Intangible assets and value relevance: Evidence from the Portuguese stock exchange

We assess the value relevance of the amounts for identifiable intangible assets and goodwill reported in the financial statements of all non-finance companies listed on the main market of the Portuguese Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2008. Additionally, we use panel data to explore the impact on value relevance of Portugal’s formal adoption of International Accounting Standards [IAS] and International Financial Reporting Standards [IFRS] in 2005. A distinctive feature of the accounting by our sample companies is that when they adopted IAS 38 and IFRS 3 in 2005, they were no longer required to recognise some intangible assets (such as start-up costs and research expenditures) and were no longer required to amortise goodwill.We find that net earnings, reported goodwill and other intangible assets are highly significantly associated with stock price. However, whereas earnings are related positively to stock prices when Portuguese Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) were applied prior to 2005, the value relevance of earnings appears to have declined after the adoption of IAS/IFRS in 2005. Although the change to IAS/IFRS had no impact on the value relevance of identifiable intangibles as a whole, the evidence suggests that there was a positive effect on the value relevance of goodwill. When the subclasses of identifiable intangible assets are considered, we found evidence of an increase in value relevance of goodwill, other intangible assets, and research and development expenditures.     

Entrepreneurial enterprise and ‘image’ in the nineteenth-century trading firm: Shaping the legal environment for business

Jardine Matheson & Company, a 200-year-old Hong Kong trading company that began as a house of agency, has evolved to become a contemporary Asian multinational. This article focuses on the entrepreneurial ambition of founders William Jardine and James Matheson, the importance of reputation both to legitimacy and the survival and growth of the firm, with emphasis on the role played by the founders in shaping the legal environment for trade with China. The study uses Edith Penrose's Theory of the Growth of the Firm as a principal interpretive framework and draws its evidence from the founders' original letters and a previously unexamined resource, the free trade treatise of James Matheson called Present Position and Prospects of the British Trade with China.     

上市地产公司自组REITs的绩效分析

截至2008年1月,我国共有七只REITs在香港成功上市,其中就包括一只由内地物业组建的权益型REIT越秀。但内地至今未引入REITs制度。本文以越秀REIT为例,分析上市地产公司在REITs上市后的绩效,从而探讨REITs制度的引进,会对我国房地产企业和行业产生的短期,中期及长期影响。     

上市公司股权分置改革方案选择的理性思辨

文章以股权分置改革方案获得通过的45家试点上市公司为样本,分析了其股权分置改革方案的现实选择特性:80%的试点公司采用纯送股方案.通过分析6种股权分置改革方案的实施对上市公司相关财务比率和理财目标函数的影响,得出上市公司股权分置改革方案选择的理性思路:尽可能选择缩股型方案.对比上市公司股权分置改革方案的现实选择特性和理性选择思路,说明其股权分置改革方案的选择具有一定的非理性成分.     

两岸三地公司跨地区上市的前景分析

文章从大陆、香港、台湾地区跨地区上市的可能性与现实性分析入手 ,系统地阐述和讨论两岸三地跨地区上市的具体途径以及跨地区上市的现实意义 ,最后引入了大中华股市的概念 ,并对其历史机遇及现实意义进行了详细论述和理性展望。     

国内上市银行薪酬制度对国有商业银行的启示

国内A股上市银行注重薪酬的激励作用,对关键性管理、技术岗位和高素质短缺人才岗位实行倾斜性分配政策。同国内上市银行相比,国有商业银行薪酬机制还没有建立起规范的岗位职级体系,工资总额核定不够科学,薪酬制度缺乏科学规范的业绩考评指标体系支持。为加强国有商业银行薪酬市场竞争力,国有商业银行应改革现行工资总额分配体系,构建以业绩为导向的考评指标体系,并建立长效分配激励机制。     

集团公司物流资源整合问题研究

随着激烈的市场竞争,集团公司物流资源整合是必然趋势。集团公司要实现真正意义上的物流资源整合,就必须将其下设各生产企业物流部门分离出来,建立独立的物流经营部或公司,并从体制上进行资产整合、人员整合及信息资源整合。     

上市公司会计信息失真的原因分析和治理

以上市公司本身、会计师以及会计师事务所为分析目标，对会计信息失真的动机和原因进行了分析，并从建立产权清晰、权责明确的现代企业制度、逐步培育完善经理人市场、完善注册会计师制度等方面提出了具体的解决对策。     

Voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria

This study examines voluntary disclosure practices amongst listed companies in Nigeria. Results from univariate and multivariate analyses of 52 listed companies suggest an average voluntary disclosure of 44% based on modified Meek, Roberts and Gray (1995) disclosure index comprising 24 disclosure items. The study found significant positive relationship between voluntary disclosure and firm size, measured as the natural logarithm of total asset. The study documents significant positive relationship between market-based definition of firm performance and voluntary disclosure. The study also found significant negative relationship between percentage of block share ownership and percentage of managerial share with firm disclosures. The study has important implication for both individual and institutional investors globally, regulators and policy makers in developing economies.     

贵州小额贷款公司：现状、问题与建议

小额贷款公司是微型金融的重要组成部分,发展小额贷款公司对于改善金融生态,提升金融服务水平具有重要意义。本文立足于贵州省小额贷款公司现状,深入剖析了小额贷款公司发展中存在的问题,进而为谋求小额贷款公司持续发展提供可供参考的对策探讨。