The politics of Uber: Infrastructural power in the United States and Europe

Platform firms have been depicted as having structural and instrumental power and being able to prevail in regulatory battles. This article, in contrast, documents how they have often adapted to regulations and provide different services across locales. I show that platform firms have a specific type of power, infrastructural power, that stems from their position as mediators across a variety of actors. This power, I argue, is shaped by pre-existing regulations and the firms' strategic response, that I call “contentious compliance”: a double movement of adapting to existing regulations, while continuing to challenge them. I apply this framework to the expansion and regulation of Uber in New York City (US), Madrid (Spain), and Berlin (Germany).     

Political Business Cycle in Taiwan—Evidence from Central Government Expenditures

The political business cycle (PBC) refers to the phenomenon of an incumbent utilizing fiscal or monetary policies to create an economic boom before an election so that periodic fluctuations are induced according to election calendars. This article uses panel data from 1992 to 2010 to examine the effect of presidential elections on central government departmental expenditure in Taiwan. The results suggest an opportunistic PBC in Taiwan after the first Taiwanese presidential direct election in 1996. Furthermore, Taiwan’s government expenditure cycles have been significantly stronger in the years of the “new democracy.”     

刍议商业秘密的刑法保护

当前 ,由于商业秘密权利人对商业秘密缺乏应有的保护意识 ,加上打击力度不够等原因 ,侵犯商业秘密的现象普遍存在。通过阐析商业秘密的概念、特征、刑法保护商业秘密的必要性以及刑法对侵犯商业秘密罪的具体规定 ,说明商业秘密刑法保护的重要性和紧迫性。     

“大数据杀熟”行为政府治理路径探讨

“大数据杀熟”行为严重损害了消费者权益.相对于传统商业“杀熟”行为, “大数据杀熟”行为更隐蔽,消费者维权更艰难.这种利用算法应用技术损害消费者权益的行为严重违背商业伦理,不仅关乎消费者个人权益,更会影响公共利益,仅凭市场调节难以纠正,需要通过法律进行救济.政府应在遵循辅助性原则的前提下,通过算法应用技术备案、建立“政...     

机动车交通事故责任强制保险若干问题研究

既然我国的机动车交通事故责任强制保险属于一种“类社会保险制度”或“准社会保险制度”,且采取的商业性保险公司独立运营的模式,那么就应允许其盈利,但应通过对保险费率的调节限定盈利的幅度。“无责赔付”原则,显然与责任保险的性质相悖。为使受害第三者能及时、足额等得到赔偿,我国有关立法应赋予受害第三者的直接请求权。     

论代理商的商誉补偿请求权

代量商的商誉损失补偿请求权是为弥补委托合同的缺陷,基于公平合理原则为代理商提供的一项救济制度.当代理商的活动为委托人带来了经济利益,却因代理契约的终止而不能获得报酬时,代理商有权获得补偿.但该项权利的行使须符合相应的条件并受最高补偿额和期限的限制.     

论公司名称的取得、使用和保护

公司名称是公司法上的一项重要制度,同时又有工业产权的属性。文章对我国公司名称制度进行了全面讨论,认为我国公司名称制度应在以下几个方面进行改革:在名称取得方面,提高名称核准的级别,实现两级注册管理,增设名称异议制度;在使用方面,建立使用备案制度、使用许可制度,解除对未注册名称的使用限制;在保护方面,重新厘定公司名称的保护标准,强化使用保护中的反不正当竞争。     

对银行经营者行为进行商业判断的标准问题

鉴于银行经营行为的特殊性和公共利益保护的需要,对银行经营行为在适用商业判断规则时应与一般公司区别对待,严格适用并提高注意标准,这是我国引入商业判断规则时应当充分考虑的内容。银行监管部门规章所规定的银行经营规则和要求,是银行董事勤勉义务的组成部分,也是对银行董事经营行为严格适用商业判断的客观标准;银行董事的注意标准是合理的谨慎的银行家所应尽到的注意,而非一般谨慎之人的注意。我国现行法律没有将银行监管部门规章所规定的银行董事经营职责要求纳入其应承担的勤勉责任的范围,同时缺乏对董事注意标准的一般规定和对银行董事注意标准的特别规定,不利于在实践中对银行经营进行商业判断。建议在《商业银行法》等立法中规定银行董事对违反银行监管部门规章所造成的损失承担赔偿责任,并为银行董事设定注意标准的底线。     

工商管理类专业经济法课程与法学专业经济法课程比较研究

高等学校工商管理类专业核心课程经济法课程与法学专业核心课程经济法在名称上完全相同,在内容上也有重叠和共通之处。但由于教学对象特点和人才培养目标的差异,两课程在专业课程体系中地位、课程内容、教学重点和教学方法等方面都存在区别。系统研究两课程的关系,有助于更好明确课程的各自特点,并围绕工商管理类专业经济法课程的特点,分析解决该课程当前在教学实践中存在的问题,完善和优化该课程建设。     

Kazakh power distance dimension in business discourse

The article is considered to be of current interest, because it is a relatively new area for research. This paper focuses on measuring Hofstede’s power distance index for different countries, particularly in Kazakh culture. A novel technique is proposed, where verbal index is calculated from the analysis of publically available texts delivered by representatives of different cultures. The authors analyzed public speeches made by leaders of various countries. From these texts, a verbal index was derived, which closely correlated with Hofstede’s power distance data. As a result, the authors were able to obtain a power distance index for Kazakhstan, which was previously unavailable. Furthermore, this method can be used as a cheaper alternative to conducting surveys in estimating Hofstede’s power distance indexes for different cultures.