Falling from media grace: Telling lessons for leaders in modern times

Executives and organizations seeking to portray an image of competence and integrity should be careful what they wish for, given the state of modern media. Rather than being a passive conduit for one’s image, today’s media is much more activist and exerts substantial influence over the construction, reconstruction, and destruction of image. In studying the media’s rapid transformation of one such glowing image in the wake of a scandal, we identified three key processes by which the media transforms image. These processes are relevant to a wide range of contexts. Perhaps most intriguing is the discovery that the media can leverage an existing, recessive narrative and convert it into a dominant one. This intriguing finding suggests that the pursuit of a glowing image might inadvertently sow the seeds of future destruction. In the heat of a scandal, executives and organizations are likely to struggle with countering the media’s image-altering processes. Our findings imply a need for more careful, nuanced, and engaged image management both during a scandal and before scandal hits.     

Financial literacy in the digital age—A research agenda

Digital innovations are transforming financial services and resulting changes in consumer behavior and personal money management. Diffusion of pervasive digital technologies offers individuals quick and easy access to various digital services bringing opportunities and challenges into their personal money management. The study aimed to explore how digitalization affects individuals' financial literacy and financial capability. As a result, we identified three main themes in the intersection of finance and digitalization: Fintech, Financial behavior in digital environments, and Behavioral interventions. We propose directions for measuring digital financial literacy, updates to the financial literacy curriculum, and developments of digital learning tools. Further, we highlight collaboration between the public and private sectors to create a fairer and more inclusive economic landscape. Our study contributes to existing research by proposing a framework for digital financial literacy and financial capability and a research agenda for future studies.     

How to identify the canaries that might save the organizations: Mapping the most curiosity-oriented in Brazil

This study explores the effectiveness of international instruments for identifying the curious and alerts us to the relative ineffectiveness of foreign instruments to map the curious in Brazil. We used indirect questions to better map the most curious collaborators at Brazilian organizations. We believe our instrument eludes the Brazilian bias for impression management. Our sample covered 384 respondents in Brazil and identified that there are more curious professionals in small and medium-sized enterprises than in large and multinational companies, and that team members are more curious than those in managerial positions. Furthermore, our study reveals that the most curious perceive to be penalized when offering their perceptions regarding weak signals. This study points the need to invest in developing and protecting a more curiosity-oriented staff. In addition to contributing to the literature on curiosity at work, this study provides insights for companies that want to develop their teams to perceive business weak signals.     

An emerging market multinational Company's internationalization: From original equipment manufacturer to global brand leader

We examine an emerging market multinational company's (EMNC's) transformation from an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to an original brand manufacturer (OBM) and global leader. Our longitudinal study of Hisense—China's largest TV company (and the world's third largest) spans three decades and involves detailed interviews with over 50 executives. We study how the company's global value chain network evolved, how it reconfigured its organization, upgraded its capabilities, and enhanced its brand reputation. We develop propositions that may contribute to improved explanations for an EMNC's internationalization sequence, development of competitive advantages, overseas management practices, and brand building.     

从发票管理角度看我国当前税收流失状况及改善措施

目前,全球金融危机对我国的影响还未见底。实施积极财政政策扩大内需,增强经济抵抗力和竞争力,确保持续增长是未来的艰巨任务。作为一系列重大举措的支撑力量,税收成为财政工作的关键一环。全面加强征收管理,减少税收流失是确保积极财政政策顺利推行的前提之一。本文围绕我国税收征管工作中的发票管理环节展开,分析了发票管理漏洞使税收流失加剧的现状,并提出了改善发票管理的若干措施。     

多属性决策方法在商业银行信用风险评估中的应用

决策理论中的多属性决策方法可以直观比较出多家银行所面临的信用风险大小,这对我国商业银行的信用风险监测具有重要意义。以我国具有代表性的四家商业银行作为样本,运用多属性决策方法对商业银行信用风险进行评估,结果表明,多属性决策方法具有科学性和可操作性。     

基于模糊联系度的危化品公路运输安全风险评估

为了有效降低危化品公路运输事故风险,提高危化品运输安全管控能力,构建了含23个动、静态指标的危化品公路运输安全风险评估指标体系,采用组合权重对评估指标赋权;基于集对分析理论,对专家打分分值与组合权重深入分析,引入综合差异度系数的概念,确定模糊联系度,提出一种危化品公路运输安全风险评估方法;以西安某公司至上海的运输任务为例,进行实例应用。结果表明：除危化品因素外,其余一级指标均存在风险上升趋势,其中人员因素风险上升趋势尤其明显,危化品公路运输整体风险状态处于微反势9级,风险较大,与实际情况相符。所提方法可实现危化品公路运输动、静态风险评估,为危化品公路运输风险研究提供参考。     

高管连锁网络与股价同步性

本文以2009—2018年中国A股上市公司为研究样本,考察了高管连锁网络对公司股价同步性的影响。研究发现：高管连锁网络会提高公司的股价同步性,处于高管连锁网络越中心位置的上市公司,其股价同步性越高;从趋同性和信息透明度两个方面进一步分析高管连锁网络对股价同步性的作用机制,发现高管连锁网络并非通过降低公司透明度这一途径对股价同步性产生影响,而是因为连锁高管加强了上市公司间的行为学习、信息和资源的共享,促使公司间基础特征趋同,进而提高了公司的股价同步性;根据联结类型的不同将高管连锁网络划分为董事网络、监事网络和高管网络,实证结果表明高管网络对股价同步性的提升效应最大,董事网络次之,监事网络对股价同步性无显著影响;区分产权性质和法治环境后发现,在国有企业和所处法治环境较差的企业中,高管连锁网络提高股价同步性的效应更显著。研究结论为提升资本市场信息效率提供了理论支撑。     

高管权力、内部控制与公司价值

从内部控制角度出发,以我国2008—2013年度沪深两市A股上市公司为研究样本,在研究内部控制与公司价值之间关系的基础上考察公司高管权力配置结构对两者之间关系的影响,并进一步分析不同产权性质下内部控制与公司价值之间的关系以及高管权力对两者关系的影响,结果表明：完善的内部控制有助于提升公司价值,高管权力过于集中会削弱内部控制的有效性并抑制内部控制对公司价值的提升作用;与国有上市公司相比,非国有上市公司的内部控制对公司价值存在显著的提升作用,但在高集权的情况下,无论是国有上市公司还是非国有上市公司,内部控制均不能对公司价值起到显著的提升作用。     

博弈论视角下公估人的理性选择及外部约束

保险公估人是保险业发展不可缺少的重要组成部分,但“公估不公”始终是公估行业发展中的一个难题。作为一种典型的承揽关系,保险人与公估人之间存在着信息不对称,以及由此带来的道德风险。本文从博弈论的角度,构建公估人和保险人之间的策略型博弈,通过求解纳什均衡发现,公估人的理性选择并不总是诚实公正。因此,只有加强外部约束,才能实现...