Thriving in the New Normal: The HR Microfoundations of Capabilities for Business Model Innovation. An Integrated Literature Review

Firms need to respond to the increasing competition and change of the current New Normal environment by being more innovative, and especially in developing new business models. This paper seeks to explore how microfoundations, particularly with respect to human resource management, play a key role in facilitating innovation in business models through the development of key needed capabilities. Four themes are identified with respect to business model innovation (BMI) in the New Normal: BMI as an enabler to create and operate across industries and product-markets; BMI as a mechanism for firms to better navigate changing institutional landscapes; BMI as giving rise to business model portfolios; and concurrent and cumulative innovations that can lead to BMI. This paper also develops a conceptual framework that presents a synoptic view of the five essential capabilities for BMI, which include analogical reasoning, sensemaking, dynamic capabilities, organisational ambidexterity, and organisational learning. Finally, it is shown how the microfoundations of a bespoke, development-oriented BMI HR architecture can support the advancement of these capabilities and thus contribute to the strategic HR literature.     

在华合资企业的“独资化”趋势解析

近年来,“独资化”已成为跨国公司在中国投资的一种新趋势。外资独资化的四个原因是:即追求更高利润、市场竞争加剧、加强技术控制以及政策环境松动,最后对如何应对“独资化”提出若干建议。     

完善连带责任制度建设的顶层设计探讨

完善连带责任制度的顶层设计,对制度的建设和发展具有极大的推动作用。连带责任制度的适用领域和数量会越来越广和越来越多,其结构会越来越完善、内含会越来越成熟。对于他可能带来的负面影响,会得到有效克服。文章从顶层设计的视角,对完善连带责任制度建设的多个问题进行了探讨,供法律工作者参考。     

营销角度的特许经营及其竞争法上的思考

特许经营是一种新型的销售方式,作为企业分销系统的构成要素,能够起到降低风险,沟通生产与消费的作用。然而在实际经营过程中也会出现许多诸如指定购买与搭售、联合定价、独占经营等违反竞争法的问题。为适应不断变化的竞争形势,应从竞争法的层面上对其加以规制。     

Joint confidence region for the parameters of pareto distribution

The Pareto distribution is commonly used by economists as a model for the distribution of incomes. Separate confidence intervals or approximate confidence intervals for the parameters of Pareto distribution were discussed by some authors. This paper discusses exact joint confidence region for the parameters of Pareto distribution. The method can be used for both complete samples and type II censored samples.     

地下室底板大体积混凝土施工技术

大体积混凝土施工的特点是深基坑作业,结构尺寸体积较大,配筋较密集,质量及防水要求高。本工程通过采用科学管理方法,严密组织施工,对混凝土的配合比及外加剂、掺和料等进行严格检验和控制,采取相应技术措施妥善处理温度差值,合理解决温度应力并控制好裂缝的开展,有效地降低了泵送大体积混凝土内部的最高温升,消除了冷缝现象,取得了良好效果。     

For green or not for green? The effect of cooperation goals and type on environmental performance

Although many scholars have demonstrated that companies engaged in collaborations achieve better environmental performance than other companies, existing studies have not analyzed in depth whether this effect changes considering the characteristics of cooperation. Our paper aims to explore whether collaboration with other companies always has a positive effect on environmental performance or whether it depends on cooperation goals, collaboration type, or company size. Empirical analysis based on a sample of 773 European companies demonstrated that an external source of knowledge is an important way to foster firms' environmental proactivity, especially when environmental goals are shared at the basis of collaboration. Second, we verified that companies involved in JVs with environmental goals achieve greater environmental performance than companies that use M&As to acquire external knowledge. Finally, we demonstrated that it is more important for small companies to be involved in environmental collaboration than larger ones.     

边缘化区域的合作与竞争：区域联合竞争的新模式——以粤桂经济合作区为例

改革开放30年来,我国区域联合竞争经历了从第一波国家主导型大区域强强联合模式,到第二波地方主导型跨省区强强联合模式,再到第三波地方主导型省际间强帮弱结合模式的演进过程。第三波模式以经济发达区域带动经济边缘化区域为主要特征,粤桂经济合作区就是这一新模式的代表。依托新经济区强有力的政策优惠能够解锁边缘化区域发展的路径依赖,以外生变量的冲击来激发内生变量的突变和聚集,从而实现先富带后富,实现共同富裕的目的。     

试论外部评级与内部评级的协同发展

外部评级和内部评级协同发展可以实现优势互补,加强信用风险管理。虽然我国内外部评级体系已经初步建立,但由于缺乏科学的协同发展机制,二者并没有实现有效的结合。为充分利用现有资源,发挥各自优势,我们应创造良好的法律和市场环境,加强监管部门之间的协作,建立信用数据共享机制和评级结果校验互补机制,通过银行与外部评级机构的密切合作,共同促进外部评级与内部评级的协同发展。     

Joint implementation under asymmetric information and strategic behavior

Joint Implementation (JI) under the Framework Convention on Climate Change means that countries could partly offset their national abatement commitments by investing in CO₂ abatement projects abroad. JI is introduced as a mechanism for achieving a certain global abatement target less costly by separating the commitments from the implementation of measures. This paper studies the design of a JI contract when the investor has incomplete information about the foreign firm which carries out the JI project (the host). Asymmetric information leads to a decrease in the potential cost savings from JI. Furthermore, private information held by the potential host firm could give the firm a significant positive utility of participating in JI projects. The possibility of being a host for a JI project in the future can prevent potential host firms from investing in profitable abatement projects today. The paper analyzes the impact on emissions of CO₂ of strategic behavior among potential hosts for JI projects.