非洲留学生与中国学生在时间观、家庭观方面的跨文化对比研究

随着中国对外开放程度的不断深化,特别是随着中国和非洲国家在各领域的交流不断加深,人们在交流过程中会不可避免地出现文化的碰撞和冲突。本文从实证性研究出发,从两个维度来讨论对比非洲留学生和中国学生在时间观、家庭观上的异同,旨在避免或减少跨文化活动中的误解与冲突,提高跨文化交际的有效性。     

从跨文化管理理论到管理教育实践

中国管理教育已经进入反思阶段,其不足表现在教育内容侧重于美式的技术性和功能性,师资缺乏跨国教育背景.在澄清文化、管理与文化的关系以及跨文化管理的前提下,正确发展管理教育,以培养出符合未来企业发展的跨文化管理人才.     

基于共同利益的上海汽车工业跨文化管理模式

强调了跨文化管理对我国汽车工业发展的重要意义;从中外合资企业跨文化管理案例中,提炼出一些影响中外合资企业跨文化管理的要素;甄别了中外文化的认同点与分歧点,进而提出了中外文化融合区和中外文化冲突区的概念,并对此在坐标平面中进行了划分;在上海汽车工业4S跨文化管理框架的指导下,提出了基于共同利益的跨文化管理模式;通过案例对上述跨文化管理模式进行了诠释。     

文化智力对跨文化效能影响的研究述评

全球化进程的推进对中国企业的跨文化管理能力提出了新的、更高的要求,文化智力则是在这种背景下孕育而生的新研究方向,是智力理论与跨文化管理理论的交叉领域。本文从文化智力的界定与测量、文化智力的影响因素、以及文化智力对跨文化效能的影响等几个方面对当前西方学者的相关研究成果进行了综述。最后提出了此领域未来的研究方向,旨在为我国学者的相关研究提供新的思路。     

“水土不服”的外国在华创意企业

中国传统文化是典型的东方文化代表,与西方文化有着明显的差异,对众多来中国经营的外国创意企业而言,树立正确的跨文化管理和跨文化营销的观念就显得尤为重要     

简谈非洲建筑市场工程分包管理——以喀麦隆建筑市场为例

近年来由于国内建筑市场逐渐饱和,越来越多的建筑企业把目光转移到国外市场。非洲国家有着广阔的市场前景,自然也成为了大多数建筑企业的焦点,大家纷纷投身于非洲国家的建设。其中大多数建设项目都是EPC总承包形式,履约风险相对较大,在项目的实施过程中为了规避风险,同时也为了加快施工进度、降低施工成本,项目通常采用引进分包商的方式对项目进行管理。因此提升分包管理水平,加强分包管理是项目管理的一个重点,也是中国建筑企业在非洲市场发展的重要途径之一。     

国际企业跨文化管理的概念模型与策略分析

随着经济全球一体化进程加快,实施国际化经营是中国企业发展的一种必然趋势。本文基于跨文化的有关理论评述,构建了跨文化冲突与管理的模型,探讨了中国企业在国际化过程中实施跨文化管理方法与策略,对如何有效提升中国企业的国际竞争力做了有益探索。     

跨国公司人力资源管理与中国文化整合研究

越来越多的跨国公司遭遇跨文化管理的障碍，如何有效克服文化障碍成为管理的首要任务。在研究了大量在华投资企业失败的案例后，认为在跨国公司人力资源管理中整合中国文化是必由之路，并提出了具体的文化整合点以及整合措施。     

跨文化环境中的人员促销策略研究

随着经济全球化与各国市场经济的发展,企业的市场营销范围已经从一国市场扩展至多国市场,文化差异日益成为企业进行国际营销的主要障碍之一,触犯文化禁忌导致营销失败时有发生。因此,为了提高企业在国际市场的占有率,对企业在跨文化环境中的营销策略进行研究是具有重要意义的。在分析文化差异对企业促销的影响基础上提出了在跨文化背景下企业的人员推销策略。     

管理文化研究:观点与方法

管理文化的识别和与之匹配的相关管理模式的探索是跨文化管理研究中的重要课题。本文从管理文化的界定测量方法、不同地区管理文化的比较、管理文化与企业管理的关系、中国的管理文化特点等方面，对中外管理文化的研究成果进行了回顾和总结，并对主要的观点和方法进行了对比和评述，以期对管理文化研究概貌有一个较为全面、系统的认识。     

Students' Reactions to the Introduction of Videoconferencing for Classroom Instruction

This study examined how students who had no prior experience with videoconferencing would react to the use of videoconferencing as an instructional medium. Students enrolled in seven different courses completed a questionnaire at the beginning of the semester and again at the end of the semester. Students at the origination and remote sites did not differ in their reactions toward videoconferencing but there was a significant difference for gender. Women reacted less favorably to videoconferencing. Compared to the beginning of the semester, students reported significantly less positive attitudes toward taking a course through videoconferencing at the end of the semester. There were no significant differences in students' attitudes toward videoconferencing across courses at the beginning of the semester but there were significant differences across the courses at the end of the semester. The results suggest the need for better preparation for both students and instructors.     

Cooler temperatures inductive to locust outbreaks

Ajoint study by Prof. ZHANG Zhibin from the CAS Institute of Zoology and his co-workers from Norway, US and Swiss have indicated that historical outbreaks of migratory locusts in China were associated with cold spells, suggesting that China＇s projected climate warming could decrease the pest＇s numbers. The study was published in Proceedings of theNational Academy of Sciences on 17 September, 2007.     

Exploring Multiplexity: Social Network Structures in a Computer-Supported Distance Learning Class

A computer-mediated group is a complex entity whose members exchange many types of information via multiple means of communication in pursuit of goals specific to their environment. Over time, they coordinate technical features of media with locally enacted use to achieve a viable working arrangement. To explore this complex interaction, a case study is presented of the social networks of interactions and media use among members of a class of computer-supported distance learners. Results show how group structures associated with project teams dominated who communicated with whom, about what, and via which media over the term, and how media came to occupy their own communication niches: Webboard for diffuse class-wide communication; Internet Relay Chat more to named others but still for general communication across the class; and e-mail primarily for intrateam communication. Face-to-face interaction, occurring only during a short on-campus session, appears to have had a catalytic effect on social and emotional exchanges. Results suggest the need to structure exchanges to balance class-wide sharing of ideas with subgroup interactions that facilitate project completion, and to provide media that support these two modes of interaction.     

The Role of Intermediating Institutions in the Diffusion of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): How Industry Associations Intervened in Denmark, Finland, and Hong Kong

Electronic data interchange (EDI) provides means for interorganizational communication, creates network externalities, requires an advanced information technology (IT) infrastructure, and relies on standards. In the diffusion of such innovations, institutional involvement is imperative. Such institutions contain governmental agencies, national and global standardization organizations, local government, and nonprofit private organizations like industry associations. The last type of organizations we call intermediating institutions. They intermediate or coordinate ("inscribe") the activities of a group of would-be adopters. Unfortunately, little is known of how these organizations shape the EDI diffusion trajectory. In this article we examine one specific type of intermediating organizations?industry associations?and how they advanced the EDI diffusion process in the grocery sectors of Hong Kong, Denmark and Finland. We identify six institutional measures, placed into a matrix formed by the mode of involvement (influence vs. regulation) and the type of diffusion force (supply push vs. demand pull), that can be mobilized to further the EDI diffusion. Industry associations were found to be active users of all these measures to varying degrees. Their role was critical especially in knowledge building, knowledge deployment, and standard setting. Furthermore, institutional involvement varied due to policy and cultural contingencies and power dependencies.     

How Electronic Publishers are Protecting Against Piracy: Doubts About Technical Systems of Protection

The increasing prospects of digital piracy has prompted the perceived need by electronic publishers to adopt technical systems of protection, and governments to reform their copyright laws. This article is a preliminary study of the management of intellectual property by electronic publishers, defined as those involved in the production of online databases, and CD-ROMs. It focuses on three main issues: (1) how electronic publishers view the increasing threat of piracy; (2) the methods of protection employed to protect intellectual property in digital format; and (3) the importance of technological protection of intellectual property in electronic publications. The analysis is based on a sample of 23 UK electronic publishers. The interviews revealed an interesting assortment of protection methods and did not show that technological protection was a preferred way. Instead, the means of protection, in addition to copyright law, comprised niche markets, pricing, trust, bad publicity, and nontechnical and technical means.     

Rough Justice: A Statistical Assessment of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy

Long-standing conflict between domain name registrants and trademark holders prompted the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to create a global, mandatory arbitration procedure known as the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The UDRP has been used in 2166 cases involving 3938 domain names as of 1 November 2000. The policy gives the initiator of a complaint, generally a trademark holder, the right to choose which ICANN-accredited dispute resolution service provider (RSP) will handle the case. During the preparation of the UDRP,some feared that complainant selection would lead to "forum shopping" that might bias the results. This article performs a statistical assessment of the forum-shopping thesis and finds support for it. There are statistically significant differences in the various RSPs' propensity to take away names from defendants; there are also major differences in the number of cases brought to each RSP. RSPs who take away names have the larger share of cases. The study examines other variables that might explain differences in market share, such as price, the plaintiff's nationality, or the time taken to decide a case. It finds that nationality and time also are correlated with market share. The study concludes that shopping for a favorable outcome is an important factor in the UDRP.     

Prevalence of soft neurological signs in Chinese people

Prof. Raymond C.K. Chen, a neuropsychologist with the CAS Institute of Psychology, has made novel progress in his studies of schizophrenia. His work has been reported by a recent issue of Behavioural Neurology.     

Monoculture Rubber Plantations Have Negative Ef ects on Controlling Splash Erosion

<正>In Xishuangbanna,one of China’s most biodiverse regions,landscape has changed dramatically during the past three decades due to the conversion of tropical rainforest to rubber plantations.In steep areas,terraces are often constructed before planting rubber trees,which causes two important changes in the soil:the destabilization of soil in the bench terraces and the increased vulnerability of unvegetated riser faces to erosion.Few studies have documented the nature and intensity of erosion on bench terraces.Prof.LIU Wenjie and his colleagues from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden(XTBG)conducted a study in Menglun County(21°5′39″N,101°15′55″E),Xishuangbanna to evaluate the influence     

Chinese Scientists Use Earth Observation Technologies to Study and Protect Wild Camels

<正>Chinese scientists plan to apply Earth Observation technologies to protect the critically endangered wild camels(Camelus ferus).With the help of remote sensing,satellite positioning,geographical information system and wireless sensors networks,they will be able to access the distribution and population of the wild camels and protect their habitats.The project will be carried out by the International Research Center for Wild Camel Conservation,which was jointly established earlier this year by the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth(RADI)of the Chinese     

More than Skin Deep – Understand Skin Biology by Means of Dermatogenomics

<正>The Paul Gerson Unna Research Group on Dermatogenomics was founded in October 2012 at the Partner Institute for Computational Biology.The ultimate goal of the group is to understand the biology of skin and skin appendages.