How geographic,cultural, and institutional distances shape location choices of China’s OFDI in tourism? – an empirical study on B&R countries

This paper examines how bilateral distances shape Chinese enterprises' outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) in tourism in Belt and Road (B&R) countries. The results indicate that while geographic distance is not a key factor explaining the location choice of Chinese tourism OFDI in B&R countries, cultural distance hinders this location choice in a linear and monotonic way. Chinese enterprises prefer B&R countries with a short institutional distance from China for OFDI in tourism to avoid the “outsider disadvantage”. Moreover, market scale is found to be a moderating factor influencing the impacts of various distances on tourism OFDI location choice.     

新工业革命背景下多元智能组织研究——以GE和海尔为案例

新工业革命背景下组织需要从一元集权制向多元治理转变,本文通过对通用电气公司(GE)和海尔的跨案例研究发现组织从一元集权制向多元治理转变的“四反”演进路径。其中,“反集权”的本质是组织权利分化,组织演进逻辑是从“垂直”到“水平”,以构建赋权赋能为核心的扁平网络化组织。“反边界”的本质是组织边界扩张,组织演进逻辑是从“有形”到“无形”,以构建动态无边界的虚拟组织。“反分工”的本质是组织流程再造,组织演进逻辑是从“分散”到“整合”,以构建人机融合智能型组织。“反范式”的本质是管理范式转变,组织演进逻辑是从“有序”到“无序”,以构建平台为主要特征的后现代管理范式。进一步对“四反”路径进行整合分析,构建了基于“四反”的多元智能组织理论模型,该模型以后现代管理哲学为理论基础,符合新工业革命背景下组织发展的“与时俱进”的时代特征,将引领未来的组织发展方向。     

基于“三生空间”视角的城市资源环境承载力研究——以山东省青岛市为例

新型城镇化的重点在于人的城镇化,处理好城镇化进程中与人口要素相关的“三生空间”问题,有助于提高以人为核心的新型城镇化的发展质量。针对青岛市这一典型区域,基于可能—满意度测算方法,结合人地关系、资源禀赋与可持续发展理论,对青岛市当前资源环境承载力和未来发展趋势进行评价和预测,得出如下结论:青岛市自然资源尤其是水资源已接近本地资源潜力极限,资源承载力亟需进一步提升;青岛市经济水平承载力最大,当前及未来都不对人口承载构成威胁,应重点关注自然资源与社会资源,生态环境次之。建议应以城市资源环境承载力为蓝本,科学推进城镇化进程。     

资源潜力投入重心时空演变轨迹

地质勘查投入是反映我国资源潜力投入的重要依据。以我国2000—2017年地质勘查资金投入数据,通过区域重心法计算资源潜力投入重心,基于ArcGIS平台刻画我国资源潜力投入重心移动轨迹,并对重心迁移影响因素分析。结果表明:过去的18年间,我国资源潜力投入重心整体自东向西迁移,移动轨迹沿正西→西北→西南→西北方向运动,迁移距离为294.31 km,移动速度呈现先快后慢再加快的趋势。中央资源潜力投入重心由陕西省迁移到甘肃省,迁移轨迹受政策影响明显。“胡焕庸线”位于资源潜力投入重心的右侧,前期资源潜力投入重心向胡焕庸人口密度线右侧移动,偏离程度增加,后期两者偏离程度减小。资源潜力投入重心迁移轨迹与区域成矿地质环境和国家矿产勘查开发政策、矿产品价格、环境政策有关,但有一定的时间滞后性。     

签订双边投资协定对中国OFDI的影响——基于“一带一路”沿线国家的实证研究

本文以“一带一路”战略为研究背景,利用固定效应模型对2003～2012年“一带一路”沿线64个国家的面板数据进行实证分析,探讨签订双边投资协定（BIT）与我国对外直接投资（OFDI）之间的关系。实证结果表明：签订BIT能够促进中国对一带一路沿线国家的OFDI,并且对发展中国家的促进作用要比发达国家更加显著且效应更大。     

基于实践哲学理念的“两课”教改新探索

加强实践教学,做到理论与实践相结合,是提升“两课”教学实效性的有效途径。     

Design of a curriculum for destination studies

Since vocational tourism courses started at Sydney Technical College in 1973, there have been problems in teaching about tourist destinations. Historical analysis of the subject's development indicates that problems stem largely from an absence of tourism theory. Throughout this subject's development, there have been four major influences: the vocational needs of tourism students; the definition of tourism systems; the adoption of a primary orientation towards the study of the causes of tourism; and developmental work on the nature of tourist attractions. The current curriculum is described and it is suggested that due to these influences it overcomes many former problems with its integrated inter-disciplinary approach employing tourism theory as the core discipline.     

Earnings management strategies for meeting or beating expectations

In this study, we dispel several popular notions regarding the meeting or beating expectations/thresholds (MBE) phenomenon that permeates the research design of many empirical papers. First, MBE is not unequivocally associated with aggressive earnings management. Second, MBE does not necessarily obfuscate the truth. Third, MBE may be consistent with the well-documented reporting strategy of smoothing. Specifically, we characterize the reporting strategy of firms that engage in MBE in a two-period game. Some firms value MBE in the first period more than in the second (short-run firms), and other firms are less concerned with missing a threshold in the first period but must meet or beat expectations in the second (long-run firms). The analysis yields additional insights: we also show that MBE, by a small amount, is driven by the demand for a truth-revealing report, since the extremely small margin is designed to vary with the truth. In addition, MBE explains the richness of the menu of reporting strategies (“taking a bath,” “cookie-jar reserve,” and marginal threshold beating). Moreover, MBE is good news when the firm is a long-run MBE firm because it signals that the firm will also meet or beat expectations in the future. Finally, MBE has a favorable economic effect, as it induces boards of directors to incentivize managers to expend more effort.     

高校思政课互动教学的研究与实践--以《中国近现代史纲要》为例

互动教学已成为现代主流教学理论与策略之一，为增强思想政治理论课的实效性提供了一种有益的教学方式。思政课程实施互动教学非常有利于学生运用辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义分析问题与综合思维能力的提高，有利于面对近年来的历史虚无主义进行有效的辩驳和纠正。思政课程互动教学法的运用，需要营建良好的教学氛围和调整对于学生的评价体系。     

Willingness-to-pay for natural,organic, and conventional foods: The effects of information and meaningful labels

Vague food labels and distorted product claims have persisted in the “natural” food industry, while organic claims can be certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Using experimental methods and a sample of randomly selected subjects, we test food label and information treatment effects on subjects' willingness-to-pay (WTP) for organic, “natural,” and conventional foods. Random nth-price auctions are used to elicit WTP after subjects received one of five randomly assigned information treatments. We find large information effects, including asymmetric cross-market effects for natural and organic foods. Perhaps surprising is that organic premiums increase in response to subjects seeing the “natural” foods industry's perspective on its products. Demographics effects are also important. The results have practical implications for natural and organic food marketing and valuing products where there are vague claims about their attributes.