Shopping online for goods vs. services: where do experiential features help more?

This study investigates how the type of offer sold online (goods vs. services) moderates the relationships between perceived experiential values and customers' attitudes towards the website. A sample of 107 e‐shoppers of services and 110 e‐shoppers of physical goods responded to a survey on their most recent e‐shopping experiences. Results support the majority of hypotheses. It was found that although offering experiential values on the site improves customers' attitudes for both physical goods and services websites, the impact is much stronger in the case of services. Theoretical and managerial contributions are discussed.     

Surviving globalisation

This paper investigates the effects of international trade on firms' strategies for industry exit, either via closedown, switching industry or being acquired. We use a rich dataset of Swedish firms that extends over two decades to track firm choices between alternative strategies. We find that higher levels of international competition increase the probability of exit by merger and closedown. If trade is more intra-industry in character, the effect of import penetration on the probability of exit is less. The probability of exit by switching industry is higher in revealed comparative disadvantage industries. Finally, we find that the geographical source of international competition is important, the effects of trade on exit being strongest when trading partners are other OECD countries.     

The Ethical Dimensions of Decision Processes of Employees

The influence of stakeholders, organisational commitment, personal values, goals of the organisation and socio-demographic characteristics of individuals on the ethical dimension of behavioural intentions of employees in various organisations are investigated. The research results show that employees working for the public sector or in educational institutions take more ethical aspects into account than employees working in the "private" sector. The influence of stakeholders and organisational commitment do not significantly affect the ethical behaviour of employees, and only some personal values and goals of the organisation have a significant influence on ethical behaviour. The most significant explanatory factor of ethical decision making seems to be what may be called "stage in the career of the employee": "ethical" employees can be described as young, with a relatively low income, limited work experience and a low level of responsibility in the company.     

组织认同对建言的影响：基于组织的自尊和工作价值观的作用

员工建言在提高组织运行中扮演重要的角色,由于员工常常担心建言会威胁到组织的现状并使领导感到难堪而不愿发表自己的意见,如何促进员工建言是学者们普遍关注的主题。文章采用12家企业的145名员工和37名直接主管的配对问卷数据,运用多元线性回归方法检验了组织认同对基于组织的自尊的影响,基于组织的自尊在组织认同与建言之间的中介作用,以及工作价值观对基于组织的自尊与建言的调节作用。研究显示：组织认同显著正向影响基于组织的自尊;基于组织的自尊部分中介组织认同对建言的作用;工作价值观各维度中只有内在偏好工作价值观在基于组织的自尊与建言的关系中起正向调节作用。文章对充实组织认同和建言文献有重要的意义,可以为企业激励员工建言提供理论指导。     

贫困、经济增长与脱贫时间:基于中国城镇居民调查数据的分析

贫困指数是衡量社会总体贫困程度的指标,在众多的贫困指数中.本文选择具有良好性能的瓦特指数和由此派生出来的脱贫时间指数,分析了我国城镇上个世纪90年代以来的贫困变化趋势.研究发现,城镇贫困在1997年达到高峰,然后逐渐缓和;贫困人口的收入增长在初期能使脱贫时间迅速下降,但边际效果是递减的;贫困人口之间的收入分配不平等延长了脱贫时间:如果贫困人口的初始收入增加,会明显降低脱贫时间.     

利用钢结构建筑残值证券化实现钢铁资源储备

在地球资源枯竭之前,为了国家在未来的国际资源争夺战中占领制高点,应未雨绸缪对资源实现大规模的战略储备。当前,利用我国建筑业高速发展机遇期,大规模推广钢结构建筑以求较大规模钢铁集中消耗形成＂藏钢于屋＂即可实现钢铁资源的战略储备,这样一种储备不会影响钢铁资源在建筑中使用价值的发挥,从而规避了＂冬眠＂式储备。钢结构建筑成本高是制约其发展的瓶颈,根据钢结构建筑中钢材易集中回收以及残值较高的特点,文章提出了钢结构建筑残值证券化的新概念。采用钢结构建筑残值证券化手段,可以让证券持有人在分享因资源枯竭或通货膨胀带来的丰厚收益的同时分担高昂的建造成本,从而能够使国家以超低成本或零成本实现大规模钢铁资源战略储备。     

Self-employment of Chinese rural labor force: Subsistence or opportunity?—An empirical study based on nationally representative micro-survey data

Self-employment is an essential form of non-agricultural employment, and its nature has been rarely identified in recent studies. From the perspectives of the human capital, social capital, and family assets of rural laborers, this study focuses on determining self-employment by using the nationally representative data on the rural labor force in China. Through the static comparative analysis between three groups of laborers in self-employment, wage employment, farming, and the dynamic comparative analysis of laborers entering into and exiting from self-employment, the study shows that self-employment of rural laborers in China is almost opportunity-driven or moving toward opportunistic self-employment. Human capital, social capital, and family assets promote rural laborers shifting from wage employment to self-employment and stimulate the establishment of high-value enterprises. The study suggests that local governments should increase the investments in rural education and vocational skills training and strengthen the availability of rural credit to lay a good foundation for self-employment activities in rural areas.     

工作自主性对员工创新绩效的影响研究

工作自主性能够激发员工的工作热情,从而促进创新绩效的产生。基于激励理论,构建以现场非正式学习为中介变量、工作价值观为调节变量的工作自主性对员工创新绩效的影响过程模型,并通过对554名企业员工进行实证检验,结果表明：工作自主性正向影响员工创新绩效和现场非正式学习活动;现场非正式学习在工作自主性与员工创新绩效之间有显著的中介作用;工作价值观正向调节工作自主性和员工创新绩效之间的关系。该结论丰富了工作自主性和员工创新绩效间的关系研究,对激发员工创新绩效、指导企业经营管理实践具有一定的参考意义。