制度创新与民营企业竞争力

制度是决定民营企业竞争力的重要因素。从新制度经济学角度看,制约民营企业竞争力的制度问题主要存在于交易费用、产权、制度构成、制度变迁、制度供求均衡等方面。制度创新能促进民营企业竞争力的提高,途径是：清晰企业产权、实行股权多元化、强化资本运作、完善公司法人治理结构、保护知识产权、放松产业准入限制等。     

跨越发展与制度创新

制度是发展的关键因素,跨越发展中的开放先导、结构优化、科技进步都依赖于制度创新。因此,不发达地区要实现跨越式发展,就必须进行大规模的经济、社会改革,完成一系列制度创新的工作和任务。     

基于组织惰性视角的组织理论演进路径研究

组织演进的过程也即组织惰性的克服过程。从克服组织惰性的视角出发,文章认为古典管理理论所倡导的“一场全面的心理革命”、行为科学理论对人的关注、管理科学理论对组织管理的重新认识以及当代组织理论所推崇的开放系统与组织学习理念,都是在打破传统组织理论范式的基础上建立起来的。人们正是在不断克服组织惰性的过程中推动组织理论与实践的创新。     

技术创新对安徽区域经济增长的影响分析

地区经济增长的主要动力是建立在技术创新基础上的产业结构调整.文章首先分析技术创新与经济增长的关系,接着通过三次产业劳动生产率的转变以及重点企业和企业集团研发费用的投入分析安徽技术创新的基本现状.为了进一步了解安徽技术创新对经济增长的影响,运用实证研究的方法,将中部六省的技术创新情况加以对比,具体说明技术创新与经济增长的关系.最后结合实际,提出了利用区域创新促进经济增长的一些建议.     

基于复合DEA的我国企业自主创新绩效的评价与分析

首先构建了对我国企业自主创新绩效评价指标体系;在此基础上,运用均值法对原始数据进行了处理;继而,以我国主要行业领域内的14个代表型企业为评价样本,运用数据包络分析方法对其自主创新绩效进行了客观量化实证研究,并对评价结果进行了分析,找出影响我国企业自主创新绩效的关键因素。     

市场培育视角下科技协同创新模式的构建与完善

科技创新是创新驱动发展战略的核心,创新驱动发展战略的实施需要先进的科技创新模式支撑。由于目前我国科技创新市场发育还不完善,科技创新成果转化率、原创性以及经济增长效应均较低,尤其是现有科技创新模式忽视创新成果的原创性及转化率,且与国家发展战略的契合度不高,有效科技创新不足成为制约创新驱动发展战略实施的主要因素之一。从科技市场培育角度来看,应基于创新驱动发展战略理念,构建以企业、高校和科研院所、政府为主体的科技协同创新模式,转变创新主体观念和行为,完善创新成果交易市场,强化创新人才培养和管理,为创新驱动发展战略的顺利实施提供充分有力的科技创新支撑。     

The China model view is factually false

ABSTRACT

Using a cross-regional analysis of China, this article shows that the China model view is factually false and the universal model view is factually true. It is the marketization and development of non-state sectors, rather than the strong power of government and the state sector, that have driven the Chinese economy to grow fast and to be increasingly innovative. If China wants to sustain its economic performance, it must stay on the way to continuing marketization. Otherwise, China will fall into stagnation.     

The securitization of gold and its potential impact on gold stocks

We study the market impact of a very successful financial innovation – the SPDR Gold Trust exchange-traded fund (GLD). GLD holds physical gold, and provides traders with a convenient and cost-effective way to gain exposure to gold. We find that after the introduction of GLD, the liquidity of gold company stocks declined, and their adverse-selection risk increased. Over the two-month period after GLD’s introduction, the stocks’ relative effective bid-ask spreads increased by over 15%, while their adverse-selection cost, as measured by the price impact of trades, went up by more than 30%. Gold stocks also experienced significant negative abnormal returns (−12% on average) in the month after GLD started trading. Our findings suggest that GLD attracted traders, especially uninformed traders, away from gold company stocks, and that the resulting negative demand shocks and decrease in the stocks’ liquidity caused their prices to decline. Our results show that existing securities can be seriously adversely affected when a new security enters the market.     

Services as drivers of economic growth. Is there an opportunity for Latin America countries?

ABSTRACT

Considering the recent improvements in services innovation and productivity performance, the aim of the article is to analyze if they can act as a new growth driver for Latin American countries. For that, we review the literature on services and structural change in two stages. First, we apply a bibliometric methodology to identify the main trends in literature. Second, we analyze in-depth a smaller set of papers in order to extract the main lessons regarding three aspects of our question: (i) services and productivity growth, (ii) new opportunities for innovation in services and (iii) relation between services and manufacturing through servitization process. The results show that productivity and innovation growth in services are concentrated in only a few branches. Besides this, services performance depends on their links with manufacturing activities. We conclude that the current Latin American servitization process clausure opportunities for developing instead of opening them.     

Taking superintelligence seriously: Superintelligence: Paths,dangers, strategies by Nick Bostrom (Oxford University Press, 2014)

A new book by Nick Bostrom, Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies, is reviewed. Superintelligence explores the future of artificial intelligence and related technologies and the risks they may pose to human civilization. The book ably demonstrates the potential for serious thinking aimed at the long-term future. Bostrom succeeds in arguing that the development of superintelligent machines will, if not properly managed, create catastrophic risks to humanity. The book falls short in some respects, and some sections are more compelling and novel than others. Overall, however, Bostrom’s book succeeds in demolishing the “null hypothesis” according to which the possibility and risks of superintelligence can continue to be ignored, and is a must-read for those interested in the long-term future of humanity.