Departmental networks—An empirical analysis of career patterns among junior faculty in Germany

By using recruitment data from 60 German departments of business administration, networks are constructed in which the nodes are departments, and two departments are connected if they have either sent or received a scientist from one another. Different concepts of social network analysis are applied to answer a series of questions, such as the number of scientists the business departments produce, to whom they send and from whom they receive their scientists, and which role academic networks play in the career of young scientists in business administration. Regression analysis revealed that network centrality is a robust predictor of departmental reputation. The social network approach can be used to assess reputational differences among business departments, thereby providing an alternative to existing opinion surveys and research rankings.

晚清教会学校的商务英语教学:利益导向下的世俗化与功利化选择

晚清教会学校的商务英语教学是在社会对英语人才需求日盛的背景下所做出的一种世俗化和功利化的选择。其课程设置发轫于以内容为基础的专业英语教学,逐渐增设基于商务语言技能和内容的商务英语课程,并随着教会学校的发展而不断拓展和深化,最后发展为近代化职业教育基础之上的商务英语教学。教学方法从语法翻译法一统天下逐渐向语法翻译法与古安系列法共存的格局转变,且均与其世俗化和功利化的教学理念和目标相适应。尽管存在诸如教学宗旨的宗教属性及跨文化商务交际教学缺失等不足,但其英语与商务知识相结合的课程设置造就了大批商务英语人才。其旨在培养既熟练驾驭英语语言又掌握商务专业知识的复合型英语人才的教育模式,对当今商务英语教学具有一定借鉴意义。     

《华商报》的价值取向与公信力探析

运用文献分析法、个案研究法对《华商报》的价值取向与公信力进行分析研究,探索其与报纸成功发展的关系。分析认为,公信力是媒体最有价值的无形资产,是媒体发展的核心竞争力,媒体的价值取向与公信力密不可分。因此,都市报要在新媒体的兴盛和激烈的竞争中立于不败之地,需要有明确的价值取向定位和公信力。     

ESP理论指导下的BE目标需求分析

ESP是一种教学方式,利用它的需求分析理论分析后发现,就业市场除了要求BE学习者能熟练使用英语,而且要求他们在实践中熟练运用商务技能;在商务交际过程中,要学会合理使用语言,强化跨文化人际交往的能力。     

商务英语写作中的读者意识

商务英语写作是商务公司间的书面交际方式.在写作商务信函时,首先要了解读者,并且在写作过程中时时关注他们.然而,在实际的商务写作中,学生往往缺乏读者意识,这在一定程度上制约了学生商务写作能力的提高.应激发学生的读者意识,有效提高学生的商务英语写作能力.     

国内三所高校商务英语专业课程设置比较分析

文章对国内三所高校商务英语专业的课程设置进行了比较分析,并提出以下观点：普通高校商务英语专业没有必要开设二外课程;适当降低基础英语课程的比重;提高外语专业学生思维能力和创新能力。     

模拟仿真训练技术在商务英语教学中的应用

商务英语实用性强,它注重商务素质的培养。然而,实际操作能力低,缺乏必要的锻炼,这又是广大商务英语专业学生普遍存在的问题。由于课堂上的种种局限,学生不能把所学的理论知识及时地应用到实践中去,从而造成了理论与实践相脱节,学生实际动手能力差的问题。模拟仿真训练技术在商务英语教学中应用可以让学生把书本所学到的知识应用到实践中去,培养操作能力、观察能力、交流能力等,解决商务英语专业学生存在的不足。     

混合式学习理念在《计算机网络》教学中的应用

《计算机网络》课程是一门不断发展的应用型课程,针对当前《计算机网络》教育面临的新形势和新任务,结合宿州学院《计算机网络》教学的实际情况,提出在《计算机网络》课程教学中开展基于混合式学习的教学模式,以推动《计算机网络》教学的深化变革。     

Demystifying blockchain: A critical analysis of challenges,applications and opportunities

The blockchain is considered to be the potential driver of the digital economy. The Blockchain technology outweighs the challenges associated with the traditional transaction business governed and regulated by the third trusted party. There is a growth in the interest among the researchers, the industry, and the academia to study and leverage the potential of Blockchain. Blockchain provides a decentralized and distributed public ledger for all the participating parties. Though it seems that blockchain is a viable choice and solution for all the centralized governed and regulated transactions (in digital online space), it has potential challenges that need to be resolved; opportunities to be explored, and applications to be studied. This paper utilizes a systematic literature review to study several research endeavors made in the domain of blockchain. To further research on blockchain adoption, the paper theoretically constructs an integrated framework of the blockchain innovation adoption process in an organization considering organizational and user acceptance perspectives. This would facilitate its widespread adoption, thereby achieving sustained leadership solutions. The paper offers 23 propositions to information systems (IS)/information management (IM) scholars with respect to innovation characteristics, organizational characteristics, environmental characteristics, and user acceptance characteristics. Further, the paper explores several areas of future research and directions that can provide deep insights for overcoming challenges and for the adoption of blockchain technology.     

Business models shifts: Impact of Covid-19

No amount of crystal ball gazing may help us fathom the full impact of the Covid-19 (C-19) crisis on business organizations in a distinct manner. Given the lack of precedence, any such analyses seem to demand routine revisions as we progress further up the “number of infected” curve. Most countries of the world have imposed restrictions on social congregations or even people working in close proximity to each other. Industries that produce and deliver information products and services therefore, have continued to function while those that manufacture physical products especially labor-intensive firms were forced to minimize operations or temporarily shut down. However, in most countries, physical products which were essential in nature were reluctantly permitted to be manufactured given the need for them in people’s everyday life. In this viewpoint, I draw upon three dimensions – information intensity of product/service, information intensity of process/value chain; along with a third dimension – essential nature of the product/service to help understand the immediate implications of C-19. I also present some anecdotal evidences of attempts to alter business models in these circumstances in order to address the challenges that certain product characteristics impose but at the same capitalize on the business opportunities presented by the essentiality of the products.