The dynamic annihilation of a rational competitive fringe by a low-cost dominant firm

A low-cost dominant firm will drive all competitive fringe firms out of the market if all firms have rational expectations; however, the dominant firm will not predate (price below marginal cost). Since a dominant firm will not drive out fringe firms if they have myopic expectations, it may be in the dominant firm's best interests to inform the fringe. The effects of governmental intervention on the optimal path and welfare are presented.     

Information technology and firm performance: the role of supply chain integration

This study analyzes the correlation among integrative information technology (IT), supply chain integration (SCI), and firm performance. The results show that integrative IT is positively associated with firm performance through SCI. However, the results of this study show that integrative IT does not have a positive correlation directly with firm performance. It is considered that in the relationship between integrative IT and firm performance, a new approach such as business process-oriented view arguing that performance is yielded through the primary influence of IT is necessary rather than a traditional view that sets up their direct correlations. The findings have the following implications. First, this study presents an endeavor to investigate the consequences of integrative supply chain strategy. Second, this study provides implications in decision making so that supply chain managers can use IT in an effective way.     

Robust firm pricing with panel data

Firms often have imperfect information about demand for their products. We develop an integrated econometric and theoretical framework to model firm demand assessment and subsequent pricing decisions with limited information. We introduce a panel data discrete choice model whose realistic assumptions about consumer behavior deliver partially identified preferences and thus generate ambiguity in the firm pricing problem. We use the minimax-regret criterion as a decision-making rule for firms facing this ambiguity. We illustrate the framework’s benefits relative to the most common discrete choice analysis approach through simulations and empirical examples with field data.     

工程公司的造价管理

工程业的快速发展,为工程公司带来发展机遇的同时,也使其面临极大的风险与挑战。文章分析了国际性工程公司的发展现状,并对公司适应国际化的造价管理体系的建设提出了初步的探讨和见解。     

陷入财务困境企业的价值评估

陷入财务困境的企业价值的评估具有一定的特殊性,本文针对企业不同的经营状况,分别介绍了暂时处于财务困境的公司和陷于财务困境无力自拔的公司所分别适用的不同的价值评估的方法。     

陷入财务困境企业的价值评估

陷入财务困境的企业价值的评估具有一定的特殊性,本文针对企业不同的经营状况,分别介绍了暂时处于财务困境的公司和陷于财务困境无力自拔的公司所分别适用的不同的价值评估的方法.     

大福:坚定信心深耕中国市场

尽管受到2009年全球性经济危机的影响,日本大福一年一度的中国物流媒体代表团赴日参观访问活动仍如期举行.通过对日新馆、滋贺事业所、利根可口可乐公司茨城自动化仓库、FANCL关东物流中心的实地参观,记者充分领略到日本大福(集团)公司的强大技术实力和先进实践经验.     

The cost of capital in the international firm

This paper argues that the international firm should use the firm's global weighted average cost of capital to evaluate investment decisions, domestic and international, and to judge the performance of affiliates at home and abroad. The paper discusses the adjustment necessary to quantitate exchange risk and to account for financing that is subsidized or tied to particular investments. Foreign subsidiaries, it is argued, do not have an independent capital structure because their liabilities are explicitly or implicitly the obligation of the parent firm.     

The return to firm investments in human capital

In this paper we estimate the rate of return to firm investments in human capital in the form of formal job training. We use a panel of large firms with detailed information on the duration of training, the direct costs of training, and several firm characteristics. Our estimates of the return to training are substantial (8.6%) for those providing training. Results suggest that formal job training is a good investment for these firms possibly yielding comparable returns to either investments in physical capital or investments in schooling.     

Decision making in the multiproduct firm: Adaptability and firm organization

This study presents an explicit model of the choice process by which decision makers within a multiproduct firm would optimally allocate their firm-specific inputs. The first-order conditions of the model indicate the kind of information required for efficient transfer of these inputs. Transfer within the firm can be more efficiently accomplished than contracting over markets. Consequently, one may demonstrate the superior efficiency of the multiproduct firm over a comparable group of single-product firms independent of any production externalities. Further, this superior efficiency results only if the central administration of the firm controls the exchange of these inputs.     

Improving productivity and firm performance with enterprise resource planning

Productivity is generally considered to be the efficient utilisation of organisational resources and is measured in terms of the efficiency of a worker, company or nation. Focusing on efficiency alone, however, can be harmful to the organisation's long-term success and competitiveness. The full benefits of productivity improvement measures are realised when productivity is examined from two perspectives: operational efficiency (output/input) of an individual worker or a business unit as well as performance (effectiveness) with regard to end user or customer satisfaction. Over the years, corporations have adopted new technology to integrate business activities in order to achieve both effectiveness and efficiency in their operations. In recent years, many firms have invested in enterprise resource planning (ERP) in order to integrate all business activities into a uniform system. The implementation of ERP enables the firm to reduce the transaction costs of the business and improve its productivity, customer satisfaction and profitability.     

人本工程在保险经纪公司中的应用

随着社会的不断发展,人们的思想观念也在不断地转变。文章从保险经纪公司企业管理说起,针对现有企业面临的突出问题——人才和知识管理问题,进行分析,找到今后企业在员工管理上的出路,以及坚持"以人为本"的核心精神,从而使得员工为企业带来更高的经济效益。     

The national innovation policy effect according to firm location

The regional nature of innovation and innovation policy was investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether the specific economic and institutional conditions of a region had an influence on the results of a national policy intended to support entrepreneurial innovation. The analysis compared the effect of the national R&D subsidies on the innovation effort of firms located in central regions, which concentrate an important percentage of the national innovation activity, together with those firms located in periphery regions. Significant regional differences were detected with regard to the national R&D subsidies’ effect and distribution. The central regions manifested a higher subsidy effect compared to the periphery regions. The results of this study have allowed us to conclude that the region plays an important differentiating role in connection with the final result of the innovation policy aimed at the entire national territory. Therefore, this study recommends including the geographical location of the firm in future evaluations.     

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The impact of the WARN Act on firm value

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act of 1989 mandated that at least 60 days advance notice be given to employees. Critics argued that its passage would decrease managerial flexibility in closing plants, subsequently reducing firm values. This study addresses this issue by examining the stock market's reaction to announcements leading to the eventual enactment of the WARN legislation. We find evidence indicating negative effects of the legislation on stock returns of small firms.     

The firm under uncertainty: real and financial decisions

This paper examines the interplay between the real and financial decisions of the competitive firm under output price uncertainty. The firm faces additional sources of uncertainty that are aggregated into a background risk. We show that the firm always chooses its optimal debt–equity ratio to minimize the weighted average cost of capital, irrespective of the risk attitude of the firm and the incidence of the underlying uncertainty. We further show that the firm’s optimal input mix depends on its optimal debt–equity ratio, thereby rendering the interdependence of the real and financial decisions of the firm. When the background risk is either additive or multiplicative, we provide reasonable restrictions on the firm’s preferences so as to ensure that the firm’s optimal output is adversely affected upon the introduction of the background risk.     

The restricted convex risk measures in actuarial solvency

In this article, we propose a class of convex risk measures defined on appropriate wedges of a space of financial positions which denote the cumulative surplus variables created by undertaking risks by either an insurance or a reinsurance company. The form of the wedge which is the domain of such a risk measure expresses the form of the company, and it is a subspace in the case of reinsurance companies and a cone in the case of the insurance companies. The value of such a risk measure on an insurance position denotes the capital that the corresponding company has to receive or to keep in advance so that it will not be exposed to risk due to this position. We prove some dual representation and continuity results being similar to the unrestricted case. Finally, we contribute to a decision theory related to the choice of a numeraire asset when the space in which the positions lie in is reflexive.     

互联网时代的商业价值观与企业平台化建设

互联网背景下的社会价值观对传统组织管理产生了强烈冲击,信息技术革命为管理创新提供了空间与动力.通过梳理归纳互联网时代商业领域的基本价值观,分析用户需求导向、个体价值实现、市场资源配置与利益共享等互联网价值链的基本逻辑,提出企业的持续创新需要用平台化的组织结构去反映市场,而企业平台化建设还应该从激活个体价值出发来设计和推动组织结构变革,以创建高效能的组织与人的共生关系和价值创造生态圈.