Model-based control charts in phase 1 statistical process control

In this paper, a general method of constructing control charts for preliminary analysis of individual observations is presented, which is based on recursive score residuals. A simulation study shows that certain implementations of these charts are highly effective in detecting assignable causes.     

Are Venture Capitalists a Catalyst for Innovation?

In this paper we test two hypotheses concerning the presence of innovation in venture capital investments and the growth of innovative venture backed firms. To examine these hypotheses we considered sample of 37 Italian venture backed firms that went public on the Italian Stock Exchange between 1995 and 2004 and by a statistical matching procedure we picked 37 twin firms among the non‐venture backed IPOs for the same period. Our evidence shows that innovation is an important factor during the selection phase but once the investment is made, the company does not promote continued innovation and concentrates all efforts to improve other economic and managerial aspects.     

Does subsidised temporary employment get the unemployed back to work? Aneconometric analysis of two different schemes

Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the reemployment chances of the unemployed. Using unusually informative individual data from administrative records, we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland: non-profit employment programmes (EP) and a subsidy for temporary jobs (TEMP) in private and public firms. Econometric matching methods show that TEMP is more successful than EP in getting the unemployed back to work. Compared to not participating in any programme, EP and TEMP are ineffective for unemployed who find jobs easily anyway or have a short unemployment spell. For potential and actual long-term unemployed, both programmes may have positive effects, but the effect of TEMP is larger.     

The Case of the Missing Pollution Haven Hypothesis

One particularly vexing puzzle for economists and policymakers over the past several decades concerns the empirical significance of the theoretically predicted pollution haven hypothesis. While neoclassical theory and conventional wisdom both surmise that local economies will suffer deleterious effects from stricter environmental regulations, empirical studies have largely failed to validate such claims. This study utilizes the method of matching to show that the impact of stricter regulation is heterogeneous spatially, varying systematically based on location-specific attributes. Previous studies that assume a homogenous response may therefore inadvertently mask the overall impact of more stringent regulations by pooling unaffected and affected regions.JEL Classification: Q25, Q28, H00, L51, R1The authors wish to thank to Michael Crew, Anthony Heyes, an anonymous referee, Werner Antweiler, Randy Becker, Wayne Gray, Shelby Gerking, Michael Greenstone, Vern Henderson, and Arik Levinson. Participants at various university seminars and conferences also lent useful insights to this line of research.     

城镇标准地块定位技术探讨

根据重庆市建立标定地价体系的科学实践．提出城镇标准地块空间定位的技术途径为：从分析土地级别内各定级单元土地质量空间分布规律或房地产市场价格空间分布规律入手，采用定级单元总分平衡法和房地产市场价格平衡法确定标准单元，依据功能特征评价成果将标准地块定位。     

Three Corrected Score Tests for Generalized Linear Models with Dispersion Covariates

We develop three corrected score tests for generalized linear models with dispersion covariates, thus generalizing the results of Cordeiro , Ferrari and Paula (1993) and Cribari-Neto and Ferrari (1995) . We present, in matrix notation, general formulae for the coefficients which define the corrected statistics. The formulae only require simple operations on matrices and can be used to obtain analytically closed-form corrections for score test statistics in a variety of special generalized linear models with dispersion covariates. They also have advantages for numerical purposes since our formulae are readily computable using a language supporting numerical linear algebra. Two examples, namely, iid sampling without covariates on the mean or dispersion parameter oand one-way classification models, are given. We also present some simulations where the three corrected tests perform better than the usual score test, the likelihood ratio test and its Bartlett corrected version. Finally, we present a numerical example for a data set discussed by Simonoff and Tsai (1994) .     

Exceptional Convergence of the Sample Variance

The case is investigated when Hoeffding's one sample U–statistic theorem for the sample variance S² is not applicable. It is shown that this occurs only when the parent distribution is the two–point distribution with jumps of equal magnitude. For this exceptional case the standardised S² is shown to converge in distribution to (1 – V )√2, where V has chi–square distribution with one degree of freedom.     

监理工程师对混凝土质量验收的数理统计方法

介绍了数理统计方法在深圳市某多层建筑混凝土质量控制中的运用,分析了监理工程师如何运用数理统计公式对混凝土进行质量控制和质量验收的方法．     

基于平衡计分卡的项目管理绩效评价模型研究

传统的项目管理往往仅将其管理领域局限于项目与项目实施间的行为,缺乏与组织战略相互因应的结合。以项目为导向(Project-base)的组织中,通过员工之间的互相支持,资源共同分享的方式,使企业能够快速地应变不同的需求与变动,动态的调整项目的分配,从而强化企业的竞争优势。本文的研究目标是试图采用平衡计分卡的模式作为项目管理与组织战略结合的桥梁,摆脱传统上单纯以量化模式评估绩效的方式,而从多个层面针对项目管理的绩效作一个较为全面的探讨,期望能使项目管理的绩效与组织战略更加紧密结合。通过平衡计分卡四个层面的绩效评价,充分地分析组织整体与项目个别的绩效表现,提供管理人员快速发现问题与制定决策的依据。     

中国商务中心区区位分布研究

明确传统商务中心区与现代商务中心区的内涵,归纳商务中心区发展的三种模式,提出了理想的商务中心区发展模式是市场和政府有限引导共同作用的二元驱动模式。在世界范围内将商务中心区划分为四个等级,建立了建设和发展商务中心区满意度的评价指标体系。选择了26个有代表性的城市作为样本城市,采用聚类分析法,将样本城市划分为四大类别。提出了在中国现阶段商务中心区可能的区位分布是:上海、北京、广州和重庆,而其他城市的商务中心区可以考虑建设成为传统商务中心区。最后,进行了商务中心区合理布局的对策分析。