Comparing the impacts of Internet technology and national culture on online usage and purchase from a four-country perspective

The Internet has successfully generated an ever-expanding cohort of users for all its major concomitant activities, including information gathering, communications and transactions. So far no attempt has been made to validate whether such a success is so deep as to transcend national cultures. Nor any work has been conducted to compare the internationalisation¹ performances between online usage activities. The current study addresses these two research gaps from the perspective of four countries, i.e. Britain, Germany, Japan and Taiwan. Results show that although the technological forces have been quite successful in internationalising overall online usage activities, they succumb to the cultural forces as far as only the transactions activity, or more colloquially online purchase, is concerned. This indicates the relative difficulty in internationalising online purchase vis-à-vis other online usage activities. Further research on locating a series of step functions or kick-off time points regarding the development of online purchase is suggested.     

半导体存储器及发展趋势

半导体存储器的容量和速度决策着计算机系统运行速度。目前CPU芯片18个月一更新，为了赶上这个速度，半导体存储器的发展也日新月异。     

Public finance and the optimal speed of transition*

We develop a general equilibrium model that jointly considers the influence of capital accumulation constraints and of labour market frictions on the process of transition. We endogenize the economic and budgetary costs of different government policies and show that, early in transition, governments ought to subsidize state firms. Provided that intertemporal commitment is feasible, this policy limits the initial output fall, which relaxes capital accumulation constraints, accelerates transition, and increases welfare. Moreover, by resorting to indirect – instead of direct – taxes, governments can bring the path of transition closer to the first best. Yet, political pressures may induce a policy of suboptimal subsidization.     

知识产权与网络经济

产权是一个社会的基本经济规则，它从根本上决定经济的组织和效率。知识产权是现代经济增长的基本因素，与企业制度的安排从而与市场效率有关。对现代经济来讲，知识产权最重要的实现形式是企业制度的安排，同时企业制度也是重要的保护知识产权的方式，法律上的保护更多的是事后救济。     

从无锡看区域性网上商店的经营策略

网上商店在经营中普遍遇到了商品交易数量少、无传统资源支撑及高成本运作等困难,区域性网上商店要发展必须对其本身有一个战略的认识,并能解决好成本控制问题。对于区域性网上商店,除了要提供价格优惠的商品外,还应该坚持本地化发展,坚持地域性和业务性联合,并采用商品价格依据配送时限而定的物流配送体系,从而有效降低配送成本,最终实现区域性网上商店从生存到发展的目的。     

THE LAST MILE: AN EXAMINATION OF EFFECTS OF ONLINE RETAIL DELIVERY STRATEGIES ON CONSUMERS

The Internet has increased the level of importance of the end‐consumer market to transportation carriers. In two between subject experiments, carrier disclosure on retail merchant websites is examined as a strategic differentiation strategy. Predictions are offered concerning effects of carrier disclosure strategies on product delivery‐related expectations, consumer attitudes, and intentions to purchase a product online. Results from Study 1 reveal significant differences between disclosure and nondisclosure of the carrier for numerous product delivery‐related variables, as well as many differences between the six carriers examined in this first study. Study 2 extends these findings by showing that providing consumers with a choice of carrier leads to increased levels of satisfaction with the online experience and greater willingness to buy, relative to nondisclosure and disclosure strategies.     

客户关系管理与呼叫中心的结合

客户关系管理(CRM)是企业的一种经营策略、管理理念,在实践上就表现为一套软件和技术的使用,呼叫中心作为实现CRM的信息技术支撑,在CRM战略中扮演着越来越重要的角色,文章针对两者的关系和技术上的运用进行讨论,提出了基于CRM的呼叫中心是未来的发展趋势。     

物流企业基于互联网的营销策略探讨

文中从物流企业基于互联网营销的优势入手,从四个方面分析了物流企业基于互联网营销存在的问题;最后从思想上重视网络营销,物流企业营销网站建设策略,物流网站推广策略,利用互联网开展物流合作营销等方面探讨了物流企业基于互联网的营销策略。     

基于Internet/Intranet的供应链管理信息系统研究

分析了供应链和供应链管理的基础,并针对一个MIS的模块结构实例,给出基于Internet/Intranet的供应链管理信息系统的一个例子。     

物流速度与物流时间管理

根据目前中国国内物流的现状，提出耍改善物流行业的整体状况，必然需要加快物流速度，减少物流时间以节省物流成本。文章引入物流速度与物流时间管理的概念，并由此提出了一些具体的物流时间管理方法。