Did small and medium enterprises maintain better jobs during the early years of the recession? Job quality multidimensional evidence from Spain

While the literature has indeed confirmed a general tendency linking small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to a dynamic of greater job creation, there is little available evidence on what has happened to job quality since the financial crisis. Through a representative sample of 5311 employees in 2008 (first year of job destruction) and 4925 employees in 2010 (last year for which data were available), and using a two-stage structural equation model, this article empirically analyses the multidimensional determinants of job quality, by enterprise-size class, in Spain. The research has revealed three main results. First, job quality in Spain improved in all enterprises, regardless of their size, during the early years of the recession. Second, the greatest improvements were found in SMEs. Although job quality was already better in SMEs than in large enterprises in 2008, the differences between them subsequently widened. Third, this accelerated divergence was explained by the following dimensions: working conditions, work intensity, health and safety at work, and work–life balance. These dimensions were much more positive in SMEs. Employment-related public policy should therefore focus more specifically on SMEs. There are two reasons for this. First, despite the recession, SMEs have shown themselves to be key factors in the explanation of job quality. Second, by making changes to their value generation model, they could continue to drive the creation of better quality jobs.     

Optimal cut-off for rare events and unbalanced misclassification costs

This paper develops a method for handling two-class classification problems with highly unbalanced class sizes and misclassification costs. When the class sizes are highly unbalanced and the minority class represents a rare event, conventional classification methods tend to strongly favour the majority class, resulting in very low detection of the minority class. A method is proposed to determine the optimal cut-off for asymmetric misclassification costs and for unbalanced class sizes. Monte Carlo simulations show that this proposal performs better than the method based on the notion of classification accuracy. Finally, the proposed method is applied to empirical data on Italian small and medium enterprises to classify them into default and non-default groups.     

农业产业化龙头企业可持续发展战略研究——基于郑州市农业龙头企业发展的分析

农业产业化龙头企业发展到现在,迫切需要建立起自己的发展战略体系,以指导企业未来的经营与发展,使企业更好地适应越来越严峻的竞争形势。通过对郑州市农业龙头企业可持续发展问题的分析,提出我国农业产业化龙头企业可持续发展的战略。     

苏北民营企业发展竞争力研究

企业的竞争力是企业生存与发展的基础，面对国内外日益激烈的市场竞争，要想在竞争中立于不败之地，民营企业就必须注重提升企业竞争力。在比较苏南、苏北民营企业竞争力的基础上，从产权结构与治理结构、创新能力、人才资源、市场结构、运营成本等方面分析了苏北民营企业竞争力的制约因素，提出了提升苏北民营企业竞争力的对策。     

中国企业海外并购行为研究

基于企业并购的一般理论和中国企业海外并购的特点,提出了中国企业积极从事海外并购的 四个主要动因,并通过对中国企业海外并购行为进行SWOT分析,指出了并购中存在的问题及 成功进行并购的战略措施。     

近代荣家企业融资方式初探

我国民营企业的发展在当前面临着许多难题,其中融资便是最难的问题之一。众所周知,近代民营企业发展缓慢的重要原因之一也是资本短缺,因此,对荣家企业融资方式作初步的探讨,一定会对我们今天的民营企业的融资问题有所借鉴和启示。     

完善辽宁中小企业信用担保体系的思考

中小企业在辽宁社会经济发展中发挥着重要的作用,但融资难严重阻碍着中小企业的发展。要从建立中小企业信用担保机构、建立中小企业信用信息系统、为中小企业发展创造良好的外部环境等方面入手,建立和完善中小企业信用担保体系,促进中小企业的发展和老工业基地的振兴。     

小企业融资缺口分析及对策研究

小企业在发展中通常会遇到市场难以解决的融资缺口问题 ,即借贷资金缺口与资本缺口。由于小企业规模较小 ,融资成本相对较高、信用担保机制缺乏以及企业自身“存活性”差等条件约束 ,引致小企业在有组织金融市场上的局部市场失效 ,市场融资难以有效形成 ,从而产生小企业的融资缺口。针对小企业存在融资功能的缺陷 ,应强化弥补融资缺口的金融支持政策 ,从法律法规层面加大对小企业的支持力度 ;建立完善的信用担保体系 ,形成小企业融资担保机制 ;规范小企业金融机构 ,构筑小企业融资体系 ;开发资本市场 ,加大对小企业的金融支持     

电信设备制造商全球价值链升级路径分析——以华为技术有限公司为例

随着经济全球化进程加速,我国电信设备制造商开始国际化进程,嵌入全球价值链及全球价值链下企业升级问题显得尤为重要.华为公司是我国通信制造业国际化的先锋企业,其通过技术创新与研发,向全球电信价值链高端不断攀升,通过向终端转型带动整体价值链链条升级,这使华为公司逐渐成为全球第二大电信设备制造商.对于我国其他设备商来说,华为的成功具有重要借鉴意义.     

国有企业公司治理评价体系研究

文章分析了国有企业公司治理过程中存在的问题及其原因,并在此基础上提出了国有企业公司治理评价体系,涉及股东结构、股东权利、治理结构和信息披露四个方面,以期为准确、系统地评价国有企业公司治理情况提供参考依据.