This paper aims to explore the relationship between logistics firm size and business diversification, especially in micro-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style=&quo...This paper aims to explore the relationship between logistics firm size and business diversification, especially in micro-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and small-sized enterprises, and assess the diversification process of Chongqing logistics enterprises using new data source. It is inte</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">nded to contribute to theoretical research on diversification in the emerging logistics industry based on resource-based view (RBV) and factor production theory. We innovatively establish the logistics business classification system, then measure the degree and direction of diversification of lo</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">gistics enterprises based on mean narrow-spectrum diversification-based</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> product count methods. The empirically shows that there are a growing number of highly-diversified logistics enterprises in general, with an average annual increase of 14.23%. Especially after 2008, small and medium-sized enterprises developed towards r</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">elated diversification while micro-sized enterprises came to the opposite conclusion. For them, creating unrelated diversified business is a crucial way to generate a competitive advantage. Unlike the conclusions derived from other industries, small-sized logistics enterprises are prone to try a new business, both related and unrelated, for better survival and performance. And changes in the firm size of medium and large-sized enterprises have little impact on the development of the business diversification.展开更多
Healthcare is one of the world’s fastest growing industries consisting of broad services offered by various hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, diagnostic laboratories, pharmacies and supported by drugs, pharmaceut...Healthcare is one of the world’s fastest growing industries consisting of broad services offered by various hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, diagnostic laboratories, pharmacies and supported by drugs, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, medical equipment, manufacturers and suppliers. The industry is highly fragmented, comprising of various ancillary sectors namely medical equipment and supplies, pharmaceutical, healthcare services, biotechnology, and alternative medicines. The present study focuses on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology segments of the healthcare industry, and presents a stochastic analysis of the evolution over time of firm size. A dynamic model is proposed that attempts to predict the evolutionary process of firm size distribution based on industry and product characteristics. A validation exercise, applying the model to pharmaceutical and the biotechnology industries finds that the predictions from the model are very close to the actual trajectories of firm size distributions within these industries at the global level. The results show interestingly, that the drivers of firm size dynamics are industry level characteristics that can be estimated from historical data with some accuracy. Specifically, it is found that firm size distributions are approaching a long-run equilibrium at a faster rate in the case of the pharmaceutical industry and that the dispersion of the distributions are shrinking over time above all for the biotechnology industry.展开更多
This study investigates whether accounting firms match the experience level of individual auditors with the risk level of clients in order to control audit risk. We find that accounting firms tend to assign more exper...This study investigates whether accounting firms match the experience level of individual auditors with the risk level of clients in order to control audit risk. We find that accounting firms tend to assign more experienced auditors to non-state-owned clients that typically have higher tendency to engage in earnings management. Such an assignment pattern is more pronounced for non-Big 4 accounting firms. Further analysis suggests that auditors＇ experience helps reduce clients＇ earnings management level, proxied by abnormal accruals, and thus improves the audit quality. This study enriches the literature on the allocation of human resources and the risk control mechanism in the audit services industry, which has been seldom explored in prior studies.展开更多
Remarkably, recent research on the Chinese labor market has suggested that the situation in China is inconsistent with the stylized fact that large firms pay higher wages and offer more generous benefits. Expanding th...Remarkably, recent research on the Chinese labor market has suggested that the situation in China is inconsistent with the stylized fact that large firms pay higher wages and offer more generous benefits. Expanding the empirical basis from 78 to 300 000 industrial firms, I overturn theprevious result andshow that wage determination in the averagefirmfits the international norm. Exploring subsamples of firms I also point to a likely source for the conflictingfindings： firm size is positively correlatedwith the average wage in private firms, but negatively correlated with the average wage in the state-owned sector. These novel results couM guide future studies aiming to understand the sources of the firm size wage premium, and, in particular, studies that target the largest industrial labor market in the world展开更多
The aim of this article is to stress the importance of competencies to build network in the innovation process. Innovation is not only R＆D but is often supporting by networks and relations that differ according to th...The aim of this article is to stress the importance of competencies to build network in the innovation process. Innovation is not only R＆D but is often supporting by networks and relations that differ according to the size of the firm and the sector. We propose an empirical analysis, based on logit model, for French industrial firms. It appears that size and technological intensity of the sector affect positively the detention of networking competencies.展开更多
中国企业创新创业调查(Enterprise Survey for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in China,简称ESIEC)的主要目的之一,就是通过对中小微企业的调查填补中小企业创新数据缺失的空白。本文首先对创新测度和创新调查相关的理论和文献进行...中国企业创新创业调查(Enterprise Survey for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in China,简称ESIEC)的主要目的之一,就是通过对中小微企业的调查填补中小企业创新数据缺失的空白。本文首先对创新测度和创新调查相关的理论和文献进行了梳理,其次对ESIEC的问卷设计进行了介绍,然后对ESIEC的企业创新数据的基本事实进行了分析,最后用CDM(Crepon,Duguet,and Mairessec)模型分析了中小微企业中研发、创新和生产率之间的关系。结果表明,在ESIEC的中小微企业中,研发、创新和生产率之间的关系与文献结论一致。相比中国现有的创新方面的微观数据,本文所依托的ESIEC具有以下四个方面的突出优势:①涵盖多维度的创新测度和较为全面的创新方面的信息,不仅有与国际通用创新调查数据相同的调查信息,还考虑了中国的经济特色,包含了一些与高质量发展相关的指标;②调查对象包含了小微企业;③调查对象不仅包含制造业,还包含多种服务业;④与国际上很多微观层面的创新调查采用线上或电话调查不同,ESIEC采用了由受过严格训练的访员面对面调查企业负责人或高管的方式。总之,ESIEC数据可以被很好地用来分析中国中小微企业的创新活动。初步分析结果表明,基于ESIEC的创新分析结果与文献一致:①企业规模对企业的研发投入决策起着至关重要的作用;②研发促进了产品创新和流程创新;③产品创新和流程创新都能促进劳动生产率。因此,ESIEC数据具有良好的可靠性,并且可以与欧盟创新调查(CIS)和美国的年度商业调查(ABS)进行可比性分析。展开更多
文摘This paper aims to explore the relationship between logistics firm size and business diversification, especially in micro-</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and small-sized enterprises, and assess the diversification process of Chongqing logistics enterprises using new data source. It is inte</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">nded to contribute to theoretical research on diversification in the emerging logistics industry based on resource-based view (RBV) and factor production theory. We innovatively establish the logistics business classification system, then measure the degree and direction of diversification of lo</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">gistics enterprises based on mean narrow-spectrum diversification-based</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> product count methods. The empirically shows that there are a growing number of highly-diversified logistics enterprises in general, with an average annual increase of 14.23%. Especially after 2008, small and medium-sized enterprises developed towards r</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">elated diversification while micro-sized enterprises came to the opposite conclusion. For them, creating unrelated diversified business is a crucial way to generate a competitive advantage. Unlike the conclusions derived from other industries, small-sized logistics enterprises are prone to try a new business, both related and unrelated, for better survival and performance. And changes in the firm size of medium and large-sized enterprises have little impact on the development of the business diversification.
文摘Healthcare is one of the world’s fastest growing industries consisting of broad services offered by various hospitals, physicians, nursing homes, diagnostic laboratories, pharmacies and supported by drugs, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, medical equipment, manufacturers and suppliers. The industry is highly fragmented, comprising of various ancillary sectors namely medical equipment and supplies, pharmaceutical, healthcare services, biotechnology, and alternative medicines. The present study focuses on the pharmaceutical and biotechnology segments of the healthcare industry, and presents a stochastic analysis of the evolution over time of firm size. A dynamic model is proposed that attempts to predict the evolutionary process of firm size distribution based on industry and product characteristics. A validation exercise, applying the model to pharmaceutical and the biotechnology industries finds that the predictions from the model are very close to the actual trajectories of firm size distributions within these industries at the global level. The results show interestingly, that the drivers of firm size dynamics are industry level characteristics that can be estimated from historical data with some accuracy. Specifically, it is found that firm size distributions are approaching a long-run equilibrium at a faster rate in the case of the pharmaceutical industry and that the dispersion of the distributions are shrinking over time above all for the biotechnology industry.
基金Ye thanks the National Natural Science Foundation of China for financial support （Grant No, 71072145 and 71132004）. Yuan gratefully acknowledges the financial support from the Humanities and Social Science Research Project of the Ministry of Education of China （Grant No. 11YJC630270）. Cheng thanks the National Natural Science Foundation of China for financial support （Grant No. 71272152）. We appreciate the valuable comments and suggestion of the two anonymous referees, All remaining errors and omissions are our own.
文摘This study investigates whether accounting firms match the experience level of individual auditors with the risk level of clients in order to control audit risk. We find that accounting firms tend to assign more experienced auditors to non-state-owned clients that typically have higher tendency to engage in earnings management. Such an assignment pattern is more pronounced for non-Big 4 accounting firms. Further analysis suggests that auditors＇ experience helps reduce clients＇ earnings management level, proxied by abnormal accruals, and thus improves the audit quality. This study enriches the literature on the allocation of human resources and the risk control mechanism in the audit services industry, which has been seldom explored in prior studies.
基金Financial support from the Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundationthe Ragnar Sderberg Foundation is gratefully acknowledged
文摘Remarkably, recent research on the Chinese labor market has suggested that the situation in China is inconsistent with the stylized fact that large firms pay higher wages and offer more generous benefits. Expanding the empirical basis from 78 to 300 000 industrial firms, I overturn theprevious result andshow that wage determination in the averagefirmfits the international norm. Exploring subsamples of firms I also point to a likely source for the conflictingfindings： firm size is positively correlatedwith the average wage in private firms, but negatively correlated with the average wage in the state-owned sector. These novel results couM guide future studies aiming to understand the sources of the firm size wage premium, and, in particular, studies that target the largest industrial labor market in the world
文摘The aim of this article is to stress the importance of competencies to build network in the innovation process. Innovation is not only R＆D but is often supporting by networks and relations that differ according to the size of the firm and the sector. We propose an empirical analysis, based on logit model, for French industrial firms. It appears that size and technological intensity of the sector affect positively the detention of networking competencies.
文摘中国企业创新创业调查(Enterprise Survey for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in China,简称ESIEC)的主要目的之一,就是通过对中小微企业的调查填补中小企业创新数据缺失的空白。本文首先对创新测度和创新调查相关的理论和文献进行了梳理,其次对ESIEC的问卷设计进行了介绍,然后对ESIEC的企业创新数据的基本事实进行了分析,最后用CDM(Crepon,Duguet,and Mairessec)模型分析了中小微企业中研发、创新和生产率之间的关系。结果表明,在ESIEC的中小微企业中,研发、创新和生产率之间的关系与文献结论一致。相比中国现有的创新方面的微观数据,本文所依托的ESIEC具有以下四个方面的突出优势:①涵盖多维度的创新测度和较为全面的创新方面的信息,不仅有与国际通用创新调查数据相同的调查信息,还考虑了中国的经济特色,包含了一些与高质量发展相关的指标;②调查对象包含了小微企业;③调查对象不仅包含制造业,还包含多种服务业;④与国际上很多微观层面的创新调查采用线上或电话调查不同,ESIEC采用了由受过严格训练的访员面对面调查企业负责人或高管的方式。总之,ESIEC数据可以被很好地用来分析中国中小微企业的创新活动。初步分析结果表明,基于ESIEC的创新分析结果与文献一致:①企业规模对企业的研发投入决策起着至关重要的作用;②研发促进了产品创新和流程创新;③产品创新和流程创新都能促进劳动生产率。因此,ESIEC数据具有良好的可靠性,并且可以与欧盟创新调查(CIS)和美国的年度商业调查(ABS)进行可比性分析。
