SME internationalization and performance: Growth vs. profitability

Lu and Beamish (2001) examined the effect of two internationalization strategies, exporting and foreign direct investment (FDI), on SME performance (ROA). We extend this research by examining the differential effects of these strategies on two other dimensions of SME performance: growth and ROS. We develop and test four sets of hypotheses using a sample of 164 Japanese SMEs. We find that exporting activity has a positive impact on growth, but negative impact on profitability. FDI activity has a positive relationship with growth, but a U curve relationship with profitability. Exporting activity has a positive moderating effect on the relationship between an SME’s FDI activity and firm growth, a negative moderating effect on the relationship between an SME’s FDI activity and firm profitability. An SME’s age when it starts to make FDIs has a negative moderating impact on the relationship between FDI and firm growth and profitability.     

The effect of banking crisis on bank-dependent borrowers

We provide causal evidence that adverse capital shocks to banks affect their borrowers’ performance negatively. We use an exogenous shock to the U.S. banking system during the Russian crisis of Fall 1998 to separate the effect of borrowers’ demand of credit from the supply of credit by the banks. Firms that primarily relied on banks for capital suffered larger valuation losses during this period and subsequently experienced a higher decline in their capital expenditure and profitability as compared to firms that had access to the public-debt market. Consistent with an adverse shock to the supply of credit, crisis-affected banks decreased the quantity of their lending and increased loan interest rates in the post-crisis period significantly more than the unaffected banks. Our results suggest that the global integration of the financial sector can contribute to the propagation of financial shocks from one economy to another through the banking channel.     

中国银行信贷项目环境风险评估模型的构建和应用

拥有自己的环境风险评估模型是银行进行独立环境决策和进一步降低环境风险的基础,也是强化信贷手段在预防和控制环境污染两方面作用的需要。参照银行绿色信贷的赤道原则构建信贷项目的环境风险评估指标体系,并通过问卷调查和层次分析法确定四大国有银行、中型银行、小型银行和外资银行共四类商业银行的指标权重,建立起符合他们各自风险偏好的环境风险评估模型,再以实例分析来说明模型的具体应用过程,结果发现,非外资银行偏重包含政策因素的社会环境指标,在自然环境因素中偏重污染物排放指标;外资银行则具有较平均的权重,且重视生态、社区和工作环境等指标。     

稳健货币政策下中小企业贷款问题研究——以辽宁省辽阳市为例

稳健的货币政策下,金融机构的信贷投放数量必将受到影响。在这种背景下,如何让有限的资金更有效的流向中小企业,解决中小企业融资难的困境,就成为了一个重要的问题。文章以辽阳市为研究范围,调查研究了金融机构在为中小企业提供信贷支持方面所取得的成效及问题,并针对问题提出了相关的对策建议,以期更好的发挥金融机构对中小企业的信贷支持作用。     

地方国企非效率投资来源选择：债权资金优先还是股权资金优先？

以2001—2009年地方国有上市公司为样本对地方国企非效率投资来源选择进行研究,结果显示：地方国企非效率投资来源选择首先是债权资金,其次才是股权资金;当拥有较多长期贷款时,企业会更倾向使用债权资金代替股权资金,并且这种选择是理性和不可逆的;在产权保护较强和信贷配置市场化程度较低的地区,企业选择债权资金替代股权资金的动机更强;随着政府干预的增强,债权资金对股权资金的替代作用减弱。     

中小企业财务治理问题探讨

企业具体的财务管理活动要以财务治理战略为导向,而我国中小企业由于历史发展的原因,其财务治理结构不受重视,存在着诸多问题。从战略导向的角度来建立良好的财务治理机制,为解决中小企业具体的财务管理问题提供了一个新视角。     

中小企业信用担保立法的比较考察

本文从完善中小企业信用担保立法角度出发,通过与世界各国中小企业信用担保法律制度进行比较研究,审视我国现有中小企业信用担保立法存在的问题和缺陷,提出我国中小企业信用担保要健康、有序地发展,健全、完善立法是关键。     

商业银行拓展地方政府融资平台业务的前景与策略

商业银行发展政府融资平台业务,能够通过放贷获得经济收益,提高市场份额,密切银政关系,提升市场美誉度。但地方政府融资平台可能给商业银行带来责任主体模糊、杠杆率偏高、偿付风险、流动性风险、项目合规风险和政策性风险等风险;在金融体系层面,融资平台贷款信用承诺实际上是商业银行的自我授信。如果风险控制不当,政府债务风险、房地产开发企业债务风险等有可能集中于商业银行,使后者成为风险集聚的洼地。发展融资平台业务,应合理利用资产证券化,严格授信制度,采用银团贷款,加强财务监督,以及探索投资市政债和利用直投方式灵活介入项目等。     

全球化下我国中小企业伦理管理失衡问题探析

根据全球化下现代企业伦理趋向,从社会责任心、诚实守信、市场竞争手段、企业内部管理等方面对当前我国中小企业伦理管理失衡问题进行分析,并论述了加强企业伦理管理所应采取措施。     

用好国外贷款推进节能减排的实践探讨

推进中小城市节能减排,资金是关键,也是瓶颈。利用国外贷款,是解决中小城市节能减排资金难题的重要途径。文章以山东海河流域污染治理利用亚行贷款项目为例,探讨了用好国外贷款推进中小城市节能减排的基本经验和主要问题,并提出了发挥国外贷款最大效益、深化国际金融合作、加快中小城市公用事业市场化改革的相关建议。