Exploring consumer boycott intelligence using a socio-cognitive approach

Despite a worldwide growth in the number of boycott campaigns, the results of studies are inconclusive as the motives behind individual participation are still largely ignored. Drawing on a socio-cognitive theory, the theory of planned behavior, this research investigates whether the direct variables of attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control, help predict consumers' boycott intention. Conducted in Lebanon, this work employs a survey design administered to a randomized systematic sample of 500 Muslim and Christian consumers. The sample is split into two sub-samples reflecting the main religious groups in the Middle-East. Results show that although the Muslim participants appear more prone to participate in the boycott, still attitude, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control are all significant predictors of intentions in both communities with the attitudinal component carrying the most weight. This application of a social psychology theory to the consumers' passive resistance to purchasing yielded significant contributions at the theoretical, empirical, and managerial levels.     

发达国家引进智力工作对我国的启示

在人才国际化背景下,世界各国纷纷制定出引进智力的相关政策吸引并留住人才。我国的引进智力工作存在着法制建设滞后、重引进轻管理等问题,应借鉴发达国家引进智力工作的成功经验,完善引进智力人员管理政策法规体系,进一步建立健全引进智力工作的服务支撑体系,同时开拓高校作为引进智力工作主阵地的创新机制,进而完善我国的引进智力工作。     

论人造生态旅游景点开发的优势与途径

人造生态旅游景点具有适应于当今旅游者回归自然的心理需求,易于开发,经营风险较小,进入市场的门槛较低以及有助于当地生态环境保护、改善等优势;人造生态旅游景点开发的途径主要有:合理选址,立足于当地文脉,大力营造自然生态旅游氛围,努力丰富文化内涵,科学地安排活动内容。     

Managing technology intelligence processes in situations of radical technological change

For established companies, radical technological change is not only a challenge, but it also constitutes a major source of failure. By establishing effective technology intelligence processes, companies may react to radical trends in time which is a prerequisite for coping with technological change. Therefore, this study analyzes the technology intelligence processes in 25 multinational companies in the pharmaceutical, telecommunications equipment and automobile industries in the context of radical technological change. In the three industries, the technologies combinatorial chemistry, dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and fuel cell are used as settings to analyze these processes on the technology level against the background of the company-level perspective. By applying this complex view, which allows to take into account interactions between different organizational mechanisms and between different hierarchical levels inside a firm, three types of organizing technology intelligence processes can be identified: the participatory, the hybrid and the hierarchical technology intelligence process. The organization of the technology intelligence process according to the three types is influenced by the corporate culture and the decision-making style of the companies. Furthermore, industry differences are identified which may be explained by different rates of radical technological change in the industries. This study suggests that more complex and differentiated views on radical technological change, on corporate technology intelligence processes and on the variety of organizational structures involved in these processes are required.     

Cultural dynamics in the diffusion of informatics

The diffusion of informatics, particularly of artificial intelligence devices, could produce sociocultural effects unlike those accompanying the introduction of other revolutionary technologies. A particular philosophy is associated with the computerization of society-yet this is appropriate only as a technical approach to communication and information processing problems and offers little in broadening the intellectual dimensions of man. To enhance human potential in both mental and intellectual senses and to reduce the dangers of inter- and intracultural conflict, an intellectique (connecting epistemology to informatics) is proposed to give us informatic tools that would allow the expression of cultural and personal differences.     

The Smart Library Architecture of an Orientation Portal

The high potential for synergies between Knowledge Management (KM) and e-Learning seems obvious given the many interrelations and dependencies of these two fields. However, the relationship has not yet been fully understood and harnessed. This paper intends to unfold the potential achievable by the use of Artificial Neural Networks, in order to integrate the profiling of the student, in terms of competences and preferences, the development of the educational pathways desired and the professional skills to achieve. The adaptive interaction through the students and the Orientation Portal is guaranteed by the flexibility and the scalability of Artificial Adaptive System and their learning by doing approach.     

商业设施与物流设施相互融合研究——基于“新基建”和“新零售”双新视角

“新零售”下商业设施与物流设施相互融合是构建新商业基础设施的关键。本文梳理了商业设施与物流设施相互融合的逻辑及阶段特征,发现:从融合逻辑来看,"新零售"运营逻辑对两者融合提出了基本诉求,设施融合天然属性奠定了融合基础,而数智技术则提供了融合支撑。从融合现实来看,两者融合面临着设施功能隔阂、规模经济和网络效应制约、联盟式融合存在弊端、企业间竞合抑制等制约问题。据此,研究认为:在融合思维上,应积极把握与商业模式协同一体的融合和基于资源整合与共享思维的全方位融合;在融合形式上,持续增强有形设施与无形设施融合,并依托"新服务"不断扩充融合边界,同时,充分利用政策措施和创新监管为两者融合创设条件。     

人工智能对人力资源管理的影响研究

在智能化时代背景下,人工智能技术被应用到社会的各个领域,悄然无息地改变着工作和生活方式,推动着现代化社会建设的步伐。人力资源是企业管理的重点内容,将人工智能技术应用于其中,不仅可以提升人力资源管理的效率和质量,节省人工管理成本,还能优化企业内部环境,增强企业的市场竞争力。在此基础上,论文分析了人工智能技术带来的影响,探索企业人力资源管理创新的策略,为企业发展建设提供参考。     

基于图像和人工鱼群算法的建筑火灾动态疏散路径规划研究

为了解决大型建筑发生火灾时传统静态疏散系统无法根据火灾点和人员拥挤程度进行路径调整这一问题,提出了基于图像和人工鱼群算法的动态疏散路径规划方法。在栅格图上进行路径规划,通过将鱼群的最优解替换为可行解,使鱼群避免陷入局部最优和全局最优相互干扰的情况,并结合摄像头采集图像,通过人脸识别人数,判断当前路径是否拥挤,及时调整路径,从而确保规划出的路径可以避免堵塞,动态疏散人群。仿真实验结果表明,所提算法能够在相同时间内,规划出较蚁群算法路径更短,可避免陷入局部最优和死锁状态,根据拥挤程度及时改变路径,并能够在时间和空间双重约束的情况下实现人群动态疏散。因此,新算法在相同运行时间内可以规划出更短的路径,可以帮助火灾现场人群以更少时间、更短路径、更高效率的方式进行动态疏散。