Immediate trends in Internet reporting

The Internet is increasingly used by companies to disseminate financial information. However, the extent to which the use of this new medium will change corporate reporting practice has received surprisingly little debate in the published literature. To widen the participation in the debate, this paper posits that the future of Internet-based financial reporting is contingent on technological and non-technological factors. This proposition is evaluated using the opinions of the immediate trends in online reporting obtained from seventeen UK experts in accounting and/or the Internet who responded to an open-ended questionnaire. These experts were drawn from academics, auditors, regulators, reporting companies and users of corporate reports. While the experts concur on some issues, they provide a range of different views in other areas. Some views are technology-driven, whereas others pay more attention to non-technological factors such as resistance to technological change, users' reluctance to read financial reports and the slow reaction of regulators. Some experts foresee minimum changes in financial reporting over the short term, while others adopt a more progressive or even radical perspective. This paper has synthesized these views into nine major categories which provide information on the role of the Internet in financial reporting. The results have important implications for all parties involved in financial reporting and also indicate avenues for further research.     

How does growth need strength influence employee outcomes? The roles of hope,leadership, and cultural value

Abstract

Strong growth need is essential if an employee is to be motivated to complete complex and challenging jobs. It is important for organizations to attract employees with high growth need strength and help them achieve positive outcomes. However, limited research has been conducted to examine the mechanism underlying growth need strength’s positive effect on employee outcomes. Based on hope theory, we hypothesized that hope mediates the effect of growth need strength on job performance and affective commitment by transforming employees’ general desire for personal growth into goal-related cognitive thinking, comprising both ‘will’ and ‘ways’. We further hypothesized the moderating effect of transformational leadership, and the joint moderating effect of transformational leadership and individual power distance on the relationship between growth need strength and hope. We tested our hypotheses with data from a sample of 265 subordinate–supervisor dyads from China. Data analysis results supported the mediating role of hope. We found that growth need strength has a stronger effect on hope when transformational leadership is higher, and this effect is the strongest when both transformational leadership and individual power distance are simultaneously higher. The implications of these findings for human resource management research and practice are discussed.     

在新的历史起点上推进我国经济发展

改革开放以来，我国经济迅速发展。我国GDP总量，从1978年的3624亿元，增到2005年182321亿元，已经超过英、法居世界第四位。人均GDP从1980年的200美元增到2005年的1700美元。进口贸易从1978年207亿美元增到2005年的4220亿美元。外汇储蓄从1．67亿美元增到8189亿美元。今年一季度达8700亿美元，居世界第一位。我国经济发展已取得巨大成就，当前我们要在新的历史起点上调整发展思路，提高发展质量，协调地区经济；转变增长方式，继续推进经济发展。     

我国城市居民绿色生活的法律困境——以上海居民的低碳出行状况为例

近期,＂绿族＂一词成为网络的流行语,其中＂绿族＂是对热爱环保、倡导绿色健康生活方式的人士的简称。这里,＂绿色＂首先是一种生活方式,一种体贴自然、善用自然的生活方式,是由关心环境和自然的态度造就的一种生活方式,     

中国转轨时期的市场机制与投资者保护

对市场机制的各个环节在中国股票市场发展过程中的作用的考察发现,市场机制所发挥的投资者保护作用是非常有限的.因此,应该通过内部治理机制和外部治理机制的完善,尤其是促进媒体作用的发挥来提高我国市场机制的投资者保护功能.     

风险投资、高管薪酬及董事会特征——公司治理视角

本文采用2005-2013年上市公司作为样本,研究了风险投资机构对上市公司高管薪酬与董事会特征的作用机制。结果发现:风险投资参与不仅可以显著降低高管薪酬,而且可以显著提升高管持股比例。同时,具有高持股比例、高声誉、联合投资的风险投资机构可以降低公司高管薪酬,并对高管持股比例的提升具有显著的正向效应。不同特征的风险投资机构参与对董事会特征均有不同方向的显著影响。     

制度变迁对中国汽车工业增长贡献的实证分析

中国汽车工业增长是粗放型的，技术的贡献极低，而制度变迁贡献的潜力非常大。为此，一方面，要加快汽车工业的技术创新进程；另一方面，要深化汽车工业领域的市场化的制度变迁进程，以推动汽车工业走上高效、集约武增长之路。     

中国电子商务发展现状及应对战略研究

二十一世纪是信息化的时代,第三产业在各国的比重不断上升,特别是服务业,信息服务业成为21世纪的主导产业,这导致了电子商务的产生和发展,在全球信息化大势所趋的影响下,各国的电子商务不断的改进和完善,电子商务成为各个国家和各大公司争夺的焦点.在我国,怎样顺应世界经济发展潮流,结合国情,积极稳妥地加快电子商务建设,是摆在我们面前的迫切需要解决的问题,特别在加入WTO、实行更加开放的发展战略的情况下,这个问题显得更加重要.本文通过对我国电子商务技术发展的现状及存在的问题的分析,提出相应的应对战略,以对我国电子商务的发展有所启示.     

营运资本筹资战略政策影响因素分析——基于新疆上市公司的经验数据

营运资本筹资战略政策是企业重要的财务政策之一。良好的营运资本管理是公司得以生存的必要条件,营运资本目标的实现必须依靠科学的营运资本政策。本文搜集了2008年—2013年新疆上市公司的相关资料,对公司营运资本筹资战略政策的影响因素进行了实证分析。研究表明:公司价值、资金占用率、管理费用率对新疆上市公司营运资本筹资政策的选择有显著影响;公司价值越大,就越倾向于选择稳健型的营运资本筹资战略政策;此外,当用管理费用率代替公司代理成本时,公司管理费用率越高,则越倾向于选择激进型的营运资本筹资战略政策。     

网络嵌入、集聚模仿与大学衍生企业知识溢出——基于中国三大海洋工程装备制造业集群的实证研究

引入新网络特征——空间集聚结构发现,我国企业集群知识溢出存在空间模仿效应。为此,利用空间计量模型修正社会网络分析结果,考察大学衍生企业网络嵌入演进对企业集群知识溢出的真实影响。结果表明,产业关联、信任、关系联结规模和中介中心度有助于提高企业集群知识溢出水平,知识认同度和互惠程度对知识溢出的影响存在最优均衡;网络嵌入对知识溢出的影响存在明显的空间模仿效应,在连续性知识空间更多表现为邻近效应,在间断性知识空间则表现为异质效应,集群内空间模仿效应强于集群间;在控制空间效应后,仅在波纹状集聚结构的环渤海集群存在结构洞与知识溢出的负向关联。基于上述结果,结合我国国情提出海洋装备集群未来发展政策及启示。