中国上市公司监事会治理绩效评价与实证研究

本文在对现有监事会评价理论与实践回顾基础上,结合中国自身环境条件及改革进程,设计了中国上市公司监事会治理绩效评价指标体系,并且利用调研数据,对上市公司监事会治理水平进行了评价与实证研究。结果显示,监事会治理总体水平较低,不同行业、不同企业性质之间的治理水平存在着很大差别,大股东的持股比例亦对监事会治理的有效性具有显著影响。     

传媒管制与传媒集团公司治理模式的构建

传媒集团的公司治理是一个十分复杂的问题,中国经济制度和政治制度的特殊性决定了我国传媒集团公司治理的特殊性,本文从中国传媒的政府管制入手,分析了传媒产业的政府管制需求及管制产生的弊端,提出建构公司治理机制可以实现对政府管制的部分替代。在此基础上,客观剖析了目前中国传媒集团公司治理的现状及存在的问题。针对我国传媒集团存在的产权残缺、委托人残缺及管理者激励机制欠缺等问题,提出了中国传媒集团“三级治理”的公司治理模型,特别强调政府治理、外部治理、内部治理三者的有机结合。     

网络时代的适时财务监控与公司治理

网络技术应用的普及使传统财务监控的变革已成为公司治理和财务管理的热点话题,本文简要揭示新概念——适时财务监控与公司治理的关系,剖析了公司不同管理层次的适时财务监控的实时需求,从公司治理的基本需要对公司价值流再造、公司信息系统变革和适时财务监控机制重构等三个方面进行了初步研究,为网络适时财务监控在公司治理实务中的应用提供了一个基本框架。     

The Effect of Board of Directors’ IT Awareness on CIO Compensation and Firm Performance

Chief information officers (CIOs) play increasingly strategic roles in firms in this competitive global economy, which is now largely powered by information technology (IT). However, research has shown a lack of board of directors’ oversight on CIO‐ and IT‐related issues. Drawing on agency, resource dependence, and alignment theories, we investigate the effect of board of directors’ IT awareness on CIO compensation structure and firm performance. We conduct cross‐sectional time series analyses of data collected from various sources. Our study underlines three important findings. First, we show that some commonly known executive compensation determinants, such as individual characteristics and governance structure, do not have significant effects on CIO compensation structure. Second, with regard to CIO compensation structure, firms respond to increasing information asymmetry differently according to the level of IT awareness of their boards. Finally, firms perform better when their boards have higher levels of IT awareness, and this positive effect of IT awareness is considerably larger in IT intensive industries. Overall, our study provides empirical support for the important role of boards’ IT awareness in shaping CIO compensation and improving firm performance. Our results suggest that boards with functional area knowledge—or higher IT awareness in this case—can more effectively monitor and better incentivize executives, and consequently lead to better firm performance.     

Corporate Governance in Russia:: towards a European, US, or Russian Model?

This article analyzes Russia’s emerging corporate governance system taking into account both foreign and domestic influences. It discusses influences on Russia’s corporate governance from other countries, particularly the US, Germany, and France. Aspects of Russian culture and traditions are then examined to see how they might influence the country’s evolving corporate governance system. Although Russia will continue to be influenced by international standards and systems of other countries, the article concludes that Russian corporate governance will evolve into its own unique model reflecting the country’s traditions, values, and culture. Implications for Western investors are discussed.     

论机构投资者在公司治理中角色的定位及政策建议

在研究公司治理和资本市场发展时,机构投资者的作用越来越受到重视,随着机构投资者所持有公司股份的不断上升,他们开始积极参与公司治理.但是,不同类型的机构投资者所持有公司的股权比例、监督成本以及风险偏好等存在较大的差异,因而他们在公司治理活动中的表现也将截然不同.正是基于此,本文通过对机构投资者积极参与公司治理进行数理模型的一般分析,分析了机构投资者是否积极参与公司治理的条件机构投资者持有公司的股权比例、监督成本、风险偏好.结论表明,上述三个因素的变动影响着机构投资者是否进行监督及其监督的临界值.本文对机构投资者积极参与我国上市公司治理进行了适用性分析,并提出一些政策性建议.     

IT Governance Characteristics,Electronic Medical Records Sophistication,and Financial Performance in U.S. Hospitals: An Empirical Investigation

As a result of a recent federal government mandate, an increasing number of hospitals have decided to adopt electronic medical record (EMR) systems. This initiative is expected to lead toward more efficient and higher quality health care; however, little is known about governance characteristics and organizational performance for EMR adopters. Our goal is to inform theory and practice by examining hospitals with a sophisticated EMR and comparing those hospitals to similar hospitals (with a less sophisticated EMR) to understand the association between information technology (IT) governance characteristics and the implications on financial performance. Leveraging elements of the upper echelon theory, we posit that hospitals in which the chief information officer (CIO) reports to the chief executive officer, CIO turnover is low, and an IT steering committee is present are more likely to have a sophisticated EMR. We argue that EMR sophistication leads to improved financial performance. Our results underscore the importance of continuity in the CIO position on successful EMR implementations. Results also show that hospital size and financial performance are strongly associated with EMR sophistication. In addition, we find that a sophisticated EMR appears to be a fundamental element in improving hospitals’ revenue cycle management. Moreover, we find that hospitals with a sophisticated EMR appear to be more profitable. Finally, we observe that total payroll expense adjusted by total discharges drops among the sophisticated hospitals, potentially due to an increase in employee productivity. These insights can serve as a basis for tempering expectations relative to the financial impact of EMR adoption.     

中国上市公司治理水平及其对绩效影响的实证研究

本文构建了中国上市公司治理水平的评价指数,并据此对中国上市公司治理水平的现状、影响因素以及与绩效的关系进行了实证分析。研究结果表明:我国上市公司治理水平总体不高;股权结构对公司治理水平具有显著影响,政府控股型公司的治理水平最高,国有资产管理机构控股型公司的治理水平要高于国有法人控股型公司,而一般法人控股型及股权分散型公司的治理水平介于前两者之间 , 但不存在显著差异;公司治理水平对净资产收益率具有正向影响但对市净率却具有负向影响。本文最后给出了上述研究结论的政策意义。     

政府控制和治理机制的有效性--基于中国A股市场的经验证据

本文认为,影响我国公司治理机制有效性的主要环境因素为政府控制,同时分析了政府控制对治理机制有效性的影响机理.本文利用我国上市公司的数据进行实证研究,结果表明,政府干预行为影响到了董事会、股权制衡机制、薪酬激励机制等治理机制作用的发挥.本文的研究结论主要为公司治理的完善首先需要的是政府治理的完善.只有政府治理完善,对上市公司的干预减少,董事会、股权制衡机制、经理人市场和控制权市场才会发挥其相应的作用.     

投资者关系管理、公司治理与企业业绩

本文将上市公司投资者关系管理因素引入法与金融学理论模型分析得出,由于投资者关系管理起到了提高投资者知情权的作用,有助于对投资者权益的保障,故应促进公司治理水平与业绩提高.然而,实证检验结果发现,上市公司投资者关系对公司市场价值产生了显著的正向影响,但对公司治理水平、会计业绩均无显著影响.本文认为以下两个因素造成了理论与实证结果的差异:第一,我国上市公司从事投资者关系的主要目的在于融资,对流通股股东利益并不太关心.第二,由于我国资本市场股权结构的特殊性、法律机制的缺陷,造成了流通股股东"以脚投票"的决策无法有效地影响上市公司"以手投票"的机制.故要发挥投资者关系的作用,唯有协调控股股东与中小股东利益,引入"辩方举证"、"集体诉讼"等机制切实保障中小投资者权益.