The heterogeneous relationship between board social ties and corporate environmental responsibility in an emerging economy

Firms in emerging economies are faced with multiple, incompatible institutional forces in their environmental activities. Which of these forces will be dominant and instantiated within an organization is partly determined by the social relationships that a firm maintains with external actors. This paper investigates the relationship between board social ties and the level of environmental responsibility undertaken by firms in China, an emerging economy, by categorizing board social ties into three types in terms of the three isomorphic forces in the institutional field (coercive, normative and mimetic). Drawing on institutional and agency theories, using a sample of listed firms in environmentally sensitive industries, and a generalized least squares regression method, the results provide empirical evidence that ties that are linked to coercive and normative forces (i.e., political organizations and universities) are related to a higher level of environmental responsibility; however, those that are linked to mimetic forces (i.e., industrial peers) have a negative association with environmental responsibility, which is mitigated by CEO power. These findings suggest that the heterogeneous effects of board social ties on environmental responsibilities experienced by firms in a context of environmentalism are at an early stage.     

发展区域文化激发创造活力--关于加强柳州市文化建设的思考

文章在探讨区域文化的战略意义的基础上,阐述了加强柳州市文化建设的战略意义、指导思想、遵循的基本原则,探讨了推进柳州文化建设的对策,提出了通过实施十大工程和系列保障措施来促进柳州文化发展的思想.     

Fiscal decentralization, revenue and expenditure assignments, and growth in China

Theory suggests that a close match between revenue and expenditure assignments at sub-national levels benefits allocative efficiency, and hence economic growth. That is, a convergence of revenue and expenditure assignments at sub-national levels of government should, according to the theory, be positively associated with a higher growth rate. In the case of China, this paper shows, divergence, rather than convergence, in revenue and expenditures at the sub-national level of government is associated with higher rates of growth. A panel dataset for 30 provinces in China is used to examine the relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth over two phases of fiscal decentralization in China: (1) 1979–1993 under the fiscal contract system, and (2) 1994–1999 under the tax assignment system. The seeming contradiction between the theory and evidence in the China case is reconciled by taking into account the institutional arrangements that prevailed during the two phases of fiscal decentralization, in particular the inconsistency between the assumptions of the theory of fiscal decentralization and the institutional reality of China.     

改善投资与消费关系的宏观思考

近年来,我国投资和消费关系不协调问题日益突出。当前,投资率接近改革开放以来最高点,而消费率则降为1978年以来的最低水平,并已连续5年下降。持续50多年的投资主导型发展模式,对消费增长形成了抑制,使城乡居民生活条件改善受到影响,有悖于以人为本的科学发展观的宗旨,也导致我国国民经济的粗放型发展,加重了我国资源消耗、能源紧缺、环境污染和生态破坏;增强了经济增长对出口的严重依赖,加大了经济运行的风险,也造成银行呆坏账增加、金融风险加大、城乡差距扩大、劳动就业困难等经济和社会问题,使经济社会的稳定、协调和持续发展面临威胁,…     

“三国演义”，麈战纺织

9月5日中国与欧盟经过长达48小时的唇枪舌战，终于达成协议，圆满解决了中欧纺织品贸易的滞港争端。9月1日紧急进行的中美纺织品第四轮磋商依然未果，“拉锯战”被拖至9月下旬，而且前途未卜，恰似给美国造成巨大损失的“卡特里娜”飓风，近期内依然“挥之不去”，令业内人士揪心。     

论废旧家电回收利用主体的责任--《废旧家电及电子产品回收处理管理条例》(征求意见稿)之评析

废旧家电的回收利用、再商品化已经成为世界的潮流，国外许多国家相继通过法律来引导并建立完善的废旧家电回收利用体系。我国新近出台的《废旧家电及电子产品回收处理管理条例》(征求意见稿)也对回收利用行为进行了规范。要想建立并完善废旧家电的回收利用体系．就必须明确各责任主体包括生产者、销售商、进口商、消费者，在废旧家电回收利用中所应承担的责任。通过对国外立法的比较分析，以及对《征求意见稿》中关于废旧家电回收主体承担责任有关规定的评析，在对该征求意见稿肯定的同时，提出包括消费者付费、责任比例细化等建议。     

外理公司拓展东疆港区理货服务业务的分析和探索

在东疆港区开展理货服务相关业务的设想是在国务院《关于推进天津滨海新区开发开放有关问题的意见》中关于“推动天津滨海新区进一步扩大开放。设立天津东疆保税港区”精神的激励下提出的。总面积达30平方公里的东疆港区的开发建设，为天津外理公司主动适应天津港加快发展的要求，满足港口功能的拓展和客户多方位的需求，加快自身发展创造了难得的历史机遇。     

银行经济行为选择中的伦理取向——基于“斯密难题”的理性分析

在中国经济转型背景下,银行经济行为选择中的伦理缺失带给人们极大的现实困惑。斯密难题并不昭示某种矛盾,斯密认为经济人和道德人是内在的统一的。基于此的理性分析表明银行兼具营利性和社会性双重属性,离不开利益相关者的合作与支持,必然要寻求经济目标与伦理价值取向的统一,实现伦理经营。     

江苏居民收入分配差距及其治理分析

改革开放以来,江苏居民收入普遍提高,人民生活得到很大改善,但近年来居民收入开始出现差距并且日益扩大,已成为影响社会稳定和经济发展的重要问题。文章首先分析了江苏居民收入分配的现状,然后剖析了影响居民收入分配差距过大的成因,在此基础上提出了防止居民收入差距过大的治理对策。     

中国大中型造纸企业技术创新机制探讨

建立和健全大中型企业以技术创新为核心的技术进步的内在机制 ,保障提高技术创新的绩效是目前亟待解决的问题。本文根据 2 0 0 0年中国科技统计年鉴中的数据 ,对大中型造纸企业在技术创新方面存在的主要问题进行分析 ,就如何完善其动力机制和运行机制提出建议