Gender Diversity in the Boardroom and Risk Management: A Case of R&D Investment

Increasing gender diversity in the boardroom has been promoted as a way to enhance corporate governance and risk management. This study empirically examines whether boards with more female directors play a role in reducing R&D risk. We first show that female directors help to reduce the positive relationship between R&D investment and future performance volatility. We then report that firms with more gender-diverse boards exhibit a lower adverse effect of R&D on the cost of debt. These results are robust to endogeneity analysis, alternative measures of gender diversity and risky investment, and other sensitivity tests. Overall, our results suggest that female directors improve board effectiveness in risk management with respect to R&D investment.     

Factors influencing theme park visitor brand-switching behaviour as based on visitor perception

With the development of theme parks, which represent a multi-million-pound industry worldwide, research investigating the factors affecting theme park visitor brand-switching behaviour is an important method for improving theme park competitiveness. In the present work, models and research hypothesis are constructed based on visitor perception, and the survey data are collected and analysed to assess the hypothesis and to revise the conceptual model in this paper. The results indicate that there are seven factors influencing visitor brand-switching behaviour: ‘visitor variety-seeking', ‘visitor satisfaction', ‘switching cost', ‘perceived value', ‘competitor attraction', ‘theme park image' and ‘visitor involvement'. The perceived value and visitor satisfaction strongly influence brand-switching behaviour as intermediate variables. Visitor variety-seeking and competitor attraction are positively related to visitor brand switching behaviour, whereas the other five factors are negatively related to visitor brand-switching behaviour.     

大数据时代下电子商务平台的探索和研究——以淘宝网为例

随着网络用户的日益增长,互联网记录着大量的用户个人信息和由智能终端产生的图片和信息,这些信息爆炸性的增长,并不断涌入网络海洋,产生海量的数据信息。在电子商务环境中大数据处理将会发展出更多强大和多元的功能。本文以淘宝网为例,分析研究如何合理利用数据,为企业的经营模式做出相应调整,并且在变化中不断进行企业新技术、新方法和新思路的探索。同时指出数据泄露的隐患,并给出相应建议。     

内陆开放型经济试验区引入信用评级机构的相关问题研究

信用评级具有减少信息不对称、实现社会资源优化配置、促进经济良性发展的润滑剂作用,因此,宁夏内陆开放型经济试验区引入信用评级机构十分必要。结合宁夏实际,分析信用评级机构的发展模式,认为内陆开放型经济试验区引入信用评级机构应当采取＂政府推动、市场运作、人行监管＂模式,并且引入后应从提升业务人员水平、完善监管方法、加强业务指导等方面,推动信用评级机构健康发展。     

国外支持农村一二三产业融合发展的政策启示

我国出台的农村一二三产业融合发展支持政策在营造产业融合环境、调动融合主体积极性、激发产业融合路径创新和健全完善利益联结机制等方面发挥了重要作用,但也存在政策针对性不强、覆盖面偏窄、与融合主体政策需求有偏差等问题.而部分农业发达国家在农村一二三产业融合长期实践中业已形成了一些较为成熟的模式和政策支持经验.鉴于此,文章从财政、金融、税收、公共服务等方面对国外支持农村一二三产业融合发展的政策经验进行考察分析,以期为健全完善我国推进农村一二三产业融合发展的支持政策提供有益思考.     

游戏化教学法在高职程序设计课程中的应用探索

为了更好地指引高职计算机专业学生进行计算机课程的学习,利用游戏化教学法,构建了高职院校计算机专业程序设计课程教学的学习模型。通过实践教学,发现该教学方法具有提高学生认知性、学习效果、学习成绩等教学效果。     

关于城市商业超市火灾的预防

随着商业超市规模越来越大,发展速度也越来越快,超市消防安全的问题也日益严重,所以超市消防安全的管理,必须引起消防监督人员的充分注意。     

企业价值评估贴现模型的比较分析

贴现模型是企业价值评估中应用较为普遍的模型,但在我国实践中使用贴现模型存在很多问题。本文利用自由现金流量贴现法、调整现值法、经济利润贴现法三种常用的方法,探讨贴现模型不同参数指标的原理、使用原则、使用条件及在我国实践中的适应性,希望讨论能够为企业价值评估实务提供指导和帮助。     

Multi-product firms,product mix changes and upgrading: Evidence from China's state-owned forest areas

Product selection matters for a firm's productivity and long-run growth. Recent theoretical and empirical studies indicate that an important margin of adjustment to policy reforms is the reallocation of output within firms through changes in product mix decisions. This paper examines the frequency, pervasiveness and determinants of product-switching and upgrading activities in firms located in China's state-owned forest areas during a period of gradual institutional and managerial reforms (2004–2008). We find that changes to the product mix are pervasive and characterized by adding or churning products rather than only shedding products. Moreover, changes in firms’ product mix have made a significant contribution to the aggregate output growth during our sample period. We also find that firms with different characteristics, human capital and market conditions differ in their propensity to diversify and upgrade product mix.     

云南知识密集型服务业的人力资源管理研究——以高校为例

高校作为知识密集型服务业的一个组成部分,师资作为其核心发展动力,师资的建设和管理对于如今知识经济高度发达的社会来说就非常重要,通过完善师资的建设来带动高校的发展。文章主要阐述了知识密集型服务业的人力资源管理的方式和特点,进而论述了知识密集型服务业中的高校的人力资源管理即师资管理的对策,并针对云南省发展的特点和云南省高校的特点展开论证。