“融治理”视角推进泰州社会治理的实践与启示

市域社会治理和城乡社区治理反映了中国社会治理的全面深化,前者是社会治理的重要舞台,后者是社会治理的重要引擎,两者之间既有区别又有联系,互相补充,可以发展为一种“融治理”来完善中国的社会治理。“融治理”有助于为探索社会治理现代化中国路径提供理论支撑,促进社区治理创新有序化、高效化。泰州市抓住目标融合、体制机制融合、平台融合、资源融合、能力融合“五融合”推进“融治理”,连通了市域社会治理和城乡社区治理,丰富了社会治理创新。

“融治理”背景下推进政府购买社会服务的困境及对策

基于党的十九大和十九届五中全会提出的缩小城乡区域发展差距,完善基层社区治理,打通基本民生服务不平衡、不充分的节点,深化改革政府购买服务等要求,在“融治理”背景下,从推进政府购买服务的角度出发,总结提升政府公共服务管理能力对基层社区治理的意义,指出当前政府公共管理在基层社区治理中的定位、规划和服务等方面的问题,并依据各相关要求提出具体的对策,即完善制度设计,增强购买服务的规范性;整合治理平台,加强购买服务集成化;优化多方协同,提升购买服务的精确度。

从“融警务”到“融治理”:衢州公安全力推进道路交通安全治理

以“融警务”理念为指引,推进道路交通安全由管理向治理转变,衢州公安道路交通安全治理经历了四个发展阶段。坚持地方党委政府领导,充分发挥道安办的组织协调作用,“两网融合”下的新型道路交通安全治理组织网格和混合型组织形式助力变革型的道路交通安全组织体系基本建成。创新隐患排查整治机制,强化严格执法打击机制,健全宣传教育引导机制,推动“两网融合”道路交通安全警务流程再造、体制机制创新取得初步成效。继续大力推进道路交通安全治理制度体系全方位重构,一要完善隐患预防与执法严控融合理念完善法律规范体系,二要创新道路交通安全治理组织领导制度,三要建立健全考核评价制度与行政问责制度。

海事行政执法投诉举报矛盾防范化解对策研究

通过介绍海上“枫桥经验”在舟山的探索与实践,阐述了新时代海上“枫桥经验”的借鉴意义,以舟山海事局践行融入新时代海上“枫桥经验”的主要做法为例,结合工作实际,分析当前海事行政执法投诉举报的主要特点及预防化解方面存在的主要问题,提出化解执法投诉举报矛盾纠纷的思路与对策。

Successful initial ablation therapy contributes to survival in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma

AIM： To evaluate the outcome predictors of percutaneous ablation therapy in patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma （HCC）, especially to identify whether the initial treatment response contributes to the survival of the patients. METHODS： The study cohort included 153 patients with single （102） and two or three （51） HCC nodules 5 cm or less in maximum diameter. As an initial treatment, 110 patients received radiofrequency ablation and 43 patients received percutaneous ethanol injection. RESULTS： The Kaplan-Meier estimates of overall 3- and S-year survival rates were 75% and 59%, respectively. The log-rank test revealed statistically significant differences in the overall survivals according to ChildPugh class （P = 0.0275）, tumor size （P = 0.0130）, serum albumin level （P = 0.0060）, serum protein induced by vitamin K absence or antagonist Ⅱ level （P = 0.0486）, and initial treatment response （P = 0.0130）. The independent predictors of survival were serum albumin level （dsk ratio, 3.216; 950 CI, 1.407-7.353; P = 0.0056） and initial treatment response （risk ratio, 2.474; 95% CI, 1.076-5.692; P = 0.0330） based on the Cox proportional hazards regression models. The patients had a serum albumin level 3.5 g/dL and the 3- and 5-year survival rates of 86% and 82%. CONCLUSION： In HCC patients treated with percutaneous ablation therapy, serum albumin level and initial treatment response are the independent outcome predictors.

Review on the Study of the Allocation of Corporate Control in Enterprise Theory

With the establishment of a modem corporate system, the separation of ownership and management appears in the company. The rational allocation of corporate control between different behavioral agents has attracted more and more attention. This paper points out that scholars have studied the allocation of corporate control from the angles of the agency cost theory, property rights theory, corporate finance theory, and the theory of corporate governance, which has great value. However, the existing theories also have some flaws on the allocation of corporate control. First, people still have different understandings and views over the meaning of corporate control. Secondly, the existing research theoretically only observes and studies an arrangement of sheer level control, the allocation between final control and real control. This paper argues to build the two-tier allocation of corporate control： The first tier relation is between ultimate control rights and actual control rights, the second tier relation is between indirect control rights and direct control rights which are in actual control rights. This study can explain the resource allocation effects of corporate control, promote the development and improvement of the theory of the firm.

Corporate governance and financing decisions by Saudi companies

This paper aims to contribute to the corporate governance literature in emerging economies by examining the effect of some corporate governance mechanisms on financing decisions in Saudi Arabian listed companies. A multiple regression model is used to examine the association between financing decisions and corporate governance mechanisms for a sample of 37 listed Saudi companies. In particular, we examine the effect of board size, ownership concentration and corporate governance reporting on the debt-to-equity ratio. Corporate governance reporting is measured by the content analysis approach. After controlling for companies＇ profitability and their growth opportunities, we found that both board size and ownership concentration are positively associated with debt-to-equity ratio. We limit our analysis to a small sample of firms that use the internet to communicate corporate governance information between October 2005 and January 2006. The findings suggest that managers are likely to choose higher financial leverage when they have stronger corporate governance （large number of directors on the board and higher ownership concentration）. However, we did not find any statistical association between corporate governance disclosure and debt-to-equity ratio. This suggests that firm＇s asymmetric information is not an important driver of the financing decision of Saudi Arabian companies. This might be due to the nature of the Saudi business environment. We strongly believe that this paper provides a novel contribution to the existing literature as we are the first to examine this issue in Saudi Arabia.

Analysis of the Effect of Corporate Governance Attributes and Disclosure Level on Firms＇ Costs of Financing

The purpose of this article is to analyze the impact of corporate governance and disclosure policy on corporate financial performance by examining the combined effect of board characteristics and disclosure level on financing costs. The empirical analysis, conducted on a sample of 192 Canadian companies, generally shows the importance of board characteristics in determining the level of disclosure and firms＇ costs of financing. In particular, the results found indicate that boards whose characteristics meet the governance requirements that are associated with greater transparency in disclosure on governance attributes reduce the costs of financing of their companies by debt as well as by equity capital.

Brexit Implications on Capital Market and International Financial Governance

This paper assumes as a focal point the concept that the ＂post-Brexit＂ may represent a change of era for European and global financial service and particularly for capital market sector. The change of era produces new ＂global systemic interrelation＂ in which financial globalization, governance and regulation will give place to new, largely unknown complexities. In general, the different interests and immediate priorities of euro and non-euro countries, coupled with a need for prompt and, at times, politically sensitive action, have had the result of a greater fragmentation or a differentiated integration in EU governance in the financial sector. On this assumption, we may say that the post-Brexit scenario is in some way preceded by a series of ＂fractures＂ in European governance. The direct effect of the post-Brexit era is that UK regulated financial entities will still need ＂passporting＂ across the EU single market： UK is going to vest the role of third party country, which will require an ＂equivalence regime＂ similar to the ＂substituted compliance＂ used in the same direction by US regulators. At the same time, while an equivalence regime may work in principle to deal cross-border issues at the global level, in the long term, it may be an instrument for a ＂battle of ideas＂ in the new political arena of global financial governance.

The Research and Analysis to the Financing Dilemma and Countermeasures of China＇s Medium and Small Sized High-tech Enterprises

The Financing problem of Medium and small Sized High-tech Enterprises is the key point to enterprises＇ survival and development. Firstly it is pointed out that the difficulty in financing is due to without enough emphasis on Medium and Small Sized High-tech Enterprises, without sound targeted laws and regulations, the imperfect credit guarantee system, and corporate governance structure problem of the enterprise Then, according to the problems existing in the financing of China＇s Medium and Small Sized High-tech Enterprises, the assay put forward several countermeasures which have referential value.

Board Members Oversight System- A Polish Example

The goal of the study was the development of a system to monitor the members of supervisory and management boards. The system currently covers 8,454 joint stock companies registered in Poland. The main purpose of the system is to monitor every change in the composition of every board of every joint stock company, from March 2001 up to the present, and it is updated every month. This system, however, also enables us to confirm some of the theories from the field of corporate governance. A generation change has been identified in the boards of the joint stock companies which were examined. Women constitute a large, and continuously increasing, section of the board members. The number of family companies, and of family involvement in boards, is still increasing. Board members of financial institutions （and not just of banks） possess significantly more directorates than board members of non-financial institutions. The number of interlocking directorates is positively linked to the macroeconomic development indicator of the total investment as percentage of GDP for Poland.

The Effect of Corporate Governance on Debt Financing Cost of Listed Companies

In recent years, bank credit business is booming with the increasing borrowing retention o~ China＇s listed companies, and debt financing has become the major approach among listed companies＇ financing strategies. As a series of institutional arrangements about rights, responsibilities and benefits between different shareholders, corporate governance mechanism has a significant influence on the cost of debt financing. This paper employs variable coefficient panel data model to investigate the relationship of the listed company＇s debt financing costs and corporate governance mechanism in terms of structural characteristics and time series characteristics. The results show that optimizing the structure of both Board of Directors and Board of Supervisors, establishing a reasonable management incentive system and reducing the concentration of ownership properly can directly contribute to a lower company＇s debt financing costs. Meanwhile, property rights have an interactive influence on corporate governance from four aspects, which indirectly effect in company＇s debt financing costs.

Some Neglected Causes of the Global Financial Crisis and Their Implications for Effective Crisis Governance

The essay analyzes in a sociological and political science perspective several key aspects of the global economic-financial crisis which have either been neglected or not sufficiently analyzed in most scientific and media accounts. It focuses on two basic aspects： a） the coguitive framework prevailing among U. S. corporate, governmental and intellectual elites, i.e. the neodiberal conception of the self-regulating market, which deeply influenced their behaviour both in the market and in the political arena and b ） the mechanisms of pressure politics and political lobbying in the US Congress that managed to influence key decisions concerning de-regulation policy, in so far as to weaken the existing systems of institutional controls and to prevent new rules for new financial products. The last section evaluates President Obama＇s economic strategy and regulation policy in the light of the two basic aspects analysed in the first two sections, i.e. the action of lobbies and the influence of mainstream neo-hberal economics. The aim of the essay is to integrate the economic literature with a sociological and political analysis in order to gain clearer knowledge of the complex mechanisms of the crisis, which in turn can contribute to identifying key obstacles in implementing pohcies aimed at enforcing new forms of regulation of global markets.