Technology interdependence and entry modes of the Taiwanese technological multinational companies: moderating effects of political instability,technological uncertainty,and Confucian dynamism

This study aims to examine how technology interdependence and three environmental variables, namely political instability, technological uncertainty and Confucian dynamism, in the host country collectively influence Taiwanese technological multinational company’s (MNC) entry mode choice between joint venture (JV) and wholly owned subsidiary (WOS). Grounded on theories of transaction cost economies and organisational design, this study hypothesises a positive technology interdependence–WOS relationship that can be explained by appropriation and coordination concerns. Moreover, the aforementioned relationship can be positively moderated by technological uncertainty while negatively moderated by political instability and Confucian dynamism. These hypotheses were examined and supported using logistic regressions in the analysis of 195 foreign entries undertaken by Taiwanese information and electronic MNCs.     

Ethical dilemmas: Teaching futures in schools

Educational policy is implicitly futures oriented, yet in most instances fails to engage learners with explicit futures tools and concepts at a school level. Futures studies in education, or futures education has the potential to reposition learning as purposeful and mobilizes the lives of participants by connecting the curriculum of schools with the multifaceted futures of learners. This is a complex task within the tensions often existing between: the cultural role of a school, the expectations of a society, the expertise of teachers, and the increasingly diverse needs of learners (Bateman, 2012). It is between the tensions of these things that the ‘ethical’ issues of what is taught, or omitted as content in a classroom and the consequences of these choices are evident.This paper highlights ethical and moral dilemmas, as they were apparent in two futures education projects. In the first study, the teachers discuss the inherent limitations of offering a broader and more futures oriented curriculum. In the second study, teachers reflect upon their students’ anxiety with regards to futures images as they are interrogated within a curriculum study. Each of these studies highlights the ethical challenges that arise, when possible, preferable and probable futures are developed as part of learning in school settings, which are culturally and demographically diverse.Tirri and Husu (2002) highlight the ethical dilemmas, which emerge in classrooms around the world, based on conflicts in values and competing intentions between key stakeholders. In the studies which contribute to this discussion, there is evidence to suggest that futures thinking causes conflict within an individual's perception of how the world should be, or their worldview as a result of futures imagining which goes beyond what is taken for granted, or is an assumed future eventuality. In the same way, Carrington, Deppeler, and Moss (2010) argue that all curriculum choices about what is taught (or not taught) in a classroom reflect an ethical decision made by a teacher, with regards to what is foregrounded for learning and what is omitted.It is crucial to re-examine the role of a school in educating students for their futures, as opposed to educating students with an aim of furthering governmental agendas. More significantly, however, as this paper highlights, it is exploring the boundaries of what is acceptable or unacceptable, appropriate or inappropriate to teach in a classroom, given the changing diversities of schools and education systems throughout the world.     

马来西亚华商的价值观、经营模式与社会义务

以杂货店为研究对象,研究马来西亚华商的价值观,探讨从清代以在马来西亚的传统华人杂货商,致富成功与企业价值观、经营模式的最初渊源,提炼出传统儒家价值观、忠、信、义对其成功致富的意义.     

加强开展两课教育,提升大学生思想素质

思想政治教育在大学教育中非常重要,决定着学生未来成长的道路和做人的原则。"两课"教育的意义不在于要学生记住一定的理论知识,而在于引导形成学生正确的思想和价值观念。     

两宋时期儒学在贵州的传播

两宋时期,今贵州经制州、羁縻州和藩国并存,纳入了宋王朝大一统治理之下。贵州土著民族首领延纳儒士,兴办教育,奖掖书院。＂蛮荒子弟多读书攻文字＂,儒学进一步传播,科举中式乃至中进士者不乏其人。儒学的传播,增进了各民族之间的了解和认同,推动了地域文化、经济、社会的进步。     

现代经济学的西方化与中国经济学人的边缘化--经济学队伍中地区结构失衡的文化因素探析

现代主流经济学队伍中存在明显的区域结构失衡,有影响的中国经济学人以及受儒家文化影响的学者非常罕见。究其原因在于,现代主流经济学具有强烈的“西方化”特征：不仅反映的是西方人的心理、思维及行为,而且较为适用于西方社会的现实环境,从而极大地限制了中国经济学人的研究及其相应的贡献。文章认为经济学理论本身都嵌入在特定的文化和心理意识之中,中国经济学人要在经济学领域取得广为认同的学术贡献,必须构建嵌入本土文化和心理意识的中国经济学范式。     

民营企业的企业文化探索——以信阳黄国粮业有限公司为例

企业文化对于一个企业的成长来说，是最持久的决定因素。但由于各方面的原因，国内的中小型企业大都没有建立或是没有完整地建立起自己的企业文化体系。针对国内中小型企业文化建设的这种状况，在对信阳黄国粮业有限公司进行充分调研的基础上，详细地分析了民营企业文化建设中的成果与不足，并针对企业的实际问题，提出了企业文化建设的改进方案及措施。     

Predicting Hunting Intentions and Behavior: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Using a mail survey ( n = 395) of outdoor recreationists, the theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1991) was applied to the prediction and explanation of hunting. In a series of hierarchical regression analyses, it was found that hunting intentions, but not perceptions of behavioral control, contributed to the prediction of self-reported hunting frequency. Hunting intentions, in turn, were strongly influenced by attitudes, subjective norms, and perceptions of behavioral control, and these predictors correlated highly with theoretically derived sets of underlying beliefs. Broad values related to wildlife and to life in general correlated weakly with hunting behavior, and their effects were largely mediated by the components of the theory of planned behavior.     

基于儒家价值观的鲁浙商业文化比较研究简

资源、地理、人文和历史等方面的差异催生了各具特色的区域商业文化,区域商业文化又导致了区域间经济发展中的巨大差异。因此,商业文化的产生、影响因素和衍变过程成为理论界和实务界的研究热点。文章选择两个商业文化颇具特色的省份——浙江省和山东省,就两个省份在商业文化的形成、商帮特点、儒家文化对传统和新鲁浙商业文化的影响进行了比较分析,阐述了鲁浙两省商业文化的异同、优劣势及其作用效果,提出了优化鲁浙商业文化的若干对策建议,以期为我国商业文化尤其是鲁浙商业文化创新提供一定借鉴。     

霍夫斯坦特国家文化模型与世界价值观调查的比较研究

本文通过对世界价值观调查的研究评介,与霍夫斯坦特国家文化模型进行对比,回顾了二十年来运用世界价值观调查进行研究取得的部分成果,对其研究方法作以探索,以期对未来跨文化比较管理的研究起到借鉴作用。