Merit versus maleness: How strategic positioning can mitigate external gender bias

Despite the proactive efforts of many firms to combat gender bias within their organizations, societal prejudices still disadvantage women leaders and the firms who employ them. This external gender bias shapes outside stakeholder evaluations of women leaders’ efforts in various ways, and firms need strategies to cope with this external gender bias. We examine the conditions that might alleviate this burden of external bias and what women leaders and top executives can do to leverage these conditions—from a strategic positioning perspective—that will effectively allow female leaders to differentiate their work. To do this, we synthesize and build upon evidence that the external gender bias against women leaders diminishes when they lead in areas that are unconventional rather than mainstream. We then propose a two-step process based on (1) identifying the likely threat of external gender bias, which is stronger in some industry contexts than others, and (2) leveraging unconventionality to circumvent male prototypical comparisons, thereby reducing the hazards of external gender bias.     

Larger,counter-intuitive and lasting – The PSM role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic,exploring opportunities for theoretical and actionable advances

PSM has played an important role in the initial mitigation of risks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We explore the nature and scope of this role and develop a roadmap for PSM contributions towards greater supply chain resilience. We find that the role of PSM is (1) multidimensional; responding to supply risks but also to demand and logistics risks, (2) counter to game theory; collaboration increased instead of decrease, (3) multi-stage; beyond the initial response the hardest change efforts are still ahead. The pandemic is accelerating the journey towards future-proof PSM but not necessarily revolutionizing the future of PSM.     

《难经》压力波参数初探

根据压力波理论，分析了《难经》脉状的参数，演绎了主要参数的特征曲线，这对推进中医切诊医术的现代化具有现实意义。     

论农民在新型农村合作医疗中的角色——社会政策的视角

从社会政策的视角分析了农民在新型农村合作医疗政策过程中的角色地位,揭示了农民不仅是新型农村合作医疗制度的参与者、执行者,而且是政策的评估者、监督者和良好政策环境的提供者.因此,在完善新型农村合作医疗制度时,站在农民的立场,真正了解农民的需要,鼓励他们参与是必要的.     

对EWS模型中金融危机界定的比较研究 ——利用EVT理论

对主要金融危机预警模型中货币危机指标(货币压力指数)与阈值的确定方式进行比较分析,之后利用EVT对EMPI的尾部进行估计,同时确定新的个体阈值,并与原模型的结果进行对比。发现不同的EW S模型确定的危机时间有较大差异,各种方法在危机的判断上存在分歧;三种主要EW S模型中的EMPI在统计上表现出较强的非正态性。     

浅议管理会计在医院财务管理中的作用

在计算机迅速发展的今天,以手工操作为主的传统会计模式被计算机逐步取代的情况下,医院会计工作要向管理型会计转化.医院要适应当前的形势,加强财务管理工作是必不可少的一个主要方面,管理会计作为财务管理的一个重要分支,恰恰适应了当前特殊时期医院在财务管理上的需求,文中阐述了管理会计在医院财务管理中的重要作用并提出了几点建议.     

Impact of sales force automation on technology-related stress, effort, and technology usage among salespeople

This study unveils factors affecting sales force automation (SFA) technology usage by salespeople. It differs from previous research by: (1) proposing a model that examines the consequences of task complexity on role perceptions and technology usage, and (2) understanding the negative repercussions of SFA technology on the user. The proposed model was tested using data from 150 salespeople employed by a national organization. The results suggest that integration of SFA technology induces adverse role perceptions in salespeople. However, controlling for extraneous variables, effort is significantly related to salespeople's usage of technology. Key managerial implications for theory and practice are discussed.     

Structural transformation and productivity growth in India during 1960–2010

In this paper, we examine the role of structural change and sectoral productivity growth in explaining the aggregate productivity of India relative to the United Sates during 1960–2010. We set up a simple two sector general equilibrium model and calibrate it to fit the structural transformation of United States. Our calibrated model for India highlights the relative importance of agricultural productivity growth in explaining its slow process of catching up in terms of aggregate productivity. We show that India could have progressed at a much faster rate and closed a substantial part of its aggregate productivity gap if its agricultural sector had grown at a rate at par with the United States. It is India's relative productivity growth in the non-agricultural sector that explains all the recent success in its closing the aggregate productivity gap with the United States. We also found that an elimination of relative distortion in agriculture in India could result into a modest improvement in the aggregate labour productivity.     

Prompting transdisciplinary research: Promising futures for using the performance metaphor in research

Transdisciplinary research is increasingly recognised as important for investigating and addressing ‘wicked’ problems such as climate change, food insecurity and poverty, but is far from commonplace. There are structural impediments to transdisciplinarity such as university structures, publication requirements and funding preferences that perpetuate disciplinary differences and researchers often lack transdisciplinary experience and expertise. In this paper we present a heuristic that aims to encourage researchers to think about their current research as performance and then imagine different performances, with the view to encouraging reflection and creativity about the transdisciplinary potential and dilemmas. The heuristic is inspired by the metaphor of performance that Erving Goffman uses to understand everyday, face-to-face interactions. The heuristic includes scaffolding for imagining research as performance through a transdisciplinary lens, a suggested process for using the tool, and examples based on the every day research projects. The paper describes the application of the heuristic in a graduate masterclass, reflecting on whether it does indeed ‘prompt’ transdisciplinary research. Limitations and lessons learned for further refinement of the heuristic are also included. The authors conclude that the heuristic has a range of uses including for self-reflection, and as a practical learning tool that can also be used at the start of integrative research projects.     

发明人角色识别及二元创新能力差异分析——社会资本视角的解释

发明人的创新活动嵌入在合作创新网络中。基于社会资本视角，从结构资本和认知资本两个维度辨识并定义4类发明人角色，包括“明星”、“纽带”、“平庸”和“活跃”发明人。以人工智能领域在德温特专利数据库（DII）授权的专利数据为样本，运用负二项模型，对4类发明人的二元创新能力进行实证对比分析。结果表明，不同角色发明人的二元创新能力显著不同。其中，“明星”发明人的二元创新能力最高，“平庸”发明人的二元创新能力最低，“活跃”发明人的二元创新能力高于“纽带”发明人，即认知资本对二元创新的影响大于结构资本。结论对提升发明人二元创新能力具有重要参考价值。