Compassion is one of the core fundamental elements of Buddhism. The compassionate virtues are the precious qualities essential in the practice of Buddhism. On the other hand, guanxi plays a dominant role in any succes...Compassion is one of the core fundamental elements of Buddhism. The compassionate virtues are the precious qualities essential in the practice of Buddhism. On the other hand, guanxi plays a dominant role in any successful business venture in Chinese market. This paper develops the understanding of the two ancient bodies of knowledge of Buddhism and Confucianism. The attempt will be made in this paper to understand the deeper meaning of compassion in Buddhism in terms of compassionate virtues such as generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, humility, and wisdom. In guanxi, it will delve into different aspects of guanxi in terms of its background, meaning, significance, different types, intermediary, comparison with networking and ethics and success factors. This paper is based on the literature review on compassion--guanxi. The compassion literature focuses on books on Buddhism and commentaries by great Tibetan Buddhist sages. The guanxi literatures are predominately based on business research papers related to guanxi and business culture in China. The paper provides deeper meaning of compassion in Buddhism. The application of compassion to manage guanxi in China is the topic of this paper. This research is about optimizing the art of guanxi through the application of compassion which will help many non-Chinese business managers to effectively manage it. This paper is considered the first of its kind to study compassion in Buddhism and guanxi practice in China and seeks to provide the necessary framework to conduct the further research on applying compassion to build and manage better guanxi in China.展开更多
This paper studies Whether the managerial overconfidence have any impact on the Cost management （Characterized by the degree of the Costs Stickiness ） .Using the ample of the A-share listed companies between 2007-20...This paper studies Whether the managerial overconfidence have any impact on the Cost management （Characterized by the degree of the Costs Stickiness ） .Using the ample of the A-share listed companies between 2007-2011 in China, We document that SG＆A cost stickiness decreases in the degree of overconfidence. The further studies show the negative relation is more significant in the state-owned listed companies,which proved our speculation that the manager will cut expenses avoiding significant decline in performance when the sales decline in the state-owned listed company.展开更多
This paper empirically investigates the type of and for whom NGO Accountability is practised in Nigeria with a view to enhancing sustainable development in the country. In-depth interviews on accountability related is...This paper empirically investigates the type of and for whom NGO Accountability is practised in Nigeria with a view to enhancing sustainable development in the country. In-depth interviews on accountability related issues were conducted with managers of an international and a national NGO from Lagos State of Nigeria. The interview was supported by content review of accounts and reports of the selected NGOs. The findings of this study represent a hierarchical conception of accountability privileging a narrow range of stakeholders, which is short-term in focus and not strategic. The findings are situated in the context of what the literature says about NGO Accountability. This work could enhance the frontier of knowledge in NGO Accountability especially in a developing country like Nigeria.展开更多
Reports in Western media on the huge amount of capital flowing out of China and the Chinese Government imposing restrictions over money outf lows in recent years had cast a shadow on the hearts of investors.But now th...Reports in Western media on the huge amount of capital flowing out of China and the Chinese Government imposing restrictions over money outf lows in recent years had cast a shadow on the hearts of investors.But now they may feel relieved by a new set of statistics issued by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange（SAFE）,展开更多
文摘Compassion is one of the core fundamental elements of Buddhism. The compassionate virtues are the precious qualities essential in the practice of Buddhism. On the other hand, guanxi plays a dominant role in any successful business venture in Chinese market. This paper develops the understanding of the two ancient bodies of knowledge of Buddhism and Confucianism. The attempt will be made in this paper to understand the deeper meaning of compassion in Buddhism in terms of compassionate virtues such as generosity, discipline, patience, diligence, humility, and wisdom. In guanxi, it will delve into different aspects of guanxi in terms of its background, meaning, significance, different types, intermediary, comparison with networking and ethics and success factors. This paper is based on the literature review on compassion--guanxi. The compassion literature focuses on books on Buddhism and commentaries by great Tibetan Buddhist sages. The guanxi literatures are predominately based on business research papers related to guanxi and business culture in China. The paper provides deeper meaning of compassion in Buddhism. The application of compassion to manage guanxi in China is the topic of this paper. This research is about optimizing the art of guanxi through the application of compassion which will help many non-Chinese business managers to effectively manage it. This paper is considered the first of its kind to study compassion in Buddhism and guanxi practice in China and seeks to provide the necessary framework to conduct the further research on applying compassion to build and manage better guanxi in China.
文摘This paper studies Whether the managerial overconfidence have any impact on the Cost management （Characterized by the degree of the Costs Stickiness ） .Using the ample of the A-share listed companies between 2007-2011 in China, We document that SG＆A cost stickiness decreases in the degree of overconfidence. The further studies show the negative relation is more significant in the state-owned listed companies,which proved our speculation that the manager will cut expenses avoiding significant decline in performance when the sales decline in the state-owned listed company.
文摘This paper empirically investigates the type of and for whom NGO Accountability is practised in Nigeria with a view to enhancing sustainable development in the country. In-depth interviews on accountability related issues were conducted with managers of an international and a national NGO from Lagos State of Nigeria. The interview was supported by content review of accounts and reports of the selected NGOs. The findings of this study represent a hierarchical conception of accountability privileging a narrow range of stakeholders, which is short-term in focus and not strategic. The findings are situated in the context of what the literature says about NGO Accountability. This work could enhance the frontier of knowledge in NGO Accountability especially in a developing country like Nigeria.
文摘Reports in Western media on the huge amount of capital flowing out of China and the Chinese Government imposing restrictions over money outf lows in recent years had cast a shadow on the hearts of investors.But now they may feel relieved by a new set of statistics issued by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange（SAFE）,
