Cross-national invariance of the entrepreneurial orientation scale

This study utilizes data from 1279 SMEs spanning seven countries to assess the cross-national invariance of the Covin and Slevin entrepreneurial orientation scale. We first examine the psychometric properties of the scale across the full sample and each of the individual countries, identifying the optimal model for invariance testing. We then conduct a series of tests for invariance, utilizing the American sample as a reference in each. Study results highlight the optimality of a three-factor, six-item scale, and provide additional information regarding the level of measurement equivalence that exists between the U.S. and each of the other countries analyzed.     

品牌关系、消费价值对品牌忠诚度的影响

本文以手机为研究对象,通过问卷调研和深度访谈法构建了消费者品牌忠诚度的影响因素模型,运用结构方程模型实证探讨了消费者品牌忠诚度的影响因素,得出了这些影响因素之间的相互关系,即:功能价值负向影响工具型关系,对情感型关系有一定正向影响,但不显著;情感型关系受情感价值正向影响,两者存在较强线性关系,但与工具型关系不显著;财务价值同时正向影响情感型和工具型关系;工具型关系分别正向、负向影响行为忠诚、态度忠诚;态度忠诚正向影响行为忠诚。     

The Effectiveness of Recruitment Advertisements and Recruitment Websites: Indirect and Interactive Effects on Applicant Attraction

This study compares the effect of printed recruitment advertisements and recruitment websites on applicant attraction and shows how these recruitment activities interact with one another. Our results indicate that websites have a significantly stronger impact on applicant attraction than printed advertisements. We show that websites and printed recruitment advertisements have an indirect effect on applicant attraction that is mediated by employer knowledge. Furthermore, printed advertisements supplement the positive effects of websites and, thus, the simultaneous use of multiple recruitment activities directly influences applicant attraction. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

外商直接投资与中国雾霾治理——基于要素市场扭曲视角的分析

结合寻租理论与地方政府竞争理论,以外资企业与地方政府互动为切入点,构建"FDI-要素市场扭曲-雾霾污染"的逻辑框架,基于中国2004~2018年城市面板数据,构造动态空间杜宾模型与空间联立方程模型研究FDI对雾霾污染的影响机制,结果显示：（1）FDI既通过产业结构升级、环境技术溢出（区域内与区域间）、源自全球价值链分工的空间溢出发挥治霾效应,又通过要素市场扭曲（区域内与区域间）与经济规模加剧雾霾,最终总体上有利于治霾;（2）为吸引FDI,地方政府在要素市场上存在"逐底竞争",加剧了要素市场扭曲;（3）要素市场扭曲削弱了FDI的产业结构升级效应与环境技术溢出效应,并刺激其经济增长效应,从而不利于发挥其治霾效应;（4）雾霾污染存在显著的路径依赖特征与空间溢出效应,并抑制偏好优质环境的FDI的流入。     

The business cycle model with a unique stable limit cycle

This paper provides the mathematical foundation to the long-standing academic belief that Goodwin's 1951 nonlinear business cycle model has a unique stable limit cycle. In spite of the asymmetric nonlinearity of investment function, the model has certainly a unique stable limit cycle in an economically meaningful region. Once solution paths start from any initial point in the region, they all tend to the limit cycle without escaping from the region or hitting the ceiling or floor of investment during a transition period. The structural stability of the model prevents the limit cycle from vanishing in the face of small perturbations.     

全国各省市“九五”期间工业经济增长中管理要素的贡献

等效益面生产函数是一个崭新的概念,在此基础上可以推导出增长速度方程,在分析该方程的经济涵义之后,就可以建立测算经济增长中管理贡献率的方法和系统平均值的求法。据此,可以对我国九五期间工业经济增长中的管理贡献率进行测算,并对结果进行分析。     

Does the interaction between the knowledge management process and sustainable development practices boost corporate green innovation?

Green innovations are being deployed in manufacturing industries to promote organisational sustainability by embracing sustainable development practices (SDPs). However, little is known about how corporate green innovation (CGI) is influenced by the knowledge management process (KMP). To fill this gap, we have developed a multidimensional framework based on the resource-based view (RBV) theory that provides a foundation for sculpturing the process by which KMP was observed to capture and sustain CGI through SDPs. Data were collected from 393 respondents of large- and medium-sized manufacturing corporations in Pakistan and analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling (SEM) and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA). This study provides several key findings. First, KMP dimensions (acquisition, dissemination and application) significantly improve the SDPs' dimensions (environment, economic and social). Second, SDP dimensions play a significant role in achieving CGI. Third, the implementation of SDPs partially mediates the relationship between the KMP and CGI. Furthermore, the fsQCA results signify the robustness of all integrated constructs. Our results demonstrate that investing in and adopting the latest technologies and sustainable practices are not only valuable for long-term success but the soft concerns such as managing organisational knowledge are also vital in the current knowledge-based economy. Finally, in light of our findings, theoretical and managerial implications, with propositions for future studies, have been provided at the end of the paper.     

基于 SEM-SD 模型的农户土地托管行为决策机制研究

研究目的：探究农户土地托管行为的决策机制及其发展趋势，为提高土地利用效率，实现小农户与现代农业有 机衔接提供政策依据。研究方法：结构方程模型和系统动力学模型相结合。研究结果：（1）农户土地托管行为决策符 合计划行为理论（TPB）的分析框架，兼具“诱导性”和“抑制性”双重逻辑；（2）农户土地托管意愿是产生土地托管行为 的主要动力，农业经营情况是遵循“抑制性”效应负向影响农户土地托管行为决策的重要系统，农户土地托管认知是遵 循“诱导性”效应正向影响农户土地托管行为决策的有效系统；（3）“务农热情→耕种土地→规模经营→提高农业收入 →刺激务农热情”闭合回路是抑制农户土地托管行为的底层逻辑，认知的“诱导性”效应从长期来看作用效果有限，且 存在时滞性，需求“抑制性”效应将对农户行为起主导作用。研究结论：缩小农户需求与服务供给之间的差距，充分发 挥村集体的信息传播与组织协调能力，解决农户土地托管顾虑是未来土地托管健康发展的重要基石，也为政府制定引 导小农户与现代农业有机衔接的政策提供依据。     

Factors influencing shippers to use multiple country consolidation services in international distribution centers

Multiple country consolidation (MCC) combines cargos from different countries into same destinations by implementing logistics services including assembling, simple processes, packing, and labeling to increase cargos’ added value. Facing such an opportunity in global supply chain, international distribution centers (IDCs) need to examine internal resources and their external environment to create more competitive advantages. From the shippers’ perspective, this study uses structural equation modeling to examine the causal effect relationship of key factors affecting the use of MCC provided in IDCs. Results show logistics cost advantage, logistics operation efficiency, and logistics information technology service could positively influence the shippers to use MCC provided in IDCs. Several managerial implications were included and could be useful for the decision makers of IDCs and the government.