Peculiarities of occasional substitution in phraseological units with a colour-component.

The article is devoted to occasional transformations of phraseological units in the modern Russian language. The relevance of the study is based on the attention of scientists to the problems of variability of language units in speech. The novelty of the study is based on insufficient knowledge about transformation capacity of idioms from various thematic, phraseological and semantic groups and fields. One of the groups unites idioms with the colour-component featuring semantic peculiarities, which determine specific transforming processes. The article studies transformations of phraseological units with the component white by means of substituting the component white by occasional components. Analyzing phraseological semantics, the author regards specific features of the colour-adjective both as a phraseological component and a free lexical unit. It is important to mention that color-words may function as a symbol. The article deals with idioms where a colour-component either represents meaningful semantic elements or conveys a symbolic meaning, or it is excluded from phraseological semantics. To define transformation peculiarities of idioms, the author analyzes component substitutions based on paradigmatic connections among colour-words and on their asystemic connections. The results of the research demonstrate dependence of transformation capacity on the degree acolour-component is involved in forming a phraseological meaning: the less a component participates in forming a phraseological meaning, the more possibilities for transformations are presented in speech and, thus, the higher transformation capacity is.

Evaluation of Knowledge Absorptive Capability of Enterprise Based on Entropy Weights and Interval TOPSIS

The processes for absorbing knowledge become an essential element for innovation and competitiveness in enterprises. Despite the huge growth in the absorptive capacity literature, a method gap still remains about a certain ambiguity in the measurement of the construct specifying its theoretical domain. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the research on absorptive capacity through the construction of four aspects, based on a thorough analysis of the literature and field research, to measure the key components of the absorptive capacity construct: acquisition capacity, assimilation capacity, transformation capacity and application capacity. The evaluation model based on entropy weights and interval TOPSIS is established which focuses on measuring absorptive capacity. The practical case study is conducted to illustrate the application of the proposed method for the knowledge absorptive capacity and verify effectiveness and feasibility.

A Comparison Study of Industrial Structure Transformation Capacity of Resource-Based Cities in China West

The sustainable development of resource-based cities is a hot issue in China. This paper will focus on the industrial structure of sustainable development. There is close relationship between regional economic development and industrial structure transformation Capacity. Comparison research of cities’ regional industrial structure capacity will help to understand variation status and potential of regional industrial structures. With principal components analysis, this paper based on the regional industrial structure comparison theory, analyzed industrial structure transformation Capacity of 20 resource-based cities in China west. It will provide references for promoting optimization and upgrading of regional industrial structure, making regional industrial development strategy, improving environmental conditions, and enhancing local economic development.