Comparing trade areas of technology centres using ‘Geographical Information Systems’

Advances in geographical information systems have contributed to location and marketing design strategies on the part of retailers. The techniques used in this field are based on delimiting trade areas and spatial analysis. The same approach is applied in this study to technology centres, which are considered as suppliers of knowledge-intensive services to their associated firms. The research objective focuses on analysing the spatial distribution of firms associated with two technology centres from different sectors. The results indicate that firms associated with a technology centre present spatial patterns that are similar to those observed in retailing, while significant differences were also found between the two technology centres used for the study.     

3S技术在土地资源管理中的应用简

将3S技术应用于土地资源科学的研究,为土地资源调查研究提供了新的途径与技术支持.本文从土地利用调查、土地利用总体规划、土地利用动态监测、土地资源评价和土地整理五个方面简要阐述了3S技术在土地资源管理中的应用,并展望了3S技术在土地管理中的应用前景.     

When Consumers and Products Come From the Same Place: Preferences and WTP for Geographical Indication Differ Across Regional Identity Groups

ABSTRACT

This article contributes to the existing literature on geographical indications by observing consumers’ stated preference for extra-virgin olive oil in two groups differing in their regional identity. In particular, consumers from two groups were asked to rank products in a contingent ranking survey. One group (“insiders,” Sicilian consumers) shared origin with a good product (Sicilian oil); the other group (“outsiders,” Rome and Milan) presented “no association” consumer-product. Results indicate that insiders are willing to pay more for goods originating from the region they identify with compared with a region associated with outsiders. Identity seems to give a bias by which a local product is not necessarily perceived as superior in absolute terms, but in relative terms: outside products are never considered better than inside options but are either inferior or equal in perceived value.     

Country of Origin Effect for Food Products from Developing and Transition Countries: A PLS Analysis of German Consumers’ Perception

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This study investigates the importance of the country of origin (COO) effect in German consumers’ perception of chocolate quality using the example of chocolate made from Ecuadorian raw cocoa. From earlier COO and consumer perception research, a complex research framework grounded in schema and attribution theory has been developed acknowledging the multifactorial character of consumers’ food quality perception. Based on this framework, a PLS analysis of primary data from an online survey of 205 German chocolate consumers is conducted. The results demonstrate the overall applicability of the research framework and give evidence on the underlying complex consumer perception process of COO-labeled food products. For the case of chocolate made from Ecuadorian cocoa, PLS estimations show a strong COO effect in German consumers’ quality perceptions and identify characteristics of the target consumer group. Protecting geographical indications may offer a potential for products from developing and transition countries to differentiate in the German market, a prime example for European markets, and should be promoted more strongly by government offices and NGOs.     

我国反倾销实务的定量分析

文章采用统计学方法对我国的反倾销实践进行了深入的定量分析,不仅对我国反倾销的使用力度、地区分布、行业分布等常规特征予以关注,而且从反倾销裁决结果构成和申诉产业市场结构等多角度研究了我国反倾销实务的特征.在此基础上,指出我国反倾销实践的不足,从而为我国反倾销措施的实施以及反倾销法律的完善提供了参考依据.     

西部地区地理标志农产品供应链管理中的政府行为研究-以广西地理标志农产品为例

以广西为例,通过对西部地区地理标志农产品供应链管理进行研究,完善其供应链基本模型,探讨政府行为对地理标志农产品供应链的作用。得出政府应该在新农村建设规划、引导并推进供应链核心企业的形成、提升新农村管理理念和加快供应链信息建设等方面作出努力。     

The virtual is reality! On physical and virtual space in software firms’ knowledge formation

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To understand how knowledge is created and exchanged, it is necessary to unwrap the role played by the physical and virtual spaces. The extant research offers interesting findings when it comes to the relationships among regional, institutional and organizational characteristics, innovation and firms’ abilities to link up to global knowledge sources. A focus on the role of informal and low-cost mechanisms, both regional and global, has extended our understanding of their role in knowledge formation. However, the physical space has dominated this literature to the detriment of the virtual space. The inclusion of the virtual space, both as an interaction space and as a different and complementary dimension, makes it possible to gain new insights into knowledge formation in a digitalizing world. Based on in-depth interviews with small- and medium-sized software companies in two urban agglomerations in Norway and Sweden, this paper explores the use of physical and virtual spaces. The findings show that these spaces interact and mutually influence each other. The world is not ‘flattening’ due to ongoing digitalization; moreover, urban agglomerations are still important places in which these spaces are optimized and unified.     

地理信息产业结构特点与潜力预测研究——以浙江省地理信息产业为例

从我国各地区地理信息产业发展现状出发,重点剖析地理信息产业发展的政策环境与结构特点,并以浙江的地理信息产业为例,运用产业链全景分析方法,分析地理信息产业发展的影响因素,并对产业未来的发展进行预测。     

扶贫开发工作中的区域协调:剖析与展望

中国现有的贫困人口呈现出围绕于地理区域的"块状分布"格局。基于此,通过将区域协调发展的一般性理论与扶贫开发工作特点相结合,根据各区域对利益共同点的感受力,构建基于区域协调发展、跨越行政区域以地理区域为扶贫单元、整体推进的扶贫开发工作模式,不失为提高当前扶贫开发工作绩效的可行之路。     

中国制造业省区间分布的集中与分散研究

利用1980—2000年中国制造业的工业增加值数据,计算并分析各行业的区位基尼系数及其变动趋势,判断各工业行业在省区之间分布的不平衡性及其变化趋势。分析结果发现:①从1980年代到1990年代,我国26个制造业工业行业总体的空间分布趋于集中。12个分散分布型工业行业中有9个分散的程度有所收敛,9个集中分布型行业中有5个集中的程度得到加强,另有5个行业的省区分布由分散型转为集中型;②自然资源的禀赋条件对行业生产的地域集中有较大的影响;③外商直接投资的区位选择偏好及行业投资重点的差异会导致相应投资行业的生产在地理空间上的集中。