Performance management practices within emerging market multinational enterprises: the case of Brazilian multinationals

This study advances our understanding of HRM within emerging market multinational enterprises (EM-MNEs) by examining the extent to, and mechanisms by, which Brazilian MNEs standardise or localise their performance management (PM) policies and practices, and the factors that influence their design and implementation. We explored these issues through qualitative case studies of three Brazilian MNEs. The analysis of interview data reveals a strong tendency for Brazilian MNEs to centralise and standardise their PM policies and practices. The key finding of this paper is that PM practices within Brazilian MNEs are not based on indigenous Brazilian practices, but, rather, are heavily influenced by global best practices. The findings are at odds with previous research, which suggests that EM-MNEs apply different HR practices in developed country subsidiaries and developing country subsidiaries. Also, contrary to expectations, our results indicate that institutional distance does not have a significant influence on the adaptation of PM practices at subsidiary level.     

Beyond a Liberal Critique of ‘Trickle Down': Urban Planning in the City of Malmö

This article scrutinizes the much used, but less examined, concept of ‘trickle down' in an urban setting. We make a distinction between the production of and distribution in the city, and argue that trickle down in contemporary urban policy could be regarded as the liberal link between production and distribution. Based on interviews with key figures and document analyses, we look at the transformation of the Swedish city of Malmö from an industrial to a post‐industrial city, where, during the last two decades, we have found three concurrent components: the ideology of trickle down; several urban policy programs and governmental policies to ‘make' money and resources trickle down; as well as increased economic polarization and segregation. A liberal critique of trickle down would argue that market mechanisms cannot by themselves solve distribution, and that government policies therefore are needed. We argue for the need to go beyond a liberal critique of trickle down and stress how unequal distribution is built into the unequal production of the city.     

农村宅基地退出农户满意度影响因素研究——基于四川省典型地区的调研数据

借鉴顾客满意度指数分析框架,构建农村宅基地退出农户满意度影响因素模型,并应用四川省典型地区的农户调研数据,通过结构方程模型进行实证检验,分析表明：农户满意度主要取决于农户对宅基地退出的感知质量和感知价值,地方政府形象尤其村委会形象对农户满意度具有显著的正向直接影响,可靠性、合理性、宣传与参与度以及家庭资源禀赋通过影响农户的感知质量对农户满意度产生正向间接影响,农户满意度对农户的政策认同和农户抱怨分别有显著的正向和负向影响。因此,应完善农村宅基地退出政策及配套制度以提高农户宅基地退出的经济社会净福利,加强地方政府尤其是村委会廉政、勤政建设以改善政府形象,完善政策执行机制、规范政策执行行为以提高农户的政策感知质量。     

综合性国家科学中心建设公共政策绩效实证分析——以安徽合肥为例

基于科技政策评价指标体系构建和熵权法分析方法，以2013年以来安徽合肥创建和实施推进综合性国家科学中心的政策绩效为研究对象，实证测算2013—2017年科技政策的评价绩效得分。从创新载体建设、人才计划、科技项目、财税金融、科技成果产出、技术转移与产业化等方面对政策实施效果及其薄弱环节进行分析，并就综合性国家科学中心建设的科技政策的优化与完善提出政策建议。     

On the efficiency of environmental instruments in a spatial economy

This paper develops an efficiency criterion to evaluate environmental policy instruments in a spatial economy. We call an environmental policy regime at the regional level efficient if it guarantees not only an efficient distribution of emission permits within a region, but also an efficient locational pattern of mobile firms across the regions of a federation. Using marketable pollution rights or emission taxes, efficiency in this broad sense can only be achieved if revenues of regional environmental agencies are not transferred to regional firms. Direct controls neither support an efficient allocation of emission rights within a region nor locational efficiency of firms.     

试论我国企业并购的问题与对策

企业并购现巳成为我国企业界的热点,但在具体运作时还存在许多急需解决的问题。本文试对我国企业并购中的主要问题进行分析,并探讨相应的对策建议。     

中国通货紧缩的成因分析

西方经济学家以“债务一通货紧缩”理论、货币紧结论、金本位制论、联系汇率论、结构论等阐述通货紧缩的起因。从其本质来看，通货紧缩是经济运行过程中的必然产物；从触因来看，通货紧缩是宏观调控与经济运行失调的产物。我国的通货紧缩有其特定原因。长期盲目投资、低水平重复建设造成的生产能力大量过剩，是通货紧缩发生的产业结构原因；1994年以来货币供应量增幅和货币流动速度的下降，是通货紧缩发生的货币原因；政策调整滞后及政策效应相互抵消，是通货紧缩继续发展的政策原因；经济体制转轨过渡，是通货紧缩发生的制度原因；世界范围的通货紧缩趋势是我国通货紧缩发生的国际背景；国有企业经济效益下滑、国民经济出现大规模的国有企业亏损是导致通货紧缩的微观原因。     

现阶段我国汇率政策在金融政策组合中的效应分析

尽管对单一宏观政策的研究已经较为深入了，但对两种宏观政策的组合效应的研究还较为缺乏。本文正是从这一角度出发，分析了当前我国实行的积极的货币政策和稳定的汇率政策组合的正负效应。并且指出，尽管这种组合对由于货币供给的内生性造成的货币政策效率低下具有弥补作用，但是却加剧了外部经济的失衡，并且，这种失衡由于“溢出效应”而会影响到内部经济均衡。从而出现了诸如储备机会成本增高、基础货币供应控制的难度加大、准备金制度改革难度加大等矛盾。因此，不应该将牺牲外部均衡来保全内部均衡的做法作为其长期政策取向。     

国家区域投资政策动态一致性分析

本运用动态博弈模型，以国家的区域投资作为研究的背景，分析了国家与各个区域之间的动态博弈，对国家的区域投资政策的动态一致性进行了深入的探讨。指出在西部大开发的过程中，国家在制定倾向西部地区的投资政策时，一定要使所有的区域确实相信中央政府要遵守已制定的投资政策，保证政策制定与执行的一致性。     

货币政策影响居民储蓄行为的有效性分析

本选取了我国1994年至2000年的统计数据，通过统计学的方法来分析货币政策在分流我国居民的巨额储蓄时是否有效，并进一步分析了对货币政策效果产生干扰的制度因素。