The effect of external supply knowledge acquisition,development activities and organizational status on the supply performance of SMEs

Given the increasingly strategic role of external resources, acquiring knowledge about current suppliers and the broader supply market is an important and demanding task for the purchasing and supply management (PSM) function of a firm. Performance-improvement-oriented application of external supply knowledge present further challenges for the function. To examine this, we draw on the knowledge-based view and develop a hypothesized model in which supply knowledge acquisition drives PSM exploration and exploitation orientations which in turn mediate the organizational status of PSM function in terms of supply performance. We test the model on an SME-focused and survey-based dataset, using structural equation modelling. Our results indicate that an exploitative orientation is associated with knowledge gained from the supply base, whereas an explorative orientation is predominantly associated with supply market knowledge and less with supply base knowledge, suggesting natural pairings. The findings also show how an exploitative development orientation mediates the positive association of the PSM function's organizational status with supply performance. Driven by supply base knowledge, a status-empowered exploitative PSM orientation may suppress supply market based explorative orientation in resource-scarce SMEs, thus appearing to serve as the sole path to supply performance. Our research contributes by pointing out the significance of the knowledge-resource, and the knowledge-based view, in understanding performance in PSM.     

对西部特色农业结构调整的思考

西部开发战略的重要内容之一,就是开发西部特色农业,而开发西部特色农业首先要搞好农业结构调整.农业结构调整的内容有:农产品品种结构、农业生产内部结构、农产品加工转化增值和食粮主产区域结构的调整.农业结构调整也要注意一些问题,趋利避害,从实际出发,因地因时制宜,把握全局,平稳进行.     

The distributional impact of unification and the 1992–93 recession on West German households

The 1992–93 recession in the western states of Germany has been attributed, in substantial measure, to the macroeconomic consequences of policies to finance unification. Studies of the costs of unification have not attempted to measure the burden of the recession. We estimate a dynamic, panel model of household incomes using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and use it to forecast what these incomes would have been in 1992–94 without a recession. Using a ratio of actual to forecast incomes, we compare the relative burden of the recession across households. Our findings suggest that western households below the median income bore the brunt of the combined impact of unification and the recession of 1992–93.
JEL classification: P3, D3, E3.     

西方银行理论在近代中国的传播及影响

从19世纪中叶到20世纪中叶，西方银行理论在中国得到了日益深入广泛的传播，推动了中国金融思想的近代化，促进了银行制度在近代中国的建立与发展。近代国人在引进、研究西方银行理论，改造传统金融思想，建立银行制度的过程中，大多主张学习借鉴西方的银行制度，但他们反对照抄照搬，而是要求结合中国实际，有所创新，有所发展，以建立适合中国国情的银行制度。这种学习西方的态度和方法值得我们的今天借鉴。     

对大学生产生重大影响的社会思潮

西方自由主义、拜金主义、享乐主义、个人主义、功利主义等是影响当代大学生思想的主要社会思潮。大学生易受不良思潮影响的原因在于缺乏历史知识,政治理论学习不深入,同时受西方思想文化的长期影响。所以要正确引导学生自觉学习政治理论,系统全面了解社会发展史,树立正确的人生观和价值观。同时网络、影视、报刊等媒体要有一个正确的导向,给大学生成长营造出一个好的成长环境。     

广州旅游文化资源开发总体构想框架

城市现代化过程中的趋同化问题，引好了广州市政府推动旅游与城市文化结合的思路和政策导向。文中分析了广州市开发此类资源的潜力和优势，提出了广州市旅游文化资源开发构想框架，并由微观、中观到宏观的探讨，提出了近期操作切入点的选择、旅游线网片开发的思考、整合城市优势和凸现岭南文化特色等方面的建议。     

论西部欠发达资源丰富地区经济发展战略的重心转移—以新疆为例

西部欠发达资源丰富地区围绕优势资源实施资源开发,本来是符合经济分工和市场竞争原则的理性选择。但在实践中,又往往容易形成路径依赖,即过于依赖和偏重对自然资源的开发,使潜藏在资源开发中的商品贸易和经济竞争劣势逐渐显露出来。因此,西部必须开拓思路,超越优势资源的束缚,把开发的重心由自然资源转向知识资源,着力实施科教兴国和人才强国战略,而这些正是当前西部最欠缺的也是市场机制难以发挥积极作用的领域,需要政府强力推进和实施。     

济宁市民俗旅游资源开发探讨

民俗旅游资源是作为旅游业发展最具吸引力的民俗旅游的基础,受到国际和国内学术界的高度重视;济宁市拥有很丰富的,独具魅力的民俗文化旅游资源;从该市独特的民俗旅游资源出发,指出该类旅游资源开发的注意事项,总结谊市民俗旅游开发的现状和其中存在的问题,并提出开发的方向和建议.     

西气东输工程用感应加热弯管技术条件探讨

在对国外X70管线弯管技术条件进行调查分析与研究的基础上，对其中的几个关键技术问题包括母管成分，弯管的制造工艺和技术路线，强度与韧性要求，屈强比，Cu污染问题等进行了讨论。一些观点在西气东输感应加弯管技术条件中得到应用。     

当前我国中西部地区民间投资状况的透视与思考——以山东西部城市菏泽为例

经过20余年的经济发展,在东部沿海的私营经济发展如火如荼的同时,我国中西部地区的民间投资也日趋活跃,本文试图以山东西部城市菏泽为例,对目前我国中西部地区的民间投资状况予以透视与思考。