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Tingting Huang, Yilin Pan, Kai Zhu and Xinyuan Chen
This paper aims to study the impact of human resource heterogeneity on firms’ cash-holding policies.
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This paper aims to study the impact of human resource heterogeneity on firms’ cash-holding policies.
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The authors construct a proxy for human resource heterogeneity using the dissimilarity in employees’ skill structure between the firm and its peers in the same industry.
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The authors report evidence that firms with heterogeneous human resources hold more cash than other firms. This effect is more pronounced in labor-intensive firms and firms more susceptible to hold-up by employees, i.e. firms located in regions with more labor disputes and firms surrounded by more external employment opportunities. In addition, the authors demonstrate that high cash holdings triggered by human resource heterogeneity reduce the scale and efficiency of firms’ capital investment.
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This study highlights the role of human resource heterogeneity in determining firms’ cash policies. This paper adds to the understanding of labor adjustment costs within the firm and provides insights into firms’ cash-holding decisions.
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In 2011, the new Arbitration Ordinance took effect in Hong Kong. This paper aims to discuss the new features on maritime arbitration.
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In 2011, the new Arbitration Ordinance took effect in Hong Kong. This paper aims to discuss the new features on maritime arbitration.
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The relevant provisions of the Arbitration Ordinance 2011 and the legal cases are examined.
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Hong Kong is a first class maritime arbitration centre in the Asia Pacific Region.
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This paper is one of the very few general reviews of the maritime arbitration under the Arbitration Ordinance 2011.
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A core employment market based on modem information and communications technology (ICT) and human resources (HR) management can fundamentally overcome the shortcomings of a…
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A core employment market based on modem information and communications technology (ICT) and human resources (HR) management can fundamentally overcome the shortcomings of a traditional employment market, in which the problems of an imbalance in the relationship between employers and employees are antagonistically alleviated by independent trade unions and other similar means. Core employment means the portion of total employment closely related to modem entrepreneurial innovation - the employment of directly or indirectly aiding in conducting, promoting, protecting and expanding innovation with entrepreneurship. The severe industrial conflicts existing currently in Korea and China can probably be resolved by economic and social measures other than confrontational trade unions, as long as the efforts are made in an expansion of core employment by the government, enterprises and individuals.
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