scholarly journals How Does A Firm’s Previous Social Network Position Affect Innovation? Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuan Wei ◽  
Wei Chen
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Negative Binomial Regression Model ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Network Position ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
Lag Structure ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Social Network Position

The impact of social network position on innovation has been widely confirmed in past studies. However, research on the time-lag structure of the impact is still insufficient. Within the time window 2010 to 2017, this study constructs a two-mode social network between Chinese listed companies and other participants. To analyze the lag structure of the effect of social network position on innovation, this study uses a panel negative binomial regression model transformed by the Almon polynomial. The results show that a firm does need an advantageous past social network position for innovation. Previous local and global centrality in a social network has a different influence on innovation. For the local centrality indices, degree centrality has a positive impact in the short-term, but has a negative impact in the long-term; the impact of betweenness centrality is not significant in the short-term and is negative in the long run. For the global centrality indices, closeness centrality has a positive influence that decreases with the increase of the time-lag. At the same time, using the method of necessary condition analysis (NCA), this study calculates the bottleneck for a given innovation level. Finally, based on these research conclusions, the theoretical implications and management practice implications are summarized.

scholarly journals Respiratory Disease Risk of Zoo-Housed Bonobos Is Associated with Sex and Betweenness Centrality in the Proximity Network

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3597
Author(s):  
Jonas R. R. Torfs ◽  
Marcel Eens ◽  
Daan W. Laméris ◽  
Nicky Staes
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Respiratory Disease ◽  
Betweenness Centrality ◽  
Disease Risk ◽  
Winter Season ◽  
Network Position ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Social Network Position

Infectious diseases can be considered a threat to animal welfare and are commonly spread through both direct and indirect social interactions with conspecifics. This is especially true for species with complex social lives, like primates. While several studies have investigated the impact of sociality on disease risk in primates, only a handful have focused on respiratory disease, despite it being a major cause of morbidity and mortality in both wild and captive populations and thus an important threat to primate welfare. Therefore, we examined the role of social-network position on the occurrence of respiratory disease symptoms during one winter season in a relatively large group of 20 zoo-housed bonobos with managed fission-fusion dynamics. We found that within the proximity network, symptoms were more likely to occur in individuals with higher betweenness centrality, which are individuals that form bridges between different parts of the network. Symptoms were also more likely to occur in males than in females, independent of their social-network position. Taken together, these results highlight a combined role of close proximity and sex in increased risk of attracting respiratory disease, two factors that can be taken into account for further welfare management of the species.

An Empirical Study on Capital Structure and Corporate Performance of Chinese Listed Companies

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fahd Al-Duais
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Corporate Performance ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between level of debt and the companys performance remains an important unsolved issue in the field of financing. It is very important to know how Chinas listed companies manage their capital towards business growth. This paper investigates the impact of the capital structure on corporate performance of a sample of 711 listed companies on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in China in 2014. The results indicates that there is a positive relation between financial leverage and corporate performance as well as there is a positive impact that the mixture of long-term debt and short-term debt (using total debt). This would help decision maker in the companies to finance firms operation in the both periods. On the other hand, the short term debt has a negative relation and impact on corporate performance compared to the changing in firm size which cannot change in the profitability of firms.

scholarly journals Research on the Psychological Expectation Impact on Enterprise Innovation Under Mergers and Acquisitions Pressure: From the Evidence of Large Stock Dividends

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
XueWen Kuang ◽  
ZeYu Li ◽  
He Lin
Keyword(s):  
Mergers And Acquisitions ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Stock Liquidity ◽  
Inhibiting Effect ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
Enterprise Innovation ◽  
Stock Dividends ◽  
The Impact

From the perspective of social psychology, takes the large stock dividends policy of Chinese listed companies as an example, based on the sample of Chinese listed companies from 2009 to 2018, this article examines the impact of psychological expectation under the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) pressure on enterprise innovation. The empirical study finds that the high dividend payout mainly increases the liquidity of the stock, which makes the company face a greater risk of hostile merger and acquisition, and thus causes the management to pay attention to the psychological preference of short-term effect, and reduces the level of enterprise R&D and innovation. Moreover, the above conclusion is still true after controlling the endogenetic problem. Further research shows that in private enterprises, enterprises with low ownership concentration and non-high-tech enterprises, large stock dividends has a more obvious inhibiting effect on the level of enterprises’ R&D and innovation. After excluding the possible of agency problem, the conclusion is still robust. This article expands the research on the influencing factors of enterprise innovation from the perspective of psychological expectation. The findings of this study provide references and inspirations for facilitating enterprise innovations by reducing short-sighted behaviors of management under increased stock liquidity.

The impact of shareholding structure on firm investment: Evidence from Chinese listed companies

2013 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex A. Chen ◽  
Hong Cao ◽  
Dayong Zhang ◽  
David G. Dickinson
Keyword(s):  
Listed Companies ◽  
Firm Investment ◽  
Chinese Listed Companies ◽  
The Impact

Investigating Leader Self-Efficacy Through Policy Engagement and Social Network Position

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 411-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Hwa Liou ◽  
Alan J. Daly
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Common Core State Standards ◽  
State Standards ◽  
Work Effort ◽  
Core State ◽  
Network Position ◽  
Network Connectedness ◽  
Policy Engagement ◽  
Social Network Position

Leaders’ self-efficacy has recently been identified as a critical component in the success of educational reform. In educational policy and leadership, little attention has been paid to leaders’ self-efficacy beliefs as they go about the implementation of Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This study seeks to understand leaders’ CCSS self-efficacy by examining the level of CCSS-focused engagement and the degree of leaders’ network connectedness from a social learning perspective. Findings suggest leaders who report higher levels of CCSS-focused engagement tend to be more efficacious about implementing CCSS. Such a relationship is mediated by leaders’ social network position in providing CCSS advice and work effort recognition to their fellow administrators.

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