Coevolution of economic behaviour and institutions: towards a theory of institutional change

Traditionally, economics has regarded institutions, notably norms and regulations, as fixed or exogenous. Surprisingly few insights on institutional evolution from natural and social sciences have made their way into economics. This article gives an overview of evolutionary theories of institutions in biology, sociology, anthropology and economics. These theories are subsequently compared with non-evolutionary theories of institutions. Next, the insights and approaches are integrated into a framework for analysis of institutions based on the notion of coevolution.JEL Classification: B52, D10, D70, D64, Z13J.C.J.M. van den Bergh     

交易费用决定家族企业的传承方式

运用经济学原理通过分析家族企业传承方式和交易费用的关系,拟出传承方式和交易费用关系理论曲线,对我国民营企业如何选择可能的企业传承方式和相应的对策进行了深入探讨。由于企业产权、委托代理和信任风险等交易费用的综合影响,使得大多数家族企业按"差序格局"外推原则选择企业的传承方式,从而使企业传承过程的交易费用最小。     

财富传承视角下家族办公室本土化研究

随着经济持续、快速的发展,中国超高净值人群正以令全世界都震惊的速度迅猛增长。中国富裕家族的财富传承意识已然觉醒,可却又面临着“富不过三代”的魔咒考验。家族企业如何进行企业治理,实现企业可持续发展,家族财富如何实现保值、增值和有效传承,是摆在这些富裕家族面前的问题。面对错综复杂的家族挑战,家族办公室悄然兴起。但起源于欧洲的家族办公室无法简单地移植到中国,如何实现家族办公室本土化值得思考和研究。     

知识传承的重要性和管理要点

通过近年来越来越多的总结、研究和逐渐应用,许多研究人员和管理者已经认识到,知识管理是企业管理的核心,进一步探讨何为知识管理的核心,可以发现,知识传承是知识管理的核心。知识传承是各类管理工作和企业问题的根,它是企业管理重中之重的内容。识别、收集、保存和传播是做好知识传承的四大关键步骤。     

浅析乡村景观建设分析研究

目的 乡村景观建设是一项诸多要素交融的系统性建设工程,涵盖多学科、涉及多领域。在乡村景观建设过程中,加强乡土文化的传承和保护,并将乡土文化元素融入乡村景观的建设之中,对于建设地域特色的乡村景观具有重要的作用。方法 文章运用案例法,以安吉县为例,结合永嘉模式、高淳模式、江宁模式,分析地形地貌、水体、植被、建筑物、构筑物和铺装等景观要素的乡土文化元素与景观设计价值。结果 要因地制宜,从完善基础设施、挖掘农耕文化、整治人居环境等方面,将当地的历史渊源、文化传统、生态环境、农业生产方式等因素与美丽乡村的规划建设相结合,突出特色景观设计与文化传承功能在美丽乡村建设中的重要性。结论 传统乡土文化元素的融入,使得美丽乡村建设与历史渊源、文化传统、生态环境、农业生产方式更加协调。     

Fenjiashu: Economic development in the Chinese countryside based on household division inventories,ca. 1750–1910

Despite the existence of a rich literature on Chinese partial household division, there is still limited evidence of its effect on land and capital accumulation and well-being. In this study, contrary to the dominant view, we find that household property size peaked around 1800s–1830s, suggesting that equal-share system did not necessarily lead to land fragmentation. We find evidence that this rise in farm sizes is related to the opposing forces of increased well-being and increased inequality.     

Thorstein Veblen's Darwinian framework and gene-culture coevolution theory

At the turn of the previous century, Thorstein Veblen used Darwinian evolutionary principles to explain the macro-historical evolution of human societies, as well as the institutional structure of the modern pecuniary culture. Even if Veblen had a strong intuitive grasp of the evolutionary forces operating in society, he was not always clear and explicit in developing his ideas towards a full-fledged, consistent evolutionary social theory. This paper argues that a relatively recent theoretical approach, gene-culture coevolution theory, has the conceptual apparatus to remedy this problem and thus make Veblen's ideas an important part of contemporary evolutionary thinking in social theory.     

中国遗产税开征基础评析

遗产税是一个古老的税种,但是对于我国而言仍处于立法准备阶段。对于何时开征遗产税,理论界和司法实务界也是众说纷纭。对我国而言,虽然已经在一定程度上具备了一些条件,但还需要更多的完善。立法部门不必急于通过立法,而应该在立法过程中调动各方面的力量加强研究和论证,使遗产税法能够建立在民主和科学的基础上。     

龚自珍孟学思想论析

龚自珍立足于晚清社会现实，对孟学进行了诸多改造：对孟子性善论的反叛与颠覆，对孟子“圣人”理想人格的质疑与否定，对孟子的民本思想进行继承和改造，倡导经世致用，使儒学经义与中国历史发展的近代化进程相适应，开启了晚清社会思潮近代化的进程。     

欧美家族企业传承对闽商的借鉴与启示

在我国经济转型、海西经济建设深入开展时期,闽商家族企业顺利传承具有重要意义。积极参考、吸收与借鉴欧美家族企业传承的成功经验与特点,闽商家族企业在思想观念上要与时俱进、做好传承计划、重视继承候选人的培养、完善家族企业管理模式、加强家族文化的培育与建设、成立家族委员会或理事会负责传承工作的推进等,努力推进家族企业顺利过渡。