Using reputation for corporate sustainability to tackle banks digitalization challenges

The new landscape in the financial sector, characterized by fierce competition and the entrance of new technological players, has forced banks to speed up their digital transformation. However, for banks, digitalization entails challenges that can hinder the potential benefits and compromise their survival. In this context, we argue that the reputation generated by corporate sustainability (RCS) may offset these digitalization drawbacks. In particular, we find that the combination of RCS and digitalization facilitates in transforming the organizational nature of banks by simultaneously narrowing their boundaries and expanding their scope. We empirically confirm our hypotheses by analyzing a panel of 110 multinational banks from developed countries.     

Discouraging Rainforest Transformation: An Ex-ante Policy Impact Analysis

Despite extensive efforts made by national and international certification agencies, Indonesian smallholder farmers’ participation in palm oil certification schemes adoption remains low. A fundamental obstacle is the smallholder practice of rainforest transformation into oil palm plantation which is forbidden by the agencies. In this context, we investigate three policies that could lead to a reduction in rainforest deforestation by smallholders: price premium on certified palm oil; the provision of environmental information; contributor recognition. In order to evaluate the influence of the policies ex-ante, we conduct a social dilemma experiment involving rubber and oil palm smallholders in Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. The findings indicate that the price premium and provision of context-specific environmental information could reduce rainforest transformation. However, a statistically significant effect of contributor recognition was not found.     

Looking into the abyss? Brazil at the mid-2010s

In 2015, the Brazilian economy was afflicted by a lethal combination of a falling level of activity and accelerating inflation. Expectations for 2016 are equally or even more adverse, since the effects of rising unemployment emerge only after a lag. The domestic debate has opposed analysts who believe the crisis is due exclusively to past policy mistakes to analysts who believe that all was well until the government decided to implement austerity policies in 2015. A closer examination of the evidence shows that in fact both reasons contributed to causing the crisis, but it also suggests that its depth has a more proximate cause in the political collapse of the federal government in 2015, which led Brazilian society to an impasse for which a solution is not yet in view.     

事业单位办公室档案日常管理与应用

近年来,随着档案宣传工作的进展,人们对档案工作重要性的认识普遍有一定的提高,但提高的幅度有限,这其中主要原因是宣传力度还不够。为了加强事业单位档案的管理工作,促进档案管理的规范化、标准化,更好地为社会发展和经济建设服务我们应进一步加大档案工作的宣传力度,广泛开展档案法律法规的宣传教育活动。     

关于加速我市绿色食品产业化经营的思考

随着经济的发展和人们生活水平的提高、膳食结构的改善,人们越来越向往和追求绿色.受这种消费市场导向影响,以无公害、无污染、营养型为标志的绿色食品如雨后春笋快速崛起,以致许多专家、学者把它称之为“绿色浪潮“,并断言:“21世纪绿色产品将成为主导产品“.正是基于对这种市场潜力的认识,我省各地充分发挥与内地省份相比得天独厚的“蓝天、白云、碧水“的比较优势,纷纷做起了“绿色蛋糕“.……     

房地产投资决策中实物期权方法的应用

传统的净现值投资决策方法将不确定性视为一种损失,忽略了项目投资的灵活性和战略性,往往造成项目价值的低估,而实物期权弥补了NPV法的不足。本文将实物期权方法}J入房地产投资决策中,对比分析了传统净现值法的一些不足,介绍了实物期权的基本理论,并采用了B-S期权定价模型对房地产投资决策过程中蕴含的迟延期权进行了案例分析。     

高效液相色谱法同时检测染发剂中3种二氨基酚类物质

建立了采用高效液相色谱法同时检测染发剂中3种二氨基酚类物质含量的方法。样品经0．1％甲酸水溶液提取,正己烷净化后,用ZORBAXEclipsePlusC8色谱柱进行分离,流动相为甲醇、乙腈和0．2％庚烷磺酸钠水溶液,梯度洗脱。分离后采用紫外检测器进行检测,外标法定量。在优化实验条件下,3种化合物的线性范围为0．2—10．0mg／L,相关系数均大于0．998。3种二氨基酚类化合物的检出限为0．1mg／L,定量下限为0．2mg／L,加标平均回收率为76．0％-109．8％,相对标准偏差均不高于7．9％。该方法灵敏度高、操作简单高效,适用于染发剂中3种二氨基酚类物质的检测。     

The Asian clam Corbicula fluminea in the European freshwater-dependent industry: A latent threat or a friendly enemy?

While the biofouler Corbicula fluminea (Müller, 1774) is known to cause great economic losses in North America, studies reporting the problem in Europe are much scarcer. This paper explores the industrial effects of the species in Portugal, the gateway by which the bivalve entered Europe around 30 years ago. National waterworks, major power stations, cement plants, pulp and paper mills and irrigation systems were surveyed. The industrial impacts of the pest were shown to remain relatively mild; irrigation systems are those that seem to be facing more significant economic losses due to infestation. Possible reasons for the apparent discrepancy between this result and the species dispersal in natural ecosystems are discussed, and recommendations on adequate responses to the latent threat are provided. This study may assist the implementation of integrated pest management policies in countries at risk of invasion or recently invaded, and contribute to an understanding of the species’ progression in industrial environments.     

战略性贸易政策在中国的适用性分析

在美国次贷危机冲击之下,全球经济陷入低迷,美国等发达国家纷纷采用战略性贸易政策调整本国经济.本文从美国实践该战略的结果出发初步分析这一战略在中国的适用性.