继续推进改革、开放和创新 开创珠三角发展新局面——《珠江三角洲地区改革发展规划纲要》(2008～2020年)之解读

自《珠江三角洲地区改革发展规划纲要》(2008～2020年)发布以来,珠江三角洲地区发展问题成为社会各界热议的焦点。从人文地理学视角,对《纲要》进行深入解读。第一,珠江三角洲地区发展步入深水港时期,机遇和挑战并存,《纲要》对于珠江三角洲地区未来发展是一种及时的强心剂。第二,改革和开放是解决目前珠江三角洲地区面临诸多问题的关键,是开拓珠江三角洲未来的最主要凭借。第三,从珠江三角洲地区产业发展情况看,区域发展观的树立是构建现代产业体系的核心要务。第四,在分析完全市场条件下的经济一体化发展策略利弊基础上,提出政府引导型发展模式。其核心思想在于政府部门要尽力规避完全市场条件下一体化策略的诸多弊端,要把发展权力下放到基层,让其拥有地方发展自主权,以增进地方经济与社会文化的多样性。     

基于区域合作理念对环渤海文化创意产业一体化发展的建议

20世纪90年代以后,创意产业迅速崛起,成为经济发展的一种新趋势,不少国家和地区开始把文化创意产业作为重点发展产业推动其发展。全球化发展的最新趋势是区域性集中和一体化,文化创意产业是这一趋势的最突出表现。本文以环渤海经济圈作为研究对象,运用区域合作理念对环渤海文化创意产业一体化进行研究,并提出相应建议。     

Managing Swiss Hospitality: How cultural antecedents of innovation and customer-oriented value systems can influence performance in the hotel industry

Research into innovativeness and customer orientation in the service industry is burgeoning, yet our understanding of the antecedents and consequences of both activities in hospitality management remain unclear. To address this problem we investigate the link between corporate culture, indicators of innovativeness and business performance in the Swiss hotel industry, because the Swiss have a proclivity toward innovation as well as a long established record in hospitality management. Data were generated from 96 businesses in the hotel industry and the results were analysed using structural equation modeling. They suggest that cultural dimensions are positively associated with customer orientation, innovativeness, and company performance. The implications of the findings are discussed along with limitations and future research directions.     

Philosophical Foundations of Eminent Hong Kong Chinese CEOs’ Leadership

Because of the importance of Confucian doctrines in shaping ethical business practices under Chinese leadership, revealing the roles of other Chinese ethical doctrines in modern Chinese leadership is informative. A thorough understanding of the ethical foundations of Chinese leadership is necessary for fruitful interaction with Chinese leaders, according to cultural fit theory. The present study illustrates the philosophical foundations of business management, based on dialogues with five eminent corporate executive officers (CEOs). It reveals that the CEOs practice a style of Chinese leadership synthesizing Confucian, Daoist, Mohist, and Legalist doctrines. The Confucian doctrines advocate benevolence, harmony, learning, loyalty, righteousness, and humility. They are the most prevalent tenets that support paternalism and collectivism. The Daoist doctrines emphasize flexibility and reversion (e.g., the principle that the weak can defeat the strong). They bolster the leader’s forbearance. The Mohist doctrines underpin thrift and working with the masses whereas the Legalist doctrines inculcate self-control and innovativeness. Hence, contemporary Chinese leadership does not rely exclusively on Confucian ethics and this reflects evolution over 1000s of years.     

Cultural lag and international communication The Case of Japan

In this special first issue contribution by Dr. Nagai in his capacity of Supervisory Editor of this new Journal, attention is given to the often neglected influence of the cultural lag on communications and its impact on economic policies and international relations.     

从隐喻看英汉词汇中的文化异同

语言、思维和文化三者相互影响、相互制约。隐喻思维与语言以及文化与语言密切相连。由于英汉隐喻思维的异同,作为语言的基本单位之一——词汇,在不同的文化中其使用也存在着异同,词汇的异同反映着英汉文化的异同。通过隐喻,可以从英汉词汇中看出文化的异同。     

浅谈英语颜色词的翻译

Color words play an important role in the different cultural languages. As the background of Chinese and English culture varies each other, the usage of color word also differs greatly. In order to understand inner meaning better, people must adopt some different transhtion techniques in translating materials （such as literal translation, flee transhtion, change and addition of some color words, etc. ） so as to translate English color words in an accurate way. As a result, it can help people make cross-cultural more effectively and promote the cultural exchange and hybrid between English and Chinese nationalities.     

国外新兴产业生命周期理论研究述评与展望

近年来,新兴产业实践的纵深发展不仅丰富了产业生命周期理论的研究内容,而且对其经典理论提出了挑战。首先系统归纳了新兴产业生命周期各阶段理论研究的特点,指出准确判断新兴产业所处具体阶段越来越困难。然后,总结了新兴产业生命周期理论区别于传统产业的特征,并以复杂产品系统和文化产业为例分析了经典产业生命周期理论应用的例外情形。在此基础上,提出要加强包括复杂产品系统和文化产业等在内的新兴产业生命周期模型的系统研究,并且需要来自更多国家、更广泛产业数据的实证检验。