Financial reporting consequences of natural disasters: Evidence from the impact of resource constraints at audit offices on non-affected clients

Disaster-affected clients demand significant additional effort from their audit office, and hence strain the audit office’s resources available to other non-disaster-affected clients. We consider audit offices with disaster-affected clients to be strained offices and find that, compared with clients audited by non-strained audit offices, non-disaster-affected clients audited by strained audit offices are more likely to have their financial statements restated. This result suggests the financial reporting quality of companies not directly exposed to disasters could also be negatively affected by the disasters, due to their auditors’ strained-resource issue. We further find such a negative effect is more pronounced when the degree of resource constraints is greater and when the audit office lacks client experience or industry expertise. We offer novel evidence of financial reporting consequences of natural disasters, focusing on the externality of disasters on companies not directly affected by disasters. The findings have important implications for regulators in making disaster-related policies, for auditors in managing their client portfolios, and for companies in making auditor choice decisions.     

SERVCON: development and validation of a multidimensional service convenience scale

As customers have demanded greater convenience in service exchanges, researchers have responded by incorporating the convenience construct into their conceptual models and empirical studies, but a comprehensive, formally validated measure of convenience remains lacking. This study conceptualizes service convenience as a second-order, five-dimensional construct that reflects consumers’ perceived time and effort in purchasing or using a service. Service convenience dimensions are salient at different stages of the purchase decision process. Given this conceptualization, the study presents the development and validation of the SERVCON scale, a comprehensive instrument for measuring service convenience. The five dimensions are independent within a nomological network that illustrates distinct antecedent and consequent effects, and the results reinforce the multidimensional representation, offering insight into the distinctive relationships between each service convenience dimension and its antecedents, such as competitive intensity, and consequences, such as repurchase behavior. The findings help researchers and managers understand a fully conceptualized convenience construct and facilitate the measurement of convenience in future empirical studies.     

我国股票市场的混沌探析

运用混沌理论对我国股票市场进行了实证研究 ,结果显示我国股票市场是一个低自由度的混沌系统 ,具有自相似的非线性结构 ,并且这种非线性结构可以用 GARCH( 1 ,1 )模型来拟合。     

区域经济一体化与地方政府的利益机制--以长三角为例的研究

区域经济一体化过程就是各种要素在区域内实现合理配置与高效利用的过程。长三角经济一体化的阻力主要来自于地方政府。我国现行以经济业绩为中心的考核方法，形成了地方政府以经济业绩为主体的利益格局。地方政府追求自身利益的行为导致区域壁垒的产生，推动长三角一体化就需要重构地方政府的利益机制。     

天津商业大学本科教学质量监控体系的构建与实践

本文对天津商业大学本科教学质量监控体系的构建和实践进行了阐述。构建一个系统化、科学化的教学质量监控体系必须坚持人和管理的指导思想,充分考虑构建教学质量体系的目标性、全员性、系统性和全程性原则。依据构建教学质量监控体系和原则,学校构建了由教学管理指挥系统、教学评估系统和教学监督系统组成的教学质量监控体系,经过多年的实践取得了良好的效果。     

动态环境下企业战略资源的整合与利用机制

在动态复杂环境下产生和发展起来的战略资源观是对传统资源观的进一步深化.如何使战略资源获得新的生命力,正成为组织赢得持续竞争优势的新探索.从企业整合、利用战略资源的视角看,其动态组合、创新及充分利用与开发等方面就显得尤为重要.但值得说明的是,企业的知识创新及提升学习能力才是保障战略资源合理利用的根本.     

新时期我国产业发展的战略选择

目前我国产业发展仍存在着结构趋同、专业化分工程度低等问题.为了有效的解决上述问题,推动我国产业发展,开展区际协作,实施跨区域的产业整合,是新时期我国产业发展的战略选择.     

中国OFDI影响出口的质量效应与成本效应研究——基于异质性产品价格分解模型

基于异质性产品价格分解模型，运用联合国UN Comtrade 2003-2016年产品-目的国层面出口数据，考察中国OFDI影响本国出口的质量效应和成本效应。研究发现：中国OFDI显著提升了出口产品质量，并对出口产品成本产生降低作用。从目的国收入看，金融危机前，中国OFDI对出口质量的提升以及对出口产品成本的降低作用，主要通过对高收入和中高收入国家的投资实现；而金融危机后，则主要通过对中低收入国家的投资实现。从产品类型看，中国OFDI显著提高了差异性产品和中间产品的出口质量，并对两类产品的成本产生降低作用；但对同质性产品和最终产品，只对其出口产品成本存在显著降低作用，对出口质量的提升作用不显著。因此，以投资带动贸易仍然是推动中国外贸高质量发展的有效举措。     

欧盟一体化进程中德国鲁尔区的产业转型绩效分析及其启示

德国鲁尔区是世界上老工业基地成功转型的典范,鲁尔区结构转型之前的特征是:产业结构单一,技术结构传统化,单一垄断性的企业结构,产业的空间结构集中。鲁尔工业区的经济结构的转变经历了再工业化、新型工业化、区域经济一体化、网络化和集群化四个阶段。通过转型取得了显著的成绩:通过培植有竞争力的新兴替代产业拉动了产业结构的转型,解决了由大规模工业衰退带来的难题,使鲁尔区的经济结构由单一的煤钢结构发展成陶瓷加工、机械制造、金属加工等多样化结构,形成了具有特色和影响的信息与通讯、纳米材料、医学技术及新能源、新材料和旅游等有爆发力的新产业体系。德国鲁尔区的转型对中国老工业基地的振兴具有重要的启示。     

区域合作背景下东北老工业基地的振兴

东北三省是我国重工业投资的集中地区,在我国国民经济中占有相当重要的地位,为我国经济发展做出过重大贡献.但是改革开放以后,东北老工业基地被边缘化了.在经济全球化的背景下,东北老工业基地的振兴需要借助国内和国际两方面的力量.区域合作背景下振兴东北老工业基地的总体思路应以提高区域整体经济实力与竞争力为中心,具体措施要以推进体制创新、优化老工业基地的整体产业布局为主.