The British Disease: Economic Cart before Spiritual Horse

'Liberation theology' has been used by Christian socialism to denigrate capitalism. The Rev. Ernest Long responds by confuting socialism with arguments derived from the Bible itself. The aggrandisement of the state, he suggests, threatens the moral basis of Christianity.     

On Opposition to Rent Seeking: Implications for Developing Countries

A model is developed to study the implications of the presence of rent-opposing activities for the measurement of deadweight losses and for cost–benefit analysis. The analysis provides an upper bound on the social cost of rent-seeking in the presence of potential rent-opposers. Remarks are offered on the interactions between merits and skills in the determination of success in rent-seeking, and on the pervasiness of corruption in developing economies.     

基于AHP和DEMATEL方法的农户信用评级研究

农户信用评级是我国农村信用体系建设的核心问题.采用决策与试验评价实验室(DEMATEL)方法对信用评价指标之间的相互影响关系进行建模分析,可优化信用风险评价的层次分析法(AHP),避免出现单个专家主观随意性较大的情况.同时,实例计算结果表明,基于AHP和DEMATEL方法的农户信用评级,由于同时考虑了指标的层次结构和指标之间的相互依存关系,对农户的信用评价结果较为科学、准确.     

高校计划生育工作的特点与对策探讨特点与对策探讨

计划生育是我国的一项基本国策.只有针对新形势、新问题,努力探索新的工作思路,才能开创高校计划生育工作的新局面.     

企业动态能力对组织内部创新机制作用理论阐释

如何才能使我国企业更好地建立内部创业环境、制定内部创业规则以及激活内部创业活动，是在当前建设创新型社会的大背景下，对企业长远发展意义重大的问题之一。本文试从当前理论界比较前沿的企业动态能力的角度出发，理论探讨这一命题，以期得出一些可以借鉴的结论。     

北宋西北沿边屯田的空间分布与发展差异

屯田是宋军在对西夏作战中粮食补给的重要来源之一。本文重点讨论宋夏战争背景下西北屯田的空间分布规律及其发展差异。文章指出,屯田在宋夏灵州之战中开始出现,并逐渐由临时补给措施转化为常规补给方式。庆历时期,西北屯田在鄜延路、泾原路形成两大中心区域,并分别向宋夏边界东北部和西南部扩展。由于地理环境以及战争因素的影响,北宋中后期,屯田向宋夏东北边界的扩展活动发展缓滞,而屯田在宋夏西南边界的扩展却极为顺利。     

湖南组建煤业集团公司的必要性及建议

文章分析了整合湖南煤炭企业、组建煤业集团公司的必要性,并对集团公司的组建方式、战略重点、管理模式方面提出了建议。     

"一带一路愿景与行动 " 与东方桥头堡建设研究

厘清多重国家战略叠加与"一带一路愿景与行动"的关系,确立陆桥通道在"一带一路愿景与行动"的定位,加快东方桥头堡建设,对江苏融入一带一路战略,推进对内对外双向开放,加快连云港东方桥头堡建设,具有重要意义.     

Buyer Loyalty in Business Markets: Can the Firm and Salesperson Get What They Truly Desire?

Purpose: Prior literature has acknowledged multi-foci customer loyalties (loyalty to the selling firm and salesperson-owned loyalty) and argued that both entities (selling firms and salespersons) foster customer loyalty through respective loyalty-capturing efforts (relationship investments). However, scholars have not investigated the influences of different types of interfirm relationship-specific investment (RSI) activities and salesperson behaviors (brand-building and guanxi behavior) on customer loyalty to the selling firm and salesperson-owned loyalty, especially their simultaneous (interaction) effects. The current research attempts to address this issue and examines the impacts that RSIs and salesperson behaviors have on customer loyalties.

Methodology/approach: A survey of seller–buyer dyads was conducted to test the proposed theoretical model and hypotheses. Using 192 dyadic data from customers and salespersons in the Chinese business-to-business contexts, this study specifies the direct and interactive effects of sellers’ RSIs and salespersons’ behaviors on customer loyalties.

Findings: Results indicate that selling firms’ loyalty-capturing efforts—property-based and knowledge-based RSIs—have different influences on two types of customer loyalty. Salespersons’ relationship investments—brand-building and guanxi behaviors—also have asymmetric impacts on customer loyalty. Counterintuitively, salespersons’ loyalty-capturing efforts weaken the relationships between firms’ RSIs and customer loyalties.

Originality/value/contribution: This study specifies different types of relationship investments and examines their respective and interactive impacts on two types of customer loyalty—loyalty to the selling firm and salesperson-owned loyalty. The findings indicate that firms’ and salespersons’ efforts may lead to unexpected and unintended effects on multi-foci loyalties. Therefore, the current study enriches our knowledge about multi-foci loyalty management and relationship marketing.

Practical implications: Because firms’ and salespersons’ loyalty-capturing strategies exert positive direct influences on loyalty to the selling firm and salesperson-owned loyalty, both entities may actively leverage relationship investments’ impact on customer loyalty. However, as the interactive effects derived from concurrent loyalty-enhancing activities are negative, firms need to clearly assess the nature and

characteristics of their relationship with buyers and properly design relationship investments and guide salesperson behaviors. Managers should use property-based RSIs as a primary safeguard of customer loyalty to the selling firm. Meanwhile, internal branding and training programs can help salespersons develop brand building behaviors and better understand the potential unintended outcomes that different behaviors may induce. Aligning a branding goal between the firm and salespersons can benefit both parties while avoiding counter-productive outcomes.     

断面法储量计算在某金矿的应用分析

文章以断面法在胶东某金矿的应用为例,对断面法计算储量进行了详细的介绍。实例说明断面法是一种应用比较方便的储量计算方法,也能保证计算精度。分析总结断面法的优缺点,并从理论上分析了储量计算误差来源及储量计算的精度。