Macroeconomic Uncertainty in South Africa

This paper develops a new index of economic uncertainty for South Africa for the period 1990–2014. The index is constructed from three sources: (1 ) Disagreement among professional forecasters, (2 ) a count of international and local newspaper articles discussing economic uncertainty in South Africa and (3 ) mentions of uncertainty in the quarterly economic review of the South African Reserve Bank. The index shows high levels of uncertainty around the period of democratic transition in 1992–1994, the large depreciation of the currency in 2001 and the financial crisis of 2008. The uncertainty index is a leading indicator of a recession. An unanticipated increase in the index is associated with a fall in GDP, investment, industrial production and private sector employment. Contrary to evidence for the U.S.A and the U.K., uncertainty shocks are inflationary. These results are robust to controlling for global uncertainty shocks, consumer confidence and financial shocks.     

基于双重属性的商业模式构念化与研究框架建议

商业模式是创业研究的新兴主题,既有研究文献增长迅猛,但研究结论高度零散、矛盾甚至冲突,不少学者认为缺乏概念明确性是导致商业模式研究喧嚣混沌状况的根源,但鲜有研究对此做出积极的理论探索。本文首先梳理并提炼商业模式概念的演变及其理论逻辑,发现既有研究的不足并提炼商业模式如何创造价值的架构属性,基于不同理论视角形成了不同的概念维度,特别是对于商业模式如何塑造竞争优势的价值属性研究不足。进一步地,本文构建了基于双重属性的商业模式构念化与分类模型,目的在于整合并澄清学术界对于商业模式概念的学理性认识,同时基于该模型重新审视商业模式研究框架并提出未来研究亟待关注的关键问题,以期对商业模式形成、调整及其效应机制的理论发展和实证检验起到推动作用,最后提出了国内学者开展商业模式研究的启示和建议。     

商务成本与产业结构关系研究——以广州市为例

文章提出了商务成本的定义,在探讨商务成本的性质的同时,论述了商务成本上升促进产业结构升级的理论基础,进一步提出了商务成本与产业结构之间的关系模型,并利用广州GDP构成数据进行了实证分析,探讨了应对商务成本上升的广州产业发展对策。     

商业秘密法律保护的经济学分析

商业秘密是市场经济的客观产物,如何对其有效规制成为当务之急。本文从经济学的视野对商业秘密的商品属性进行分析的基础上,以公共选择理论和帕累托最优状态理论对应该如何进行商业秘密的法律保护作了认真的思考。     

人力资源管理业务链研究

文章依据价值链和链式管理理论提出了人力资源管理业务链概念,指出其包括人力资源部的人力资源管理业务链和业务部门的人力资源管理业务链。     

基于客户关系管理的企业业务流程重组

在全球经济一体化环境下,传统的管理模式、经营理念、业务方法已不能适应快速变化的市场运行。顾客（Customer）、竞争（Competition）和改变（Change）驱使企业发展进入新阶段。在灵活性与快速响应主宰的商业战场中,客户关系应用而生,业务流程重组和客户关系管理的结合似乎成了一种必然．     

我国经济周期波动的成因及潜在因素

改革开放以来,我国宏观经济的长期走势看好,但在短期内呈现周期性波动。必须把握这种波动性从而避免经济波动大起大落。按照实际产出的构成成分(居民消费、政府消费、投资、净出口),使用方差分解法。从全期样本和滚动样本两方面探讨我国经济周期波动性减弱的成因,并针对可能扩大经济周期波动的潜在因素提出相应的对策建议。     

Conceptualizing businesses as social actors: A framework for understanding sustainability actions in small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises

Small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) can play a crucial role in advancing environmental and social well‐being. Yet various—often conflicting—explanations have been offered to clarify why SMEs pursue sustainability. Some arguments foreground possibilities of profit maximization, whereas others emphasize individual values and convictions. Research supporting such contradicting explanations is often biased towards large enterprises or small, innovative frontrunners. In this article, we examine the underlying drivers of social and environmental interventions of SMEs by exploring empirical data from a survey of over 1,600 Canadian SMEs and complementary in‐depth interviews. We argue that sustainability actions of SMEs can be understood by viewing these firms as social actors—organizations that are shaped by individual values, internal and external interpersonal relationships, and are embedded in a social environment. This conceptualization directs attention to the full range of factors that shape sustainability engagement of SMEs and highlights frequently overlooked forms of sustainability‐oriented actions.     

A new monthly chronology of the US industrial cycles in the prewar economy

This article extends earlier efforts at redating the US industrial cycles for the prewar period (1890–1938) using the methodologies proposed by Bry and Boschan (1971) and Hamilton (1989) and based on the monthly industrial production index constructed by Miron and Romer (1990) and modified by Romer (1994). The alternative chronology detects 90% of the peaks and troughs identified by the NBER and Romer (1994), but the new dates are consistently dated earlier for more than 50% of them, especially as regards the NBER troughs. The new dates affect the comparison of the average duration of recessions and expansions in both pre-WWI and interwar eras. Whereas the NBER reference dates show an increase in average duration of the expansions between the pre-WWI and interwar periods, the new dates show evidence of shortened length of expansions. However, the new dates confirm the traditional finding that contractions lasted longer in the post-war period than during the pre-war period.     

边境城市发展需求管理理论初探与研究——以广西区崇左市为例

对边境城市的关注与建设是关系到国家社会安定团结的重要策略。以崇左市这个边境城市的建设为背景,从马斯洛需求层次理论和科学建设城市观的角度出发,把边境城市的发展提到了对其城市建设的需求管理上,把成功打造边境城市品牌的名片纳入到了边境城市提升经济地位的中心策略里,强调了满足边境城市发展的需求管理理论,可以有效地建立于邻国的友好往来、互惠互利的关系,并给边民们在心理上建立了有效的安定繁荣的心理效应,使得他们能够在此安居乐业,共创美好和平的新生活。