《到十九号房间》主人公的生存困境解读

多丽丝·莱辛以细腻的笔调描述了《到十九号房间》中女主人公苏珊的悲剧故事。苏珊矛盾的性格、角色间的冲突,揭示了她的婚姻历程和生存困境。     

持续督导期内保荐代表人更换与上市公司信息披露

近年来保荐代表人在持续督导期内频频更换,造成市场上对他们能否有效履行职责产生质疑。本研究透过信息披露质量影响因素的视角,分析在持续督导期内保荐代表人更换与信息披露质量之间的关系,同时考虑承销商声誉和公司治理结构对信息披露的影响。实证结果表明,在持续督导期内,保荐代表人的更换将降低上市公司信息披露质量;承销商声誉对于信息披露质量没有显著影响;上市公司所有权与治理结构对信息披露有重要影响:国企信息披露质量优于民营企业,机构投资者参与度的提升和董事会结构的优化有利于披露质量的提高。     

一类相同材料焊接问题的稳定性

文章讨论了相同材料带一个孔洞无限平面焊接问题的稳定性,通过引进两个全纯函数,把焊接问题转化为黎曼边值问题中的跳跃问题,从而得到应力函数的表达式,借助柯西型积分关于积分曲线和核密度的稳定性来研究其稳定性,并给出误差估计。     

区域创新集聚下的企业知识创新系统研究

区域创新集聚是企业获取外部知识的重要途径,因此作为一个系统行为的企业知识创新,如何通过区域创新集聚获取创新要素,构建知识创新系统,实现永续的知识创新至关重要。从系统运行的视角,构建了基于区域创新集聚的企业知识创新系统,提出了系统的构成要素,揭示了要素之间的因果反馈关系,并在此基础上提出了系统优化的对策建议。     

In Good Company: When Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises Acquire Multiplex Knowledge from Key Commercial Partners

This study explores the specific conditions under which key strategic alliances of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) with commercial partners can become multiplex in knowledge exchange. Using survey data from a sample of 150 Spanish SMEs in the information and communication technology (ICT) industry, we find that trust creates an appropriate context for the concurrent acquisition of technological, market, and managerial knowledge. When the SME and its key commercial partner exhibit significant strategic, technological, and market differences, however, the SME's ability to acquire different types of knowledge diminishes considerably, reducing the positive impact of trust on knowledge multiplexity.     

The Level of Sustainability Assurance: The Effects of Brand Reputation and Industry Specialisation of Assurance Providers

This research focuses on examining the relationship between some attributes of assurance providers and the level of sustainability assurance. By using the propensity to issue negative conclusions in the assurance statement as an indicator of the level of assurance, we examine whether the brand name and industry specialisation of the practitioners have an impact on the assurance opinion issued. Using an international sample of 1233 firm-year observations over the period 2007–2014, the findings document the impact of the brand reputation and industry specialisation of assurance providers on the level of assurance. The probability of detecting material errors and omissions in a sustainability report is higher if it is verified by a Big 4 auditing firm and by an industry expert as an assurance practitioner. The greater experience in providing audit services and the relevant skills and training provided by Big 4 firms, as well as the greater knowledge and experience of industry experts, increase the propensity to report more accurate opinions about a sustainability report. The findings are robust for alternative measures for the level of assurance and the industry specialisation.     

Intergenerational occupational dynamics before and during the recent crisis in Spain

The relationship between the socio-economic status of parents and children is referred to by the literature as intergenerational social mobility. Low mobility implies that human capital, skills and talent can be misallocated. As a consequence, the workers’ efforts, their motivation and productivity could be negatively affected, causing adverse effects on economy growth and competitiveness. This paper attempts to study the evolution of intergenerational social mobility before and during the recent economic crisis in Spain. The methodology applied consists in analysing the movements along the occupational scale of children with respect to their parents. This involves associating the National Classification of Occupations with the New International Socio-economic Index of Occupational Status. Statistic and econometric methods are used to assess these occupational transitions and to analyse the covariates’ effects on them. Data used corresponds to the 2005 and 2011 Living Condition Survey (INE 2005, 2011).     

Transformational leadership and absorptive capacity: an analysis of the organisational catalysts for this relationship

Research analysing the antecedents of a firm’s absorptive capacity suggests that transformational leadership (TL) is one of its main determinants. However, the few studies focusing on the relationship between these two variables do not explicitly assess why transformational leaders facilitate knowledge acquisition, sharing and retention inside firms. This paper suggests that the reason is that the former contributes to the creation of an organisational context that favours learning processes. We test our research model on a sample of 467 Spanish industrial firms. Findings provide evidence that TL is positively related to the firm’s absorptive capacity and that this relationship is mediated by some organisational learning facilitators: experimentation, risk-taking, interacting with external environment and dialogue.     

Are false own-account workers less job satisfied than true ones?

This article compares job satisfaction of true and false own-account workers. The latter group refers to own-account workers who are employed with the same tasks by the same employer for whom they previously worked as employees. To create a valid comparable group, the former workers are defined as paid employees who independently started a new business as own-account workers. Using data drawn from the European Community Household Panel for the EU-15 and controlling for possible self-selection issues, we observe that false own-account workers, compared with true ones, have less job satisfaction in terms of type of work, number of working hours, working times, and working conditions and environment. Our results are consistent with existing policies aimed to combat false self-employment developed by many OECD countries.