Technology evaluation in Taiwan's technology industries: Strategies, trajectories, and innovations

Technology evaluation, as an organizational process, is the essential ability to comprehend the values of technologies very soon after they emerge. Meanwhile, the technology evaluation process is inevitably influenced by the firm's industrial context, such as its technological trajectory. This study defines technology evaluation strategy in terms of the processes, methods, and participants involved, and uses this definition as a taxonomy to explore different types of technology evaluation strategies. A survey on the technological industries is conducted to explore types of technology evaluation strategies and their relationships with the advantages of different types of innovation under the effects of different technological trajectories. The survey identifies four types of technology evaluation strategies, namely, those of the flexible executive strategist, the emergent executive intuitionist, the deliberate quantitative strategist, and the deliberate consensual strategist, are identified. This study has found that certain types of technology evaluation strategies have better innovation performances than the others. The patterns of technological trajectories are also found to influence a firm's technology evaluation strategy and the advantages of certain types of innovations. The established explanations of the relationships among the technological trajectory, innovation type, and technology evaluation strategies may guide technology businesses to develop a better technology evaluation capability. The theoretical framework developed in this research enriches the strategic management literature with a new taxonomy for technology evaluation strategies.     

新型信贷模式下完善农村担保贷款机制的思考

农村经济发展的不平衡制约了现行传统农村信贷投放的规模和效益,而新的联保贷款和担保贷款模式既不需农户的实物抵押,也部分规避了信贷双方信息不对称的风险。要完善农村担保贷款制度,应采取措施积极扩大贷款担保主体;发挥政府对贷款的引导和保障功能;拓展涉农企业对农村信贷的担保职能;完善农村信贷激励机制;大力拓展对"三农"的金融保险业务;建立农村基层干部对农贷的奖励和责任机制。     

Exploring the use of travel information – identifying contextual market segmentation in Seoul, Korea

As the amount of information is rapidly growing, and ubiquitous urban environments are emerging, the question which kind of information to provide is a major challenge for commercial and public travel-information service providers alike. This paper reports the analyses of recent data, collected in Metropolitan Seoul, about the acquisition of travel information. The study applies CHAID analysis to find homogeneous segments in travel information acquisition. Findings indicate that contextual variables are crucial to explain information acquisition behaviour, depending on decision context. The implication is that both socioeconomic and contextual variables are important to better understand the acquisition (and provision) of travel information. The results have important implications for managers and policy-makers, in particular in the way they respond to dynamic, contextual market segmentation.     

中国情境下口碑传播对农村居民购买决策影响的实证分析

口碑传播作为我国农村居民在生活中传播信息内容最丰富、最受信任的沟通方式,极大地影响着农村消费者的购买选择。本文从口碑传受双方特征、口碑信息类型与农村居民购买决策之间的关系入手,得出传播者专业能力对口碑在农村消费群体中传播效果的影响最大,意见领袖居其次,感知风险、关系强度和口碑信息类型也发挥着不同程度的影响,且产品类别的调节作用显著。这说明企业要想提高自身在农村市场的竞争力,积极开展口碑营销是行之有效的途径,应不遗余力地从各方面着手与农村居民建立联系,针对不同产品类别加强口碑管理。     

新型农村社会养老保险制度探析

新型农村社会养老保险制度的试点推行,标志着中国农村养老保障制度体系建设向前迈出了一大步。然而,新型农村社会养老保险制度还存在着制度运行的任意性和不稳定性、基金运行渠道和统筹层次限制了基金的保值增值能力、基金管理模式效率不高,补贴机制存在不稳定性等诸多问题。因此,建议:加快新型农村社会养老保险制度的立法保障;对个人账户养老金部分实行市场化管理;提高基金运营层次,拓宽投资渠道,合理划分中央和地方财政的责任,加大对中西部地区的财政支持等,以构建新型农村社会养老保险制度的长效运行机制。     

英国单一私营型征信体系的实践和启示

英国是单一私营征信模式的代表性国家,有100多年的私营征信体系实践经验,以完全商业化的征信市场来迎合各种征信需求。英国至今仍然致力于建设完善的法律体系和全面的监管组织,不断完善法律法规体系和市场组织体系,确保征信行业在法律约束和市场监管下有序经营。英国模式可为我国推进征信行业发展和完善征信市场监管提供独特的范例和启示。     

长沙市湿地资源类型及其特征研究

长沙市湿地包括永久性河流,淡水湖泊,草本沼泽等自然湿地类型;水库、拦河坝、水电坝,淡水养殖池塘,农用池塘、小型水池,废水处理场所,城市景观水面和娱乐水面,灌溉用沟、渠等人工湿地类型.长沙市湿地生态系统不仅为长沙地区提供了大量的生产生活用水和动植物产品等多种资源,同时还是诸多野生动植物的重要栖息地,湿地对于珍稀濒危物种的...     

试论土地督察类型区的划分

为探索解决西北地区幅员辽阔、经济发展不平衡、土地利用区域差异较大而土地督察机构人员不多的矛盾,以青海省为例,确定土地督察类型区的划分原则、方法、指标选取和数据处理方式.按照地域分异规律,采用系统聚类法和定性修正法将青海省划分为耕地保护、城市发展、矿业发展、生态保护等四大土地督察监管类型区,分析指明各类型区的功能定位、土地利用和违法特点,为评定土地督察级别,有针对性地制定差别化的分区督察办法,创新土地督察方式方法,提高土地督察的效率和效果,有效实现土地督察目标提供依据.     

村民集资型林业专业合作社可持续发展问题研究--基于尤溪县的案例分析

村民集资型林业专业合作社是化解集体林区林业发展中林地抛荒、村财不足、农村空心化问题的创新模式。归纳林业专业合作社的运行原则及可持续发展条件,采取案例研究法,深入分析村民集资型林业专业合作社的产生背景及运行机制,发现该类型合作社的可持续发展存在缺乏专业管理人员、经营模式单一、林农的认知程度低、林农参与意愿逐渐降低和前期村财负担重等问题,从宣传力度、政策扶持、专业人员、经营规模和经营管护方式等方面提出促进村民集资型林业专业合作社可持续发展的建议。     

我国增值税转型分析

我国于2009年1月1日实施消费型增值税。增值税作为我国重要的主体税种之一,由生产型增值税转变为消费型增值税,其影响极为深远,对于扩大内需、节约资源,在国际金融危机背景下振兴经济、增强企业和股市信心都具有重要作用。