Do Small Family Firms Outperform Non-family Firms？ A Research Agenda Based on Agency and Stewardship Theories＊

The aim of this study is to examine the effects of family involvement and altruism on agency costs of equity and debt, as well on the performance of small family businesses. To achieve this objective, the authors reviewed the literature on family business. Drawing from agency theory and stewardship theory, the authors also proposed a research model that highlights the links among the variables. In so doing, this paper makes some contributions to the literature in three ways. Firstly, it takes an integrative framework that may help to explain behaviors oriented towards maximizing potential performance within a context in which pro-organizational attitudes co-exist with self-serving motivations. Secondly, it advances the understanding of corporate governance mechanisms in small family businesses, and finally, it deepens the discussion of prior research by advancing a set of propositions based on two theoretical approaches. Thus, the authors believe that a systematic comparison of different contexts provides new insights into small family business governance. The implications and directions for future research are in the last section.     

高管团队兼职行为与企业业绩关系研究

本文以沪深106家高科技上市公司为研究样本,实证考察了企业高管团队成员的蓉职行为与企业绩效之间的相关性.研究发现高管成员的兼职行为与企业业绩之间存在显著的相关关系.高管兼职企业的规模越大、赢利情况越好,越有利于提高本企业的业绩;高管在企业集团外部兼职的企业数量越多越有利于提高本企业的业绩;高管在企业集团内部兼职企业的数量与业绩关系不显著.     

水产食品企业实施可追溯体系的意义及措施

随着水产食品全球化供给的增加,以及近来食源性疾病的不断爆发,人们越来越关注水产食品安全问题,因此,许多国家和消费者将建立水产食品可追溯体系视为降低水产食品不安全性和增强消费者信心的有力武器。本文首先就水产食品可追溯体系产生的背景及原因进行了简要的阐述并给出了水产食品可追溯体系的定义,接着提出了建立可追溯体系给我国水产食品生产企业带来的利益,最后就我国水产食品生产企业如何建立和实施水产食品可追溯体系提出了建议。     

后发企业“逆向创新”成功因素研究——以海尔“小小神童”系列产品创新为例

本文通过对海尔“小小神童”洗衣机产品逆向创新的案例分析,总结了后发企业取得逆向创新成功的若干重要影响因素,即：选择同领先企业技术势差较小的产业领域,后发企业实现逆向创新的机会更多;后发企业在逆向创新过程中,必须充分发挥具有本土比较优势的创新资源要素;后发企业在逆向创新过程中需要依靠开放创新策略、技术与市场和管理创新紧密协同的策略支撑。     

Productivity Growth, Efficiency and Outsourcing in Manufacturing and Service Industries

This paper is a survey of recent contributions to, and developments of, the relationship between outsourcing, efficiency and productivity growth in manufacturing and services. The objective is to provide a thorough and up–to–date survey that provides a significant discussion on data, as well as on the core methods of measuring efficiency and productivity. First, the readers are introduced to the measurement of partial and total factor productivity growth. Different parametric and non–parametric approaches to the productivity measurement in the context of static, dynamic and firm–specific modelling are discussed. Second, we survey the econometric approach to efficiency analysis. The issues of modelling, distributional assumptions and estimation methods are discussed assuming that cross–sectional or panel data are available. Third, the relationship between outsourcing and productivity growth in manufacturing and services is discussed. The correspondence between a number of hypotheses and empirical findings are examined. Examples of varieties of relevant empirical applications, their findings and implications are presented. Fourth, measurement of inputs and outputs in manufacturing and services are discussed. Finally, to promote useful research, a number of factors important to the analysis of outsourcing, efficiency and productivity growth in the service sector are summarised.     

机构投资者真的有助于降低盈余管理吗？——来自中国上市公司混合与平衡面板数据的证据

本文采用中国上市公司2004～2008年相对较长时期数据,在控制机构投资者持股比例与盈余管理程度内生性基础上,通过混合与平衡面板数据模型回归分析发现：机构投资者持股比例与正向盈余管理显著正相关,其中国有控股企业的这种相关性较非国有控股企业更显著;国有控股企业中机构投资者持股比例与负向盈余管理显著负相关,而非国有控股企业中则变成显著正相关;机构投资者持股比例与盈余管理绝对值显著正相关,其中国有控股企业的这种相关性较非国有控股企业也更为显著。这些证据充分说明中国机构投资者仍然是短视的,对盈余管理不存在制约作用反而推动了企业的盈余管理。     

中外公司治理结构的比较分析

本文将我国同美、德、日等公司治理结构进行比较分析，并对我国公司治理结构中存在的主要问题进行剖析，认为应从公司的股权结构、治理模式和治理结构等方面来改善公司治理机制，特别强调解决监督机制问题，提出了在强化现有监事会职能基础，引入独立董事制度来弥补这一制度性缺陷。     

跨国公司的进入模式与技术转移

跨国公司对东道国进行直接投资主要有两种模式：绿地投资和并购。本文通过构建一个简单的理论模型对跨国公司如何在这两种进入模式之间进行选择，在不同的进入模式下跨国公司的技术转移水平有何不同。以及跨国公司进入模式的选择和技术转移水平受到哪些因素的影响等问题进行了研究。在理论研究的基础上并且结合中国的实际情况，本文提出了有关促进跨国公司提高对华技术转移水平的政策建议。     

全球化下珠三角本土企业创新网络的演变及影响因素研究——基于顺德东菱凯琴集团和珠海德豪润达集团的对比实证

创新网络是经济地理学研究的前沿主题之一。通过考察东菱和德豪润达两家本土家电企业自成立以来创新网络的演变过程,发现两家企业的创新网络的演变呈现出较大的差异。通过进一步的研究发现,珠三角本土企业创新网络的演变是全球化和地方化因素共同影响的结果,而全球化下的"供应商-客商"关系、企业发展战略、区域内企业之间的互动关系与区域性的制度安排和环境是影响珠三角本土企业创新网络演变的主要因素。     

Globalization and Greater Flexibility in the Japanese Labor Market: Exploring the Macro–Micro Link

The author explores the missing links between globalization and greater flexibility in the Japanese labor market based on review of literature and available evidence. Understanding Japan’s responses to globalization requires a nuanced approach, which accounts for its historical trajectory and social-institutional context. Along with globalization, Japan is experiencing a greater infusion of foreign capital, and an increasing presence of foreign firms. These foreign firms bring human resource practices that are more market driven and less socially embedded compared to the status quo. The diverging human resources practices of foreign firms have spillover effects that may destabilize the Japanese employment system in the long run.