Export Expansion Process for Electronics:

This paper explores the changes in Hong Kong electronics manufacturing firms regarding the development of vertical channel integration as export marketing strategy. Analysis of data suggests that Hong Kong electronics manufacturers are increasingly utilizing foreign based channel intermediaries, and establishing internalized export departments and overseas sales offices to handle their export functions. in addition, a few cases of horizontal integration exist in the form of takeovers of Hong Kong manufacturing firms by multinationals from the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom.     

国际市场进入模式选择与企业异质性：一个文献综述

生产率差异是决定企业国际市场进入模式选择的重要因素。本文通过梳理近年来异质性企业贸易与投资文献,阐释了企业如何在贸易、水平型FDI、垂直型FDI和复合型FDI之间进行选择以及选择FDI的企业会采取何种进入方式的问题。现有的异质性企业贸易与投资模型较好地解释了发达国家的经验事实,但在企业异质性的来源、消费者需求结构以及发展中国家的市场扭曲等方面,异质性企业贸易和投资模型仍需进一步深入研究。     

企业价值、盈利性与成长:中国上市公司控制类型的比较研究

本文以我国上市公司为例,对不同控制类型下企业价值、盈利性与成长进行了比较研究,试图发现控制类型对企业所追求的目标是否产生影响。研究结果表明,在不同的控制类型下,企业价值、盈利性与成长存在一定的差异。与国外业主控制型相似的法人控股的企业注重企业价值和成长性,而与经理控制型相似的国有绝对控股企业相对更加重视盈利性,这可能是不同的控制主体持股的目标不同所导致的。     

贸易增长二元边际的演化与检验:一个文献综述

二元边际研究是源于微观经济学的结构性分解方法,将该方法用于国际贸易分析,对贸易流量进行集约边际与扩展边际上的分解,有助于深刻理解贸易变化的内在结构、决定机制、各种影响因素及福利效果,从而可以为现实贸易政策的制定提供依据和指导。文章从理论根源、概念提出与发展、二元边际的决定因素以及二元边际的实证检验四个方面综述代表性文献,指出该领域的研究重点、难点、研究前沿以及不足。     

我国民营企业的蜕变和“二次创业”——基于企业生命周期的视角

从企业的生命周期来看 ,我国大多数民营企业已经渡过了孕育期、求生存期 ,目前正处在高速成长期的初期。然而 ,由于外部环境的突变 ,使我国民营企业还没来得及进入高速成长期之前就有可能提前滑入衰退期。因此 ,民营企业必须进入规模、组织制度、管理制度、实物形态等方面的蜕变 ,实现“二次创业” ,并以此获得再生。     

Regional economic integration and multinational firm strategies

This paper analyzes the effects of regional economic integrations on investment patterns among multinational firms. We develop a model in which heterogeneous firms decide on the optimal foreign direct investment (FDI) strategies for serving trade-integrated regions consisting of asymmetric countries: developed and developing nations. Following reduced trade costs within the trade-integrated region, our model shows that integrating into a regional economic zone affects firms with relatively low productivity levels to enter developing nation within the region via complex FDI – a firm activity of engaging in multiple types of FDI. Specifically, we show that depending on the size of the region respective to the home country, complex FDI involves different investment patterns. Using Korean firm- and plant-level data, we specify a binary choice model to link firms’ choice of FDI strategies with their productivity levels and trade-integrated regions. Our empirical results are consistent with the theoretical implications.     

中国制造业企业利润决定机制研究——基于异质性生产率的视角

基于异质性生产率角度提出决定企业利润的数量模型,使用中国制造业企业样本数据研究企业的利润状况,并且提出衡量企业利润状况的两种利润率,即销售利润率与投资利润率,最后实证检验生产率对企业利润的决定作用.研究结论显示:中国制造业企业的投资利润率具有逐渐提高的趋势,而销售利润率却具有逐渐下降的趋势;企业生产率与其利润规模呈显著的正相关关系,并且具有相同生产率的企业选择进入出口市场会获得更高的利润.     

贸易自由化视角下新新贸易理论的再审视

新新贸易理论是以企业异质性、不完全竞争和规模经济为特征的国际贸易理论。文章首先从三个方面梳理以往贸易理论对现实的解释力,之后将贸易自由化对新新贸易理论影响的相关文献进行整理发现:通过跨企业的再分配效应,贸易自由化在提高总生产率方面发挥了重要作用,在新新贸易理论的发展中占有重要位置,最后提出新新贸易理论未来可能的发展方向。     

Multinational activity of European firms and heterogeneity

This paper offers an empirical assessment of the multinational activity of European firms. It takes the predictions of models of firm heterogeneity and FDI activity as a reference to explore the characteristics of multinational firms from 30 European countries. We use a data set, based on ORBIS, which links information of parent–affiliate pairs of firms. Our results show that more productive firms have greater multinational activity in terms of both scope, the number of foreign markets where they invest, and scale, the volume of local sales by subsidiaries active in foreign markets. The estimation of gravity equations shows that country characteristics that encourage multinational activity successively induce the entry of less productive parent firms. We confirm this asymmetry for the GDPs of the home and host countries, distance, contiguity and other standard gravity equation variables.     

A method for calculating export supply and import demand elasticities

This article has a dual aim. First, it sets out to underline a learning-by-exporting effect in Spanish firms between 1991 and 2002. It further seeks to outline the conditions allowing firms to benefit from these spillover effects. Using a propensity score matching method, a group of firms having entered the export market (treatment group) is compared with a similar group of non-exporting firms (control group), and difference-in-differences regressions are carried out. The results show a cumulative productivity differential of 32% for the first four years of exporting, with continuous improvement in productivity. After three years of exporting, productivity gain is still approximately 10%. This study shows that increases in capacity utilisation and competitive pressure from foreign markets are insufficient to explain this causal link between exporting and total factor productivity (TFP). It is thus possible to deduce the presence of a learning-by-exporting effect, benefiting firms with sufficiently qualified employees and which are already engaged in international relations (due to foreign suppliers and/or foreign equity participation).     

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.     

基于企业异质性的出口自选择行为研究综述

近年来,国际贸易理论的研究经历了一个革命性的变化,学者们开始运用企业层面的微观数据分析出口行为和生产力之间的关系,并提出了出口的自选择假说和学习效应假说。文章对这一领域截至目前的理论和实证文献进行梳理和总结,并展望未来的研究前景。