家族企业的恩怨沉浮

家族企业因其亲情凝聚、机制灵活、低耗成本的优势常在商海中屹立潮头,然而,当亲情与权利争斗交织在一起时,家族企业又不可避免地成了袍上虱。     

家庭战争——家族企业的恩怨沉浮

张爱玲说：“生命是一袭华美的袍,爬满了虱子。”在中外家族企业中,这样的“袍上虱”现象比比皆是。那些在外人眼里极尽奢华、无比光鲜的家族企业内部,常常曝出令人心寒的一面：激烈的嫉妒和角逐、互相诋毁、明争暗斗。     

赌王家族：同根相煎何太急

今年86岁的何鸿燊终于亲眼目睹了旗下澳博控股上市。但历经周折的上市之路载满的却是与亲妹妹长达数十年的纷争。到底在这一段豪门恩怨中孰是孰非？是否遭遇金钱与权利之时,连亲情都会变得陌生？     

THE BURDEN OF DURABLE ASSET ACQUISITION IN GROWING POPULATIONS

While most analyses of economic impacts of population growth have been equivocal, this article describes a new perspective from which the effects are strongly negative. The economies and diseconomies of population size are largely circumstantial and empirically inconsistent, but those of growth rate are intrinsic and consistent. These impacts are not apparent on income and per capita GDP, but on costs. The article estimates these costs using the logic of calculus rather than marginal accounting. Specifically, the cost of maintaining per capita capacity of durable assets, including infrastructure, equipment and skilled personnel, is increased by population growth by a factor proportional to the working lifespan of the asset class.     

口水战

人到中年,个性未减。4月博鳌论坛上任志强一句“和工资收入比,30年来房子等于没涨价”,立刻引来骂声一片。而几日前,任志强正愤怒于北京社科院3月“房价明年真正下降”的一纸报告,直斥社科院误国误民。此次社科院似也卯足了劲,“科研不忽悠人,不为拉抬房价造势”,芒针对麦尖。     

ON THE UNIMODALITY OF THE GENERALIZED NEGATIVE BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION

Abstract. It is shown that the generalized negative binomial distribution which is useful in random walks, queueing theory and branching processes is unimodal. When nθ(1 –θ)β-1 > 1, the mode is not at the point x = 0 and for that case, the lower and the upper bounds of the mode are obtained.     

ON THE UNIMODALITY OF GENERALIZED POISSON DISTRIBUTION

Abstract. The unimodality property is very important in many statistical problems. In this paper, it is shown that the generalized Poisson distribution is unimodal. Upper and lower bounds to the mode are given.     

FROM THE WAR ON POVERTY TO WELFARE REFORM: HOW THE AMERICAN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAUSES OF POVERTY CHANGED

The American understanding of the causes of poverty has changed significantly since the War on Poverty was launched in 1964. It was then commonly believed that jobs were unavailable to the poor and that poverty should be reduced by doles. Today most observers contend that jobs are available for the poor, and that poverty stems from self-defeating behaviours that doles exacerbate.     

SHARING THE BURDEN OF FINANCING: GOVERNMENT AND HOUSEHOLD PARTNERSHIPS FOR BASIC EDUCATION1

If the goal of achieving education for all is to be met consideration has to be given to how it is financed. States in which there is least primary education are often those with unstable governments and poor tax collection systems. In such circumstances, education for all is often best achieved by partnerships between governments, families and other bodies in both the provision and funding of education.