金融发展对我国城镇化建设的影响分析

新型城镇化建设面临的一个主要矛盾是资金需求与供给之间的矛盾,而金融的发展对解决新型城镇化建设的资金需求至关重要。本文通过构建回归模型分析了金融结构、金融效率、金融规模及金融贡献率四者变化对城镇化建设的影响,分析结果显示,当前金融结构与城镇化建设负相关,不利于城镇化建设,其他指标的改善则有助于推动我国的城镇化建设。     

金融发展、财政投入与城镇化

本文利用1952-2009年全国数据,借助向量误差修正模型,分析了金融发展、财政投入对城镇化的影响.结果表明,短期内财政投入对城镇化的影响显著,而金融发展对城镇化的影响不显著;长期来看,三者之间存在均衡关系,金融发展效率、财政投入对城镇化都有显著影响,而且金融发展对城镇化的贡献更大.     

金融支持新型城镇化建设的实证研究——以黑龙江省为例

以黑龙江省新型城镇化建设为研究对象,构建了黑龙江省新型城镇化发展水平评价指标体系,并利用因子分析方法对2007–2014年黑龙江省新型城镇化发展水平进行综合测度,结果表明:黑龙江省13个市(区)的新型城镇化发展水平不均衡,城镇化水平相差较大。随后利用面板数据模型实证检验了2007–2014年金融支持对黑龙江省新型城镇化建设的影响。研究发现,金融发展规模、金融发展效率有助于推动黑龙江省的城镇化建设,最后提出促进金融支持进一步推动新型城镇化建设的对策建议。     

金融视角下我国城镇化的可持续发展

城镇化是当前我国扩大内需求,推动经济增长的重要力量,城镇化的可持续发展关系到未来我国经济能否保持健康和平稳的运行。本文分析了当前我国的金融发展状况对城镇化可持续发展的影响机制,结果表明,金融配置失衡、金融过度支持和金融抑制的存在对我国城镇化的可持续发展造成了不利影响。     

中国新型城镇化进程中的金融支持影响研究

通过测度2004~2013年新型城镇化7个相关指标,将因子分析法、主成分分析法结合,对新型城镇化指标进行空间自相关检验,建立新型城镇化水平的综合评价体系。采用空间面板模型,从金融规模、金融效率、金融结构3个方面设定指标来测度中国2004~2013年31个省份金融因素对新型城镇化建设的影响。结果表明,中国城镇化水平整体提高的同时区域差距进一步加大,金融支持是影响新型城镇化水平的重要因素。在未来发展中,应通过加大金融机构对城镇化建设中基础设施的投入,增加城乡一体化产业融合资金支持,改善金融机构对城镇化的服务水平等途径,实现中国新型城镇化水平的提高和可持续发展。     

金融支持农村城镇化问题的思考

农村城镇化是我国经济社会发展的一个大战略,是解决三农问题的重要途径,金融支持则是农村城镇化顺利推进的重要条件.本文通过对我国农村城镇化及其金融支持的现状进行阐述的基础上,明确了金融支持农村城镇化的内容,分析了当前金融支持我国农村城镇化进程中存在的问题,最后提出了相应的对策建议.     

新疆经济增长、城镇化与金融支持的实证研究

文章利用VAR模型分析了新疆经济增长、城镇化和金融支持三者之间的关系。运用Johansen协整检验、脉冲响应函数检验等定量分析方法对三者之间的关系进行了实证分析。结果表明:新疆经济增长、城镇化和金融支持之间存在着长期稳定的均衡关系;经济增长与城镇化之间相互促进;经济增长与金融支持存在相互促进关系,但金融支持对经济增长的促进作用较弱;城镇化与金融支持不存在相互促进关系,两者之间没有形成良好的互动机制;经济增长、城镇化和金融支持三者之间存在动态相关。文章最后根据实证结果,提出促进新疆经济增长、推动城镇化进程和加深金融支持水平的政策建议。     

城镇化背景下金融创新对农村经济发展的影响--以威海地区为例

城镇化是人类的生产与生活的方式由农村型向城市型转化的历史过程,表现为农村人口转化为城市人口及城市不断发展完善的过程。金融服务在城镇化进程中具有举足轻重的重要作用。本文运用实证分析法,对威海居民在城镇化过程中的金融工具选择进行了实地调研,分析了现有金融服务对城镇化发展的制约因素,并从金融制度、融资模式、金融市场体系等多方面提出金融创新对城镇化发展的影响,并初步构建了适应当前城镇化发展需要的金融创新体系,以充分发挥金融创新在城镇化发展过程中的功能性作用。     

新型城镇化发展及其金融支持优化策略探析

本文在对我国新型城镇化发展的内涵和主要内容进行阐述的基础上,分析了人本、经济、社会三位一体的新型城镇化发展过程中衍生的新的金融需求,并对照分析当前城镇化发展金融供给存在的缺陷,提出优化金融支持体系、推动新型城镇化发展的政策建议。     

我国西部地区金融集聚与城镇化互动关系实证分析

通过建立西部地区金融集聚和城镇化水平的综合评价指标,用因子分析方法得出了评价金融集聚和城镇化水平的主要因素。并根据因子得分计算出不同地区金融集聚和城镇化水平的综合得分,发现二者之间存在着相关关系。结合因子分析得出的结论,用误差修正模型对金融集聚与城镇化水平进行格兰杰因果分析,并验证了二者之间的关系。结果显示,在短期内,二者互为彼此的格兰杰原因。     

Incumplimiento del salario mínimo en Europa central y oriental

En este estudio se analiza el incumplimiento del salario mínimo durante el periodo 2003–2012 en diez países de Europa central y oriental con salario mínimo obligatorio nacional. A partir de los datos de EU‐SILC y la metodología propuesta por Bhorat, Kanbur y Mayet (2013), se cuantifica la incidencia y magnitud del incumplimiento. Se realizan análisis de regresión sobre determinantes individuales, laborales y macroeconómicos. Aunque la incidencia permanece relativamente baja, los trabajadores a los que se dirigen las políticas de salario mínimo parecen los más expuestos a su incumplimiento. Con el tiempo, una mayor incidencia se asocia a una razón más alta entre salario mínimo y salario medio.     

Development in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Statistics at the Australian Bureau of Statistics

This paper outlines the ICT statistical developments that the ABS has undertaken over recent years. These developments have been on both the supply side (ICT industry) and the demand side (use of IT by sector). The content of ABS ICT surveys has changed significantly over the last few years and are expected to develop further in line with industry changes and emerging policy needs.
Recent developments in household collections have been the inclusion of IT use questions in the 2001 Census of Population and Housing and in various ABS social surveys such as Children's Participation in Culture and Leisure Activities. Annual business IT use surveys are now conducted and include topics such as Internet commerce and IT security. Biennial ICT industry surveys are conducted to provide data on ICT production, imports and exports, ICT industry employment, performance and structure information. An Internet activity survey is run every six months and provides regional Internet access details and infrastructure details on Internet service providers.
A major development for 2002–03 will be the compilation of an ICT satellite account. ABS intends to produce an ICT Information Development Plan to guide its future statistical development work in the ICT field.     

Value at Risk in the Suburbs: Eminent Domain and the Geographical Politics of the US Foreclosure Crisis

Several US counties and local governments have recently considered a novel solution to the foreclosure crisis. They plan to use eminent domain to compel the owners of mortgage debt—and specifically of private‐label mortgage‐backed securities—to sell the debt to the government at a price reflecting the loan's market value. The government would then restructure the debt and resell it to new investors. The plans are striking because—in contrast to both development‐driven eminent domain and the federal subprime bank bailout—they would force investors to assume asset devaluation and increased long‐term risk. Notably, the plans have emerged as an instance of financialization‐focused politics in suburbs and suburban cities of color, specifically majority‐black and ‐Latino/a suburbs. Local support for the plans, we argue, is rooted in the long‐term disinvestment of these ‘suburbs of exception', which became targets of subprime lending and eventually sites where the ‘financial exception' has been localized. But these demographic shifts, fragmentation and fiscal pressures have at the same time created a suburban political terrain in which the plans have gained their strongest political support.     

Towards a Theory of Serendipity: A Systematic Review and Conceptualization

Serendipity – the notion of making surprising and valuable discoveries – plays a major role in the success of individuals and organizations alike. Previous research has established the importance of serendipity and identified important individual- and organizational-level antecedents. However, the literature has been dispersed and the boundaries of the concept have been blurry, leading to a lack of conceptual clarity and structure, and thus limiting validity and managerial actionability. Based on a systematic literature review, I synthesize existing management-related research on serendipity and explicate the emergence and composition of serendipity in the organizational context. I first identify three necessary conditions that differentiate serendipity from related concepts such as luck or targeted innovation: agency, surprise, and value. Then, I draw from the literature on sensemaking, event-based theorizing, and quantum-based approaches to management to conceptualize the process of cultivating serendipity in the organizational context as a process of enabling potentiality and materialization, and develop a multi-level theory of (cultivating) serendipity. This conceptualization contributes to our collective understanding of how, why, and when (i.e., under what conditions) organizations can leverage the value in the unexpected, which opens up fruitful avenues for further research.     

Accountability of NGOs in Bangladesh A critical overview

NGOs in Bangladesh have been recognized as effective change agents in the socio-economic arena throughout the world. Their contributions in micro credit, non-formal education and primary health care are widely known. NGOs play a significant role in society. NGO accountability, as a result, has become a critical issue. NGO accountability in Bangladesh has been examined here in relation to patrons, clients and themselves. Of the three relationships only accountability to patrons is in a near satisfactory state. Accountability to clients is handicapped by lack of opportunities of beneficiaries to participate meaningfully in NGO policy making. Accountability to themselves is adversely affected due to the adherence to a strictly hierarchical system and the influence of founding and charismatic NGO leaders.     

Cultural Economy Planning in Creative Cities: Discourse and Practice

While a growing body of research analyses the functional mechanisms of the cultural or creative economy, there has been little attention devoted to understanding how local governments translate this work into policy. Moreover, research in this vein focuses predominately on Richard Florida's creative class thesis rather than considering the wider body of work that may influence policy. This article seeks to develop a deeper understanding of how municipalities conceptualize and plan for the cultural economy through the lens of two cities held up as model ‘creative cities’ — Austin, Texas and Toronto, Ontario. The work pays particular attention to how the cities adopt and adapt leading theories, strategies and discourses of the cultural economy. While policy documents indicate that the cities embrace the creative city model, in practice agencies tend to adapt conventional economic development strategies for cultural economy activity and appropriate the language of the creative city for multiple purposes.     

Input/output ranges and performance: an examination of US machine tool producers

Despite the establishment of high-tech multinational enterprises (MNEs) in Ireland since the late 1950s, the country did not succeed in closing the technological gap with most of its EU counterparts. The weak National System of Innovation (NSI), and in particular low business and government R&D levels, combined with a lack of research and technology linkages between MNEs and indigenous firms, explain these poor results. However, the Shannon region in the West of the country presents some specific institutional characteristics that could theoretically make the region a strong technological enclave. The various actors in the region - i.e. the administrative, financial, political and research institutions, as well as the business organizations - have indeed infused a new type of economic development. After a brief review of the available concepts and models articulated around these actors and their interrelationships, the paper analyses whether the Shannon region, taken as an illustrative example, mirrors a specific economic and technological localized setting. The study is based on a survey of indigenous and foreign firms.     

Sixty years of discrimination and diversity research in human resource management: A review with suggestions for future research directions

This article reviews discrimination and diversity research published in Human Resource Management (HRM) over the past 60 years. While discrimination and diversity are very different constructs, it is often informative to study them together, because when people recognize each other's diversity, this can result in bias, stereotyping, and discrimination. We conducted bibliographic searches for terms related to discrimination and diversity as well as a manual search through every title and abstract published in HRM over the last 60 years to assess article relevance. The search resulted in 135 research articles with 136 unique studies (i.e., samples) which are reviewed in this article. Sex and race are the demographics that have been examined the most in HRM, while religion has been examined the least. Moreover, the number of studies examining lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) employees in the workplace in HRM has grown quickly within the past 10 years, culminating in a recent meta‐analysis. Our review looks at some of the earliest research published, the most recent research published, and the overall trends we identified in the research over the years for both discrimination and diversity articles. We then make future research suggestions and recommendations to advance the study of discrimination and diversity in the coming years.     

Ansätze und Ergebnisse anglo-amerikanischer M&A-Forschung

Based on a review of established U.S. management journals (1995–2003), six schools of thought are identified within the Anglo-American M&;A research: “Capital Market”, “Principal/Agent”, “Industrial Organization”, “Organizational Behavior”, “Human Resources” and “Strategic Management”. The literature review shows that the definition of M&;A success, the methods applied, and insights from empirical research differ according to the respective school of thought. Empirical studies focus on the resource combinations of merger partners, the specific circumstances of merger negotiations, and on integration management as antecedents of merger performance. Unfortunately, empirical findings have not yet provided reliable explanations for M&;A success. Based on the current state of Anglo-American M&;A research, the authors discuss implications for business practice, identify research gaps, and propose areas for future research.     

Towards an Asian model of human resource management? A comparative analysis of China,Japan and South Korea

There has been much discussion regarding the possible decline and weakening of national systems of human resource management (HRM). Yet, culture and institutions are often cited as the major stumbling blocks to this outcome. Such constraints may dissipate in the analysis, particularly if ‘regional clusters’ are considered where geographic and cultural closeness and ‘openness’ to similar economic pressures exist. In such cases, it might be postulated that convergence in HRM will occur. We argue that China, Japan and South Korea represent such a cluster. This article examines these countries, to see if a degree of convergence is taking place and if it is towards an identifiable ‘Asian’ model of HRM. A model of change is presented that distinguishes between levels of occurrence and acceptance. Details of the development and practice of HRM in each country are then set out. The article ends with a discussion and implications section and a brief conclusion.