The Effect of Cross‐Border Mergers and Acquisitions on Earnings Quality: Evidence from China

Despite the fruitful research on the motives and outcomes of cross‐border mergers and acquisitions (M&As) of Chinese multinational corporations (MNCs), there has been scant research on the impact of cross‐border M&As on corporate governance. In this article, we fill the research gap by exploring whether cross‐border M&As may lead to an improvement in corporate governance of Chinese acquirers. In particular, we examine the impact of cross‐border M&As on earnings quality of Chinese MNCs. We find that the acquisition of a target firm from a developed country leads to a significant improvement on the acquirer's earnings quality. In comparison, the acquisition of a target from an emerging market does not have such an impact. Our results are robust to various corporate governance measures, alternative econometric methods, and controls of relevant firm characteristics and macroeconomic variables. Finally, we show that the effect of cross‐border M&As on earnings quality is more pronounced in non‐state‐owned enterprises (non‐SOEs) that have conducted large M&A deals. Our article offers new insight to the international business literature on latecomer perspective and liability of foreignness. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

我国私人资本不是社会主义资本——评靳共元《资本新论》

文章对山西财经大学靳共元教授《资本新论》(中国财政经济出版社2009年12月第2版)内容进行了评析。主要论及:我国私人资本不是社会主义资本;我国社会主义经济中的劳动力不是商品;人力资本这一用语认识上的分歧;什么是马克思所阐明的社会主义社会中的个人收入分配。     

Tackling an accounting coursework assignment - action research on the student perspective

The study focused upon first year undergraduates' experiences and perceptions of a major coursework assignment in accounting. The context was a modular programme with several hundred students from many different courses taking a common first year, first semester introductory accounting module. In the role of a reflective practitioner, the author adopted an action research approach, and gathered various forms of evidence including in-depth interviews with four students at key points during and after completion of their courseworks. The main issues highlighted were: (1) the effect which the university, as a new environment, has on learning in the early weeks of a course, and the fractured nature of learning in a semesterized course; (2) the personal strategies which students adopt for scheduling time on coursework, and the way in which this may differ from the expectations of staff; (3) the variety of learning approaches represented within the student group. These issues are reflected upon and implications for both the author's practice and for other practitioners are considered.     

低碳经济离我们有多远:管理的视角

低碳经济是以低能耗、低污染、低排放为基础的经济模式.从促进低碳经济发展管理视角来看,发展低碳经济面临三个问题:一是度量指标,二是统计数据,三是激励制度.大力发展低碳经济,需要我们把这些基础工作做好.     

Personality and older consumers’ green behaviour in the UK

The UK government has set an ambitious target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80% before 2050. An interesting segment that could help to achieve this is older consumers, due to their growing numbers. There seems to be a lack of attention, in the research looking specifically at different age categories of older consumers’ green behaviour, and whether their level of greenness can be explained by their personality. Using Socioemotional Selectivity Theory and Time Perspective, the research presented here was designed to provide an exploratory analysis of how the green behaviour of older consumers is explained by their personality types. Based on the responses of 204 older consumers in the UK, our results find the openness personality trait to be positively linked to green behaviour, whilst the extraversion personality trait is negatively related to green behaviour. Although the level of green behaviour increased with older consumers’ age, this did not reach significance.     

绿色低碳视角下技术创新影响因素研究

低碳技术创新是现阶段我国技术创新发展的重要任务,识别绿色低碳视角下技术创新影响因素对于促进我国绿色低碳技术的创新发展具有重要意义。通过扎根质化研究,综合提出了低碳技术创新绩效影响因素指标体系,然后基于投影寻踪法和多因变量对多自变量的偏最小二乘回归分析,得出低碳技术创新绩效影响因素回归模型。研究结果表明：现阶段我国低碳技术创新的能源消耗与环境污染较为严重;研发人员对于低碳技术创新产出影响较大;环境治理对低碳技术创新具有正向影响但不十分显著。     

网络嵌入、动态能力与企业创新绩效——一个模糊集定性比较分析

网络嵌入、动态能力与企业创新绩效间关系一直是战略管理领域研究的热点话题,但以往研究忽视了网络嵌入与动态能力各构成维度间不同组合对创新绩效的复杂性影响。因此,基于组态视角和集合论思想,采用模糊集定性比较分析法,以220家中国企业为样本,从企业外部网络嵌入和内部动态能力培育两个层面,探讨网络嵌入和动态能力的不同维度影响企业创新绩效的多重组合路径。研究结果表明：企业创新绩效提升路径包括网络嵌入—能力促进型、双元能力推动型、网络嵌入—能力冲突型和创新能力缺失弥补型4种构型,且网络嵌入三维度间存在一定的替代性。     

我国民间融资研究最新进展及述评

本文从经济学、法学、哲学伦理三个角度对民间融资的研究文献进行了系统梳理,专家学者从不同角度,基于不同学说和理论,对其存在的效果、影响及地位等方面展开了较为深入的分析和探讨,但仍存在不足之处,需要进一步加强对民间金融的定量分析和比较研究,以适应当今民间金融蓬勃发展之势。     

The R&D Boundaries of the Firm: A Problem-Solving Perspective

This paper considers, theoretically and empirically, how different organization modes are aligned to govern the efficient solving of technological problems. The data set is from the Chinese consumer electronics industry. Following the problem-solving perspective (PSP) within the knowledge-based view (KBV), we develop and test several PSP and KBV hypotheses, whilst controlling for some relevant transaction cost economics and other variables, in an examination of the determinants of the firms’ R&D organization choice. The results show that a firm’s existing knowledge base is the most important explanatory factor. Problem complexity and decomposability are also found to be important, but it is suggested, contrary to the view of PSP, that they are better treated as separate variables, and that equity-based alliances tend to be reserved for the most complex problems.     

用系统性思维解决我国中小企业融资难问题

由于信息不对称、高风险、缺少抵押品及管理体制落后等原因,中小企业融资难成为一个全球性的问题。我国中小企业融资难问题可以归结到企业自身缺陷和金融机构过高的运营成本上。本文分析了中小企业融资难问题的成因,为中国中小企业摆脱融资困境提供了政策建议。