中国教育培训上市企业海外融资特征分析

中国教育培训上市企业经历了对海外资本市场的追捧憧憬以及后来的成熟面对.对本文通过对中国教育培训上市企业海外融资的特征分析,了解其海外融资行为的特征以及产生这些特征的原因,并且根据这些特征研究近年出现的行业内企业遭受做空甚至导致停牌退市的原因,期望能够对中国教育培训行业未来的融资活动提供参考和借鉴.     

关于"韩流"的观察与反思

每个时代的年轻人都有自己的流行文化,青少年是制造和追随流行文化的主力军。20世纪90年代末以来,青少年炮制并演绎着一轮新的文化浪潮。随着韩国影视剧、韩国流行音乐、韩国明星大举登陆,韩国文化风行一时,引发了所谓“韩流”现象。针对“韩流”盛行的原因,要引导青少年正确对待“韩流”现象,适时加强青少年精神文化建设。     

Federalism vs. the unitary state: options for English Canada in the event of the separation of Quebec

The two principle institutions of Canada as it is today — bilingualism and federal government — are designed to accommodate French-speaking people and English-speaking people within a single nation. Neither institution would be appropriate for the largely English-speaking country that remains if Quebec secedes. In that event, English Canada should reorganize itself as a unitary state with no constitutionally-sanctioned provinces at all. That would avoid the well-known inefficiencies of federal government, the duplication of bureaucracy, and the needless tax competition among jurisdictions. A nationwide sharing community would develop the common interest and common loyalty that an ethnically-diverse country such as English Canada requires for self-preservation. Without Quebec, there would be no geographically-concentrated languages or cultures which the provinces might conceivably protect.     

Capital Allocation: Evidence,Analytical Methods,and Assessment Guidance

Capital allocation is one of top management's primary responsibilities. Although always important, it is critical today because corporate operating returns on invested capital are at an all‐time high, while recent growth and investment have been modest, and corporate balance sheets in the U.S. have substantial cash. Yet few senior executives are sufficiently well‐versed in finance theory and methods to allocate capital as effectively as possible. Further, incentive programs that focus on meeting earnings per share often encourage behavior that is not in the best interests of long‐term shareholders. In this report, the authors begin with the premise that the goal of corporate capital allocation is to build long‐term value per share; and with that view in mind, they examine the main sources and uses of capital by the largest 1,500 U.S. companies during the last 30 years. More specifically, the authors identify the amounts of capital allocated to each of seven important alternatives, including major uses of capital such as M&Amp;A, capital expenditures, R&D, and distributions of capital to investors such as dividends and stock repurchases. And after reviewing the past allocations of capital to each of these alternatives, the authors summarize the academic research on the effects on corporate values of each of these uses of capital. The authors report that U.S. corporations fund most of their investments internally, and that M&Amp;A and capital expenditures have long been, and continue to be, the largest operating uses of capital, though both capital expenditures and growth in assets have fallen in recent years. At the same time, both corporate cash holdings and distributions to shareholders in the form of dividends and stock buybacks are at record levels. But even with such high payouts, R&D spending as a percentage of revenue by U.S. companies has remained high, and actually increased during the past decade. Finally, the authors provide a framework that can be used either internally or by outsiders to evaluate the capital allocation practices and effectiveness of a management team. This framework asks management to assess its past performance, provide realistic projections of future returns on invested capital, and evaluate their own incentive programs—all while renewing their commitment to the five principles of thoughtful capital allocation: (1) zero‐based capital allocation; (2) funding of strategies, not projects; (3) no capital rationing; (4) zero tolerance for bad growth; and (5) continuous monitoring of the value of all assets and business, and willingness to take action if and when such values are larger outside than inside the firm.     

Managerial actions and stock transactions during financial distress: Some empirical evidence

Should the current managers remain in control of the firm during financial distress? We address this issue by examining whether managers who take value-maximizing actions also refrain from abnormal selling of their own shares in the firm. Our empirical results show that managers in the action firms do not engage in abnormal selling even during periods of frequent earnings losses. These managers exhibit higher net purchases than the nonaction managers. Thus, trading behavior of the managers and the actions taken during poor performance both appear to be consistent with stockholder interests.     

快递配送中心分拣作业优化研究——以A公司为例

以A公司武汉地区的分拣系统作为研究对象,对其分拨中心布局、分拣技术等方面存在的问题展开具体研究,针对处理低重合度品项时的低效问题进行分拣作业的优化,提出了一种多路并行分拣模式,为快递企业提升分拣作业的效率带赉了借鉴作用。     

樱花情结与武士道精神

作为日本国花的樱花,在日本有着不可撼动的地位,日本国民毫无例外的有着强烈的樱花情结。作为日本奉为国民精神的武士道,同样有着千年的历史,其地位也不可小觑。然而阴柔绝美的樱花同悲壮冷酷的武士道却同能为日本国人所膜拜,它们之间有着怎样的联系和渊源呢?本文通过对樱花情结与武士道精神的分析,深层剖析二者之间潜在联系,从其产生的背景以及人们的心理,探讨樱花情结与武士道精神。     

Investment dynamics with common and private values

We study a dynamic investment game with two-dimensional signals, where each firm observes its continuously distributed idiosyncratic cost of investment and a discrete signal correlated with common investment returns. We demonstrate that the one-step property holds and provide an equilibrium existence/characterization result. “Reversals” are possible, where a large number of firms investing in a given round becomes bad news about investment returns. Welfare is compared to static and rigid-timing benchmarks, and computed for large economies.