Enterprise Discourse and Executive Talk: Stories that Destabilize the Company

In this paper, we are interested in dissolving the dominant representation of the enterprise as a singularity and a site of rational, reproductive and progressive imperatives. It is this discursive figuring that, in our view, stands in the way of the development of more innovative forms of politics involving claims on corporate wealth. We offer a discussion of enterprise discourse that highlights contradictory narratives of the corporation and the multiplicity of logics seen to determine its dynamics. Taking the Australian-based multinational BHP, in particular its steel division, as our object of analysis, we use excerpts from interviews conducted with two ex-general managers of the Newcastle steel plant to deconstruct the dominant monopoly capitalist representation of the company. Drawing upon existing enterprise discourses and fragments of executive talk, we produce a decentred, 'disorganized' representation of the enterprise, and point to the ways in which it might invigorate a new form of politics in and around the corporation.     

千年威远镇

今天当人们提起互助县威远镇古城时,往往谈论的是明嘉靖年间筑的威远堡城,殊不知在此威远堡城西南的两公里处,还有一座更加古老的"绥边城"(即宗谷城、葱谷城)。《宋史·地理志》载:"绥边砦(寨)旧名宗谷(即葱谷),(宋)崇宁三年(1104年)建筑,后改今名(绥边寨)。东至龙支城六十里,西至宣威     

Multi-Firm City Versus Company Town: A Micro Foundation Model of Localization Economies

When do we have a company town and when do we have a multi‐firm city? In this paper I analyze the impact of public infrastructure investment decisions on types of cities in a decentralized urban system. This is done in a one‐sector spatial general equilibrium model of a closed economy. Investment in public infrastructures reduces the fixed set up cost of all firms within the city resulting in multi‐firm cities. Thus, in this approach localization economies are modelled explicitly instead of assuming that larger industrial size within the city enhances productivity. On the other hand, when the infrastructure is not provided, a company town will be formed by a developer because of the fixed cost required by each firm. The decision of whether to invest in the provision of public infrastructures depends on the type of city that will provide households with the highest utility. This paper characterizes the conditions that lead to each of the two equilibrium configurations.     

The Ohio Data Archives

The Ottoman government obtained current information on the empire's sources of revenue through periodic registers called tahrir defterleri. These documents include detailed information on taxpaying subjects and taxable resources, making it possible to study the economic and social history of the Middle East and eastern Europe in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Although the use of these documents has been typically limited to the construction of local histories, adopting a more optimistic attitude toward their potential and using appropriate sampling procedures can greatly increase their contribution to historical scholarship. They can be used in comprehensive quantitative studies and in addressing questions of broader historical significance or larger social scientific relevance.     

Pagri: The Mountain Town

PagriTown,intheHimalayanmountains,wasonceamountaingrazingland.whereherdsmenrovedaroundthewildgrasslandwiththeirlivestock.Astimewentby,Yadong,anearbytownatthesoutherntipofHimalayasdevelopedintoatradingportbetweenTibetandIndia.Yadong'sprosperitysoonspurredt…     

让古城文化品牌更加亮丽

正《世界遗产》:作为一名纳西族人,您对家乡一定有着深厚的情感,对世界遗产丽江古城也会有着特殊的情怀。请您谈谈对丽江古城的认识。张泽军:丽江是全国唯一拥有"文化、自然、记忆"三项世界遗产的所在地,也是中国魅力城市。丽江古城建于宋末元初,盛于明清,迄今已有800余年的历史。古城依山筑城,临水为街,家家流水,户户垂杨,花树掩映,一街一景,皆可入画,纳西风情,东巴文化,十分浓郁。至今,古城内依然居住着土著居民6200多户,25000多人,其中纳西族     

哈密魔鬼城

哈密是古丝绸之路上一颗璀璨的明珠,在这方神奇的土地上孕育了众多的文化名胜和自然景观。就在距哈密市不远的大漠深处,分布着一片大自然巧夺天工、刻意雕塑的天下奇观——哈密雅丹地貌,也叫哈密魔鬼城。哈密魔鬼城,一个听起来让人毛骨悚然的名字,一个想起来让人想一探究竟的神秘地方,也是宁浩新电影《无人区》的拍摄地。     

克罗姆洛夫 南波西米亚的美丽小镇

欧洲有很多美丽小镇,捷克南波西米亚的克罗姆洛夫,除了欧洲经典美丽小镇共通的红色屋顶,融合着各种风格的中世纪建筑,那条Ω形穿城而过的小河,让这座小山城多了一份宁静和山清水秀。捷克现在的国土由历史上曾经各自独立的两个国家组成——西部的波西米亚(Bohemia)和东部的摩拉维亚(Moravia)。波西米亚和摩拉维亚两个地区各有一个叫做'克罗姆洛夫'的地方。公元955年,两国合并成立捷克公国后。     

古北水镇 仲夏隐居长城脚下

<正>夏季的北京有点难熬,驱车奔向京郊密云的古北水镇小住几日,独坐露台,仰望雾气中的司马台长城,小雨中倚着摇橹船,顺着水道摇摆幽居山谷,喝茶听鸟鸣,在夜色中登上山顶,看小镇灯火阑珊的仲夏夜,隐居长城脚下的桑拿天中,心自清凉。     

永不消失的丽景 丽江古城20年保护发展之路

正一个没有城墙的古城如何才能实现保护、管理和利用?传承几百年的民族传统文化如何才能不失传、不失真?丽江古城的保护是一项需要不断延续下去、永不停歇的工程。古城保护管理者们以一种谨慎的态度处理着传统与现代的关系,探求一个适宜丽江古城良性生长的环境,实现文化遗产的保护与发展。     

“恐龙之乡”与“茶叶之路” 二连浩特 边境小城的辉煌往事

<正>二连浩特位于中国的正北方,是一座恬静的新兴边境小城。在1950年代中期以前,这里还是一片荒漠草原。1956年,北京─乌兰巴托─莫斯科铁路开始兴建,这座小城也开始了自己的现代发展史。然而,二连浩特的历史远不止如此,在这片广     

加拿大有个小镇叫『中国』

加拿大蒙特利尔西南20公里有一个小镇叫LACHINE,翻译成中文的名字叫“中国”。 可能很多人会觉得很奇隆,“中国”的英文名称不是“china”么？的确,一直以来西方就以china来称呼中国,与“瓷器”的英文单词是同一个。     

山水古镇 诗意黄姚

正有一个地方,奇峰峻秀,清溪迂回,小桥流水,古树苍虬,曲径通幽,悠然静谧。这里的人家日出而作,日暮而息,在这片的土地上躬耕劳作的繁衍生息,耕耘着祖祖辈辈梦想。这里历史悠久的千年古镇似一首浓缩的史诗,一派天然的田园山水如一幅舒展的画卷,如诗的古镇点缀在如画的山水间,衍生了如诗如画的意境。这里是让人魂牵梦绕的黄姚古镇,诗意家园。