美国基准利率近年变动状况考察及借鉴

自2000年至今,美国的联邦基金利率变动经历了三个时期：降息期（2001年5月到2003年6月）、加息期（2004年6月到2007年9月）、再降息期（2007年9月至今）。美国的低利率政策助长了股票市场和房地产市场的资产价格膨胀,催化了泡沫经济的形成和加剧。这正是后来引发次贷危机——世界金融危机——全球经济危机的首要因素。有鉴于美国联邦基准利率变动的经验和教训,我国必须增强基准利率的可控性和可测性,加强金融市场的风险监控、货币政策和财政政策的有效配合。     

Recent Changes in Korea's Business Environment: Views of Foreign Business People in Korea

This article attempts to assess changes in the Korean business environment after the 1997 financial crisis from a foreign perspective. To this end, a comprehensive survey has been conducted of foreign business people in Korea. Although Korea has undertaken various policy measures and all-out efforts to improve its business environment in the recent past, the present study shows that foreign business people have in general a negative view on the progress. It further shows that there is substantial room for improvement in numerous areas. Not only should excessive government regulations and bureaucratic power be removed, but unfair advantages bestowed on domestic firms, inflexibility in the labour market and living conditions of foreign expatriates should also be improved. Korean people need to become more open and amicable to foreigners and foreign business operations in Korea.     

近期欧美对华反倾销指控的新变化及其影响

近期欧美等国对华反倾销指控频繁,出现了新的变化,主要表现在利用中国入世前的机会,将目标对准中国具有竞争优势的产品上,并出现了诱使倾销的动向。其影响是带动了其他国家对华反倾销案的发生,给中国产品出口带来巨大压力。本文就欧美对华反倾销指控的新变化及其影响进行了剖析,并提出了转变经营战略的应对反倾销的新思路。     

It's not Your Magazine AD: Magnitude and Direction of Recent Changes in Advertising Style

We examine how the style of magazine advertisements changed between 1969 and 2002, using ads included in the Which Ad Pulled Best? (WAPB) editions published over that period. Six aspects of ad style are examined: the proportion of space allotted to pictures, the amount of body copy used, inclusion of the brand name in the headline, incorporation of the brand into the picture, the layout of pictures and text, and the presence or absence of a stand-alone brand block. Using contemporaneous copy test data from the WAPB editions, we show that the style elements that became more common were those that had been more effective, and those that became less common were those elements that had proved less effective. Results suggest that during this period consumers increasingly approached magazine ads as pictures to be viewed and not as documents to be read. In response, magazine advertisers adapted by altering their stylistic and design choices to give more weight to pictorial elements and less weight to verbal elements.     

Recent Controversies over CPI Methodology

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has often been the subject of controversy. Historically, the most prominent critics have argued that the CPI overstates changes in the cost of living. Recently, however, some in the investment community and business media have argued that the CPI is an underestimate of inflation. Some have accused the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) not only of errors but also of willfully misrepresenting price change. These arguments have not been addressed to the BLS directly, and in many cases, they reflect serious misunderstandings about how the BLS produces the CPI. In this article, we address each of the key issues in turn.     

异氰酸酯工业近况

介绍了国内外异氰酸酯工业的发展近况,包括各地区多异氰酸酯的生产能力、几个跨国公司的异氰酸酯生产状况及发展计划等。并简要介绍了几种多异氰酸酯的用途。     

东菱历变

东菱集团被称为是民营企业的"标本":因为旧高路华的"成也价格战,败也价格战",还因为陆强华与黄仕灵的宫阁之变.前者是中国彩电业的积习,而后者则更多的是民营企业的痼疾.