The effect of banking market structure on the lending channel: Evidence from emerging markets

This paper analyses the extent to which the level of bank competition influences monetary policy transmission. Using a large panel dataset of 978 banks from 55 countries, and employing the Lerner index model as a measure of market structure, our results show that an increase in banking sector competition weakens the effectiveness of monetary policy on bank lending. The findings are robust to a broad array of sensitivity checks including control of alternative measurements of the Lerner index, different samples and different methodological specifications. By extension, these results have important policy implications for regulators in assessing the effectiveness of monetary policy transmission mechanisms.     

Local banking and local economic growth in Italy: some panel evidence

This article provides new evidence on the contribution of local banking to local economic growth (i.e. at county level – the Italian ‘province’) in Italy. A comprehensive data set is used, which includes control variables for social capital and human capital as well as indicators of the quality of local infrastructures and the production structure of the local economy. A linear within-estimator technique with fixed effects is applied to a modified version of the so-called Barro regression in order to address the well-known econometric issues of reverse causality and estimation bias resulting from unobserved district-specific influences.     

集团化办学：一种职业教育集群价值链增值模式的选择

企业集群理论是从价值增值环节研究经济组织和资源配置的管理学理论,企业集群的互利机理与共生机制对指导职业教育集团的发展有着重要的意义。文章结合我国职业教育和职教集团的现状,提出集团化办学是一种职业教育集群升级模式。职教集群升级本质上是集群治理效率的提升。我国职教集团化办学大体处于短距离市场价值链层级,要实现价值链的高移与升级,必须加快从短距离市场价值链到准等级型价值链的演进和从准等级型价值链到网络型价值链的提升。而要实现这种升级,必须基于深度产学合作和资源整合实现职业集团角色转型和准确定位,以实现职业教育与区域经济的良性互动与对接。     

蓝色产业调研及海洋化工专业群建设初探

根据区域产业结构的变化,适时调整专业设置和专业结构,大力培养高端技能型人才是高职院校的立校之本、生命所在。作为首批国家示范性高等职业院校,青岛职业技术学院根据青岛蓝色产业发展需求,调整和申报化工相关专业,建设海洋化工专业群,充分发挥示范引领作用,实现了对接地方经济社会发展与培养高端技能型人才的良性互动。     

The Effectiveness of a Buzz Marketing Approach Compared to Traditional Advertising: An Exploration

Marketers are now willing to go anyplace they can find a captive audience to espouse the virtues of their products. The success of the “buzz” marketing approach is linked to the consumer being lured into doing the advertising by spreading the message to others. This study compares students’ responses to a traditional advertising and a buzz approach. Using a factor analysis to identify variables, the results show that subjects perceive a buzz approach to be more influential than a traditional advertising. However, they do not perceive a buzz approach to be authentic. This finding is consistent with practitioners’ argument that, although a buzz approach may be effective in the short-term, once consumers recognize its selling intent, the program may have a “boomerang effect.”     

Perceptions of facilitators of a keypad‐based group support system

Organizations are using Group Support Systems (GSSs) to improve the quality of group meetings. Keypad‐based GSSs are a widely used form of this technology, yet there has been little research on their use and effects. This paper reports the findings of a survey of facilitators of a particular keypad GSS. Facilitators indicate that keypad technology improves the quality of meetings for a variety of tasks in a range of group settings and cultures. The findings are in general agreement with field studies of workstation‐based systems.     

政府信用创新——基于国债转贷政策的分析

对国债实施转贷是政府信用运作方式的一种创新.理论上,采取有偿方式运用国债资金,有利于提高政府信用资金的使用效率,但是,从审计部门国债资金审计报告及相关文献反映的情况看,这一创新的理论目标与实践效果之间存在明显差距.随着2008年国债转贷资金还本付息高峰期到来,国债资金使用低效问题将会逐步显现成为现实的信用问题,因此,从理论和实践意义上,对以国债转贷政策为内容的政府信用创新进行必要的反思,显然已是恰逢其时.     

企业集团适时财务控制体系的研究与设计

为加强企业集团财务控制力度,提高企业集团整体竞争力,企业集团应充分利用网络资源,以网络技术为依托,构建以全面预算管理为框架、资金管理为核心、财务信息控制为保障的适时财务控制体系。     

大班环境下讨论式口语教学法的运用

讨论式口语教学法旨在化大班教学的劣势为优势,以小组讨论为基础,开展问答式、复述式、概括式和评论式等多种大组讨论,各种方法交替互换、灵活搭配,使学生始终保持高度的注意力和兴奋度,提高口语操练密度,保证课堂教学效果。     

健美操教学中合作学习法的应用

在健美操教学过程中,采用固定学习小组的形式进行合作学习,有利于促进人际交流,培养集体意识和竞争精神,不仅活跃课堂气氛,更能激发学生的学习热情,从而提高学习效果。