How do policy levers shape the quality of a national health system?

Poor quality of care may have a detrimental effect on access and take-up and can become a serious barrier to the universality of health services. This consideration is of particular interest in view of the fact that health systems in many countries must address a growing public-sector deficit and respond to increasing pressures due to COVID-19 and aging population, among other factors. In line with a rapidly emerging literature, we focus on patient satisfaction as a proxy for quality of health care. Drawing on rich longitudinal and cross-sectional data for Spain and multilevel estimation techniques, we show that in addition to individual level differences, policy levers (such as public health spending and the patient-doctor ratio, in particular) exert a considerable influence on the quality of a health care system. Our results suggest that policymakers seeking to enhance the quality of care should be cautious when compromising the level of health resources, and in particular, health personnel, as a response to economic downturns in a sector that traditionally had insufficient human resources in many countries, which have become even more evident in the light of the current health crisis. Additionally, we provide evidence that the increasing reliance on the private health sector may be indicative of inefficiencies in the public system and/or the existence of features of private insurance which are deemed important by patients.     

中国员工企业伦理态度调查及分析

随着中国市场经济的发展,各种企业丑闻的频发引起业界广泛关注,公司治理越来越受到重视。已有的研究表明,员工企业伦理态度关乎员工承诺度和企业竞争力。本文依据个人层次研究理论,采用实证分析方法,选择国内6家企业的员工为调研对象,沿用国外企业伦理个体层次研究中广泛使用的量表"Attitude Towards Business Ethics Questionnaire"(ATBEQ)即企业伦理态度量表,考察当代中国企业员工对企业伦理态度的看法;另外,也分析了不同的工作年限,性别,学历,户口等因素下的企业员工伦理态度差异。调查结果显示:中国员工的企业伦理观存在困惑;大部分中国员工有企业利益相关者意识;教育对企业员工伦理态度存在显著影响。     

Response strategy to environment context factors using a lean and agile approach: Implications for firm performance

Based on the environment-strategy performance perspective and dynamic capabilities framework, we develop a theoretical model and hypotheses specifying how supply chain collaboration as a response to environment context factors – competitive intensity, supply uncertainty, technological turbulence and market turbulence, using a lean and agile strategy may influence firm performance. We test the model using partial least square structural equation modelling on data collected from a field survey with responses from 152 manufacturing firms representing a variety of industries. Empirical findings generally support the relationship between collaboration and firm performance using a lean and agile strategy. Also, for firms in industries that face environments characterised by high supply uncertainty and competitive intensity with, technological turbulence, the study finds evidence of a direct relationship between these environmental factors and supply chain collaboration. The findings provide an initial strategic response framework for appropriately aligning a lean and agile supply chain strategy through collaboration with environment context factors to achieve firm performance improvements.     

Formal governance,interfirm coordination,and performance in partnerships: An empirical investigation of a mediation model

This study investigates the extent to which formal governance mechanisms such as contracts and equity ownership affect interfirm coordination and partnership performance. We analysed data from a survey of 301 Korean firms to show that interfirm coordination partially mediates the relationship between contract completeness, defined as the extent to which a contract specifies task operations and contingencies, and partnership performance. Furthermore, we find that more complete contracts can attenuate the negative effects of equity ownership on coordination, and that this effect is particularly strong when partner tasks are interdependent and relational norms are weak.     

国有企业治理结构问题产生的根源分析

在我国国有企业改革过程存在的问题中,公司治理结构运作失灵是阻碍国有企业深入改革的最大障碍。本文首先明确了当前认清我国国有企业治理结构问题产生根源的必要性,然后运用委托代理理论和交易费用理论,分析了国有企业治理结构问题产生的根源一一信息不对称、契约不完备、经营者选择机制不合理和股本结构不合理。     

论上市公司国有股减持对我国公司法的挑战

围绕上市公司国有股减持人们提出了许多方案。这些方案的实施对我国公司法上的小股东利益保护、公司治理及发起人股份转让限制制度提出了严峻挑战。我国公司法必须从建立系统的小股东利益保护法律制度、包括约束内部人控制和公司机关更迭衔接制度在内的公司治理制度和放宽发起人股份转让限制条件三个方面予以完善,才能应对挑战和保障国有股减持的顺利进行。     

中国商业银行市场结构与市场绩效分析

目前,中国商业银行寡头垄断的市场结构仍十分明显。国有商业银行虽然维系了资产规模的垄断结构,却没能取得维系垄断结构所应获取的垄断优势效应。造成这种状况的主要原因在于中国商业银行的垄断格局并非是在市场竞争的结果,而主要是由历史因素、行政手段所导致的。商业银行的市场结构再造,必须在借助政府力量重组现有商业银行结构体系的同时,降低行业进入壁垒,导入有效竞争。     

公司价值形成的反身性机制与中国上市公司的实证研究

该研究把人的非完全理性和市场非有效对公司经理人投融资行为的影响融入公司价值的形成过程,构建了公司的价值体系,分析了公司价值形成的反身性机制。用公司价值预期与公司真实的价值创造之间的关系来建立实证模型,检验公司市场价值与内在价值之间的相关性。以中国上市公司为样本进行了实证研究,发现公司价值创造效率与市场的价值预期之间存在显著的相关关系:首先,市场对上市公司的价值预期存在偏离,表现为高估低内在价值的公司和低估高内在价值的公司;其次,这种市场预期的偏差对上市公司的价值创造具有显著的影响,表现为阻碍公司价值的创造。实证结果证明了公司价值形成反身机制的存在性。     

欧洲经货联盟运行以来的经济绩效分析

本文分析了欧洲经货联盟的政策框架,并总结出其特点。在此框架下,分析了自1999年欧元运行以来欧元区的总体经济运行状况。结论是:欧元区货币政策和财政政策协调框架是成功的,它保证了欧元区宏观经济的稳定,但没有将其转化为经济增长的动力,经济增长不容乐观;欧洲经货联盟加速了欧洲经济一体化,特别是金融一体化的进程。     

Corporate Giving in Australia: An Analysis of Motives and Barriers

This study comprises data analysis of data collected by McNair Ingenuity Research as part of the 2005 Giving Australia study, which estimated the total value of corporate giving for the year 2003‐04 at $3.3 billion. This was contributed by 67% of all Australian businesses. Business giving was found to comprise 68% monetary donations, 16% goods and 16% services. This article concentrates on the monetary donations of businesses, reporting on the motives and barriers businesses named for making donations. More than 80% of businesses are motivated to give, at least in part, by altruism, with larger businesses (by number of employees and turnover) more likely to claim benefits in terms of enhancements to employee morale, the organisation's image, supplier/customer relationships and the general level of publicity they were able to attract. The most significant barrier to giving named by both businesses who made a donation and those who did not was that business resources were committed elsewhere. Looking at how additional giving might be stimulated among those already giving to the sector revealed that the most generous businesses also cited more barriers to giving suggesting that they give greater consideration to their giving and the drawbacks thereof.