Antecedents and consequences of corporate governance reform: the case of Germany

The paper examines the antecedents and consequences of the voluntary adoption of corporate governance reform in firms embedded in a relationship‐based governance system with less protection of minority shareholders. In such locations, ownership structure should be a key determinant of governance reform. Firms with dispersed ownership are likely to face agency problems but may lack sufficient ownership power in the hand of external owners for adoption to occur. Extensive ownership by external parties facilitates adoption but decreases the need and motivation to adopt governance reform. We examined the adoption of stock‐based incentive plans and transparent accounting regulations (e.g., greater disclosure to shareholders) among large German firms (DAX 100) during the late 1990s. We found an inverse ‘U’‐shaped relationship between ownership concentration and governance reform. In addition, we found that firms adopting governance reform were more likely to engage in corporate divestitures and achieve higher levels of market performance than firms not adopting governance reform. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Ethical Unit Trust Financial Performance: Small Company Effects and Fund Size Effects

Recent papers which have examined unit trusts have controlled either for a 'fund size effect' or for the 'small firms effect' in the investment portfolio. The contribution of this paper is an analysis of the 'small firms effect' whilst simultaneously controlling for the 'fund size effect'. We show that the ethical unit trusts have significantly greater exposure than general unit trusts to the 'small firms effect', and that net of this there is no significant evidence of over or under performance by ethical trusts using an adjusted Jensen measure. Using two cross-sectional approaches, we demonstrate that whilst a 'small firms effect' has a role to play in explaining unit trust performance, fund size is not correlated with the financial performance of unit trusts. This cross-sectional analysis also provides some evidence that ethical unit trusts may perform less well than general unit trusts.     

双向沟通在绩效管理中的作用机制研究

绩效管理是企业将战略转化为行动的过程。绩效管理有别于传统的绩效考核，是一个完整的系统，具备完善的工作流程。绩效管理成败与否的关键在于管理者和员工之间双向沟通的过程，在于过程的连续性与有效性。本文分析了绩效管理各个环节中的沟通目的和作用机制以及就如何保证绩效管理中双向沟通的有效性提出了策略建议。     

论我国机构投资者对股票市场的反稳定作用

运用数理统计的基本原理，指出导致近几年中国股市非理性下跌的最直接原因，是以证券投资基金为主的机构投资者超常规发展。在目前的情况下，不宜继续提倡大力发展机构投资者，应努力恢复股票市场对中小投资者的吸引力，实现中国股市投资主体之间的“生态平衡”，从而支持中国股市长期稳定和谐发展。     

Market orientation and customer satisfaction: Evidence from British machine tool industry

This paper examines empirically the relationship between market orientation and business performance in the context of British machine tool industry. An industry-specific market orientation scale was developed. Factor analysis revealed that there were four latent dimensions underlying the market orientation: customer orientation, competitor orientation, departmental responsiveness, and customer satisfaction orientation. Findings suggest that customer orientation and customer satisfaction orientation have a stronger impact on performance than the other dimensions, and that competitor orientation has a U-shape relationship with performance. Departmental responsiveness did not appear to be significantly related to the business performance. Managers could use the multidimensional conceptualization to develop particular kinds of orientations required for better performance.     

Corporate Governance and Expected Stock Returns: Evidence from Germany

Recent empirical work shows evidence for higher valuation of firms in countries with a better legal environment. We investigate whether differences in the quality of firm‐level corporate governance also help to explain firm performance in a cross‐section of companies within a single jurisdiction. Constructing a broad corporate governance rating (CGR) for German public firms, we document a positive relationship between governance practices and firm valuation. There is also evidence that expected stock returns are negatively correlated with firm‐level corporate governance, if dividend yields are used as proxies for the cost of capital. An investment strategy that bought high‐CGR firms and shorted low‐CGR firms earned abnormal returns of around 12% on an annual basis during the sample period.     

Mutual fund characteristics, managerial attributes, and fund performance

This study provides a comprehensive examination of recent mutual fund performance by analyzing a large set of both mutual funds and fund attributes in an effort to link performance to fund-specific characteristics. The results indicate that the hypothesized relationships between performance and the explanatory variables are generally upheld. After taking into consideration general market conditions and fund investment objective, the characteristic variables that relate to fund popularity, growth, cost, and management also explain performance. Finally, after controlling for survivorship and benchmark error as well as fund-specific factors, the results refute the performance persistence phenomenon.     

混凝土靶上边界对射孔器穿深性能的影响

混凝土靶是射孔器检测最常用的靶体之一，由于混凝土靶为有限边界靶体，其边界效应对射孔器各项性能指标必然存在影响．从而影响检测的准确性。以混凝土靶上边界对穿孔深度的影响为例进行研究，从而确定混凝土靶上边界对射孔器穿孔深度的影响程度。     

企业数字化转型能否提高创新绩效？来自上市公司的经验证据

随着信息技术的快速发展,企业数字化转型已成为推动创新与竞争力提升的关键。该研究基于2007-2022 年中国上市公司的大规模数据样本,采用最小二乘法线性回归和中介效应模型等统计方法,探讨了企业数字化与创新绩效之间的关系,以期揭示数字化背景下企业如何通过技术应用与管理创新提升创新能力,为企业数字化转型实践提供理论指导和决策参考。研究发现,数字化转型显著提升了企业的运营创新绩效和市场创新绩效,其中不仅直接影响显著,还通过管理赋能、投资赋能、营运赋能和劳动赋能等多重内在机制间接促进了创新绩效的提升。该研究发现不仅为理论研究提供了新的视角,同时也为实践中企业数字化战略的制定提供了有力的策略建议。     

中国森林资源监督体制改革初探

介绍了中国东北、内蒙古重点国有林区以及其他地区的森林资源监督体制的现状;指出监督机构和人员缺乏,监督体系不健全,信息机制不活,东北、内蒙古重点国有林区地方森林资源监督管理体制错位等中国森林资源监督体制的缺陷;提出中国进行东北、内蒙古重点国有林区以及其他地区森林资源监督体制改革的设想;建议对中国森林资源监督体制改革的制度进行调整:首先要进一步明确监督系统的职能定位,其次要建立森林资源林政管理与监督机构、人员的定额配备指导制度,同时要进一步严格执行资源林政岗位主要负责人上管一级制度。