Estimation of Equivalence Scales Under Convertible Rationing

This paper provides estimates of equivalence scales based on three Quadratic Almost Ideal type models of the food share with coupon resale, and on their extended versions. A chief feature of the models is the method of dealing with infrequency of zero expenditure on coupon goods through imputation. The models are applied to an Iranian wartime budget survey. The results indicate little scope for measurement error. However, they also reveal a strong cross‐section price effect, which proves robust to a variety of checks. The effect of price heterogeneity proves critical in identification of the scale estimates, providing relatively rare empirical evidence consistent with the Base Independence (BI) hypothesis. The BI food share estimates of cost of children have plausible values.     

Preparing industrial suppliers for customer integration

In real world markets and business markets in particular, the idea of customized products and services receives increasing attention. A management tool called customer integration has been developed as an approach to master the challenges originating from customization for a supplier. Customer integration competence is the organizational quality that results from this tool after being implemented. Putting this together, we can hypothesize a causal relation between customer integration competence and market success. In order to confirm this hypothesis, the paper presents a conceptualization of customer integration competence. To accomplish this, references are made to competence models from psychology, success factor research and organizational science. The concept was validated through a survey with 78 industry experts from business markets responding. Customer integration competence measured in this way was then contrasted to a second measure capturing market success. Regression analysis supports our hypothesis strongly. Finally, implications for marketing research as well as marketing practice are presented.     

浅议高校发展之教学质量观

当前高校的发展面临诸多压力与挑战,教学服务质量关系到高等院校的存亡。我国高校应借鉴国外服务管理学中的服务质量模型和测量工具,建立以学生需求为中心的数学活动设计体系,以一线员工为重心的教学质量保证体系和以学生评价为主体的教学质量评价体系,提升高校教学质量观。     

论生态系统管理

生态系统管理是力图涉及所有利益主体的,定义人－环境相互作用可持续选择方案的一种方法。它的目标是恢复和维持生态系统的健康、高产和生物多样性以及生命的总体质量。这些都通过一种完全融合了社会和经济需求的自然资源管理方法来实现。尽管面临着许多挑战,生态系统管理依然显示出强大的生命力。     

会展旅游业的地理区位及其选择

会展业的发展在空间上客观存在着一个合理的地理区位。在不同的空间尺度上,会展业的区位影响因素是不尽相同的。区分和确定这些区位因子的差异和属性,有利于展会举办方做出准确的区位决策,促进会展业的不同利益群体获得各自的利益。     

服务企业全球营销战略维度研究及其量表开发

本研究在对以往制造企业全球营销战略维度和量表选择性继承和创新性发展的原则下,构建了服务企业全球营销战略维度,并开发出一套测度量表,最后通过220家服务性跨国公司的调研数据验证了量表的信度和效度,为后续学者的研究提供了良好的平台,为服务性跨国公司如何构建全球营销战略和提高全球经营绩效提供了借鉴.     

Measuring the Importance of Positive Constructs: A Test of Alternative Rating Procedures

When constructs are positive in nature, individuals rating a set ofthem in terms of importance tend to end-pile their ratings toward thepositive end of the scale, resulting in little differentiation amongthe items rated. Results of two experiments indicate that a procedurewhere respondents first pick their most and least important items in aset and then rate the entire set of items (least-most) and aprocedure where respondents rank the items prior to rating(rank-then-rate) provide more differentiation and lessend-piling than a simple rating procedure (rate-only). Theresults also show that the increased differentiation for the least-mostmethod results in improved fit of latent structure, compared to arate-only procedure. These results generalize across two types ofpersonal values scales (Rokeach Value Survey and Kahle's List of Valuesscale), number of items rated (9 and 18) and number of rating points (1to 10 and 0 to 100).     

商业银行行长胜任力模型研究

商业银行行长对于商业银行的发展和成长至关重要，采用什么标准来选拔和培育银行行长成为银行利益相关者关注的焦点。胜任力模型的研发为此提供了一个全新的视角。本文应用行为事件访谈法（BEI），并通过对不同绩效行长胜任力特征的差异比较，构建了商业银行行长胜任力模型。行长胜任力模型包括9项超越性胜任力特征和13项基准性胜任力特征。最后，本文就如何将行长胜任力模型运用于商业银行行长选拔、培训、绩效考核，后备行长选拔以及行长职业生涯规划等人力资源模块进行了深入探讨。     

中国城市土地资源配置中的市场失灵、政府缺陷与用地规模过度扩张

通过对建国后的历史考察,认为中国城市土地资源配置中市场机制与政府机制的消长演变有其内在的必然性;而这种演变始终未能有效地消除土地资源配置低效率和城市用地规模过度扩张。由于市场机制和政策机制都是不完善的,因此,机制的“选择”应该是“以哪种机制为主”的选择。在城市土地资源配置中,应以市场机制为主,政府机制也能发挥特种重要的作用,但必须采取措施来弥补政府缺陷。     

Semi-parametric models for satisfaction with income

An overview is presented of some parametric and semi-parametric models, estimators, and specification tests that can be used to analyze ordered response variables. In particular, limited dependent variable models that generalize ordered probit are compared to regression models that generalize the linear model. These techniques are then applied to analyze how self-reported satisfaction with household income relates to household income, family composition, and other background variables. Data are drawn from the 1998 wave of the German Socio-Economic Panel. The results are used to estimate equivalence scales and the cost of children. We find that the standard ordered probit model is rejected, while some semi-parametric specifications survive specification tests against nonparametric alternatives. The estimated equivalence scales, however, are often similar for the parametric and semi-parametric specifications.JEL Classification: C14, C35, D12Correspondence to: Charles BellemareWe are grateful to an anonymous referee and to participants of a CeMMAP/ESG workshop at University College London and seminars at CentER (Tilburg University) and Humboldt University Berlin for useful comments.