Thursday, March 31, 2011
[IWS] ILR Press/EPI: FAILURE BY DESIGN: The Story behind America's Broken Economy
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School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press) &
Economic Policy Institute/A State of Working America Publication
FAILURE BY DESIGN: The Story behind America's Broken Economy
by Josh Bivens; Lawrence Mishel (Foreword)
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=14226
$18.95t cloth
2010, 120 pages, 6 x 9, 46 charts/graphs
ISBN: 978-0-8014-5015-0
In Failure by Design, the Economic Policy Institute’s Josh Bivens takes a step back from the acclaimed State of Working America series, building on its wealth of data to relate a compelling narrative of the U.S. economy’s struggle to emerge from the Great Recession of 2008. Bivens explains the causes and impact on working Americans of the most catastrophic economic policy failure since the 1920s.
As outlined clearly here, economic growth since the late 1970s has been slow and inequitably distributed, largely as a result of poor policy choices. These choices only got worse in the 2000s, leading to an anemic economic expansion. What growth we did see in the economy was fueled by staggering increases in private-sector debt and a housing bubble that artificially inflated wealth by trillions of dollars. As had been predicted, the bursting of the housing bubble had disastrous consequences for the broader economy, spurring a financial crisis and a rise in joblessness that dwarfed those resulting from any recession since the Great Depression. The fallout from the Great Recession makes it near certain that there will be yet another lost decade of income growth for typical families, whose incomes had not been boosted by the previous decade’s sluggish and localized economic expansion.
In its broad narrative of how the economy has failed to deliver for most Americans over much of the past three decades, Failure by Design also offers compelling graphic evidence on jobs, incomes, wages, and other measures of economic well-being most relevant to low- and middle-income workers. Josh Bivens tracks these trends carefully, giving a lesson in economic history that is readable yet rigorous in its analysis. Intended as both a stand-alone volume and a companion to the new State of Working America website that presents all of the data underlying this cogent analysis, Failure by Design will become required reading as a road map to the economic problems that confront working Americans.
About the Author
Josh Bivens has been an economist at the Economic Policy Institute since 2002. He is the author most recently of Everybody Wins, Except for Most of Us—What Economics Teaches About Globalization. Lawrence Mishel is the president of the Economic Policy Institute and its research director from 1987 to 1999. He is the coauthor of every edition of The State of Working America.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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[IWS] ILR Press: A COMPANY OF ONE: Insecurity, Independence, and the New World of White-Collar Unemployment [April 2011]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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ILR Press (an imprint of Cornell University Press)
A COMPANY OF ONE: Insecurity, Independence, and the New World of White-Collar Unemployment
by Carrie M. Lane
http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=9916
$19.95s paper
Available in APRIL, 216 pages, 6 x 9, 5 halftones
ISBN: 978-0-8014-7727-0
$59.95x cloth
Available in APRIL, 216 pages, 6 x 9, 5 halftones
ISBN: 978-0-8014-4964-2
Being laid off can be a traumatic event. The unemployed worry about how they will pay their bills and find a new job. In the American economy's boom-and-bust business cycle since the 1980s, repeated layoffs have become part of working life. In A Company of One, Carrie M. Lane finds that the new culture of corporate employment, changes to the job search process, and dual-income marriage have reshaped how today's skilled workers view unemployment. Through interviews with seventy-five unemployed and underemployed high-tech white-collar workers in the Dallas area over the course of the 2000s, Lane shows that they have embraced a new definition of employment in which all jobs are temporary and all workers are, or should be, independent "companies of one."
Following the experiences of individual jobseekers over time, Lane explores the central role that organized networking events, working spouses, and neoliberal ideology play in forging and reinforcing a new individualist, pro-market response to the increasingly insecure nature of contemporary employment. She also explores how this new perspective is transforming traditional ideas about masculinity and the role of men as breadwinners. Sympathetic to the benefits that this "company of one" ideology can hold for its adherents, Lane also details how it hides the true costs of an insecure workforce and makes collective and political responses to job loss and downward mobility unlikely.
Reviews
"A Company of One is terrific. It is refreshingly direct, carefully researched, well written and organized, framed in a novel and useful fashion, and, of serendipitous if grim circumstance, appears at an opportune time. Carrie M. Lane provides a marvelous summary of critical shifts in career structures and accompanying ideologies, both justifying and supporting increasingly insecure and episodic career paths, told in the voices of job-seeking high-tech workers."—John Van Maanen, Erwin H. Schell Professor of Organization Studies, MIT
"In this rich and sobering book, Carrie M. Lane offers a window into the lived complexities of neoliberalism. Here global high-tech restructuring is unearthed among American white collar middle classes, for whom anxiety, insecurity, and rugged individualism are resounding and sometimes perplexing bedfellows. A Company of One is a powerful and prescient ethnography with a subtle reading of gender, class, politics, and the meanings of work and selfhood in times of economic flux."—Carla Freeman, Winship Distinguished Research Professor of Anthropology and Women's Studies, Emory University
About the Author
Carrie M. Lane is Assistant Professor of American Studies at California State University, Fullerton.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011
[IWS] World Bank: POPULATION AGING: IS LATIN AMERICA READY? [28 March 2011]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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World Bank
POPULATION AGING: IS LATIN AMERICA READY?
[Read Online: full-text, 324 pages]
Report advises Latin American countries to prepare for a ‘greying revolution’; rapid aging no longer a rich country phenomenon.
Region’s life expectancy jumped by 22 years in last half-century; population now dominated by working adults with fewer children.
Report recommends building stronger health systems, delaying retirement age, reforming pension systems and creating more jobs for women to expand the workforce.
Press Release 28 March 2011
Latin America: Ready for an Aging Revolution?
[excerpt]
March 28, 2011—Population aging is a global issue that affects a growing number of countries around the world, especially at a time when family support and other traditional safety nets have become far less certain in the aftermath of the global economic crisis.
In Latin America, for example, life expectancy has jumped by 22 years over the last 50 years and its population is now dominated by working-age adults with significantly fewer children. The region faces the prospect of rapid aging.
A new report from the World Bank’s Human Development Network warns that governments and communities in the region cannot afford to be complacent about a ‘greying revolution,’ given that the next 50 years will be very different from its past half century.
According to Population Aging: Is Latin America Ready?, economic growth in Latin America will be more challenging in countries with large numbers of elderly people and meeting health care, pension, and other needs will be especially difficult for low- and middle-income countries. Establishing appropriate policies and institutions to accommodate the region’s powerful demographic shifts will be vital to safeguard Latin America’s social and economic future, says the report.
AND MORE.....
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
[IWS] ADB: ASIA BOND MONITOR March 2011 [29 March 2011]
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
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New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
ASIA BOND MONITOR March 2011 [29 March 2011]
http://asianbondsonline.adb.org/documents/abm_mar_2011.pdf
[full-text, 91 pages]
Contents
Emerging East Asian Local Currency
Bond Markets: A Regional Update
Highlights 2
Bond Market Developments in the Fourth Quarter of 2010 3
Policy and Regulatory Developments 30
Market Summaries 35
People’s Republic of China—Update 35
Hong Kong, China—Update 43
Indonesia—Update 47
Republic of Korea—Update 55
Malaysia—Update 60
Philippines—Update 65
Singapore—Update 71
Thailand—Update 75
Viet Nam—Update 81
Press Release 29 March 2011
Emerging Asian Bond Markets Register Strong Growth in 2010 - ADB Report
http://www.adb.org/Media/Articles/2011/13507-asian-bonds-monitiors/
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Emerging East Asia's local currency bond markets expanded by 13.6% to $5.2 trillion in 2010, driven by strong growth in corporate bonds that helped to offset a decline in issuance by central banks and some governments in the last quarter of 2010.
The latest edition of the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) quarterly Asia Bond Monitor shows that growth has been broad-based. The region's local currency bond markets, excluding the People's Republic of China (PRC), expanded by 11.6% year-on-year in 2010. Meanwhile, total bonds outstanding in the PRC, the region's largest market, grew 15.1% year-on-year to reach $3.1 trillion.
"The broadening of overall bond market growth within emerging East Asia and the expansion of the corporate market demonstrate the opportunities that are increasingly available to investors in local bond markets," said Iwan Azis, Head of ADB's Office of Regional Economic Integration (OREI).
Emerging East Asia comprises the PRC; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; the Republic of Korea; Malaysia; the Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; and Viet Nam.
Total local currency corporate bonds outstanding grew by 20.3% year-on-year to reach $1.6 trillion in 2010, mainly driven by growth in the corporate bond markets of Viet Nam, the PRC, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Republic of Korea. An analysis of corporate bond markets by country shows that the top 6 - 8 firms in each market issue bonds in very large sizes, while the remaining 30 - 50 issuers generally offer much smaller amounts. This results in an asymptotic curve for the distribution of corporate bonds outstanding by firm.
Emerging East Asia's local currency government bond market expanded in the last quarter of 2010 by 10.8% year-on-year to $3.6trillion, accounting for about 70% of the total outstanding bonds, and was driven by growth in Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam. On a quarter-on-quarter basis, however, the region's government bond market grew by only 0.1% in the last quarter of 2010.
Growth in the region has been marked by improving maturity profiles for many individual corporate and government bond markets. This reflects improving structural fundamentals as lengthened duration will attract a greater diversity of investors.
Local currency issuance totaled $3.8 trillion in emerging East Asia in 2010, a 10.2% increase over 2009. Government bond issuance expanded 12.3% to reach $3.1 trillion, while corporate issuance grew 1.1% to $634 billion.
Foreign participation in the region's local bond markets continued to expand as investors hunted for yield and anticipated gains from appreciation of the underlying currencies. For example, foreigners held 30.5% of Indonesian government debt at the end of 2010.
The major risks to the market outlook are upward inflationary pressures due to rising commodity and oil prices, and the possibility of further interest rate hikes. The "risk on-risk off" behavior of global markets could also add to these risks and the volatility of the outlook.
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
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[IWS] RAND: CHINA's AEROSPACE INDUSTRY: READY FOR TAKEOFF [24 March 2011]
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RAND
READY FOR TAKEOFF: CHINA's ADVANCING AEROSPACE INDUSTRY [24 March 2011]
http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1100.html
or
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1100.pdf
[full-text, 164 pages]
Summary
http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/2011/RAND_MG1100.sum.pdf
This monograph assesses China's aerospace capabilities and the extent to which China's participation in commercial aerospace markets and supply chains is contributing to the improvement of those capabilities. It examines China's commercial aviation manufacturing capabilities, its commercial and military capabilities in space, Chinese government efforts to encourage foreign participation in the development of China's aerospace industry, transfers of foreign aerospace technology to China, the extent to which U.S. and other foreign aerospace firms depend on supplies from China, and the implications of these issues for U.S. security interests.
China's aerospace industry has advanced at an impressive rate over the past decade, partly due to the increasing participation of its aerospace industry in the global commercial aerospace market and the supply chains of the world's leading aerospace firms. China's current ability to meet demand with indigenous aircraft is limited, however, and much of the demand will be filled by imported aircraft. China's space capabilities have improved rapidly, on the other hand, and it has developed and deployed an increasingly wide range of satellites. China's growing civilian aerospace capabilities are unquestionably contributing to the development of its military aerospace capabilities, but whether the United States could significantly improve its security through alterations of its policy toward civil aerospace cooperation with China without having a significant negative effect on its own economic interests is unclear.
Contents
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Abbreviations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii
ChAPTer One
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Structure of the Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ChAPTer TwO
China’s Commercial Aircraft Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Current Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Projections of China’s Future Commercial Passenger Aircraft Market . . . . . 12
Factors Other Than GDP Growth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Domestic Versus International Traffic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ChAPTer Three
China’s Current Commercial Aircraft Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Commercial Passenger Aircraft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Domestic Designs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Foreign Designs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Helicopters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Fixed-Wing General Aviation Aircraft. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ChAPTer FOur
The role of Foreign Firms in the Development of China’s
Commercial Aviation Manufacturing Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chinese Government Policies Toward Foreign Aviation
Manufacturing Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Joint Ventures and Cooperative R&D Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
U.S. Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Non-U.S. Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Extent to Which China-Based Production Supplies U.S. Aerospace
Firms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
U.S. Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Non-U.S. Companies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Other Sources of Western Aerospace Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
ChAPTer FIve
China’s Space Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Launch Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Communications Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Weather Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Civilian Earth-Observation Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Military Imagery Reconnaissance Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Position, Navigation, and Timing Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Other Satellites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
ChAPTer SIx
Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
The Rate at Which China’s Aerospace Sector Has Developed. . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Future Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Potential to Contribute to China’s Military Capabilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Implications for U.S. Security Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Figures
2.1. RPK Flown by Major Airlines of Brazil,
China, Japan, Germany, and the United States in 2007. . . . . . . . . 6
2.2. RPK Distribution of Chinese Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.3. Domestic RPK Flown by Major U.S., Japanese, German,
and Chinese Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.4. International RPK Flown by Major U.S., Japanese, German,
and Chinese Airlines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.5. Total RPK Flown by Major U.S., Japanese, German, and
Chinese Airlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.6. Boeing’s Market Outlook for 2010–2029. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.7. Normalized RPK Flown by Major Carriers
in Each Country in 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.8. Projections of the Growth of the Chinese Commercial Fleet
Based on Alternative RPK/GDP Ratios and Average GDP
Growth Rates Compared with Boeing’s Projection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.9. Spatial Pattern of Domestic Air Passenger Flows in 2005 . . . . . . 16
2.10. High-Speed Rail Network in China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.11. Travel Time by PDL from Beijing to Selected Cities . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.12. International and Domestic RPK for Five Nations
in 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.1. U.S. Aerospace Imports, 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
4.2. U.S. Aerospace Imports, 2005–2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
4.3. U.S. Aerospace Exports, 2005–2009. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tables
4.1. International Partners in the ARJ21 Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
4.2. Major International Partners in the C919 Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
4.3. Current Boeing Work Packages and Procurement at
Chinese-Owned Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
4.4. Current Airbus Work Packages and Procurement at
Chinese-Owned Enterprises. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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[IWS] EMCC: EMERGING FORMS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP [23 March 2011]
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
EMERGING FORMS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP [23 March 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/studies/tn1009034s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/studies/tn1009034s/tn1009034s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/erm/tn1009034s/tn1009034s.pdf
[full-text, 69 pages]
Abstract:
The current policy and public debate on the overall topic of ‘entrepreneurship’ pays little
attention to more specific or emerging forms of entrepreneurship such as one-person enterprises
and self-employment, part-time entrepreneurs, parallel and serial entrepreneurs, and business
transfer and successions. This study examines the appearance of these distinct catgeories in
public and policy discussions across Europe and gives an overview of the availability of
quantitative and qualitative statistical information and of research on emerging forms of
entrepreneurship.This study notes that the category of one-person enterprises and selfemployment
is the one most often included in the debate, whereas the other forms of emerging
entrepreneurship receive less attention. However, across Europe growing attention is paid to all
these forms as drivers for growth and employment, and they are being recognised as flexible
forms that offer a transitional state between employment and business development.
Introduction
1. Emerging forms of entrepreneurship – working definitions
2. Public and policy discussion on emerging forms of entrepreneurship
3. An in-depth analysis of the content of the political discussion
4. Standardised structural data
5. Summary of the content of national research and studies, and of the
key issues in the EU debate
Bibliography
Annex of tables
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[IWS] Dublin Foundation: WAGE SETTING & INDEXATION IN EUROPE--PACT FOR THE EURO: WHAT FUTURE WAGE-SETTING? [23 March 2011]
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
Wage setting and indexation in Europe
Pact for the Euro: what future wage-setting? [23 March 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/industrialrelations/wagesetting.htm
[excerpt]
The recently adopted Pact for the Euro establishes a mechanism for the coordination of economic policies. The Pact emphasises the importance of increasing competitiveness and promoting employment along with strengthening and stabilising public finances. One of its proposals, that competitiveness could be improved by adjusting wage-setting arrangements or wage-indexation mechanisms, has sparked a debate across Europe.
Wage formation in general – and the periodic adjustment of wage levels in particular – is the result of a complex process that is shaped by industrial relations outcomes, as well as considerations such as economic growth, inflation, productivity and labour market developments. In the majority of countries in the European Union, systems of wage formation are based on collective bargaining. Major differences exist, however, as regards the predominant level of bargaining and the links between these levels. One of the main differences in this regard concerns the involvement of either individual employers or an employer association, the latter resulting in so-called ‘multi-employer bargaining’. Some EU Member States apply a system of ‘automatic’ wage adjustment procedures – also known as ‘wage indexation’.
In contrast to autonomous collective bargaining, wage indexation allows for employees’ current purchasing power levels to be maintained, regardless of the outcomes of industrial relations processes. Wage indexation thus provides for wages to be adjusted – and usually increased – on a regular basis, according to an agreed indicator that reflects general price developments. Where they exist, wage indexation systems are subject to debate among the social partners as well as academics in the field of economics and industrial relations. As a major point of concern, wage indexation has been held responsible for fuelling inflationary pressures. In countries with high levels of inflation, wage indexation is perceived as encouraging a self-perpetuating inflationary spiral. These views have consequently led to the abrogation of indexation as a means of controlling inflation in a number of European countries during the 1980s and 1990s.
Eurofound has carried out significant work in the area of wage setting mechanisms over a number of years.
AND MORE...including STUDIES....
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[IWS] EIRO: HEALTH SOCIAL PARTNERS: RECRUITMENT & RETENTION FRAMEWORK AGREED [25 March 2011]
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EUROPEAN LEVEL
Health social partners agree recruitment and retention framework [25 March 2011]
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2011/02/articles/eu1102031i.htm
The EU-level social partners in hospitals and healthcare, HOSPEEM and EPSU agreed, in December 2010, a framework of actions on recruitment and retention of staff. These are key issues in this sector, with demographic ageing and tight budgets compounding the problems of recruiting skilled employees for difficult working conditions on relatively low pay. The social partners’ formal dialogue began only in 2006, but has developed rapidly, leading to several joint texts
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[IWS] UK: EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT TASKFORCE CREATED [29 March 2011]
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United Kingdom (UK)
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (National)
Task force to improve levels of employee engagement
29 March 2011 11:13
The Prime Minister today gave his backing to a new independent Employee Engagement Task Force during a launch event at 10 Downing Street.
Members of the Government sponsored, industry led Task Force - including the chair, David MacLeod, deputy chair, Nita Clarke and other leading professionals from the public and private sector - joined the Prime Minister and Business Minister Edward Davey for a breakfast roundtable discussion.
The Task Force will ensure that a range of practical opportunities are made available for organisations wanting to learn about engagement. It will share good practice, generate debate and offer support via a new website. It will build on the report ‘Engaging for Success’, which David MacLeod and Nita Clarke produced in 2009 for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
At the launch of the Task Force, Prime Minister David Cameron said:
“This taskforce has my full support because I know that it will work to bring together two of my government's top priorities – delivering sustainable growth across the UK, and coming up with new approaches to help people improve their wellbeing.
“I think the public and private sectors can learn a lot from each other. This initiative fits well with our agenda of devolved power and authority and shows how effective companies can be when they feel empowered. I am delighted that the Employment Engagement Taskforce has come together to develop practical ways to help all employers learn from the best, to break down barriers to engagement and to raise the profile of this whole agenda.”
Employment Relations Minister Edward Davey said:
“Workers know better than anyone how the firm they work for can grow, innovate and succeed. For any business or organisation a committed and involved workforce that are all pulling in the same direction is essential.
This isn't just about ending "them and us" attitudes. It's about a better way to work. Employee engagement is essentially about growth, so it's right the private sector should lead this taskforce.”
Chair of the Employment Engagement Task Force David MacLeod said:
“If employee engagement and the principles that lie behind it were more widely understood and shared we could see a step change in productivity and performance across the UK, and a rise in levels of employee wellbeing and motivation. Engaged employees will be key to growth in the private sector and ‘better for less’ in the public sector.”
Vice Chair Nita Clarke said:
“People are at the heart of success for companies and organisations, so whether or not the workforce is positively encouraged to perform at its best should be a key consideration for every leader and manager, and should be placed at the heart of business strategy. Where this happens the results are transformational. Spreading this message widely will be the key task of this new employer led task force.”
The Task Force will collaborate with leading academics, think tanks and leading practitioners. It will report back next year on the strategies it recommends that organisations should adopt to promote best practice and learning.
The Task Force will also tackle key issues identified in the MacLeod Review such as the barriers to wider adoption of engagement, how to harness engagement for innovation and how to maintain morale through difficult challenges such as downsizing. The remaining members will be confirmed when the Task Force next meets in April.
Notes to editors:
1. Pictures of the launch event will be available from http://www.flickr.com/photos/bisgovuk
2. Members of Task Force include –
Alex Lewis - BAE, HR Director
Alex Wilson – BT, Group HR Director
Andrew Moys – JLP, Director of Communications
Angie Risley - Lloyds, Group HR Director
Dame Carol Black – Wellbeing National Director for Health and Work
Doug Mclldowie – GKN, Group HR Director
Geoff Lloyd- Serco Group, HR Director
Jacki Connor - Sainsbury's, Director of Customer Service
Jackie Orme, Chief Executive, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
James Chalmers – PWC, Head of Strategy & Talent
John Taylor- ACAS, Chief Executive
Jonathan Austin - Best Companies, CEO and Founder
Katja Hall – CBI, Chief Policy Director
Kevin Goodman – Babcock, Group Director OD
Louise Beardmore - United Utilities, Head of Engagement, Leadership & Learning
Louise Smalley – Whitbread, Group HR Director
Mervyn Thomas – DfT, Whitehall Engagement & Head of HR
Mike Cherry - FSB, Policy Chairman
Peter Thomas - Institute for Government Director, Transforming Whitehall
Richard Baker - Virgin & VC, Chairman Virgin Active
Russell Grossman – BIS, Director of Communications
Sue Round - British Gas, Director of L&D
Sarah Veale- TUC, Head, Equality and Employment Rights
Sir Eric Peacock - SME Sector
Stephen Dando - Thomson Reuters, EVP & Chief HR Officer
Stephen Lehane – Boots Group, HR Director & Corporate Affairs Director
Tanith Dodge - Marks & Spencer, HR Director
Veronica Hope-Hailey - CASS Business School, Professor
3. Details about the website will be announced shortly.
4. Further information on the MacLeod Review can be found here - http://www.bis.gov.uk/policies/employment-matters/strategies/employee-engagement
5. David MacLeod has a portfolio of responsibilities which include being an NED of the Ministry of Justice, and a Visiting Professor of Cass Business School. He is a fellow of the Institute of Marketing, CIPD and Ashridge Business School. Previously he worked in consumer marketing and general management, and was latterly a CEO . He has worked in manufacturing, the services and for two years in the Cabinet Office. David MacLeod has co-authored the extra mile; how to engage your people to win.
6. Nita Clarke is Director of the Involvement & Participation Association. She was a former senior official with the trade union UNISON and an adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair. Nita is also a member of the Task Force set up by the Cabinet Office to encourage the spread of mutuals in public service delivery.
7. BIS's online newsroom contains the latest press notices, speeches, as well as video and images for download. It also features an up to date list of BIS press office contacts. See http://www.bis.gov.uk/newsroom for more information.
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