金融科技发展、金融结构调整与企业研发创新

金融体系对企业研发创新的激励是我国实现经济高质量发展转型的关键。系统分析不同金融体系结构与企业创新绩效之间的关系,结果表明:市场主导型金融体系的创新激励效应随着企业创新流程的不断深化呈上升趋势,而银行主导型金融体系的创新激励效应呈现“倒U型”趋势,整体上来看,市场主导型金融体系的创新激励效应优于银行主导型金融体系;但金融体系结构调整显著存在门槛效应,唯市场导向的结构调整并不代表最优金融结构。从金融生态环境角度进一步探究金融科技发展与不同金融结构创新激励效应之间的关系,结果发现:金融科技发展明显提升了不同金融结构的创新激励效应,在金融科技的调节作用下,银行主导型体系的创新边际贡献随着创新流程的深化呈现上升趋势,而金融市场的边际贡献却在成果转化阶段呈现下降趋势。我国金融结构调整应根据外部金融环境的变化进行动态调整,不能盲目追求市场化;重视金融科技创新的作用,鼓励企业根据创新价值流程匹配多元化融资,确保实现金融资本高效服务实体企业创新的目标。     

Impact of Digital Transformation on Value Creation in Fintech Services: An Innovative Approach

The aim of this article is to indicate economic and financial characteristics of financial technology, or fintech, that contribute to value creation in the financial services industry. This study presents a theory of digital transformations and elements of ecosystems theory and connecting them to fintech issues. Building from the DIPLOM model of corporate diplomacy. Corporate diplomacy. Building reputations and relationships with external stakeholders. Sheffield UK: Greenleaf Publishing Limited, this article proposes the DIPLOMA model with seven elements of fintech best practice, that are, Digital, Innovation, Pricing, Learning, Openness, Modernity, and Agility. This article stresses on practical insights to provide tool to enable stakeholders create value on fintech.     

Financial Constraints for Innovation in Brazil

This paper analyzes the presence of financial constraints for investment in innovation in Brazil. Dynamic investment models are estimated for a panel dataset of 206 Brazilian non-financial firms in the period 1995–2006. Results show that innovation of Brazilian firms is subject to financial constraints in line with previous international evidence. Innovation of Brazilian firms is adversely affected by leverage and also depends on internally generated funds. The models presented incorporate relevant firm characteristics for financial constraints. Our findings suggest the need for further advances at micro- and macroeconomic levels in Brazil to mitigate the observed financial constraints.     

金融创新对商业银行风险承担的影响--基于金融创新的分类研究

将银行金融创新分为降低项目监督成本和提高投资回报率两种类型,利用银行在融资市场的博弈均衡模型并结合数值模拟技术,研究两种类型金融创新对银行风险承担的影响。研究结果显示：相对于提高投资回报率的金融创新,降低项目监督成本的金融创新对银行风险承担影响更大,且当投资项目收益率较低时,降低监督成本的金融创新更有利于提高银行资金的使用效率,降低银行风险承担水平。实证结果支持理论模型的结论。     

Corporate investment, financing, and dividend policies in the high-tech industry

The agency theory, transactional cost economics, and traditional strategic management perspectives have provided several key corporate financial policies. However, these policies have generally been discussed and established separately. This study explores the causal structure of corporate financial strategies for the high-tech firms in Taiwan and China. By employing path analysis and directed graphs model, this paper explores the causal relationships among investment, financing, dividend policies, and corporate performance. The results show that the investment expenditures by Taiwan's firms positively affect financial performance and the increased borrowings jeopardize company's profits. However, the financing decisions of China's firms have a positively effect on their capital expenditures. The findings suggest that firms across the Strait adopt different strategies in financial decision environments.     

The emergence of the global fintech market: economic and technological determinants

Small Business Economics - We investigate the economic and technological determinants inducing entrepreneurs to establish ventures with the purpose of reinventing financial technology (fintech). We...     

Abstract Knowledge and Reified Financial Innovation: Building Wisdom and Ethics Into Financial Innovation Networks

This article argues that abstract knowledge in the form of formally developed theory plays an increasingly important role in the economy and in financial innovation in particular. Abstract knowledge is easily reified, and this is an aspect of knowledge work that is insufficiently researched. In this article, we problematize reification of abstract knowledge in financial innovation from wisdom, ethics, and social network analysis perspectives. This article, therefore, considers the composition and structures of financial innovation networks that help avoid reification by building ethicality through social practice wisdom. Finally, we discuss future directions that empirical ethics research can take.     

风险投资是新三板市场"积极的投资者"吗

定向增发在新三板创业企业的股权融资中发挥着中坚作用,而风险投资正是其中重要的参与者.本文选择2013 —2016年新三板企业定向增发为研究样本,实证检验了风险投资介入的动因及经济后果.研究发现,整体而言,风险投资参与新三板定向增发会选择财务绩效较好、创新能力较强的企业介入,结论支持了风险投资的事前筛选职能.大股东参与定向增发在一定程度上会减弱风险投资介入与企业财务绩效和创新能力之间的敏感性.当面对优质企业标的时,风险投资将选择联合投资的方式"抱团"进入,体现了其在新三板市场更为谨慎的投资风格.但风险投资进入所投企业后,受制于本身能力和投资意愿,并未显著提升被投企业财务绩效和创新能力,没有发挥事后监督职能.考虑新三板独特的做市商制度和分层制度,本文再次验证了风险投资事前筛选职能的履行和事后监督职能的缺失.本文不仅揭示了风险投资参与新三板企业定向增发的动因及经济后果,同时也为国家利用新三板市场推进创新战略、构建和完善多层次资本市场提供了经验证据.     

Do Investors Value a Firm’s Commitment to Social Activities?

Previous empirical research has found mixed results for the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) investments on corporate financial performance (CFP). This paper contributes to the literature by exploring in a two stage investor decision-making model the relationship between a firm’s innovation effort, CSR, and financial performance. We simultaneously examine the impact of CSR on both accounting-based (financial health) and market-based (Tobin’s Q) financial performance measures. From a sample of top corporate citizens, we find that: (1) a firm’s social responsibility commitment (CSR) contributes to its financial performance; (2) after controlling for investment in innovation activities, CSR continues to have a positive impact on a firm’s financial performance; (3) the customer dimension of CSR has a positive effect on both CFP measures, whereas the employee dimension indicates a significant impact only on financial heath; and (4) the community relation dimension of CSR only affects the market-based CFP measure of firms with high innovation intensity.     

Ethics,Diversity Management,and Financial Reporting Quality

This article proposes and empirically tests a theoretical framework incorporating Reidenbach and Robin’s (J Bus Ethics 10(4):273–284, 1991) conceptual model of corporate moral development. The framework is used to examine the relation between governance and business ethics, as proxied by diversity management (DM), and financial reporting quality, as proxied by the magnitude of earnings management (EM). The level of DM and governance quality are measured in accordance with the ratings of Jantzi Research (JR), a leading provider of social and governance research for institutional investors. This DM score is part of an index developed by JR that investment managers use to integrate DM criteria into their investment decisions. As expected, a negative relation between corporate DM development and financial reporting quality is found while controlling for other factors known in the literatures on governance and accounting choices to affect earnings quality. Despite some caveats presented in conclusion, this study contributes to the ethics, governance, and financial reporting literatures by studying the dynamics between governance and ethics in the prevention of EM.     

Erratum to: Ethics,Diversity Management,and Financial Reporting Quality

This article proposes and empirically tests a theoretical framework incorporating Reidenbach and Robin’s (J Bus Ethics 10(4):273–284, 1991) conceptual model of corporate moral development. The framework is used to examine the relation between governance and business ethics, as proxied by diversity management (DM), and financial reporting quality, as proxied by the magnitude of earnings management (EM). The level of DM and governance quality are measured in accordance with the ratings of Jantzi Research (JR), a leading provider of social and governance research for institutional investors. This DM score is part of an index developed by JR that investment managers use to integrate DM criteria into their investment decisions. As expected, a negative relation between corporate DM development and financial reporting quality is found while controlling for other factors known in the literatures on governance and accounting choices to affect earnings quality. Despite some caveats presented in conclusion, this study contributes to the ethics, governance, and financial reporting literatures by studying the dynamics between governance and ethics in the prevention of EM.     

Top management team characteristics,R&;D investment and capital structure in the IT industry

This paper is based on agency theory, resource-based and upper-echelons perspectives to examine the relationship between R&D investment and capital structure and the moderating effects of top management team (TMT) characteristics on the financing decisions of R&D investment in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Using data for SMEs in Taiwan’s IT industry, we find that (1) SMEs involved in R&D activities tend to have lower debt levels and (2) TMT characteristics exert considerable influence on the R&D investment-financial leverage relationship in SMEs. One important implication of the empirical evidence is that for SMEs trying to compete on the basis of innovation, the TMT characteristics significantly influence financing decisions. As innovative activities increase, the selection and development of top executives, who are responsible for choosing an optimal capital structure that could keep financial costs low while providing sufficient financial resources for maintaining a continuous, uninterrupted rate of R&D, is crucial for SMEs.     

Financial literacy in the digital age—A research agenda

Digital innovations are transforming financial services and resulting changes in consumer behavior and personal money management. Diffusion of pervasive digital technologies offers individuals quick and easy access to various digital services bringing opportunities and challenges into their personal money management. The study aimed to explore how digitalization affects individuals' financial literacy and financial capability. As a result, we identified three main themes in the intersection of finance and digitalization: Fintech, Financial behavior in digital environments, and Behavioral interventions. We propose directions for measuring digital financial literacy, updates to the financial literacy curriculum, and developments of digital learning tools. Further, we highlight collaboration between the public and private sectors to create a fairer and more inclusive economic landscape. Our study contributes to existing research by proposing a framework for digital financial literacy and financial capability and a research agenda for future studies.     

Capital,Motives, and Their Link to Investment Intentions: The Moderating Role of the Financial Crisis in Greece

This research examined the moderating role of the financial crisis on the relationship between capital/motives and investment intentions. Human and social capital, nonfinancial resources, and all motives except financial success related positively to investment intention. Social capital and the motive for financial success related positively to investment intention only for those affected by the crisis in a negative way. The motives for independence and recognition related positively to investment intention only for those affected by the crisis in a positive way, while the motive of self‐realization related positively to investment intentions particularly for those affected by the crisis in a positive way.     

信息外溢视角下集群供应链企业创新动态博弈

以信息外溢为视角,比较分析集群供应链企业之间合作创新和不合作创新时的博弈行为。结果表明:当企业进行合作创新时,企业的最优产量比不进行合作创新时的最优产量要高、创新的投入更多,而且效率更高;企业进行合作创新时的短期利润比不进行合作创新且创新信息完全溢出时要低,但进行合作创新时企业长期竞争力更强,其长期利润因而更大。     

Finance-specific factors as drivers of cross-border investment—An empirical investigation

In this paper we empirically test the role of firm-specific financial characteristics as drivers of international investment and production. We hypothesize that financial strength generates advantages that can be exploited through cross-border investment activity. The hypothesis is tested in a series of binary-response models, using a sample of 1379 European non-financial firms’ international acquisitions. Controlling for traditional firm- and target-country-specific foreign direct investment (FDI) determinants, we find strong evidence that financial factors play a significant role in explaining cross-border investment. We conclude that without explicit consideration of the financial dimension, firms’ FDI decisions cannot be properly understood.     

中小企业财务管理模式创新与再造

本文认为,中小企业要在激烈的竞争中生存并发展成为先进的现代企业,就必须把财务管理作为其管理体系的核心,树立以财务管理为核心的先进管理理念,并对财务管理模式进行创新与再造:第一,建立适合中小企业的财务管理模式,如确立规范化的会计制度、采用信息化财务管理手段、拓宽财务管理的内容和方法。第二,建立高效的财务控制模式,如高效的资金管理模式、应收账款控制模式、存货管理模式、资产控制模式等。第三,创新企业融资方式,除了争取银行贷款和向亲朋好友借款外,还可以采用多渠道融资,如利用资本市场、租赁等现代融资模式进行直接融资。第四,建立科学的投资模式。     

Process innovation strategy in SMEs,organizational innovation and performance: a misleading debate?

This article contributes to the study of process innovation as a growth strategy for SMEs, enriching and complementing the well-researched debate about product innovation. Thus, under-researched process innovation strategies are analyzed, and their antecedents and innovative performance implications explored. The results show that process innovation strategy is mainly shaped by the acquisition of embodied knowledge, which acts as a key mechanism for countering firms’ weak internal capabilities. As process innovation is mainly production oriented, performance consequences are measured using the production process indicators of cost reduction, flexibility and capacity improvement, avoiding traditional misguided measures based on sales, which are more product oriented. Drawing on information for 2,412 firms taken from Spanish CIS data, our results suggest that R&D efforts are not positively related to production process performance, but that the latter is improved by the synchronous co-adoption of organizational and technological innovation. SMEs conducting a process innovation strategy rely heavily on the acquisition of external sources of knowledge in order to complement their weak internal innovative capabilities, and their pattern of innovation shows clear-cut differences from traditional R&D-based product innovation strategies. The article uses a resource-based view framework to generate hypotheses.     

产品创新如何影响我国企业对外直接投资速度？——基于微观层面数据的实证检验

在国际投资理论中,传统观点认为具有产品创新的优势企业有更大的动机进行对外直接投资,而近年来发展中国家的实践则表明劣势企业出于获取创新资源的目的也有较大的动机进行对外直接投资,文章从产品创新和企业对外直接投资速度视角对此进行检验。文章匹配《中国工业企业数据库》和《境外投资企业（机构）名录》构建微观实证研究数据库,并对企业对外直接投资速度和产品创新进行度量。在此基础上,文章的实证研究发现,一方面在产品创新倾向维度,无产品创新的企业比有产品创新企业有更快的对外直接投资速度;另一方面,在有产品创新企业内部,创新程度的提升则能加快企业对外直接投资速度。进一步地,文章利用倾向得分匹配对产品创新倾向如何影响企业对外直接投资速度进行反事实估计,验证了实证研究结果的稳健性。     

Canadian Social Enterprises: An Empirical Exploration of Social Transformation,Financial Self-Sufficiency,and Innovation

This article reports on empirical research investigating social transformation, financial self-sufficiency, and innovation in Canadian social enterprises. A set of profiles on 60 randomly selected social enterprises utilizing information from each organization's Web site was developed and analyzed. The profiles show that about one-third of the sample enterprises were deemed high in social transformation, approximately one-half were assessed high in financial self-sufficiency, and fewer that one-fifth were found to be highly innovative. Implications for marketing in social enterprises are drawn.