Inconsistencies in US consumers' attitudes toward and use of electronic banking: An empirical investigation

The purpose of the study was to empirically investigate the factors that influence US consumers' attitudes toward and use of electronic banking (e-banking) and to explore the reasons that a magnitude discrepancy exists between the impact of the specific factors on consumers' attitudes and the impact on their actual behaviours. Using the data from the 2003 Survey of Consumers commissioned by the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan, the current study found that consumers' perceptions of the characteristics of e-banking, namely the perceived advantages and problems, had different impacts on consumers' attitudes toward and their use of such service. While the perceived problems were more important in forming consumers' attitudes toward e-banking, the perceived advantages had the greatest impact on consumers' use of such service. The conclusions and discussions section also includes theoretical and practical implications drawn from the results.     

Institutions and FDI location choice: The role of cultural distances

Using an extensive data set on foreign invested enterprises (FIEs) in the Chinese mainland, we compare the sensitivities of the location choice of foreign direct investment (FDI) from six major source countries/areas (Hong Kong, Taiwan, US, EU, Japan and Korea) toward the variation in the strength of economic institutions across China's regions. It is found that FIEs from the source countries/areas that are culturally more remote from China often exhibit a stronger aversion to regions with weaker economic institutions. Moreover, this pattern is often more salient when FDI takes the form of fully-owned enterprises (FOEs) than when it takes the form of joint ventures (JVs).     

企业财务风险及其控制机制

企业的财务风险是指因企业资本结构而引发的一种与经营风险虽不同但却又会相互影响的风险。财务风险与企业收益并存并贯穿于企业财务活动的全过程,同时兼有隐蔽性与不确定性等特征。分析财务风险的形成原因,提出评估财务风险的几种指标,并在此基础上建立财务风险预警系统,以达到化解财务风险的目的,对企业的经营具有十重要的作用。     

国际视野下的上海崇明岛生态规划与建设对策研究

编者按: 上海的崇明岛位于长江入海口,被称作中国"难得的净土"之一,自然生态资源和土地资源较为丰富.2004年7月27日,胡锦涛总书记在崇明考察时,对上海提出的把崇明建成现代化综合性生态岛的规划给予了肯定,并希望上海按照科学发展观的要求,切实规划好、建设好崇明岛.由此,崇明生态岛的建设被作为上海向全世界展示我国社会与自然协调发展的示范样板地区.     

关于我国企业供应链管理的几个问题与对策思考

本文在分析制造业全球化动因的基础上,指出制造业全球化已成为不可逆转之势,企业要适应这一形势就必须采取相应对措,而供应链创新便是至关重要的一环。文中分析了制造业全球化形式下我国当前供应链管理存在的问题,探讨了我国制造业进行供应链创新的途径和方法。     

当前中国银行业并购的特点、问题及对策

随着外资金融机构的涌入以及股份制商业银行扩展规模、国有独资商业银行调整组织体系，银行并购必将在我国大范围发生。但是，目前政府主导下以化解危机为目的的并购存在许多问题，本文试图分析这些存在的问题并给出相应对策。     

浅析人力资源对成本领先战略的贡献

“人”作为一种资源与战略管理有着密切的联系,因此企业应该关注人力资源与战略实现的关系,并努力发挥人力资源的作用以实现竞争优势。本文从顾客矩阵出发,指出成本领先战略实现的途径。认为人力资源在这个过程中的作用就是员工为顾客、股东创造了价值。最后,作者分析了人力资源有助于实现成本领先战略的原因。     

发布《天津港口章程》推进依法治港

2004年1月1日<中华人民共和国港口法>正式实施以来,天津市在认真贯彻执行<港口法>的同时,高度重视并积极推进地方港口立法工作.<天津港口章程>就是依据<港口法>规定,结合天津港口的实际情况,出台的一个规范港口管理的规范性文件,它标志着天津市依法治港工作迈上新的台阶.     

新疆乌昌地区50家民营企业发展状况调查研究

通过对乌昌地区50家民营企业的调查研究,总结乌昌地区民营企业发展中存在的问题并提出相应的建议,以促进新疆经济的发展。