Corporate Strategies for Managing Climate Risks

This paper focuses on organizations and their management of climate risks. Climate risks stem from continued changes in climate means and the increase in frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. We ask whether companies also apply the usual process of corporate risk management to climate risks. In seeking to answer this question, we review several literature streams in order to set out an initial theoretical reflection. Based on this we conducted an exploratory case study with 11 electric utilities. Our results illustrate that these companies perceive climatic changes as a material issue for their business. However, management has restricted knowledge about such climatic changes and thus cannot precisely determine the potential negative impacts on business activities. As a consequence, the companies have implemented a climate risk management that does not differ from the usual process of managing other business risks. Our results further illustrate that there is some variation in how individual firms manage climate risks: While risk identification and risk assessment are equally important for all electric utilities, there are differences in how management determines the direction of the individual response to climate risks. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.     

粮价上涨最终受益者是农民吗?

与国际范围内粮食价格快速上涨同时,中国粮食市场自2006年9月出现新一轮的粮价上涨。物价上涨在2008年春节前后达到了高峰,特别是食品价格上涨较快。国内粮价不断攀升,看似农民收入增加,但伴随着一系列的农产品生产资料的价格增加,农业间接成本投入的攀升,农民最终收入所剩如何?     

Stochastic model specification search for Gaussian and partial non-Gaussian state space models

Model specification for state space models is a difficult task as one has to decide which components to include in the model and to specify whether these components are fixed or time-varying. To this aim a new model space MCMC method is developed in this paper. It is based on extending the Bayesian variable selection approach which is usually applied to variable selection in regression models to state space models. For non-Gaussian state space models stochastic model search MCMC makes use of auxiliary mixture sampling. We focus on structural time series models including seasonal components, trend or intervention. The method is applied to various well-known time series.     

共同基金：中小企业融资途径新思路

中小企业对经济的贡献率越来越大，然而中小企业融资难的问题也越来越突出。本文设想多个企业联合建立共同基金以便于解决各自企业融资难的问题，并基于此思想而构造一种新融资模式。     

Market-based capabilities and financial performance of firms: insights into marketing’s contribution to firm value

While there is recognition that market-based capabilities contribute to a firm’s financial performance, the exposition is largely conceptual (Srivastava et al. Journal of Marketing 62:2–18, 1998; Journal of Marketing 63:168–179, 1999). Using a resource based view of the firm, the present study proposes that (1) market-based assets and capabilities of a firm impacts (2) performance in three market-facing business processes (new product development, supply-chain and customer management), which in turn, influence (3) the firm’s financial performance. It develops related hypotheses and tests the framework empirically. The study also examines for the first time the interrelationship among the three business processes and their impact on the market value of firms. Further, the study examines the moderating influence of two organizational variables—size and age of the firm. Overall, the major contribution of the study is that it offers a process linkage between capabilities, process performance and financial performance. The results of this research will provide strategic insights to managers on optimal customer management, product development and supply chain strategies.

城市供水管网维护抢修工作探讨

城市供水管网维护抢修工作是供水管网安全供水的一项重要工作。因此,如何开展快速、高效的供水管网抢修工作就显得十分重要。缩短抢修时间,提高供水管网的抢修速度,是供水公司每个员工共同关心且急需解决的现实问题。笔者就蚌埠市供水管网维护抢修中的心得和体会与同行共同探讨。     

我国动漫产业链的分析与管理

伴随着全球数字娱乐时代的到来,动漫产业在我国也有了初步发展,但我国动漫产业要想进入良性发展的轨道还将有一个艰难曲折的过程。动漫产业作为科技信息发展的产物,动漫产业链更可以促进经济的发展,本文从目前我国动漫产业链的研究入手,提出了动漫产业链的内涵、阐述了动漫产业链上每一环节的核心与如何有效发展,动漫产业链的发展有助于虚拟经济向实体经济的发展。     

商品房成交量下降的供求原因

通过运用需求供给模型，揭示商品房需求的变化是导致2007年下半年到2008年下半年商品房成交量大量下降的原因。商品房需求应分为潜在需求和有效需求。潜在需求决定商品房市场的大小，有效需求决定商品房均衡价格。在这个模型中，商品房价格是一个内生变量，外部因素通过影响潜在需求与有效需求之间的转换，从而改变商品房价格。在保持供给不变的情况下，潜在需求转化为有效需求，成交量增加；有效需求转化为潜在需求，成交量减少。     

某市北雀路DN1400给水管道工程B标工程造价控制与分析

本文结合××市北雀路DN1400给水管道工程B标工程实际情况,对工程造价控制的要点进行分析,并提出合理控制造价的有效建议。     

金融危机冲击下中小企业供应链管理问题及对策研究

金融危机的冲击导致中小企业大量关闭、停产已成为制约我国中小企业生存与发展的来得障碍,更重要的是导致了民生、就业、稳定等社会问题。中小企业供应链的脆弱性是造成上述问题的一个重要原因,文章从分析中小企业供应链特征的基础上,分析金融危机冲击对其供应链的影响,针对各项影响因素提出了强化中小企业供应链的对策。