The effect of interactive on-line learning systems on student learning outcomes in accounting

We examine the association between student use of a unique, interactive, on-line learning system known as MarlinaLS™ and the learning outcomes achieved by students in a major second year undergraduate accounting subject over the period 2002–2003. Primarily, we explore the relationship between students’ use of MarlinaLS™, an on-line system developed specifically to enhance reciprocal learning, and the examination performance of those students. Our results show that students’ use of MarlinaLS™ is positively associated with their examination performance and also with the internal assessment result achieved. We also find that the extent of usage of the MarlinaLS™ system by students varies systematically based on a number of defined characteristics. The study enhances our understanding of the role of teaching strategies generally, and, more specifically, the role of interactive on-line learning systems in improving student learning outcomes.     

Cyberspace as product space Interactive learning about interactive media

A bewildering range of new interactive consumer media products are emerging, many of them under the label ‘Interactive Television’. This is the source of a great deal of industry excitement. The future of television is opened up beyond the vistas of countless new channels, to new or enhanced types of television service such as video on demand, surfing the Internet, and teleshopping. There is considerable uncertainty attached to market forecasts about them, to views as to which of the various products on offer will succeed in the mass market—even to notions of what exactly consumers might want to use these products for. Rather than offer a pat set of answers to these questions, the present paper approaches the matter of these new products through the perspectives provided by innovation studies and, in particular, new evolutionary economics. Drawing lessons from such products as videotex, audiotex, and optical disc multimedia, it outlines implications for interactive television.     

充分发挥独立董事作用 推动保险业科学发展

正确认识和科学判断形势,是制定正确战略的基本依据,是增强工作能力、提高工作效率的前提和基础。总的看,保险业发展既有挑战、又蕴含机遇,既有困难、又有有利条件。独立董事制度是完善公司治理结构的一项重要制度创新,是完善保险公司治理结构的重要措施;是提升董事会决策能力和水平的有力举措;是保护被保险人利益的重要力量。保险公司独立董事责任重大、任务艰巨。每位独立董事都要坚持操守,敢于担当;恪尽职守,勤勉尽职;独立公正,审慎判断;不断学习,科学决策。独立董事只有在这些事项上把好关、会决策,才能保证公司稳健经营,科学发展。     

The effectiveness of interactive professional learning experiences as a pedagogical tool: Evidence from an audit setting

This paper describes an interactive professional learning experience (IPLE) and provides guidance for implementing an IPLE in an audit classroom. The IPLE described in this paper exposes students to a realistic practice environment within the classroom by bringing practitioners together with students in a professional supervisory setting. Practitioners review students’ work and then meet with students one-on-one to provide feedback on their work. We also document evidence of the pedagogical value of an IPLE by using a between-subjects experimental design in which learning outcomes for participants are compared to a control group that received the same instructions and completed the same written assignment, but did not participate in the professional interaction. In addition, pre- and posttests of students’ audit knowledge allowed for a within-subjects self-assessment of knowledge acquisition. The results strongly suggest that participation in the IPLE improves students’ performance on a skills test of relevant audit material and increases their self-perceptions of knowledge gained. In addition, results indicate that both students and audit professionals consider the IPLE a positive professional learning experience.     

多措并举 促进资本走出去

该文梳理了近年来我国促进资本流出的外汇政策,从政策法规制定、税收优惠、金融机构发展和金融市场建设四个方面分析了境外投资发展缓慢的原因;指出要进一步拓宽资本流出渠道,应加快制定《境外投资保证法》,支持金融机构对外投资和提供金融服务;放宽境外机构在境内筹集人民币限制,支持个人资金走出去,并完善“走出去”综合管理信息系统。     

中国企业加快IPO推动全球融资

中国企业:对未来持乐观态度,热衷收购 绝大多数中国企业高管对未来三年企业营收的增长前景具有信心.《中国资本市场洞察调研》显示,从0到10为增长信心打分,0代表"毫无信心",10代表"极具信心",近四分之一的受访者选择10分,四分之三选择6分或6分以上.本次报告于2016年7月至9月间向中国企业高管进行调研,收到108家中国企业的答复,其中76家为私营企业,32家为在中国内地或中国香港、北美和欧洲上市的公司.     

探索票据衍生产品 推动票据市场发展

该文针对商业银行票据业务起伏较大的现状,提出通过发展票据衍生产品促进票据市场健康发展的设想,介绍了票据衍生产品在规避利率波动风险、主动调节票据规模和提升票据业务收益水平方面的积极作用,并结合市场实际提出发展票据衍生产品的基本思路及所需的条件。     

村镇银行促农村金融发展

目前,虽然中国农村金融的基本框架已经确立,理论上对于构建竞争性农村金融市场、促进机构多元化发展已经达成共识,但是围绕农村金融基本框架的存量改革变得举步维艰,于是,进一步开放农村金融市场,逐渐增加新型农村金融组织,以增量改革推进存量改革就变得异常迫切.3月1日以来陆续成立的村镇银行、贷款公司以及农村资金互助合作组织,标志着我国农村金融领域增量改革的开始.尤其是村镇银行的成立与发展,将对农村金融的发展具有重要意义.     

数据库自动恢复提升数据备份质量

数据库数据的备份不一定能完全保证数据的可靠,是否可靠取决于数据库数据备份的方法。本文将介绍数据库的自动恢复和事务日志的作用,通过数据库自动恢复过程的掌握来认识可靠的数据备份方法,从而管理好数据备份,加强数据的安全管理。为了保证所备份的数据库数据的质量,在数据备份之前一般都要执行checkpoint操作以确保硬盘的数据刷新。事务日志的备份用于可靠的数据库数据的恢复。实际上,数据库事务日志在数据库恢复过程中有着不可     

充分利用信息革命有助于中国长期驾驭经济浪潮

世界银行新报告<中国的信息革命:推动经济和社会转型>指出,信息通信技术(ICT)对于应对中国面临的史无前例的经济增长所带来的挑战十分重要.该报告首次全面描述了中国当前信息通信技术的大格局,对于中国的信息化全面融入其经济和社会的准备度做出了一个前瞻的评估.     

BPO推进集约化的商业模式形成

业务流程外包（Business Process Outsourcing）是指企业将一些重复性的非核心业务流程外包给供应商,以降低成本,提高服务质量,实现股东价值的提升。BPO行业具有以下特点进入门槛较高、需要配备适宜的互联网基础设施并且具备相当的介入条件;对自然资源损耗较低;重视对员工的培训和激励;具有较高的技术含量和较强的知识外溢效应。     

The drive to survive: independent medical practice

The "hospital of choice" for independent physicians will have the following characteristics: Adequate capital for investment in human resources, technology, and facilities. A strong and sustainable market position based on affiliated primary care practices. The ability to engage physicians as business partners. The availability of performance management information.     

An approach to learning risk-based auditing

This paper presents a discussion of a risk-based auditing project that can be used in an undergraduate or graduate auditing course. The project gives students an opportunity to apply the concepts learned in their auditing class about risk-based auditing to a real world company. A number of companies are selected from a particular industry. Each student team is assigned a company and performs business risk analysis related to the entity and its environment using a structured questionnaire (template). The students are required to perform analytical procedures (ratio analysis) on the company and compare it to industry data or a competitor. Student evaluations of the project indicate that it helped them apply their audit knowledge, and was relevant to the auditing class.     

金融改革破题之年如何破题

全国政协委员、香港创兴银行副主席兼董事总经理梁高美懿表示：互联网金融业态是中国金融市场未来发展的新看点。应以法无禁止即可为、法无授权不能为的监管理念,重程序正义,轻实质内容审核等的行政逻辑,为互联网金融机构提供合规但不压抑的监管环境。她说：     

创新金融服务 推进“三农”建设——北京农村商业银行股份有限公司副行长于辉访谈

对北京农村商业银行股份有限公司（以下简称＂北京农村商业银行＂）而言,2011年意义非凡。它的前身北京市农村信用社联合社始建于1951年,2005年又由信用社转制成为北京农村商业银行,2011年4月经监管部门批准,其简称更改为北京农商银行。历经几番蜕变,60年的积淀已将北京农商银行锤炼为一家实现了商业化经营与政策性支农平衡发展的区域性银行,     

如何提升信用卡品牌的满意度

在对2009年金融核心消费人群研究中,我们采用对应分析法(Correspondence Analysis)研究信用卡品牌问题,利用多元统计分析技术分析出信用卡品牌的认知度、渗透度和满意度三个评价指标的差幅:信用卡品牌的满意度指标差幅大于渗透率,渗透率指标差幅又大于认知度,这意味着差异化竞争的空间由大到小.消费者调查数据显示,招行信用卡在满意度指标上的表现最突出,差异化优势明显;而工行牡丹卡和建行龙卡在渗透率上表现突出,也具备一定的差异化优势.总体而言,多数中国信用卡品牌的竞争仍停留在认知层面上,而在满意度方面仍有较长的路要走.     

Consumer-driven health plans: design features to promote quality improvement

The most prevalent form of consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) presents risks in terms of the cost, quality and appropriate use of health care. This article identifies those risks and shows employers how they can reduce them without compromising the overall cost-control potential of CDHPs. A good CDHP strategy should work on both the demand and supply sides of the market.     

Analysis of the learning context, perceptions of the learning environment and approaches to learning accounting: a longitudinal study

This study investigates student approaches to learning over the 3 years of an undergraduate degree course in accounting. The objective of the study was, first, to identify changes in learning approaches over the course duration. Second, the study examined whether any changes in learning approaches were consistent with changes in the context of learning as well as students' perceptions of the teaching/learning environment. The results show that students made greater use of sophisticated learning approaches over time linked to their more favourable perceptions of the teaching/learning environment as they progressed in their course. However, there were no significant changes in learning approach attributable to the learning context. Implications for accounting educators drawn from the findings are discussed.     

中关村牵手上交所共推企业上市

2011年4月29日,中关村管委会与上海证券交易所在北京签署战略合作协议,宣布建立长期战略合作伙伴关系,通过建立固定工作机制,强化信息交流和开展各种形式的合作和主题活动,推动中关村国家自主创新示范区企业上市,借助资本市场加快发展、做强做大。会议由中关村管委会主任郭洪主持,北京市政协副主席熊大新、上海证券交易所理事长耿亮出席签约仪式。