Do VCs matter? the importance of owners on performance variance in start‐up firms

Adding to the corporate effect literature, we study the effect of owners on firm performance in a new context, that of venture capital firms (VCs) and the start‐up firms in which they invest. After discussing the effect that VC ownership can have on start‐ups, we estimate that start‐up‐specific, owner (VC), and year effects account for significant variance in performance (26.3 percent, 11.2 percent and 3.7 percent, respectively). The effects of industry and investment stage are not statistically different from zero. We also provide an analysis that separates the owner effect into two components: a selection component—which impacts investment—and a management component—which explains significant variance in performance. By examining the owner effect in a different institutionalized form of governance—that of the start‐up and its relationship to VC owners—our study also contributes to an understanding of the ‘ownership’ effect in the strategy literature more generally. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Self‐selection,endogeneity, and the relationship between CEO duality and firm performance

This study focuses explicitly on the methodological implications of the endogenous theory of governance as applied to firm performance. In particular, if firms choose their governance structures as part of a constrained performance maximization process, then application of an appropriate empirical methodology should reveal statistical evidence of such behavior. In this study we take advantage of the endogenous switching regression model framework to determine whether such predicted optimizing behavior can be corroborated by the data. The model allows us to test explicitly for selection behavior in accordance with comparative advantage and, concomitantly, the presence of selectivity bias, in estimating the impact of CEO duality on firm performance. The selection and performance equations are modeled in accordance with the extant accounting, economics, and management literature on the impact of the dual governance structure on firm performance. Overall, we tested four performance measures for the entire sample of firm‐year observations as well as for the largest three industries in terms of sample sizes. The major finding, robust in all cases, is that there is no evidence to support a contention that CEO duality is a structure purposefully chosen for optimizing performance. If firms are indeed choosing the dual leadership structure, they are doing so for reasons other than improving performance from what it would be otherwise. In fact, for performance measured as market return and earnings per share, there is evidence of a significant selectivity bias that acts to lower performance below what it would have been under random assignment. For performance measured by Tobin's q and return on assets, we found neither evidence of selectivity bias, nor any significant marginal performance impacts of CEO duality. Such findings are inconsistent with an endogenous governance theory, at least when applied to firm performance. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

顾客集中与管理层治理——基于薪酬契约和代理成本的视角

本文以创业板上市公司为研究样本,从薪酬契约和代理成本的视角,检验了顾客集中与管理层治理的关系。实证分析结果显示,顾客集中度与高管薪酬和代理成本存在显著负相关关系。结果表明：顾客集中显著影响公司薪酬契约,顾客集中降低了高管薪酬;顾客集中降低代理成本,减轻管理层代理冲突问题。这些研究结论丰富了公司治理的理论内容,同时对于缓解公司代理冲突、改善公司治理矛盾具有重要的现实意义。     

中国不同省份金融结构转变与产业结构升级关系的实证研究

随着我国社会主义市场经济改革的不断深入,现有金融结构已不能适应经济发展。本文从金融结构调整的角度出发,对中国较发达地区,欠发达地区以及基于全国的数据进行面板回归。通过对实证结果的分析,得出金融结构调整对产业结构调整并不是简单线性关系的结论,金融结构调整应有合理的范围,当金融结构在其范围内变化时,能够促进经济的增长,当金融结构的调整超过合理范围时,金融功能的负作用会逐渐增强,当负作用积累到一定程度,会对经济的发展起到阻碍作用,我国各省份应根据自己的实际发展情况和自然禀赋,选择合适的金融结构和经济发展模式。     

榆树林油田水井钻关的几点认识

文章针对榆树林油田加密区水井钻关状况进行分类分析,得出了不同钻关时间内钻关区产量递减趋势:钻关时间3个月以内,区块开发状况基本保持稳定;钻关三个月后,产量有所下降,且随着钻关时间的增加,递减幅度增大。同时根据钻关区特点提出几点建议,为今后控制钻关区产量递减提供指导。     

证券交易信息系统与交易运行模式辨析

首先对证券交易信息系统的特性进行了阐述,介绍了证券公司交易系统的主要模式。现行的证券交易系统主要分为两类:以单营业部为基础的独立式交易系统和以中心营业部为基础的集中式交易系统。两种不同特性的交易系统又决定了不同的证券交易运行模式,文章的重点在于对不同的交易模式进行对比分析,并结合实际运行情况,找出能适应证券公司发展的、行之有效的交易模式。最终的结论是集中式交易模式是适应市场发展和公司经营的正确选择。     

知识密集型企业人力资源管理模式探究

21世纪,人类进入了一个以知识和信息为主要载体的知识经济时代。在这个经济时代,企业已不再能够通过简单的重复生产来保证增长,而是必须依靠创新。知识型员工是知识和信息的载体,是企业创新的主体,由此决定了知识密集型企业必将成为未来经济发展的主要推动力。知识的创造、利用和增值以及资源的合理配置都要依靠知识和信息的载体——知识型员工来完成。知识密集型企业作为一种新型的企业必须有与之相适应的人力资源管理模式,必须从知识密集型企业人力资源管理所具有的独特特征出发,重新构造其人力资源的组织模式以及人员管理模式。     

终身学习视角下公共图书馆的转型与发展思考

公共图书馆作为公共文化服务体系的重要组成部分,在构建学习型社会的大背景下,为促进终身学习的理念,借鉴国外图书馆的前沿探索,提升人文素质和知识内涵,实现公共图书馆在新的历史形势下自身的转型与发展。     

城市化进程中的乡村衰落现象：成因及治理——“乡村振兴战略”实施视角的分析

党的十九大报告提出了“实施乡村振兴战略”。乡村振兴是“中国梦”不可或缺的组成部分,城市化进程中的乡村衰落现象不容忽视,乡村问题的解决关系到乡村振兴战略能否实现和现代乡村能否建成。为此,剖析了我国乡村衰落的成因,探索了乡村振兴战略落实的办法,提出了现代乡村建设的可能路径。     

对有效财务分析在实际工作中的探讨

基于对现行财务分析不足的研究,文章试图运用产业经济学、企业战略管理和现代公司财务理论,提出一个新的、对管理决策更为有效的财务分析模式。这一模式由5个相互关联的步骤构成,即对企业所处特定产业(或行业)的经济特征的分析、对企业战略的分析、正确理解和调整企业的财务报表、评估企业的盈利能力和风险、为管理决策提供相关的依据。