Do native and invasive labels affect consumer willingness to pay for plants? Evidence from experimental auctions

Ornamental plant sales have been identified as an important vector for the introduction of invasive plants. Increased concerns about the economic and ecological costs of invasive plants have spawned interest in identifying strategies to curtail introductions. One possible strategy is labeling plants based on whether they are invasive or native. The primary purpose of this paper was to explore how labeling plants based on invasive and native attributes might affect consumer demand. To accomplish this objective, a second price auction was used to elicit the willingness to pay (WTP) for plants with and without labels. On average, we found a $0.35 premium for plants labeled as noninvasive and native and a $1.01 to $1.66 discount for plants labeled as invasive. The size of these premiums and discounts differed in relation to various demographic, attitudinal, and preference‐related factors. Overall, our results suggest that labeling plants as invasive or native could be a viable strategy for reducing the introduction of invasive plants.     

基于知识营销的中小民营企业管理咨询市场营销策略探究——以浙江省永康市为例

在问卷调查基础上分析了以永康市为代表的中小民营企业经营者对管理咨询的认知与需求特征,结合知识营销理论提出有针对性营销策略,以期为咨询机构进入该细分市场、提升我国民营企业经营管理水平提供参考。     

A Stackelberg model of pricing of complementary goods under information asymmetry

We consider a duopoly market where two separate firms offer complementary goods in a leader–follower type move. Each firm has private forecast information about the uncertain market demand and decides whether to share it with the other firm. We show that information sharing would benefit the leader firm but hurt the follower firm as well as the total system if the follower firm shares information unconditionally. We then devise a “simple to implement” information sharing scheme under which both firms and the total system are better off. We also provide several interesting managerial insights and establish the robustness of the model in managing a supply chain through our analytical and simulation results.     

煤矿水文勘探中瞬变电磁法的应用要点分析

在进行煤矿开采时,其最为关键的工作就是对采煤区内小构造的分布与含水性做出准确的探测。作为进行地质勘探的主要方法,三维地震勘探有着重要的应用价值,而电法勘探常常在含水构造中使用。     

China's Anti-Corruption Campaign and Financial Reporting Quality

We examine the impact of China's anti-corruption campaign on firm-level financial reporting quality (FRQ). As an important component of the anti-corruption campaign, in October 2013, “Rule 18” was issued to prohibit party and government officials from serving as directors for publicly listed firms. The regulation led to a large number of official directors resigning from their roles as directors involuntarily. As such, Rule 18 has effectively weakened, if not fully discontinued, the political connections of the firms that previously hired officials as directors. Our empirical analyses employ a difference-in-differences research design with firm fixed effects and propensity-score matching to examine the pre- and post-period FRQ around the enactment of Rule 18. We find that, compared to propensity-score-matched control firms, FRQ of firms with resigned official directors increases after Rule 18. Further evidence suggests that the impact is stronger when firms are located in regions with more developed financial markets and in regions with higher judiciary efficiency. We also find that the effect is more pronounced when firms are non-state-owned, received preferential credits, and face refinancing pressure.     

Using Machine Learning to Forecast Future Earnings

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城市品牌塑造中的政府作用研究——以广州为例

近年来,国内外城市都意识到塑造城市品牌对城市发展具有重大意义,而城市品牌的塑造需要多个主体的共同努力,在这多个主体中,政府的主导作用是毋庸置疑的。文章认为,在城市品牌的塑造过程中,政府应该承担树立品牌意识、制定品牌战略、完善城市软硬环境、健全法规政策、提供高品质的公共产品和服务、打造城市名人名品、注重品牌推广以及善用区域品牌带动城市品牌发展等八项职能。     

Entrepreneurial orientation,social capital,and the internationalization of SMES: Evidence from China

This article combines arguments from entrepreneurship literature and social capital theory to examine the antecedents to the internationalization of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) from China. Our quantitative study of 117 Chinese SMEs demonstrates the overall importance of entrepreneurial orientation and social capital of entrepreneurs in facilitating their internationalization efforts, and also reveals that different dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation and different types of social capital exert different levels of independent influence on Chinese SMEs' internationalization. Complementary data from multiple case studies explains the variation between our quantitative findings and the findings of previous research. By highlighting the value of the entrepreneurial attributes of Chinese SMEs and the social capital embedded in their networks in the pursuit of their internationalization, the article adds to the scant literature on the internationalization behavior of the rapidly emerging Chinese SMEs. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

推动智能物流的发展

阐述了智能物流的概念及重要性,介绍了智能物流的关键技术,同时对我国智能物流的发展历程进行了回顾性的分析,最后对我国智能物流的发展进行展望.     

物流领域企业竞争力与发展模式研究

通过对物流企业竞争力的内涵、内容及特征进行理解,分析了我国物流领域企业在竞争力发展中存在的相关问题,并就其问题提出了加强服务意识转变、加快技术创新、加快物流专业复合型人才培养、加强企业制度管理等措施,大力发展循环物流、绿色物流体系,引导第三方物流产业的形成,并对我国物流企业未来的发展趋势进行了探讨。