Cross-national differences in stakeholder management: Applying institutional theory and comparative capitalism framework

Drawing upon the research in institutional theory and comparative capitalism, the present study investigates how cross-national differences in the political, business, and economic institutional contexts of the United States, Italy, and Japan are associated with the ways in which companies in each of these countries prioritize and engage in their stakeholder engagement activities (SEAs). Using Porter and Kramer's framework, which classifies corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities as falling into four categories (good citizenship, mitigating harm from value chain, transforming value chain activities, and strategic philanthropy), we investigate how companies in the United States, Japan, and Italy prioritize and engage in these four SEAs. An analysis of data collected from 340 companies across these countries reveals that while companies in each of these three countries undertake the four types of SEAs, the prioritization and prevalence of the four types of SEAs vary from one country to the other, in ways that align with the prevailing institutional contexts of each country. The results contribute to a more nuanced understanding of why and how companies' approaches to CSR differ across countries. From a practitioner's perspective, the findings highlight the cultural specificity of CSR, implying that despite the global nature of CSR, the implementation of CSR needs to be tailored to a country's context.     

Relative risk aversion, relative prudence and comparative statics under uncertainty: The case of (μ, σ)‐preferences

From the expected‐utility approach, relative risk aversion being smaller than one and relative prudence being smaller than two emerge as preference restrictions that fully determine the optimal responses of decisions under uncertainty to certain shifts in probability distributions. We characterize the magnitudes of relative risk aversion and relative prudence in terms of the two‐parameter, mean‐standard deviation approach. We demonstrate that this characterization is instrumental in obtaining comparative static results in the two‐parameter setting. We further relate our findings to the results in the expected‐utility framework.     

What＇s So Special about China＇s Exports？ A Comment

Dani Rodrik argues that China's exports are unusually sophisticated for a country at its income level. He also claims that China's export sophistication reflects the government's successful industrial policy and has been instrumental in the recent acceleration of its economic growth. Although Rodrik's interpretation of China's economic growth is broadly correct, the accuracy of his empirical analysis is questionable. This note identifies several problems regarding the “export sophistication” index used in his empirical work and casts doubt on his analysis.     

战后日本对外贸易发展的动态比较优势分析

二战后日本经济从一片废墟中迅速崛起成功跻身于发达国家行列，其对外贸易在战后的50多年间一直保持着稳定的增长。日本出口商品结构沿着劳动密集型、资本密集型、知识和技术密集型的轨迹发展，逐步升级，顺应了世界经济产业结构调整的步伐，为其对外贸易的持续发展奠定了坚实的基础。日本对外贸易遵循的是动态比较优势原理，其经验对我国当前外贸发展具有重要的借鉴意义。     

高职高专教育教学质量评价国际比较研究

该系教育部《新世纪高职高专教育教学质量监控与教学评价体系的研究与实践》项目“国际比较研究”子课题的研究报告。报告从近年来评价模式的多样化、评价主体的多元化、评价客体的一体化以及评价价值观的双重取向变化四个方面进行了比较研究。     

首批银行代客境外理财产品比较分析

首批QDII产品的运作情况整体而言不尽如人意,但各款产品之问较大的收益差别更值得进行仔细的思考.本文结合各产品的收益情况,对各QDII产品之间的设计条款进行比较,力图找出两者之间存在的必然联系,为今后银行QDII产品的设计提供一些思路.     

发达国家和发展中国家旅游发展形态的比较研究

由于有着不同的初始条件，发达国家和发展中国家在旅游发展过程中表现出不同的发展形态。从发展旅游的动力因素、基础条件、阶段演进的差异、政府行政管理模式和接待国所受的影响等五个方面对发达国家和发展中国家的旅游发展形态做了一个初步的比较分析。     

各国通货紧缩的经济史比较研究

文章通过对世界各国的通货紧缩的经济史的比较研究 ,概括出通货紧缩的共性特征 ,并从各国的历史实践总结出我国目前治理通货紧缩的一些启示。     

美、日地方公债制度的比较研究及其借鉴

随着经济的发展和政府职能由管理型向服务型的转变，地方政府在提供公共产品方面的财政支出规模也随之扩大。为了解决地方政府资金供需之间的矛盾，允许地方政府发行债券已是大势所趋。对美、日发达国家地方公债的发行情况进行研究，会对我国地方政府发行公债有所启示。     

优劣与替代:比较优势理论在中国

如何结合我国国情正确地理解比较优势论和20世纪80年代兴起的竞争优势论,这是贸易理论和产业理论所要澄清的理论问题。竞争优势论并不能替代比较优势论,比较优势论仍然在我国经济中起作用。劳动力密集型产业不仅现阶段有实际意义,而且可能是我国长期的比较优势产业。我们不能简单化地加以排斥,而要通过长期努力,在培育竞争优势的同时实现比较优势的升级。