从债法视角论倒签提单行为的法律性质

作为国际贸易实践中极为普遍的运输单据欺诈之一,倒签提单行为法律性质的认定在审判实践中往往引起诸多争议。倒签提单行为衍生自国际贸易合同和海上货物运输合同,其本身不能脱离合同而独立存在,因此从债法角度分析倒签提单的法律性质将更为清晰。倒签提单行为的通常情形是违约行为,构成特例侵权行为;倒签提单的行为人在整体上应当承担违约责任,在特例中才能构成违约责任和侵权责任的竞合。     

A Benchmark for B2B Use of E-Commerce

ABSTRACT

A telephone survey of 517 corporate executives in large and mixed-sized companies was used to determine the status of business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce. Findings included that only one-quarter of respondents used B2B e-commerce in their businesses, but 41% said that their companies planned to add e-commerce to their Websites. Of those who conducted e-commerce, 73% found it a profitable way to reach customers without cannibalizing traditional sales revenue. The timing of the survey, between periods of economic expansion, makes this a valuable benchmark for the adoption of e-commerce.     

“SWEEPING THE HEAVENS FOR A COMET”: WOMEN,THE LANGUAGE OF POLITICAL ECONOMY,AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE US

Abstract

The importance of increased levels of education in improving the status of women throughout the world is well established. Higher levels of education are associated with lower birth rates, higher incomes, and greater autonomy for women. Yet, women's struggle to have a voice in higher education has been fraught with difficulties in the US and worldwide, particularly in overcoming widely held perceptions that limit their entrance into certain academic fields, tenured positions, and elite universities. This essay examines the role political economy has played in providing narratives that rationalize women's limited participation in higher education. By examining the representation of women in the academic culture of the nineteenth- and twentieth-century US, we can perhaps better understand women's struggle to obtain an authoritative voice in higher education worldwide.     

HZS50B砼搅拌站的安装

简述HZS50B砼搅拌站的应用范围及特点,重点介绍其安装步骤及注意事项。     

The Impact of a Third-Party Assurance Seal in Customer Purchasing Intention

ABSTRACT

Although e-commerce is evolving at an incredible speed, asymmetric information and opportunism have increased online purchasing risks and market inefficiencies. The lack of face-to-face contact and the inability of the customer to touch and feel tangible products necessitate that online business must provide customers with reliable information and convince customers of their trustworthiness. While the research on Third-Party Assurance Seals (TPAS) is not new, the effectiveness of TPAS has not been persuasively addressed by empirical studies. Our study is different from previous efforts in that it is comprehensive because it combines consumer trust, perceived risk, and influences of TPAS in the B2C e-commerce context. The results of the study show that (1) the effects of TPAS on perceived risk are channeled through perceived trustworthiness, thus demonstrating the mediating role of perceived trustworthiness in B2C e-commerce, (2) perceived risk, perceived usefulness of website, and subjective norm appear to be significant predictors of intention to purchase from the website, (3) a third-party assurance seal strongly affects online shoppers' perceived trustworthiness toward online retailers, while the seal appears to have little effect on perceived risk directly; perceived risk is strongly associated with intention to purchase from the website.     

O2O模式与B2C模式比较研究

O2O是一种新型电子商务模式,它将电子商务和服务性消费结合在一起,有效整合了网上营销和网下经营,实现了服务水平的提升及消费体验的改善。和B2C模式相比,两者同属一种服务形式,其交易的流程皆是闭环。从区别上看,两者的侧重点、推送内容、服务领域及用户体验各异其趣。总体而言,对比分析二者的同性和差异,利于不同电商模式之间取长补短,共同发展。     

Trust Promoting Seals in Electronic Markets

Abstract

In order to promote web sales, companies conducting electronic commerce are constantly seeking viable and efficient ways to increase web traffic. One approach is to build consumers' trust, and ultimately to increase web sales. Many business-to-consumer online merchants follow this approach and display trust-promoting seals on their websites. However, whether these seals really fulfill the tasks they have promised has remained unexplored. This study empirically examines the influence of trust-promoting seals on consumers' online purchasing decisions. The results show that the trust-promoting seals are generally effective in promoting web sales, and some seals enhance promotion better than others.     

行业品牌向消费者品牌延伸的架构选择

目前我国IT、通讯、电子商务、照明、墙纸、食品等众多行业中的部分企业，在成功奠定行业品牌基础之后，力图带着良好的行业品牌形象走向消费者，实现从行业品牌向消费者品牌的顺利延伸。在从行业品牌（B2B）向消费者品牌（B2C）延伸过程中，企业需要认清B2B品牌建设与B2C品牌建设的区别，选择和确定品牌延伸的架构模式，分析和评估其可能的利益与风险。     

FIRM AND GOVERNMENT AS ACTORS IN PENROSE'S PROCESS THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL GROWTH: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE RESOURCE-BASED VIEW AND OWNERSHIP–LOCATION– INTERNATIONALISATION PARADIGM

Edith Penrose's The Theory of the Growth of the Firm proposed a process theory of growth based on the pursuit of knowledge by the firm and unconstrained by government. In her subsequent studies of foreign direct investment by large firms in developing countries, Penrose considers the firm and government as actors in the same growth process. This paper explores the development of Penrose's expanded process theory of growth from 1955 to 1973 in which she assumes that neither dual actors nor foreign expansion requires a new or special theory. This finding has implications for the resource-based view and the eclectic ownership–location–internationalisation paradigm interpretations of international business.