The Crisis at the CBI

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) experienced a reputational crisis after a number of allegations of sexual harassment. Leading members of the organisation resigned and its resources were depleted. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) attempted to fill the void. The organisation survived a confidence vote, but the result may be a permanently weakened organisation. Apart from the 2023 crisis, there are deeper structural problems in business representation.     

高校共青团组织服务大学生就业创业的思考

服务大学生就业创业已成为高校团组织的重点工作。新形势下,高校共青团应充分利用自身的职责优势、组织优势、工作优势和平台优势,以团课教育为平台,引导学生树立正确的就业创业观;以竞赛活动为平台,提升学生就业创业的能力与素质;以社会实践为平台,拓宽学生就业创业的途径与渠道;以团属媒体为平台,营造学生就业创业的良好氛围。     

Ideological change and the economics of voting behavior in the US, 1920–2008

This paper tests the proposition that voters advance a more liberal agenda in prosperous times and turn more conservative in dire economic times. A reference-dependent utility model suggests that, with income growth, the relative demand for public goods increases and the median voter is more likely to vote Democrat. With slowing income growth, the median voter derives increased marginal utility from personal income—making taxation more painful—and is more likely to vote Republican. Ordinary and instrumented analyses of a new time series for the US median voter are encouraging of this income growth model. This work links voting behavior to economic business cycles and shows that ideological change is endogenous to income growth rates.     

融入粤港澳大湾区视域下桂林优化营商环境探究

按照中央和自治区的部署要求,桂林积极贯彻落实广西“东融”战略,以融入粤港澳大湾区推动更高水平的对外开放。营商环境是软实力,与广西“东融”战略落实关系密切。要在新一轮改革开放中奋起直追、争取主动、赢得优势,必须深刻认识优化营商环境对桂林发展的重要性和紧迫性,切实把思想和行动统一到中央和自治区党委的决策部署上来。     

世行营商环境调查背景下的中国动产担保交易法

世界银行营商环境调查中的"获得信贷--合法权利保护力度指数",用于考察一国动产担保交易法是否有利于企业融资。本指标中国连续六年只得4分(满分12分)。世行鼓励的动产担保法代表着该领域的国际趋势。对照世行"获得信贷便利度"指标,中国在动产担保交易领域的法律状况存在很大的改进空间。中国动产担保交易法应顺应国际趋势,进行一系列的改革措施。在此领域,民法典草案虽然向功能主义迈进了一步,但还不充分,未来需要通过立法以及法律解释对此进一步完善。现行法下担保权益延伸的规则存在较大缺陷,应扩大担保标的物上代位的范围,完善担保物被转卖、被混合、附合和加工场合的担保权益延伸规则。中国应将动产担保登记机构统一化,并应准许动产担保权益的私人执行以及放开流担保。     

Impact of FDI on Inbound Business Tourism——Empirical Research Based on Spatial Econometrics

This paper studies the spatial distribution features of FDI and Inbound Business Tourism (IBT) in China, as well as the relationship between them using the spatial autocorrelation model and spatial panel econometric model. The research shows that FDI and IBT are consistent in spatial distribution which is in the core-edge mode. Both of FDI and IBT show a positive spatial correlation. LISA charts shows that the two are in the two element distribution structure，forming a “club” gathering model and presents the phenomenon of “inside” convergence. The spatial econometric model estimation shows that the development of IBT in adjacent areas has a strong spillover effect and FDI has positive effect on IBT. IBT grows by 0.3855% with every 1% growth in FDI. The comparative analysis of the three regions shows that the effects of FDI on IBT and geographical spillover effects of IBT are as follows: East＞ Middle＞ West.     

Share Capital and Creditor Protection: Efficient Rules for a Modern Company Law

This article examines the case for rules of company law which regulate the raising and maintenance of share capital by companies. The enquiry has practical relevance because the content of company law is currently under review, and the rules relating to share capital have been singled out for particular attention. The existing rules, which apply generally, are commonly rationalised as a means of protecting corporate creditors. The analysis considers whether such rules can be understood as responses to failures in the markets for corporate credit. It suggests that whilst the current rules are unlikely, on the whole, to be justified in terms of efficiency, a case may be made for a framework within which companies may 'opt in' to customised restrictions on dealings in their share capital.     

论商业银行科技创新与金融市场业务创新的关系

金融市场业务是当前商业银行优化业务结构、实现经营转型的战略性创新业务,同时,金融市场业务对信息技术及其专业人才的依赖度较高。尽管最近几年国内银行在科技平台和信息化建设方面作了大量投入,但对金融市场业务发展的支持仍然不够。商业银行应在观念上将科技创新从“满足业务需要”转变为“引领业务创新”,只有根据金融市场业务发展的特点,加大科技创新,建立专业团队,才能形成竞争优势,促进金融市场业务发展。     

Why (most) Indonesian businesses fear the ASEAN Economic Community: struggling with Southeast Asia’s regional corporatism

By the end of 2015 the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had ushered in a common market, the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC). However, the groups most affected by it – small businesses – were bypassed in the decision-making process. They are the victims of a selectively inclusive state corporatism which member countries have transferred from their domestic political system to the regional level. In this article I argue that the decision to create the AEC was promoted by ASEAN governments together with foreign economic and local corporate interests. This coalition was able to frame the AEC in a way that small businesses perceived it as a win-win scheme. Empirically the article focuses on Indonesia.     

论对侵犯商业秘密罪中第三人过失的排除

我国刑法在侵犯商业秘密罪的主观方面的规定没有遵循过失犯罪应由法律明文规定的原则,这不可避免地造成了理论界对该罪罪过形式的分歧。理论界的争议也影响了侵犯商业秘密罪在司法实践中的适用,导致了罪与非罪的界限不清。虽然第三人过失侵犯他人商业秘密的行为是客观存在的,但将其纳入刑法的调整范围,会导致对商业秘密保护的过于偏颇。因此,应将第三人过失侵犯他人商业秘密的行为排除在刑法调整之外。