RELATIONSHIP MAGNITUDE AND ITS ROLE IN INTERORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONSHIP STRUCTURE

Close relationships between and among supply chain members are becoming more prevalent. However, there is lack of agreement in the literature and in practice concerning the characteristics of different interorganizational relationships. The resultant confusion is an obstacle to the progression of research and could cause problems among firms in a supply chain. Based on previous research and an exploratory study conducted with company executives responsible for supply chain management activities, this article seeks to introduce the concept of relationship magnitude (i.e., the extent or degree of closeness or strength of the relationship) and differentiate it from relationship type (i.e., classes of relationships that share common traits). Implications for managers and opportunities for future research are provided.     

商贸英语多媒体教学模式初探

多媒体教学拥有丰富的信息资源、灵活的教学手段、交互式的学习环境,正在成 为现代教育中的主流模式。本文通过对商贸英语多媒体教学模式、优势所在和实 施过程中面临问题的分析,说明了该模式能很好地兼顾商贸英语的商贸和英语 语言双重专业特点,较好地完成教学计划,应尽早实施。     

Use of minimum risk approach in the estimation of regression models with missing observations

This article considers a linear regression model with some missing observations on the response variable and presents two estimators of regression coefficients employing the approach of minimum risk estimation. Small disturbance asymptotic properties of these estimators along with the traditional unbiased estimator are analyzed and conditions, that are easy to check in practice, for the superiority of one estimator over the other are derived. Received May 2001     

Initial Margin Requirements, Volatility, and the Individual Investor: Insights from Japan

Initial margin requirements represent: (1) a cost impediment to the wealth constrained investor and (2) a potential way of mitigating excessive volatility. However, prior empirical research finds that margins are not an effective tool in reducing volatility. We consider the possibility that margins primarily affect certain stocks and investors. Specifically, we test whether margins affect individuals who, as a group, we believe to be the investors most affected when margin requirements change. Our initial empirical tests, however, do not support this contention.     

TWO READINGS AND AN EPILOGUE: A COMMENTARY ON THE VOICE OF SEDUCTION IN MYNATTET AL.

Two readings are made of Mynatt, Omundson, Schroeder and Stevens (pp. 657–683). The first reading views the paper through a largely “conventional” social science lens, while the second adopts a more critical perspective which raises three issues: abstraction in research; gender and ethnicity; and the rhetoric of research.     

“中国龙”海外“觅食”

并购：中国龙加快海外征程 中国国家发改委副主任张国宝在美国新奥尔良参加一个国际能源会议时表示：“散布‘中国威胁论’以阻止中国发展，进而使中国无法满足对能源需求，是不符合世界稳定与发展的。这样的企图注定将以失败收场。”这番话是针对6月22日美国一些政客企图阻挠中海油以185亿美元现金收购美国一家中型石油公司尤尼科而言的。     

合作中竞争 竞争中共赢——专访印度驻华使馆经商处参赞柯伟楠

中国和印度作为世界上两个最大的发展中近邻国家，只有不断加强自身经济建设，相互合作，在合作中竞争，在竞争中共赢才是未来两国经贸关系的唯一正确选择和出路。