Globalization and the Good Corporation: A Need for Proactive Co-existence

Large corporations are coming under intense pressure to act in a socially responsible manner. Corporations have accepted this notion provided that it is exercised voluntarily. It has also been argued that corporations can do well by doing good, and that good ethics is good business. This paper presents an alternative viewpoint by demonstrating that while voluntary socially responsible conduct is desirable, it plays a rather small role in inspiring good corporate conduct. Instead, (a) it is the external economic-competitive conditions that define the parameters and opportunities for good corporate conduct; and (b) the values and traditions of the corporations, and their perceived risk in exploiting those opportunities, that influence the extent of a corporation's socially responsible conduct. The framework presented here analyzes certain market-competitive conditions, which determine the scope and direction of socially responsible corporate conduct, and the instruments available to society to enhance ethical corporate conduct. It suggests that from society's perspective, we should move away from the notion of corporate social responsibility and toward corporate social accountability. Most modern economies operate under conditions of imperfect competition where corporations gain above-normal profits, i.e., market rent, from market imperfections. Therefore, corporations should be held accountable for a more equitable distribution of these above-normal profits with other groups, e.g., customers, employees, etc., who were deprived of their market-based gains because of market imperfections and corporate power. Three approaches are suggested for measuring corporate accountability through corrections. These are: information imbalance, bargaining power imbalance, and, adjudication, remedy and relief imbalance.     

用科学发展观矫正经济全球化发展的弊端和缺陷

科学发展观的提出既符合当代中国国情,又符合时代发展潮流;既包含着深刻的人文精神,又体现出鲜明的全球化时代特征;如果将这一发展观付诸实践,将不仅对我国的社会主义改革和发展产生巨大而深远的影响,并对全人类的可持续发展和全球化的积极推进做出巨大贡献,还可以使之尽早从资本主义主导的全球化困境中走出来,最终实现社会主义、共产主义的全球化理想境界。     

虚拟经济和实体经济的互动机制——基于联立方程模型的估计

虚拟经济是虚拟资本以金融平台为主要依托而进行的各种经济活动的总和。按照古典的经济二分法可以将经济总体分为实体经济和虚拟经济两个部分,它们作为经济的硬件和软件两个组成部分紧密地联系在一起。全球化经济不可逆,所以研究这二者之间的关系是十分必要的。虚拟经济和实体经济主要是通过货币供应量这个中间媒介形成了自己独有的传导机制。     

生产性服务业集聚机制与耦合悖论分析——来自长三角16个核心城市的经验证据

本文从全球价值链与国内价值链互动关系出发,分析了生产性服务业的空间集聚机制,并以长三角16个核心城市为例对生产性服务业集聚的现状及其耦合悖论进行了理论解析和实证检验。本文研究的主要结论有,第一,在跨国公司主导的国际生产体系中,长三角以代工方式参与国际分工的模式,客观上导致制造业和生产性服务业的空间集聚存在着非同步性;第二,长期以来长三角过度依赖加工贸易方式参与国际分工体系,在很大程度上限制了生产性服务业集聚的程度,原因是跨国公司在对外投资时往往倾向于自带服务,生产性服务外化程度较低,长三角这种低端嵌入的外向经济模式,严重抑制了生产性服务业的发展和空间集聚;第三,信息技术对长三角生产性服务业的驱动作用较弱,长三角虽然是我国高等级的城市群,但技能型人才与生产性服务业的匹配程度并没有达到预期的效果。为此,在第二波全球化中,迫切需要整合全球创新要素来提升国内创新链。     

转型期中国城市区域化发展特点与机制探析

城市区域化是各国城市化发展中具有共性的历程,城市区域正在成为全球竞争的基本单元。从经济增长、禀赋条件、区域协作、门户城市等方面概括了城市区域的发展条件,进而从城市区域分布、沿海城市区域特点、行政区经济、人口集聚效能、政策调控下的门户城市等方面分析市场化转型期中国城市区域的发展特点与机制,最后提出了推进我国城市区域化发展的政策建议。     

经济全球化和企业的市场定位

鉴于我国产品在国际市场上和各国购买心目中的地位，如果我们希望在经济全球化的未来市场中能够有更大的市场占有率，从现在起必须为我国的企业和产品进行认真的定位思考。     

经济全球化对我国企业营销的影响与对策

为了更好地迎接经济全球化的挑战 ,我国企业应采取一系列有效的营销对策 :加大实施多元化、专业化战略力度 ,迅速扩大我国企业的规模 ;建立战略联盟 ,增强企业国际竞争力 ;严格按国际惯例开展营销活动 ,争创一批国际名牌 ;利用国际互联网 ,大力开展网络营销 ;加强管理 ,按国际化标准培养市场营销人才。     

金融全球化对中国金融业的挑战及其对策分析

＂金融全球化＂是目前全球经济发展的一大趋势,它对世界各国的经济都提出了一定的挑战。我国作为世界上最大的发展中国家,也毋庸置疑的面临着严峻的形势。本篇论文从金融全球化的基本概念出发,简单探讨了金融全球化对我国金融业的挑战。同时针对当前我国金融行业中存在的一些问题,给出了相应的对策分析,以使我国能在金融全球化背景下从容面对挑战,保持金融市场的和谐与稳定。     

资本:弱势金融与发展经济的博弈

中国实体经济在迈向全球化路上走在金融体系的前面,缺乏现代金融支持的中国经济步履蹒跚.金融落后使中国企业不得不依附外资金融机构,缺乏共同国家利益的交易使我国遭遇巨额亏损,外资机构主导金融市场后开始大肆掠夺.中国产业资本对赌境外金融机构失败遭遇收购,外资金融资本联手产业资本逐渐入侵中国市场.现代金融与经济发展相互配套当能推进中国强国之路,中国金融业必须加大改革和发展力度,中国必须为下一轮经济周期提前准备,产业资本和金融资本海外并购可同时出击.     

The development of political skill and political capital by global leaders through global assignments

The purpose of this paper is to explain how developing global leaders through global assignments (i.e. in the form of expatriation and inpatriation) may lead to their acquisition of valuable political skill and political capital. First, using the theoretical frame of political influence theory, the benefit of political skill is explained relative to the development and augmentation of global leaders' capital portfolio during global assignments. Second, a distinction between social capital and political capital, as the integral components of global leader's capital portfolio, is made. In conclusion, the value of acquiring political skill and building human, cultural, social and political capital by global leaders is discussed separately for expatriate and inpatriate assignments.