Development of a national competitiveness index based on a structural equation model

In this paper, we propose a national competitiveness index using raw Institute of Management Development (IMD) data and try to overcome a shortcoming in the IMD's own ranking system. The IMD world competitiveness ranking considers 20 factors to define an index, but it does not consider the structural relationships among various factors. We utilise a structural equation model to derive a national competitiveness index that reflects such structural relationships. We then reveal new rankings of world competitiveness. In addition, we conducted a comparison analysis by economy level and identified improvement points in terms of measurement variables as well as latent variables. Our work is expected to promote a new era of national competitiveness rankings and indices.     

银行信贷顺周期性的微观行为特征与优化控制——基于青岛市大数据平台

银行信贷管理具有明显的周期性,尤其是在经济下行期银行的＂避险＂行为比较突出。基于青岛市大数据平台,本文对经济下行期银行信贷管理行为进行研究,力图总结出银行的微观行为特征。本文认为银行的风险敏感度和预见度并不高,行为多表现出短期应激性,主要表现是前置性强势和风险处置弱势的双重特征,并且银行在对待周期性行业和非周期性行业方面呈现出较大差异。银行的行为特征有其内在组织和市场根源因素,通过对根源因素开展可控性分析,对其优化控制可以缓解银行信贷的顺周期性。     

Foreign direct investment in Mexico Determinants and its effect on income inequality

By conducting panel data analysis across 32 federal entities in Mexico over the period 1994-2006, this paper studies the determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) and its effect on income inequality within and between regions. We observe that the level of development and the size of the market have a direct relationship with FDI and therefore, they tend to increase the inequality gap between regions, but there is no evidence suggesting that it creates inequality within them.     

The Effectiveness of Two Online Persuasion Claims: Limited Product Availability and Product Popularity

Two experiments were conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of two online persuasion claims: limited product availability (e.g., only 3 items left) and product popularity (e.g., 94% of consumers bought this product after viewing this site). The popularity claim appeared to enhance quality perception, particularly among highly risk-averse consumers, and purchase intention. We attribute these findings to the quality signaling effect and the bandwagon effect of the claim. On the other hand, the limited availability claim exerted no influence: low message credibility and the lack of psychological reactance are deemed to be possible reasons for the insignificant effect of the claim.     

Adolescents' body‐tanning behaviours: influences of gender,body mass index,sociocultural attitudes towards appearance and body satisfaction

The goal of this study was to identify and examine the various factors affecting adolescents' body‐tanning behaviours. Gender, body mass index (BMI), sociocultural attitudes towards appearance (SATA) and body satisfaction were examined in order to determine how these variables influence both outdoor sun‐tanning and indoor tanning‐bed use. Self‐administered survey data were collected from 155 adolescent boys and 202 adolescent girls with an average age of 14.3. Multivariate analysis of variance and multiple regression methods were used to analyse the data. Adolescent girls tended to engage in both outdoor and indoor tanning. Overall, adolescents' SATA significantly affected their body‐tanning behaviours. However, BMI and body satisfaction revealed a significant effect only on indoor tanning behaviour. Implications for the design of interventions and overall health promotion towards adolescents are discussed with suggestions for future research.     

后起国家技术寻求型OFDI机理研究:基于韩国的案例分析

利用国外的先进技术弥补本国技术上的不足,是后起国家加快技术进步实现现代化的基本路径。文章以韩国为例,研究了其从引进来到走出去的技术进步路径,结果表明,韩国技术寻求型OFDI具有始发于工业化中后期阶段、着眼于高新技术产业、主要面向发达国家和地区、以国内大企业为主导和得力于政府全方位积极推动的特征。在此基础上,对我国开展技术寻求型OFDI,提出要注重区域异质性、培育具有竞争力的大型企业集团、立足于高新技术产业,政府提供多方面的政策与服务支持等对策建议。     

Hicks theorem: Effects of technological improvement in the Ricardian model

Using the Ricardian model, we formally prove Hicks' [Hicks, John (1953), “An Inaugural Lecture,” Oxford Economic Papers 5(2), 117–135.] insight into the effects of technological improvement: uniform technological improvement at home benefits all countries (or at least does not hurt); export-biased technological improvement at home benefits the foreign country (or at least does not hurt), but import-biased technological improvement at home can hurt the foreign country as long as the comparative advantage is not reversed. We then study optimal strategies of technological improvement and show that for a small country it is optimal to choose export-biased technological improvement. For a large country, it is optimal to improve technology in both sectors at a rate proportional to the consumers' expenditure share. Therefore, if the expenditure share of the import sector is larger than that of the export sector, a large country will choose a relatively import-biased technological improvement, which will hurt its trading partner.     

职业化管理:民营中小企业管理模式的理性选择

职业化管理是现代企业的一种有效管理模式。本文拟从民营中小企业的管理模式的现状为基点．阐述了民营中小企业采取职业化管理模式的动因，分析了民营中小企业职业化管理的特征与要求，并提出了民营中小企业职业化管理的对策措施。     

政治课课程建设的思考

随着我国加入世界贸易组织，经济飞速发展，我们的思想政治课教学也应与时俱进，消除传统思想政治课的弊端迫在眉睫。     

现金流量表的分析填列法

现金流量表是企业会计报表的重要组成部分,也是最难编制的一张表,本文利用分析填列法经过分析总结,力求找出现金流量表各项目编制的固定模式,简化现金流量表的编制,为编制现金流量表找到一条捷径.