湖南城市竞争力的动态比较

文章首先阐述了城市竞争力动态比较的研究意义和具体途径,然后选取了适当的指标体系和分析年代,并建立了动态比较的计量数学模型,运用因子分析法对湖南省14个城市竞争力进行了动态的测算和分析。分析结果表明:湖南城市竞争力呈现出明显的非均衡发展特点;各城市在近5年内竞争力增长的趋势和幅度均有所不同;湖南城市竞争力水平与其增长能力具有显著的正相关性。     

基于城市竞争力分析的城市定位——以青岛市为例

城市定位离不开区域条件的分析,但是区域分析不能仅局限于城市所在腹地,应根据需要在不同层次的区域进行综合比较。文章以青岛市为例,借助城市竞争力分析的框架,探讨了城市定位的定量化分析。根据地理学区域的思想,结合研究对象的行政地位和区位特点,从全国、东南沿海、山东省三种层次的区域分析了青岛市的城市地位和竞争力,指出了目前城市发展过程中的相对优势和不足,借此对青岛市进行了科学定位。     

从社会保障角度研究人工成本与企业成本竞争力的关系

人工成本低廉一直是我国企业重要竞争优势所在。但是,随着经济的发展和工资水平的逐渐提高,以及我国社会保障制度的日益健全,国际经济体系中企业责任要求日益完备,企业继续采取低工资、低成本进行国际竞争的空间越来越小。基于此,对我国目前的人工成本状况进行分析,从社会保障的角度提出相关对策,对于维持和提高我国企业成本竞争力,促进国民经济发展,构建和谐社会具有重要的现实意义。本文的目的就在于对这个问题进行一些初步的探讨。     

生产性服务影响我国制造业竞争力的实证分析

基于简化的Marrewijk模型,从理论上分析了生产性服务的发展与制造业竞争力的内在规律,揭示了生产性服务影响制造业竞争力的机理。进而将生产性服务分为上、中、下游以及全程生产性服务,就生产性服务对制造业竞争力的影响进行实证分析,结果表明:我国生产性服务与制造业竞争力呈正相关;但各种生产性服务对制造业竞争力的影响很弱;最后从生产性服务和制造业等几个方面分析了造成这种情况的原因。     

产业国际竞争力研究进展述评

产业国际竞争力研究是当前经济领域的热点研究问题,国内外学者对其进行了大量研究,然而对其理论与分析模型的全面系统回顾却不多见。文章全面回顾了产业国际竞争力的研究现状并详细评述了其分析模型,为今后的进一步研究奠定了基础。     

Dimensions of strategic intervention for risk reduction and mitigation: a case study of the MV Sewol incident

Organizations in disaster management system should learn from previous experience and strategically use their lesson for the refinement of a system’s competencies for risk management. However, the MV Sewol incident revealed the absence of the organizational learning in the Korean disaster management system. With mixed methods of content analysis, in-depth interview, and social network analysis, this study identified key failure factors in response to the incident and categorized them by managerial, structural, and institutional domains. While the Korean government took bold steps to rebuild its risk management system, those efforts were biased to structural reforms and lacked fundamental changes in human and informational resources management. Based on the findings, this study suggests the balanced efforts for system refinement for effective risk management.     

Modelo de gestión logística para pequeñas y medianas empresas en México

The market opening and the globalization of supply chains, demand a structural changes in which logistics has a strategic role. Nowadays, clients evaluate product quality, its value added and its availability in time and form, which implies a need to make the process efficient. Several experts have proposed some logistics management models to increase competitiveness in the market, but some of these models are too ambitious for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) due to their informal structure and their lack of technical knowledge; other models make indirect reference to the internal information flows, which include whole system disintegration because of the weak interrelation among the different areas. In Mexico, SMEs represent 4.2%, they generate 31.5% of employment and provide 37% of the gross domestic product; that is why it is important to reinforce their competitive position in the market. This research presents the design of a conceptual model of logistic management for SMEs which could provide comprehensive solution through control of the variables involved in the logistics process; to verify that the variables considered in each identified dimension are correct factor analysis was used.     

Institutional Monitoring: Evidence from the F‐Score

The extant literature shows that institutional investors engage in corporate governance to enhance a firm's long‐term value. Measuring firm performance using the F‐Score, we examine the persistent monitoring role of institutional investors and identify the financial aspects of a firm that institutional monitoring improves. We find strong evidence that long‐term institutions with large shareholdings consistently improve a firm's F‐Score and that such activity occurs primarily through the enhancement of the firm's operating efficiency. Other institutions reduce a firm's F‐Score. Moreover, we find evidence that, while monitoring institutions improve a firm's financial health, transient (followed by non‐transient) institutions trade on this information.     

Russian Competitiveness in the Global Economy

Abstract

Using data on Russia's competitiveness collected by our research team as part of the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Report (GCR), literature on competitiveness, in particular Michael Porter's theories on economic development and competitiveness, and benchmarking data from the global competitiveness project for other countries, this paper analyzes Russia's comparative strengths in its macro and microeconomic competitiveness. We investigate Russia's movement in ranks over a three-year period, discussing Russia's strengths in its macroeconomic climate and the weaknesses of its institutions. We illustrate the effects of these on three-key growth industries in Russia: oil, IT outsourcing, and the food sector.