The Affordable Care Act,the Medicaid Coverage Gap,and Hispanic Consumers: A Phenomenology of Obamacare

The historic health care reform of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, enabled more than 20 million Americans to gain health insurance and access to health care. However, the original mandate requiring states to expand Medicaid was ruled as optional in 2012 by the Supreme Court. Focusing on Hispanic consumers residing in a state that opted out of the Medicaid expansion, this study reports on the consumer experience of Obamacare. Findings show that study participants are in an unfavorable situational context, better understood when the cultural context is considered, and cultural resistance recognized. The findings also show that participants are confused, discouraged, and fearful of the continued unaffordability of health insurance and the lawful need to enroll or be penalized. For these participants, affordable health insurance has not been realized and this research gives an insight on those individuals falling through the cracks.     

Word Power: The Impact of Negative Media Coverage on Disciplining Corporate Pollution

Globalization is multifaceted and involves the interaction among businesses, services, governments, and societies beyond national borders. As a result, the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI), international trade in goods and services, and the economic interdependence of the nations of the world have been increasing. At the same time, much attention has been paid to the effect of corruption prevalent within many cultures and societies, and its impact on the economies, especially developing economies. This paper examines the relationship between human capital investment, the level of national corruption, and the global economic integration (GEI) of a nation in developing countries. Based on the data collected from over 60 countries, and building on the FDI and human capital theories, it was found that human capital investment and corruption are related to GEI. It was also found that the level of corruption moderates the relationship between human capital investment and GEI of developing economies. The findings of the study can help to deepen our understanding of GEI and have practical implications for developing countries in terms developing human capital, which plays a critical role in today’s knowledge-based economy.     

Health insurance coverage during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of Medicaid expansion

Using data from the US Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey, we analyzed the likelihood of loss of health insurance and enrollment into new health coverage during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Loss of employment was associated with a significant increase in the likelihood of loss of health insurance and, specifically, an increase in the likelihood of employer-sponsored health insurance. However, individuals in Medicaid expansion states experienced a lower likelihood of loss of health insurance compared with individuals in nonexpansion states. At the same time, there was a statistically significant increase in Medicaid enrollment in expansion states, by 3.2 percentage points. Reemployment or acquiring employment was associated with a gain in health insurance coverage. During an economic downturn, eligibility, and coverage gaps leave many without affordable coverage options, and the pandemic will likely bring renewed attention to gaps in Medicaid coverage in nonexpansion states.     

欧盟东扩对中国外经贸企业的影响

2004年5月1日，中东欧10个国家加入欧盟，欧盟成员国增至25个国家，这是欧盟有史以来实现的最大规模的扩张。此举会给当今世界政治经济格局带来重大影响，同时，也给中国外经贸企业带来机遇和挑战。面对机遇和挑战，中国外经贸企业应牢固树立以质取胜的意识，提高产品档次；认真研究欧盟的法律、法规和技术标准；采取多种投资方式，不断创新，提高核心竞争力，迂回进入欧盟市场。     

Understanding the Impact of Online Reviews on Customer Choice: A Probability Discounting Approach

This study uses the concept of probability discounting to understand the impact of online customer reviews on consumer choice. Probability discounting describes how the subjective value of an outcome alters when its delivery shifts from certain to uncertain. An experimental study with 29 participants was conducted. Participants were run through an online shopping scenario where they had to choose whether to buy a product from a Web shop with customer reviews on reliability or from a Web shop without reviews but with a lower product price. A titration procedure over sales price for the Web shop without reviews was run over seven probability conditions. The mean switching points where participants chose where to buy the product were extracted from the experimental data, and probability discounting factors were calculated. The results supported the assumption that online reviews indicate the probability of a successful transaction online and function as a guide to choices. Implications for marketers as well as suggestions for future research are discussed.     

我国目前老年保健品营销市场现状及拓展分析

当前,我国保健品市场在发展中长期存在着生产企业重广告轻研发,品种单一不能满足需求,唯利是图甚至虚抬高价误导群众的情况等问题,导致老年人在选用保健品时受虚假广告影响较大,真假难辨,不能根据自身情况合理选择保健品,用后效果不佳,严重打击了消费信心。保健品生产企业在管理上应加快创新步伐,提高管理水平,产研结合,寻求科技含量突破注重树立品牌效应;在销售上应积极运用网络新型营销模式,探索精细化营销模式,根据购买力合理定价,注重售后服务,从口碑中改善品质,积极开拓国际市场,从而不断促进我国老年保健品市场健康稳定发展。     

Psychological and Demographic Characteristics as Determinants of Women's Health Insurance Coverage

The study examines the role of demographic and psychological characteristics in determining women's healthcare insurance coverage. To assess the role of these characteristics, data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Labor Market Experience (NLSLME), Young Women's Cohort, were used considering both a married and not married subsample. Overall, the results indicate that in addition to the influence of previously examined demographic characteristics, the role of psychological attributes is substantial particularly for the not married subsample. Findings suggest that in addition to policy aimed at increasing health insurance coverage by way of considering demographic characteristics policy should also consider psychological attributes.     

正确认识职工持股在国有企业改革中的作用

内部职工持股是国有企业改革中一项重要措施,其根本目的是建立激励与约束机制,以解决企业发展中的实际难题,但职工持股要有一个限度.在现有条件下职工过度持股会强化"内部人控制",歧视和损害外部股东的权益;会导致内部分工模糊,降低决策效率;会形成"押出障碍",阻碍劳动力资源的合理流动等一系列问题.     

加入WTO对中国经济结构和改革的影响

中国在2007年12月加入世界贸易组织转眼已经过去了6年。这6年中,我国顺应WTO的规则要求,加快了经济改革的步伐。加入WTO对中国的经济改革和发展产生了很大影响,主要体现在外贸总量快速增长,外贸结构不断升级;外商直接投资增长迅速,促进了国内产业技术水平和结构的升级,加快了国有企业改革,促进了我国民营企业的发展。     

论国际贸易的健康视野

国际贸易与健康,这两个似乎不相关的问题,在经济全球化的今天日益受到人们的关注。通常人们只注意国际贸易对健康的正面影响。实际上,贸易自由化在给世界经济发展带来新机遇的同时,也对人民的健康造成了负面影响。目前迫切需要国际、国内和世界贸易组织采取有效的措施,实现二者的协调发展。     

Experiential learning through STEM: Recent initiatives in the United States

This paper reviews recent educational initiatives in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in the United States, asking to what extent experiential learning methods are being incorporated into STEM education. We draw on a combination of qualitative and quantitative evidence. The quantitative evidence is from an analysis of the proposal abstracts for all 11,406 of the STEM education and workforce development-related projects funded by NSF grants from the end of 2018 to the beginning of 2022. The qualitative portion of the paper analyzes results from a number of scholarly studies of local initiatives from the last 10 years drawn from a range of published and conference papers, reports and media stories, and project websites, drawn from education research databases, secondary literature, and websites of specific organizations. We seek to classify and describe patterns observed among the projects examined, identifying common patterns and combinations of features. We believe that the paper represents the first comprehensive study of efforts to employ experiential learning methods in STEM education to link formal and informal aspects of learning.     

Understanding Green Advertising Attitude and Behavioral Intention: An Application of the Health Belief Model

ABSTRACT

Despite the high interest in green advertising and its potential to foster sustainable consumerism, academic research in this area has been somewhat limited. The current study developed a predictor model of green advertising attitude and behavioral intention using environmental issue-focused factors that included the Health Belief Model, consumption-focused factors, and demographic factors to help understand the significant influences that shape global green advertising outcome. An online survey of 385 participants showed that a number of factors in both issue-focused (e.g., response-efficacy and ecocentric/anthropocentric attitudes) and consumption-focused (e.g., green product purchase frequency and past green product attitude) categories significantly predicted green advertising attitude and behavioral intention. Theoretical as well as practical implications of the findings will be discussed in detail.     

The Impact of the Internet on Professional Relationships: The Case of Health Care

This paper considers the impact of the internet on professional services, specifically healthcare services which have been characterised as asymmetrical in information and power distribution. For complex professional services the internet is primarily an information resource offering perceived parity with professionals. Based on interviews with healthcare professionals and website managers, this paper considers how professionals perceive the internet to be changing patterns of professional–consumer interaction and the nature of professional–consumer relationships. Manifest at service encounter level and health policy level, professionals perceived the evolving parameters of the consumer role to be generating a requirement for a fundamental revision of models of service delivery and professional roles.     

美国特朗普政府税制改革分析

美国特朗普总统签署的《2017年减税与就业法》正式拉开30多年以来美国税改大幕,降低美国企业和个人所得税税率,并对美国国际税收体制进行了改革,对跨境所得征税进行重大调整。特朗普政府税改引起了美国国内和国际社会的广泛关注,美国国内就税改是否能促进经济和投资增长、工资上调、促进知识创新等问题展开了讨论。国际社会则普遍担心特朗普政府税改可能引发的竞争性减税等外溢效应。对中国而言,可适当看齐,维持一定的税率和企业制度性成本,并警惕其他非税制度性成本;保持一定的政府财力,为未来进行拓展型发展提供财力保障,推动社会经济尽快阔步跨越式升级;并提高政府对教育、科技等基础性保障的投入。     

The Impact of Culture on the Efficacy and Fairness of Whistleblowing: A Contrast Between Brazil and the United States

The possibility of denouncing malpractice at corporations listed on the US stock exchange is a relatively recent requirement as promoted by the US Sarbanes‐Oxley 2002 Act. This organizational alert mechanism acts as a tool for fostering the exercise of control within a structured entity. However, a study in Brazil revealed that the anonymous whistleblowing mechanisms were occasionally utilized for maligning someone when use of the instruments was significantly restrained. This article examines the critical decisions made by the top‐level executives (headquarters) to effectively control subsidiaries and particularly with regard to hotlines that allow whistleblowing and its overall impact on organizational climate using Brazil as a case study. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Some Aspects of Economic Reform in the Baltic States

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Towards an Improved Understanding of Industrial Services: Quality Dimensions and Their Impact on Buyer-Seller Relationships

ABSTRACT

The rapidly growing field of services marketing has had a strong focus on consumer services. This article deals with industrial services, i.e., services provided by a manufacturing company to organizational customers. The authors suggest a triangular model of industrial service quality involving a distinction between structural, process-related, and outcome-related aspects. These three quality dimensions are shown to have strong impacts on the customer's trust, satisfaction, and commitment. The authors discuss theoretical and managerial implications of their findings.     

男性参与生殖健康的实践与认识

回顾了男性作为社会和生物学角色参与生殖健康的10年现状,女性承担的负荷和责任远远多于男性,影响男性参与的因素在于:政策制定和宣传教育的主要目标是针对妇女,男性极少参加有关的培训和教育;可供男性使用的避孕节育方法客观上是有限的;社会上普遍流行的传闻和错误的情报,其中包括服务提供者自身对男性方法不相信或偏见;社会和宗教的某些影响.     

男性参与生殖健康的实践与认识

回顾了男性作为社会和生物学角色参与生殖健康的10年现状,女性承担的负荷和责任远远多于男性,影响男性参与的因素在于政策制定和宣传教育的主要目标是针对妇女,男性极少参加有关的培训和教育;可供男性使用的避孕节育方法客观上是有限的;社会上普遍流行的传闻和错误的情报,其中包括服务提供者自身对男性方法不相信或偏见;社会和宗教的某些影响.