Language,knowledge transfer and firm’s strategic assets: the strategic role of language in knowledge transfer to China

This article is intended to examine the exact role of language in intra-firm cross-country knowledge transfer from the perspective of developing firm’s strategic assets. We find that inadequate language ability can lead to communication failures and cultural misunderstanding, and has the potential to destroy the process of knowledge transfer. Hence, language is not an operational issue but of strategic importance to the transfer of knowledge within multinational enterprises. As language ability is uniquely related to the specific technical, managerial and cultural aspects of a firm, hard to substitute and imitate, it should be regarded as one of the firm’s strategic assets and be dealt at strategic level.     

我国对外贸易与经济增长关系的实证研究

从我国现有的相关资料和数据入手,采用定性分析与定量分析相结合的方法,运用我国1978年至2010年间GDP、进口额、出口额的统计数据,对我国对外贸易与经济增长的关系进行了分析和研究,得出了相关结论。     

苏联解体前的白俄罗斯语言政策研究

语言政策的概念是多种多样的,但是不管其如何界定,都离不开特定国家和特定历史背景的存在基础。白俄罗斯的民族多样性和历史曲折性决定了其语言政策发展史的多样性。选取苏联解体前的白俄罗斯语言政策为研究对象,探索其语言政策发展的现实规律,有助于更加生动全面地体现白俄罗斯语的发展历程,对预测白俄罗斯语未来数年的发展趋势有着不可小觑的参考价值。     

Parent country nationals or local nationals for executive positions in foreign affiliates: An empirical study of Japanese affiliates in Korea

This study examines how the host country experience of Japanese multinational corporations (MNCs) affects their staffing policies for executive manager positions at foreign affiliates. Hypotheses on executive staffing policies for foreign affiliates are tested using survey data collected from 103 Japanese affiliates in Korea. Findings show that the level of global integration and the degree of centralization of decision-making positively affect an assignment of parent country nationals as executive managers of foreign affiliates. We further find that foreign affiliates’ experience in a host country moderates the effects of both global integration and centralization on staffing decisions for the affiliates.

Corruption and market attractiveness influences on different types of FDI

Previous studies have proposed that a compensatory model predicts the level of foreign direct investment (FDI) in a country; FDI levels are a result of ‘trade‐offs’ between the positive effect of market attractiveness and the negative influence of corruption. In contrast, we hypothesize and find that the compensatory relationship only holds for market‐seeking investment; for resource‐seeking FDI the model appears to be noncompensatory. Greater market attractiveness mitigates the negative impact of corruption on market‐seeking investment, but the ability of market attractiveness to mitigate the negative impact of corruption on resource‐seeking FDI quickly disappears as corruption levels increase. Implications and future research directions are discussed. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

FDI的利润汇出、出口创汇能力对我国国际收支的影响及趋势分析

本文运用1985-2006年的相关数据,通过区分和考虑不同类型外国直接投资对国际收支的影响渠道,分析了外国直接投资的利润汇出和出口创汇能力对我国国际收支特别是经常账户差额的影响。结果表明,外国直接投资是形成我国当前双顺差的主要因素。但是未来这种趋势将会发生变化。本文以2006年为基期进行预测,未来10年内,外国直接投资的出口创汇能力将由于外国直接投资从出口导向型更多地转向市场寻求型而下降,而利润汇出趋势将增强。因而,应加强对外国直接投资的动态监管,减少外国直接投资对我国国际收支的负面影响,避免可能由外国直接投资引起的经常账户危机。     

河北省专业外贸公司战略转型研究

本文认为,外贸企业有三种转型战略:一是实业化和多元化投资战略;二是中小制造业集群的出口中间商和虚拟经营战略;三是多元化贸易平台战略。而要真正实现转型,首先,要进一步调整产权结构,建立现代化的公司治理结构,实施有效的激励措施。其次,要实施组织变革,建立与公司发展相适应的现代化企业组织。再次,要加强信息化建设,实施业务流程再造,完善基于网络平台的信息管理系统和电子商务。     

石化通用机械行业利用外资新政策及应关注的焦点

介绍了从2007年12月1日起施行的<外商投资产业指导目录(2007年修订)>中石化通用机械行业的16项内容,它为利用外资推进我国工业的全面协调发展发挥了积极作用.     

全球视角的对外资产与负债——方法论的重新表述

文章推演了测算净国外资产的两种方法:资本项目直接法与经常项目间接法的原理.推演结果显示,在考虑市价变动因素的情况下,前者更准确.测算结果发现,我国从1996年开始有正的对外净资产,但要大大低于经常项目累计顺差或累计外汇储备.因此,不能只关注对外资产而忽视对外负债的增值.我国还存在着对外资产负债主体错配与货币错配.从国际比较看,也不能说我国已持有了过高的净国外资产.以全球视角看,穷国向富国输出资本的发展模式不可持续,也不应该持续.     

外商在华直接投资行业分布的非均衡增长研究——基于行业数据的面板分析

本文搜集与整理了改革开放以来中国农林牧渔业、工业、建筑业、交通运输仓储和邮电业、批发零售贸易和餐饮业中的相关数据,进行面板数据分析,来考察究竟是哪些因素吸引了外资的大量流入。实证结果表明,从整体上来看,外商对华直接投资选择行业时最先考虑的因素是行业生产规模,其次是规划规模,然后是生产成本,而研发费用支出对促进FDI流入的作用并不明显。进一步对工业数据进行协整及误差修正分析却发现,从长期来看研发费用的支出对FDI的吸引作用很大。这两个不同的实证结果充分说明,与工业相比,中国的其它行业还需大力开展研究与开发,以吸引外商在华直接投资。