论柔性战略在中国邮政发展中的应用

文章阐述了柔性战略的含义和特征,阐述了中国邮政实施柔性战略的必要性,提出了邮政企业实行柔性战略管理的推进策略,以提高邮政的应变能力,适应市场的变化。     

中国共产党对农民工社会属性的新论断

农民工是中国社会经济发展的必然产物，农民工已经开始成为中国工人阶级的一部分。中国共产党关于城市农民工社会属性的新论断，是我党实事求是的必然结果，这一论断有重大的理论价值和现实意义，对于促进城市农民工向工人阶级的转化，彻底解决“三农”问题有十分重要的作用。     

Editor's Introduction: Symposium on Free-Market Competitive Goals and Antitrust Policies

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The effects of transition on the distribution of income in China

Using two large samples for 1988 and 1995 we decompose the Gini coefficient of household income according to type of income with the purpose of analyzing reasons for the rapid increase of inequality. The results show that the change in relative size of money income and its changed profile are found to be the major processes behind the rapid increase of income inequality in rural China. Changes in housing allocation and an increased number of retirees in combination with higher benefits have made inequality increase in urban China and in China as a whole. JEL classification: D31, P27.     

契约角度的资本结构优化

企业作为一系列契约的耦合体,在组织形式上表现为通过对企业契约的控制权与剩余索取权的对应配置而形成的治理结构,在广义会计上则表现为企业的资本结构。从资本结构的主要构成内容来看,债券或债务与股票都是规制资本交易的两种契约手段,故从契约角度研究资本结构便日益受到重视。本文在前人研究的基础上,从会计等式的契约属性出发,从而实现契约与资本结构的对接,并在分析股权契约与债务契约的特点和功能的基础上,提出了通过股权契约与债务契约的适度耦合来优化资本结构的新思路。     

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?     

New ways of achieving debt sustainability beyond the enhanced HIPC Initiative

In 1996 the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative was launched by the Bretton Woods institutions to reduce the external debt burden of low-income countries (LICs) to sustainable levels in a reasonably short period of time because debt constitutes an obstacle to sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. In some HIPCs, however, debt sustainability has been in danger despite debt relief under the HIPC Initiative. Debt relief is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for development. It can do no more than play a catalytic role. The question, then, is how to achieve debt sustainability beyond the HIPC Initiative.     

Building Brands through Brand Alliances: Does a Second Ally Help?

Several papers have been published demonstrating the positive effects a single, reputable ally has on evaluations of a focal brand. Interestingly, little research has been published examining the effects of multiple brand allies. We examine the effect of an alliance with two, one, or zero well-known brand allies on evaluations of a previously unknown focal brand. The presence of a single brand ally significantly increased perceived quality and hedonic and utilitarian attitudes. While multiple alliances improved focal brand evaluations relative to the no ally condition, the second ally did not increase evaluations relative to the single ally condition.