Agile Manufacturing Strategy and Business Ethics

Emergence of purchasing as a strategic function has not only broadened the scope of purchasing, it has also changed the responsibilities of the purchasing managers by empowering them to spend large sums of money in procuring goods and services. However, this has also presented them with an array of ethical dilemmas involving questionable purchasing practices. This study proposes a framework to examine ethicality of decision making when faced with such dilemmas and presents the results of a survey conducted to assess the ethical inclinations of purchasers operating in Singapore. The results give credence to the notion that ethicality of behavior is culture-specific and reconfirms the existence of ethical relativism.     

增长极战略的实现机制与中国实践模式的重构

增长极理论是20世纪50年代新古典区域均衡发展理论遭遇危机之后的新选择,但自其诞生以来由于缺乏成功案例的支持而备受争议。我国区域非均质、不平衡使得增长极模式备受推崇,但在发展中同样遭遇困境。鉴于理论与现实鲜明的反差,以增长极的实现机制为切入点剖析了该理论的不足,指出我国三大增长极在实践中存在政府依赖刚性、自我发展能力弱、关联效应差等问题,认为完整的增长极实现机制应包括形成机制、运行机制和扩散机制,并从这三大机制入手重构了中国增长极的实践模式,提出相关政策建议。     

企业知识联盟收益分享的“囚徒困境”与对策

企业知识联盟成功率不高的原因很多,其中之一是收益分享的困境问题,但很少有学者对此进行深入探讨.笔者运用博弈论,综合考虑了影响企业知识联盟收益分享的相关因素,分析了收益分享的“囚徒困境”,并提出了解决对策,包括求出了能达到联盟收益分享帕累托最优的收益分享系数与贴现因子、慎重选择联盟伙伴等.     

延安红色旅游发展的困境分析

红色旅游是集经济、政治、文化于一体的大众旅游活动,本文结合延安红色旅游的现状,深入分析了延安红色旅游在旅游观念、旅游环境、管理体制、人才队伍、资金及营销策略等方面的问题,以求延安红色旅游发展的新思路。     

污染物排放治理问题的双方与三方博弈分析

针对环境污染治理过程中存在的信息不对称性,分别建立了政府与排污企业、排污企业与受害者的双方博弈模型,在此基础上建立三方参与的不完全信息动态博弈模型分析污染物治理,借助博弈树分析各个博弈参与方的策略与收益,并根据博弈结果设计合理的治理机制和解决措施。     

中国民营经济融资困境的理论解析及政策出路

民营经济是目前中国最具活力的增长极 ,然而它对国民经济发展的贡献和获得的金融资源却极不相称。作为渐进改革的一种内生现象 ,金融体制特殊变迁路径下的信贷和证券市场融资向国有经济部门实行政策倾斜 ,而对民营经济设置过高的融资壁垒 ,由此形成融资制度悖论。笔者对当前专家学者主张的融资解困主流观点提出质疑 ,认为从金融制度变迁的角度看 ,只有那些内生于非国有经济内部的金融制度安排才最有意义。     

Experiment-inspired comments on John Roemer’s theory of cooperation

Abstract

We report on a nonsocial experiment where we find that all participants choose the dominant strategy in the experimental payoff, and compare it with the payoff-isomorphic, but social, Prisoner’s Dilemma treatment presented in a recent paper by Bosch-Domènech and Silvestre where 28% choose cooperation instead of the dominant strategy. The contrast reinforces Roemer’s emphasis on human cooperation. Next, we argue that Roemer’s Simple Kantian Equilibrium works well as a theory of cooperation under the assumption of monotonicity (positive or negative externalities), but not when efficient cooperation requires the division of labor by coordinating dissimilar tasks.     

Chinese accounting reform： It will be a continuous process

Based on a thorough review, this paper points out that there is still two types of problems in the newly formulated China Accounting Standards 2006 （CAS 2006） which were enacted on Jan. 1, 2007. The first type is that some economic events have been accounted for incorrectly, and the second is confusion and misunderstanding have been caused in the practical world when some guidelines of CAS 2006 are carded out to converge to the International Financial Reporting Standards （IFRS）. In my opinion, it is a great leap to establish a set of accounting standards that harmonize with the IFRS, but China＇s accounting reform is a continuously improving process. During the process, the accounting standards setting departments shoulder heavy burden, face a dilemma, and meet some challenges. After all, China＇s accounting reform will be a long way.     

期货市场套期保值线性策略的困境:理论评述

对传统套期保值理论框架中的线性策略进行理论评述,阐述期货市场上存在的非线性特征对传统线性策略所构成的挑战。最后,提出依据连接函数构建非线性套期保值策略的思路。通过案例分析表明,非线性策略能够结合市场不对称相关特征,具备解决市场极端变化以及不对称相关问题的能力。     

When is the risk of cooperation worth taking? The prisoner’s dilemma as a game of multiple motives

This experimental article helps to understand the motives behind cooperation in the prisoner’s dilemma. It manipulates the pay-off in case both players defect in a two-player, one-shot prisoner’s dilemma and explains the degree of cooperation by a combination of four motives: efficiency, conditional cooperation, fear and greed. All motives are significant but some become only significant if one controls for all remaining ones. This seems to be the reason why earlier attempts at explaining choices in the prisoner’s dilemma with personality have not been successful.