Internal and external factors in innovation persistence

This paper contributes to the analysis of the persistence of innovation activities, as measured by total factor productivity (TFP), and explores its internal and external determinants stressing its path-dependent characteristics. The external conditions, namely the quality of local knowledge pools and the strength of the Schumpeterian rivalry, along with the internal conditions (the actual levels of dynamic capabilities, as proxied by wage levels and firm size) exert a specific and localised effect upon the persistent introduction of innovations. A multiple transition probability matrixes (MTPMs) approach has been implemented to capture the contingent effects of external factors on long-term innovation persistence. The empirical analysis of the dynamics of firm-level TFP for a sample of approximately 7000 Italian manufacturing companies observed during the years 1996–2005 is based on both the comparison of different transition probability matrixes and on dynamic discrete choice panel data models. The evidence provided by the test of MTPMs in sub-periods suggests that innovation persistence is path-dependent, as opposed to past-dependent.     

The intranet's role in newcomer socialization in the hotel industry in Taiwan – technology acceptance model analysis

This study examined a research model for explaining the relationships of intranet adoption and newcomers' organizational socialization in the hotel industry. Data were gathered for a structural equation model (SEM) analysis, from 298 individual participants, who had only worked in a hotel for 6 months to 1 year. The research results demonstrated the mediation role of the perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use of the intranet. The SEM results also revealed that usage of the intranet did increase the extent of an employee's socialization into the organization. Moreover, PU has direct and indirect effects on socialization. Tests on gender and age differences were conducted. The invariance analysis of the theory model showed that both males and females demonstrated the same patterns in performing technology acceptance factors and socialization, whereas different age groups demonstrated significantly different paths. The direct effect of PU was not significant for the newcomers aged over 35.     

Book Review

Tourism and Postcolonialism: Contested Discourses, Identities and Representations. C. Michael Hall and Hazel Tucker (eds). Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2004. 0-415-33102-1     

电网建设工程项目特点与各个阶段的管理建议及管理模式分析

本文对电网建设项目各个阶段的管理工作中存在的问题进行分析和研究,并且提出了相应的对策和措施,以供大家参考。     

互联网银行的挑战和机遇

本文分析了互联网给银行业带来改善客户服务、为信用风险管理提供了新的工具和相关数据技术、降低小微企业贷款和消费信贷成本等机遇,同时指出银行会面临人才、激励约束、风险管理等方面挑战.因此银行可以沿着成本和创新两个方向利用互联网和大数据,改造现有流程、提高效率、改进风险管理.     

山区输电线路塔位边坡治理方法及技术经济分析

针对目前山区输电线路铁塔塔位边坡的特点，总结输电线路工程中常见的塔位边坡主要处理措施，包括工程治理、生物治理，对相应方法的适用范围和优缺点进行了比较分析，提出了合理的环保设计建议。     

公路改建工程设计实践体会

文章对公路改建工程设计的几个主要问题提出了设计原则和解决方法,并分别结合参与的省道S209的设计成果进行说明,具有一定的理论和实践价值。     

突变情境下企业执行力变化的理论解释与管理启示

创新日益成为企业得以持续发展的关键因子。在企业创新的不同类型中,结构性创新与破坏性创新常常是新兴企业或新兴产品对原有企业和产品的瞬间破坏。在这一条件下,原有企业所赖以生存的能力与资源恰恰成为企业发展的重要障碍,而建立在原有能力与资源基础上的企业执行力必然会发生变化。笔者从理论上对这一变化进行了解释并提出了执行力变化的基本路径和企业执行力的不同区域,从而为突变情境下企业执行力的保证与提升提供了借鉴。     

广西与东盟国家科技交流合作现状与对策研究

在中国－东盟自由贸易区如期建成的背帚下，充分发挥广西独特的区位优势，进一步拓展与东盟国家在科技领域的交流合作，力求在与东盟国家的科技领域合作方面取得新进展，是广西加强与东盟国家交流合作的重要内容，也是借助国外资源加快创新型广西建设的必然选择。     

关于增强档案工作创新服务意识的思考

本文指出加强对高校档案服务创新工作,转变观念和技术管理服务,以提高创新服务水平,并对扩大文件的渠道进行了分析。