必和必拓涉嫌贿赂宝钢

<正>2008年北京奥运会吸引了全球的目光,跨国公司也纷纷邀请自己的重要客户来参加这个全世界的盛会。有媒体报道,在奥运会开幕前,澳洲铁矿石巨头必和必拓的奥运团队就开始忙碌着接待来自全球各地的"贵宾",他们主要是购买必和必拓产品的客户和必和必拓各业务高层以及     

必和必拓见势退婚

2008年11月25日,采矿业巨头必和必拓正式宣布放弃对另一矿业巨头力拓公司的要约收购。至此,在历经一年的拉锯战之后,这桩交易金额可能高达147ML美元的并购案终告一段落。     

必和必拓警醒中国

2007年10月30日，澳大利亚必和必拓公司（BHP Billiton）正式向其竞争对手英国力拓矿业公司（Rio Tinto）发出收购要约，提出通过股票互换方式，以总金额约1420亿美元收购后者。     

力拓案揭出钢铁业潜规则

缺少铁矿石的中国却成了铁矿新闻的“富矿”。就在中国钢铁企业与世界三大铁矿石寡头——英国必和必拓、澳大利亚力拓、巴西淡水河谷——的铁矿石价格谈判陷入剑拔弩张的对峙局面时,7月7日,澳大利亚媒体披露：上海市警方以涉嫌间谍罪拘捕力拓中国首席代表胡士泰等4人。原因是在中外进出口铁矿石谈判期间,胡士泰等4人采取不正当手段,通过拉拢收买中国钢铁生产单位内部人员,刺探窃取了中国国家秘密,对中国国家经济安全和利益造成重大损害。     

上市公司收购信息披露的经济学分析

上市公司收购作为社会资源重新配置的一种手段,在企业发展、扩张过程中的作用日益凸显,但这种作用能否达到预定的目的在很大程度上取决于资本市场以及人力资源市场能否有效发挥作用,而市场效率的发挥又与信息披露形成一种互动关系.     

必和必拓搅动全球钾肥版图

必和必拓向全球最大钾肥生产商发起收购,快速布局引发钾肥行业地震。在不可再生、供求失衡与垄断定价权等因素的综合影响下,以往不愠不火的钾肥需求预期迅速得以提振。     

Mining, Corporate Social Responsibility and the "Community": The Case of Rio Tinto, Richards Bay Minerals and the Mbonambi

Mining companies have long had a questionable reputation for social responsibility, especially in developing countries. In recent years, mining companies operating in developing countries have come under increased pressure as opponents have placed them under greater public scrutiny. Mining companies have responded by developing global corporate social responsibility strategies as part of their larger global business strategies. In these strategies, a prominent place is given to their relationship with local communities. For business ethics, one basic issue is whether such an approach to corporate responsibility is likely to effectively address the development concerns of local communities in developing countries. This paper addresses this question by investigating how the corporate social responsibility agenda of a major minor company has been implemented by one of its subsidiaries in South Africa.     

产业融合对产业组织政策的影响

产业组织理论认为,属于同一产业的企业之间存在竞争关系.但近20多年的实践表明,世界上主要经济发达国家出现了产业融合现象,产业之间的传统边界日趋模糊,这种现象对产业组织理论与产业组织政策提出了新的课题.传统产业组织政策是以产业边界既定为基本假设前提的,产业融合现象改变这一假设前提,对产业组织政策产生巨大的影响.本文在分析产业融合涵义的基础上,探讨产业融合对产业组织政策的影响.     

物流产业发展与经济增长关系实证分析

物流产业与经济增长之间存在协整关系和双向格兰杰因果关系;经济增长对物流发展的冲击产生正响应,社会物流总费用的增加,短期内必然增加产品成本,而企业又无法消化,从而制约经济增长。因此,第一,短期内必须从各方面降低物流费用,促进经济更好发展。第二,加强交通基础设施建设。完善的交通设施和发达的交通运输网络,将从运输时间和运输效率方面提高全社会的物流效率,节约成本。第三,加快经济发展,促进物流产业健康快速发展。经济增长是促进物流发展的根本动力,没有经济的快速发展,物流产业的发展就无从谈起。     

地区产业结构差异对外商直接投资区位选择的影响

随着外商对华投资规模、技术含量的提高,FDI对于投资地的选择,越来越受到当地产业结构的影响。与此相适应的是人力资本和服务业发展水平的重要性日趋提高,并对FDI的流向产生直接的影响。本文通过使用我国1992～2001年沿海10省市的相关数据分析认为,一个地区产业集中度的高低显著影响外商投资的区位选择,跨国公司决定向一个地区投资后往往选择该地区具有比较优势、集中度高的行业作为投资方向,且只有当该地区的产业集聚优势与外资的比较优势相一致时,外资才会进入。     

生产性创意产业对产业集群竞争力的影响

产业集群由于内部和外部的竞争,其结构经常处于变化和调整状态,生产性创意产业的出现加剧了这一活动过程,它通过强化个别企业的竞争优势而改变产业集群的整体结构,进而不断提升产业集群的整体水平和竞争力。文章从生产性创意产业和产业集群的依存关系,深入探讨了生产性创意产业对产业集群价值链的构建,生产性创意产业对产业集群的内外部影响等方面的问题。     

Unpacking the interplay between organisational factors and the economic environment in the creation of consumer vulnerability

ABSTRACT

Access to credit is a key enabler of modern life. Yet many consumers face factors beyond their control which sometimes render them unable to borrow from mainstream lenders. This paper documents how firm-related factors determine lending thresholds and shape who is, or is not, a creditworthy customer. The impact of the 2008 economic recession on lending decisions is explored, an aspect that has been insufficiently discussed even though recessions are cyclical events. Drawing on semiotics and using multiple case studies, the study captures not only the groups that were excluded but also the reasons for exclusion. Empirical support is offered for the notion of vulnerability as a fluid state and the role of the timing of decisions as a source of vulnerability is described.     

The Linkage between Tertiary and Industrial Sectors in the Italian Economy

The aim of this article is twofold: to describe the cyclical evolution of the linkage between the industrial and the tertiary sector of the Italian economy from 1951 to 1988 and to assess the analytical meaning of this evolving linkage. This study is performed taking into account the main macro-economic indicators: investments, employment, value-added, of the agricultural, industrial and service sectors. This kind of research allows us to give a somewhat different interpretation of the growth of the Italian economy, stressing the importance of the .service sector, since mainstream economic interpretations usually play down its role.     

供给侧结构性改革下产业结构变动对收入份额的影响分析

基于多元线性回归模型,研究了供给侧结构性改革下浙江省产业结构变动对城镇居民收入份额的影响。实证结果表明,第二产业份额对城镇居民收入份额呈负相关关系,而第三产业份额与收入份额呈正相关关系。同时从供给侧结构性改革的视角对为增加浙江省城镇居民收入份额提出政策建议。     

中澳产业国际竞争力与贸易互补性分析

运用以进出口数据为基础的产业国际竞争力评价指标体系对中澳产业国际竞争力进行了评价,结合评价结果,利用修正后的贸易互补指数计算公式计测了中澳两国之间各产业以及综合贸易互补程度.结果表明:中澳两国各自具有极强和较强国际竞争力的产业互不重合,大部分产业具有较强的贸易互补性,综合贸易互补性近年来呈逐年增强之势.中澳双边贸易发展潜力很大,建立中澳自由贸易区前景广阔.     

The impact of organisational structure and practices on learning in the workplace

The main thrust of the research effort into workplace learning has been to identify the characteristics of workplace learning as experienced by the learner. The impact of the wider organisational process in which that learning is embedded have been played down. This paper, building on the work of Koike and Darrah, uses research conducted in a major multinational corporation (MNC) in South‐East Asia, to explore the impact of the wider organisational structures on the process of learning. The model it develops not only shows how these processes impact on workplace learning but also helps explain why workers acquire different levels of skill.