Leveraging the social welfare chain to provide resilience during disaster

Due to the rampant increase in disasters globally, resilience in supply chain and logistics is receiving greater research attention in various parts of the world. This paper considers the role and contribution of social welfare supply chains in providing resilience. This is a causal phenomenon which has been studied through an exploratory research by building a framework from extant literature, a case study on an Indian non-governmental organization and tested through a social network analysis. We show how in the wake of a disaster, these social welfare supply chains become enablers. The paper provides an inkling into how to improve community resilience in times of disaster. Further, we show how these supply chains use social cohesion embedded in the structure to provide efficiency, diversity and adaptability, thereby bringing resilience into the supply system. Another contribution of this study is the use of visualisation and analysis of social media representation tools for social network analysis in operations.     

基于变异系数熵权法的水资源系统恢复力评价——以黑龙江省2007—2016年水资源情况为例

对于传统熵权法权重分配不合理的问题,将熵权法和变异系数法用最小信息熵原理进行耦合,并首次应用于水资源系统恢复力评价。以黑龙江省2007—2016年十年间的水资源情况为例,用综合评价法对水资源系统恢复力进行评价,并提出适应性对策。结果表明:变异系数熵权法得到的权重解决了单一客观权重分配不合理的问题,使分配权重的结果具有协调性。根据黑龙江省水资源系统恢复力的综合评价结果来看,影响黑龙江省水资源评价的主要因素有5项指标,分别是生态环境用水比例、节水灌溉面积率、人均GDP、城市污水处理率和万元工业产值用水量。根据评价结果,从政策制度、提升恢复力和进行多区域对比等方面提出了相对应的适应性对策。     

关于小微企业融资难的基础痛点与根治路径研究——基于人的劣根性视角

关于小微企业融资难与贵的基础性痛点,在影响中小微企业融资的若干因素中,笔者认为人的劣根性是所有因素的关键,也是衍生其他逆经济发展现象的根源。用传统、单一的经济金融理论与思维已经无法解答、解决当前小微企业融资中存在的问题与现象。本文认为综合运用抑制人的劣根性、深化金融供给侧结构性改革、提升小微企业的发展韧性、大力发展与运用金融科技是彻底改变中小微企业融资状况,促进中小微企业金融生态持续、健康成长的“四大根治良方”。     

旅游网络与电子商务网站外部性互补的分析

结合电子商务网站,旅游网络表现出强烈的外部性,本文分析旅游网络的基本外部性、客户黏度、网络弹性、客户预期和费用率等核心元素,总结出旅游网络外部性估算办法,对照外部性特征,由实际出发,提出旅游企业进行差异化营销的三个核心环节：创新图存、虚拟协同和分工细化,以充分利用旅游网络的外部性特征,提高旅游业务活力。     

Public Panic and Morale: Second World War Civilian Responses Re‐examined in the Light of the Current Anti‐terrorist Campaign

Following September 11 in the US and July 7 in the UK, the threat to civilians from terrorist attack has become real yet considerable disagreement exists about how people might respond. The effect of aerial bombing on the public's morale during the Second World War and the incidence of psychiatric casualties have been explored to provide reference points for the current terrorist threat. Systematic study of restricted government investigations and intelligence reports into the effect of air‐raids on major British towns and contemporary medical publications have shown that panic was a rare phenomenon and arose in defined circumstances. Morale fluctuated according to the intensity of attacks, preparedness and popular perceptions of how successfully the war was being conducted. Resilience was in part a function of the active involvement of the public in its own defence but also reflected the inability of German bombers to deliver a concentrated attack over a wide area. Most civilians, by their very numbers, were likely to survive. Inappropriate or excessive precautionary measures may serve to weaken society's natural bonds and, in turn, create anxious and avoidant behaviour. Weapons that tap into contemporary health fears have the greatest psychological impact. Efforts by government to engage the public not only build trust but may also make an effective contribution to the campaign against terrorism.     

Implementation of a System Approach for Enhanced Supply Chain Continuity and Resiliency: A Longitudinal Study

Researchers and practitioners frequently point to inventory as a necessary component of an effective supply chain strategy. However, an undisciplined or ineffective approach to inventory can have a detrimental impact on an organization and its entire supply chain. When making inventory decisions, firms must ensure that the selected approach “fits” the overall supply chain strategy. While such an assertion seems intuitive, there is a need for empirical validation. We seek to contribute to this important body of research by investigating the impact of improved strategic alignment of inventory on resiliency and continuity. More specifically, we investigate the impact of improved strategic fit by comparing two distinct approaches to inventory management within a service parts environment. We hypothesize that a well‐aligned approach to inventory management can enhance continuity and resiliency. We test these hypotheses via a longitudinal field study involving 10 United States Air Force (USAF) locations and two years of data (approximately 650,000 inventory transactions). Results from nine test locations and one control location suggest that a well‐aligned approach to inventory management is indeed effective in improving continuity and resiliency, thus enhancing service‐based strategies—in this case, the USAF's ability to be mission‐capable. While the results of the study are derived from the USAF, we believe the implications provide broader insight into the use of inventory as a means of realizing a strategic fit.     

Consumer resilience and subservience in technology consumption by the poor

ABSTRACT

Consumer technology theorists have explored technology consumption primarily through a de-linked, individualistic lens. We augment existing theories on technology consumption by widening the scope of the theorizing lens to include the role of class-based societal domination on consumption by the oppressed. We show that the poor respond to oppression by practices that go beyond non-compliance and subterfuge. We highlight the overlooked phenomenon of Consumer Resilience, and unveil the practices of Subservience in technology consumption by the poor in India. These are consumption practices that help the dominated classes appease those dominating them, at the expense of their own dignity and well-being.     

新冠疫情冲击、经济韧性与中国高质量发展

新冠肺炎疫情不仅威胁了国人的生命安全和身体健康,对中国宏观经济、不同产业和微观企业产生重大冲击,而且也改变了国人的消费方式和生活方式,对中国经济及其高质量转型升级产生了重要的影响。本文客观地分析了疫情对中国经济高质量转型升级所造成的冲击、对中国经济韧性和企业发展的挑战。特别地,本文还诠释了经济韧性的内涵及其持续演进过程,解析了国民经济韧性体系以及彼此之间的相互作用关系,总结了影响经济韧性水平的各个关键因素,识别了提升经济韧性过程中需要特别权衡的几个重要关系,并围绕全力推进中国经济向数字化、智能化、消费化和服务化转型升级以及中国企业如何有效应对动荡的市场环境提供了相应的对策。     

生态智慧引导下的城市公园绿地韧性测度 体系构建

绿色基础设施是城市韧性研究的重要组成部分，是 城市韧性的重要支撑。城市公园绿地通过提供多种生态系统服 务功能来增强城市的可持续性和韧性。对城市公园绿地韧性的 测度研究是探索城市韧性研究的微观路径。从生态智慧研究中 获得启发，重新理解“社会生态系统韧性”“干扰”等含义， 尝试将“社会生态系统韧性”与“生态系统服务”理论进行关 联研究，通过生态系统服务来表征社会生态系统韧性的本质内 涵，基于生态系统服务供需匹配构建城市公园绿地韧性测度 的体系框架，并提出通过多情景规划的路径达到“供需动态匹 配”，进而实现城市韧性提升的目标。通过生态系统服务供需 匹配构建城市公园绿地韧性的测度体系，为城市韧性提供了一 种新的研究思路和方法途径。     

Convex Relationships in Ecosystems Containing Mixtures of Trees and Grass

The relationship between grass production andthe quantity of trees in mixed tree-grassecosystems (savannas) is convex for all or mostof its range. In other words, the grassproduction declines more steeply per unitincrease in tree quantity at low tree coverthan at high tree cover. Since much of theeconomic value in savannas is ultimatelyderived from grass, and the main mechanismcontrolling the tree-grass balance is dependenton the production of grassy fuel for fires,this non-linearity has the effect of creatingtwo savanna configurations. One has a low treedensity and supports a viable grazingenterprise, while the other has dense treecover and a frequently non-viable grazingenterprise. The non-linearity is suggested hereto have two main sources: the geometry of thespatial interaction between tree root systemand grasses, and the effect of differingphenology (the time course of leaf areaexposure) on the acquisition of water andnutrients. The existence of the non-linearityreduces the resilience of thegenerally-preferred “open” configuration, andincreases the resilience of the less-desirable“closed” configuration.