Characteristics of technology transfer in business ventures: the case of Daejeon, Korea

This article explores the characteristics of venture business and entrepreneurs in Korea to (1) identify technology transfer activities, (2) analyze the differences between technology transfer in linear and nonlinear venture businesses, and (3) guide more effective venture business policy and strategy. This empirical assessment reveals that entrepreneurs have insightful evaluations about their resources and capacities as well as expectations with regard to functions and features of science parks and incubators. Respondents from “linear model”-based start-ups tend to be older and have higher education, employ more basic research and development (R&D) and have more R&D-oriented careers, and have more varied work experience than “nonlinear”-based start-ups. The functions and features of science parks and incubators were generally not considered a critical influence on start-ups nor on the growth of venture businesses. Accordingly, alternative venture-nurturing strategies are discussed as being key to accelerate venture businesses growth.     

The approach to transforming the traditional agricultural economy: a research on the multiple paths of poverty alleviation and transformation in rural China

Transforming a traditional agricultural economy into a modern economy is one of the main themes in economic development. Through theoretical and empirical analysis, this paper finds out that the key to transformation is to raise the economic value of people, to improve human capital investment and to match the stocks of physical and human capital. China’s rural economy is on the edge of economic take-off, and different zones may pursue different paths for transformation. The source of rural poverty is not the scarcity of income or consumption, but the deficiency of education, social security, medical care and economic opportunity, which we define as “capability poverty”. __________ Translated from The Journal of World Economy (世界经济), 2005,(2) (in Chinese)     

The impact of IT investment on firm performance in China: An empirical investigation of the Chinese electronics industry

Over the past three decades, the impact of information technology (IT) investments on firm performance has been the subject of active research. Although many studies have shown positive and significant benefits derived from IT investment, the findings of almost all these studies are based on data collected in developed countries. Few studies have been conducted to validate these results and to determine whether or not they are still applicable in developing countries. This study tries to investigate the effects of IT investment on firm financial performance in the electronics industry of China, still classified as a developing country, and compare it with the United States. Findings show that IT investment has a positive impact on firm performance in China. Moreover, the impact in China is not different from what occurred in the United States in terms of direction and the size against the assertion of previous studies and expectations.     

Effects on the medical revenue of comprehensive pricing reform in Chinese urban public hospitals after removing drug markups: case of Nanjing

Aims: The State Council of China requires that all urban public hospitals must eliminate drug markups by September 2017, and that hospital drugs must be sold at the purchase price. Nanjing-one of the first provincial capital cities to implement the reform—is studied to evaluate the effects of the comprehensive reform on drug prices in public hospitals, and to explore differential compensation plans.

Methods: Sixteen hospitals were selected, and financial data were collected over the 48-month period before the reform and for 12 months after the reform. An analysis was carried out using a simple linear interrupted time series model.

Results: The average difference ratio of drug surplus fell 13.39% after the reform, and the drug markups were basically eliminated. Revenue from medical services showed a net growth of 28.25%. The overall compensation received from government financial budget and medical service revenue growth was 103.69% for the loss from policy-permitted 15% markup sales, and 116.48% for the net loss. However, there were large differences in compensation levels at different hospitals, ranging from –21.92% to 413.74% by medical services revenue growth, causing the combined rate of both financial and service compensation to vary from 28.87–413.74%, There was a significant positive correlation between the services compensation rate and the proportion of medical service revenue (p?<?.001), and the compensation rate increased by 8% for every 1% increase in the proportion of services revenue.

Discussion: Nanjing’s pricing and compensation reform has basically achieved the policy targets of eliminating the drug markups, promoting the growth of medical services revenue, and adjusting the structure of medical revenue. However, the growth rate of service revenue of hospitals varied significantly from one another.

Conclusions: Nanjing’s reform represents successful pricing and compensation reform in Chinese urban public hospitals. It is recommended that a differentiated and dynamic compensation plan should be established in accordance with the revenue structure of different hospitals.     

从内圣到外王:中国企业品牌建设之道

品牌实力不强一直中国企业面对国际化竞争的短板.如何走出品牌建设困境,找到有中国特色的品牌建设之道是当前中国企业的当务之急.中国的企业品牌建设应以“内圣外王”思想为指导,以“内圣”为核心,在不断塑造优秀品牌品格的基础上,树立良好的品牌形象,最终达到“外王”的目标.     

产融型企业集团：德国的实践及其对中国的启示

企业集团在世界各国经济发展中发挥了举足轻重的作用,本文将产融结合与企业集团有机结合起来,创新性地提出了产融型企业集团的概念,分析了德国产融型企业集团的发展情况及其特征,总结了德国产融型企业集团发展的经验及其对中国的启示。最后得出重要结论:中国需要借鉴国际经验,大力促进产融型企业集团的发展,这是提升中国企业和中国经济竞争力的重要手段。     

资源禀赋与绿色创新——从中国省际数据的经验研究看“荷兰病”之破解

文章基于"资源诅咒"假说,利用1999-2006年中国省际面板数据,实证分析了资源禀赋、绿色创新及经济增长的逻辑关系.研究结果表明:(1)我国绿色创新的激励机制主要源于煤炭的污染性、而非能源的稀缺性,各地区的绿色创新主要面向"减排"、而非"节能";(2)我国资源充裕地区的绿色创新动力,主要依赖于投入相对更多的研发资金与人力资本、采取相对更严的环境政策及措施;(3)绿色创新对资源丰裕地区经济增长的贡献率高于传统创新对资源丰裕地区的相应贡献率,绿色创新对资源丰裕地区经济增长的贡献率高于其对资源贫乏地区的相应贡献率.结论认为,绿色创新下的资源禀赋并非"资源诅咒",而是"资源福音",这不仅是"适者生存"的必要手段,更是破解"资源诅咒"的重要途径.     

中国区域经济收敛的空间计量分析——基于长三角1993-2006年132个县市区的实证研究

文章运用空间统计与空间计量的分析方法,根据长三角132个县市区的统计数据,进行了区域经济增长收敛性的实证研究,结果发现长三角132个县市区经济增长存在着显著的空间依赖性或空间自相关特征,因而若采用标准的β收敛方程会使得估计结果出现有偏与不一致;而若采用考虑了空间依赖性或空间自相关因素的模型进行估计,则其结果显示,虽然长三角县市区经济增长的收敛方向并没有改变,但是其经济收敛的速度却明显下降,且在统计上显著.这一发现不仅证实了新古典增长模型所反映的增长机制仍然决定着长三角经济增长的基本面,新经济增长因素只是减弱了长三角地区经济收敛的趋势,并没有从根本上改变经济增长收敛的方向;而且从更小空间单元测度的层面刻画了长三角经济增长的空间依赖性特征.     

新时代如何更好坚持和发展中国特色社会主义——学习党的十九届六中全会精神的体会

党的十九届六中全会全面总结了党的百年奋斗重大成就和历史经验,为新时代更好地坚持和发展中国特色社会主义提供了重要指导.邓小平理论开创了中国特色社会主义,南方谈话作为邓小平理论的集大成之作,全面阐述了邓小平关于如何建设中国特色社会主义的思想,对当前我国更好地坚持和发展中国特色社会主义仍具有重要的指导意义.本文立足党的十九届...