Do special issues offer something special? An overview of research trends in Telecommunications Policy special issues

This study explores the value of special issues by analyzing the characteristics of special issues of Telecommunications Policy (TP). Specifically, this study examines the status of special issue publications, the characteristics of their articles compared with those of general issues, and the factors affecting article citations. For the analysis, all information on TP articles published from 1976 to 2018 was collected from the Scopus database. A comparative analysis as well as a negative binomial regression were conducted on papers published after 1994, when the first special issue was published. The results show that special issues are distinguished from general issues by various characteristics, such as multinational author collaboration, number of references, keywords, and funding. While general issue papers are more frequently cited in academia, special issue papers show better performance in terms of online captures and social media sharing. Moreover, the smaller number of variables affects the frequency of citations in the case of special issues, revealing that content and format are more influential than author factors.     

Easing the assessment of emerging technologies in technology observatories. Findings about patterns of dissemination of emerging technologies on the internet

This paper considers the Web as a big data container that can be used by Technology Observatories and administrations to track emerging issues and more specifically emerging technologies. It considers information that is available on the Internet for free from different sources, and proposes a framework that can be useful to characterise them and to detect patterns of dissemination. This framework is made up of 30 metrics obtained from different kinds of sources (general web, patents, scholars?…). Some of them are obtained directly as the number of hits retrieved by queries on a search engine, and other ones calculated by means of ratios. This paper contains the development of a complete case that utilises this framework to characterise emerging technologies included in the well-known Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, in this case the 2015 release¹ and to analyze patterns of dissemination of these technologies on the Internet.     

Debt Issue Costs and Issue Characteristics in the Market for U.S. Dollar Denominated International Bonds

This paper analyzes the issue costs and initial pricing of bonds in the international market. In particular, we investigate the determinants of three components of issue costs: underwriter fee, underwriter spread (the difference between the offering price and the guaranteed price to the issuer), and underpricing (the difference between the market price and the offering price). Total underwriter compensation increases with the bonds' credit risk and maturity, but it is insignificantly related to issue size. Interestingly, underwriters appear to price some issue characteristics directly (by adjusting the fee) and other characteristics indirectly (by setting the guaranteed price). The two compensation components (fee and spread) are negatively related to each other. We provide evidence that this trade-off is consistent with income tax considerations, as well as with two-tier pricing by underwriters. We find no evidence of underpricing.     

宝钢武钢“整体上市”异同探究

宝钢集团于2004年8月12日推出增发方案后股价大跌,与2003年11月18日武钢增发方案推出时的市场表现大相径庭。两者整体上市模式基本相同,为何反差如此之大?本文试图从其“增发方案是否存在让利”,“融资量是否为市场所容纳”,“拟收购资产是否高质量”三个方面找出其原因所在,也为当前欣欣然的“整体上市”热潮敲一下警钟。     

浅议我国股票发行制度改革及对券商的影响

本文论述了我国股票发行制度从额度审批制到核准制,又到保荐人制的演变过程及其影响。同时阐述了券商投行在新的保荐制度下的应对策略。     

农民专业合作经济组织：认识、问题及对策

阐述了对农民专业合作经济组织认识上的偏差 ,剖析了其发展实践中存在的问题 ,提出了几点对策建议。     

基于钻石模型对江苏省电子产业的核心竞争力分析

电子产业作为江苏省的支柱产业之一,其发展对江苏省具有重要意义。根据波特的“钻石模型”,从生产要素、需求条件、企业的战略与竞争的时空背景、相关与支持性产业、政府支持、机遇六个方面对江苏省电子产业的核心竞争力进行了分析,以期通过分析,明确江苏省电子产业的地位,为正确制定江苏省电子产业发展战略,提升江苏省电子产业竞争力提供研究基础。     

Modelling the behaviour of the new issue market

This paper analyses the time series behaviour of the initial public offering (IPO) market using an equilibrium model of demand and supply that incorporates the number of new issues, average underpricing, and general market conditions. Model predictions include the existence of serial correlation in both the number of new issues and the average level of underpricing, as well as interactions between these variables and the impact of general market conditions. The model is tested using 40 years of monthly IPO data. The empirical results are generally consistent with predictions.     

Reflexive loops on scaling issues in landscape quality assessment

Though most landscape ecologists have integrated scaling issues in their works, these issues are often disregarded in landscape perception and preference studies. Researchers base their studies on a predefined single scale to assess the landscape, and they pay little attention to the scale specificity of their analysis and recommendations. We reconsidered three landscape assessment studies from our research unit in light of scaling issues. In addition to the scale of the assessed landscape, researchers should address the scale of the landscape surrogate that is submitted for assessment, including the spatial references of the people surveyed and the target level of application of the results. Indeed, many of the landscape assessment methods mix different landscape notions and scales. Therefore, we recommend the cautious use of these assessments, the integration of qualitative insights in addition tithe scoring and paying attention to the perception scale, as defined by Fairclough (2006).     

我国中小企业发展状况与政策研究——新形势下中小企业转型升级问题研究

我国中小企业得到了迅速的发展,在面向市场求生存、求发展中极具活力,已经成为国民经济中最活跃的成分。但是,面临复杂多变的国内外经济形势,结构性矛盾依然存在,局部性困难突出,新老问题交织,尤其部分行业小微型企业面临严峻形势,强大的市场倒逼机制推动中小企业加快转型升级的步伐。目前,阻碍中小企业转型升级的市场准入隐性壁垒依旧存在,转型升级下新生需求的多元化的金融业务、市场和机构发展滞后,中小企业成本全面上升导致转型升级动力不足,转型发展面临技术创新和管理创新瓶颈,中小企业的政府管理部门协调不力使得转型升级缺乏保障。未来必须充分认识中小企业的重要地位,把促进中小企业发展上升到国家战略层面,加强改革的顶层设计,破除民营经济和中小企业发展的体制机制障碍,缓解转型升级中融资难问题,同时通过加大扶持小微企业发展的财税支持力度以及鼓励中小企业转型升级和技术创新等,保障和促进中小企业转型与升级。