A review of the empirical research on export channel selection between 1979 and 2015

Export channel selection is an important strategy for exporting firms. Over the last 45 years, there have been a number of studies investigating the antecedents and outcomes of this strategy. However, no single study systematically reviews the findings in this field. In order to address this gap, we review the literature on export channel selection up to 2015 and analyse findings on the determinants and/or consequences of export channel selection. Our review shows that in general export channel selection remains underexplored. We identify a number of issues in the current studies, including lacking knowledge of performance implication of channel selection, missing theoretical bases, weaknesses of research methods. Based on these, this review provides future research directions for development in export channel selection research.     

基于宏观因子的SVR-Black-Litterman资产配置模型及其实证研究

随着全球经济不稳定性的增强和我国利率市场化的深入推进,金融资产的波动性不断加剧,资产组合优化配置问题依然是金融投资理论研究和实务领域的核心问题。Black-Litterman模型因其解决了传统均值方差模型对参数敏感的问题,且允许将投资者观点融入模型中,已被广泛应用于资产配置实践中。然而投资者观点矩阵的确定一直是Black-Litterman模型理论和应用研究的难点。将宏观因子融入投资者观点矩阵,应用基于主成分分析法的支持向量回归(SVR)模型实现观点矩阵的估计,构建融入宏观因子的SVR-Black-Litterman资产配置模型。为检验模型的有效性,将该模型与经典模型进行比较。实证结果表明,所构建的模型具有较好的市场表现。     

财务会计目标之透视

财务会计目标是会计准则的基石,用来指引整个财务会计概念框架和会计准则体系的构建,在会计准则制定工作中起重要的导航作用。本文在对财务会计目标综述的基础上,分析了我国会计环境对财务会计目标的影响;进一步明确了在我国目前的会计环境下,财务会计目标应定位于"决策有用观+受托责任观"。     

用科学的发展观引领县域经济协调发展

壮大发展县域经济是全面建设小康社会的必然选择。用科学的发展观引领县域经济发展必须加强生态环境建设,坚持可持续发展;突出抓好"三农"工作,促进城乡协调发展;加速推进新型工业化,增强综合经济实力;更加注重社会事业发展,促进社会全面进步。     

互联网:高校思想政治工作与时俱进的新视角

互联网的普及,既向高校思想政治工作提出了诸多新的问题,也为其突破性拓展提供了契机。思想政治工作者如何大胆突破传统观念的束缚,高度重视和充分运用信息网络技术,与时俱进,开创思想政治工作的新途径,以全新的视角主动应对新的挑战,是高校思想政治工作者面临的一个重要课题。     

寻找马克思主义美学的历史联结点

《<手稿>的美学解读》是辽宁大学王向峰教授编著的一部新的美学理论著作。在这部专著中,王向峰教授从《手稿》产生的具体历史背景、文化系统中,挖掘其理论内涵,在切实把握马克思的基本思想和全书主旨的基础上,梳理出自己的清晰思路。该书在2004年被授予国家大奖:“第三届鲁迅文学奖全国优秀理论评论奖”,并得到评奖委员会的肯定:此书对《手稿》“进行相当全面系统的阐发”,有“著者的独立见解”,对《手稿》的进一步研究,“对我国马克思主义美学的建设具有积极意义”。     

论荣辱观教育与高校院系思想政治教育工作

社会主义荣辱观的提出为高校院系思想政治教育工作指明了方向,为加强和改进大学生思想政治教育工作提供了强大的思想武器。荣辱观教育是新时期高校院系做好思想政治教育工作的客观需要,是大学生思想政治教育工作的一项重要内容。理论和实践证明,荣辱观教育对促进高校院系思想政治教育工作的深入持久地开展下去具有十分重要的作用。     

The dark side of logistics outsourcing - Unraveling the potential risks leading to failed relationships

We identify and empirically examine the potential risk factors and their structural relationships that can cause a logistics outsourcing relationship to fail. Specifically, we investigate how the relationship risk as perceived by apparel wholesalers as user firms influence their evaluation on the asset and competence entrusted with their logistics service providers, which are logistics outsourcing risk factors considered important by the former in determining continued relationships with the latter. The results highlight the need for relationship management by user firms to mitigate the risks in asset and competence specifically invested in logistics service providers for their outsourced activities.     

British SMEs’ e-commerce technological investments and firm performance: an RBV perspective

Despite the heated debate on the Information Technology (IT) investment–performance paradox, the resource-based view (RBV) has received relatively little attention as an approach to explain such phenomena, particularly in the small and medium enterprise (SME) and e-commerce context. This study draws on the RBV perspective to empirically examine the association between SME e-commerce investments and firm performance. We collected firm-level data from 430 British SMEs across 16 industry sectors. Results demonstrate that RBV provides strong theoretical support, that is, business resources, human resources, and external resources (i.e. e-commerce readiness) strongly contribute to enhanced firm performance. The sophistication of SMEs' e-commerce websites contribute to firm performance, but those firms' capital investments in IT and e-commerce training per se are not significant performance drivers. Our findings suggest that UK SMEs can and do differentiate themselves on the basis of their e-commerce capability, which is created by the synergistic combination of e-commerce resources with other organisational resources and capabilities.     

Orchestrating knowledge-creating networks: lessons from Taiwan's health services sector

The purpose of this study is to integrate transaction cost theory and the knowledge-based view of the firm to explore why and how a network's hub organisations orchestrate their members to create knowledge in the health services setting. Guided by organisation theory, this study examines a theoretical model at the organisation level, through a qualitative case study of Taiwan's health services sector. In addition to the discovery of a new sub-construct, the findings provide preliminary evidence that, both, transaction cost and knowledge-based factors influence the health services network as per the study's propositions. This study contributes to strategic technology management research by providing a conceptual model to describe and evaluate health services networks' orchestrating process for knowledge creation. The framework also provides a better understanding of, and a practical approach to managing networks to improve knowledge creation.