Exploring additional determinants of fixed broadband adoption: policy implications for narrowing the broadband demand gap

Using data from the survey ‘Aspects of daily life’ conducted on Italian individuals in 2014 by the Italian Institute of Statistics, we propose new evidence on the factors that encourage the adoption of fixed broadband, a topic relevant for the reduction of the so-called broadband demand gap. We estimate a probit model through the two-step Heckman procedure for the selection bias, and find that, besides the already studied socio-demographic determinants, Internet-capable devices other than personal computers, as well as recreational (essentially video contents) and cloud-related uses of the Internet, have a relevant positive role. Policies aimed at fostering the diffusion of smart homes and more generally of the Internet of things at the residential level might be very effective in favouring fixed broadband adoption, provided that the network be neutral, not discriminating between data based on their contents and/or the destination device, and that possible foreclosing behaviours in the access to (premium) contents be properly and promptly addressed.     

河北省企业并购重组研究——基于价值链优化的视角

近日,河北省出台了《河北省人民政府关于促进企业兼并重组的实施意见》,企业增强核心能力、优化产业结构成为并购的主要目的,这些并购就是对价值链的优化和整合.价值链管理理论为企业并购提供了新的视角.本文运用价值链管理理论,对河北省企业的并购重组进行研究,分析了河北省并购重组的现状,从价值链管理理论的角度提出了建议和指导.     

皖北地区经济发展滞后问题初探

产业结构单一,产业水平低,人才缺乏,资金不足等是制约皖北经济发展主要因素。皖北要加快发展,必须加速推进新型工业化进程;加强东引西联,扩大对外开放;明确发展目标,加速推进农业产业化进程;发展壮大中心城市。     

高校学生社团中的党建工作研究

本文从多个角度深入研究高校社团党组织建设。对大学生群体及社团组织的特殊性加以深刻剖析。并通过描述大学生个人、社团组织和思想政治教育的高度上对社团党建的可操作性加以分析,在保持基层党建工作方针的基础上,要运用已发展的党员,成立社团党组织,通过制定符合社团党建工作的各项规章制度合理处理好两个党建队伍体系建设,逐步形成机制。并对一些工作开展的细节加以创新,提出党建工作中需要注意的一些问题,以期科学地开展党建工作。     

The role of lean launch execution and launch timing on new product performance

There is a substantial literature on the product development process but comparatively little on the impact of lean launch execution and launch timing on new product performance. Given the costs and risks involved in product commercialization, this research gap is surprising. Delays in product launch can lead to poor channel cooperation and coordination, missed market opportunities, and lost competitive opportunities, yet timing of the launch has not been included in many reported studies. In addition, managers at many firms have prioritized supply chain activities such as integration of logistics with other functional areas in order to obtain cost efficiencies and accelerate time to market; the role of lean launch execution in improving new product performance has also received little research attention. In this study, we build a conceptual model in which lean launch, launch timing, and quality of marketing effort are modeled as precursors to new product performance; we assess the role of market orientation and cross-functional integration in lean launch execution as well as indirect and direct effects of launch timing on performance. We empirically test our model with a sample of 183 U.S.-based corporate managers actively involved in new product launch. We find evidence that execution of a lean launch and effective marketing significantly improve new product performance, and that correct launch timing positively moderates the effect of lean launch on performance. These variables therefore should be carefully considered by managers of new product processes.     

鄂州市绿色食品生产销售现状及发展对策

分析了绿色食品在鄂州市的生产销售现状，指出了绿色食品在鄂州市生产销售的有利条件和不利条件，提出了如何在鄂州市更好发展绿色食品的对策并分析了鄂州市发展绿色食品的美好前景。     

加强同业拆借现场检查的体会

近年来,同业拆借市场取得了快速发展,市场参与主体不断增长,交易量大幅增加,市场利率波动幅度加大。文章从工作实践出发,对现场检查的具体案例进行了深入剖析,引出当前人民银行分支行在履行同业拆借监管职责中的体会和思考,并提出了构建同业拆借监管整体框架、完善相关监管制度和规程,促进同业拆借业务健康发展的建议。     

金融专业英语证书考试及学习方法简介

介绍了金融专业英语证书的考试范围、时间教材选择及学习方法。     

The Poisson Log-Bilinear Lee-Carter Model

Abstract

Life insurance companies deal with two fundamental types of risks when issuing annuity contracts: financial risk and demographic risk. Recent work on the latter has focused on modeling the trend in mortality as a stochastic process. A popular method for modeling death rates is the Lee-Carter model. This methodology has become widely used, and various extensions and modifications have been proposed to obtain a broader interpretation and to capture the main features of the dynamics of mortality rates. In order to improve the measurement of uncertainty in survival probability estimates, in particular for older ages, the paper proposes an extension based on simulation procedures and on the bootstrap methodology. It aims to obtain more reliable and accurate mortality projections, based on the idea of obtaining an acceptable accuracy of the estimate by means of variance reducing techniques. In this way the forecasting procedure becomes more efficient. The longevity question constitutes a critical element in the solvency appraisal of pension annuities. The demographic models used for the cash flow distributions in a portfolio impact on the mathematical reserve and surplus calculations and affect the risk management choices for a pension plan. The paper extends the investigation of the impact of survival uncertainty for life annuity portfolios and for a guaranteed annuity option in the case where interest rates are stochastic. In a framework in which insurance companies need to use internal models for risk management purposes and for determining their solvency capital requirement, the authors consider the surplus value, calculated as the ratio between the market value of the projected assets to that of the liabilities, as a meaningful measure of the company’s financial position, expressing the degree to which the liabilities are covered by the assets.     

公司会计治理与公司治理:同构、嵌入还是交叉?

公司会计治理通常被看作是公司治理的一部分,而且将公司会计治理看作是嵌入公司治理中或与公司治理同构。因此,以公司治理为导向的会计治理强调弥合公司治理中委托代理关系链务的缺陷及其对审计独立性的影响。本文从会计信息产权演变的角度将公司会计治理从公司治理中“解析”出来,认为公司治理与公司会计治理同源于委托代理难题,但治理的基础和目标不同,公司治理的监督机制与会计治理对监督机制的内在需求是不同的,因此,公司会计治理结构与公司治理结构应该是交叉的或大部分同构,同属于现代企业组织制度的范畴。本文主张应按照公司会计治理的逻辑结构及其与公司治理的关联性对其进行研究和建构。