Earnings management and abnormal returns: Evidence from the 1970–1972 Price Control Regulations

We examine the association between abnormal returns and earnings management in the context of price control regulations to test the construct validity of the earnings management model. Abnormal returns are used as a market–based measure, and discretionary accruals are employed to measure earnings management. Our results support the hypotheses that (1) price control regulations affect firms' security prices negatively, (2) firms make income–decreasing discretionary accruals to increase the likelihood of price increase approval, and (3) firms that are affected most negatively by the regulations manage earnings more aggressively. We conclude that the earnings management model we use in this study is capable of predicting opportunistic discretionary accruals.     

Managing Earnings with Intercorporate Investments

Abstract:  We explore to what extent firms deliberately manage their financial reports by exploiting the flexibility of generally accepted accounting principles. Using a sample of Oslo Stock Exchange-listed firms with 20–50% equity holdings in other firms, we find that firms with high financial leverage tend to maximize reported earnings from these investments through their choice between the cost method and the equity method, possibly in an attempt to reduce debt renegotiation costs or to avoid regulatory attention. In contrast, managers do not systematically bias reported earnings to extract private benefits or to signal revised expectations about future cash flows. Firms use different earnings management tools in a consistent way, as the earnings effect of the cost/equity choice is not offset by discretionary accruals.     

Economics and underdetermination: a case study of urban land and housing economics

Underdetermination, associated with the Duhem–Quine thesis,is a familiar if under-researched theme in economics. In thelight of this, we examine the development of urban land andhousing economics. Through its Cartesian dualistic delineationof theory and data, the contemporary mainstream approach appearsunable to circumvent the problem of underdetermination. In effect,it employs the strong version of Duhem–Quine in its retentionof the assumption of a single, unitary competitive market (andassociated access–space trade-off). Conversely, we highlightthe affinity of Ely's (and the later Columbia School's) approachto pragmatists Dewey and Peirce, which provides a more fruitfulbasis for explanation.     

复杂性管理策略:关注整体性

复杂性管理的策略首先要关注和认识复杂系统的整体性,这要通过关注系统的结构、多元化的视角、容忍模糊性和不确定性、借助直觉等手段来达到。在关注和认识整体性的基础上,需要进一步维护和促进复杂系统的整体性,这需要通过保护系统的自组织、创造自组织环境条件、发现和维护序参量、鼓励多元化以及与环境相协调来达成。     

当前我国政府绩效管理问题探析

当前,我国政府绩效管理中存在的问题,主要是政府绩效管理缺乏统一的政策指导和制度保障,对政府缋效管理的理论研究与实践发展滞后,社会参与机制不完善,激励制度匮乏等。我国应通过立法来推进政府绩效管理的制度化和规范化;学习和借鉴西方先进思想,加强政府绩效管理的理论研究,建立有效的绩效评估指标体系和完善的激励制度。从而提高我国政府效能。增强政府管理能力。     

企业实现科学薪酬管理之浅见

薪酬管理是企业人力资源管理的重要内容,并与企业战略目标的实现息息相关,薪酬管理科学与否,与企业核心竞争力及市场竞争力紧密相连。合理有效的薪酬体系以及科学的薪酬管理不仅能激发员工的积极性与主动性,更能促使员工努力实现企业目标,提高企业效益。本文对企业薪酬管理的基本理论进行了解析,对科学的薪酬管理在企业人力资源管理中的重要性进行了介绍,重点阐述了企业如何实现科学的薪酬管理。     

供应链视角下的农产品质量安全管理研究

近年来,我国农产品安全问题事件层出不穷,解决农产品的安全问题已经成了一个紧迫性的全国性问题。文中基于供应链的视角,从农产品供应链的各个环节、上下游企业角色的博弈、激励和惩罚机制、政府监管等各个角度分析了目前中国农产品供应链管理中存在的食品安全问题的症结所在,并且提出了相对应的解决措施,最后以安徽青松食品有限公司的“安心豆芽”项目为例进行了实证研究。     

基于生命周期的产业技术联盟政府管理策略研究

产业技术联盟是国家和区域技术创新体系的重要组成部分,政府要根据科技发展规划以及重点产业和战略性新兴产业的技术创新需求,加强对产业技术联盟的规划与管理。通过分析产业技术联盟的生命周期特征,本文指出了联盟不同发展阶段存在的主要问题,提出了联盟不同发展阶段的政府管理思路,设计了联盟组建阶段、成长阶段、成熟阶段和再造阶段的政府管理策略,旨在为政府明确产业技术联盟的管理重点,促进联盟的快速和可持续发展提供决策支持。     

论数据仓库技术在CRM中的意义及其应用

在客户资源越来越受重视的今天,客户关系管理（CRM）作为一种＂以客户为中心＂的营销理念,正被越来越多的企业所采用。而随着客户数据的不断扩充和膨胀,要求有一种更为有效的工具对这些数据进行采集和管理,这一有效手段就是数据仓库技术。文章论述了数据仓库的内涵及其对CRM的重要意义,并对如何运用数据仓库技术为CRM服务提出了一些看法和见解。