Hu, Blair Reach Consensus on Furthering Bilateral Ties

Chinese President Hu Jintao and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have reached vital consensus on promoting the existing comprehensive strategic partnership to a higher level, according to a report of Xinhua News Agency on Nov.9.……     

China,US Wrap up Trade talks,Reach Consensus

China and the United States wrapped up their annual trade negotiations on April 4 with consensus reached on a series of issues.……     

China,US Wrap up Trade talks,Reach Consensus

China and the United States wrapped up their annual trade negotiations on April 4 with consensus reached on a series of issues.     

China and Egypt Work Together to Ensure Bilateral Trade and Investment Ties

Egypt＇s Minister of Trade and industry, Rachid Mohamed paid a week-long visit to China from September 4 to September 11, 2006. During the visit, he met Chinese government officials and business representatives about engaging China in the development of Egyptian industry and attracting Chinese investment, technology and know-how into key industrial projects.     

中美双边投资:在波动中寻求共识与机遇

作为当今世界两个最大的经济体,中美双边投资关系到整个世界经济的繁荣和稳定。本文以新时期为背景,研究了中美双边投资的历史走势、短期挑战和长期机遇,并对投资的行业分布和模式进行了分析。中美双边投资长期以来保持了较快的增长态势,但是近年来美国对华战略与政策出现了重大调整,导致中国对美投资呈跳跃性下降趋势,美国对中国投资则未出现明显下降,持续保持了较高水平的增长。长期来看,中美两国在经贸投资领域具有较强的互补性,通过强化磋商、构建共赢机制,双边投资仍具有较好的机遇和前景。本文据此提出了应对短期风险、促进中美投资长期健康发展的政策建议。     

Bonding Ties,Bridging Ties,and Firm Performance: The Moderating Role of Dynamic Capabilities in Networks

ABSTRACT

Purpose: Building on the dynamic capabilities view and the configuration of network ties, this study investigates how dynamic capabilities moderate the relationships between bonding and bridging ties and firm performance, thus an area with potential to explain the divergent empirical results contained in the existing literature on the relationship between intra/extraorganizational ties and performance.

Methodology: This study employed a mail survey to senior executives. A total of 169 firms operating in an industrial district were collected. Regression analysis was employed to test the proposed model.

Findings: This study found that the combination of dynamic capabilities and bonding/bridging ties helps improve firm performance. Furthermore, this study found a positive relationship between bonding ties and firm performance, but no equivalent relationship for bridging ties.

Research Implications: Research results indicate that firm performance is significantly enhanced by bonding ties, which provide opportunities for sharing information and exchanging resources. Moreover, the empirical results reaffirm the proposition that dynamic capabilities are important transformational mechanisms for managing resources.

Practical Implications: The findings reveal that managers can improve firm performance by simultaneously building social ties and developing and implementing dynamic capabilities.

Originality/Value: This study demonstrates that the components of dynamic capabilities (i.e., sensemaking and reconfiguration) are transformational mechanisms and can moderate the positive relationship between bonding and bridging ties and firm performance, empirically supporting recent perspectives from the literature on dynamic capabilities and social networks.     

China-Ukraine Ties up Economic Cooperation on Local Layers

On August 26,China—Ukraine Local Cooperation Forum,jointly sponsored by CCPIT and Ukraine Chamber of Commerce and Industry(UCCI)was held in Kiev,Ukraine.The subject of this forum was strengthening the cooperation and coordination between the sub—councils of CCPIT and local branches of UCCI to promote the economic and wade cooperation of the SMEs in the two countries."More than 200 delegates from the governments,business associations and enterprises of the countries attended the forum.     

Social Ties,Social Capital,and Recruiting Managers in Transnational Ventures

Social capital provides access to resources; however, how migrant entrepreneurs use social capital in the recruitment of managers for their transnational ventures is less understood. The authors conducted eight in-depth interviews with transnational entrepreneurs of Indian origin in the United Kingdom and nine confirmatory interviews with managers of their transnational ventures. Findings show that transnational entrepreneurs substitute or complement international and local social capital in the recruitment of managers contingent on whether they (a) live in the United Kingdom or India and (b) use social ties in the United Kingdom or India to recruit managers. Implications for research, policy and management are discussed.     

How Do Ordinary Japanese Reach Consensus in Group Decision Making?: Identifying and Analyzing “Naïve Negotiation”

The purpose of this study is to investigate ways in which ordinary Japanese people negotiate in a multi-party meeting. We initially gave such a way of negotiation the tentative name of “naïve negotiation”. The analysis of the conversational data reveals three structural features of naïve negotiation: (1) at the utterance level, the participants tend to claim their opinions without providing any overt grounds, (2) at the local consensus-building level, they tend to jump to conclusions without the full examination of proposed hypotheses, (3) at the final consensus-making level, there tends to be disjunctions between discussion units. Although these features are not necessarily seen as irrational or illogical, a naïve-negotiation style can still be a trouble-source in achieving successful consensus-making. This leads us to emphasize the necessity of developing a support system for the discussants.     

正确认识,科学行动,扩大共识——全面社会责任管理变革的三大要素

国家电网公司在探索和开展全面社会责任管理的过程中切身体会到,全面社会责任管理是企业发展的新阶段,企业管理的新模式,资源配置的新机制,开展全面社会责任管理不是时髦的口号,也不是一项突击行动,而是一项需要持之以恒实践和持续改进完善的系统管理工程.     

Corporate Entrepreneurship, Informal Ties, and Firm Performance: Evidence from China

How can a firm achieve superior performance through corporate entrepreneurship in a transition economy? To address this question, we draw upon the resource-based view and the institutional theory to explore distinct roles of business ties and political ties in fulfilling resource needs confronted by different corporate entrepreneurial activities (i.e., internal innovation, venturing and strategic renewal). Using data of 228 firms from the Pearl River Delta area in China, our empirical findings reveal that corporate entrepreneurial activities do not always positively lead to performance in transition economies. Furthermore, the possession of high levels of business ties is more beneficial to the success of internal innovation and strategic renewal, while the possession of high levels of political ties contributes more to the success of venturing.     

内部资源、全球网络联结与本土企业升级

主流企业升级理论研究具有两种视角,一种强调企业内部资源禀赋的重要性,另一种强调作为网络资源的外部网络环境的重要性.本文融合资源基础观和社会网络观,对全球生产网络背景下企业内部资源、网络联结与升级之间的关系进行实证分析.结果表明:内部资源与本土企业升级正相关,业务关系嵌入性对基础类资源与企业升级间关系存在显著调节作用,但全球网络联结对本土企业升级并未产生直接影响.本研究的研究结论对于本土企业在全球背景下进行内部资源的积累和网络联结的构建具有一定的指导意义.     

社会责任的全球共识是如何形成的?

在市场和法律对企业经营行为的规制不起作用时,聪明的小公司选择放弃传统的商业道德和生态文明,却往往能在短期内发展为坐拥亿万资产的大集团。这样的情形在昔日德国鲁尔区的重镇埃森,在美国五大湖区南端的芝加哥都曾不止一次地发生过,在保证合法经营、合规生产的基础上,这些公司通过对自然资源肆无忌惮的开发迅速发家致富,尽管在现在看来多少有些不计后果、亦不可持续,但在当时却没有人感觉到失败甚至是羞耻。     

A Socio-cognitive Model of Sustainability Performance: Linking CEO Career Experience,Social Ties,and Attention Breadth

Journal of Business Ethics - Achieving sustainability as a firm outcome is increasingly a concern for CEOs. Attention breadth (executive attention where attention is focused on a variety of areas...     

供应链金融中网络连接对中小企业融资质量的影响研究

近年来,基于供应链网络开展的供应链金融成为中小企业解决融资难的有效途径。文章基于网络视角,构建了中小企业在供应链网络中的强连接与桥连接通过信息分享影响其融资质量的理论模型,通过对255个调研数据进行统计分析发现：中小企业在供应链网络中的强连接和桥连接均对其供应链融资质量具有正向影响;信息分享是中小企业供应链网络连接影响其融资质量的重要内在机制;环境竞争性对中小企业信息分享与其供应链融资质量之间的关系具有正向的调节作用。     

The Impact of Bilateral Free Trade Agreements on Bilateral Foreign Direct Investment among Developed Countries

Previous studies find that a trade treaty positively impacts foreign direct investment (FDI). But does a trade treaty always have positive effects on FDI? What is the effect of bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on bilateral FDI among developed countries? Based on the Knowledge‐Capital model, I hypothesize that bilateral FTA has negative effects on bilateral FDI in developed–developed country pairs, but positive effects in developed–developing country pairs. To test this hypothesis empirically, I conduct the within estimator, the Difference‐in‐Difference estimator and the Arellano–Bond estimator with panel data of bilateral FTA and outward FDI in 30 OECD countries and 32 non‐OECD countries between 1982 and 2005. The result supports the hypothesis. The existence of bilateral FTA decreases bilateral FDI in the OECD–OECD country pairs but increases bilateral outward FDI in the OECD–non‐OECD country pairs. The finding of negative effects of bilateral FTA on FDI is robust to different country classifications by gross national income (GNI) per capita and secondary school enrolment. Hence, the results are consistent with what Carr et al. (2001) predicts about the effects of trade cost on FDI in developed–developed country pairs and in developed–developing country pairs.     

双边投资协定、区域制度与区域外商直接投资

作为世界上最大的转型经济体,中国区域制度和区域外商直接投资规模差异较大。因而,研究双边投资协定、区域制度与区域外商直接投资问题,不仅有助于双边投资协定理论的丰富,还有利于中国区域经济的均衡发展。本文以1997—2016年中国省际面板数据为样本,基于FDI综合动因理论并利用门槛模型进行理论和实证研究。研究表明,双边投资协定、区域制度均对区域外商直接投资有显著的正向影响,且双边投资协定与区域制度之间存在显著的替代效应。而利用区域制度作为门槛变量的研究进一步发现,双边投资协定对区域外商直接投资的影响存在区域制度门槛:相较于区域制度高于门槛值的区域,双边投资协定对区域制度低于门槛值的区域的外商直接投资促进作用更大。因此,积极签订双边投资协定,努力完善区域制度,不仅有助于吸引外商直接投资,而且有利于缩小区域外商直接投资规模差异,促进中国经济均衡发展。     

略论网络舆论及其引导

网络舆论的利远大于弊,其存在有着合理性和必然性。但网络舆论需要正确的引导,才能趋利避害：政府应以“以法治网”为根本,用有效的制度安排来容纳和规范网络舆论的表达;对网民加强公民意识的培养和教育;从技术层面对网络舆论实行有效把关;强化主流传统媒体与网络媒体的舆论互动;在动态中掌握网络舆论引导的主动权。     

第三届中欧企业社会责任圆桌论坛在京召开——关注和谐劳动关系建设，聚焦供应链责任价值

“尊敬的各位来宾、女士们、先生们,第三届中欧社会责任圆桌论坛现在开始。大家知道,今年9月12日ISO26000正式获得通过,ISO26000社会责任国际标准将于今年11月1日发布,所以我们此次论坛的主题就是ISO26000与全球供应链社会责任。”