Outward foreign investment by transnational entrepreneurs: Insights from emerging economies

This research considers how transnational entrepreneurs in emerging economies identify and develop opportunities for investment into international ventures. Specifically, this study seeks to identify common drivers for outward investment by transnational entrepreneurs from their country of origin (Brazil and India) to their adopted country (the US). Findings indicate three common drivers of this type of internationalization: formal education, effectual logic, and the leveraging of perceived market differences. Furthermore, the data show that entrepreneurs prefer a gradual process of investment rather than a large-scale initial investment during the exploitation of international opportunities in the adopted country. The results of this study have important practical implications and are valuable additions to the scholarly understanding of the growing field of transnational entrepreneurship.     

Crypto quanto and inverse options

Over 90% of exchange trading on crypto options has always been on the Deribit platform. This centralized crypto exchange only lists inverse products because they do not accept fiat currency. Likewise, other major crypto options platforms only list crypto–stablecoin trading pairs in so-called direct options, which are similar to the standard crypto options listed by the CME except the US dollar is replaced by a stablecoin version. Until now a clear mathematical exposition of these products has been lacking. We discuss the sources of market incompleteness in direct and inverse options and compare their pricing and hedging characteristics. Then we discuss the useful applications of currency protected “quanto” direct and inverse options for fiat-based traders and describe their pricing and hedging characteristics, all in the Black–Scholes setting.     

Is energy consumption sensitive to foreign capital inflows and currency devaluation in Pakistan?

This study investigates the relationship between foreign capital inflows and energy consumption by incorporating economic growth, exports and currency devaluation in energy demand function for the case of Pakistan. The long-run and short-run effects are examined via ARDL bounds testing procedure. Foreign capital inflows and currency devaluation (economic growth and exports) decrease (increase) energy consumption in long-run. The results confirm a feedback effect between foreign capital inflows and energy consumption. These findings would be helpful to policy makers in designing comprehensive economic and energy policies for utilizing foreign capital inflows as a tool for optimal use of energy sources to enhance economic development in long run.     

新保守主义与布什的单边主义政策

新保守主义作为一种政治思想,从里根、老布什、克林顿、小布什、到现在的奥巴马政府。在不同的时期都对美国的外交政策产生了不同程度的影响,经历了它的产生、发展、繁极一时、最终一蹶不振。那么新保守主义对布什政府的外交产生了什么影响呢？在奥巴马时期又有什么变化吗？     

刍议外商独资化实现方式及效应

随着经济全球化和信息化的迅猛发展,外商对华投资独资化的倾向越发明显,其投资方式已由先前的合资转向独资;投资手段由合资转向并购。在探讨新形势下外商独资化实现方式的基础上,探究了外商独资化对我国经济发展的正、负效应,并提出相应的化解策略。     

乡村度假国内外研究进展及启示

乡村度假是乡村旅游发展的更高阶段,是国际主流度假产品之一。国外对乡村度假的研究主要集中在乡村度假发展动因、发展的作用和度假者行为研究等几方面,而国内的研究集中在发展意义和前景、开发前提、发展模式这几方面。通过比较国内外乡村度假的研究进展可知,国内乡村度假研究多集中于基础理论,方法运用以定性为主,鲜有定量研究,因此与国外相比,差距较为明显。国内乡村度假研究有待拓宽研究领域和视野、重视研究方法定性与定量研究相结合,以及加强借鉴国外经验。     

Gender,Decent Work,and Global Production Sharing in Indonesian Manufacturing

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Global commodity chains reflect and affect gendered labor markets. This article uses the Decent Work framework from the International Labour Organization to analyze employment outcomes for Indonesian workers in manufacturing. This research investigates trends in feminized manufacturing sectors in variously sized firms. Regression analyses is used to evaluate how firm characteristics related to global production sharing effect decent work outcomes for women and men, as well as female share of employment itself. The results suggest that exports and FDI affect men and women differently and that feminization and decent work outcomes depend on how the sector is positioned along the global value chain.     

国际资本引入对商业银行效率影响的实证研究

引入国际战略投资者是国内商业银行提高自身竞争力的有效途径之一。本文首先对引入国际资本后可能产生的各项效应进行分析,继而运用数据包络分析(DEA)方法对引入国际战略投资者前后各商业银行的效率进行了测度,说明其变化情况;并以可能造成效率变化的因素为自变量,银行效率为因变量建立线形回归模型,发现资本充足率高低对银行效率并无直接影响,但产权结构与银行效率显著相关。最后给出相关政策建议。     

合理利用外资与解决当前潜在的通货膨胀

合理、科学地利用外资不仅能确保国家经济安全和健康稳定增长,带动经济社会的发展,而且是有效控制固定资产投资过快增长、抑制经济过热,以及治理通货膨胀的重要手段和途径。当前,无论是发达国家,还是发展中国家都十分重视对境外投资的管理,只是表现形式不同而已。尤其是西方发达国家的有关经济法律制度、产业政策、宏观调控政策的经验等,其中有许多是值得我们借鉴的。因此,根据我们的实际情况提出相应的对策,有效地规避我国当前潜在的通货膨胀风险。     

试论国内区际贸易与对外贸易利益的关系

对外贸易的发展理应建立在国内区际贸易充分开展的基础上。国内区际贸易的开展对对外贸易利益的取得具有重要的意义。我国改革开放过程中的国内市场分割现象,使得国内区际贸易滞后于对外贸易快速发展,并制约了对外贸易利益最大化的实现。本文的政策结论是通过加快改革逐步实现国内经济市场化和一体化以提高外贸利益。