The value for innovation of inter-firm networks and forming alliances: A meta-analytic model of indirect effects

In the past few decades, we have seen strong growth in the number of publications on the role of alliances and networking on innovative performance and, more generally, firm performance. The empirical results of these studies are, however, often debated, and there seems to be little consensus in the academic literature. We therefore focus our meta-analytical model test on the accumulated direction and magnitude of the indirect relationships reported in the literature between innovation, networking, alliances, and firm performance. Our meta-analysis is based on 517 correlations, 156 studies, and a total sample size of 93,048 firms. We compare the findings of our meta-analysis to the results of a bootstrapping analysis. Our results corroborate the bulk of studies, which suggests that networks and alliance experience play an important role in generating rents from innovation resources through both direct and indirect effects. The practical implication is that firms need to engage in networks and also develop strong alliance management capabilities to be able to increase the contribution innovation resources can make to their performance.     

The contingent role of dependency in predicting the intention to adopt B2B e-commerce

ABSTRACT

A review of existing Electronic Commerce adoption literature reveals that the prevailing theoretical frameworks implicitly assume that organizations are independent and have complete control over their decisions to adopt innovations. Given the fact that organizations are often constrained by and depend on their environment and exchange partners to survive, this paper proposes that Resource Dependency can either be a facilitator or inhibitor of the role of Technological, Organizational, and Environmental (TOE) motivating factors. Using 239 valid responses from supply chain managers in Jordan, the study found partial support for the role of Resource Dependency as a moderator. The findings provide insights on how Resource Dependency between partners drives different patterns of innovation acceptance among potential adopters, regardless of several technological and organizational motivations to innovate. The results suggest that predicting how innovation is diffused within a market needs a detailed understanding of the inter-dependence structure among the supply chain members.     

Aligning RFID applications with supply chain strategies

Many large retailers decided to adopt RFID as their new supply chain technology, but RFID adoption by all industries did not spread as rapidly as initially expected. We believe that its benefits constituted the major barrier to its adoption, and argued that a major contributor to the delay has been its inappropriate implementation. Our study reports the result of six in-depth case studies, which, together with case content analysis of 88 reported RFID applications, provided us with a clear view of the RFID implementation landscape, suggesting that organizations often mindlessly adopted RFID applications that were misaligned with their supply chain strategies, leading to unsatisfactory benefits. Insights into how organizations should adopt RFID were developed from our results and were discussed.     

An empirical investigation of anti-spyware software adoption: A multitheoretical perspective

We performed an empirical investigation of factors affecting an individual's decision to adopt anti-spyware software. Our results suggested that an individual's attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, and denial of responsibility significantly affected anti-spyware adoption intention. Also, relative advantage and compatibility showed a significant effect on attitude, visibility, and image on subjective norm, and trialability, self-efficacy, and computing capacity on perceived behavioral control. Interestingly, moral obligation, ease of use, and perceived cost were not as significant as was originally expected.     

浅析在计算机教学中学生创新能力的培养

人们常说:21世纪最缺的是什么?人才!而准确地说,缺的是创新型人才.新的时代需要创新型人才,而培养创新型人才的关键在于教育创新.创新教育是指以创新人格的培养为核心,以创新思维的激发为实施手段,以培养学生的创新意识,创新精神和基本创新能力,促进学生和谐发展为主要特征的素质教育.在计算机教学中其创新型人才的培养必须和时代需求相结合,且计算机教师要根据学科特点和学科优势,转变旧的教育观念,营造有利于创新的教育环境,培养学生的创新能力和创新精神,让学生在探索式的学习过程中成长为新式的独立的“学习者”和“创造者”.     

浅谈高职高专计算机教学方法的实践与创新

本文根据高职高专教育的独特性,凭借多年的教学实践,就高职计算机教学方法从学生学习和老师教学两方面着手进行了一些探讨,并介绍了几种具体的教学方法。     

Internet messaging: An examination of the impact of attitudinal,normative, and control belief systems

While instant messaging (IM) has been very popular among teenagers and college students for social and recreation communication, its use in corporate settings has been limited. We examined the factors that influence the intention to use and actual use of IM. A research model was developed based on diffusion of innovation and Socio-psychological theories. The model examined the influence of seven variables in three belief structures (the attitudinal, normative, and control). The model was empirically validated using a field survey of 349 respondents. The results indicated that five of the seven variables explained about 41% of the variance in the intention to use IM. The five significant variables were: utilitarian beliefs, hedonic beliefs, subjective norms, critical mass, and ease of use. Affiliation motivation was not significant and social belief had a negative impact on intention. As expected, intention to use had a significant influence on actual usage.     

国家创新系统思想及其启示

20世纪 90年代以来 ,国家创新系统已经成为用系统方法研究创新对经济增长影响的一个重要理论框架。弗里曼、纳尔逊等人从各自的研究领域完善了国家创新系统思想 ,国家创新系统方法在经济合作与发展组织 (OECD)成员国中的应用亦取得了丰硕的研究成果。国家创新系统思想为我们完善我国国家创新系统提供了理论上的指导     

石油二厂MTBE装置工艺技术改造

抚顺石化分公司石油二厂原有的MTBE装置采用混相反应技术和绝热外循环反应技术 ,其生产能力为 2 .0× 1 0 4 t/a ,已不能满足新配方汽油发展的要求。装置能耗高 ,异丁烯转化率较国际先进水平低 ,为此 ,石油二厂将MTBE装置进行改造 ,采用北京设计院与齐鲁石化公司研究院及哈尔滨炼油厂经多年研究和工程开发形成的专有技术———混相床催化蒸馏深度转化组合工艺 ,与常规的二反四塔流程相比 ,深度转化组合工艺具有流程短、转化率高、易于操作、催化剂用量小和节省公用工程等优点。装置改造采用新技术 ,但尽量利用原有的设备 ,包括反应器、塔器、冷换设备、机泵、仪表和配电设施 ,确属工艺需要则予更换 ,以节约投资。     

约束与突破--投标规划的创意分析

作者从简析投标规划传统思路的缺陷──规划目标与条件间的裂点入手,以逻辑重构和系统观点重建了投标规划的设计过程和目标优化模式。