Dynamic capabilities,social capital,and rent appropriation: ties that split pies

Who reaps the fruits of a dynamic capability? We argue that while social capital is essential for the acquisition, integration, and release of resources at the core of a dynamic capability, actors can also use social capital for personal gain. Thus, social capital may be a key to understanding both rent generation and rent appropriation. Even when causal ambiguity obscures individual contributions, they may use their social capital to establish credible claims on the rent. Specifically, employees who occupy structural holes, span organizational boundaries, or who are highly central may be most able to appropriate rent because their social capital grants credibility to their claims. Rent that is appropriated in this way may be unobservable in performance measures that fail to distinguish normal compensation from rent. We contribute by identifying the specific role of social capital in a dynamic capability and linking social capital to rent appropriation patterns. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Analysis of Rent Seeking and Benchmark Management in Information Industry Administration Sector

This paper mainly discusses the application of benchmark in the Information Industry management to eliminate rent seeking phenomena. This paper explains the general principle of the benchmarking and the practical strategies in the benchmarking management. By means of game model, the paper offers practical case analysis and puts forward a new type of management in view of the benchmark in the IIA.     

租值消散、财政支持与农业保险区域性差异

农业保险对于减少自然灾害对农业生产的影响,稳定农民收入,促进农村经济的发展具有重要作用。由于各地区农业经济特点不同,因此应据此制定相应的政策。本文从产权经济学的租值消散理论出发,运用聚类分析的方法将全国31个省市分为三类,通过比较各地区面板模型的估计结果,对各地区农业保险的发展提出了相关建议。     

学校体育课开展场地定向教学的可行性研究

学校校园是一块天然定向运动场地．有各类体育运动场地。利用现有场地开设场地定向教学可以丰富教学内容,新增体育课程资源。缓解学校体育场地不足的矛盾,提高参与者的体适能水平,增长知识,培养团队精神,培养抗挫折能力,促进心理健康。本研究试图拓展学校体育的内涵,提升学校体育的地位。     

双通道跟踪接收机对地校相技术

为了解决新建地面测控站的无塔标校技术难题,提出了一种抛物面天线近场对地校 相新方法,在径向距离大于0.3倍远场距离的条件下可实现对地校相功能,通过外场专题试 验研究进行了验证,对靶场测控系统的工程建设具有较高的参考价值。     

集群、租与产业转移:一个理论分析框架

企业可以通过抽取“租”的方式把订单转给那些生产效率高于自己的生产者,“租”的存在和产业集群内在的联系网络,使订单总是可以传到那个效率最高的生产者手上,这提高了集群整体的生产绩效。地租作为“租”的最一般形式,对企业选址产生影响,较低的地租有利于集群形成,地租的变动促进了产业的梯度转移。     

基于GIS技术的地籍管理信息系统

随着地理信息系统技术的不断发展,其应用领域也在不断拓宽。将先进的GIS技术引进到较落后的地籍管理中来,不仅会提高地籍管理的工作效率,促进地籍管理工作的快速发展,而且有助于整个土地管理部门信息化、数字化的建设。     

基于数字图像的顶管施工土层移动模型试验

为研究顶管施工土层的变形和移动规律,利用数字图像方法观测,建立了顶管施工土层移动模拟的物理模型,研究了顶管土层损失引起的上覆土层变形和移动规律,获得了如下结论:1)顶管施工地层损失引起顶管周围土体向顶管移动,最大变形发生在顶管周围;2)顶管地层移动从顶管周围向地表上方以一定角度传递和扩散,地表沉降范围大于顶管直径,顶管地表变形呈漏斗状,最大沉降在顶管的正上方;3)可以运用随机介质理论和概率积分法预测顶管施工地表变形;4)可以数码望远镜代替相机,采用数字图像方法观测顶管地表建筑物的非均匀变形。     

The Competitive Impact of International Trade: The Case of Import Liberalization of the Japanese Oil Product Market

This paper analyzes the competitive impact of the recent import liberalization of the Japanese oil product market. In response to the import liberalization in March 1996, not only did the market price of gasoline decline sharply but also its domestic production kept rising and did not decline relative to imports. Moreover, its price fell substantially before the actual liberalization of the import. This paper demonstrates both theoretically and empirically that the theory of implicit cartel can explain such features of the impact of import liberalization very well. The paper also identifies the significantly positive welfare impact of such liberalization due to the expansion of supply in a market with a large tax wedge between price and cost and, possibly more importantly, due to the transformation of competitive conduct from unproductive investment for cartel-rent shifting into price cuts. J. Japan. Int. Econ., December 1999, 13(4), pp. 397–423. Hitotsubashi University; and Keio University. Copyright 1999 Academic Press.Journal of Economic Literature Classification Numbers: L40, F12, K21.     

Residential Asking Rents and Time on the Market

Landlords offering a house in the rental market face a difficult strategic pricing decision. The revenue maximizing decision for the landlord involves a tradeoff between the rental rate and time on the market. Because the turnover of renters is higher than owners, and because the landlord must bear some carrying costs on a vacant house, pricing the rent too high may decrease revenue due to a higher vacancy period and pricing it too low may reduce the revenue when occupied. While there is substantial research on the relationship between listed prices and time on the market for freehold interests, this is the first study to provide empirical evidence on the relationship between asking rent, contract rent and time on the market for single family residential rental (leasehold) property interests. We present two models; a rental price model and a duration model for time-on-the market. Using data from the Dallas–Fort Worth area we find that landlords who set a lower asking rent relative to predicted rent can expect a shorter marketing period for their properties. The results also indicate that overpricing the asking rent and then lowering it at a later date leads to a longer marketing time (after the reset) and often a lower rent. These finding are reasonably robust for low-, mid-, and higher-valued rental properties.