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As Charles Darwin’s evolution theory reveals, it is not the strongest species that survive, but those most responsive to change. This principle also applies in the realm of operations management, where managers shall creatively redesign operations to address new challenges. This dissertation presents three cases where renovating traditional operations cost-effectively solves emerging problems, including fraudulent reviews on online platforms (Chapter 1), inefficient strategy design of advertisers (Chapter 2), and inadequate user participation in global procurement initiatives (Chapter 3). I demonstrate that such a practice not only enhances operational efficiency but promotes social welfare. The first two chapters examine operational renovation in the private sector, while the third focuses on the public sector. Specifically, Chapter 1 investigates sellers’ review manipulation on e-commerce platforms and shows that platforms may not be as committed to combating fake reviews as they claim to be. To mitigate this problem, I craft a game-theoretic model and illustrate that restructuring return policies – an essential, long-established operation – can inhibit review manipulation. Chapter 2 analyzes geofencing, an emerging advertising strategy that enables advertisers to send ads to consumers within a virtual fencing zone. While extant literature shows the usefulness of geofencing, the optimal implementation of the strategy remains unclear. Therefore, I analytically examine the optimal operations of geofencing. The findings suggest that the typical practice of setting the geofence around the advertiser’s store is not cost-efficient. Advertisers shall think outside of the box and consider placing the fencing zone elsewhere. My proposed geofencing location and radius could increase resource utilization, advertising efficacy, and consumer welfare. Chapter 3 switches the focus to the public sector, addressing the unaffordability of health products in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs). Social planners have managed procurement pools to help LMICs access health products, yet countries’ willingness to join the pool can vary greatly. A lack of country participation would jeopardize the success of pooled procurement. To encourage more countries to join, I design a procurement mechanism that considers countries’ heterogeneous preferences, disease burdens, and ability to pay. This proposed mechanism, with an appropriately designed subsidy plan, could maximize the aggregate social welfare.
ContributorsChen, Xiangjing (Olivia) (Author) / Webster, Scott (Thesis advisor) / Wang, Yimin (Thesis advisor) / Ho, Yi-Jen (Ian) (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
Description自市场化改革以来，“资源高投入，环境高污染”粗放型增长方式，虽然使经济水平迅猛增长，但也对我国经济造成很多负面影响，导致企业非效率投资现象普遍存在，在微观层面上，非效率投资损害企业所有者的利益，降低企业的经营效率，抑制企业的财富增长和发展动力，对企业的长远发展产生非常不利的影响；在宏观层面上，企业的非效率投资造成社会资源的无端浪费，降低整个社会资源配置的效率，阻碍国家经济总量高质量增长及经济水平发展，导致国家经济增长驱力不足，对整个国家经济实力发展同样产生非常不利影响。近年来我国一直致力于通过改善生产要素的质量和提高投资效率来实现经济高质量增长，对企业非效率投资的研究十分必要且具有理论和现实意义。本文以2015-2020年沪深两市A股企业的财务数据经过筛选，得到样本为2357家上市公司，有效样本量为11780个样本观测值，并从市场竞争这一外部视角出发，对市场竞争的两个维度企业竞争地位和行业竞争程度及两者的交互作用对我国A股上市企业非效率投资行为的影响进行研究。通过对相关理论及国内外学者研究成果的综合分析，研究提出4点假设，通过建立回归模型，分析模型结果，验证假设，得到以下4个结论：1.我国上市公司普遍存在非效率投资问题，过度投资和投资不足行为同时存在，且过度投资较投资不足严重；2.企业竞争地位与非效率投资之间的关系是非线性的，两者呈“U”型关系；3.较高的行业竞争程度能够有效抑制企业的非效率投资；4.在企业竞争地位与非效率投资呈负相关关系的部分时，行业竞争程度和企业竞争地位的交互作用对企业非效率投资抑制作用产生叠加效应；而在企业竞争地位与非效率投资呈正相关关系的部分时，行业竞争程度在企业竞争地位与非效率投资间的关系起负向调节作用。通过研究结论得到2点启示，有效治理企业低效率投资问题，需完善市场竞争机制，保证良性市场竞争，同时要加强企业内部治理机制建设。
ContributorsShen, Limei (Author) / Wang, Yimin (Thesis advisor) / Wang, Tan (Thesis advisor) / Hou, Kewei (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2022
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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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Photovoltaic industry, as a strategic emerging industry supported by the national policy for a long time, is an important part of new energy industry, which is crucial for China to realize the upgrading of its energy structure and practice the goal of "carbon peak and carbon neutrality". Photovoltaic industry is characterized by long R&D investment cycle, strong scale effect, high risk of technology selection, etc. Therefore, the study of photovoltaic industry can help to explore the development law of emerging industries, and has a strong inspirational role in promoting the transformation of industrial development and the construction of independent innovation of enterprises. Silicon link is the upstream link of PV manufacturing industry, with high technical barriers, and is the most representative link of PV industry. This paper selects all the PV enterprises in the upstream silicon link of the PV industry chain as the research object according to the standards of the PV industry, by combing the industrial development history and technological change of such enterprises, and trying to explore the basic influencing factors affecting their technological routes by focusing on the technological route disputes between mono-crystalline and polycrystalline in the process of their development, creatively identifying the competitive strategies and decomposing them in the perspectives of costs, efficiency, environmental externalities and transaction costs, by constructing the basic factors affecting their technological routes. We creatively identify the competitive strategies and decompose them from the perspectives of cost, efficiency, environmental externalities, and transaction cost, and try to answer the question of what characteristics of technology routes can help enterprises gain competitive advantages from the perspective of the final development of enterprises through the construction of theoretical models and case studies, and then explore the specific influencing factors affecting the selection of different technology routes by enterprises. In this way, we can provide suggestions for improving the development quality of China's photovoltaic industry, realizing sustainable development, and contributing to the rapid development of China's strategic emerging industries.
ContributorsQiu, Xin (Author) / Wang, Yimin (Thesis advisor) / Cheng, Shijun (Thesis advisor) / Zhu, Ning (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2024
Description本研究以中小型企业在全球价值链中的转型升级为聚焦，主要通过案例分析的方式，选取代表性企业欣威科技和超俊科技，提出“动态整合能力”的概念，发展了企业家精神理论、全球价值链理论、动态能力理论和企业间合作理论，对于中小型企业的战略转型升级具有实践借鉴价值。在研究方法上，研究针对中小型企业如何在全球价值链中转型升级进行回应，通过参与式观察、深度访谈获取数据与资料，并通过欣威科技与超俊科技的案例分析厘清脉络，以期对于全球价值链理论和动态能力理论有所贡献。
在研究结论上，本研究认为，中小型企业在全球价值链攀登中，应注重发展动态整合能力，密切跟进新技术运用和企业间合作，基于创始人专业背景资源拓展自身发展的空间。
在研究贡献与研究意义上，本研究探索中小型企业战略转型的驱动因素和升级路径，实质上是在全球价值链发展到新的阶段的必要命题。首先，研究聚焦的对象是中小型企业，中小型企业具有自身的特点和问题；其次，全球价值链和国内兼容打印耗材行业的发展均到了一个新的阶段，面临着一定的瓶颈，也亟待取得转型升级。因此，深入探索、挖掘和剖析中小型企业战略转型的驱动因素和升级路径，借鉴并拓展全球价值链理论、动态能力理论和企业间合作理论，为提升中小型企业在全球价值链发展中应对的能动性，在理论延伸和实践指导上均具有重大意义。
ContributorsZhao, Zhixiang (Author) / Li, Hongmin (Thesis advisor) / Shi, Weilei (Thesis advisor) / Wang, Yimin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2023
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Non public offerings are common economic activities of enterprises. Enterprises that make non-public offerings can use the financing capital to purchase fixed assets and expand. From the perspective of enterprise innovation, with the continuous upgrading of market competition, enterprises may need new capital to upgrade their assets, or purchase key technology licenses, patents, and invest in start-ups in related industries. Therefore, there may be some correlation between economic activities and innovation. It is of great significance to understand the impact of economic activities and analyze the influencing factors of innovation performance for how to better promote innovation. This paper increases the consideration of the impact of non-public issuance on innovation, and further find out the impact mechanism of innovation. Although there is positive relationship between non-public issuance and invention patents and utility models, with the relationship with utility models is significant at the 5% level, considering the endogeneity of this relationship remains significant only in the DID model. In the sub samples of non-public issuance plans, the success of issuance also becomes insignificant. Under the instrumental variable method, the conclusion of the benchmark model is supported, and in the sub samples of non-public issuance plans, the success of issuance is still not significant. In the lag phase inspection, non-public issuance promotes the improvement of utility model patents in enterprises. The asset liability ratio of enterprises has certain positive moderating effect on the relationship between non-public issuance and corporate innovation, but this effect only holds across the entire sample range. In the subsample, this conclusion is not true. The moderating effects of R&D ratio, whether there are cash transactions, and whether major shareholders participate are not significant. Companies with low public offering price ratios, i.e. those with high discounts, may experience a decrease in their innovation after successful issuance. These companies are relatively inferior in the market and attract non-public investors with high discounts. They cannot create good innovation, while good innovative companies have lower discounts on non-public offerings. After raising funds, companies increase their R&D, Promote further innovation achievements.
ContributorsFeng, Guoliang (Author) / Wang, Yimin (Thesis advisor) / Chang, Chun (Thesis advisor) / Yan, Hong (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2024
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中国融资租赁行业在相关政策的推动下，自2007年起迅速发展，十余年间资产规模增长超过40倍，已突破6万亿元人民币。租赁行业已经成为金融市场中一支重要的力量。
但是，中国融资租赁行业在发展过程中一直伴随着争议和质疑，类信贷的业务模式具备典型的政策套利和影子银行的特征，这在客观上造就了租赁行业过去的繁荣，也导致了今天的困境。2018年起，中国政府强力实行金融强监管、去杠杆的政策，租赁行业加速分化转型，很多公司纷纷寻找差异化的产品和市场定位。以控制租赁物风险为主的真租赁业务，如经营性租赁业务，可以帮助租赁公司摆脱价格战的泥潭，提高收益率，建立竞争优势，实现公司长期发展。
本文从业务实质出发，对类信贷业务模式和经营性租赁业务模式进行分析，以具有不同代表意义的三家租赁公司为案例，从风险管理角度分析了经营性租赁业务在提高公司收益率、保障资产质量、促进制造业升级等方面的作用。希望本文的研究能对中国目前正计划转型的租赁公司提供一定帮助。
关键词: 融资租赁、类信贷、真租赁、经营性租赁、转型、风险管理
中国融资租赁行业在相关政策的推动下，自2007年起迅速发展，十余年间资产规模增长超过40倍，已突破6万亿元人民币。租赁行业已经成为金融市场中一支重要的力量。
但是，中国融资租赁行业在发展过程中一直伴随着争议和质疑，类信贷的业务模式具备典型的政策套利和影子银行的特征，这在客观上造就了租赁行业过去的繁荣，也导致了今天的困境。2018年起，中国政府强力实行金融强监管、去杠杆的政策，租赁行业加速分化转型，很多公司纷纷寻找差异化的产品和市场定位。以控制租赁物风险为主的真租赁业务，如经营性租赁业务，可以帮助租赁公司摆脱价格战的泥潭，提高收益率，建立竞争优势，实现公司长期发展。
本文从业务实质出发，对类信贷业务模式和经营性租赁业务模式进行分析，以具有不同代表意义的三家租赁公司为案例，从风险管理角度分析了经营性租赁业务在提高公司收益率、保障资产质量、促进制造业升级等方面的作用。希望本文的研究能对中国目前正计划转型的租赁公司提供一定帮助。
关键词: 融资租赁、类信贷、真租赁、经营性租赁、转型、风险管理
ContributorsXu, Haiyong (Author) / Pei, Ker-Wei (Thesis advisor) / Yan, Hong (Thesis advisor) / Wang, Yimin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2020
Description为适应我国经济的快速发展以及经济的全球化，我国企业借助日益成长完善的资本市场，从主要依靠技术与产品的引进、消化和吸收转向了技术与产品的引进和输出并举的发展道路，企业并购成为了企业快速发展壮大的利器之一。我国的工程机械类企业凭借并购使全行业规模上升到世界第一位，成为了经济发展的支柱之一，并已形成三一重工、中联重科、徐工集团等一批行业领军企业，行业竞争力得到了提高，同时行业中企业之间竞争的加剧促使了我国工程机械企业在全球范围内整合产业价值链，进行了大量并购。
中联重科自成立以来，通过一系列的并购实现了快速规模发展，这一系列并购案例也为研究工程机械类企业并购研究和并购绩效分析提供了极好的素材。本文通过对中联重科从2001年到2018年并购案例进行详细分析和归纳总结，采用案例研究法对中联重科并购案例的短期绩效进行了研究，采用主成分分析法对中联重科主要并购案例的长期财务绩效进行了分析，同时就并购中的企业绩效和行业绩效进行了分析说明，认为并购行为是我国工程机械类企业发展和竞争的重要方式，是我国工程机械行业发展壮大的必然结果；短期绩效具有不确定性，不能成为判断并购成功与否的决定因素，长期的财务绩效也因指标影响差异明显，不一定能达到预期的效果，但并购对于我国工程机械企业的发展壮大又是有目共睹的。
因此在并购绩效评价中，要考虑并购所产生的溢出效应对于行业整体发展和国家经济综合发展的影响，要考虑并购所带来的先进技术和管理方法本身所引起的企业整体技术和管理水平的提升对企业成长的重要性。充分考量全球宏观环境，协整企业战略，放长并购绩效评价时间线，选择合适并购对像，合理估价，加强并购后资源整合，不失为企业发展的可选之策。
关键词：企业并购； 绩效评价；中联重科； 工程机械行业
中联重科自成立以来，通过一系列的并购实现了快速规模发展，这一系列并购案例也为研究工程机械类企业并购研究和并购绩效分析提供了极好的素材。本文通过对中联重科从2001年到2018年并购案例进行详细分析和归纳总结，采用案例研究法对中联重科并购案例的短期绩效进行了研究，采用主成分分析法对中联重科主要并购案例的长期财务绩效进行了分析，同时就并购中的企业绩效和行业绩效进行了分析说明，认为并购行为是我国工程机械类企业发展和竞争的重要方式，是我国工程机械行业发展壮大的必然结果；短期绩效具有不确定性，不能成为判断并购成功与否的决定因素，长期的财务绩效也因指标影响差异明显，不一定能达到预期的效果，但并购对于我国工程机械企业的发展壮大又是有目共睹的。
因此在并购绩效评价中，要考虑并购所产生的溢出效应对于行业整体发展和国家经济综合发展的影响，要考虑并购所带来的先进技术和管理方法本身所引起的企业整体技术和管理水平的提升对企业成长的重要性。充分考量全球宏观环境，协整企业战略，放长并购绩效评价时间线，选择合适并购对像，合理估价，加强并购后资源整合，不失为企业发展的可选之策。
关键词：企业并购； 绩效评价；中联重科； 工程机械行业
ContributorsZhang, Ru (Author) / Huang, Xiaochuan (Thesis advisor) / Li, Xiaoyang (Thesis advisor) / Wang, Yimin (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2020