Employee Rights, Employee Responsibilities and Knowledge Sharing in Intelligent Organization

Much is currently being written about the need to encourage employees to share knowledge in order for companies to maintain a role as an intelligent organization in a technologically sophisticated environment. However, there is little written of the relationship between employee rights to satisfactory employment conditions, employee responsibilities in decision-making, and employee willingness to share their knowledge collaboratively. This paper seeks to redress this gap by discussing the importance of the relationship between employee rights and responsibilities and employee willingness to share knowledge. The reaction of a group of employees (academics) employed in an Intelligent Organization (university) to a reduction in their rights and responsibilities is discussed in order to design a framework of employee rights and responsibilities required for knowledge sharing in intelligent organizations.     

The British low-wage sector and the employment prospects of the unemployed

Are low wages a way for the unemployed to switch to higher-paying jobs? Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, the labour market dynamics of unemployed, low-paid and higher-paid employed men are analysed. Moreover, the respective (un)employment duration and occupational skill level are accounted for. Results show that in general low wages significantly reduce the risk of future unemployment and increase the chances of ascending the salary ladder, especially in the case of long-term unemployment (>360 days). Furthermore, the occupational skill level has a substantial influence on the upward mobility of low-paid jobs: individuals working in the initial period in a low-paid and higher-skilled occupation have on average an 11 percentage points higher probability of entering higher pay compared to when working in a low-paid and low-skilled occupation.     

云南长防林体系建设中几个问题的探讨

本文就云南省长防林体系建设中存在的认识问题,指导思想、政策、资金投入及有关技术问题,进行分析。提出相应的对策和意见。     

选课制下排课模式的研究

选课制的实施有利于增强学生学习过程的自主性。而与选课制相适应的排课模式有其自身的特点 ,需要在实践过程中不断地探索、研究与创新     

我国现阶段居民收入分配差距的现状、成因及治理对策研究

收入分配过大不仅背离了社会公平和正义,而且直接侵害了人民群众的切身利益.因此,解决收入差距过分扩大问题意义重大.解决的思路是：树立正确的公平分配观,完善制度建设,把＂公有制分享经济运行机制＂引入初次分配,加大再次分配的力度.     

关于俄罗斯产出下降的一个解释

转轨经济中的结构调整既包括正常经济发展过程中的结构调整,又包括转轨本身所引致的结构调整。就转轨本身所引致的结构调整来说,又包含产业结构的调整和所有制结构的调整两重含义。就正常经济发展过程中的结构调整来说,俄罗斯面对的是成熟经济的结构调整的困难问题。就转轨本身所引致的结构调整来说,俄罗斯不具备增量调整的条件,无法克服转轨经济中的“两难困境”。俄罗斯经济绩效差具有事前决定的特点,是事前决定了的。     

The Underpricing and Excess Returns of Initial Public Offerings in Taiwan Based on Noisy Trading: A Stochastic Frontier Model

Initial public offerings (IPOs) are typically offered at prices lower than the transaction price in the early aftermarket. With a stochastic frontier model, we measured the fair offer price of an IPO and then the deliberate IPO underpricing and the market misvaluation based on the estimated fair offer price. Our results show that IPOs are deliberately underpriced. The extent of noisy trading leading to significantly higher market transaction prices explains the excess IPO returns. We conclude that initial IPO returns result primarily from the noisy trading activities instead of the deliberate IPO underpricing.     

The Performance of Internet Firms Following Their Initial Public Offering

We find that initial returns were more favorable for Internet initial public offerings (IPOs) than non–Internet firm IPOs. Since the demise of the Internet sector, the underpricing of Internet–firm IPOs is not significantly different from other IPOs.
Initial returns of Internet firms are positively and significantly related to underwriter prestige and to pre–IPO market conditions. However, initial returns after the demise of the Internet sector are not significantly related to these characteristics.
The aftermarket performance of Internet firms is initially favorable but weakens over time. Firms that experienced higher initial returns during the strong Internet cycle experience weaker aftermarket performance.     

Return and risk in initial public offerings of both shares and warrants

In the past few years there has been an increasing number of new issues of shares of common stock together with warrants intended to raise interest in initial public offerings of relatively young, growing firms. In this study we examine the pricing efficiency of stocks and warrants offered simultaneously to the public as a single unit. We present a model for evaluating the warrants in such offerings and test it empirically against data from the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange, where such offerings have become standard. We find that the issued units are usually undervalued, allowing for significant abnormal positive returns. But, while the warrants are usually underpriced, the stocks are overpriced. Largely consistent with the evidence from other financial markets around the world, we also find abnormal negative rates of return in the long run.     

IPO首日超额收益:基于抑价和溢价的研究综述

从一级市场抑价和二级市场溢价两个角度时IPO首日超额收益的相关研究进行了综述,并为我国IPO首日超额收益提供了新的解释.基于信息不对称,一级市场抑价解释认为IPO首日超额收益是发行抑价的结果,是对投资者面临的风险或者提供私有信息的补偿;在对称信息下,抑价是股权选择的一种均衡机制,也是发行人和投资者行为偏差的影响结果;基于行为金融,二级市场溢价解释认为噪声交易者的存在使IPO上市首目交易价格偏离了内在价值,产生了二级市场溢价.