How does time spent on WeChat bolster subjective well-being through social integration and social capital?

Although WeChat has recently spawned significant resolutions in technology-mediated social contact and interpersonal communication, the research regarding the social and psychological impacts of the newly emerging technology is relatively few. The primary purpose of the current empirical research is to unearth whether and how WeChat interaction could enhance overseas students’ sense of subjective well-being by concentrating on social integration, bridging relationships, and bonding relationships. Using web-based data of 228 Chinese subjects, the obtained results reveal that the time spent on WeChat significantly and directly impacts users’ subjective well-being. Additionally, the findings demonstrate that social integration, bridging relationships, bonding relationships are all significant predictors to subjective well-being. Furthermore, the perceptions of social integration and social capital could play the crucial mediating roles in the connection between WeChat use and the dependent variable of subjective well-being. Therefore, these outcomes may shed light on a more nuanced comprehending of the influence of the new social media interaction on sojourner’s social adaption and overall life quality in the digital age.     

Do IT freelancers increase their entrepreneurial behavior and performance by using IT self-efficacy and social capital? Evidence from Bangladesh

This study applies entrepreneurship theory and social capital perspective to IT freelancing to facilitate a better understanding of it. Our model hypothesizes that both IT self-efficacy and social capital obtained through social media interactions contribute to IT freelancers’ entrepreneurial behavior and then this entrepreneurial behavior influences their performance. We collected primary data from one of the leading online freelancing marketplaces, oDesk.com (currently Upwork.com). Our empirical findings confirm the core assertion of our research model. The implications of these findings for research and practice are discussed. Directions for future research are also provided.     

Bracketing or reinforcing? Socio-economic status,network power,and online deliberation

The extent to which the deliberative scenario brackets socio-economic inequalities (i.e., functioning as an ideal public sphere) has been long-debating. This study empirically addresses this question in the online setting. We test whether offline advantages (i.e., economic and cultural capitals) can be translated into power in online deliberation and how their dynamic relations further influence interlocutors’ deliberation experience (i.e., perceived procedural fairness and validity claim). Power is conceptualized as network power, including prestige (indegree), leadership (outdegree), and brokering power (betweenness). A national sample of Singaporeans participated in a three-week online deliberation, and network power is measured based on the web log. The participants answered a two-wave (i.e., pre- and post-deliberation) survey to indicate individual attributes. Structural equation modeling finds that online deliberation brackets as well as reinforces offline status. Economic capital is suppressed while cultural capital translates into network power, which further influences interlocutors’ evaluation of the deliberation.     

Does social capital reduce entrepreneurs' petty corruption? Evidence across Indonesian regions

Petty corruption is a barrier to entrepreneurship in emerging countries, justifying to investigate its determinants. Using data on 1,240 entrepreneurs across Indonesian regions, we analyse the effects of social capital. Two-evel ordered probit regressions show that weak-ties discourage entrepreneurs' bribing, strong-ties encourage it, whereas this latter effect is moderated by the quality of access to formal credit. Bribing banks or turning to relatives for external funding are alternative solutions for entrepreneurs facing poor access to formal credit, a common feature in emerging countries, and the second solution is preferred given the risk and psychological costs of corruption.     

Design standardization of unit operations for reducing the capital intensity and cost of small-scale chemical processes

A methodology is proposed to reduce the cost and capital intensity of small-scale chemical processes by creating new opportunities for economies of numbers through standardizing the equipment designs across multiple processes. We depart from asynchronous design of single-processes and adopt a common-functionality based simultaneous design of multiple processes that use similar unit operations. A generalized cost function is used to appropriately balance the trade-offs between economies of scale and economies of numbers. An optimization-based framework for design standardization is developed and illustrated using two case studies. The first involves the simultaneous synthesis of methanol and ammonia processes, and the second addresses the optimal synthesis of multi-column natural gas liquid (NGL) fractionation processes for different natural gas sources. We observe that considerable reduction in capital intensity of small-scale processes is possible through equipment standardization.     

运行时含木马电路IP核的定位与替换

近年来，由集成电路（IC）供应链的全球化带来的硬件木马电路威胁引发了广泛的关注。现有运行阶段针对不可信第三方知识产权核（3PIP）的木马电路检测技术没有考虑到检测到木马电路时被感染IP核的定位和替换问题，使得系统时间性能开销增加、可靠性下降。为了解决该问题，基于IP核多样性和现有的木马电路检测和出错恢复架构，提出了一个面向开销优化的被感染IP核定位和替换的解决方案。定位技术通过检测阶段存储结果和恢复阶段运行结果的实时比较实现，并在理论上证明了定位的准确性；替换技术通过可编程逻辑实现，能够最小程度地影响系统下次的正常运行。实验表明，在检测到木马电路时，被感染IP核的定位技术相比于已有的木马电路检测和恢复技术能够平均提升25%的系统时间开销。提出的定位和替换方案对于使用不可信单元建立可信计算系统，以及加强系统的安全性具有一定的指导意义。     

Transnational experience and high-performing entrepreneurs in emerging economies: Evidence from Vietnam

Do high-performing entrepreneurs in the technology sector in emerging economies have more, or different, transnational experience than the founders of high-performing non-technology businesses? Employing Vietnam as a case study, we find that they do; the founders of high-performing technology-oriented businesses are 15 times more likely to have transnational experience in the U.S. compared to their non-technology peers, and are 35 times more likely to be graduates of American universities compared to founders of high-performing, non-technology-oriented business. The founders of high-performing non-technology businesses are more ‘place-based’, as they have predominantly lived and studied in Vietnam. Our data and methods are comprised of a logistic regression analysis of the biographical details of Vietnam's 143 highest-performing entrepreneurs; the founders of the 76 Vietnam's (non-technology-based) companies with the highest market capitalizations and the 67 founders of Vietnam's highest performing technology-oriented companies, in terms of private equity fundraising, as of April 2020. The paper's theoretical contribution is the advance it makes in analytical explanations of why technology-based entrepreneurs have more transnational experience, especially in the U.S., than high-performing founders of businesses in other sectors; this helps extend theory on the relationship between social and human capital and entrepreneurial performance, specifically in the technology sector.     

企业开展矿山修复业务的几点思考

目前,中国矿山生态修复中存在诸多历史遗留问题。国家着手推动矿山治理和生态修复,已经取得了一些成效,但仍存在资金需求缺口大,修复后矿山土地使用确权、土地流转、开发利用等方面的问题。从国家政策支持、治理资金出资模式等方面对矿山修复进行了思考。     

资本市场矿产资源信息生态系统研究与应用

本文根据信息生态系统理论,首次对资本市场矿产资源信息生态系统内涵,以及矿产资源信息、信息人、信息环境等构成要素进行了定义,分析了资本市场矿产资源信息生态系统特点,并对主要影响因素进行分析；然后以澳大利亚资本市场矿产资源信息生态系统应用为研究对象,剖析其系统构成、系统运行特点及优缺点,并以此重新审视我国矿产资源信息生态系统构成要素和运行特点,认为我国资本市场矿产资源信息发布要求不统一、信息人责任不明确、矿产资源信息环境不健全是目前阻碍矿业资本市场发展的主要问题。通过研究,本文提出应以矿产资源信息系统“三要素”为基础,制定我国资本市场矿产资源信息公开报告规则,建立权责清晰明确的胜任人制度,进一步促进我国资本市场矿产资源信息生态系统发展。     

境内外矿业资本市场信息发布差异研究：以三道庄钼矿为例

矿产资源作为矿业公司持有使用权的核心资产,由于境内外矿业资本市场要求不同,因此境内外发布的矿产资源信息存在较大差异。洛阳钼业是香港交易所和上海证券交所双重上市的矿业公司,根据香港交易所要求,由胜任人按照JORC规则发布独立技术审查报告;根据上海证券交易所等要求,按照我国标准编制核实报告并通过评审备案后,将其作为A股招股说明书的所载内容公开发布。本文以洛阳钼业所属上市资产三道庄钼矿为例,以公开的矿产资源信息为切入点,对境内外首发上市的矿产资源信息发布路径、发布内容以及矿产资源储量对比分析,认为境内外证券交易所矿产资源信息发布要求、采纳的矿产资源储量分类标准和矿产资源储量估算认定体系等要素是导致信息发布存在差异的主要原因,总结了矿业资本市场信息发布差异带来的三点启示,为完善我国矿业资本市场发展,促进矿业行业国际互联互通提供实证。