Indonesia’s maritime connectivity development: domestic and international challenges

This study considers the political aspects of the Joko Widodo government’s megaproject to build an integrated marine logistic system known as the tol laut. Expanding the existing literature which gives details about the contextual obstacles faced by and the prospects for the Indonesian government to pursue its infrastructure ambitions, the study argues that notwithstanding the relevance of the tol laut for advancing the Indonesian economy, it is inevitably entangled with dynamic internal and external environments which can unfavourably distort the construction processes. This is the way of understanding the political economy of Indonesia’s development issues which allows for the juxtaposition of domestic political and international relations factors as its framework of analysis. The discussion is divided into four sections. Section one explains the conceptual and methodological foundation of the study. Section two outlines the importance of the tol laut to Indonesian national economic development. Section three looks at how the current domestic political settings pose structural hurdles to Widodo’s tol laut, and section four observes the effect of international relations of powerful regional actors and Jakarta’s diplomatic capacity to the on-going tol laut. The concluding section summarizes the findings of the study.     

Risk Factors and Drivers of Financial Sustainability in Local Government: An Empirical Study

The current international crisis in public finances has made financial sustainability a key issue for governments. Although the European Union (EU) and other international organisations have recommended governments to monitor demographic and economic variables, few studies have considered the influence of these variables on financial sustainability. This paper seeks to identify and analyse the drivers and risk factors that influence the financial sustainability of local government. The findings identify both risk factors (unemployment and population aged under 16 years) and drivers (budgetary outcome) of financial sustainability, which may constitute a useful basis for decision-taking by managers and policy-makers.     

两岸区域发展一从大陆台商融资困境看台湾银行业的契机

两岸经贸关系日益紧密,台商大多采用离岸金融中心（OBU）方式融资,面对台资企业未来的发展需求,引进台湾银行业有助于协助解决台商融资问题,也有利于拓宽竞争激慰的大陆市场。两岸签订金融监管合作备忘录（MOU）及经济合作架构协议（ECFA）,为台湾银行业带来新契机。台湾银行业如何发挥自身优势,结合策略伙伴进入大陆企业金融市场,服务中小企业利基客户,是首先要面对的挑战;大陆消费金融潜力适合台湾经验,两岸银行业的竞合,是未来发展的趋势,并影响着两岸区域经济体共同的利益。     

资源理论与少数民族地区旅游经济的竞争优势——以广东连南瑶族自治县为例

文章以资源理论的Peteraf(1993)竞争优势模型为基础,引入了企业家型政府和支持系统、旅游资源保护及资源拥有者的积极性等因素,并以广东连南瑶族自治县为例,对少数民族地区旅游经济竞争优势的获取机理进行了分析,提出少数民族地区旅游经济竞争优势的框架模型。文章希望能够为少数民族地区的旅游经济可持续发展提供一个参考思路。     

金融职务犯罪的原因及防范对策

金融职务犯罪已经成为影响金融稳定及金融生态良性循环的重要因素之一。分析其深层次原因,有针对性地构建全方位防范和打击此类犯罪的社会联动机制,做到惩治和预防相结合,方能达到治标又治本的目的。     

论构建新型举国体制三题

党的十八大以来,习近平总书记在多次重要讲话中提出了“构建新型举国体制”的国家治理新任务。新型举国体制就是要构建社会主义市场经济条件下集中力量办大事的协同机制,旨在将制度优势转化为治理效能,以体制创新为科技创新提供动力,打好关键核心技术攻坚战,适应新时代、新发展阶段、新发展格局的新要求。构建新型举国体制要深刻把握其历史逻辑、实践逻辑和理论逻辑,准确认识在新时代条件下“集中力量办大事”的新任务,并充分发挥我国政治优势、价值优势、战略优势、协同优势、竞争优势,推进国家治理体系和治理能力现代化。     

右翼民粹主义崛起背景下再论英国的市场社会主义思潮--对话英国著名学者戴维·麦克莱伦教授北大核心SSCI

20多年前,“为了公共利益而以强有力的方式控制和调节市场”的市场社会主义曾在英国得到热烈的讨论。在当下经济全球化出现变局、新自由主义面临危机并向民粹主义转化的大背景下,再论市场社会主义,就具有了更深的理论内涵和更直接的实践批判价值。本文以与英国著名马克思主义研究者戴维·麦克莱伦的直接对话为基础,就英美新自由主义因放纵金融资本而自我否定的必然性、民粹主义的崛起及其困局、市场社会主义对英美等国的理论和实践价值等议题,评析了麦克莱伦教授的最新观点。     

新就业形态劳动者权益保障问题研究——基于平台责任的理论思考

在平台经济蓬勃发展的背景下,区别于传统用工模式的新就业形态对劳动者权益保障提出挑战。国家相关部门近期发布多个文件,从劳动关系、劳动标准、社会保险等方面对新就业形态劳动者的权益保障提出要求,然而地方实践表明要将保障真正落到实处仍存在现实困境。其中,平台责任及其与劳动者关系问题是核心难点,基于风险完全转移和风险不完全转移进行平台责任的理论探讨,有助于建立兼具可行性及可操作性的制度落地计划。