价格测试中常犯的几个错误

传统的价格测试倾向于画出一条价格曲线以便我们可以在一定的价格范围内确定销量(也就是消费需求)。而传统的经济学教材往往把价格曲线要么描画成直线。要么就是平滑的曲线。我还记得我在大学里上的第一堂经济课,用的是被称为经济学圣经的Samuelson的教材。书中所有的价格曲线都异常地平滑。其中很多曲线甚至是直线,以此表明价格和销量间的简单关系：随着价格的升高。销量会随之减小。     

WTO“后过渡期”外资参与中国银行业改革的影响分析——以银行业外资并购为视角

2006年底中国银行业将全面开放,从2005年起中国正式进入 WTO “后过渡期”时代,中国银行业将面临更大的机遇和挑战。外资参与国企改制的主要形式是外资并购(M&A),而未来跨国并购的重点领域将是汽车业、金融服务业、零售业。而金融业中又以国有银行的改制影响最为重大。故笔者在此从银行业的外资并购入手,来窥探外资参与国企改制的深远影响。     

Measuring service experience: a utility-based heuristic model

This research aims to construct a model to evaluate service experience. We develop a novel model for service experience by incorporating positive and negative dimensions. We demonstrate that greater utility from experience results in greater value of service experience. We also discovered negative dimensions are the key reason; especially waiting time. We separated five groups to help firms explore deeper insights from various dimensions. The value of service experience in group of middle range has the greater contrast between positive and negative dimensions than the other groups. Service providers can obtain customer perception to adjust or revise the service components.     

A Fixed Capital Model with Transferable and Jointly Utilized Machines in the Sraffa Framework

Fixed capital is treated as a special case of joint production in the Sraffa framework. Much of the literature excludes transferable old machines. Salvadori (1999) builds a model with transferable non‐jointly utilized machines whose efficiency paths are independent of the sectors in which the machines are used. He shows that the neat properties of the non‐transferable single machine model still hold. In an earlier paper, Salvadori (1988a) builds another model with non‐transferable jointly utilized machines. This paper synthesizes these two models. It shows that the properties of the non‐transferable jointly utilized machines model still hold if some conditions are satisfied.     

Assessing satisfaction with core and secondary attributes

This research assesses visitor satisfaction with the core and secondary attributes of a tourist destination, using two conventional methods, stated and derived importance. The article shows the importance of core attributes are recoverable equally well, regardless of the method. Importance of secondary attributes, however, vary depending on the estimation method. This difference is systematic. Researchers should use derived methods for assessing satisfaction with secondary attributes. The data are from surveys from visitors to Latin America.     

When Targets Strike Back: How Negative Workplace Gossip Triggers Political Acts by Employees

Journal of Business Ethics - This study examines why and when negative workplace gossip promotes self-serving behaviors by the employees being targeted. Using conservation of resources (COR)...     

借鉴美国经验实施对中国服务贸易的开放式保护

中国加入WTO后,时服务业的开放做出了实质性承诺,但在服务业的开放和服务贸易发展进程中,运用合理的服务贸易保护措施,培育服务业的国际竞争力,亦成为我国在服务贸易自由化趋势下的长期任务和对策。中国服务业开放应坚持适度保护和逐步开放原则,此原则体现为开放式保护主义的形式。鉴于中国政府的促进行为还不完善,因此有必要借鉴发达国家的开放式保护经验。     

Challenge and Opportunity Go Hand in Hand—What Global Economic Agitation Brings to the China＇s Economy？

Domion effects of the global finance agitation
As the origin of the subprime crisis,US financial institutions lost US$45 billion last year,accounted for over half of the total US,EU＆Japan loss.Since January 15th ,Citigroup released its financial statement of the 4th quarter.     

Make More Efforts for ＂Peace Through Commerce＂

Q:Would you like to share your feelings about winning the "Peace Through Commerce Medal Award"granted by the US Department of Commerce? A:Today,the US Commerce Secretary Bryson presented the "Peace Through Commerce Medal Award" to the CCPIT and it is our honor to be the first winner of this prestigious award on the Chinese mainland,as it is an encouraging recognition of the CCPIT's efforts in strengthening the Sino-US economic and trade relations in the past years and it is also an encouragement for me.