Conflict handling, trust and commitment in outsourcing relationship: A Chinese and Indian study

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical model that identifies conflict handling typologies which affect trust and commitment in B2B outsourcing relationship. Three typologies of conflict handling namely integrating, accommodating and compromising were examined for their effects on trust and commitment of Chinese and Indian human resource (HR) outsourcing service providers. The paper also considered the moderating effect of culture in the relationship. Data was collected from Chinese and Indian firms providing HR outsourcing services and analyzed using factor and hierarchical multiple regression analyses. We found both similarities and dissimilarities in the outcomes of the study. Specifically, conflict handling styles are significantly associated with trust and commitment. Trust mediates in the association of conflict handling styles with commitment. The impact of compromising conflict handling on trust and commitment is moderated by culture — significantly higher for the Chinese service providers compared to the Indians. Culture has also a direct impact on commitment but not on trust. Theoretical, cultural and managerial implications of the findings are presented.     

Foreign direct investment and industrial agglomeration: Evidence from India

This study analyses the spatial and sectoral distribution of Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment (GFDI) and its impact on industrial agglomeration in India for the time period 2006–2015. We employ a unique dataset obtained by merging GFDI data from FDI Markets and plant level data from Annual Survey of Industries (ASI). We find that the Indian manufacturing sector shows signs of industrial dispersion rather than agglomeration throughout the sample period. Likewise, the spatial distribution pattern of GFDI also shows a decline in regional concentration and, interestingly, GFDI also seems to target new destinations. We also find that the increased spatial spread of GFDI leads to an industrial dispersion in Indian manufacturing industries.     

Product Cycles, Innovation, and Exports: A Study of Indian Pharmaceuticals

This paper studies the product cycle and neo-technology theories of trade in the context of generic pharmaceuticals. It analyzes the export performance of 131 Indian pharmaceutical firms for the period 1989–2004. The results indicate that technology proxied by foreign patent rights has a positive impact on exports. This suggests that developing countries with innovation skills for process innovations are capable of penetrating international markets in the later stages of the product cycle by using patents, which were the barriers to trade in the early stages of the product cycle.     

我国饮食消费现象与问题研究

中国饮食文化历史悠久,熠熠生辉。但在这繁盛的光环背后也暴露出国人饮食片面追逐口腔满足的种种乱象:诸如吃喝铺张、宴席负重等等。在新的时代里,中国人的饮食应敢于去其糟粕、革故鼎新,并在传统优良食风的基础上不断发扬光大,以使中华饮食与国际接轨,成为真正意义上的饮食文明大国。     

Diet diversity,malnutrition and health: Evidence from Kenya

We investigate the effects of diet diversity on health outcomes indicated by the body-mass index (BMI) of Kenyan women in their reproductive age (15–49 years). We estimate the demand for diet diversity (which is a proxy for diet quality) and analyse its relationship with BMI by allowing the effect of diet diversity to vary along the conditional BMI distribution. Results show that diet diversity is associated with a beneficial effect on the lower and upper tails of the BMI distribution, that is, dietary diversity improves BMI for underweight individuals while, at the same time, it reduces BMI for overweight/obese individuals. Specifically, doubling the diet diversity is associated with a 14.7% increase in BMI for underweight women and a 7.0% reduction in BMI of obese women. These results support the hypothesis that diet diversity is associated with optimal BMI and, thus, better health, contributing to the policy discourse concerning the double burden of malnutrition in developing countries.     

科学膳食助力运动提高国民身体素质

适度的、规律的运动与强大的免疫系统之间存在密切的关系,而运动作为一种特殊的体力活动又与日常膳食存在千丝万缕的关系.本文结合营养与运动的相关知识,对运动与免疫力的关系、运动中科学膳食的意义及如何实施运动中的科学膳食3个方面进行探究,切实助力国民身体素质、免疫力的提高.     

Fissures in the marketing strategies of South Asian restaurants in Edinburgh

This exploratory study sought to investigate South Asian restaurants in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in order to obtain a preliminary identification of marketing gaps compromising their future profitability. The aims of the study were to expose and understand the relative importance attached by owners and managers of South Asian restaurants in Edinburgh to the different elements of the marketing mix. South Asian restaurants form a small but important sector of the restaurant in market in towns throughout the UK and are characteristically of disproportionate financial and social importance to the communities who run them. South Asian restaurants in Edinburgh, as in most towns in the UK, are run primarily by the Bangladeshi community and are under increasing pressure as the variety of restaurants operating in the sector increases. The results of the study make evident that any initiatives taken to support South Asian restaurants should include awareness‐raising actions. Building awareness, which is perceived to be currently partially understood, of the importance of studying markets, customers and competitors is essential before any advice is given on how to accomplish these monitoring tasks. Equally, a fundamental priority is to encourage self‐critical and proactive approaches to business, thus increasing the capacity to identify possible problems and implement correcting measures.     

浅谈中式烹饪方法的特点及创新

随着人们生活水平的不断提高,人们对菜品的要求越来越高,不仅要求菜品色香味俱全,还要求具有较高的营养价值.为满足人们对菜品的需求,厨师们需要归纳总结各种烹饪方法的优点,融合各类烹饪方法所长创新菜品,并从其他餐饮文化中吸收宝贵经验,为己所用,不断创造出新颖、健康和美味的菜品.本文简单介绍了几种常见的中式烹饪方法,分析了中式...     

明清以来美洲作物的引种推广对经济社会发展的影响——以山东为例(1368-1949)

由于美洲作物具有耐旱、耐瘠薄、高产等特性决定其在中国北方旱作区得以大面积的快速推广。花生、烟草和棉花具有极高的商业价值，对我国传统的自然经济形成强大的冲击；甘薯、玉米和马铃薯等高产作物使得粮食单位面积产量和总产大幅度提高，引起饮食结构的巨大变化。在农业生产工具进步不大，农药、化肥没有出现的明清时期，美洲作物的引种推广是当时最为重要的科学技术手段，也是明清时期农业发展，人口迅速增加的主要原因。美洲作物的引种推广是明清时期生产力水平提高的标志，大土地所有者减少。小土地所有者增加，土地出现分散状态是其必然结果。     

发展我国印度洋金枪鱼渔业的探讨

印度洋是世界上第二大金枪鱼产区,产量占全球金枪鱼总产量的1/3,是我国重要的金枪鱼作业渔场.本文在分析印度洋金枪鱼资源开发利用状况、渔业管理措施及我国在印度洋金枪鱼渔业现状及问题的基础上,探讨了今后我国印度洋金枪鱼渔业的发展之路.