European Corporate Governance: a Thematic Analysis of National Codes of Governance

Using Latent Semantic Analysis techniques to analyse the corporate governance codes of 23 EU nations, we obtain a number of new findings regarding their thematic content, variability, and convergence. We determine that these codes can be decomposed into five common themes, with substantial cross‐sectional variability in their relative importance. We also find that the themes contained in these codes cluster in ways that are not fully consistent with the legal regime classifications of La Porta et al. (1997) , leading us to construct two new country clusters. We further discover that the identity of the code issuer (e.g., government versus stock exchange) is important in explaining a code's primary theme as well as changes in theme prominence over time. Finally, we fail to find evidence of an unchecked thematic convergence towards an Anglo‐Saxon model of corporate governance, with some code themes converging to UK practices while others diverge.     

Cooperative Goals in the Chinese Work Environment: A Hong Kong Case Study

This research seeks to develop an understanding of how cooperative teamwork among Chinese employees impacts upon the customer perception of service in the Hong Kong ship-repair industry. The research model was based on the ‘Theory of Cooperation and Competition’, a western-derived theory. The model used included the Chinese values of power distance, collectivism and conformity. The results suggested the need to explore alternative processes that Chinese people may engage in in managing their conflict. We question whether the ‘goals’ or ‘ends’ based approach to the operation of teams inherent in the Theory of Cooperation and Competition, is valid in the Chinese context where ‘process’ and ‘relationship’ are pivotal.     

复合型英语专业人才培养策略研究

随着我国高等教育改革的深入,社会各界对英语专业复合型人才培养日趋重视,英语专业教学改革取得了一定的成绩,但同时也存在误区.复合型英语专业人才培养是个系统工程,应采取EGP(通用英语)和ESP(专业英语)嫁接的方法改革课程体系,加强师资队伍建设,改革教学方法,并在教学计划、教材、资料、科研等方面提供保障,加快复合型外语人才的培养.     

着力提升产业链供应链韧性和安全水平

着力提升产业链供应链韧性和安全水平,是推动高质量发展的基本要求。基于现有研究,可以将产业链供应链韧性界定为面对重大突发事件或外部冲击时,产业链供应链免于断裂并能较快恢复原状的能力。产业链供应链韧性往往与产业链供应链安全问题息息相关。要用中国式现代化的理念和政策思维,科学把握提升产业链供应链韧性和安全水平的方法论,找准提升产业链供应链韧性和安全水平的着力点,注意发挥深化产业融合的赋能作用,培育提升产业链供应链韧性和安全水平的兴奋点。     

高管连锁网络与股价同步性

本文以2009—2018年中国A股上市公司为研究样本,考察了高管连锁网络对公司股价同步性的影响。研究发现：高管连锁网络会提高公司的股价同步性,处于高管连锁网络越中心位置的上市公司,其股价同步性越高;从趋同性和信息透明度两个方面进一步分析高管连锁网络对股价同步性的作用机制,发现高管连锁网络并非通过降低公司透明度这一途径对股价同步性产生影响,而是因为连锁高管加强了上市公司间的行为学习、信息和资源的共享,促使公司间基础特征趋同,进而提高了公司的股价同步性;根据联结类型的不同将高管连锁网络划分为董事网络、监事网络和高管网络,实证结果表明高管网络对股价同步性的提升效应最大,董事网络次之,监事网络对股价同步性无显著影响;区分产权性质和法治环境后发现,在国有企业和所处法治环境较差的企业中,高管连锁网络提高股价同步性的效应更显著。研究结论为提升资本市场信息效率提供了理论支撑。     

对一般公认会计原则与国际财务报告准则趋同的研究

基于在美国上市的外国公司披露的由国际财务报告准则(IFRS)向一般公认会计原则(GAAP)调整的财务数据资料,通过单样本均值检验和回归分析对美国GAAP与IFRS之间的差异进行的实证研究,结果表明,按照IFRS和美国GAAP核算的净利润存在显著的差异,造成这种差异的原因主要是IFRS和GAAP在企业合并、无形资产、借款费用的资本化、金融工具、收入确认、养老金和退休后福利、税收、不动产等方面的会计处理不同。     

武汉城市圈农民人均年纯收入差距研究

文章利用2000～2007年间武汉城市圈9城市历年统计年鉴的数据,对该城市圈各城市间农民人均年纯收入差距的演变,分别从绝对差距、相对差距、"倒U"型假说以及收敛性等角度,进行了全方位的详细分析。结果显示:绝对差距逐年扩大,而相对差距总体是缩小的,尽管期间扩大和缩小交替出现;库兹涅茨"倒U"型通过检验;δ-收敛和绝对β-收敛都通过了检验,证明了收敛性的存在;通过控制影响农民人均年纯收入差距的经济结构差异变量后,条件β-收敛显著存在,一产比重与收入的增长负相关,而二产比重则相反。     

我国地区产业结构趋同及其发展对策研究

产业结构趋同是制约我国经济发展的重要因素之一。本文阐述了地区间产业结构趋同的现状及其对我国国民经济发展的不良影响,剖析了形成我国地区间产业结构趋同的主要原因,即市场经济体制和行政管理体制的双重体制缺陷。最后结合我国当前的实际情况并针对产业结构趋同成因提出了解决问题的办法。     

Convergence since the Second World War: Blind Alleys and Misplaced Expectations

Abstract

The gap in income between the richest and the poorest countries is very large and increasing. But as we probe deeper the picture becomes less clear regarding the facts and more so the conceptual basis of the analysis. The growing gap hides substantial progress in most welfare indicators for most of the world's population. The theory beyond the expectations of convergence seems inadequate, especially for the case of Sub-Saharan Africa.