Do the magnitude and asymmetry of specific asset investments matter in the supplier–buyer relationship?

Abstract

Despite a body of literature on specific asset investments, the extant literature falls short of exploring the magnitude and symmetry of specific asset investments in supplier–buyer relationships. This paper builds on prior research to identify and examine the impact of total and asymmetric specific asset investments on commitment, trust, and conflict in supplier–buyer relationships. Covariance structure analysis is used to analyse survey data. The results show that total SAI are positively related to commitment and trust, while asymmetric SAI are negatively related to trust and positively related to conflict in supplier–buyer relationships. Decision-making uncertainty affects trust, commitment, and conflict more than any other variables. Therefore, firms should work to strengthen their relationships by increasing the magnitude of specific asset investments with the aim of increasing trust and commitment. We also discuss the limitations of this study and suggestions for future research.     

Perceived resource deficiency and internationalization of small- and medium-sized firms

It is documented in the literature that resource deficiency constitutes a barrier to firms’ internationalization. However, small- and medium-sized firms' (SMEs) perceptual barriers to internationalization have received little attention. By highlighting the importance of managerial perceptions in strategic decisions and integrating the resource-based view and the technology acceptance model, this study examines the role of perceived resource deficiency in SMEs’ internationalization. The major finding of this study suggests that perceived resource deficiency in knowledge-based resources constitutes a major perceptual barrier to SMEs’ internationalization. Particularly, perceived resource deficiency in knowledge-based resources has more negative impact on internationalization than does that in other firm-specific resources.     

论企业价值评估中折现率的性质与选择

本文讨论了确定折现率的几种基本方法及其实质、内涵与出发点,指出从不同角度进行价值评估应选用不同方法确定折现率。     

退市制度对创业板上市公司盈余管理行为的影响——基于应计与真实盈余管理的分析

我国的创业板市场于2009年正式开启,为新创高科技企业提供了有效的融资渠道,但由于监管制度的不完善,出现了发行价格偏高、市盈率虚高、超募率较高、风险较大等突出问题。2012年4月20日,深交所发布修订的《创业板上市规则》,完善了创业板的退市制度。本文从应计盈余管理和真实盈余管理两个视角,研究退市制度对创业板上市公司盈余管理行为的影响。结果显示,创业板上市公司有显著的盈余管理行为,但退市制度出台前后期间的盈余管理方式不同:退市制度出台前,公司主要实施应计盈余管理;退市制度出台后,公司的真实盈余管理显著增加,且主要实施销售操控的真实盈余管理方式,应计盈余管理显著减少。本文的研究结果丰富了创业板上市公司盈余管理的研究文献,初步证明了退市制度的有效性,为进一步强化对创业板上市公司的监管提供有效的经验证据。     

Mergers and acquisitions in the US property-liability insurance industry: Productivity and efficiency effects

This paper analyzes the productivity and efficiency effects of mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in the US property-liability insurance industry during the period 1994–2003 using data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Malmquist productivity indices. We seek to determine whether M&As are value-enhancing, value-neutral, or value-reducing. The analysis examines efficiency and productivity change for acquirers, acquisition targets, and non-M&A firms. We also examine the firm characteristics associated with becoming an acquirer or target through probit analysis. The results provide evidence that M&As in property-liability insurance were value-enhancing. Acquiring firms achieved more revenue efficiency gains than non-acquiring firms, and target firms experienced greater cost and allocative efficiency growth than non-targets. Factors other than efficiency enhancement are important factors in property-liability insurer M&As. Financially vulnerable insurers are significantly more likely to become acquisition targets, consistent with corporate control theory, and we also find evidence that M&As are motivated to achieve diversification. However, there is no evidence that scale economies played an important role in the insurance M&A wave.     

我国证券投资基金的积极资产组合管理能力研究

本文以19支开放式基金和23支封闭式基金为研究样本,通过改进PCM模型,设计适用于非有效市场或弱有效市场的指标S,来考察我国证券投资基金在2005年1月1日至2007年6月30日这段研究区间内的积极资产组合管理能力,并对开放式基金和封闭式基金的积极资产组合管理能力进行比较分析。研究发现,开放式基金和封闭式基金均有较强的积极资产组合管理能力;封闭式基金的积极资产组合管理能力整体要高于开放式基金,特别是在上涨和震荡行情中;同时,市场走势的波动也会对基金的积极资产组合管理能力产生一定的影响。     

我国企业债券品种创新研究

金融危机的爆发显示了滥用金融创新所带来的恶果,但这并不意味着应该对金融创新望而却步.目前我国资本市场发展初级阶段的特征表现为创新不足,多层次资本市场的建立需要以企业债券市场为首的更多金融创新支持.本文针对我国企业债券市场的发展现状和特点,提出了针对金融危机各类风险的企业债券品种创新意见.     

基于功能视角的农地金融组织体系构建

我国农业中长期信贷资金投入严重不足,如何解决这一问题成了研究热点.本文试图在前人理论研究和实践探索的基础上,基于功能视角分析农地金融组织体系构建的路径:要根据我国各个区域的外部环境差异.因地制宜地建立能够最好地行使农地金融功能的农地金融组织体系.     

信息攫取与出口信用保险发展:以中国出口信用保险公司为例

出口信用保险是规避收汇风险的有效途径,信息攫取则是发展出口信用保险的手段之一,对出口信用保险发展起到促进作用。当信息攫取、资本、国际贸易对出口信用保险发展的边际贡献率相同时,出口信用保险增长率达到稳态,并以一个稳定的速率增长。将出口信用保险纳入Ramsey模型,从信息攫取角度分析中国出口信用保险业发展,结论表明,无论长期还是短期,信息攫取对出口信用保险发展都存在显著影响。但出口信用保险行业的信息攫取力度仍有待加强。     

The pricing of accruals for profit and loss firms

This paper investigates whether the accrual anomaly reported in prior studies exists across both profit and loss firms. We posit that the extent of accrual mispricing is less severe for loss firms than for profit firms because earnings for loss firms are less value relevant and, therefore, less subject to accrual mispricing. As expected, we find that the accrual overpricing anomaly is restricted to profit-making firms and, thus, is dampened by the inclusion of loss firms in the sample. Furthermore, we report that accrual overpricing for profit firms but not for loss firms is primarily attributable to the overpricing of positive accruals of profit firms compared with those of loss firms. Finally, we find that the phenomenon of accrual overpricing for profit but not for loss firms may persist into the new regulatory environment following the passage of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act of 2002.