Social Capital and Access to Bank Financing: The Case of Chinese Entrepreneurs

This paper presents the results of a study of the effects of social capital on access to bank financing. Based on a Chinese nationwide survey, our analysis suggests that entrepreneurs who contribute to charities are more likely to be successful in loan applications. In addition, we find that political party membership is an important determinant of state-owned bank financing, whereas time spent on social activities increases the probability of obtaining loans from commercial banks. Therefore, our data provide some evidence for substitutability between various types of social capital. To obtain a loan from a specific type of bank, an entrepreneur should access the relevant social network.     

Social identity, inequality and conflict

I extend the standard materialistic rational choice model of conflict to consider groups. In particular, I consider how the aggregate amount of conflict in society depends on which groups form and oppose each other. The study is motivated by empirical findings about the relationship between inequality, conflict and economic development. I focus on a salient comparison: ethnic groups vs. social classes. I show that, contrary to the conventional wisdom, class conflict is not necessarily worse than ethnic conflict. In fact, ethnic conflict is general worse when the distribution of income is more equal. I also investigate the impact of the fact that while ethnicity is immutable, since there is social mobility, class is not. I show that the direct impact of mobility of conflict is as conventionally believed, but that there are important indirect effects which make the net effect ambiguous. Received: June, 1998 / Accepted: November 22, 1999     

浅析中国传统建筑中的审美意味

本论文主要从建筑美学角度上阐述中国建筑的美在于有着丰富内涵的有意味的形式。意境是丰富的内容与美的形式的高度统一。它与环境、造型都有密切的关系。意味是建筑艺术最丰富充实的显现,它就是建筑艺术的生命,它最后是要靠象征的方法才能创造出来独特的意味来。它是指导我们今后从事建筑作品设计所追求的终极目标。     

英语阅读的认知观

英语阅读过程中陈述性知识和程序性知识相互依赖、相互作用,对意义理解具有重要作用。文章指出,知识是构成英语阅读能力的认知元素,是学习者解读意义的媒介、技能和策略。信息的编码与解码是学习者运用知识准确理解语言、文化和情感意义的能动的认知过程。     

大学生社交焦虑症的音乐治疗过程初探

文章探讨了音乐疗法对社交焦虑症患者的疗效。采用音乐疗法对一例存在社交焦虑症的求助者进行心理治疗,求助者4周后的各量表评分都达到了正常值,测验结果显示治疗达到了预期效果,得出音乐疗法对社交焦虑症具有一定的改善作用。     

论中国企业并购发达国家企业的难点与对策

随着中国大陆经济的发展,部分实力雄厚的大陆企业(以下简称中国企业)开始并购西方发达国家企业,成功的并购有利于中国融入世界经济版图,但困难重重。因此,本文通过对中国企业在并购西方发达国家企业时遇到的难点进行深入分析,提出了若干应对对策。     

农地承包经营权的职能异化与回归

当前,在我国各地广泛实施的农地承包制度正遇到前所未有的尴尬,不能适应二元经济结构变迁的现实,农地制度改革势在必行。目前,我国土地承包经营权的就业与收入职能不断弱化,农村社会保障事业严重滞后。安徽省肥东县农村的31户农户调研数据表明：从公平与效率两个角度分析回归农地生产要素这一根本职能是十分可行和必要的,因此,可以尝试“以土地换保险”的办法回归农地的根本职能。     

Evaluating Board Roles Performance in Adopting Corporate Social Responsibility （CSR） Practices

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the board roles that make a board effective in the performance of adopting corporate social responsibility （CSR） practices. This paper examines directors＇ perceptions of the three main roles： monitoring, service, and strategic, which provide tools for critically understanding how the board adds the value in moving the organization towards more CSR practices. The stakeholder theory is used to distinguish the influence of the three main roles on the adoption of CSR practices. Primary data were collected for this research by conducting structured questionnaires with a sample of 461 directors from Saudi listed companies for study purpose. The results show that an appropriate mix of directors＇ roles and the development of sound board monitoring and service roles are the most crucial determinants of CSR adoption in Saudi listed companies. As the extant corporate governance and CSR literatures do not provide a clear perspective with contradictory outcomes about board roles in influencing CSR practices, the originality of this research is its contribution by evaluating the directors＇ perceptions of developing a direct relationship between the board roles and the adoption of CSR practices. Furthermore, the use of the stakeholder theory provides additional insights into identifying the most influential board role factors enhancing stakeholders＇ expectations of CSR practices.     

水泥稳定碎石的作用原理及在公路施工中的应用

水泥稳定碎石作为路面基层,具有早期强度高,雨季对施工影响相对较小,施工机械化程度较高等特点,这些都有利于保证进度和质量,因此被越来越广泛地应用到市政道路工程中去。为此,本文针对城市道路半刚性基层采用水泥稳定碎石的技术研究进行简要分析,以供参考。