在我国经济体制改革的进程中,商业问题是一个令人注目的“热点”。近几年来,我国经济学界对本国商业问题的研究,成果不少,但对国外商业进行系统分析的著作尚不多见。中国财政经济出版社最近出版的林光祖主编的《国外商业》,具有开拓性,可算是一本具有新意的商业问题教材。商业出现至今,大约有五、六千年的历史。它的演变与各种政治的、经济的、文化的因素有广泛、深厚和微妙的联系。中外商业,由于其生存与演变的背景、环境不同、其发展水平与成熟程度存在不少差别。相对而言,在一些西方国家中,商业经济力的关系已比较成熟;而在我们国家,商业尚处在多变动的发展进程之中。因此,研究西方发达资本主义国家商业发 In the course of our country's economic system reform, the commercial issue is a conspicuous “hot spot ”. In recent years, there are quite a lot of achievements in economic studies in our country on the commercial issues in our country, but there are still few works on the systematic analysis of foreign businesses. The “foreign business” edited by Lin Guangzu recently published by China's Financial and Economic Publishing House is pioneering and can be regarded as a textbook on innovative business issues. Since the commercial appearance, there are about five or six thousand years of history. Its evolution has extensive, profound and delicate connections with various political, economic and cultural factors. Because of the background and environment of its survival and evolution, Chinese and foreign businesses have many differences in their level of development and maturity. Relatively speaking, in some Western countries, the relationship between commercial economy has been relatively mature; while in our country, commerce is still in a process of dynamic development. Therefore, the study of western developed capitalist countries made commercial hair