The Impact of Product Returns and Retailer's Service Investment on Manufacturer's Channel Strategies*

We study the distribution channel decision of a manufacturer who considers whether to add an online channel (direct channel) to its brick‐and‐mortar retailer (indirect channel). The retailer faces the opportunity to invest in store assistance to help consumers choose products and thus reduce product returns. Special attention is given to the impact of product returns and retailer's store assistance investment on manufacturer's dual channel decision. We examine conditions under which the manufacturer uses dual channels and how various relevant factors affect its channel decision under two settings, depending on whether the retailer has its own online store or not. When the retailer does not have its online store, we find that (i) the addition of the direct channel raises the wholesale price; (ii) the direct channel addition hurts the retailer if the nonreplacement rate is low; (iii) the manufacturer has a lower incentive to add the direct channel when the retailer's service cost is lower or its returns reduction rate from service investment is higher; and (iv) the manufacturer should treat its own returns handling cost as a key factor in its channel structure decision. In addition, when the retailer operates an online store, we find that the manufacturer may have an incentive to add a direct channel such that both firms own direct channels.     

现代金融学理论的疏漏与分歧

基于理性人假设的有效市场理论认为证券价格总是可以充分反映可获得的信息。传统金融学的绝大多数研究领域,尤其是证券分析理论,都是在这一学说及其应用的基础上建立起来的。然而从上个世纪80年代开始,这一理论受到了空前的质疑,首先是来自噪音学派关于交易成本的批评,随后是来自行为金融学关于有限套利和噪音交易等更为严厉的质疑。本文从现代金融学理论的分歧入手,讨论资产价格决定因素的不同解释,分析了传统金融学与行为金融学的关系,认为有效市场理论与行为金融学两者本是同一理论体系的两个方面,相互补充和完善,而不是相互排斥。     

基于局部社团结构平衡的双模符号网络链路预测研究

随着互联网产业的高速发展,双模符号网络已经成为一类常见的复杂网络,然而针对此 类网络的分析较少。本文在传统非符号网络局部社团理论和符号网络结构平衡理论的基础上,首次提出了双模符号网络下的局部社团理论。这一理论不仅考虑了符号网络中共同邻居的信息,还引入了共同邻居间存在的连接。进一步地,本文推导出符号网络中基于局部社团信息的加权平衡回路增益指数,该指标可以表示双模符号网络中用户节点和产品节点间的符号关系。为了将该指标更好地应用于双模 符号网络链路预测问题,本文提出了加权平衡回路增益分类器算法。实验结果表明,相比其他经典链路预测算法,新算法具有更好的预测能力。     

理论与实践:译者的纯语言——以许渊冲《唐诗三百首》为例

许渊冲对诗歌的贡献不仅在于翻译理论,也在于他的翻译实践。根据本雅明对翻译中纯语言的论述,即上帝的语言是纯粹的,人类的语言因带有偏见,是不纯粹的为依据,再次探索翻译理论与翻译实践的关系,以许渊冲唐诗三百首中《送孟浩然之广陵》译文为例,肯定许渊冲的翻译硕果,同时兼顾翻译理论发展与翻译实践的译者的影响力。     

基于图式理论的公安行业英语口语教学策略研究

本文运用图式理论探讨有效进行公安行业英语口语教学的相关策略。     

浅析社会工作的结构化过程

本文旨在分析社会工作的运行机制,试图溯源社会工作广泛的主客体关系,借助吉登斯的结构化理论,反思社会工作领域内的多重解释和二元对立,并将社会工作的运行机制归结到结构化的构成之中,在密布资源和规则的结构之中发现充满"实践意识"的行动者,从而感应社会工作发展的脉动。     

How and why are Theory of Change and Realist Evaluation used in food security contexts? A scoping review

The complex ways in which food security actions lead to nutrition and other health outcomes make it important to clarify what programs work and how, with theory-driven evaluation emerging as a promising approach to evaluate complex programs. However, it is unclear how and why theory-driven evaluation is applied in food security contexts. Our objective is to examine the development and use of Theory of Change and Realist Evaluation to support food security programs globally. Using a systematic search and screening process, we included studies that described a food security program, used a Theory of Change or Realist Evaluation, and presented original research or evaluations. We found a total of 59 relevant Theory of Change studies and eight Realist Evaluation studies. Based on our analysis, Theories of Change arose in response to three main problems: 1) the need to evaluate under complexity; 2) challenges with evaluation; and, 3) information gaps surrounding a program. In contrast, Realist Evaluation was reported to be developed primarily to understand a program’s outcomes. Reflecting on the problem to be addressed in the evaluation would help improve understandings of the evaluation context, which would then inform the choice and design of an evaluation approach.     

《天龙八部》中的因果之说

《天龙八部》是金庸作品中和佛教关系最紧密的一部小说。金庸通过三位主角引出了芸芸众生相以及纷繁复杂的故事发展,而这一切到最后,全部都是有因可循的。通过分析主角及配角的经历和结局,来揭示《天龙八部》中所体现的因果之说。     

马克思个性理论视域内的高等教育发展

马克思个性理论确立了现实的具体人的个性发展维度,揭示了人的个性完善的深层次规律,提供了研究个性问题的科学方法。它作为当前高等教育进一步发展的时代诉求,指出了高等教育的进一步发展的现实需求,揭示了高等教育的发展的规律,为高等教育的改革与发展提供了新的思维方式与科学方法。     

Assumptions,conjectures, and other miracles: The application of evaluative thinking to theory of change models in community development

Unexamined and unjustified assumptions are the Achilles’ heel of development programs. In this paper, we describe an evaluation capacity building (ECB) approach designed to help community development practitioners work more effectively with assumptions through the intentional infusion of evaluative thinking (ET) into the program planning, monitoring, and evaluation process. We focus specifically on one component of our ET promotion approach involving the creation and analysis of theory of change (ToC) models. We describe our recent efforts to pilot this ET ECB approach with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Ethiopia and Zambia. The use of ToC models, plus the addition of ET, is a way to encourage individual and organizational learning and adaptive management that supports more reflective and responsive programming.