市场制度与诚信

市场制度的基础条件之一是诚信,而市场制度又会对诚信产生一定的破坏作用.因此,抑制诚信缺失,除了需要市场经济自身不断的完善,还必须使用非市场的力量,并且采用灵活的政治和经济政策,以维持必要的社会诚信水平.     

iTV: A major opportunity for financial services,or not?

Interactive television has arrived, thanks to substantial technology investments that have been made by Sky and others. It is growing in importance as innovative interactive applications are developed for broadcast programmes (eg the BBCi service and Big Brother), and for advertising — and will develop further when broadband deployment gets to critical mass. Readers should not expect a television-variant of the world wide web, however. This was tried during 2000–2002 in the form of web look-alike, interactive ‘walled garden’ sites, and failed to attract critical mass footfall. The model has evolved and now revolves around interactive content synchronised with broadcast, which offers financial services companies an interesting new way to increase awareness and to differentiate the service presentation. Furthermore, over the next ten years, broadband is expected to usher in a new era of personalised television — in which specialised broadcasts (such as personal pensions advice programmes) can be made available on demand. The observations in this paper are mainly drawn from the UK, where digital television penetration is high; the lessons can be applied more broadly, however, and are relevant to any organisation thinking of promoting its service through entertainment channels.     

利率市场化对商业银行的七大影响

所谓利率市场化是指中央银行放松对商业银行利率的直接控制，把利率的决定权交给市场，由市场资金供求状况决定市场利率．市场主体可以在市场利率的基础上，根据不同金融交易和各自的特点自由决定利率。利率市场化要求政府放弃对利率的直接行政干预．但并不排除国家的宏观间接调控．即中央银行通过制定和调整再贴现率、再贷款率及公开市场买卖有价证券等间接调控手段形成资金利率。     

中小企业板的推出对我国创业投资的影响

2004年5月，中小企业板在深交所获准设立，一时间，围绕中小企业板对创业投资运作影响的讨论空前热烈。笔者认为，要研究中小企业板对创业投资的影响，就必须从创业板和创业投资的内在机理出发，来研究中小企业板的制度安排是否能保证二者形成良性互动，关键的就是要研究中小企业板在制度上离一个成熟的创业板有多远。目前，学者和业内人士普遍对中小企业板的作用不甚乐观，而近一年来的实践也似乎验证了这一观点，因此，加强中小企业板的制度建设，使之尽快过渡为创业板，已经成了管理者的当务之急。     

继续高举张家港精神这面红旗

我们在采访中共江苏省委常委、苏州市委书记王珉时，他向我们介绍：苏州有三宝，张家港精神是第一宝，昆山之路是第二宝，亲商观念是第三宝，它集中反映了苏州和苏南地区现代化建设的宝贵经验，今天我们先推出两篇阐述张家港精神的文章，今后我们将陆续宣传苏州的其他两宝及苏南其他城乡的先进经验。     

Global economy gathering strength

Encouraged by a highly expansionary economic policy, the global economy is enjoying a rapid upturn. Utilisation of capacity is high in many sectors, particularly in the growth centres of the USA and East Asia, where China leads the field. With inflationary risks on the increase, most countries are now shifting the focus of economic policy. Fiscal policy in particular can be expected to provide little in the way of further stimulus. In addition, there has been a turnaround in interest rates in many countries. Yet how quickly can the monetary reins be tightened without jeopardising growth or endangering price stability?