Consequences of a green image of drone food delivery services: The moderating role of gender and age

Drone food delivery services play a significant role in protecting the environment, because the services are operated by batteries that can be charged with electricity. Therefore, this study tried to examine a green image in the context of drone food delivery services. More specifically, this study proposed that a green image of drone food delivery services plays an important role in the formation of attitude toward using the services. In addition, it was hypothesized that the attitude has a positive influence on behavioral intentions including intentions to use, word‐of‐mouth intentions, and willingness to pay more. Lastly, the moderating role of gender and age was proposed during the theory‐building process. A theoretical model, which included 12 hypotheses, was developed and tested using a total of 427 samples collected in Korea. The data analysis results showed that a green image of drone food delivery services has a positive influence on attitude toward using the services, which in turn positively affects three subdimensions of behavioral intentions. Furthermore, gender and age played partly as a moderator. The current paper was the first to study the green image of drone food delivery services, so the findings of this study mean a lot to the theoretical aspect.     

A destination imagery processing model: Structural differences between dream and favourite destinations

The present paper aims at understanding how destination imagery is processed in tourists’ working memory. The research focuses on two highly desirable, but contrasting, destination brand categories: Favourite Destination, which involves retrospective memory of positive experiences in situ; and Dream Destination, based on tourists’ prospective memory. Through an online multilingual survey, 23,446 responses consisting of perceptions, evoked by way of free-recall, associated to Dream and Favourite Destinations, were collected. Findings point to clear structural differences between the imagery of Dream and Favourite Destinations. Additionally, a theoretical destination imagery model that offers a basis for future studies is proposed, and some managerial implications of significant relevance to destination marketing are discussed.     

From rationality to hyperreality: paradigm poker

This paper, following McGoun's (1997) seminal article comparing the economy of financial securities to a hyperreal poker game, argues that finance and accounting researchers should take the “linguistic turn” that has rejuvenated theory and research in many, if not most, of the social science and humanities in recent decades. In general terms, this means following Ludwig Wittgenstein's language game paradigm rather than Karl Popper's scientific deductive hypothesis testing methodology. The paper illustrates this by drawing on some of Jean Baudrillard's' ideas, particularly his concept of hyperreality and his phases of the image theoretic.The paper presents a poststructuralist genealogical analysis of the radical ruptures and reformulation of the meaning attributed to the accounting sign of earnings over the feudal, counterfeit, production, and simulation eras. It concludes that, as with many other signs in contemporary society, the earnings sign no longer has any relationship with, nor does it any longer refer to, any real or intrinsic profit but instead floats ungrounded in today's financial economy.The paper recommends that researchers in finance and accounting adopt paradigms from literary theory, semiotics, linguistics, and semiology rather than continue to rely on economics-based theory, which has lost its power for explaining and predicting happenings in today's financial economy of self-referencing models and images.     

Building strong brands in Asia: selecting the visual components of image to maximize brand strength

Asian brands have often struggled to develop quality images. The visual aspects of branding have received little attention on how they might be used to strengthen brand perceptions in Asia. Guidelines for designing visual brand stimuli are developed using evaluations of logos in China and Singapore. There is a significant relationship between design and the responses companies seek, including positive affect, perceptions of quality, recognition, consensus in meaning, and feng shui. How designs are perceived, and their effect on consumer responses, were similar between China and Singapore. Companies are encouraged to leverage design to strengthen their brands. In particular, they should select logo designs that are elaborate, natural, and harmonious as these created positive affect and quality perceptions, clear meaning, true recognition, and feng shui. Many of these relationships hold in the United Sates as well, implying that the visual aspects of brand strategies may accomplish companies' goals across international borders.     

多色的灵魂 绚烂的市井（上）——试论《金瓶梅》中潘金莲语言个性化的美学特征

《金瓶梅》是我国古代小说史上一尊不朽的丰碑，昭示了我国现实主义文学的深化。本文以潘金莲语言个性化的独特审美视角，就潘金莲这个典型人物的个性、形象、命运的描摹及其典型形象对社会的烛照进行了详细的剖析、评价，这为人们研究、鉴赏《金瓶梅》洞开了一扇窗户。     

In at the deep end: Conducting processual research on organisational change

This article provides a series of reflections on the practice of carrying out processual research on organisational change. At a broad level, some of the main tasks associated with conducting company case studies are described and the benefits of this approach for dealing with complex change data are outlined. At a more specific level, the article addresses three main areas tied to the actual “doing” of processual research. First, the notion of tacit knowledge and “getting your hands dirty” by engaging in ongoing in-depth fieldwork. Second, the design and implementation of a longitudinal case study research programme. Third, the advantages and concerns of combining a range of different data collecting techniques in carrying out processual studies. Overall, the main intention is to provide some useful reflections and practical insights, as well as providing something of the flavour of carrying out this type of research.     

地区营销理论视角中的澳门未来形象

运用地区营销理论和定性研究方法,构建了澳门形象分析的基本框架,探讨了澳门未来形象的定位,认为娱乐旅游和文化旅游可作为澳门未来形象的核心概念.     

地区形象营销理论研究综述

国内外的相关研究表明:地区形象营销的理论研究已由地区形象的设计研究演变为地区形象营销的战略研究;地区形象营销的研究学科以社会人文学科为主,地理学、市场营销学等学科对地区形象营销的研究也具有特别重要的意义。     

建立和完善国库集中收付制度的构想

建立和完善国库集中收付制度,是社会主义市场经济体制下公共财政的发展要求。借鉴国际通行做法和成功经验,结合我国具体国情,建立和完善以国库单一账户体系为基础、资金缴拨以国库集中收付为主要形式的财政国库管理制度。有利于进一步加强财政监督,提高资金使用效益,更好地发挥财政在宏观调控中的作用。本文首先分析了建立国库集中收付制度面临的新问题,在充分调查研究基础上,提出了建立和完善国库集中收付制度构想。     

会计准则实施后税收征管应注意的若干问题

近年一系列会计准则的实施进一步规范了会计工作，但财务会计与税务会计之间出现了新的差异，而且两者间的差异呈现日益扩大的趋势。本文结合近年实施的会计准则和有关税收法规，从各项准备金计提、或有负债确认、权益法与成本法核算长期股权投资三方面分析会计利润与应税所得的差异，并分析非货币性交易的潜在税收问题，以及接受非现金资产捐赠交易事项中纳税义务发生时间的变化。