Developing globally responsible leaders: What role for business schools in the future?

This paper reports on a collaborative research process to explore the future role of business schools in the development of globally responsible leaders. Swinburne University of Technology held a collaboratory workshop of academics across disciplines and a range of business leaders to explore firstly what a globally responsible leader would look like and secondly how these capabilities would be developed. In taking forwards actions from the workshop, the Business School was noticeably absent which raised the specific question regarding the on-going role for business schools in the future development of leaders, and how they would need to change in order to maintain a future role in this sphere. The paper reflects on the transformative process necessary within business schools if they are to meet this future agenda.     

On post-IPO stock price performance: A comparative analysis of RLBOs and IPOs

This is the first study to examine the post-IPO stock price performance by differentiating between IPOs and three types of RLBOs (i.e. public-to-private (or re-IPOs), division-to-private, and private-to-private deals). We document that public-to-private RLBOs outperform their industry rivals, IPOs, mature firms in comparable industries, and a propensity-score matched control group for up to five years post-offering. Further, we document that, within RLBOs, public-to-private RLBOs, outperform private-to-private and division-to-private RLBOs. We also find support for the underwriter signaling effect for public-to-private RLBOs. Our analysis identifies for the first time what private period restructuring activities contribute to superior post-re-IPO stock price performance. Further, the beneficial effects of private period restructurings are enhanced for deals associated with prestigious underwriters. Our findings suggest that first IPOs and re-IPOs differ substantially in term of post-offer performance, the impact of prestigious underwriters on performance, and performance over time.     

Judgment aggregation in search for the truth

We analyze the problem of aggregating judgments over multiple issues from the perspective of whether aggregate judgments manage to efficiently use all voters' private information. While new in judgment aggregation theory, this perspective is familiar in a different body of literature about voting between two alternatives where voters' disagreements stem from conflicts of information rather than of interest. Combining the two bodies of literature, we consider a simple judgment aggregation problem and model the private information underlying voters' judgments. Assuming that voters share a preference for true collective judgments, we analyze the resulting strategic incentives and determine which voting rules efficiently use all private information. We find that in certain, but not all cases a quota rule should be used, which decides on each issue according to whether the proportion of ‘yes’ votes exceeds a particular quota.     

Bribery,corruption and bureaucratic hassle: Evidence from Myanmar

Corruption has been found to be the most severe obstacle to business operations, according to a recent survey of over 3000 firms in Myanmar. This paper sets out to understand the structure of corruption through an econometric analysis of this survey. It finds that firms with higher ‘ability to pay’ (proxied by sales revenue and employee growth) are more likely to pay bribes. While firms with lower ‘refusal power’ (i.e. those dependent on bureaucratic permissions to export and import) are more likely to find corruption to be an obstacle. A distinct but related question is whether bribes act as ‘efficiency grease’ by allowing firms to circumvent red tape. No evidence is found to support this hypothesis; in fact, firms that pay bribes report greater bureaucratic hassle compared to firms that do not. This result fits in more closely with the view that red tape could be used to extract bribes from firms.     

定向增发、资产注入与股市波动——股权分置改革后的股市脆弱性模型推导及其政策含义

股权分置改革的完成并不能消除上市公司大股东与中小股东之间的利益冲突。在全流通时期,大股东理性参与上市公司的定向增发、资产注入及其后的股份减持很可能诱致股市的过度波动。对这种股市过度波动所引致的股市脆弱性机理我们进行了模型推导和因子分析。分析表明,牛市中,大股东参与定向增发、资产注入会导致牛市的助涨。而当熊市来临时,大股东会停止资产注入并减持股份,进而起到熊市助跌的作用。针对由此引起的股市脆弱性,监管部门应采取相应的监管措施。     

中等职业学校体育教育改革探讨

中职体育教学对提升学生综合素质、培养健康发展的人才具有重要作用。然而,当前中职体育教育中存在很多问题,严重影响了中职体育教学的进行。本文对当前中职体育教育中存在问题进行分析,并提出相应对策,以期为中职体育教学的健康发展出一份力。     

移动动态安防系统

随着个人私有电子设备日益完善，大量隐私信息存储于这些电子设备中，非法的越权访问导致了这类隐私信息的大量流失，本系统实现了远程监控、监督由于时间和空间阻隔而不能实时操控的电子设备的运行状况。     

高职校应用文写作教学存在的问题及对策

应用文写作是高职生的一项基本能力,但目前高职生的应用文写作能力普遍较差,改变这种现状,一方面要转变意识,提高对应用文写作这项基本能力重要性的认识;同时还要积极改进传统的教学方法,提高应用文写作教学的效果.     

增强学生心理健康教育实效性的研究

我国中小学心理健康教育已普遍受到关注,各级各类学校相继开始实施,但不少学校缺乏实效性和针对性。需要积极探索,采取措施,切实提高我国中小学心理健康教育的实效性。     

西部地区民营经济发展财政支持对策与思考——以四川省达州市为例

改革开放以来,我国民营企业蓬勃发展,民营经济由小到大、由弱变强,在稳定增长、促进创新、增加就业等方面发挥了重要作用,已成为推动我国国民经济发展的重要力量.但是,随着外部环境的深刻变化和受到国内经济下行等多重因素的影响,我国民营企业,尤其是西部欠发达地区的民营企业普遍面临着成本增高、终端市场受限、融资难融资贵、税费负担重等发展瓶颈制约问题.如果这些困难和问题长期得不到有效解决,将会严重影响民营企业的健康发展和阻碍民营经济的快速发展.财政是国家治理的基础和重要支柱.财政部门要充分发挥职能作用,积极支持民营企业健康发展,要以降税减费为主攻方向,减轻民营企业发展中的压力,帮助民营企业做大做强,实现民营经济高质量发展.本课题以四川省达州市为例,提出财政部门支持民营经济发展"1234"工作思路和对策措施,积极推动民营经济发展动力强起来、发展质量高起来、发展速度快起来,为达州加快实现"两个定位"和争创全省经济副中心做出积极贡献.