An Integrative Model of Alumni Loyalty—an Empirical Validation Among Graduates From German and Russian Universities

Alumni could be considered a large source of support for their alma maters in such areas as lobbying, volunteering (e.g. mentoring), information, donations, investment, and networking. However, in order to increase alumni contribution, it is necessary to identify key factors that influence alumni loyalty. In this article, the authors develop an integrative model of intention to alumni loyalty (IAL model), which proposes that alumni loyalty is determined by the main model dimensions of relationship quality, philanthropic effect, and discretionary collaborative and student dropout behavior. In order to validate the proposed model structure, the authors test the IAL model using the structural equation modeling approach and empirical data from a survey of leading German and Russian universities. The results indicate that a predisposition to charity, benefits from alumni association, and quality of teaching are crucial for intention to alumni loyalty for both Russian and German universities. Suggestions for the work of alumni associations are derived from the findings.     

重点生态功能保护区生态补偿法律关系研究

重点生态功能保护区的建设和保护关系到国家和区域的生态安全,建立并完善相应的利益补偿机制势在必行.建立我国重点生态功能保护区生态补偿法律机制,应当从理顺相应法律关系着手.文章以区域内开展的行为活动对自然生态及区域内外人群造成的影响为逻辑起点,运用系统学分析方法搭建重点生态功能保护区生态补偿关系模型,并在此基础上对相应的法律关系加以判明.     

基于系统观的虚拟社区研究

从系统观视角首先分析了构成虚拟社区的要素及其它们之间的内在联系,然后指出了作为系统的虚拟社区普遍存在的主要特征,最后依据这些特征提出了提升虚拟社区的社会价值和经济价值的关键管理工作。     

Beyond managerial talent: ‘key group’ identification and differential compensation practices in multinational companies

With the maturation of strategic human resource management scholarship, there appears to be a greater call to move from monolithic workforce management to a more strategic and differentiated emphasis on employees with the greatest capacity to enhance competitive advantage. There has been little consideration in the literature as to whether organizations formally identify key groups of employees based on their impact on organizational learning and core competences. Using survey evidence from 260 multinational companies (MNCs), this paper explores the extent to which key groups of employees are formally recognized and whether they are subject to differential compensation practices. The results demonstrate that just in excess of half of these MNCs identify a key group. There was considerable differentiation in the compensation practices between these key groups, managers and the largest occupational group in the workforce. The results give rise to questions worthy of future investigation, namely whether the differentiated approaches used lead to improved performance outcomes.     

企业财务制度有效性的关键影响因素及作用路径研究

采用结构方程(SEM)的验证性因素分析(CFA)法,验证企业财务制度有效性的关键影响因素及作用路径理论模型.研究表明:财务制度设计通过财务制度修订频率、权责边界清晰度及员工参与薪酬制度设计的程度显著影响财务制度的有效性;财务安全理念通过制度认同度、管理层重视度及制度刚性的认识度显著影响财务制度的有效性;财务制度执行机制通过自激励机制、监督机制和惩罚机制显著影响财务制度的有效性.研究结果为企业动态优化和有效执行财务制度提供理论依据和方法支持.     

Bank‐Owned Life Insurance and Bank Risk

The use of bank‐owned life insurance (BOLI) has more than tripled since 2001 and has caught the attention of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. I find increases in BOLI lead to higher levels of liquidity risk, credit risk, and interest rate risk. Robustness tests confirm these results and suggest over‐ and underinvestment in BOLI and use of BOLI as a tax shelter contribute to risk increases. Results indicate that the concerns expressed by regulators are warranted, and suggest insurance may not always have the intended effect of reducing firm risk because of unintended consequences or misuse.     

Socio-ecological regime transitions in Austria and the United Kingdom

We employ the concepts of socio-ecological regime and regime transition to better understand the biophysical causes and consequences of industrialization. For two case studies, the United Kingdom and Austria we describe two steps in a major transition from an agrarian to an industrial socio-ecological regime and the resulting consequences for energy use, land use and labour organization. In a first step, the coal based industrial regime co-existed with an agricultural sector remaining within the bounds of the old regime. In a second step, the oil/electricity based industrial regime, agriculture was integrated into the new pattern and the socio-ecological transition had been completed. Industrialization offers an answer to the input and growth related sustainability problems of the agrarian regime but creates new sustainability problems of a larger scale. While today's industrial societies are stabilizing their resource use albeit at an unsustainable level large parts of the global society are in midst of the old industrial transition. This poses severe problems for global sustainability.     

企业自主品牌创新核心技术开发路径与模式研究

自主品牌核心技术开发是企业自主品牌创新的首要目标,是获取自主品牌核心竞争能力的源泉。文章对企业自主品牌创新核心技术内涵与特征进行了辨析,给出了自主品牌创新核心技术开发的主要路径,详细阐述了自主品牌创新核心技术开发运行模式,这为企业提升自主品牌创新能力和获取自主品牌创新核心技术提供了理论和实践依据。     

覆盖城乡居民社会保障体系策略研究——统筹推进“三项重点保障制度”先行覆盖全体城乡居民

从城乡居民社会保障体系建设现状出发,在系统分析当前中国城乡居民社会保障体系建设中,来自经济、社会、文化、制度和组织五方面制约因素的基础上,提出了应"坚持三个基础,充分发挥两个合力,努力形成一个全民共建共享的格局",统筹推进"三项重点保障制度"先行覆盖全体城乡居民的发展思路.     

略论专业带头人队伍的建设

师资队伍建设是国家示范性高等职业院校建设的重要内容,而专业带头人队伍建设则是师资队伍建设的重中之重。本文结合示范性高等职业院校建设要求从作用、责任、权利、管理等几个方面对如何加强专业带头人队伍建设进行了分析和探讨,为各示范性高等职院校建设提供借鉴。