Managerial mindset as the mechanism of the country-of-origin effect: evidence from Chinese multinational enterprises’ approach to employer associations

The country-of-origin effect (COE) on employment practices in multinational enterprises (MNEs) has become an important area of international human resource management research. However, research on the mechanisms of the COE, a fundamental and critical aspect of the country-of-origin phenomenon, is scant. This study seeks to empirically explore the mechanisms through which country-of-origin influences Chinese MNEs’ approach to host-country employer associations. Analysis of qualitative data from 13 Chinese MNEs revealed that country of origin affected the approach of Chinese MNEs to host-country employer associations in the form of transfer of managerial norms. It also revealed that it was the mindset of those home-country nationals who were key decision-makers at subsidiaries that enabled the COE in Chinese MNEs. This paper highlights the importance for future studies of international strategic human resources management to pay attention to micro-foundations of cross-border practice transfer and to incorporate analyses of managerial cognition in the investigation of MNEs’ management practices.     

提升食品微生物检验质量的方法

随着近年来屡屡被爆出的食品安全事件,人们对食品安全问题越来越重视。国内已出台了很多食品质量检验的标准和法规,如何提高食品微生物检验的质量已成为相关领域研究的热点。因此,本文主要简述食品微生物检验的检验对象和检验特点,并提出了一些提升食品微生物检验质量的策略,以期为食品检验工作提供理论参考。     

人才培养目标与教学管理水平的关系整合——以高职土建类专业为例

高职土建类专业人才培养目标与教学管理有着密切的关系。教学管理对人才培养目标的实现产生多方面的影响,主要体现在目标管理、过程管理、绩效管理三个方面,在明确学生学习目标、激励学生学习动力、调动学生学习积极性、引导学生全面发展等方面具有举足轻重的作用。为了更好地实现人才培养目标,应实现教学管理重心从传统的过程管理向目标管理和绩效管理的根本性转变。     

中国主要粮食品种比较优势及进口市场结构研究

文章通过贸易专业化指数、结构优化指数等5个指标,对中国稻谷、小麦、玉米、大豆4个粮食品种的比较优势、进口市场结构变动程度及变动方向进行了分析。研究结果表明:我国稻谷比较优势逐年下降,玉米和大豆的比较劣势进一步凸显,小麦比较劣势明显但有所改善;4个粮食品种的进口来源高度集中,稻谷、玉米和大豆的进口市场结构不断优化,而小麦的进口市场结构则呈现出恶化趋势。值得注意的是,稻谷、玉米和大豆进口市场结构的优化过程较不稳定,且3个品种的进口市场结构还存在较大的优化空间。同时,玉米进口市场结构在近五年已由优化趋势转为劣化趋势。     

高职金融专业职业素养分析

职业素养是职业要求和规范在从业者个体身上的内化,是在职业过程中个体表现出来的综合素质,它能够比较全面地评价就业者能否胜任所从事的岗位.职业素养的高低成为用人单位重要的人才选择标准.高等职业教育不同于一般意义的高等学科教育,它跨越了职业与教育的明确分界.高职学生的"准职业人"身份,要求高职院校应为他们职业素养的修习与积蓄提供全方位支撑,并成为其职业素养养成与提升的坚实后盾.     

基于服务价值增值的制造企业商业模式分析

服务化、网络化、产业化在重塑制造业业形态的同时,对制造企业的商业模式创新提出了需求,需要学界的理论思考。文章从服务价值增值角度探讨制造企业商业模式创新,首先分析了传统制造企业商业模式的弊端;其次根据制造企业商业模式创新的内外部影响因素梳理出制造企业商业模式各要素转变的落脚点,进而针对我国制造业的发展现状,构建了制造企业商业模式新框架。     

The evolution of competition in innovation resource: a theoretical study based on Lotka–Volterra model

This research uses the Lotka–Volterra model to analyse the competition of innovation resource between two enterprises and studies the dynamic effects of environmental changes through the change of model parameters. The research finds that there are three possible results of the competition in innovation resource. That comprises ‘crowding out effect’, ‘unstable equilibrium’ and ‘stable equilibrium’. The results of competitive evolution are determined by enterprises’ interaction parameters. However, the natural growth rates, the initial resource possessions of both enterprises and the amount of regional innovation resource have a significant impact on the evolution of competition.     

农户生物菌肥购买意愿及行为的影响因素研究*——基于山东省设施菜农的调研数据

[目的]生物菌肥对于土壤改良、环境改善、食品安全具有重要意义,但目前生物菌肥在整个肥料产业中所占份额较小,迫切需要探讨如何从农户角度提高生物菌肥的施用比例。[方法]基于设施蔬菜农户的数据,构建Bivariate Probit模型,对农户生物菌肥的购买意愿和行为的影响因素进行比较研究。[结果]农户的生物菌肥购买意愿和行为总体上呈现一致性,愿意购买的农户中有97. 77%的农户具有实际的购买行为;但两者的影响因素有所差异,从差异因素来看,质量安全检测对购买意愿具有显著的正向影响,但对购买行为的影响并不显著;农户文化程度、种植年限、对无公害、绿色、有机蔬菜的了解程度,经销商推荐,施肥指导对购买行为具有显著的正向影响。从共同因素来看,生态环境认知变量对购买意愿和购买行为影响不显著。[结论]要推广生物菌肥,需要进一步加强质量安全检测体系对农业行为的约束性,提升经销商的规范经营意识,采用集中招标等灵活的价格政策,提升农户的生态技能,并在保护生态环境方面出台更完善的农业绿色发展政策。     

New Evidence on Housing Wealth and Consumption Channels

The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics - This paper provides new evidence on the effect of housing wealth on consumption by focusing on the impact of home-equity extraction. We develop a...     

The effect of shared auditors in the supply chain on cost stickiness

Do supply chain audits have real effects?We focus on the effect of shared auditors in the supply chain on corporate cost stickiness.When a supplier shares audit...