Category: research

Attitudes of Foreign Firms Toward Foreign Direct Investment in China

 

Abstract

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has played a key role in China’s rapid economic growth, but there remain many challenges facing further FDI development. In this regard, this study examines the attitudes of foreign companies toward FDI in China to determine how foreign firms perceive the value of investment in China. According to the results, the respondents generally had favorable attitudes toward foreign investment in China. The mean for the respondents with prior experience investing in China was higher than that for those without no such experience, and there was a significant difference between respondents’ attitudes in terms of their prior experience. The respondents emphasized attractive business environments as the most important motivator for investing in China, followed by able workers, easier investment processes, and special incentives, in that order. The respondents with prior investment experience were most likely to report attractive business environments and able workers, whereas those with no prior investment experience were most likely to report attractive business environments. However, there was no significant relationship between prior investment experience and motivators. The respondents emphasized less competitive wages as the most important risk in investing in China, followed by a lack of China expertise/experience, less favorable regulatory environments, and more difficult worker control, in that order. The respondents with prior investment experience were most likely to report less competitive wages, whereas those respondents with no prior investment experience were most likely to report less competitive wages and a lack of China expertise/experience. There was no significant relationship between prior investment experience and risk factors. The results have important implications for policymakers and business managers in China.

 

Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment, Prior Investment Experience, China, Motivator, Risk

 

M. Sun

Summary
Iron-containing substances are known to affect the growth of many aquatic plants, such as Egeria densa. However, the concentration of these substances on the growth of E. densa was unknown to our best knowledge. We designed and performed an experiment to explore the effect of different iron concentration levels on E. densa. We observed that iron does play an important role in the overall growth of E. densa. We also found that there is a relationship between the amount of iron introduced and the growth achieved. The data indicates that (1) both plants in the iron solutions had more growth than the plant in the control tank (0.0% iron); (2) the plant submerged in the iron solution of 0.1% had a growth rate higher than the plant submersed in the 0.19% solution by a factor of two, approximately. We conclude that a ~0.1% iron solution is the optimal solution for the fast growth of E. densa.

 

Alexander Hu, Stacey Holliday, and Steven Smith

Attitudes of Chinese High School Students Toward the Value and Use of Credit Cards

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C.Yu
Abstract

Money plays an important role in young individuals’ lives and is a key driver of social activities, and one important form of money is credit cards. Credit card has many benefits as well as some negative consequences, and credit card users report being both satisfied and dissatisfied with using their credit cards depending on the purpose of their use, suggesting that people have different attitudes toward the value and use of credit cards. In addition, various factors influence their attitudes toward the value and use of credit cards. In this regard, the study examines how high school students from China perceive the value and use of credit cards because China represents a huge credit card market and high school students are important future users of credit cards. The respondents generally had favorable attitudes toward the value and use of credit cards. They emphasized good security against unauthorized use of the credit card as the most important factor in terms of the value of credit cards and the ability to use the credit card anywhere in China and the world as the most important factor in terms of the use of credit cards.

 

 

Keywords: Credit Card Value and Use, Bank, Attitudes, High School Students, China