异型阀门质检技术难点分析与建议

通过对长庆油田技术监测中心所检验的异型阀门种类进行统计,结合现有检验装置与工装,对造成异型阀门难以检验的技术难点进行分析,并追溯原因,最后从设计和采购环节提出建议。     

强化油田矿区服务质量监督机制的对策研究

针对油田矿区服务质量监督制度、方法、措施存在的滞后状况,以现代化先进服务理念为指导,加大服务质量监督力度为对策,通过改进服务监督方法,转变服务作风,提高了矿区整体服务水平的针对性、科学性和实效性。     

独立董事市场逆淘汰现象分析与治理——基于演化博弈视角

我国引入独立董事制度的初衷是增强上市公司治理效果,实现对控股股东及内部人违规行为的监管,然而由于任免机制、薪酬激励和声誉机制的不健全,实践中发现独立董事群体出现"劣币驱逐良币"的逆淘汰现象。本文从独立董事市场逆淘汰现象的形成过程出发,建立独立董事群体决策的演化博弈模型,演绎独立董事群体从尽职监督到敷衍监督的策略选择过程。通过对这一演化过程的分析,明晰了逆淘汰产生的根源,并发现在我国当前的公司治理环境下,独立董事逆淘汰是必然现象。为提升独立董事监督职能,首先应改善独立董事的任免机制,在独立董事的选任过程中增大中小股东的话语权;其次要建立科学有效的独立董事声誉奖惩机制和薪酬机制;最后适度调低独立董事责任险保险额度。     

国际博彩业发展的新趋势及其监管

近年来博彩业的发展得到了包括大多数发展中国家在内的许多国家的重视,博彩业的发展呈现了国际化、技术化、反垄断和与旅游业共同发展等新趋势。针对新环境下较严重的网上博彩、洗钱和偷税漏税、对社区安全的负面影响等问题,应加强对博彩业的监管。     

温州对接海峡西岸经济区的思路研究

从国内外经济发展的现状与趋势来看,建设海峡西岸经济区顺应了时代发展的趋势。经济全球化和区域经济一体化,已成为当今世界经济发展的两大潮流。在区域经济一体化浪潮的推动下,我国区域经济得到了长足的发展。本文分析了海峡西岸经济区的基本情况,根据温州经济发展的特点,提出了温州对接海峡西岸经济区的思路。     

环境执法监督对企业绿色创新的影响

以环保约谈制度实施为契机,基于合法性理论和遵从理论,考察环境执法监督对企业绿色创新的影响及其机制。研究发现：环境执法监督会有效地促进企业绿色创新,即环保约谈显著地提高了被约谈地区企业的绿色创新水平。拓展性检验与分析后发现,环境执法监督对企业绿色创新的促进作用主要表现在低融资约束企业和低代理成本企业中。影响机制探索后发现,环境执法监督通过提高企业环境成本、环境处罚力度和企业环保投资,进而促进企业绿色创新。     

SPAC merger announcement returns and subsequent performance

Special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) are created to raise capital and then find non-listed operating companies with which to merge. While most of the extant research has focused on SPAC initial public offerings, we study what happens when SPACs announce business combinations. Our analysis of 236 ‘deSPACs’ completed between January 2012 and June 2021 in the United States documents an average short-term announcement return of +7.4% and a 1-year abnormal return of −14.1% (−18.0% over 2 years) for public investors beginning from the merger announcement. Short-term returns decrease with longer times from initial public offering until announcement.     

Earnings and capital management and signaling: the use of loan-loss provisions by European banks

This paper investigates the relationship between loan-loss provisions (LLPs) and earnings management in the context of the capital adequacy of Euro Area (EA) banks versus non-EA credit institutions. This paper also examines whether LLPs signal managements’ expectations concerning future bank profits to investors. Additionally, this paper traces the role of bank regulations and creditor protection systems in explaining income smoothing. Evidence drawn from the 1996 to 2006 period indicates that LLPs do reflect changes in the expected quality of a bank's loan portfolio for both groups of banks, and that earnings management is an important determinant of LLPs for EA intermediaries, whereas non-EA credit institutions use LLPs to signal private information to outsiders. The paper also finds that higher protection of creditors’ rights significantly reduces the incentives to smooth earnings for EA banks. During the recent financial crisis, EA bank managers are much more concerned with their credit portfolio quality and do not use LLPs for discretionary purposes, whereas LLPs at non-EA banks are used to smooth income more than for the purposes of managing capital ratios or conveying private information about future performance to the market.     

Developing a Community of Practice: Michael Gaffikin and Critical Accounting Research

This paper demonstrates the role of a community of practice in academic endeavour, focusing on the influence of place and the role of thought leaders in guiding academic development. This is illustrated with reference to the influence of Emeritus Professor Michael Gaffikin in establishing a critical accounting community of practice at the University of Wollongong (UOW) through his PhD supervisions. Social network analysis (SNA) is used to visualize the 43 PhD supervisions undertaken by Gaffikin during his career, and subsequent PhD supervisions of his students, and students of those students. SNA illustrates the structure of relationships, and the paths through which scholars learnt from one another, which we combine with qualitative analysis of recollections, acknowledgments, and doctoral theses. We demonstrate the role of Gaffikin, as the intellectual thought leader, and UOW, as the intellectual place, in the development of the critical accounting community of practice. The development of critical accounting scholarship was a function of Gaffikin's intellectual and professional leadership, which he executed through PhD supervision, the annual Doctoral Consortium, and his direction at UOW. This paper highlights the importance of local communities for the development of research agendas, and the influence of PhD supervisors on the professional development of students.     

Supervising the Unethical Selling Behavior of Top Sales Performers: Assessing the Impact of Social Desirability Bias

This study measures social desirability bias (SD bias) by comparing the level of discipline sales managers believe they would administer when supervising unethical selling behavior with the level of discipline they perceive other sales managers would select. Results indicate the presence of SD bias; the sales manager respondents consistently claimed that they would be stricter while their peers would be more lenient. Using an analytical technique that takes social desirability bias into account, it appears that sales managers use of discipline is affected by the sales performance of the salesperson being disciplined resulting in more lenient discipline for top sales performers. In addition, the more lenient treatment for top sales performers persists even when there is a pattern of a prior ethical infraction and the existence of an explicit organizational policy proscribing the act in question. Sales managers believe that, like themselves, others would be stricter when an unethical act is committed for the second time but not as strict as they personally would be. A within-subjects interaction effect indicates more SD bias under the condition of the unethical act being committed for the second time.