Predicting Internet banking adoption in India: a perceived risk perspective

The emergence of Internet banking has transformed the banking systems across the globe. As a channel to market, Internet banking allows geographical constraints to be overcome by offering various products and services at lower customer costs. An understanding of the factors influencing customer adoption of Internet banking is both relevant and timely. This study integrates technology acceptance model and perceived risk theory in understanding Internet banking acceptance among Indian bank account holders. Specifically, this study categorizes perceived risk as external risk and internal risk, and examines its influence on customer beliefs and adoption of Internet banking. Using two-step predictive analytics of structural equation modeling and artificial neural network analysis, the 270 responses reveal that both external risk and internal risk inhibit customer acceptance of Internet banking. More importantly, neural network analysis reveals that perceived ease of use and external risk are two important factors determining how well Internet banking is accepted by customers. The implications of the study findings and future research directions are presented.     

Guanxi,political connections and resource acquisition in Chinese publicly listed private sector firms

In this study, we examined the role of guanxi as entrepreneurs’ resource-obtaining mechanism in private sector firms, using a data-set of 184 publicly listed firms in China. We found that guanxi indeed played a positive role that helped private sector firms gain easier access to resources. We also found that guanxi exerted even a greater positive effect on private sector firms’ resource obtaining compared to entrepreneurs’ political participation, due to being the lifeblood of business conduct and social interaction in Chinese culture.     

Collaborative apparel consumption in the digital sharing economy: An agenda for academic inquiry

While apparel businesses leveraging the sharing economy have begun to emerge in recent years, academic research on “sharing” consumption for apparel is extremely limited. To fill this research gap, the researchers analyze current literature to present a conceptual framework that offers a durable theoretical foundation about the concept of collaborative consumption for apparel. Using a metatheory approach, the researchers develop a framework that explores how two major Internet‐supported collaborative consumption modes (utility‐based nonownership and redistributed ownership) manifest in an apparel context. Next, the researchers explore the implications of each consumption mode to understand the consumer's relationship with the product, peers, and businesses involved in these sharing schemes. A series of research propositions are also developed to stimulate discussion and future research about collaborative apparel consumption.     

Perspectives on Natural Resources in the Global Economy: Polity Series Review

Polity's ‘Resources’ series is a set of scholarly books, each of them dealing with a single resource or resource‐based commodity from a generally global or international perspective. As of this writing, nine books have been published in the series, six of which I review here. The series is a welcome contribution to interdisciplinary and overall critical perspectives on the social and environmental dimensions and implications of the international appropriation, production and exchange of natural resources. While there is no clear disciplinary bent or theoretical foundation running across the volumes, together the books develop a transnational perspective, stressing the linkages between specific sites of appropriation and production, on the one hand, and broader political economic networks of processing, finance, coordination, commercial distribution and social regulation, on the other. The books should serve as valuable references to researchers in academic, government and non‐government institutional settings, but should also prove valuable for undergraduate teaching on contemporary natural resource industries and their social regulation.     

四川省农村区域经济差异分析

由于国家政策和地理位置等方面原因,我国各省区的农村区域经济发展存在较大差异,严重影响了全面小康社会的建设步伐。文章以四川省21个地级农村区域经济差异为研究对象,通过文献分析和建立数学模型的研究方法,对四川省农村区域经济差异的显著性进行分析,结果表明:(1)四川省农村区域经济存在一定差异,其中经济发展较快的城市为成都市、绵阳市。(2)对四川省区域经济发展测算得出:2010~2014年期间,区域三内部差异的波动幅度较大,范围在0.14~0.01之间,说明经济发展潜力较大。区域二内部差异呈"降低—增高—降低"的趋势,经济发展潜力一般;区域一由于地理位置和气候资源等因素限制,经济发展较慢。该研究为四川省农村区域经济的均衡发展提供理论参考。     

中国城市土地经济密度的分布动态演进

研究目的:探究城市土地经济密度的整体分布特征及其演进规律,为实现城市土地利用系统与城市社会经济系统的高效融合及协调发展提供指导与参考。研究方法:核密度估计,马尔科夫链。研究结果:(1)中国城市土地经济密度的整体水平不断提高,但存在着显著的空间非均衡特征,基本呈现出东部地区中部地区西部地区的地理格局;(2)在全国层面和东、中、西部三大区域层面,城市土地经济密度的地区差距在样本考察期内都不断加剧,且各地区城市土地经济密度在发展过程中都出现过不同程度的极化现象;(3)中国不同水平城市土地经济密度之间的流动性较差,各省份在总体城市土地经济密度分布中的相对位置比较稳定,且城市土地经济密度的长期均衡状态将处于中高水平和高水平。研究结论:采取差异化的城市土地利用管控策略和经济调控策略,实现东部、中部和西部地区城市土地利用与经济发展的协同共进。     

合肥市产业结构与土地经济密度的关联协调研究

研究目的:探讨合肥市产业结构与土地经济密度的内在关系及相互作用,为区域产业结构调整优化和土地利用规划提供参考。研究方法:灰色关联度模型,协调度模型。研究结果:产业结构合理化和产业结构高级化对土地经济密度的影响作用显著;劳动生产率与土地经济密度的增长幅度一致时,二者的关联性强;第二产业占比大于第三产业且超出范围较小时,产业结构高级化水平仍较高;产业结构和土地经济密度保持较高关联、协调性时,二者相互促进。研究结论:在一定的经济发展阶段产业结构与土地经济密度密切相关,通过调整劳动生产率增速、GDP增速和各产业占比状况,能使二者的相互促进作用达到最优。     

城乡建设用地增减挂钩中土地权属调整研究

研究目的:分析增减挂钩政策中土地权属调整面临的困境,探讨权属调整途径,立足于保障集体和农民合法权益,提出创新和完善增减挂钩政策的建议。研究方法:政策分析法。研究结果:集体土地所有权权属调整面临缺乏法律依据、空间约束性强、集中居住区土地性质模糊等困境;集体土地使用权权属调整面临实践与法律脱节、集中居住区土地及房屋产权界定困难等困境。研究结论:在法律层面为集体土地所有权流转正名并保障集体土地和国有土地"同权同价,同等入市"以及建立新型集体经营制度;实践中土地所有权向村集体集中并依法流转、农地使用权以"确权确股不确地"方式交由集体经营、扩大集体经营性建设用地入市交易规模。     

河南省林果业循环经济发展趋势

河南作为国家发改委确定的循环经济建设试点省份,近年来积极探索适合该省省情的循环经济发展模式,取得了一定成效,但同时也存在发展水平不高、区域发展不均衡等问题。文章就河南省林果业循环经济发展的优势、必要性、存在的问题及未来发展趋势进行简要的分析与探讨。该文指出了河南林果业循环经济发展面临的问题:一是林果业循环经济基础发展薄弱;二是循环经济相关法律有待完善,政府调节作用有待加强。对于未来河南林果业循环经济发展趋势,一是需要政府协调引导,形成发展合力;二是需要龙头企业带动,延长产业链条;三是需要农户积极参与,践行循环经济。让更多农户掌握生态林果栽培技术,将更多新技术与高效节能新装备与产品推广下去,促进林果业循环经济在更广阔的范围开展下去,让循环经济真正深入人心,实现河南林果业种植地区户户参与、人人参与的良好局面。     

体验经济视域下西安浐灞生态区农业旅游产品开发研究

随着旅游业市场需求的不断转变,体验经济理论与旅游业的融合发展已经成为必然的趋势,也越来越受到国内外学者的重视。文章以西安浐灞生态区农业旅游产品为研究对象,从体验经济视角出发,分析了浐灞生态区农业旅游产品发展现状;揭示了其存在的农业产业规模小,农业产业化水平低、农产品总量不足,农业旅游产品吸引力不足、市场开发能力不强,景区基础设施建设简陋、综合服务能力不强,开发缺乏前期规划、没有与体验经济很好地融合等问题;最后,遵循因地制宜、突出特色,市场向导、注重营销,循序渐进、逐步开发,创新技术、注重管理,经济-社会-生态协调可持续发展等原则,探索了浐灞生态区农业旅游产品的开发模式,如重大有益事件带动模式、特定功能带动模式、交通带动模式、产业带动模式、优惠政策带动模式、居住带动模式等。