Emerging Market Firms' Internationalization: How Do Firms' Inward Activities Affect Their Outward Activities?

Research summary : In this study we examine how an emerging market firm's inward international activities (“inward activities”) are related to its outward international activities (“outward activities”) by focusing on the role of the firm's gain from its inward activities. On the one hand, drawing upon the organizational learning perspective, we propose that a firm's gain from inward activities may facilitate its outward activities through improving its resource fungibility. On the other hand, we draw upon the prospect theory to propose that a firm's gain from inward activities may hinder its outward activities by discouraging the firm's top managers from taking risks that are inherent in outward activities. With detailed data from a sample of manufacturing firms in China, we find empirical support for both lines of arguments . Managerial summary : Are emerging market firms with higher inward gain more likely to engage in outward internationalization activities? We argue that it depends upon how a firm uses its gain from inward activities. If the firm can improve its resource fungibility (particularly organizational resource fungibility) from its inward gain, it is more likely to engage in outward activities. If the firm cannot improve its resource fungiblity, the answer is no. Our findings suggest that for emerging market firms, internationalization is not just a path toward new markets; instead, it reflects how these firms exploit and explore what they have learned from their interactions with foreign firms at home in foreign markets. Therefore, managers must think more strategically on developing (organizational) resource fungibility from their inward activities . Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

欧盟天然气供应安全法规建设及其对中国的启示

从探讨天然气供应安全的含义出发,详细分析欧盟国家天然气供应安全的法规建设.结合欧盟典型国家的实践,提出应结合中国实际,形成具有中国特色的天然气供应安全体系.中国天然气供应安全建设要在立法的前提下,建立天然气供应标准、基础设施标准,严格界定“受保护用户”的范围,不能简单将供应安全的责任推给市场主体的任何一方,要通过市场机制有效保障天然气的供应安全.     

电商推荐商品的网络线索对消费者购买意愿的影响研究

依据消费者网页浏览数据向消费者推荐近似产品已经成为电商提高销售绩效的重要手段。实证研究发现:电商推荐商品所处的网页位置和网络口碑方向均显著正向影响消费者的购买意愿,而推荐商品的网络口碑数量对消费者购买意愿的影响弱显著;产品涉入度在电商平台推荐商品所处的网页位置、网络口碑数量及网络口碑方向对消费者购买意愿的影响中均起到了调节作用。研究结论对电商平台利用大数据对消费者开展有针对性的网络营销具有重要的借鉴意义,电商平台在向消费者推荐产品时,应将优质产品置于网页靠前位置,加强对网络口碑方向和数量的监管,并针对不同产品涉入度设计营销策略。     

组织学习对饭店持续创新能力的影响研究

在全球经济转型背景下,饭店为推动服务创新,满足顾客消费需求的多变性,越来越重视组织学习.文章以长沙、三亚高星级饭店为例,运用结构方程模型(SEM)进行了饭店组织学习对持续创新能力的影响研究,发现知识共享、知识运用、知识记忆对技术创新、制度创新和支持创新的影响较强,知识获取对制度创新和支持创新的影响较弱;饭店必须综合考虑知识获取、知识共享、知识运用、知识记忆等要素对服务创新的影响,才能有效提升饭店持续创新能力,保持领先的竞争优势.     

The relationships between food-related personality traits,satisfaction, and loyalty among visitors attending food events and festivals

This study applies the concept of food-related personality traits to hospitality and tourism and identifies relationships between personality, satisfaction, and loyalty. An on-site survey was carried out with 335 visitors attending the Gwangju Kimchi (local food) Festival in South Korea between 15th and 19th of October, 2008. The relationships between 4 latent constructs (food neophobia, food involvement satisfaction, and loyalty) and 16 indicators were measured using structural equation modelling. The findings showed that food neophobia had a negative effect on satisfaction and loyalty, food involvement had a positive relationship with loyalty, and satisfaction and loyalty showed a significant positive relationship.     

美国制造业变迁与巨额贸易逆差的形成

当今的国际贸易和国际分工正呈现出崭新的格局,其中关国出现了全球所独有的巨额贸易逆差现象,并表现出逐年扩大的趋势。半个世纪以来,美国制造业变迁及制成品贸易的变化表明,由于美国制造业国际竞争力下降以及国际产业转移,尤其是近年来包括信息产业在内的许多产业逐步从美国转移到亚洲、欧洲等制造业相对发达的地区,因而美国与这些国家和地区之间的制成品贸易逆差不断扩大,最终导致美国近年来日益扩大的巨额贸易逆差。     

广西区域文化产业竞争力评价与分析

文化产业竞争力是衡量一国或一个区域的文化产业发展状况的标准之一。本文在构建文化产业竞争力指标体系时,根据代表性、简约性、通用可比性原则选取了评价潜在和现实竞争力的9个指标,对2009年广西壮族自治区主要城市文化产业竞争力进行综合评价,通过实证分析得出结论并提出相应对策建议。应通过扩大产业规模,增加文化供给,提高科技含量,打造文化品牌等方式增强广西文化产业竞争力。     

基于过程模型和资源视角的上海制造业企业信息化影响因素实证研究

文章基于过程模型和资源视角,构建了信息技术价值创造的研究模型,通过对上海398家制造业企业的调查．采用结构方程模型方法对调查数据进行统计分析,揭示了上海制造业企业信息化的价值创造过程,验证了从IT投资到产生价值的路径,证实了政府推动政策、IT基础设施、IT管理等因素对制造业企业信息化的影响。     

城市污泥脱水干化技术分析

城市污泥所含水分性质复杂,有间隙水、毛细水、结合水存在形式。污泥经浓缩、脱水后含固率仍很低,不能自持燃烧。而采用低压、水热预处理和离心式脱水机半干化处理后,可以提高污泥热值,降低运输和贮存成本,同时可以减少燃料和其他物料的消耗,是城市污泥干化可行的技术路线。     

“高铁时代”的长江三角洲城市-区域发展

以高铁为代表的城际轨道交通,将从整体上提高长三角城市群的交通可达性,使城市间的联系更加快捷、方便、紧密,有利于引导城镇以中心城市为辐射节点、沿着轨道交通线路聚集,形成城镇密集的发展走廊,从而促进城市群空间结构的发展和城市群网络的均衡分布。在高铁与城际轨道构成的1小时城市群内,通过整合资源、配置要素,以一体化的方式进入全球城市网络和世界经济体系,谋求整体能级提升,成为长三角世界级城市群崛起的重要路径。