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This paper studies the spillover effect of star funds in the Chinese mutual fund market. I show that star funds can attract more capital inflows to their sibling funds (managed by same fund manager) and family funds (managed by same fund company). The spillover effect is stronger for sibling funds.Further, I propose two mechanisms of spillover effect of star funds. The first mechanism is related to investors’ limited attention and ability. Star funds can easily attract investors’ attention among numerous fund products. The high degree of attention of star funds makes their related funds (e.g., family funds and sibling funds) get more attention, thus attracting more capital flows. I show that the spillover effect of star funds to their sibling funds is stronger among funds with a higher proportion of individual investors. Due that individual investors are more limited in attention and more easily pay attention to sibling funds, the result thus verifies the mechanism to a certain extent.
The second mechanism is about performance correlation. Investors choose sibling or family funds of star funds because they expect their future performance to be as excellent as that of star funds. I find that the performance correlation between sibling funds and star funds is stronger than that between family funds and star funds. Combined with the result that the spillover effect of star funds on sibling funds is stronger than that on family funds, it verifies the mechanism to some extent.
This paper is of great significance for understanding the spillover effect of star funds.
ContributorsZhou, Xiaolei (Author) / Shi, Zhan (Thesis advisor) / Yu, Xiaoyun (Thesis advisor) / Wu, Fei (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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This article first reviews the development process and research status of ESG, pointing out that there has been less attention paid to the impact of executive teams on corporate ESG performance in existing studies, while studying the impact of executive team background on corporate ESG performance has important theoretical and practical significance. This article starts from two aspects: the overseas background and academic background of the executive team, and uses empirical research methods to examine the impact of the background characteristics of the executive team on the ESG performance of enterprises.This study found that firstly, the larger the proportion of executive members with overseas backgrounds, the better the ESG performance of a company. The research results indicate that overseas experience and experience can influence executive behavior and make decisions that are beneficial for the ESG performance of the company. Secondly, the larger the proportion of executive members with academic backgrounds, the better the ESG performance of the enterprise. The research results indicate that the academic background of the executive team can significantly improve their learning and information collection abilities, thereby making them more proficient in ESG related decision-making, and thus having a positive promoting effect on the ESG performance of the enterprise. Heterogeneity analysis shows that the impact of overseas and academic backgrounds of executive teams on ESG performance is more pronounced in state-
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owned enterprises, when the external legal environment of the enterprise is more perfect, and when the proportion of executive shareholding is higher.
Further research has found that the overseas background of the board of directors also has a positive impact on the ESG performance of enterprises. In addition, this study found that the improvement of ESG performance by the overseas background of the executive team is mainly reflected in the two dimensions of ESG society and governance, while the improvement of ESG performance by the academic background of the executive team is mainly reflected in the two dimensions of ESG environment and society.
This article starts with the latest business philosophy of enterprise ESG performance, examining the impact of executive team background characteristics on enterprise ESG performance, enriching research on the economic consequences of executive team background characteristics, and expanding research on the influencing factors of enterprise ESG performance. The research conclusions of this article contribute to a deeper understanding and understanding of the scenarios in which background characteristics of executive teams may play a role, and also contribute to a deeper analysis of the possible influencing factors of ESG performance in enterprises. The research conclusions of this article have certain practical guiding significance for the construction of ESG system and the formation of executive teams in Chinese listed companies.
ContributorsHe, Jing (Author) / Zhu, David (Thesis advisor) / Cheng, Shijun (Thesis advisor) / Pei, Buck (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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With the ongoing development of China's financial market, the investment choices for investors are gradually enriched. Exploring asset allocation for different economic cycle stages can help investors achieve higher returns from the economic cycle rotation, and at the same time, effectively diversify the investment risks and improve the stability of investment returns. In this paper, we systematically sort out a series of studies on asset allocation and economic cycle theory, and build an economic cycle rotation investment strategy applicable to China's economic environment and changes in China's capital market.Based on China's macroeconomic data and investment asset classes, this paper optimizes the division of economic cycle stages, integrates the economic cycle rotation strategy and risk parity strategy, and incorporates liquidity elements to construct an asset allocation strategy. Specific findings are as follows: (1) this paper uses the "slope" and "threshold" of the year-on-year change of industrial value added to divide the economic output stage, which overcomes the drawbacks of relying on economic cycle indicators that cause frequent changes in cycle stages; (2) the investment strategy developed in the paper is able to obtain considerable investment returns, reduces investment risks, and achieves retracement control.
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The findings of this paper enrich and expand the research on economic cycle theory and asset allocation theory to a certain extent, and also provide some inspiration for the practice of asset allocation.
ContributorsZhao, Guomin (Author) / Huang, Xiao-Chuan (Thesis advisor) / Yan, Hong (Thesis advisor) / Liang, Bin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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This study aims to explore the impact of employee incentives on innovation in the Chinese inductive manufacturing industry. Using a sample of publicly listed inductive manufacturing companies in China, we construct a panel dataset spanning from 1994 to 2022 and employ a multiple regression model for empirical analysis. Our findings reveal that employee incentive programs have a significant positive effect on the performance of inductive companies in terms of inductive reliability experiments, and the number of patent applications, granted patents, and patent citations over the next two years. Particularly, the positive relationship between employee incentives and innovation is more pronounced in companies with higher ownership concentration. This study provides empirical evidence supporting the crucial role of employee incentives in facilitating corporate innovation in Chinese inductive manufacturing firms. Furthermore, the results provide valuable insights for firms in formulating stock ownership structures and employee incentive plans, as well as policy implications for developing China's high-end manufacturing industries.
ContributorsZhang, Jieping (Author) / Huang, Xiaochuan (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Harold (Thesis advisor) / Yan, Hong (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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This paper first introduces the institutional background of the study. In the context of the transition from the approval system to the registration system in China, the gatekeeper role of IPO enterprises has changed from the supervisor to the market, which puts forward higher requirements for intermediary institutions such as securities companies. As an important market medium connecting IPO enterprises and external investors, securities companies are known as the "gatekeepers" of the capital market. They can authenticate and supervise the IPO enterprises they underwrite and/or sponsor. The impact of securities companies on the IPO process has also been a hot topic in the academic and practical circles. This paper examines the impact of internal control of securities companies on IPO companies.This study finds that the higher the level of internal control of securities companies, the higher the quality of IPO companies, including higher IPO information disclosure quality, lower IPO underpricing and higher post IPO performance. The mechanism test indicates that the internal control of securities companies can reduce employees' self-interest behavior and improving employees' work efficiency. Secondly, the impact is stronger in non-state-owned enterprises, when the reputation of securities companies is lower, and the external legal environment is lower. In addition, this study finds the compliance degree of internal control and the reliability of reporting of securities firms are important dimensions that affect the quality of IPO enterprises.
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The conclusions of this study have some practical significance. First, this study finds that the level of internal control of securities firms has an important impact on the quality of IPO enterprises. Therefore, improving the internal control of China's securities companies is an important work that needs to be grasped for a long time. The research conclusions of this paper have important research significance for further optimizing the gatekeeper responsibilities of securities companies and improving the efficiency of resource allocation in the IPO market under the background of the transition from the approval system to the registration system in China's IPO market.
ContributorsZhang, Hongzhe (Author) / Zhu, David (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Anmin (Thesis advisor) / Wang, Yimin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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The pharmaceutical industry is closely related to the national economy and people's livelihood, with high drug prices and pressure on health insurance. The implementation of the band purchasing policy has made an important contribution to lowering drug prices, improving the balance rate of health insurance, reshaping the pattern of the pharmaceutical industry, and improving the efficiency of pharmaceutical production and circulation, but how the band purchasing policy affects the performance of the majority of pharmaceutical enterprises, and how the pharmaceutical enterprises can effectively deal with the challenges of environmental mutation and other related problems have not yet been effectively explored.To this end, this paper collects data from A-share listed pharmaceutical companies in China from 2014 to 2022, takes 2018 as the base year for the implementation of the "4+7" "band purchasing" policy, and utilizes a multi-period DID double-difference model for hypothesis verification. It is found that the implementation of the band purchasing policy significantly reduces the profitability performance and growth performance of pharmaceutical enterprises. Secondly, the implementation of enhanced innovation can moderate the negative impact of band purchasing on the growth performance of enterprises, and the expansion of exports and the enhancement of digitalization can significantly
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improve the negative impact of band purchasing on the profitability performance of enterprises, but has no effect on the growth performance of enterprises. In addition, this paper analyzes the process of pharmaceutical enterprises' implementation of enhancing innovation, expanding exports, and improving digitalization through case studies, and refines the strategic change process model of "coping strategy formation - coping strategy implementation - adaptation to the new state" under the sudden change environment. This paper explores the differentiated effects of coping strategies of different types of pharmaceutical enterprises in the face of the band purchasing policy, and provides some insights into the practice of related enterprises.
ContributorsBao, Sheng (Author) / Zhu, David (Thesis advisor) / Chen, Xin (Thesis advisor) / Dong, Xiaodan (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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This paper analyzes China's transformative changes over the past four decades through a microeconomic lens focused on enterprises. Market-oriented non-state-owned enterprises have emerged as a pivotal force driving China's economic development within this context. The article investigates the determinants of their development. Notably, more than half of market-oriented non-state-owned enterprises have entered the inheritance stage, necessitating the exploration of novel attributes for sustained growth.The study's research scope is defined across four dimensions, with a specific focus on approximately 4,000 market-oriented non-state-owned enterprises. It investigates the driving factors behind sustained performance growth at various stages of these enterprises, emphasizing five variables: "partnership governance, entrepreneurial spirit, development strategy, incentive mechanisms, and innovation capability." Employing a combination of "typical case studies" and "group validation" methods, the research examines the factors influencing sustained growth in these enterprises and their interrelationships. The goal is to construct a model for enterprise succession and development, ultimately offering recommendations to foster sustained growth.
The research paper is structured into an introduction, literature review and theoretical foundation, typical case studies, empirical research on a group, and a conclusion.
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Key findings include: Partnership governance positively impacts partners' entrepreneurial spirit, promoting sustained performance growth. Trajectory-oriented development strategies, effective incentive mechanisms, and leading innovation capabilities have a positive moderating effect on entrepreneurial spirit, fostering sustained performance growth. During the innovation development phase, partnership governance significantly influences entrepreneurial spirit with a noteworthy environmental moderation effect.
The paper recommends implementing a "Dual-Factor Improvement Model" that enhances both partnership governance systems and the selection and functioning mechanisms of entrepreneurial spirit partners. This approach aims to boost partners' entrepreneurial spirit and facilitate high-quality succession in market-oriented non-state-owned enterprises，，ultimately achieving sustained high-quality growth.
In conclusion, this research contributes to a deeper understanding of sustained performance growth in enterprises. It offers valuable insights for the succession and development of market-oriented non-state-owned enterprises and innovation-driven entrepreneurship. This research holds significant value in advancing sustained high-quality development among market-oriented non-state-owned enterprises in China, optimizing resource allocation, and nurturing talented individuals.
ContributorsDeng, Cheng (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Cheng, Shijun (Thesis advisor) / Wu, Fei (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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The pharmaceutical industry plays an important role in Chinese economic development. How to propel the innovation and growth of the pharmaceutical industry with capital market tools becomes an important question. With the increasing layout of venture capital (VC) in the pharmaceutical industry, the impact of VC participation on the innovation and growth of pharmaceutical enterprises should be carefully studied. For investment purposes, CVCs, which are established by industrial corporations, mainly focus on new technologies and modes in the relevant industrial chain of their parent companies, and try to establish strategic synergy through their equity investment. IVCs have no specific industry restrictions, and their purpose is to search for and identify innovative enterprises with high growth potentials, and to harvest financial gains by investing in them.In order to explore these issues, this paper collects and analyzes data from a sample of Chinese A-share listed pharmaceutical companies from 2015 to 2022, tests the impact of VCs on the innovation inputs, innovation outputs, and growth performance of this sample of companies, and examines the differences between the impacts of IVCs and CVCs on the relevant performance. It is found that VC investment has a significant positive impact on pharmaceutical firms' innovation input, innovation output, and firm growth. In particular, IVCs have a significant positive effect on innovation input, growth performance, and an insignificant effect on innovation output of pharmaceutical firms.
CVCs, on the other hand, have a significant positive effect on innovation input, innovation output, and growth performance of pharmaceutical firms. In addition, the interaction between IVC and CVC can further enhance the innovation input level and growth performance level of pharmaceutical enterprises.
This paper uncovers the differences in the impact of IVCs and CVCs on the innovation input, innovation output, and growth performance of pharmaceutical enterprises, expands the research on venture capital, enriches the driving mechanism of pharmaceutical enterprises' high-quality growth and innovation capability in the Chinese context. This paper also provides some insights into how pharmaceutical enterprises select VCs and how VCs can empower pharmaceutical enterprises in practice.
ContributorsZhang, Pei (Author) / Zhu, David (Thesis advisor) / Yan, Hong (Thesis advisor) / Wu, Fei (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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Under the new generation of technological and industrial revolutions, digital economy enterprises are increasingly becoming major contributors to socio-economic development. Their scale effect and marginal cost effect are different from traditional enterprises, which also raises concern and discussion on whether digital economy enterprises can promote more equitable and sustainable development of society. The participation of digital economy enterprises in the common wealth is an important source of legitimacy for their development. This thesis investigates the mechanism of the impact of their common wealth inputs on corporate financial performance by using a sample of digital economy firms among Chinese listed companies as a case study. It is found that, overall, the mechanism of the effect of firms' common affluence model on their financial performance has a positive effect. The main source of this positive effect is the secondary distribution of the firm, i.e., the legitimacy of tax contributions. Other legitimacy such as employee and shareholder legitimacy are not significantly associated with financial performance, while social philanthropic input from tertiary distribution participation has a significant negative effect. In the association of redistribution on firm performance, there is a positive facilitating effect on firms' R&D efficiency and a negative moderating effect of economic policy uncertainty. It suggests that there are differences in the impact of firms' legitimacy initiatives, such as tax contributions, on performance under different firm development expectations. Whereas in the third distribution, firms' R&D efficiency has a crowding-out effect on the economic gains from the legitimacy of common wealth participation, economic policy uncertainty has a reinforcing effect in the third distribution of firms. The above suggests that the development of digital economy firms is more positively facilitated by official legitimacy and currently lacks the constraints of industrial ecology from internal and public scrutiny.
ContributorsZhou, Guangyi (Author) / Wu, Shin-Yi (Thesis advisor) / Hu, Jie (Thesis advisor) / Zheng, Zhiqiang (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
The Curious Case of Alternate Sourcing: Studies on the Impact of Alternative Supply Chain Approaches
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The phenomenon of using alternative sourcing has attracted the attention of researchers in the field of supply chain and operations management. Alternative sourcing refers to any method other than the status quo. When competition arises in the marketplace, firms tend to innovate by deviating from status quo approaches and take risks to gain advantages throughout their supply chains. One such alternative sourcing risk is using soft criteria primarily in the supplier selection process. While anecdotal evidence exists, the supplier selection literature stream fails to explain how alternative sourcing might impact operational performance. Such alternative approaches- evaluating tangibles versus intangibles- have come under scrutiny. Firms have used soft criteria, considered more difficult to quantify, mainly as a supplement to hard criteria- those status quo criteria based on operational performance metrics of cost, quality, timeliness of delivery, service level, etc. Researchers and practitioners alike have found empirical evidence to support a plethora of theories regarding the impact of hard criteria in supplier selection on the operational impact of buyer-supplier relationships. This research examines alternative sourcing by studying alternative supplier selection criteria, simulating the status quo versus alternative supplier selection methodologies, and studying alternative supplier evaluation techniques. First, the qualitative examination of sourcing teams provides case studies in private and public sector organizations to abductively establish boundaries of alternative supplier selection approaches. Second, a numerical experiment compares status quo supplier selection versus alternative methodologies to ultimately test long-held supplier selection assumptions. Lastly, a qualitative study of alternative supplier evaluation techniques establishes boundaries of alternative supplier evaluation approaches. This research makes theoretical contributions to sourcing and organization behavior literature streams.
ContributorsHatton, Marc Ryan (Author) / Kull, Thomas J (Thesis advisor) / Carter, Craig R (Committee member) / Yan, Tingting (Committee member) / Fowler, John W (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023