Past Returns and Investment Trust Discounts

Abstract:   The relationship between past net asset value returns and the current discount on investment trusts is investigated. The relationship is weaker for the component that is common to all trusts in the same sector, and is significantly stronger for more liquid trusts. The time lag before returns have their full impact on discounts is consistent with the requirements of distinguishing 'skill' from noise. Although discounts vary widely even within the same sector, the range of variation appears to be consistent with an arbitrage equilibrium, in which the profits of exploiting apparent pricing anomalies are just insufficient to invite arbitrage trades.     

Does success diminish competitive responsiveness? Reconciling conflicting perspectives

Previous research provides conflicting evidence of the association between the past performance of a business and its competitive responsiveness, with researchers observing both positive and negative relationships. To clarify this issue, the authors test a model using survey data from the retailing industry. The model delineates direct and indirect mediated paths through ability to respond, motivation to respond, and awareness of competitors’ actions to show how past performance can have both positive and negative influence on competitive responsiveness. However, the overall impact of past performance of an organization on its competitive responsiveness is positive. The implications of these findings for research, practice, and theory are discussed. Satish Jayachandran (satish@moore.sc.edu) is an assistant professor of marketing in the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina. His research interests are focused on issues related to the market responsiveness of firms. His research has been published in theJournal of Marketing and theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science. He was a recipient of the Harold H. Maynard Award for 2001 from theJournal of Marketing. He was nominated a young scholar by the Marketing Science Institute in 2003. Rajan Varadarajan (varadarajan@tamu.edu) is Distinguished Professor of Marketing and holder of the Ford Chair in marketing and e-commerce at Texas A & M University. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of strategy, international marketing, and e-commerce. His research on these topics has been published in theJournal of Marketing, theJournal of the Academy of Marketing Science, theAcademy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Sloan Management Review, California Management Review, Business Horizons, theJournal of Business Research, and other journals.     

论历史逻辑

历史逻辑是以历史时间的历时性和共时性统一为基础的概念推论，研究关于叙述史中基本概念之间的意义关系和推论规则。过去、现在和未来是历史逻辑的基本范畴，“过去-现在-未来”三段式是历史逻辑的基本公式，它是概念逻辑推论三段式“正题-反题-合题”在历史逻辑中的具体形式。历史逻辑研究的目的，是根据特定历史时段的特殊性，建构以不同时段概念为逻辑变项的历史逻辑，预见未来的发展，规划现在的实践。     

基于时间维度的组织学习理论——组织从过去经历中学习的模型

从经历中学习是组织学习的重要方面。从科学、严谨的研究范式出发,结合东方传统的"阴阳"哲学思想,基于时间维度提出了包含学习主体、经历样本、成功失败经历集、学习主体特征、"知"和"行"等要素的组织从过去经历中学习的模型,并对相关问题进行了探究。具体包括:学习主体从经历中学习的认知特性;不同类型经历对应的不同学习方法,成功经历和失败经历对学习效果的差异性影响,经历集影响"知"和"行"的7种自动的和有意的学习方式;"知"与"行"相互转化及其触发机制;客观世界从时间和空间两个维度客观展开的观点等。该系统模型为未来研究提供了理论框架和实证检验方向。     

国外女性创业研究的历程、动态与发展趋势

在过去二十多年时间中,全球女性创业发展十分迅速,对女性创业的研究也由此成为了学术界新的热点。研究内容从早期关注女性创业家的个体特征和创业动机扩展到资源获取、创业管理、创业绩效、社会网络、工作与家庭冲突等各个方面。本文首先回顾了国外女性创业研究的历程,并把它分为了萌芽、基础和发展三个阶段;其次,围绕个体、组织和环境三个层面对女性创业的研究动态进行文献疏理;最后,对女性创业研究将来可能的发展趋势做了展望。     

“企业化”的关键在于市场

地勘单位企业化是一个绕不开的难题,地勘单位走向市场,走企业化道路,是大势所趋.破解地勘单位企业化难题的关键在于:①政府先要为地勘单位进一步改革垫付成本,帮助他们解决历史遗留问题;②地勘单位要真正按照事企分开的原则进行改革;③地勘队伍要进行专业化分工,为上市创造必要条件;④政府要为地勘单位培育好矿产勘查资本市场和矿业权有形市场.     

The antecedents of tourists’ gaming spend: does the brand prestige matter?

This study endeavors to empirically analyse the influential effect among brand prestige, service quality, casino visitor satisfaction and spend. Data from 304 tourists who had travelled to Macau and had participated in gambling activities were used and structural equation modelling and multi-group analysis were employed in hypotheses testing. The findings demonstrated that both brand prestige and perceived service quality are determinants of satisfaction and gaming spend, and that brand prestige also affects service quality positively. Furthermore, past experience moderates the service quality and visitors’ satisfaction relationship, also service quality and visitors’ gaming spend relationship.     

从历年第一季度经济运行看广西2009年经济走势

为研究2009年广西宏观经济走势及发展对策,采用回归分析法和图解法运用影响广西宏观经济的五个主要指标对1997年以来第一季度对全年的贡献度进行了研究。结果表明:各指标一季度产出和全年产出具有同向性,线性拟合良好。在对2009年第一季度对全年影响进行预测后,文章认为,面对国际金融危机,当前经济企稳回升的广西需要:以6000亿为目标加快推进项目建设、以工业结构优化升级为导向的改投资、以供应链融资为核心的中小企业发展模式和以错位发展为前提的区域合作模式。     

原型范畴理论视角下的英语时态认知解读

原型范畴理论作为认知语言学概念的基础近年来逐渐得到了语言学家的重视。原型范畴理论可以用于英语教学并对英语时态具有一定的解释力,从而为英语时态教学开辟新视角。本文以一般现在时态、一般过去时态、一般将来时态为例,探索原型范畴理论在英语时态教学中的应用。希望能推动该理论在英语时态教学中的应用。     

Ready to Embrace Chinese Investors？

A good friend of China,who from ASEAN countries,once said that＂The biggest difference of China between her past and present is that China is rich now with large foreign exchange reserves in the bags＂Yes,the Chinese government is encouraging his enterprises to go abroad by various means.Facilitating Chinese enterprises to invest globally is in accordance with China＇s present Go Global Strategy exactly.And The 2nd Chinese Enterprises Outbound Investment Conference （CEOIC）, co-hosted by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade （CCPIT） and Ministry of Commerce of China is a good example to that.