A comparative study of domestic,European and international job-related relocation

This paper explores a number of relocation outcomes for geographically mobile employees in the following three regions: Germany as the home country and destination for domestic assignments (n = 115), Western Europe (n = 116) and other countries (n = 236). The satisfaction with various aspects of the post-relocation environment, the perception of change between the pre- and post-relocation environment and the attachment to the post-relocation environment at various levels were compared between the three groups. For the European and international sub-samples differences in the ideal country and future plans were also investigated. The group that stood out most clearly was the domestic sub-sample. It emerged as the group least satisfied with their job or task characteristics, perceived significantly fewer changes in the environment and was comparatively eager to leave the site they were currently working at and the job they were currently employed in. The sometimes proposed redefinition of intra-European assignments as ‘quasi-domestic’ relocation appears to be inappropriate.     

Regional integration,international liberalisation and the dynamics of industrial agglomeration

This paper presents a 3-region footloose-entrepreneur new economic geography model. Two symmetric regions are part of an economically integrated area (the Union), while the third region represents an outside trade partner. We explore how the spatial allocation of industrial production and employment within the Union is affected by changes in two aspects of trade liberalisation, regional integration and globalisation, conditional to the skill endowment and the market size of the outside region. Our main contribution pertains to the analysis of the local and global dynamics of the specified factor mobility process. We show that significant parameter ranges exist for which an asymmetric distribution of economic activities is one of the possible long-run outcomes which may allow a smooth transition to agglomeration (in contrast to the NEG typical catastrophic scenario). In addition, we show that multistability is pervasive and that some attractors are Milnor attractors. Both results reinforce the NEG narrative on the importance of initial conditions for the long-run location of industrial activity.     

The Eurozone and financial integration: the employment relations issues

Together the macroeconomic and financial attributes of monetary union are changing the rules governing the European economy. This paper assesses the consequences of these changes for employment relations in member states. The analysis focuses on three matters in particular. First, how labour market actors are responding to the fact that macroeconomic policies are not only out of their own control but may therefore fail to correspond to the needs of particular countries. Second, how employment relations are adapting to the new microeconomic challenges released by the move towards deeper financial integration inside the EU, which has its main impact on the structures of corporate finance and thus on corporate strategy. Finally the implications of both patterns of change for the EU employment policy are assessed to gauge the impact of monetary union on the European social model.     

国内外财务公司比较研究

本文通过对国内外企业财务公司(以下简称"财务公司")在产生背景、客观环境、形成特点以及发挥作用等方面的比较,发现我国财务公司在现阶段存在的主要问题有:监管政策与配套措施不够完善,财务公司整体发展不平衡.笔者认为,促进财务公司健康发展的主要举措是:中央银行需改善财务公司的外部环境,企业集团应重视财务公司作用的发挥,财务公司应努力提高自身素质和水平.     

Globalization,employment relations and human resources indicators in ten developed market economies: international data sets

This paper provides statistical information on internationalization, human resources and labour market outcomes in ten important developed market economies (DMEs). Such data are useful for practitioners and academics who are interested in international HRM. The article's aim is to provide easily accessible statistical tables of selected characteristics, which can be used to draw initial comparisons between countries and to test competing accounts of the impact of globalization on national patterns of employment relations. It includes standard sources so readers can elaborate and update these data.     

Talent management in Russian companies: domestic challenges and international experience

The study investigates talent management practices in Russian and foreign companies and their influence on a company's performance. In our work, foreign companies are foreign-owned companies (multinational or global) that operate in the Russian market and their headquarters are located outside the Russian Federation. Attention is paid to the analysis of the factors that support talent management implementation. As the results of the research are based on a comparative analysis of differences and peculiarities in talent practices in Russian and foreign companies, the paper explores and provides a number of ideas and conclusions about talent management elaboration, realization and talent practices improvement in the Russian context. Our data show that talent management practices are influenced by a number of factors that are different, in parts, in Russian and foreign companies. Supplementary analysis also suggests that the positive connection between talent management efforts and a company's performance can be found.     

The international drivers of domestic airline mergers in twenty nations: integrating industrial organization and international business

The domestic airline merger phenomenon of the late 1980s and early 1990s sparked a great deal of Industrial Organization (IO) literature; yet, that literature neglected non‐US domestic mergers and potential for international competitive gains. Using an International Business perspective to complement an IO analysis, I argue that factoring international competitive incentives helps explain domestic airline merger activity. A Cournot model of airline competition illustrates that domestic mergers, via enhanced domestic networks and reduced domestic competition, generate international competitive gains. Further, empirical tests—using a structural equations approach on panel data covering interhyphen‐national city‐pair market segments—support domestic mergers improving international competitiveness. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Hierarchical integration in production planning: Theory and practice

This paper discusses the issue of integrating various decision levels in hierarchical production planning systems. First the theory is briefly reviewed and then two case studies are presented. It is argued that it is not sufficient to have a good decision model at every level of the decision hierarchy. The different models should be carefully integrated. The potential problems resulting from a lack of integration are discussed. These problems are then illustrated in two case studies in order to be able to focus on actual managerial issues. It is shown how different decision levels supported by decision models were integrated in these two applications. Two important features are the crucial role of crossfunctional managerial committees in the integration process and the introduction of slack to avoid disaggregation problems.We do not claim to be exhaustive in presenting the problems related to integration nor do we claim that the solutions to the cases are the best possible ones. We do, however, hope that this paper motivates production managers to take a serious look at their hierarchical planning procedures.     

Acculturation,coping, and integration success of international skilled migrants: An integrative review and multilevel framework

In this article, we review the limited but growing body of research on international skilled migrants and examine to what extent knowledge generated in adjacent research streams—specifically, work on assigned and self‐initiated expatriates—can be meaningfully applied to aid our understanding of the challenges, coping strategies, and acculturation dynamics of skilled migrants. We develop a framework that explains how variables and processes at multiple levels (individual, organisational, and societal) influence migrant acculturation and coping and result in integration‐related outcomes in the domains of personal/family life and workplace/career. We discuss directions for future research and implications for practice.     

Stock prices and domestic and international macroeconomic activity: a cointegration approach

This paper supports the existence of a significant, long-run relationship between stock prices and domestic and international economic activity in six European economies. Johansen Cointegration tests demonstrate that stock price levels are significantly related to industrial production, business surveys of manufacturing orders, short- and long-term interest rates as well as foreign stock prices, short-term interest rates and production. Variance decomposition methods support the strong explanatory power of macroeconomic variables in contributing to the forecast variance of stock prices. Hence, stock prices are determined by macroeconomic activity.     

虱内外燃料油期货市场不完善程度测度和实证检验

论文使用一个包含了价格期望因素以及套利机制不完全性的期货市场不完善程度测度模型,分别对上海和新加坡燃料油期货市场的不完善程度进行了检验。检验结果发现上海燃料油期货市场的不完善程度要比新加坡高很多,可见上海燃料油期货市场有待于进一步完善。最后,论文通过上海与新加坡燃料油期货市场的不同点进行分析,探讨了上海燃料油期货市场不完善程度的可能原因,对实证结果作了进一步解释,并提出了相应的政策建议。     

地质灾害预测预报的国内外现状

我国是世界上地质灾害特别严重的国家之一。文章对我国地质灾害预测预报现状进行了综述,力求为地质灾害的预测预报提供服务。     

化解物价上涨应强化内外贸一体化政策

当前,我国出现的结构性通货膨胀,其根本原因之一就是流动性过剩.因此,解决了流动性过剩问题,物价上涨问题也会迎刃而解.目前,一种比较流行的观点倾向于把流动性过剩作为一个货币供给量问题,以为只要采取紧缩的货币政策,就可以解决我国的流动性过剩问题.事实上,并非如此简单.     

我国城市群经济整合的理论与实践

文章基于区域经济发展和城市群发展两个视角分别从经济全球化、区域经济发展、区域分工与合作、城市群内部的产业集聚与扩散、城市群内部的企业扩张和内部的网络化组织的促进作用等几个方面就城市群经济整合进行了理论上的阐述论证.最后,论文从城市群内部的产业整合、市场整合、基础设施整合和区域协调机制的建立等四个方面进行城市群经济整合实证方面的研究.     

轨道交通一体化衔接模式与实践探讨

文章对国内外轨道交通衔接经验进行了系统的分析,结合规划实践,提出了轨道交通衔接的基本理念、对策、布局模式,该成果对于轨道交通功能的发挥具有重要的指导意义。     

Maternal employment,migration, and child development

We analyze the roles of and interrelationships among school inputs and parental inputs in affecting child development through the specification and estimation of a behavioral model of household migration and maternal employment decisions. We integrate information on these decisions with observations on child outcomes over a 13-year period from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (NLSY). We find that the impact of our school quality measures diminishes by factors of 2 to 4 after accounting for the fact that families may choose where to live in part based on school characteristics and labor market opportunities. The positive statistical relationship between child outcomes and maternal employment reverses sign and remains statistically significant after controlling for its possible endogeneity. Our estimates imply that when parental responses are taken into account, policy changes in school quality end up having only minor impacts on child test scores.     

Firm risk,investment, and employment growth

This paper examines the relation between firm risk and growth of Finnish firms. The results reveal a negative relation between risk (total and unsystematic risk) and firm investment. This negative relation is robust to the choice of estimation method. The results also suggest that labor-intensive firms respond to increased risk by substituting capital for labor. Discrete decision models reassure the main conclusions by showing that greater risk decreases (increases) the likelihood of simultaneous growth (decline) investment and employment.     

沉默权的国际人权标准与国内现实

随着国际人权运动的深入发展,包括沉默权在内的旨在保障犯罪嫌疑人、被告人权利的制度,不断在各国刑事诉讼制度中得以确立。我国已签署了《公民权利和政治权利国际公约》,而公约的"反对强迫自证其罪"与我国刑事诉讼法所确立的犯罪嫌疑人、被告人"如实供述义务"是相悖的。针对沉默权人权标准国际化趋势,应对沉默权在我国的设置作出应然思考与实然分析。     

战略人力资源管理与跨国公司在中国的绩效

通过比较跨国公司在中国两个行业中的人力资源管理实践与相关绩效,本研究验证战略人力资源管理的不同理论观点。笔者分析了取自中国的软饮料产业与电子产业的实证数据,研究的结果验证了一系列有关战略人力资源管理的基本假设,如企业环境、企业战略、企业人力资源实践与企业绩效之间的关系。     

跨国公司在华直接投资控的现状及对策

自20世纪90年代以来，外商来华投资数量高速增长，跨国公司在中国设立的合资企业也纷纷增资扩股，直至掌握企业的相对控股权甚至绝对控股权，有的甚至变为独资企业。可以说，控股已成为跨国公司在华投资谋取巨额经济利益的主要手段。据统计，在目前世界500强中，已有四百余家来华投资。这些跨国公司凭借自身在品牌、技术、资金、管理、人才和营销渠道等方面的优势很大程度上掌握着在华并购投资的主动权，并逐步对国内某些企业甚至某些行业形成了垄断的态势。