Accountability and legitimacy in earth system governance: A research framework

Along with concerns over the effectiveness of earth system governance, ways of enhancing its accountability and legitimacy are increasingly coming to the fore in both scholarly debate and political practice. Concerns over accountability and legitimacy pertain to all levels of governance, from the local to the global, and cover the spectrum of public and private governance arrangements. This conceptual article elaborates on the sources, mechanisms and reform options relating to more accountable, legitimate and democratic earth system governance. We proceed in four steps. First, we conceptualize accountability and legitimacy in earth system governance. Second, we place questions of accountability and legitimacy within the larger context of earth system transformation, which, we argue, poses special challenges to the pursuit of accountability and legitimacy. Third, drawing on the contributions to this special section, we analyze different sources and mechanisms of accountability and legitimacy and their effects on the democratic potential and effectiveness of governance. Fourth, in concluding, we outline reform options that may help alleviate persisting deficits in the democratic potential of earth system governance.     

中国股票型基金业绩持续性实证研究

本文采用动量检验法和回归系数法,检验了存续时间超过24个月的中国股票型基金业绩是否存在持续性.结果发现,101只样本基金的业绩在6个月存在显著的持续性.在此基础上,本文从风险收益和基金管理人能力两个角度检验了基金业绩持续性的来源,结果发现,CAPM和“三因素模型”,以及考虑了基金投资风格的管理人选股能力、择时能力及投资风格持续收益,均不能解释中国股票型基金的业绩持续性.     

我国西部大开发战略实施效果的阶段性评价与改进对策

利用统计数据,选取宏观经济水平、工业化发展进程、居民生活质量和生态发展状况等四大类指标对中国西部大开发战略实施10周年的政策效果展开系统评价。研究发现,尽管西部大开发战略促进了西部地区社会经济发展指标的全面好转,但东西部之间区域经济发展不均衡的系统格局并未改观,反而呈现进一步恶化趋势。因此提出了未来10年西部大开发战略向纵深推进的具体对策,比如增强东西部地区间产业联结与优势互补、强化西部各省域间经济发展的联动效应、西部投资应注重"点面结合、以点带面"等。     

武陵源世界自然遗产地生态旅游者细分研究——基于环境态度与环境行为视角

以国内外知名生态旅游地之一的武陵源世界自然遗产地生态旅游者为研究对象,通过抽样调查,应用描述性统计、信度分析、因素分析、集群分析等方式,以生态旅游者的环境态度与环境行为视角来分析生态旅游者类群特征。研究表明,在以旅游者环境态度与环境行为构建的两维坐标系中,可以将武陵源世界自然遗产地生态旅游者分为友好型、破坏型、真正型、伪生态、可持续和偶尔型等6类;生态旅游者在环境意识、环境责任、参与状态、参与程度、环境解说、居民利益和行为表现上均有差异;武陵源世界自然遗产地的旅游市场仍然是一般生态观光为主,生态旅游为辅的格局。     

A fresh look at the contribution of project management to organizational performance

A better understanding of organizational performance and the contribution that project management can make is the aim. The article adopts the “Competing Values Framework,” a rich framework that is well established both theoretically and empirically but is not well known in the field of project management. The framework is summarized and applied in an empirical investigation of the contribution of project management in general and project management offices (PMOs) in particular to organizational performance. The examination of 11 case studies revealed multiple concurrent and sometimes paradoxical perspectives. The criteria proposed by the framework have been further developed through the identification of a preliminary set of empirically grounded performance indicators. The empirical results contribute to a better understanding of the role of project management generally and PMOs specifically. They also demonstrate the usefulness of this framework for the study of project management's contribution to organizational performance.     

Superexponential long-term trends in information technology

Moore's Law has created a popular perception of exponential progress in information technology. But is the progress of IT really exponential? In this paper we examine long time series of data documenting progress in information technology gathered by [1]. We analyze six different historical trends of progress for several technologies grouped into the following three functional tasks: information storage, information transportation (bandwidth), and information transformation (speed of computation). Five of the six datasets extend back to the nineteenth century. We perform statistical analyses and show that in all six cases one can reject the exponential hypothesis at statistically significant levels. In contrast, one cannot reject the hypothesis of superexponential growth with decreasing doubling times. This raises questions about whether past trends in the improvement of information technology are sustainable.     

The interaction effect of strategic orientations on new product performance in the high-tech industry: A nonlinear model

Innovation and market orientation are two strategic orientations or business philosophies that can guide a company in its business activities. Although the interaction effect of these two strategic orientations is conceptually recognized as a critical factor for new product's success, empirical results are mixed. This paper examines this issue in terms of innovation orientation, two types of market orientations (responsive and proactive), and new product performance. Based on a sample of 107 high-tech firms, the results of this study show that the interaction between innovation orientation and two types of market orientation yields different patterns of nonlinear responses for new product performance. Specifically, new product performance, when derived from the interaction between innovation orientation and responsive market orientation, is in the form of an inverted U, i.e., the interaction effect is contributory to firm performance until an optimal level is reached, and then the effect becomes detrimental thereafter. However, new product performance derived from innovation orientation and proactive market orientation is in the form of a U, i.e., the interaction effect is detrimental to firm performance until a threshold level is reached and then the effect becomes contributory thereafter. The different patterns of new product performance indicate that the costs and organizational learning effects of these two strategic orientation interactions are dissimilar. The paper concludes with a discussion of theoretical and practical implications of these findings.     

媒介信息融合与产业规制制度改革

本文基于行动者—网络理论从技术变化、媒介信息融合导致产业利益冲突的这一视角出发,分析由国家、产业管理部门、产业的企事业单位以及社会公众围绕媒介信息技术的变化所构成的网络关系,在此基础上认为在国家、产业管理部门、产业的企事业单位以及社会公众与媒介信息技术的互动过程中有效实现各方利益的有机整合是实现"三网融合"的充分必要条件,而对广播电视和电信产业进行产业规制制度改革是有机整合各方利益的关键所在。     

大股东地位、产权属性与控制权利益获取——基于大宗股权交易视角的分析

文章利用2006-2010年发生的大宗股权交易事件,对大股东获取控制权利益行为进行分析。研究结论表明,大股东在所有权结构中的控制能力越强,能够获取的控制权利益水平就越高,但是与非控股大股东相比,处于控股地位的大股东更倾向于以私有收益的方式实现控制权利益;与非国有股东相比,国有性质的股东更倾向于以私有收益的方式实现控制权利益;较好的市场环境能够有效抑制获取控制权私利行为,尤其是对控股大股东和国有性质股东获取私利行为的作用程度和效果更明显。     

我国经济增长与环境质量关系的再检验

建立了经济增长与环境质量的关系理论模型,利用1985—2008年全国时间序列数据,通过相关分析、协整分析分别建立了工业三废与经济增长之间的回归模型,对经济增长与环境质量之间的关系进行了实证分析。结果表明:我国环境质量与经济增长之间并不存在EKC"倒U"关系;经济增长、产业结构、技术要素和污染治理都是影响环境质量的重要因素。