How do cross-country differences in institutional trust and trust in family explain the mixed performance effects of family management? A meta-analysis

Cross-country research finds mixed performance effects of family involvement in management (FIM) but consistently positive performance effects of family involvement in ownership (FIO). We argue that cross-country differences in institutional trust and trust in family can help explain this discrepancy. We reason that trust in family normalizes family managers’ use of firm resources to satisfy family needs. In contrast, institutional trust orientates family managers’ attention toward improving firm performance. A meta-analysis supports our theory: greater trust in family increases and greater institutional trust reduces the gap between FIM and FIO's performance effects across countries.     

非物质文化遗产保护研究——黄龙溪“火龙灯舞”保护现状及发展对策

火龙灯舞是黄龙溪古镇最驰名、最具民间韵味的传统文化体育项目,也是黄龙溪古镇最重要的非物质文化遗产。从文化塑造、技术凝练、经济支撑和管理运作等方面来看,其保护还面临着舞龙技术动作发展滞后、龙文化开发肤浅、管理运作混乱等问题。因此应从深层次发掘火龙灯舞的民间文化价值,让火龙灯舞民间体育活动进学校,提高火龙灯舞技术动作的竞技性,并注重火龙灯舞的文化交流与宣传,以继承、保护和发展好火龙灯舞这一非物质文化遗产。     

Factors affecting family firms’ communication behaviour: a cross-cultural study

This study explores heterogeneity in family firms’ communication behaviour across cultures. The authors propose that variations in the background of family firms, including culture, industry, public or private status, and age, influence their propensity to reference their family identity on their corporate web communications. Websites have become an increasingly important medium of marketing communications in today’s interconnected world. Yet, limited research has been done to understand firms’ web communication behaviour. Based on a study of 432 family firms from 41 countries across the world, this research empirically demonstrates that family firms which are from collectivist cultures and publicly traded are significantly less likely to reference their family identity in online marketing communications compared to their counterparts. In addition, the research shows that there is an inverted-U curvilinear relationship between a family firm’s age and the likelihood of referencing their family background. Contributions and implications of the research and findings are discussed.     

我国家族企业内部治理结构存在的问题及对策

以现代企业制度为基础,对家族企业内部治理结构存在的问题进行研究发现,我国家族企业普遍存在产权模糊、企业内部缺少完善的激励约束机制等问题,要保证我国家族企业的持续发展,就要在家族企业中建立现代企业制度,通过理顺我国家族企业的产权关系;完善职业经理人约束机制;解决传承问题来完善企业治理结构。     

流动儿童的保健状况及其影响因素——以厦门市开元区流动人口为例

利用"厦门市开元区流动儿童健康与教育状况调研课题"的抽查结果,从流动母亲的孕产期保健、分娩方式以及流动儿童出生时的体重、4个月内的喂养、系统保健、预防接种和目前的健康水平等资料详细描述了流动儿童的卫生保健状况.通过一系列标准化的卫生保健指标的计算与比较,估计了流动儿童与常住儿童在卫生保健方面存在的差距.并借助1ogistic多元回归模型,分析差距产生的主要原因.分析结果表明,流动人口的妇幼保健综合水平明显低于常住人口,其主要原因是流入地对流动人口的妇幼保健知识宣传还不很到位.     

Hospital Marketing and Communications Via Social Media

Social media usage by health care organizations has increased dramatically. Findings from this research show that 95% of the top ranked hospitals use social media. The purpose of this study is to examine whether social media usage varies according to size of hospital and types of services provided. Since social media platforms appeal to different groups of people, this prompts the question of whether certain platforms are more appealing to people who partake in different health services. Findings reveal differences in social media usage depending on the services provided by a hospital.     

Practicing fairness in the family business workplace

One of the main challenges facing family firms is achieving fairness between family and non-family employees in the workplace. Family and non-family employees have the potential to offer unique and distinct contributions to the firm, which makes the achievement of fairness between them messy and complicated. Hence, two interesting questions are worth exploring: Given the complex nature of the family business human capital, how can family firms achieve fairness between family and non-family employees? Why should family business decision makers and advisors promote fair practices in the family business workplace? We first introduce a fair process model as a possible solution for family businesses to achieve fairness between family and non-family employees. Then, based on several examples and studies, we show that family business owners can benefit significantly from promoting fairness in the workplace both in terms of preserving business reputation and in terms of achieving long-term family business survival and success.     

高州医改模式“高”在何处——去行政化与高州模式的可复制性

去行政化的原则,已经为教育体制改革,尤其是各级公立学校特别是高等院校的改革,指明了方向。"高州模式"的经验告诉我们,推进去行政化,给公立医院更多的自主权,就能还患者更多的满意。坚持去行政化的原则,公立医院的改革就能大踏步前进;阻碍去行政化的实现,公立医院改革必然会举步维艰。     

中国人口健康基本保障方案的评价——农村初级卫生保健的经验和教训

初级卫生保健是评价国家人口健康基本保障最重要的内容之一。建国以来我国初级卫生保健取得了卓越的成绩。伴随着人口转变过程 ,建立在原有计划经济体制下的初级卫生保健系统发生了较大的变化。以农村初级卫生保健为重点 ,探讨中国人口健康基本保障方案在提高中国人口健康水平中的作用和变化 ,反思和总结我国初级卫生保健实施过程中的经验和教训 ,为改善我国卫生保健体制提供更广阔的视角。     

Internationalization and entrepreneurial orientation of family SMEs: The influence of the family character

Internationalization is an important entrepreneurial strategy for promoting the long-term growth and survivability of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Family involvement in top management teams (TMTs) can explain the heterogeneous behaviors of these firms’ international entrepreneurship process. This paper analyzes the moderating effects of the family’s influence on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and internationalization with two TMT diversities found only in family firms: the family TMT ratio and generational involvement. An analysis of 191 Spanish family SMEs indicated that entrepreneurial orientation plays a significant role in explaining the degree of internationalization in family firms and that a diversely formed TMT shapes this relationship. A high concentration of family members in managerial positions hinders the international entrepreneurship process. This fact highlights the importance of hiring non-family managers to promote internationalization. The results also reveal that involving multiple generations in decision-making hampers entrepreneurial internationalization, generating control and coordination problems.     

日本式经营体系的和谐观

日本型经营体系中充满了员工与员工的和谐,员工与管理者的和谐,管理者与组织的和谐,组织与社会的和谐;日本型经营形成了充分发挥子系统和系统成员的能动性、创造性的条件、环境和氛围;系统中各子系统的活动相互协调,系统最终达到整体和谐。“和谐”是日本企业和管理者的管理哲学,和谐思想已渗透到日本企业的各个层面,可以说和谐是日本型经营体系的主体和精髓。     

Effects of family ownership and management on small business equity financing

Equity financing is important in financing growth but its special features in small business have not been well addressed in the finance or entrepreneurship literature. Since many small firms have family involvement and research shows that family firms have both advantages and disadvantages in managing agency costs, how family involvement and agency issues interact to affect equity financing in small business is an important topic of research. This study examines the effects of family ownership and management on two dimensions of small business equity financing, the use of equity financing and the use of public equity financing within the agency theory of financing. The results show that family involvement and agency issues interactively and separately influence equity financing in small business.     

Health Care Entrepreneurship in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: An Exploratory Study

In this empirical study, the authors explore entrepreneurship in the health care business in the Eastern Kasai Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) using cross-cultural literature and the resource-based view to ground its analyses. The data were collected using a questionnaire targeted toward the health care entrepreneurs in Mbuji Mayi, the capital city of the Eastern Kasai Province in July 2010, which yielded 68 responses. The results indicated that the entrepreneurs were predominantly middle-aged Congolese men with backgrounds in the health services field who had raised their startup capital mostly from personal savings or friends and family. Their businesses, which were mostly in the form of sole proprietorships, were likely to be located in areas underserved by public medical facilities and usually provided both curative and preventative medical services.