Confucian dynamism and Dunning's framework: Direct and moderation associations in internationalized Chinese private firms

This research investigates whether an upper-echelon perspective incorporating a unique managerial attribute, namely, Confucian dynamism (CD), which draws from China's cultural heritage, can enrich Dunning's ownership–location–internalization (OLI) framework. This study examines the activities of 233 internationalized Chinese private firms. Its findings suggest that the CD of individual decision-makers negatively affects the adoption of equity modes (direct association); and lessens the effects of ownership and location advantages on the adoption of equity modes. However, it does not influence the relationship between internalization advantages and equity modes (moderation associations). The contribution of this study is that it effectively complements the “rational” OLI framework through the inclusion of CD and its interactions with OLI variables to provide a more comprehensive account of the international entry mode decisions of Chinese private firms.     

金融业高管人员需要具备的基本素质

在市场经济条件下,国有专业银行向商业银行机制转化,其中最关键的环节是逐步培养和造就一支高素质、高水平、懂经营、会管理的金融家队伍。这支队伍的成员不是一般意义上的银行管理者,他们必须是按照世界商业银行操作的要求和意识,在众多的金融机构竞争中脱颖而出的佼佼者,是更高层次的企业经营者。这就要求每一个优秀的商业银行经营管理者都必须具备良好、稳定的基本素质。     

An Examination of Learning Preferences of U.S. and International Students

Learning styles and preferences are often discussed topics in educational psychology, but are less prevalent in business education. International students are another understudied segment of business education. This article reviews literature regarding learning styles and preferences and examines whether U.S. and international students have different learning preferences using the visual-aural-read/write-kinesthetic (VARK) model. The findings indicate a large percentage of both populations have multimodal learning preferences. For the students who have one preferred learning mode, differences do exist between international and U.S. students.     

The role of knowledge,attitudes and perceptions in the uptake of agricultural and agroforestry innovations among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

Despite the great potential of agricultural innovations, the uptake by smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa seems to be slow. We reviewed existing theories and frameworks for the uptake of agricultural innovations and found that these tend to emphasize the role of extrinsic factors such as the characteristics of the adopter and the external environment in the decision-making process. In this paper, we argue that intrinsic factors such as the knowledge, perceptions and attitudes of the potential adopter towards the innovation play a key role, but this has been less studied. We present an analytical framework that combines both extrinsic and intrinsic factors in farmers' decisions to adopt new agricultural technologies and apply the framework to agroforestry adoption as a case study. We review the literature on agroforestry adoption in sub-Saharan Africa and identify the extrinsic and intrinsic variables affecting the uptake of agroforestry technologies. We conclude that the uptake of agricultural technologies is a complex process influenced by both extrinsic and intrinsic variables, and recommend that future studies aiming to understand the adoption process of agricultural innovations take into account both sets of variables. A mechanistic understanding of how intrinsic and extrinsic factors interact and drive adoption can help in targeting technologies appropriately to ensure sustainability.     

促进我国职教集团有效发展的理性思考

职教集团的具体目标是要创新校企共生发展的体制机制、实现集团资源共建共享、改革创新人才培养模式、促进形成良好的校企合作政策环境、形成鲜明的行业特色。重点建设内容包括体制机制建设、资源共建共享建设与人才培养模式创新。同时,要健全管理制度、加大办学投入、建立激励机制、健全监控体系等保障措施。     

旅游符号学研究框架体系的建构

旅游符号学应用研究成果丰富,然而其研究框架体系却不够完善。在有关的旅游符号研究文献的基础上,对旅游空间的符号化和旅游活动的符号化过程进行了初步探讨,目的在于提供一个初步的旅游符号学研究框架体系。所谓的旅游符号学,即指用符号学的方法来研究旅游活动的过程。旅游符号空间是旅游活动生存与发展的空间。旅游符号学的研究框架体系应包括旅游符号的解读者——旅游主体和旅游符号的解读对象——旅游吸引物符号系统和旅游媒介符号系统。     

安徽国有经济战略性调整的现实选择

国有经济的战略性调整已经成为我国国有企业改革与发展的突破口。本文在分析安徽国有经济改革与发展现状的基础上,分析了安徽国有经济战略性调整应遵循的原则,重点探讨了安徽国有经济战略性调整的现实选择,并提出将市场行为与政府行为结合起来共同推动安徽国有经济的战略性调     

On the informationization of accounting information in China： The perspective of accounting information systems and its regulatory framework in the USA

The informationization of accounting information systems has brought many improvements to those systems. This paper highlights some of those significant advances in the informationization of accounting information systems in China. As China has become a major industrial power in the international economy, further improvements for these information systems are critical to the continued successes of China. To additionally improve these systems, China can draw upon the systems from other world economic leaders. With its fully developed capital markets, the United States offers development experience for the external reporting components of a fully integrated information system. This paper discusses a typical integrated information system in the United States and addresses the regulatory milestones that were instrumental in the development of those external components of accounting information systems. Recommendations are presented for improving informationization of systems in China based on U.S. systems＇ responses to those milestones.     

商务英语翻译教学中的问题与对策

商务英语翻译教学存在着原文理解不准确、不考虑文化差异及背景知识、不熟悉相关业务知识、译文校对不准确等问题。为提高学生翻译能力,需不断提高学生的语言基本功和文化修养,教师要重视文化信息的传授并加强专业知识的学习。     

过程服务生产力测评框架研究

生产力的传统定义是投入与产出之比，其测评往往仅考虑生产过程的两端。这里所暗含的假设是：企业内部生产过程是黑箱，生产力指标只与两个终端相关。如果立足于服务生产的过程特性。将观察视角从终端测评转移到过程测评，那么就可确定基于过程的服务生产力测评框架以及基本路径。