Corporate social responsibility in china: an analysis of domestic and foreign retailers' sustainability dimensions

In the past decade, a sizeable body of literature has built up on the concept and characteristics of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Western countries, where it has also been referred to as sustainability. More recently, attention has grown for CSR in emerging countries. Remarkably, China has hardly been studied so far. This paper aims to help fill this gap by considering, against this background, the CSR notion in China, through an exploration of a small sample of large retailers in China, both Chinese and non‐Chinese companies. The analysis of CSR/sustainability dimensions, as communicated by these large retailers in both the Chinese and the English language, shows substantial differences between the Chinese and international contexts. Interestingly, the largest divergence can be found for international retailers between their Chinese and corporate attention for CSR (so home versus host settings), most notably in the case of Carrefour, and to a lesser extent Wal‐Mart. In the Chinese context, there are differences between the Chinese and international retailers as well (so domestic versus foreign firms), with the former reporting more on economic dimensions, including philanthropy, and the latter more on product responsibility – contentious labour issues and the environment receive relatively limited attention in both groups in China. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications for research and practice. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.     

苏南地区被撤并乡镇驻地再利用研究——以南京市六合区为例

自20世纪90年代起苏南地区在全国率先启动了以乡镇合并、村庄撤并为主要内容的村镇区划整合工作,有力地推动了该地区乡村的集聚发展,但是也逐步带来一些新的问题,特别是已撤并乡镇驻地缺乏科学合理的再利用,在一定程度上制约了乡镇合并的集约效果。在回顾比较苏南地区村镇区划整合的效果基础上,从新型城市化下城乡统筹和建设新型乡村社区的要求出发,分析被撤并乡镇驻地后续发展建设存在的问题,从均等化与集约化相结合的要求出发,提出该地区被撤并乡镇合理再利用的基本方向。以南京市六合区为例,对被撤并乡镇驻地合理再利用的模式进行了探讨。     

扩大中国保险服务出口的策略——基于重力模型的实证研究

国际国内经济形势的变化使得我国保险公司越来越重视保险服务的出口。本文采用重力模型对我国保险服务出口的影响因素及发展策略进行了研究,统计分析结果显示,保险公司在选择出口目的国时应重点考查进口国保险服务贸易壁垒、进口国经济总量及质量、进口国吸收外资水平、进口国与我国的语言文化差异等方面,政府及监管部门则应致力于降低进口国的贸易壁垒和减少我国和世界各国的语言和文化差异。     

武汉市实施名牌战略的若干思考

实施名牌战略，是振兴和发展武汉经济的必由之路。名牌必须建立在产品和服务本身具有较强的竞争力基础之上；名牌必须依靠科技进步；各牌需要政府制定和完善政策支撑体系；提高各牌产品的抗风险性，形成“抗风险品牌”。     

高粘度建筑涂料胶粉的性能和市场前景

论述了高粘度建筑涂料胶粉的性能、应用范围及生产条件,提出建筑装饰业的发展为其提供了有利条件,指出了高粘度建筑涂料胶粉取代有毒、有害、劣质涂料胶粘剂的必然性,从而预示其广阔的市场前景。     

浅谈财务工作的成本观念

财务工作既包括反映、监督等职能，又包括人员管理、工作效率、业务流程的合理优化、技术手段的创新等管理与服务职能。财务工作的成本观念就是通过对这些职能采取有效的方法、手段和措施来达到降低相对成本和绝对成本的目的。财务部门可以通过流程优化组合、技术创新、业绩考核等途径来尽量降低财务工作的成本．减少日常财务功能费用，提高有附加值的服务。     

中国西南地区面向东南亚的区域专业化分工与合作研究

全球化的发展加强了各国间的经济联系,促进了国际区域间的专业化分工与合作。文章认为,中国西南地区与东南亚各国间的经济联系伴随中国——东盟贸易自由区的建成而更加紧密。中国西南地区与东南亚之间在区域差异的基础上,基于外部竞争压力与内部发展诉求,会在现有有利合作条件下,形成有利于双方的区域专业化分工与合作格局。     

敞开式海塘建设研究

本文从海塘损毁的原因分析入手,从整体防潮角度探讨了海塘防潮标准。指出在海塘建设中要把强化海塘结构视为重点,充分考虑防越浪冲刷保护,并对三种基本塘型优劣性进行了分析。     

Integration of International Long-Term Interest Rates: A Fractional Cointegration Analysis

In this study, we re-examine the relationship among interest rates on the long-term government bonds of five industrialized countries. Using both the variance ratio test and fractional cointegration analysis, we find significant evidence that indicates the five government bond rates are fractionally cointegrated. In specific, our results show that the error correction term of the system of the five interest rates follows a mean-reverting, fractionally integrated process.