Effects of hiring former employees of multinationals in the absorptive capacity of local firms

The attraction of foreign direct investment seeks, among other things, to increase the productivity of local companies through knowledge spillovers. However, the empirical evidence in this regard is contradictory. One influential factor is the absorptive capacity of the local companies. This article analyzes the effect of the presence of former employees of multinational corporations as employees of local companies, on the absorptive capacity of said companies. The study was done in Costa Rica, a country known for its successful strategy in the subject matter. The data come from a survey applied to 1167 companies by the Observatorio Costarricense de las Pymes in 2011. It was found that the hiring of former employees of multinational corporations by local companies has a positive effect on the index of absorptive capacity of companies in all productive sectors. Specifically, this hiring of former employees increases the index of absorptive capacity by nine percentage points, with differences by sector and the size of the company.     

Personal service companies and the public sector

Off-payroll workers in the UK, including personal service companies (PSCs), engaged by the public sector have been giving ‘assurance’ of their tax position to departments in the sector since 2012. Departments must be satisfied with the assurance. For PSCs this requires awareness of complex tax legislation (IR35), which is aimed at preventing tax avoidance. Costs may be incurred in attaining the necessary knowledge. This may bring into question costs incurred in protecting tax revenue. No similar obligation exists in the private sector.     

Impact of split share structure reform on capital structures: empirical evidence from China’s listed companies

An econometric model based on a natural experiment and the difference-in-differences method is introduced to empirically investigate the impact of split share structure reform on capital structures. A total of 1026 listed companies in Chinese A-share during 2001–2011 are used as the sample for the research and interest-bearing debt ratios (BDRs) are taken as a representative indicator for capital structures. The theoretical and empirical analysis indicates that both market expansion effect and corporate governance effect caused by the split share structure reform are associated with an increase in BDR. As far as the timeliness is concerned, the effects of split share structure reform on capital structures will last 3–4 years.     

Critical success factors for the sustainability of Kaizen event human resource outcomes: An empirical study

Kaizen events have been widely reported to produce positive change in business results and human resource outcomes. However, sustaining or improving upon the results of a Kaizen event over time can be difficult for many organizations and has received limited empirical research attention to date. This paper identifies the factors that most strongly influence the sustainability of work area employee attitudes and commitment to Kaizen events based on a field study of 65 events in eight manufacturing organizations. The findings also present guidelines for organizations and areas for future research.     

O comportamento dos custos das empresas brasileiras listadas na BM&FBOVESPA entre 1994 e 2011 com ênfase nos sticky costs

By an accurate survey, this study aims to analyze how costs behave brazilian companies listed on the BM&FBOVESPA between years of 1994 and 2011. In order to do this, diverse economic and financial information available in the form of reports was gathered, but which has not yet gone through any statistical analysis, for a longitudinal analysis that includes a period of 18 years. The results are presented in two axes, in which the first one indicates costs behavioral tendencies and the second one analyzes their symmetry. The results showed that the Cost of Goods Sold (CPV, for Portuguese) presents a strong declining trend; Expenses Sales are directly related to the area (essential goods or monopoly, for example); Administrative Expenses have a slight declining trend. In relation to sticky costs, when performing an overview with the companies studied, the theory proposed by Anderson, Banker and Janakiraman (2003) is partially applied, since, for varying levels of revenue up to 10% the asymmetry is confirmed.     

渔业类公司可持续增长能力初探——基于渔业类上市公司的数据

论文基于JamesCVanHome可持续增长模型，以2007～2009年我国渔业类上市公司样本，利用多元回归分析、均值显著性检验等方法对渔业类上市公司可持续发展进行了实证分析。研究表明：可持续增长模型能够指导渔业类上市公司实现可持续增长。公司的实际增长率与其可持续增长率间存在显著差异，而资产周转速度慢、资本结构不合理是渔业类上市公司实际增长率脱离可持续增长率轨道的主要原因。     

基于DEA的物流公司绩效评价

鉴于传统绩效评价方法的局限性,运用数据包络分析（DEA）法,并以2008和2009年19家中国物流上市公司为样本进行实证研究,为各物流企业客观了解和评价自身物流竞争力和相对物流绩效水平提供参考。     

构建医药市场信息系统 提升医药企业竞争力

随着我国新医改政策的出台与逐步实施,以及国外医疗卫生机构进入我国的医疗市场,给我国医药企业发展带来机遇的同时,也带来了竞争的压力和冲击。在激烈的市场营销环境中,医药企业为了获得持续生存和发展,就要不断地开拓市场,调查与预测医药市场信息以满足消费者日益增长和变化的消费需求。因此,如何构建医药市场信息系统,对未来市场走势做出正确的判断,成为医药企业在市场竞争中提升竞争力的重要手段。     

不同所有权上市公司股利分配意愿的比较研究

使用权益资本就必须给予股东回报,而我国却有大量上市公司不分配股利.究竟是什么原因导致我国股市股利分配与西方成熟资本市场迥异的现象?本文以终极股东控股权的所有权差异为研究切入点,比较研究了国有上市公司与民营上市公司近七年来股利分配特点及影响因素,最终得出所有权的不同、负偾水平及盈利水平的差异是决定企业股利政策的最为重要的因素,货币支付能力及累积盈利水平对企业股利分配虽有影响,但影响并不十分显著.     

浅谈石油企业内部控制存在的问题与对策

在我国的石油企业中,虽已建立起完整的内部控制体系并实现了有效运行,但是由于种种原因,企业目前的内控体系仍不成熟,存在一些问题有待解决。这就要求我们要不断探索和研究适合我国企业发展的内部控制体系。本文从现阶段我国石油企业内部控制存在的问题入手,对问题进行逐一分析,并一一给出了相应的解决措施。