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Description最新的并购浪潮呈现两大特征:PE机构成为重要角色;连续并购成为普遍形态。本文认为连续并购区分单次并购的关键区分体现在以下三个方面:战略驱动连续并购、并购后开展建设、管理者学习效应。诸多文献发现:连续并购者的并购绩效高于那些并购次数较少者或单次并购者,关键变量就是“管理者学习效应”。连续并购本质上是一个企业的战略学习旅程,从上一次并购中学习,让下一次并购变得更好,让并购做到“一次比一次好”。连续并购绩效的传导逻辑很简单:开展并购“实践”,对上一次并购进行“学习”,进而提升并购“能力”,从而提升下一次并购“绩效”。理想中的连续并购就是一个启动并购实践、开展并购学习、提升并购能力、改进并购绩效四个要素持续正循环的战略学习圈。 管理者学习效应非常复杂,一些研究集中在如何“让学习发生”,并没有更进一步思考如何“让学习加速”。尽管“感同身受”的学习效果可能很高,但是摸索中学习的进程注定是缓慢的。 基于这个本质思考,本文将研究重点放在了连续并购中的管理者学习效应,聚焦进一步思考如何“让学习加速”。在本文,我给出的建议是邀请PE机构参与到连续并购中,具体形式有以下三种:让PE机构成为公司重要股东;遇到“非相似”并购,联合PE机构一起开展并购;和PE机构一起成立并购基金,双方一起参与整个连续并购过程。 本文的创新点在于:(1)区分和总结了让学习发生和让学习加速的诸多实践方法;(2)对最近全球并购浪潮的两大特征:PE机构和连续并购进行了关联分析,总结了PE机构在连续并购中的四种模式角色;(3)辩证审视了诸多研究文献中关于 “连续并购间隔时间”这一关键变量。 本文研究发现:和PE成立并购基金更能改善连续并购绩效;PE持股可以加速连续并购中的管理者学习效应,其表现是不影响并购绩效的前提下缩短并购间隔时间,让连续并购变得“又好又快”。
ContributorsWang, Cheng (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Jie, Hu (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Zhongju (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021
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Description进入新时代,我国的经济、社会、文化和教育事业迅速发展,艺术类生源肩负着我国优秀传统文化复兴、保护、传承与发展的历史使命。“艺考热”持续多年不衰,但艺术类生源的就业率近年却持续走低,学艺期望与就业失望的矛盾突出。本论文以影响音乐类硕士研究生就业的相关自变量和因变量因素为出发点,通过文献梳理、数据分析、比较研究、问卷调查与口述访谈等研究方法,对 300 余名音乐类硕士研究生的就业情况及相关因素,进行了大量的数据收集、建模和实证分析,研究了“激情” 这一关键因素对音乐类硕士研究生就业的影响。 本论文通过实证研究,对国家艺术教育政策的改进与完善;对艺术类高校人才培养模式的优化;对艺术类人才自身质量的提升等,提出一系列具有数据支撑的意见和建议。
ContributorsJin, Tingting (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Wu, Fei (Thesis advisor) / Zhang, Zhen (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021
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Description中国改革开放以来经济高速发展,一部分人群快速积累了大量财富,迫切需要专业机构对其财富进行有效管理,激发了中国私人银行市场的蓬勃发展。本文利用M银行全部私人银行网点的客户资产配置数据,以省级行政单位为划分,从核心公共资源供给角度出发,探究地区公共资源财政支出对私人银行客户数量增长和资产配置的影响。本文通过实证研究发现:(1)在人均公共安全财政支出较高、人均公共教育财政支出较低的地区,即公共安全资源相对匮乏、公共教育资源相对丰富的地区,私人银行客户规模增速较快;(2)在人均公共安全财政支出较高,即公共安全资源相对匮乏的地区,高净值人群会积极配置流动性良好的银行存款类产品和保险类产品,同时会减少配置高风险、高收益的理财类产品和基金类产品;(3)在人均公共医疗卫生财政支出较高,即公共医疗资源相对匮乏的地区,高净值人群会积极配置银行存款类产品,同时减少保险类产品和理财类产品的配置比例;(4)在人均公共教育财政支出较高,即公共教育资源相对匮乏的地区,高净值人群会积极配置银行保险类产品和理财类产品,同时减少存款类产品的配置比例。
ContributorsMa, Ying (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Wu, Fei (Thesis advisor) / Wang, Tan (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021
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Description随着科创板、注册制出台,企业间的竞争逐步从资源型竞争转向科技和技术的竞争,大量有知识、有文化、有理想、有技术的人才涌入社会,给科技发展、技术创新在政策、市场和人才层面提供了支撑、机遇和源动力,科技型创新企业大量涌现,形成趋势性上升行业。科技型创业企业多冠以“规模小、技术密集、高成长、高风险”的标签,在融资过程中困难重重,这些特点与风险投资(VC)“高风险、高回报”的特质不谋而合,VC机构还能给被投企业提供人才、信息、商业模式、政策法律咨询等增值服务,助力企业发展。引入VC走上市路径成为诸多科技型创业企业最优选择。 近些年VC行业在我国得到迅猛发展,IVC和CVC已成了助推我国科技型创业企业发展的主力军。由于IVC和CVC的组织架构、投资期限、资金来源、投资目标、投资经验、管理层薪资结构等方面存在着很大的不同。不同的投资模式势必会对被投企业的经营活动产生不同影响,本文基于总资产单位产出和投入为经济学逻辑,针对相关变量提出假设。 本文对我国中小板和创业板2013年以前上市的七个高新技术行业(5G通信、大数据、人工智能、软件服务、生物制药、新材料、医疗器械)共123家,以上市为起点的6年企业数据为基础。以IVC和CVC为自变量,以上市司龄、企业规模、行业控制、分红占净利润比为控制变量,以V/A、E/A、K/A和E/R为因变量,对IVC和CVC投入的科技型创业企业分别进行描述性统计、相关性分析和回归分析,验证IVC和CVC对被投企业的市场维度(V/A)、财务维度(E/A、E/R)、创新维度(K/A)的影响。试图从企业的角度出发,理清企业与VC的关系,为二级市场投资者提供一个投资决策视角。
ContributorsZhang, Mingpeng (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Jiang, Zhan (Thesis advisor) / Hu, Jie (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021
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Description自2018年下半年以来,全球主要经济体复苏动力减弱,全球经济下行风险加大,全球贸易环境趋紧,局部金融风险增大,地缘热点地区的博弈依旧激烈。2020年新型冠状病毒疫情全球蔓延,世界经济复苏遭遇阻力。黄金作为一种古老的货币,其不仅拥有商品属性,还兼具有货币属性和金融属性,其避险功能和保值效果能有效分散家庭资产组合的非系统性风险。本文利用23个全球主要黄金市场国家的面板数据,从黄金资产配置收入效应和替代效应、避险动机、金融市场不确定性、文化差异等角度分析家庭黄金商品配置(黄金饰品)和家庭黄金投资品配置(黄金条块)的影响因素。其次针对中国高净值人群资产配置展开问卷调查,主要关注高净值人群风险偏好、金融素养等因素在家庭资产中配置黄金的影响。 本文发现的主要结论是:(1)人均收入水平高的国家,家庭黄金资产配置比例越低,即居民整体收入越高,居民黄金资产配置越低;(2)十年期国债名义年化收益率、国家主要股票指数收益率对家庭黄金资产配置比例不具有显著影响,在通货膨胀率较高的国家,家庭居民会选择消费更多黄金饰品而非购买黄金投资品来提升黄金资产的配置比例;(3)全球金融市场风险较高时,家庭通过购买黄金投资品来配置黄金资产的比例显著提升,即各国居民面对全球金融市场风险时,会选择配置黄金资产来规避风险;(4)受到东亚文化辐射越深入的国家,家庭黄金投资品的配置比例和家庭黄金饰品的配置比例越高;(5)高净值人群风险偏好水平的提升,家庭资产配置黄金的可能性偏高,但是高净值人群黄金配置比例与风险偏好水平无显著相关性;(6)高净值人群金融素养水平的提升,家庭资产配置黄金的可能性偏高,但是高净值人群黄金配置比例与金融素养水平无显著相关性。
ContributorsYang, Hong (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Wu, Fei (Thesis advisor) / Hou, Kewei (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2021
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In this study I investigate the organizational mechanisms (pathways) through which strategic investors can help a firm improve performance. Many commercial banks in China have recently invited foreign banks as strategic investors since China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), hoping to gain managerial and technological knowhow from the

In this study I investigate the organizational mechanisms (pathways) through which strategic investors can help a firm improve performance. Many commercial banks in China have recently invited foreign banks as strategic investors since China’s entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), hoping to gain managerial and technological knowhow from the foreign banks. Using Shanghai Pudong Development Bank as a representative example, I conduct an in-depth qualitative analysis about how the joining of Citi Bank as a strategic investor has helped the local Chinese bank improve its financial performance. On the basis of a comprehensive review of the relevant literature, I first develop a theoretical model that describes the organizational mechanisms (pathways) through which foreign strategic investors can influence the local bank’s performance. Specifically, by participation in corporate governance, the foreign strategic investor can have a positive influence over the local bank’s strategy development, operational targets, incentive systems, and organizational culture, which consequently lead to improvements in the local banks operations and financial performance. I then use a case study method to substantiate the logic and the pathways of the model with the detailed information collected from the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank and Citi Bank strategic alliance. The results are consistent with the model’s descriptive validity.
ContributorsLiu, Xinyi (Author) / Pei, Ker-Wei (Thesis advisor) / Chen, Hong (Committee member) / Shen, Wei (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2015
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This study investigates the performance effects of cross-industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) using a sample of firms listed in China’s Growth Entrepreses Market (GEM). Compared to firms listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, firms listed in the GEM are much smaller and tend to derive the majority of

This study investigates the performance effects of cross-industry mergers and acquisitions (M&A) using a sample of firms listed in China’s Growth Entrepreses Market (GEM). Compared to firms listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, firms listed in the GEM are much smaller and tend to derive the majority of their revenues from a single industry. I first analyze the motives for firms listed in the GEM to engage in M&As and propose a set of factors that may influence their likelihood of M&A activities. Using data on 55 cross-industry M&As between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2016, I find that investor generally responded positively in short-term, as indicated by the positive accumulated abonormal returns over the first five trading days following the announcements. Meanwhile, I found no evidence that investors benefited from cross-industry M&As in long-term over three years after the event. Further analysis suggests that the short-term effects of cross-industry M&As by GEM listed firms were influenced by the target firm’s market valuation, whether the M&A was paid by cash, the amount of the payment, and the degree of difference between the acquiring firm’s and the target firm’s industries. These findings have important implications for the investors and senior executives of firms listed in the GEM.
ContributorsZhou, Wei (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Yu, Xiaoyun (Thesis advisor) / Jiang, Zhan (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2018
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This thesis aims to investigate the impacts of foreign banks’ management model on their degree of localization and operating efficiency. I decompose their management model into five major factors, including two formative factors and three reflective factors. The two formative factors are (1) strategic orientation and (2) target customers, and

This thesis aims to investigate the impacts of foreign banks’ management model on their degree of localization and operating efficiency. I decompose their management model into five major factors, including two formative factors and three reflective factors. The two formative factors are (1) strategic orientation and (2) target customers, and the three reflective factors are (1) top management team composition, (2) organizational structure, and (3) managerial authority and incentives. I propose that the formative factors influence foreign banks’ degree of localization, as demonstrated by the reflective factors, which subsequently influence foreign banks’ operating efficiency in China.

To test the above proposition, I conduct the empirical analysis in three steps. In the first step, I investigate foreign banks’ management model by surveying 13 major foreign banks locally incorporated in Mainland China. The results suggest that these 13 foreign banks can be categorized into three distinct groups based on their management model: intergrators, customer-followers, and parent-followers. The results also indicate that intergrators have the highest level of localization while parent-followers have the lowest level of localization.

In the second step, I conduct DEA (Data Envelope Analysis) and CAMEL (Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management, Earnings, Liquidity Analysis) to assess the operating efficiency of these 13 foreign banks. The assessment is conducted in two ways: 1) the inter-group comparison between foreign banks and local Chinese banks; 2) the intra-group comparison between the three distinct groups of foreign banks identified in the first step. The results indicates that the principal factor driving the operating efficiency of both local Chinese banks and foreign banks is the comprehensive technical efficiency, which includes both the quality of management and the quality of technical elements. I also find the uptrend of technical efficiency of the integrators is more stable than that of the other two groups of foreign banks.

Finally, I integrate the results from step one and step two to assess the relevance between foreign banks’ localization level and operating efficiency. I find that foreign banks that score higher in localization tend to have a higher level of operating efficiency. Although this finding is not conclusive about the causal relationship between localization and operating efficiency, it nevertheless suggests that the management model of the higher performing integrators can serve as references for the other foreign banks attempting to enhance their localization and operating efficiency. I also discuss the future trends of development in the banking industry in China and what foreign banks can learn from local Chinese banks to improve their market positions.
ContributorsSun, Minjie (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Qian, Jun (Thesis advisor) / Pei, Ker-Wei (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2016
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This study investigates the impact of a specific organizational form – partnership – on employees’ awareness of risk control and job engagement in securities companies. Given that their organizational performance relies heavily on the performance of individual employees, it is critical for securities companies in China to adopt appropriate organizational

This study investigates the impact of a specific organizational form – partnership – on employees’ awareness of risk control and job engagement in securities companies. Given that their organizational performance relies heavily on the performance of individual employees, it is critical for securities companies in China to adopt appropriate organizational forms so that they can better captalize on their employees’ human capital to cope with the increasingly intense market competition. Partnership, as one of the few organizational forms, has been widely adopted in industries that rely on the performance of individuals, such as law, auditing, consulting, and investment banking, around the world. In the context of China’s emerging economy, it has also been adopted as an incentive system by market leaders across several industries, including Alibaba in online shopping, Vanke in real estate, and Fosun in investments. In contrast, partnership has not been adopted or implemented by securities companies in China as most of them are still state-owned enterprises.

Based on my review of the corporate governance literature and qualitative analysis of partnership adoption in China, I propose that partnership can help better alighn the interests of employees with owners in securities companies as well. Specifically, the prospect of becoming a partner in the future can improve employees’ awareness of risk control and increase their job engagement. Taking advantage of partnership adoption at a Chinese securities company as a natural field experienment, I surveyed its employees about their awareness of risk contrl and job dedication before and after the adoption. The results from 505 matched surveys showed an increase in the average scores of both awareness of risk control and job dedication after the company adopted partnership as a new organizational form. Findings of this study have important implications for organizational and incentive design for securities companies in China.
ContributorsSha, Changming (Author) / Shen, Wei (Thesis advisor) / Li, Feng (Thesis advisor) / Gu, Bin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2018
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China's city commercial banks were reorganized by the urban credit cooperatives in the same city in the 1990s. Although they are allowed to open branches outside the registered city, the location and the number of their branches have been strictly restricted. It is fatal to them to increase the competitiveness

China's city commercial banks were reorganized by the urban credit cooperatives in the same city in the 1990s. Although they are allowed to open branches outside the registered city, the location and the number of their branches have been strictly restricted. It is fatal to them to increase the competitiveness of their branches. Based on the diversity theory and its mechanism, in this study I examined the impact of source diversity of the senior management in the branches of the city commercial bank on the branches’ productivity and their asset yield. Invoking the resource-based theory and the social capital framework, the source diversity lead to the organization resources diversity and the organization knowledge diversity. The results demonstrate that the source diversity contribute to the branches’ competitiveness advantage. Both internal trained personnel and external introduction personnel are important for the branches’ top management team. But one of the two kinds of personnel is more suitable to their middle management team.
ContributorsZhang, Xiande (Author) / Gu, Bin (Thesis advisor) / Wang, Tan (Thesis advisor) / Shen, Wei (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2017