Is the environment‐friendly factor attractive to customers when purchasing electric vehicles? Evidence from South Korea

In a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, several countries worldwide are implementing policies to promote electric vehicles (EVs). However, contrary to expectations, the diffusion speed of EVs has been rather slow in South Korea. This study analyzes consumer preferences for the technological and environmental attributes of EVs and derives policy and environmental implications to promote market diffusion of EVs in South Korea. We conduct a choice‐based conjoint survey of 1,008 consumers in South Korea and estimate the consumer utility function using a mixed logit model considering consumer heterogeneity. Based on the consumer utility function, we analyze consumers' willingness‐to‐pay (WTP) for EV attributes such as driving range, charging method, charging time, autonomous driving function, carbon dioxide (CO₂) reduction rate, and purchase price. The results indicate that the current low acceptance of EVs is due to their relatively high price and lack of a battery charging technology that satisfies consumers' expectations of the charging method and time. One interesting finding is that Korean consumers have a relatively higher WTP for the CO₂ reduction rate of EVs than consumers in other countries; however, they do not consider CO₂ reduction over other technological attributes when choosing EVs. This implies that the rate of CO₂ reduction of EVs is not an important factor for South Korean consumers when buying EVs. We also calculate the effect of CO₂ reduction with the market penetration of EVs and find that CO₂ reduction through the diffusion of EVs depends on the country's electricity generation mix.     

现阶段中国私营企业劳资关系调整研究

改革开放以来,我国私营经济迅速发展,为国民经济的增长做出了巨大贡献。但是,伴随私营经济的增长,私营企业劳资关系的负面影响日益明显。特别是近年来,我国私营企业的劳资纠纷频频发生,甚至出现了严重摧残民工身心的山西黑砖窑虐待工人事件。在这种背景下,调整劳资关系,提高工人的地位和待遇,成为贯彻落实科学发展观、构建社会主义和谐社会的重要任务。因此,本文以我国私营企业劳资关系为研究对象,对现阶段我国私营企业劳资关系进行了系统的研究。     

宝洁公司的营销与广告策略

引言“世界一流产品,美化您的生活”——这是宝洁公司在世界各地推广其品牌的承诺。始创于1837年的宝洁公司,是世界最大的日用消费品公司之一。2004—2005财政年度,实现销售额567亿美元。在《财富》杂志最新评选出的全球500家最大工业/服务业企业中,排名第86位。该公司全球雇员     

关于创意企业孵化器的若干思考

创意产业的发展离不开创意企业的兴旺,然而创意企业小型化、扁平化、个体化的特点,使之虽有良好的发展前景,但缺乏管理、融资、政策、市场信息、法律等方面的资源。创意企业孵化器正是解决创意企业成活与发展问题、促进创意产业化的有效途径。本文从企业孵化器的概念出发结合创意产业的特点,归纳出创意企业孵化器的概念,并将之与科技企业孵化器及创意产业园区进行比较,总结出创意企业孵化器在我国发展需要注意的问题。     

沥青蜡含量试验方法的研究

通过对蜡含量比对试验的数据分析,结合蜡含量日常试验中遇到的问题,浅析交通部行业规范《公路工程沥青及沥青混合料试验规程》中沥青蜡含量试验方法,对准确测定沥青蜡含量结果有着一定的意义。     

Threat of falling high status and corporate bribery: Evidence from the revealed accounting records of two South Korean presidents

Research Summary: Social status and its dynamics may be an important predictor of which firms will engage in large‐scale bribery. Prior theory is incomplete, however, and prior studies have lacked comprehensive and reliable data on firm‐level bribery decisions. We offer a new theoretical prediction and a novel data set on high‐level corruption in South Korea, where the accounting records of two presidents in the 1987–1992 era were exposed to after‐the‐fact legal and public scrutiny. We find that, controlling for a range of alternative explanations, the threat of falling high status—that is, the combination of longstanding high social status with current‐period mediocre economic performance relative to that of industry peers—is a statistically and economically meaningful predictor of increases in the amount of large‐scale corporate bribery. Managerial Summary: What leads companies to engage in large‐scale bribery of senior politicians? Our concept of “threat of falling high status” refers to a circumstance where companies that have historically enjoyed high status through their owner families’ elite marriage networks experience mediocre economic performance relative to their peers. We show that this threat of falling high status is a notable determinant of large‐scale corporate bribery of senior politicians, using court data on corporate bribery of two South Korean presidents during 1987–1992. The implication of our study is twofold. Companies can strengthen internal control systems to avoid any large‐scale illegal activities at a higher level. Law enforcement agencies can also implement targeted monitoring programs to preempt illegal activities among companies facing the threat of falling high status.     

Housing investment in urban China

What explains the rapidly increasing housing investment demand in China? To address this question, we develop an analytical framework featuring how expected capital gains impact households' housing investment decisions when subject to financial constraints. Housing demand in China takes place not only through households' owning multiple houses, but also through their owning a larger primary living residence if they are constrained from buying multiple houses. We show that households are more likely to own multiple houses when expecting higher capital gains. As expected capital gain increases, the primary housing demand of those households who are constrained from owning multiple houses increases, while those owing multiple housing units invest in extra ones instead of improving primary housing. Our empirical findings, based on 2010 and 2011 household survey data, are consistent with our theoretical predictions. We also find that the marginal effect of expected capital gains is higher for wealthier households. This links the booming housing market to widening income inequality which is a typical growth pain in a developing country like China. As an extension, we apply the analysis to derive implications of the institutional features (such as purchasing restriction policy and the existence of subsidized housing) for China’s housing markets.     

宝洁公司的营销与广告策略

<正>引言“世界一流产品,美化您的生活”——这是宝洁公司在世界各地推广其品牌的承诺。始创于1837年的宝洁公司,是世界最大的日用消费品公司之一。2004￣2005财政年度,实现销售额为567亿美元。在《财富》杂志最新评选出的全球500家最大工业/服务业企业中,排名第86位。该公司全球雇员近11万,并在80多个国家设有工厂及分公司,所经营的300多个品牌的产品畅销160多个国家和地区,其中包括织物及家居护理、美发美容、婴儿及家庭护理、健康护理、食品及饮料等。