区域经济发展背景下新疆农村信用社战略取向及差异化发展

2010年中央新疆工作会议以及新疆＂十二五＂规划为新疆经济跨越式发展制定了宏伟蓝图;同时,也为新疆农村信用社发展创造了良好的发展空间和发展机遇。为实现区域经济与地方银行共赢,本文认为,新形势下农村信用社必须围绕区域经济发展战略及时调整发展思路,以实现区域发展差异化及城乡业务协调发展。     

差异化战略与银行业合作竞争

在信息时代,服务功能同质化的银行业之间对抗竞争剧烈。在差异化战略优势的基础上,构建银行间合作竞争型准市场企业共生组织,形成一个金融生态共生机体,以合作竞争替代对抗竞争,克服银行功能同质化倾向,打造银行业的合作竞争共生体,并在合理的收益分配模式下,激励创造更多的合作剩余。     

Jobs specialization versus unemployment: more on the productivity effect of unemployment benefits

We use the Marimon and Zilibotti (Econ J 109: 266–291, 1999) circle model and we endogenize the choice of the degree of specialization of jobs. We show that an increase in unemployment benefits not only reduces the mismatch of talents (as in Marimon and Zilibotti), but it also raises the degree of specialization of jobs. This reinforces the productivity enhancing effects of unemployment benefits.      

外商直接投资、知识产权保护与发展中国家的社会福利——兼论发展中国家的引资战略

本文在一个由发达国家企业和发展中国家企业所构成的寡头垄断的产量竞争模型中 ,考察了在发达国家企业所进行的产品创新型R&D投资具有溢出效应的情况下 ,发达国家企业对发展中国家的外商直接投资 (FDI)所产生的福利效果。本文发现 ,即使发展中国家拥有生产成本相对低廉的优势 ,发达国家企业对发展中国家的FDI也只有在溢出效应较小时才可能发生。但这种情况下的FDI也可能损害发展中国家的同类竞争企业 ,甚至损害发展中国家的社会福利。当然 ,以上结论并不意味着引进外资必然损害发展中国家的利益 ,外资引进对发展中国家所产生的福利效果 ,在很大程度上取决于FDI的性质 (产品市场的所在国 )、发展中国家成本优势的大小以及它对知识产权的保护力度等因素。     

单一出厂定价制度下的厂商区位选择

修改Hotelling(1929)模型的基本假定,假定厂商边际生产成本为正,交通成本由消费者负担,厂商区位可以为内生变量,也可以为外生变量,在此假定前提下,分析厂商的最优的区位—价格策略,以探讨最大差异原则或者最小差异化原则何时成立,或者不成立。     

Differentiation and Cost Asymmetry: Solving the Merger Paradox

This paper investigates the impact of product differentiation and of cost asymmetry on the merger paradox using a Cournot framework. It finds that when all firms share the same costs, two-firm mergers in an n firm market generate at least no profit loss when goods are sufficiently differentiated. This result contrasts with that of Salant, Switzer, and Reynolds (1983) where mergers of strategic substitutes are rarely profitable, and Deneckere and Davidson (1985 Deneckere, Raymond, and Carl Davidson. 1985. Incentives to Form Coalitions with Bertrand Competition. The RAND Journal of Economics 16 (4): 473–486.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]) where competition among strategic complements yields profitable mergers. Critically, when costs are asymmetric, a merger between an efficient and inefficient firm, with differentiated products, can be more profitable to participants than to excluded rivals. Following this merger, welfare is shown to increase given that the cost asymmetry between insiders is large enough.     

区域协同视角下城市群科技创新与经济产出效率时空分异研究

城市群区域协同发展格局对城市群中心城市和其它成员城市科技创新、经济产出均产生巨大影响。运用DEA模型,对2007-2016年武汉城市圈9个城市科技创新和经济产出两个阶段效率进行测算,发现武汉城市圈两个阶段的科技创新效率时空分异明显,成员城市和中心城市效率差距呈现先缩小后扩大趋势,制约了城市圈整体效率提高。鉴于此,应在在城市圈未来发展中,不断强化区域协同政策效用,持续优化中心城市与成员城市科技资源配置,合理规划科技发展空间布局,推动区域科技创新和经济产出效率整体提高。     

基于Hotelling模型的服务型制造增值机理研究

为探讨服务型制造对厂商差异化战略的影响,结合服务的特性,构建了区间Hotelling差异化模型:无差异化的产品竞争模型和服务差异化模型.通过对模型进行求解得到最佳服务差异化程度和均衡价格.比较和分析模型结果表明:(1)服务差异化程度大于某个临界值时才会获得正的利润;(2)适度服务差异化可以提升厂商利润和消费者剩余.(3)消费需求模式的变化是服务型制造的关键因素,而厂商移动的边际成本对其采取差异化竞争战略有重要影响.     

Brand response to environmental turbulence: A framework and propositions for resistance,recovery and reinvention

As valuable assets of corporations, governments and not-for-profit organizations, brands have attracted considerable research attention. We know a lot about how brands create knowledge in their target consumers’ minds, which leads to an attitude towards or relationship with the brand that translates into a number of favorable outcomes. The resultant brand equity is often associated with improved performance of the organization in reaching its objectives such as increasing market value. We know less about the dynamic nature of brand equity and, in particular, how it may interact with turbulence in the external environment in which the brand competes, both positively and negatively. We examine three key dimensions of brand equity—brands’ access to their target markets, perceived differentiation, and level of brand engagement with their target consumers—that influence the effect environmental turbulence has on diminishing equity or providing future opportunities for brand equity growth. Borrowing from the strategy literature, we suggest ways in which agile and resilient firms can use brand equity to resist environmental turbulence, recover from any damage that may result from it, and reinvent themselves to leverage opportunities created by a radically altered external environment. We close with a set of propositions intended to guide managers in anticipating and responding to environmental turbulence and inform and shape future research in this area.     

UK mid-market department stores: Is fashion product assortment one key to regaining competitive advantage?

This paper investigates consumer's attitudes towards fashion product assortment in UK mid-market department stores. It aims to determine whether changes to assortment will increase purchase intention and help regain competitive advantage through aligning customer perceptions of product quality and fit with brand image. Our findings challenge the traditional role of the department store in curating fashion assortment. We find that increases in perceived quality, perceptions of brand portfolio and brand fit will increase the purchase intention of UK mid-market department store consumers, whilst reduced assortment sizes would lead to a decrease in purchase intent.