The relationship between institutional ownership and casino firm performance

This study examined the relationship between institutional ownership and firm performance in the casino industry from 1999–2003. Given the evidence of the endogeneity of institutional ownership in the casino industry, institutional ownership was found to be a significant and positive determinant of casino firm performance as measured by a proxy for Tobin's Q in a simultaneous equations system. This study reveals that investing institutionally in casino firms may help casino industry investors mitigate the agency problem caused by the separation of management from ownership. In addition, financial institutions tend to invest in larger casino firms with lower financial leverage.     

关于外资银行在华业务发展的研究

20世纪90年代以来,随着中国市场经济的高速和纵深发展,国际贸易总额不断扩大,中国成了外资银行业务拓展的重要目标。这些拥有成熟市场营销理念、营销策略、营销手段的外资银行的涌入,给中资银行带来了一定的经营压力,使中国银行业竞争日趋激烈。但由于受资本规模、经营网点、业务品种、客户资源较少,以及金融监管较严格等因素的限制,在业务拓展上遇到较多困难。本文结合外资银行在中国业务发展的特点,就外资银行如何发挥自身优势,充分扬长避短,有效开拓中国业务展开探讨。     

我国城乡居民消费价格指数差异分析

在刚刚过去的一轮通货膨胀中,农村的CPI涨幅持续高于城市。这种现象的存在不仅给农民带来更重的负担,也会阻碍国民经济的全面协调可持续发展。根据一价法则,农村市场价格有向城市市场价格加速收敛的需要,但农村市场自身不完善,政府的财政投入政策和宏观调控政策对农村市场亦较为不利。面对这种局面,要从财政投入、完善和规范农村市场制度以及调整宏观调控政策等方面入手,加以改善。     

Pushing the DEA research envelope

This brief article first investigates key dimensions underlying the progress realized by data envelopment analysis (DEA) methodologies. The resulting perspective is then used to encourage reflection on future paths for the field. Borrowing from the social sciences literature, we distinguish between problematization and gap identification in suggesting strategies to push the DEA research envelope. Emerging evidence of a declining number of influential methodological (theory)-based publications, and a flattening diffusion of applications imply an unfolding maturity of the field. Such findings suggest that focusing on known limitations of DEA, and/or of its applications, while searching for synergistic partnerships with other methodologies, can create new and fertile grounds for research. Possible future directions might thus include ‘DEA in practice’, ‘opening the black-box of production,’ ‘rationalizing inefficiency,’ and ‘the productivity dilemma.’ What we are therefore proposing is a strengthening of the methodology's contribution to fields of endeavor both including, and beyond, those considered in the past.     

A note on “A directional slacks-based measure of technical inefficiency”

In this note we show, by means of several examples, that a directional distance function model cannot be matched with an additive model. Specifically, we show the difference between the directional slacks-based measure and the corresponding directional distance function.     

Cobweb dynamics and price dispersion in illicit drug markets

Extreme price dispersion is a hallmark of illegal drug markets, and this apparent contradiction to the law of one price has long puzzled drug market economists. We propose a novel explanation for this dispersion: the coupling of dealers’ unwillingness to hold inventory with dealers’ imperfect foresight concerning future prices and/or random lead times when “ordering” drugs from higher-level suppliers. Unwillingness to hold inventory means drug markets might operate consistent with a cobweb model. The classic cobweb model was inspired by the observation of cyclic (typically annual) fluctuations in commodity prices. However, with minor changes that make the model more realistic the resulting price trajectories can be highly variable or even chaotic, not just periodic. Cobweb dynamics can also amplify the variability created by supply chain disruptions.     

浅析实施大规模定制(MC)的影响因素

大规模定制是一种新的生产方式,但是在实施过程中它会受到企业内部和外部的一些因素影响,以及所应用的实施策略其自身的限制。面对不同的影响,企业须加强内外的整合,有针对性地解决问题。     

EPS应急电源的应用及维护

EPS应急电源广泛适用于市电中断时各类一级和特别重要负荷的交流应急供电,如各类重要计算机系统的供电;各类建筑的工作供电和消防供电;医院安全供电;交通系统高速公路、隧道、地铁、轻轨、民用机场的供电;电力系统的供电;各类不能断电的生产、实验设备的供电。     

浅谈建设项目工程造价的有效控制

工程造价的控制与管理是一个动态的过程。市场经济的变化多端,使工程投资的确定与控制变得较为复杂,这就需要建设单位对工程造价的管理始终贯穿于项目的全过程,既要全面又要有侧重点。项目实施阶段的工程造价管理是实施建设工程全过程管理的重点。建设单位对工程造价的控制就是在满足项目合理的质量标准的前提下,在投资决策阶段、设计阶段和建设项目实施阶段中把工程项目发生控制在批准的限额内,力求在各个建设项目中合理使用人力、物力、财力,取得较好的投资效益和社会效益。     

基于企业可持续发展的和谐绩效评价体系构建

本文从企业的角度理解可持续发展观,根据理论界对可持续发展的理解提出企业可持续发展是区别于社会可持续发展的内涵更为广泛的理论,其归根到底是要实现资源的优化配置。从落实科学发展观、构建和谐社会的角度对已有的绩效评价体系进行了评价,吸取其中可取的成分,指出不足之处,提出构建基于企业可持续发展的和谐绩效评价体系。