民营企业对外直接投资竞争模式研究

民营企业跨国经营的竞争模式主要有价格竞争、技术竞争和品牌竞争，实证分析的结果表明，大型企业一般选择“品牌＋技术”或者“技术＋品牌”的模式，小企业集群一般选择“价格”或者“价格＋技术”的模式，科技型企业一般选择“技术＋价格”或者“技术＋品牌”的模式。要依据企业的类型和优势，进行科学合理的选择。     

构建我国法律职业共同体的思考

目前，我国尚未形成现代意义的法律职业共同体。构建与现代法治要求相契合的法律职业共同体，已成为当代中国实现法治的关键。本文从探析法律职业共同体在法治社会中的作用入手，分析了我国法律职业的现状，提出了构建我国法律职业共同体的初步设想。     

品牌价格竞争的非对称效应

1989年,Blattberg和Wisniewski提出并证实了品牌价格竞争的非对称效应的存在,即在同等水平的促销情况下,高端品牌(HighTier)在市场份额上的获益要大于低端(LowTier)品牌,或者说低端品牌促销对高端品牌的影响要小于高端品牌促销对低端品牌的影响。这一理论对品牌选择研究和企业定价实践产生了深远影响。本文介绍了对这一理论的两种经济学和一种行为学解释,并对有关的实证研究进行了总结。     

用寡占反应论评析通用丰田在中国市场的“龙虎斗”

70年代美国学者尼克尔博克在研究美国企业的国际直接投资时发现,在寡占市场中,国际直接投资由竞争者的行为及其相互反应决定。这个理论仍然能很好地解释今天跨国汽车巨头通用、丰田抢占中国市场上的“龙虎斗”。     

Old Age Security： A Case from Rural Suzhou

I. Introduction A traditional pattern of old age support in the rural society of China can be characterized asthat of a family taking full responsibility in caring for its elderly. During the 1950s, a “Five Guarantee System” was established in the People’s Communes for protecting those who have no kin and cannot support themselves, with the guarantee of food, clothing, housing, medical treatment and burial expenses. Moreover, in the cases where poor villages could not meet the basic need…     

消费景观与高档住区:上海新城市空间格局分析

随着上海城市的发展和国际化程度的日益提高,城市中不断涌现出新消费景观和高档住区,这两者不仅具有空间上的毗邻性,在形成上也具有密切的联系.基于对若干高档住区的实地考察及与相关政府部门及房地产开发企业的访谈,从政府、企业和消费者三个角度探讨了上海城市新消费景观与高档住区形成之间的因果关联性.消费景观与高档住区相伴而生并导致了上海住区的分化,其间隐藏着经济、社会和环境资源分配的不平等,不利于城市的和谐稳定发展.     

Accounting Community of Practice pedagogy: a course management invention for developing personal competencies in accounting education

This paper reports the findings of an exploratory qualitative study using the implementation of Wenger’s [(1998). Communities of practice: Learning, meaning, and identity. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press; Wenger, E. (2000). Communities of practice and social learning systems. Organization, 7(2), 225–246] Theory of Communities of Practice to develop an Accounting Community of Practice (ACOP) pedagogy. Students from eight accounting courses who participated, in the120 narratives and 280 surveys used as data, practice and develop critical real-world professional accounting competencies by linking three structural foundations: (1) accountability to joint enterprise, (2) mutual engagement, and (3) shared repertoire of communal resources. Competencies promoted by the AICPA [(1999). Core competency framework of entry into the accounting profession. Retrieved from http://www.aicpa.org/edu/corecomp.htm; AICPA. (2006). Core competency framework of entry into the accounting profession. Retrieved from http://www.aicpa.org/edu/corecomp.htm); International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). (2003). International education standard No. 3, professional skills. Retrieved from www.ifac.org; IFAC. (2015). Meeting future expectations of professional competence: A consultation on the IAESB’S future strategies and priorities. Retrieved from www.iaesb.org; ICAEW. (1996). Added value professionals: Chartered accountants in England and Wales. London: Author], and other professional bodies include problem-solving, leadership, project management, and interaction. ACOP strategy is effective in maintaining dynamic learning environments, increasing students’ awareness of trust, open communication, and creative thinking. Meaning and knowledge are owned in ACOP where the focus of the class shifts from instructor to students. This study adds to limited empirical research in communal forms of learning in accounting.     

A remodelled approach to measuring the social impact of tourism in a developing country

Residents living in communities with tourism activities form a vital part of the tourism industry; without their support, the industry will likely fail. It is the understanding of the Social Exchange Theory that residents should receive a form of physical award for accepting visitors into their environment, however, with the case of South Africa, there are various factors that inhibit the flow of such benefits. Regardless, the residents remain supportive. It was therefore determined that the intangible social impacts of tourism also play a vital role in fostering community support. To better manage both the tangible and intangible social impact perceptions, a framework was successfully developed by means of structural equation modelling (SEM). This novel framework may aid tourism managers to predict and strategically manage the social impact perceptions of tourism in a developing country such as South Africa in order to foster the vital community support for this industry.

Abbreviations: SEM: Structural equation modelling     

Key issues in regional growth and integration in Southern Africa

ABSTRACT

The decade to 2015 saw rapid growth in trade between Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries. Much of this growth reflected South African exports to its neighbours of diversified manufactured goods to meet growing urban consumption and to supply inputs to mining and infrastructure. While most SADC countries, aside from South Africa, grew quite rapidly over this period, their exports remained oriented to a narrow range of minerals and agricultural commodities destined to go outside the region. Drawing from a series of sectoral studies, we assess key regional issues including the investment and production decisions of firms whose operations stretch across borders, and consider the implications for a bottom-up integration agenda that could build productive capabilities across countries. Our evaluation highlights the importance of the spread of supermarkets, the need to address transport and logistics, and value chains whose competitive advantages are inherently regional, as in the cases of poultry and mining.     

Local tourism value chain linkages as pro-poor tools for regional development in western Uganda

Building on the model of Meyer [(2007). Pro-Poor tourism: from leakages to linkages. A conceptual framework for creating linkages between the accommodation sector and ‘poor’ neighbouring communities. Current Issues in Tourism 10(6), 558–83], this paper focuses on the regional development potential of local linkages with the supply chain and community partnerships of established tourism businesses in western Uganda. Results show that supply-related inconsistencies of local produce undermine the existence of supply chain linkages with local farmers, and favour business linkages with local intermediary suppliers, dominantly shaping the regional development potential of supply chain linkages in western Uganda. Yet, this research found several ‘windows of opportunity’ for local suppliers to connect to the tourism value chain. Results on community partnerships suggest that most businesses do not move beyond the absolute minimum partnership intensity that is required to be able to strategically use for marketing purposes and obtain a unique selling proposition. Finally, our research exposes the complexity of locating responsibility among different stakeholders of the value chain in suggested paths for (regional) development.