International spillovers of China's structural reforms

This paper sheds light on the international spillovers of China's reforms in upgrading industrial capabilities, liberalizing capital account, internationalizing the renminbi, and transition to flexible exchange rates. Drawing on two-country New Keynesian model of endogenous entry and portfolio adjustment, we find that China's industrial upgrading that peddles on yuan appreciation lifts all boats through global production network irrespective of capital account convertibility, degree of renminbi internationalization, and exchange rate reform. Feasibility of appreciation-driven upgrading is called into question, however, when renminbi reform and capital account liberalization go in parallel. We also show that international spillovers disappear once renminbi internationalization is associated with liberalized capital account and flexible renminbi exchange rates.     

外资并购国有企业中的职工安置问题研究

长期以来,由于中国采取低工资、高就业的政策,再加上国有企业的高福利政策,更是使得职工不愿随意离去。这种情况,往往使企业在兼并的过程中,受到职工大力的反对而作罢。而政府也希望能够保障职工的权益,避免造成社会问题,于是颁布了一些关于职工安置的法规,并在确定资产转让价格时要考虑这一因素。但这成本的增加,却会使得兼并方却步,也不容易达成兼并的目标。该如何平衡这两者,最好的方式还是尽快建立社会保障制度,并且彻底的实施,才能达到双赢的局面。     

The impact of service innovation on firm performance

This study empirically examines the impact of service innovation on performance in developing countries such as China. We construct a more integrative model linking service innovation, service quality and performance and collect 277 samples in the Chinese tourism sector. The findings are: First, service innovation affects firm performance through direct and indirect paths where service quality plays a positive mediating role, and the direct impact is larger than the indirect one; Secondly, the innovation mode is cost-reductive, which focuses on eliminating internal cost rather than improving service quality; Third, the assessment of service quality emphasizes the dimensions of assurance and reliability.     

Financialisation and the slowdown of accumulation

Over the past decades, the financial investment of non-financialbusinesses has been rising, and the accumulation of capitalgoods has been declining. The first part of the paper offersa novel theory to explain this phenomenon. Financialisation,the shareholder revolution and the development of a market forcorporate control have shifted power to shareholders and thuschanged management priorities, leading to a reduction in thedesired growth rate. In the second part, the link between accumulationand financialisation is tested econometrically by means of atime series analysis of aggregate business investment for theUSA, the UK, France and Germany. Extensive tests of robustnessare performed. For the first three countries, evidence supportingthe negative effect of financialisation on accumulation is found.     

基于可拓评价方法的房地产开发企业核心能力评价

研究了房地产开发企业核心能力的分析维度及指标体系,构建由模糊决策分析法和可拓评价方法组成的新型房地产开发企业核心能力评价模型;并引入倒推法对评价结果进行分析,尝试对单个房地产开发企业的核心能力进行评价。     

灾害事件、规模与企业慈善捐助:中国背景

近年来,针对灾害事件的企业慈善行为研究是企业社会责任研究的热点问题。文章主要探讨在中国背景下,不同来源国（地区）的企业针对灾害事件的慈善捐助在数量上有无差异,以及国内企业的慈善捐助数量是否受企业财务状况的约束。通过研究收集到的283家国内企业和428家外资企业在5·12汶川地震后的捐助数据,结果发现：（1）不同来源国（地区）的企业在5·12地震后的捐助水平并无明显差异;（2）国内企业的捐助数量主要受到企业规模而非企业利润（ROA）的影响。     

股权结构和公司绩效的联立实证研究

关于股权结构与公司绩效的研究,传统方法主要以不考虑内生性的OLS实证研究为主,近年来国内学者才逐渐运用联立方程模型研究内生性下的股权结构与公司绩效关系。股权结构具有内生性,但无论考虑内生性与否,股权集中度、股权制衡度与公司绩效之间都呈显著正向线性关系;与股权制衡度相比,股权集中度对公司绩效的影响更加显著。今后应进一步完善外部监督等公司治理机制,发挥外部股东的股权制衡作用,进而减少大股东侵害行为,提高公司价值。     

会计师事务所对审计意见购买的影响因素研究:博弈论的视角

会计师事务所作为审计意见的供给方对审计意见购买是否成功实施产生着重要的影响。影响审计意见购买的会计师事务所因素可分为由域环境和工作环境构成的外部环境因素以及由专用人力资本构成的内部环境因素。因此,应重点关注诸如地区间经济发展水平、执法力度、会计师事务所处环境的竞争程度、注册会计师的职业素质等因素,从审计意见供给方防范审计意见购买行为的发生。     

Bankers in the Boardroom and Firm Performance in China

We use a dataset comprising the appointments of commercial bankers as board of directors at Chinese listed firms and find that financially distressed firms are more likely to recruit a commercial banker as a director of the board. The presence of a banker on the board increases access to bank loans, yet many investors react negatively to announcements of such appointments. We also find that such appointments are typically followed by a drop in the appointing firm’s operating performance, and an increase in rent-seeking activities. This suggests that bank directors cannot strengthen corporate governance. Most financial resources are expropriated by corporate insiders.     

A sociological view on why firms differ

Much theory and research that apparently seeks to explain why firms differ actually addresses the question of why successful firms differ. This article explains why the two questions are different and explores some of the implications of this difference for the field of strategic management. A wide variety of organizational and economic theories are reviewed in this context, including contingency theory, resource dependence theory, process models, dispositional models, transaction cost economics, organizational ecology and institutional theory. Further discussion considers why heterogeneity persists at the firm level when it becomes apparent that only certain types of firms will succeed.