生物药品制造行业竞争战略影响企业绩效的时滞效应研究——基于VAR模型的脉冲响应分析

本文利用中国医药生物制品上市公司2003年1季度-2012年1季度的季度财务数据进行了验证性因子分析,构建了差异化和低成本两个因子以反映公司的竞争战略。在此基础上,利用向量自回归(VAR)和脉冲响应的思路考察了战略制定及实施后企业的绩效表现,确定了战略绩效的滞后程度。研究发现:竞争战略影响企业绩效表现出一定的时滞效应;且差异化战略影响企业绩效的滞后期长于低成本战略;同时竞争战略影响企业绩效具有持续性,即竞争战略能够给企业带来持续的竞争优势,且差异化战略影响企业绩效的持续时间相比低成本战略也更长。最后,实证结果还发现,在医药生物制品行业,差异化战略相比低成本战略实施难度更大,风险更高,实施成功的可能性越小。     

Shortcomings in the Measurement of Innovation: Implications for Accounting Standard Setting

Innovation is nowadays a fundamental determinant of value creation in business companies and economic growth. Therefore, the measurement of innovation has become a significant concern both for business companies and governments. Traditionally, attempts to measure innovation have adopted a macroeconomic approach, as they have been largely based on broad surveys. However, no attempt has been made to date in order to complement the information provided by such surveys with aggregated data obtained from the financial reports of individual companies. This paper analyses the conceptual and methodological problems underlying the measurement of business innovation by means of surveys and discusses the lack of ability of accounting standards to accurately reflect innovative activities in the financial statements of business firms.In the light of the evidence provided by the empirical studies published to date, we analyse the Spanish situation by reviewing innovation studies conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), and assessing the relationship between the value relevance of accounting information and the firm's technological level. Our results suggest that both, micro- and macroeconomic approaches towards the measurement of innovation have significant shortcomings. Thus, a joint effort seems to be needed in order to overcome the methodological limitations affecting innovation studies based on surveys and those relying on financial accounting information. Despite their limitations, surveys provide a sound basis for the identification of trends, key factors and explanatory variables. On the other hand, financial statements could provide a sound basis for the measurement of innovation if they included more relevant information on the intangible determinants of the value of companies. This has obvious implications for the standard setting process.     

构建企业会计模式的探讨

企业会计模式是对构成企业会计活动的各种要素按照一定逻辑进行综合描述,以反映各要素基本特征及其相互联系的有机整体.国家的经济制度、经济模式和经济发展水平等分别在不同层次上对企业会计模式产生影响.构建企业会计模式需要解决的几个问题包括不同信息使用者之间信息需求的差异,信息客观性与相关性的背离,会计监督机制与内部人控制的矛盾.为了规范企业会计工作,提高会计信息质量,应该从以下几个方面着手建设企业会计模式规范会计管理制度,完善会计信息系统,合理设置会计监督机制.     

知识经济与工业经济下会计要素的比较

知识经济改变了现行财务会计模式依存的会计环境,也改变了其建立前提和假设,新的会计模式在会计要素及财务报告等方面都要突破有产者会计和短期观点,以真实反映新环境下的企业状况和经营业绩.     

关于现代会计科学的若干重大问题

现代会计由财务会计、管理会计和审计三大分支构成 .现代会计的精义在于受托责任 ,其三大分支实质上是从不同的职能和角度 ,反映了受托的本质要求 .本文以此为基础 ,面向未来 ,分别具体地讨论了在新经济环境下 ,现代财务会计与管理会计、现代财务审计与管理审计这四大领域所需研究的重大课题 ,并根据我国的会计理论研究现状 ,指出了我国从事会计科学研究所应注意借鉴的研究方法以及今后的发展方向 .     

Behavioral Economics and Regulatory Analysis

Behavioral economics has captured the interest of scholars and the general public by demonstrating ways in which individuals make decisions that appear irrational. While increasing attention is being focused on the implications of this research for the design of risk‐reducing policies, less attention has been paid to how it affects the economic valuation of policy consequences. This article considers the latter issue, reviewing the behavioral economics literature and discussing its implications for the conduct of benefit‐cost analysis, particularly in the context of environmental, health, and safety regulations. We explore three concerns: using estimates of willingness to pay or willingness to accept compensation for valuation, considering the psychological aspects of risk when valuing mortality‐risk reductions, and discounting future consequences. In each case, we take the perspective that analysts should avoid making judgments about whether values are “rational” or “irrational.” Instead, they should make every effort to rely on well‐designed studies, using ranges, sensitivity analysis, or probabilistic modeling to reflect uncertainty. More generally, behavioral research has led some to argue for a more paternalistic approach to policy analysis. We argue instead for continued focus on describing the preferences of those affected, while working to ensure that these preferences are based on knowledge and careful reflection.     

Supply Chain Sourcing Under Asymmetric Information

We study a supply chain with two suppliers competing over a contract to supply components to a manufacturer. One of the suppliers is a big company for whom the manufacturer's business constitutes a small part of his business. The other supplier is a small company for whom the manufacturer's business constitutes a large portion of his business. We analyze the problem from the perspective of the big supplier and address the following questions: What is the optimal contracting strategy that the big supplier should follow? How does the information about the small supplier's production cost affect the profits and contracting decision? How does the existence of the small supplier affect profits? By studying various information scenarios regarding the small supplier's and the manufacturer's production cost, we show, for example, that the big supplier benefits when the small supplier keeps its production cost private. We quantify the value of information for the big supplier and the manufacturer. We also quantify the cost (value) of the alternative‐sourcing option for the big supplier (the manufacturer). We determine when an alternative‐sourcing option has more impact on profits than information. We conclude with extensions and numerical examples to shed light on how system parameters affect this supply chain.     

Cost Allocation in Manufacturing–Remanufacturing Operations

For firms remanufacturing their products, the total life‐cycle costs and revenues from new and remanufactured products determine their profitability. In many firms, manufacturing/sales and remanufacturing/remarketing operations are carried out in different divisions. Each division is responsible for only part of the product's life cycle. Practices regarding transfer pricing across divisions vary significantly among companies, affecting the life‐cycle profit performance of the product. In this research, we identify characteristics of transfer prices that achieve the firm‐wide optimal solution. To this end, we consider a manufacturer who also undertakes remanufacturing operations and we focus on price (quantity) decisions. We determine that a cost allocation mechanism that allocates a portion of the initial production cost to each of the two stages of the product life cycle should be used. We also conclude that cost allocation should be implemented as a fixed cost allocation, where charges to the remanufacturing division should be determined independently of the actual quantity of units remanufactured.     

基于模糊规划的QFD 系统参数确定方法

针对QFD 系统的内在模糊性,运用带有对称三角形模糊系数的模糊规划理论,提出了一 种确定QFD 系统参数的方法. 并通过工程特性目标值的规范化,定义产品开发总成本函数、工 程特性改进成本函数及改进成本系数等概念,建立了一个QFD 规划模型. 仿真结果表明,该模 型能够帮助开发人员在不确定的、模糊条件下有效确定关联函数及自相关函数,优化顾客需求 的满意水平,确定工程特性目标值,使新开发/ 改进的产品顾客满意度赶上或超过目标市场上 的竞争企业,并满足开发预算约束.     

现代企业组织制度中的委托─代理关系

现代企业组织制度中存在一系列委托─代理关系,基于所有权和经营权相分离的委托─代理制既是必要的,有效的,又存在着委托人和代理人的效用函数不同的矛盾。西方管理学家对委托人目标和代理人效用函数的不一致性进行了研究,提出了委托─代理理论。本文简要介绍这一理论,并从对代理人的考核评价和奖惩、实行目标管理、培育企业文化以及建设正常运行的市场四个方面,论述了建立健全激励─约束机制,改善委托─代理关系的途径。