COVID-19 and business renewal: Lessons and insights from the global airline industry

The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the fortunes of multiple companies around the globe. Accordingly, questions are increasingly being asked about how organizations can revitalize during and after a crisis. Yet, we have limited understanding of how organizations renew themselves during crises over time. We explore this question through the lens and examination of two South-Asian airlines: Pakistan International Airlines and Sri Lankan Airlines. The cases offer important insights into the reasons behind underperformance of state-controlled enterprises and renewal activities. We shed light on strategic renewal (SR) in the wake of increasing liberalization and deregulations in the global airline industry. To this end, we propose a four-stage approach towards renewing such underperforming organizations to respond effectively to black swan events and external shocks.     

It is not just about paying your dues: Impact of generational cohort on active and passive union participation

The lack of a validated measure of active–passive union participation and a dearth of research into the relationship between generational cohort and union participation challenge union leaders to develop policies and practices to facilitate union renewal. We address these issues by (a) developing a multidimensional measure of union participation that captures both active and passive components, (b) using structural equation modelling to validate the measure within a nomological framework, and (c) investigating the impact of generational cohort on all paths in our framework. Data from members of a large American union confirm that generational cohort influences how union members participate in their union. The two‐factor measure developed in this study facilitates research into antecedents and outcomes of passive and active union participation. Our findings should also prove useful to unions seeking to increase participation within their membership, academics researching unions and generational cohort, and human resource practitioners operating in unionised environments.     

基于更新理论的产品保修策略模型

产品价格的确定不仅取决于生产成本 ,还应包涵服务成本。非价格竞争下 ,产品保修是售后服务的主要内容。本文运用更新报酬理论 ,建立了产品保修策略模型。模型表明 :在消费转型时代 ,只有引入产品的差异性、降低生产成本、提高产品质量、延长产品寿命、制订合适的保修策略 ,才能保障合理的厂商利润 ,有效刺激需求。     

完善城市整体功能是旧城改造的方向

城市的更新、改造是社会发展的必然 ,如何通过现状调查、分析、研讨 ,找出城市建设的症结 ,使城市趋于完美是城市建设者的历史使命。但现实中 ,片面追求经济效益 ,发旧城改造之财 ,只能使城市变成“崭新的旧城” ,只有按城市发展的固有规律去完善城市的整体功能才是旧城改造的发展方向。     

城市更新项目投融资模式的研究综述

城市更新是新时期城市转型发展的必由之路,也是城市自我调节与提升的内在要求.然而,我国现有的诸多城市建设与管理制度是改革开放以来为支持大规模、快速城镇化进程而确立的,在应对城市发展转型时表现出越来越强的不适应性,对城市更新工作形成一定阻力,致使各地更新进程不时陷入困境.如何建立体系化的城市更新制度以有效推进更新活动秩序化...     

Owners’ rule-based decision-making in family firm strategic renewal

We explore the process and consequences of family firm owners applying informal rules to decision-making in the context of later-generation family firms attempting strategic renewal. Based on the case studies of two firms in a Nordic country where the owners serve as non-executive board members, and following institutional action theory, we propose that informal rules – based on historical precedents and cumulative experience – applied to a family firm’s decision-making play many roles. They sustain family traditions over time, transfer experience over generations and depersonalise family members’ use of power. In addition, the rules on governance structure, governance processes and the content of the strategies form a hierarchy and can both facilitate and hinder the renewal.     

城镇基准地价更新方法探讨

目前我国很多城市的基准地价都面临着过时的问题,基准地价的更新成为当前土地评估工作的重点而被提到重要议程上。就基准地价的更新问题提出一个概述性的工作方案,对主要分析模块的流程以及模型做了必要说明,便于采用计算机编程处理,尽量避免人为因素的干涉,造成评估结果的偏差。     

天津城市更新改造的探索与实践

建城600年的天津,大规模的城市更新改造发生在近30年间,先后经历了更新赴阶段、危房改造阶段、制度创新阶段和战略提升阶段.其经验是:以科学发展观为指导,不断提高城市更新改造的科学性;坚持规划先行,充分发挥城市规划的先导与统筹作用;新区开发与老城改造并举,实行双向联动;开发与保护并重,确保历史文脉延续传承;注重改善低收群众住房问题,努力构建和谐社会.     

Impacts of urban renewal on the place identity of local residents – a case study of Sunwenxilu traditional commercial street in Zhongshan City,Guangdong Province,China

ABSTRACT

This paper studies the impacts of urban renewal on local residents’ place identity by examining the changes in local residents’ place identity in Sunwenxilu, a traditional commercial street in downtown Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China, which carried out urban renewal relatively early in modern China. Applying Breakwell’s [(2015). Risk: Social psychological perspectives. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences (2nd Ed.). New York, NY: Elsevier] identity process model and using the renewal process as a starting point, data concerning local residents’ place identity in Sunwenxilu were collected through in-depth interviews, observations, and literature analysis. The results reveal that local residents had established a strong place identity on Sunwenxilu before it changed to be a community of “incompetents” in the 1990s. In the late 1990s, Sunwenxilu was transformed into a cultural tourism pedestrian street. Right after the transformation, local residents regained their self-esteem with the improvement of the physical environment and intensification of cultural symbols, and re-established their place continuity by maintaining their collective memories. However, a failure to improve the local residents’ self-efficiency of place during the “superficial” renewal had resulted in vulnerability of the local residents’ place identity in terms of self-esteem, continuity and distinctiveness, thus causing another crisis of place identity. Obviously, the construction of place identity results from the interaction of all elements, so too much emphasis on only one element may trigger a new identity crisis.     

构建"科创+制造"双元动力 ——国际城市经济发展经验对北京的启示

中国都市圈内的核心城市一直向周边地区疏解低端制造业,聚焦发展高精尖产业,着力打造创新型城市。数字经济的繁荣发展,更是为城市经济更新提供了新机遇。本文分析了全球城市经济转型发展与产业创新的趋势和经验,认为城市创新产业的选择应该强调经济属性,并且处于工业化中后期的国内大型城市需要警惕其他国际大都市曾经经历的产业空心化风险,避免城市经济发展路径的简单对标和经验依赖。北京应着重构建以“科创+制造”为双元动力的发展模式,促进数字科技与实体产业深度融合,重塑城市经济的竞争力。在城市产业选择方面,要促进基础技术和通用技术创新,构建全产业链竞争力,培育更多的行业隐形冠军企业。