Buying an industrial service warehouse space

This paper reports the results of a study of the industrial buyer of warehouse space. The role of the purchasing agent and the other members in the buy group are identified and evaluated.     

城乡统筹与区域协调的网络机制——基于企业跨区域网络化成长的分析

企业跨区域成长并不是企业完全迁移到另一地区,而是表现为跨区域的网络化成长模式,即在进入地成立子公司或将企业活动的一部分从企业原生地迁移到进入地,可以加快区域之间的资金、人才、技术等资源的流动和合理配置。因此,企业的跨区域网络化成长是促进区域间经济协调和统筹城乡发展的驱动因素;以企业的跨区域网络化成长为动力,以产业网络构建为手段,建立区域产品链和产业链,将促进区域经济和城乡经济的一体化。     

关于中国行政区际旅游合作问题的几点思考

加强行政区际旅游合作,是中国旅游业健康、协调和可持续发展的必然要求.我国行政区际旅游业合作面临的主要制约因素包括观念制约、行政管理体制制约、地方利益竞争的制约以及行政区际旅游经济发展的非均衡制约.为此,要积极树立竞合理念,增强行政区际旅游合作的动力,建立有效的合作机制.     

基于边界效应模型的我国市场一体化问题研究

改革开放使我国走向市场经济道路并取得了一系列的成就,但是我国的市场一体化程度却遭到了很多质疑。许多学者从不同角度对我国市场一体化程度进行了研究,但由于研究的方法不同,得到的结果也不尽相同。本文利用Head和Mayer（2002）修正后的边界效应模型和区域间投入产出表的数据对我国市场一体化程度进行了实证研究。结果表明。我国确实存在一定程度的市场分割,特别是农业、纺织业、金属制品业和非金属矿物制品业等关系到地方就业与税收的部门市场分割比较严重。     

企业财务状况评价模型研究

利用主成分分析方法支持向量机在小样本空间中良好的分类能力,对60家上市企业分别进行了两类和四类的财务状况评价,获得了比较满意的结果。实验表明支持向量机完全可以提取优秀企业财务数据的内在知识,用来评判企业的财务状况。     

The Sarbanes–Oxley act and cross-listed foreign private issuers

I examine the short- and long-term impact of the 2002 Sarbanes–Oxley Act (SOX) on cross-listed foreign private issuers. Both short- and long-term test results suggest that the costs of SOX compliance significantly exceed its benefits and reduce the net benefits of cross-listings.     

Material values: A study of some antecedents and consequences

Two studies were conducted to analyze some antecedents and consequences of holding material values among college students from Mexico. Participants completed a battery of questionnaires measuring social comparison orientation, autonomy support, materialism, life satisfaction, positive and negative affect, and job preferences. Results showed that social comparison was a robust predictor of materialism in both studies. Materialism was related to lower levels of positive affect and life satisfaction and to higher levels of negative affect. Materialism was also related to a preference for jobs that pay more money at the expense of working longer hours or doing more routine tasks. The implications of the results were discussed.     

The impact of religiosity on earnings quality: International evidence from the banking sector

We examine the impact of religiosity on earnings quality, utilising a global sample of 1283 listed banks headquartered in 39 countries and covering the period 2002–2018. Using instrumental variables two-stage least squares regressions, we demonstrate that religiosity has a significant positive impact on banks’ earnings quality. We further show that the impact of religiosity becomes more pronounced among banks headquartered in countries where religion is an important element of national identity and in countries with weak legal protection. We show that the effects of religiosity are more intense during the global financial crisis period. Overall, these findings support the notion that high religiosity tends to reduce unethical activities by managers and can function as an alternative control mechanism for minimising agency costs. Our empirical investigation is robust to alternative model and sample specifications.     

Total factor productivity enablers in the ICT industry: A cross-country firm-level analysis

Advancements in productivity in the digital economy constitute an important engine for economic growth. What drives productivity dynamics in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector? This study examines the productivity dynamics of ICT firms across countries from the perspective of corporate balance sheets. We study the effects of intangible assets and leverage on productivity growth using firm-level panel data from five industrialized countries. We find that intangible assets positively affect the total factor productivity in the ICT sector. The positive effect of intangible assets on total factor productivity growth is larger for ICT manufacturing firms than for ICT service firms. We also find that leverage has a positive relationship with total factor productivity development in the ICT sector. In addition, our empirical results substantiated that productivity is catching up to the technological frontier. Furthermore, larger firms and/or younger firms generally show higher total factor productivity growth than their peers. Economies of scale are more prominent in the ICT service sector than in the ICT manufacturing sector. Our findings contribute to the understanding of cross-country productivity dynamics in the ICT sector at the firm level in the digital economy.     

Uppercase Premium Effect: The Role of Brand Letter Case in Brand Premiumness

Researchers have recently begun investigating how visual elements affect brand positioning. However, little is known about the effect of brand typeface features on brand premiumness. This paper proposes and verifies that letter case affects consumers’ perceived brand premiumness. Eight experiments, including one eye-tracking experiment, reveal that consumers perceive brands that use all uppercase letters (“uppercase brands”) as more premium than those that use all lowercase letters (“lowercase brands”). We refer to this effect as the “uppercase premium effect.” This effect is induced by the perceived conspicuousness of uppercase brands, a process which in turn is moderated by the product's social visibility. The effect is reversed for consumers who prefer subtle signals (“inconspicuous consumers”) because these consumers are likely to perceive a conspicuous uppercase brand as gaudy. Whereas status-motivated consumers are more likely to choose uppercase brands due to the increased premiumness perceptions, the increment in such perceptions does not further influence the purchase decisions of consumers indifferent to expressing status. We conclude with a discussion of theoretical and practical implications and offer suggestions for further research.