城乡公共服务供给均衡化及其约束条件分析

在城乡公共服务供给中,从社会公正的层面,以人人共享、普遍受益的基本宗旨作为相应制度安排和机制创新的依据,坚持城乡公共服务供给均衡化。在政府财政有限供给能力下,城乡公共服务均衡供给成为众多因素决定的函数。     

Exploiting comparative advantage in agriculture and resources: the way forward for Small Island States

Using Papua New Guinea as a case study, this paper investigates the macroeconomic and sectoral impacts of various developments in its agricultural and resource sector. It was found that commodity booms from 2004 to 2009 and the proposed large liquefied natural gas project increase output growth substantially but with Dutch disease consequences. The output expansion of the agricultural and fishery sectors on the other hand has limited positive impacts and the challenge lies in raising the productivity growth in these sectors and the better use of foreign aid. Lastly, the optimal policy strategy for sustainable development in the agricultural, fishery and resource sectors lies in the packaging of appropriate complementary policies (both institutional and economic) that support one another and the coherent implementation of these policies in a timely manner.     

Investing Today or Tomorrow? An Experimental Approach to Farmers’ Decision Behaviour

An understanding of farmers’ decision‐making behaviour is important for adequate forecasts as well as policy recommendations regarding structural changes. We experimentally analyse the investment behaviour of real farmers. The observed investment decisions are contrasted with theoretical benchmarks from classical investment theory and the real options approach. Our results show that both theories cannot exactly explain investment behaviour. However, farmers learn from former investment decisions and do consider the value of waiting over time.     

Modeling farmers’ decisions on tea varieties in Vietnam: a multinomial logit analysis

This article analyzes households’ choice on tea varieties in Vietnam by using a multinomial logit model. The modeling takes into account the issue of unobserved individual heterogeneity and the endogeneity of some explanatory variables (use of chemical and organic fertilizers). The results show that important factors influencing the decision to adopt one type of tea varieties include income, age, household size, farming contract, and use of organic fertilizers, but also membership of professional associations such as the Tea Association and the Farmers Union.     

Moderators of the negativity effect: Commitment,identification, and consumer sensitivity to corporate social performance

Numerous studies have identified constructs such as commitment and brand familiarity as moderators of negativity effects. However, boundary conditions for this moderation have yet to be identified within a retailing context. This study tries to rectify this gap in the literature. This study finds that three factors (commitment, consumer–company identification, and consumer sensitivity to corporate social performance) moderate attitude change toward a retailer following exposure to moderately negative (vs. positive) publicity. However, given extremely negative information, the buffering effects of the moderating factors disappear, and attitude changes are significant for all consumers. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Perceived justice of service recovery strategies: Impact on customer satisfaction and quality relationship

This article aims to build on previous research analyzing the effects of perceived justice on customers' satisfaction with service recovery and the attitudinal consequences of the recovery strategies firms adopt after service failures occur. The results obtained from a conceptual model developed for the mobile‐phone sector support the idea that justice perceptions positively influence satisfaction with service recovery. Other findings are that satisfaction with service recovery positively affects trust and commitment, and that these two variables, in turn, positively affect overall customer satisfaction. Finally, the results also suggest that positive past experiences mitigate the effects of inadequate service recovery strategies on the quality of the relationship with the customers. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Sector‐based corporate citizenship

This paper approaches the much‐debated issue of corporate citizenship (CC). Many models depict the development process of CC, and yet attempts to find one extensive definition remain in progress. We argue that more than one type of citizenship may be needed to fully describe the concept. So far, social factors have dominated the definitions of CC, but citizenship functions can also be found in other areas. In fact, for maximum benefit, the type of citizenship should be tied to the sector and business field of the corporation in question. Using data drawn from three internationally operating corporations headquartered in Finland, we introduce three different types of CC that are in line with their core business ideas: cultural citizenship, environmental citizenship and technological citizenship. These new types of citizenships can help in grasping the complexity of business responsibility and ethics, and offer tools for gaining competitive advantage by differentiation.     

中国粮食仓储的历史与展望

粮食仓储作为中国历史发展中的重要载体,对于社会的繁荣、稳定和发展具有重要意义。本文主要论述了中国古代和现代粮食仓储的发展历史及其价值,并对粮食仓储未来的发展进行展望。     

基于突变理论方法的我国黄河流域土地生态安全评价

推进黄河流域生态保护和经济高质量发展,需要抓好水土保持和污染治理,提升水源涵养能力。聚焦黄河流域土地生态安全评价及效率提升问题,构建DPSIR土地生态安全评价指标体系,应用突变理论对2009—2018年黄河流域九省区的土地生态安全水平进行评价。研究发现,黄河流域九省区土地生态安全水平差异较大,内蒙古处于领先地位,河南省排名落后,其余省份居中且相差不大。从时间分布上来看,研究期间内各省区土地生态安全综合评价值总体呈上升趋势;从空间分布来看,黄河上游的土地生态安全表现相对较优,下游次之,中游较差。其原因主要在于城市化人口压力过大、水环境与农业污染严重、土地利用结构不均衡以及治理力度不足等,由此提出了加强水资源优化管理和农业清洁化生产等相关对策建议。