Assessing cross-cultural marketing theory and research: A commentary essay

Cross-cultural research (CCR) is extremely important for advancing understanding of the range and limits of theoretical constructs and frameworks across different cultural contexts. CCR also provides an important understanding of the differences between countries and cultures. This commentary essay examines the review conducted by Engelen and Brettel (2010) and comments on shortcomings, as well as identifying areas where more needs to be done. A critical first step is to properly define the unit of analysis. This step is particularly critical as the concept of “national culture” is becoming increasingly less relevant and the appropriate culture unit for examination is often a smaller, more homogeneous grouping within a given geographic location. This view allows more meaningful inferences to be made and controls for possible contextual confounds, as well as providing a richer understanding of the limits of national culture in an increasingly global economy.     

National culture, networks and ethnic entrepreneurship: A comparison of the Indian and Chinese immigrants in the US

This paper uses a combination of national cultural frameworks and social capital theory to explain the formation and management of entrepreneurial ventures among immigrant communities. The varying rates of venture formation and performance among different ethnic groups points to the role that the different dimensions of culture play in how immigrants use their social networks to start such firms. We use the specific example of the Indian and Chinese communities in the US to demonstrate this effect and explain how businesses created by members of these communities could have potentially different ways of starting and operating that can be directly traced to the differences in cultural orientation of their owners. What emerges can be summarized as: (a) different immigrant communities have different ways of accumulating and using social capital in starting and managing their ethnic ventures; (b) these dissimilarities manifest themselves in variations in the motives for forming these ventures, human resource practices and termination rates; and (c) that these variations can partly be explained by the differences in their respective national cultures.     

浅析美联储“量化宽松”的货币政策

从2008年3月27日至2010年3月18日,美联储面对汹涌而来的金融危机打开印钞机,资产总额大幅上升,基于美联储所采取的种种举动,总结出美联储量化宽松的货币政策的特点,并且分析它所产生的影响。     

论美国关税法337条款在GATT1994下的合法性——基于国际判例的思考

对337条款在GATT1994下合法性的正确评判,将会影响对337条款的态度及应对策略的制定.20世纪80年代,加拿大和欧共体曾经分别在关贸总协定体系内挑战过337条款的合法性.第一个案件专家组报告肯定了该案中337条款的合法性,第二个案件专家组报告对337条款的合法性总体上予以肯定,但也指出了337条款四个具体违法之...     

社保基金投资监管模式的选择——基于全国社会保障基金管理分析

本文在分析全国社会保障基金投资管理运营现状的基础上,指出我国现行全国社会保障基金投资管理监管模式的不足,在对比几种监管模式优劣之后,给出了完善全国社会保障基金投资监管的建议和方法。     

浅议接受非货币性资产捐赠时会计处理与税收实务的同一性

文章探讨了在执行新会计准则的情况下,应当如何认识接受非货币性捐赠资产时会计处理与税务处理同一性。以减少会计与税法不必要的差异问题。     

《全民健身计划（2011—2015年）》推行背景下农村学校体育教育的现状分析和对策研究

随着《全民健身计划（2011—2015年）》的推行,农村学校体育教育的开展也在方兴未艾的进行着。但从当前状况来看,我国绝大部分农村还存在着农村各阶层对学校体育教育重视程度不够、农村学校体育师资队伍不整齐、农村学校体育教育与城市学校体育教育严重脱节等问题。针对这一现状,本文将《全民健身计划（2011—2015年）》提出的相关政策置立于农村学校体育教育中进行规律性研究,并提出创新性对策。     

国内外养老保险制度的状况及差异分析

国内外养老保险在模式上、养老保险基金运作机制以及养老保险管理制度上存在差异.美国的养老保险制度注重政府保障与雇主保障、个人保障的有机结合、充分发挥市场功能、注重养老金投资管理;英国养老金个人账户体系更加适合现代快节奏生活和工作经常变化的社会需求;日本农民在许多方面享有与城市居民同等的待遇;韩国采取的是双轨并行的养老金制...     

央行和商业银行视角下存款准备金率的实证分析

本文分别从央行货币政策调控目标和商业银行对存款准备金率容忍度的视角出发,利用参数法和神经网络模型对存款准备金率进行实证分析。研究发现,央行近年来多次上调存款准备金率主要是为了对抗通货膨胀以及回收货币流动性。在不考虑银行容忍度下,参数模型给出的目标存款准备金率为23%,而在考虑了存款准备金率对银行的负面影响后,根据神经网络模型得出2011年上半年合理的存款准备金率应为21.34%,与当前21.5%的实际存款准备金率相符。说明央行在货币调控时考虑到了银行的容忍度,是符合宏观审慎性原则的。而模型的敏感性分析表明,未来存款准备金率仍旧存在上调的区间与上调的可能性。     

我国国民福祉演进轨迹及其政策效应

国民福祉可以通过经济、社会、文化、环境等客观指标加以体现。运用国民福祉评价模型对1996~2009年间我国四大区域及全国31个省级行政区国民福祉的时空演进特征进行实证分析,检视我国区域协调发展战略的政策效应,并结合以人为本的科学发展理念和构建和谐社会的目标,提出进一步协调我国区域发展的政策方向。我国在发展经济过程中,应重点关注经济增长对国民福祉的提高程度。