Barriers Inhibiting Export Performance of Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturing Firms

Abstract

This study uses a step-wise discriminant analysis to address two related questions. First, to identify those inhibiting factors perceived to be both important and difficult to counter when a firm is initiating an export program. Second, to address the criticism that the current export research has failed to differentiate between degree of importance and the level of difficulty that firm may encounter when entering foreign markets. Two-hundred and forty-two small and medium-sized Wisconsin manufacturing firms were surveyed. The findings identified three barriers perceived to be both important and difficult to overcome. However, they did not support the criticism that we must differentiate between the degree of importance and the level of difficulty.     

共同基金：中小企业融资途径新思路

中小企业对经济的贡献率越来越大，然而中小企业融资难的问题也越来越突出。本文设想多个企业联合建立共同基金以便于解决各自企业融资难的问题，并基于此思想而构造一种新融资模式。     

Financial social innovation to engage the economically marginalized: insights from an Indian case study

Abstract

New sources of finance within the label of ‘impact investing’ have emerged as mechanisms to promote entrepreneurship within marginalized communities. Different vehicles for impact investment have emerged over the years; however, our understanding around their emergence, configuration and adoption is limited. Hence, the main purpose in this research is to study the role of the contextual drivers and conditions that gave rise to a unique form of impact investment in India, a financial social innovation – developmental venture capital (DVC). Through the lens of capital theories, insights from the case of India’s largest and oldest DVC firm along with three of its most prominent investees are presented. Findings highlight that the social entrepreneurs behind the case DVC wholly re-conceptualized silicon valley-style venture capital financing to suit small brick and mortar investments in rural India, developed mechanisms for deploying funding frugally, and created partnerships of equals between themselves and their investees. Investee founders leveraged human and social capital throughout the social innovation process via deep immersion in the socio-cultural milieu of India.     

多寡头不确定条件下的矿山企业期权博弈基本价值研究

期权博弈方法把实物期权和博弈论结合起来,在不确定性条件和竞争环境下,为企业提供项目的投资估价和决策,以实现投资项目价值的最大化。竞争环境下的矿山企业博弈参与方不再局限于对称双寡头,而是考虑了序贯均衡阶段的多寡头矿山企业,在进行项目投资决策时,可假设投资初期成本各不相同,建立多寡头矿山企业期权博弈基本价值的价值函数和最佳投资时机进行研究。     

外商直接投资对江西产业结构调整效应的实证分析

本文利用江西省最新数据,采用分布滞后模型来分析外商直接投资对江西省产业结构调整的效应。结果发现,外商直接投资对江西省产业结构的变化具有影响,但对三次产业的影响力大小依次是第二产业、第一产业和第三产业。     

金融危机背景下安徽省保投资适度增长问题研究

国际金融危机的冲击导致我国经济增长方式转型加速,经济结构调整形势严峻。安徽经济增长态势风险加剧,投资驱动型经济主导性再次凸显。在客观阐述国际金融危机对安徽省投资增长影响的前提下,深入分析了安徽省保投资增长的一系列政策措施及其社会效应。依据投资增长理论和经济增长均衡理论对进一步推进安徽省保投资适度增长提出了五点对策建议。     

关于跨国公司国际贸易投资一体化的行为及策略分析

二战以来,随着全球经济一体化进程的加速,国际经济交往活动日益频繁,贸易与投资的关联性越来越强,跨国公司成为贸易与投资的主要载体和主要控制者,呈现出贸易投资一体化的大趋势。     

Equity Fund Performance Persistence with Investment Style: Evidence from Korea

Using a comprehensive database on equity funds in Korea, we investigate the performance and performance persistence with investment style employing the Fama and French three-factor model and the Carhart four-factor model. The paper finds that most investment styles in Korea noticeably outperform the passive benchmarks. In addition, positive performance persistence is observed among funds investing in large-cap stocks and stocks of high past performance. Finally, outperformance and positive performance persistence of equity funds are still present in various ranking and postranking horizons. These empirical findings are in sharp contrast with results from earlier studies on markets in developed countries, such as the United States.