Management Information System – A Tool for Corporate Sustainability

This paper represents the attempt to define a methodology that can evaluate the degree to which companies' information systems correspond to needs determined by the objectives of sustainability the firm imposes on itself. The result is the creation of a general model which define the correct approach to evaluating information systems – a model which should be adapted to the specificity of each single company which intends to adopt it. In the chart indicated, we obviously have not considered activities connected to the implementation of the survey system, which are particular to each company's situation. The first part of the paper consists of an overall introduction to the approach that has been used to assess the (MIS) of Granarolo, one of the Italian companies involved. The case study contains a profile of the company, the analysis of its MIS referred to the three dimensions of sustainability, and an evaluation of the strong points and issues to be developed. This approach to evaluate the gap between desired requirements of an information system for sustainability and current data available in a firm, has proved its consistency and usefulness. It helps to understand where data are, which dimensions, spheres, stakeholders account for and what is the level of integration between different information systems existing in the firm.     

Multiple Levels of Corporate Sustainability

According to Dr. Clare Graves, mankind has developed eight core value systems,1 as responses to prevailing circumstances. Given different contexts and value systems, a one-solution-fits-all concept of corporate sustainability is not reasonable. Therefore, this paper presents various definitions and forms of sustainability, each linked to specific (societal) circumstances and related value systems. A sustainability matrix– an essential element of the overall European Corporate Sustainability Framework – is described showing six types of organizations at different developmental stages, with different forms of corporate sustainability, each supported by specific institutional arrangements.     

“两岸共同市场”的特殊构架与机制设计

“两岸共同市场”是基于两岸经贸合作已有的基础、区域一体化中“共同市场”模式的特征和当前海峡政治生态的特殊性相结合而产生的构想或概念性体制方案,它是符合两岸关系发展内在要求的体制构架。实现这一构架的关键在于构建持续、常规化的协调机制,以扩大两岸经贸交流的规模和领域,提升合作层次,实现两岸经济的有效融合和资源的优化配置。     

Prohibiting State Aid in an Integrated Market: Cournot and Bertrand Oligopolies with Differentiated Products

The prohibition of state aid in an integrated market such as the European Community is analyzed in a model where firms produce differentiated products and market structure is either Cournot or Bertrand oligopoly. State aid is financed by distortionary taxation so the opportunity cost of government revenue exceeds unity. Under both Cournot and Bertrand oligopoly, if products are sufficiently close substitutes then there exists a range of values for opportunity cost where governments give state aid and where the prohibition of state aid will increase aggregate welfare. With sufficiently differentiated products, the prohibition of state aid will reduce aggregate welfare.     

再论中国市场经济地位--兼评欧盟对中国市场经济地位的初步评估

2004年6月,欧盟对中国市场经济地位做出了初步评估意见,认为中国还没有完全达到其反倾销法律规定的市场经济标准.欧盟评估的这一结论引起了国内政界、学术界的不满,也引发出国内学术界和媒体对向欧盟争取市场经济地位必要性的疑问与争议.本文从中国是否应申请市场经济地位、中国能否算是市场经济国家和如何看待欧盟的初评意见三方面谈了自己的看法.     

金融发展应成为构建“十一五”经济发展机制的核心内容

在中国这样具有发展中和转轨中双重特征的国家，经济发展机制具有更加重要的意义。改革开放以来我国东南沿海地区的经验表明，形成良好的金融支持体系对于经济发展尤其是内生性经济发展至关重要。目前全国大部分地区金融发展滞后已经成为制约经济发展的重要因素，“十一五”时期，应该把金融发展和金融体系创新提上重要日程，作为构建经济发展机制的关键和核心内容。制定明确有序的金融发展规划，全面深化金融体制发展与改革，积极重建地方性金融服务体系，改变金融发展滞后对经济发展的不利影响，创造良好的经济发展环境和机制。     

事业单位国有资产管理的制度设计、治理机制及其他

对事业单位国有资产管理进行改革已越来越迫切.作为规范性的事业单位的主体社会公益型组织,评价其资产管理工作的好坏不是以它们所创造的货币收益多少为指标,而必须研究设计出一整套多元的科学指标体系;应在医院、学校等事业单位建立理事会或董事会治理结构;重建成本核算的财务会计制度.     

构建推进社会主义新农村建设的财政保障机制

社会主义新农村建设需要与之相适应的财政体制作保障.本文以此立意,分析了1994年财政体制取向与新农村建设目标之间可能存在的冲突,评价了1998年以来财政政策性安排对于缓和农村矛盾、强化农村财政保障的积极作用,最后提出根据新农村建设要求,研究建立财政保障的长效机制的思路.     

贸易与经济增长收敛研究综述

战后许多发展中国家向现代经济增长的过渡,尤其是东亚国家和地区的发展经验均不同程度地表明:贸易对经济增长收敛有着重要的影响。对此,本文从理论上总结了贸易影响经济增长收敛的机制,同时综述了贸易影响经济增长收敛的各种实证检验,结论表明,在适当的条件下,贸易的确有助于促进贸易国的经济增长收敛。     

Passengers,consumers, and travellers: The rise of passenger rights in EC transport law and its repercussions for Community consumer law and policy

EC transport law is set to be complemented by a series of Regulations giving rights to passengers for almost every mode of transport. These Regulations not only give transport law a distinct consumer dimension but also add new elements to European private law. This paper attempts to provide a horizontal, or intermodal, survey of these Regulations, adopted and proposed. It is argued that passenger law, although originating separately and remaining a sector distinct from other fields of law, has become part of a wider, three-stranded notion of European consumer policy deserving due attention as the force most dynamically expanding the area of Community law of contracts and of torts. The paper will point to the elements of consumer contract law and the law on travel and tourism related to passenger transport and elaborate on the basics for finding a common notion of the key terms like “passenger” and “damage” for Community law. It concludes with some points for further reflection.