Controller changes and auditor changes

Using listed companies in China’s A-share market from 1997 to 2009, this paper investigates the relationship between controller changes (including changes in controlling shareholders, directors and CEOs) and auditor changes. The empirical evidence indicates that controller changes are positively related to auditor changes and that auditor changes are more likely if there are extensive controller changes. For companies in which both the controlling shareholder and the auditor change, if the successor controlling shareholder is controlled by an other-province government, the auditor is more likely to be replaced and the successor auditor is more likely to be a smaller auditor from the same province as the new controlling shareholder.     

Political connections and privatization: Evidence from China

We examine how the political connections of acquirers influence the process and outcomes of privatization in China. We find that politically connected acquirers receive preferential treatment and acquire higher quality firms during full privatization, and document evidence of post-privatization tunneling from target firms to acquirers. We show that the excessive tunneling by politically connected acquirers is associated with lower performance after privatization. Overall, our results suggest that individuals are likely to abuse their political connections to exploit the opportunities arising from privatization. We recommend that policymakers constrain the influence of political connections in the privatization process.     

Human capital and economic growth in an overlapping generations model

The paper describes an aggregative optimal growth model, the essential features of which are that individuals are mortal and obtain their labor skill through educational training. The process of human capital formation is described by an education function which relates the pass rate to the educational expenditure per student. Two alternative scenarios, private and public education regimes, are separately investigated. Under the decentralized education regime, risk-neutral individuals borrow to finance their education when young. Under the centralized education regime, the cost of education is financed by taxes imposed on the workers in the economy, and the central government maximizes a long-term social target function. The equilibria of both regimes are analyzed and various comparative static results derived. It is shown that educational investment in a decentralized equilibrium is higher than that in the centralized steady state. We also establish that there exists a time discount rate at which or above which the decentralized per capita consumption exceeds that of the centralized steady state whereas for time rates of discount sufficiently near the population growth rate, the above result will be reversed.     

知识经济与中国营销模式创新

21世纪是知识经济的时代，它将逐步替代工业经济成为国际经济中占主导地位的经济，知识经济作为一种创新型经济，强调营销模式创新应成为经济增长的主要动机。在知识经济条件下，企业的竞争力大小取决于其创新力的强弱。营销模式创新是其核心要素之一，企业只有大力开展营销模式创新，才能更好地迎接知识经济的挑战。     

Love my selfie: selfies in managing impressions on social networks

This study aims to provide insights on personal branding and impression management practices in the context of selfie production and sharing on online social networking sites (oSNSs). The theoretical framework of the study was constructed according to Goffman’s ‘Dramaturgy Theory’ and Belk’s ‘Digital Extended Self’ theory. Four constructs; de-materialization of photography, co-construction of the self, sharing economy of digital media and online social networks, and distributed memory were included in the study. The results of the literature review were further explained according to the production and consumption of selfies. This study provides detailed information about how selfies can be used as a mediator for purposes of self-extension and personal branding. Even though selfies are seen as an everyday activity and a raw presentation of the subject, they also include extra contextual information about the subject. The results of the study exert that selfies shared online can be used as a tool for impression management in oSNSs.     

国有企业相关国际规则的新发展及中国对策

随着近年来中国国有企业的国际竞争力快速增长,国际化水平显著提高,针对中国国有企业的国际争议也日益凸显。现行与国有企业相关的国际规则并未限制中国国有企业的国际化进程,但是也未能在制度上提供有力保障。而近年来发达国家所主导的国际规则谈判正在更加关注国有企业议题,并将对未来中国国有企业的国际化造成深远影响。中国应当加紧相关国际规则的研究,并积极寻求参与谈判的路径,既为中国国有企业国际化创造更为公平的制度环境,同时以此推动国有企业进一步的深化改革。     

农产品出口信贷及新框架协议下的影响与对策

W TO框架内,出口信贷、出口信贷担保及出口信用保险对国民经济与国际贸易,尤其是农产品国际贸易具有重要的意义和作用。2004年8月“多哈谈判”达成的框架协议也对此产生了深远影响。作为W TO新成员,我国对此领域的研究与实践还是空白,本文在回顾出口信贷、出口信贷担保与保险规则发展历程基础上,着力探讨W TO各主要成员国的立场与做法及面对新框架协议的应对措施。     

城市水资源可持续消费对策研究

中外实践已经证明,城市的兴衰与城市的水资源密切相关.目前,水资源的污染与短缺已成为制约我国城市经济可持续发展的重要因素,因此,研究我国城市水资源可持续消费问题已显得越来越重要.为此,本文从水需求管理、水供给管理和水资源管理体制改革等三个方面探讨了城市水资源可持续消费的问题.     

Innovation and the Operational Performance of Newly Established Small and Medium Enterprises in Taiwan

New Enterprises have been sprouted out prosperously in Taiwan. According to business income tax data, 143 thousand new enterprises were established between 1996–1998, which accounts for about 25% of total number of enterprises, and 98.68% of these new enterprises are SMEs.In this research, a randomly sampled 1,047 new enterprises which established after 1996 were surveyed through telephone. The survey discovered that three-quarters of these new enterprises adopted at least one out of nine types of innovative activities which were listed in the questionnaire.The logistic regression results of this study show that three main areas of innovation which were grouped from the nine activities by principal component analysis all had a positive relationship with operational performance of new enterprises. Innovative action had the biggest impact on sales growth, whilst the cultivation of an innovative atmosphere and the ability to innovate within the organization had the biggest impact on profits. In short, entrepreneurs in Taiwan are actively innovating, and this innovation is reflected in the performance of their enterprises.