Expatriates of host-country origin: ‘coming home to test the waters’

Expatriates are an integral part of any multinational company's (MNC) staffing strategy. However, the high failure rate of expatriates has forced these firms to look at alternate or complementary staffing strategies. This paper focuses on one such strategy, i.e., transferring people of host-country ethnic origin from parent-country to manage host-country operations. The purpose of this exploratory study is to ascertain whether and how MNCs have used expatriates of host-country origin (EHCO) as a global staffing strategy, in the context of India, and the extent of its success both for the individuals and the organizations concerned.

Based on a survey and in-depth interviews of human resource managers of 15 MNCs with operations in India, the study concludes that EHCOs are more willing to accept expatriate assignments than parent-country nationals (PCNs); however, their success on the assignment depends on the breadth and depth of their experience both in the parent and host country. With regard to their work effectiveness vis-à-vis PCNs, no significant difference was found. Managerial implications of this staffing strategy are explored and future research directions identified.     

高层管理团队特征与企业国际化绩效关系的实证研究——以我国服务业上市公司为例

本文主要从高管团队特征的均值和异质性两个方面进行分析,构建了多元回归方程,通过实证研究检验了高管团队的年龄、任期、国际经历、教育水平、团队规模、政府背景等特征对企业国际化绩效的影响。基于研究结论,从高管团队建设的角度上提出了相关的对策建议。     

高管团队内部薪酬差距与企业绩效——以我国房地产行业为例

竞赛理论和行为理论关于薪酬差距对组织绩效影响关系的认识有很大差别,形成了争锋相对的观点。基于这两种理论,利用我国沪深两市房地产行业153家上市公司近3年的年报数据对两者的关系进行了实证分析。研究发现高管团队内部薪酬差距对于企业绩效有正向影响,符合竞赛理论的预期,这也为企业高管团队内部薪酬的制度设计带来政策启示。     

高管变更、政治关联与被并购企业绩效——基于美的集团三次并购的研究

本文以美的集团的三次并购为研究样本,通过访谈、收集二手资料等多种方式收集资料,运用内容分析和数据编码等多种方法进行案例分析,并使用三角验证和多种数据来源和证据链等方法保证研究的效度和信度,构建了包括高管变更频度、高管变更范围、新CEO的专业背景相似度、政治关联、并购相关性和并购区域特征等因素在内的影响被并购企业整合绩效的理论模型,并提出了相关研究命题。     

高管团队异质性、商业模式创新与企业绩效

关于高管团队异质性与商业模式创新关系的研究相对较少,研究结论也并不一致。在讨论商业模式创新与企业绩效的关系时,现有研究也较少采用实证方法测量商业模式创新的不同维度对企业绩效的具体影响。本研究通过编制并发放相关问卷,对291份调查问卷进行有效分析,得出如下结论：（1）高管团队异质性与商业模式创新呈U型关系,即当高管团队的异质性处于较高或较低的水平时,商业模式的创新程度较高;（2）商业模式创新的程度与企业绩效呈显著的正相关关系;（3）商业模式创新的不同维度在提升企业绩效时所发挥的作用是不同的,价值创造维度的作用最为显著。     

跨国公司物流外包研究现状分析

跨国公司实施物流外包已成为其主要物流运作模式。文章从跨国公司使用物流外包的状况、跨国公司物流外包决策的影响因素、跨国公司对物流服务商的选择以及物流外包对跨国公司绩效的影响等四方面对相关文献进行梳理、归纳和总结。     

高管认知、高管任期与战略变革的关系综述

随着全球化的出现,企业面临复杂多变的外部环境,高层管理团队成员的认知以及任期影响到企业的生存发展问题,本文对高管认知、高管任期与战略变革关系进行综述,并指出了未来的研究方向。     

高管团队背景特征与投资效率——基于高管激励的调节效应研究

以高管激励为主要切入点,通过研究2010—2014年A股上市公司数据,在分析我国企业高管团队背景特征对投资效率影响的基础上,结合高阶理论、委托代理理论和激励理论,探讨高管激励对高管背景特征与投资效率关系的调节效应。研究结果表明：（1）高管团队的平均年龄和平均任期与投资效率呈正相关关系;（2）高管薪酬激励对高管年龄和投资效率的关系以及高管学历水平和投资效率的关系均具有正向调节效应;（3）高管晋升激励对高管年龄和投资效率、高管学历水平和投资效率以及高管任期和投资效率这三种关系具有正向调节效应,但对高管性别与投资效率的关系具有反向调节效应。此外,具体划分投资不足组和过度投资组,国企组和民营企业组,并做了进一步检验,对不同企业如何通过适当的激励制度提升投资效率提供了更有针对性的实践思路。     

When much is not better? Top management compensation,board structure,and performance in Spanish firms

Previous empirical results reveal several contradictions when relating top management compensation, board structure and levels of performance. While fewer directors and more external directors are associated with better supervision, there is no agreement on the effect on top management compensation level. This lack of consensus is even more noticeable when analyzing the effect performance. This paper offers a theoretical framework and a panel data methodology based empirical study to account for how earlier analyses have differed. Given the large board dimension in the Spanish market, information processing perspectives are confirmed which positively link board size with higher top management compensation. Similarly, a higher proportion of external directors reduces top management compensation levels since it improves supervision and reduces insiders' power. Finally, a quadratic relation is obtained between performance and top management compensation. This relation explains a positive effect, supported by agency theory on performance at low levels of management compensation, and a negative effect which is consequence of higher managers' discretion at high levels.     

Human factors in the transfer of the ‘Japanese best practice’ manufacturing system to Singapore

A detailed examination of the practices reported by managers in thirty-one affiliates of Japanese companies engaged in manufacturing in Singapore revealed a high degree of conformity with the Japanese best practice (also known as ‘lean production’) model in the way work is organized and in the shop-floor level manufacturing practices, but greater conformity to host country norms in the HRM practices applied to the local work-force. This is consistent with the patterns reported in the existing literature regarding Japanese transplants in other countries, including the US and the UK. Strong statistical relationships were found in the Singapore study among the work organization cluster, the manufacturing practices cluster, and the performance outcomes. No significant relationships were found between the HRM cluster and any of the ‘downstream’ variables (work organization, manufacturing practices or performance outcomes), but relatively heavy reliance on expatriates was found to be highly related to work organization, manufacturing practices and performance outcomes. These findings suggest that heavy reliance on expatriates may function as an alternative to Japanese-style HRM practices in situations where it would be unduly difficult or costly to extend the whole package of Japanese-style HRM practices to the local work-force.     

地铁运营筹备阶段仓储管理工作的问题及思考

文中主要讨论西安地铁运营筹备阶段仓储管理存在的问题,并从五个方面分别进行了阐述。为了有效解决问题,共从十四个方面提出整改措施。