆情现状调查研究,有助于增强高校在网络舆情视域下思想政治教育工作的实效性.以W学院为例,探讨大学生网络舆情新的时代特点,探析网络舆情引导工作存在的问题,提出大学生网络舆情引导的策略.     

试论老舍小说对社会意识的关注

文章通过对老舍小说文本的研究,发现老舍先生通过比较或陈述的方法在自己的作品中或多或少地表现了他对社会意识的关注。老舍的小说所关注的社会意识主要体现在全社会整一的＂官本位＂思想、愚民教育下的＂顺民＂意识、国民精神和国民人格等方面。     

燃气动力鱼雷管水下发射原理试验分析

首先介绍以燃气发生器为水下鱼雷管发射动力源的假海模型弹发射原理试验,然后对模型弹内测系统记录数据等结果进行综合分析,最后给出对有关进一步研究工作的启示和建议.