Interrelationships among lean bundles and their effects on operational performance

The aim of our research is to disentangle the complex relations among lean bundles and operational performance. In particular, we focus on the direct and mediating effects on operational performance of three of the main lean manufacturing bundles, namely Just in Time (JIT), Total Quality Management (TQM) and Human Resource Management (HRM). We run statistical analysis on the High Performance Manufacturing round III database, a survey involving 266 plants in nine countries across three different industries. Our results show that JIT and TQM have a direct and positive effect on operational performance while HRM has a mediated effect on it. Theoretical and managerial implications of our findings are then drawn and discussed.     

Is synergy always good? Clarifying the effect of innovation capital and customer capital on firm performance in two contexts

The resource-based view (RBV) posits that a firm can leverage the effect of existing capital on firm performance via capital configuration, complementarity, and integration, but little empirical research has addressed these issues. This study investigates the effects of innovation capital and customer capital on firm performance, whether their complementary interactions are important determinants of relative firm performance within the industry, and whether these effects considerably differ significantly between high- and low-technology manufacturing firms. Based on data collected from 312 high-technology manufacturing firms and 204 low-technology manufacturing firms in the Taiwanese manufacturing industry, the results of SEM analyses demonstrate that the main effects of both innovation and customer capital significantly and positively impact firm performance. The analytical results demonstrate that: (1) a significant interaction effect only exists in the high-technology manufacturing firms; (2) the main effect of customer capital is lower among high-technology manufacturing firms; (3) the main effect of innovation capital is the same for both high- and low-technology manufacturing firms. Additionally, this investigation also discusses the limitations of the current research, future research directions, and the theoretical and practical implications of the empirical analysis.     

Women nascent entrepreneurs and social capital in the process of firm creation

The main objective of this research is to study gender differences in the process of firm creation, especially in the gestation stage of that process when nascent entrepreneurs carry out the promoter behaviours. A second objective is to analyse if the cognitive and structural endowments of social capital exert an influence on the promoter behaviours and on the kind of firms created by entrepreneurs of both genders. To reach the objectives, firstly, a theoretical framework will be developed and secondly, an empirical analysis starting from a sample of nascent entrepreneurs in the Seville province (southern Spain) will be carried out. Due to women entrepreneurs being considered nowadays essential for growth and development everywhere, results obtained could help to improve the efficiency of policies that lead to the promotion and consolidation of the female participation rate in entrepreneurial activity.      

企业社会资本形成机理以及实现路径研究

社会资本在现代商业社会和企业经营管理中逐渐被发现和重视,成为继物质资本、人力资本、知识资本之后被重点关注的领域,其对企业价值创造具有重要作用,对于社会资本的有效形成和利用社会资本有着极其重要研究价值和指导意义。本文回顾了企业社会本研究的理论进展和不足;分别从不同的维度分析了企业社会资本是如何形成的;选取了396家中国矿产资源类上市企业作为样本,重点检验了这些维度形成的社会资本对企业的影响;为企业开发和形成社会资本提出了若干建议。     

Antecedents and consequences of social capital on buyer performance improvement

The ability to leverage social capital within strategic buyer–supplier relationships is increasingly cited as a key driver of value creation. Despite the importance of strategic partnerships, the process by which social capital accumulates within buyer–supplier relationships and contributes to buyer performance improvements is not well understood. Drawing on social capital theory, we develop a model linking positive relational capital, and its antecedents, supplier integration and supplier closeness, to buyer performance improvements. Further, we hypothesize that structural capital, as reflected in managerial communication and technical exchanges, is also positively related to buyer performance improvements. Using data provided by 111 procurement executives from the United Kingdom, we find support for our hypotheses. The study extends the supply chain management and social capital literature and suggests important implications for both research and practice.     

The effects of internal versus external integration practices on time-based performance and overall firm performance

This paper examines the effects of integration practices on time-based performance and on overall firm performance (financial and market share). Integration practices are grouped into two categories: (1) external strategic design integration, which reaches across firm boundaries to involve suppliers and customers and (2) internal design-process integration, which comprises more tactically oriented, integration practices that match design requirements and process capabilities. First, regression results show that both internal and external integration are related to time-based performance, which in turn is related to firm performance. Thus, two indirect routes to firm performance are identified. Second, hierarchical regression reveals that integration directly affects firm performance even after time-based performance is accounted for. Finally, we found that the interaction of internal and external integration is significantly related to both market share and financial performance (after controlling for all other effects). This latter result suggests that the joint use of external and internal integration practices has a synergistic effect on firm performance.     

供应商管理绩效综合评价模型研究

供应商管理工作的优劣对企业经营业绩有着重要的影响,这个现象越来越受理论界和企业界的重视。首先阐述了供应商管理的重要性,其次对有关供应商管理研究成果进行了归纳、分析及总结,最后建立了以供应商管理理念、管理制度、供应商评价选择、沟通管理、严格执行力、激励机制和发展战略为指标的供应商管理绩效综合评价模型,帮助企业正确认识自身供应商管理的优劣状况,从而达到强化供应商管理的目的。     

基于AHP法的后向一体化过程中的供应商评价

针对后向一体化过程中并购供应商失败率极高的情况,比较了原有对供应商的评价方法,针对并购后整合的需要,增加了可整合性指标,重新设计了指标体系,对财务能力指标、技术水平和服务能力指标进行了细化,并用AHP法进行评价。     

创业对经济增长的影响

本文利用中国1998—2013年省级面板数据,将创业引入新古典增长回归方程,对创业影响经济增长的效果进行了实证研究。结果显示创业对经济增长有显著的正效应。然而,进一步的工具变量估计和稳健性分析表明这种正效应虽然是因果性的,即创业率的增加促进了经济增长,但与资本积累对经济增长的推动作用相比,创业对经济增长的促进效果还非常有限。要使创业成为未来经济增长的不竭动力,需要政府在鼓励和支持大众创业的同时积极引导创业与资本积累紧密结合,以充分发挥二者对经济增长的协同带动效应     

Is there an inverse U-shaped relationship between pay and performance?

Given the increasing concerns about the escalation in executive compensation, this study aims to provide new insights into the link between executive pay and firm performance by empirically testing for an inverse U-shaped relationship. For this purpose, we re-examine the relation using a nonlinear model. Our results show a significant inverse U-shaped relationship between executive pay and firm performance. The finding provides support for both optimal contracting and managerial power theories with the former dominating at low level of firm performance and the latter dominating at high level of firm performance.     

供方绩效考评的方法及运用

介绍了供方绩效考评的目的、对象，以及考评的范围、指标和方法。     

Human resource barriers to partnership sourcing in China

Building on previous research on both buyer–supplier relations and human resource management in the PRC, interviews with managers in each of 47 UK-owned PRC subsidiaries were undertaken. The majority of firms are actively pursuing close and cooperative relationships with local suppliers, but there are substantial human resource barriers to the establishment of partnership sourcing arrangements. Grounded analysis reveals key HR barriers to partnership sourcing in the form of difficulties in staff recruitment and retention, problems in cross-cultural communication, poor working practices in supplier firms, and corrupt staff behaviour. This paper describes and analyses these problems, discusses measures that are being taken in an attempt to overcome the problems, and comments on the progress being made towards ‘ideal type’ partnership sourcing arrangements.     

基于DSmT的供应商绩效评价方法研究

针对供应商绩效评价这一不确定多属性决策问题,运用DSmT方法建立一个多属性融合模型。在DSmT框架下,首先将各指标对供应商的评价转化为各指标对供应商的置信指派,然后结合指标重要度对其进行折扣,随即将各指标评价结果融合为最终评价结果。结合算例说明了方法的有效性。     

信息技术影响企业绩效的机制研究

以解释信息技术的生产率悖论问题为起点,探索信息技术与企业绩效之间的“黑箱”问题。重点考察了信息技术影响企业绩效的内在途径和关联结构。着重通过分析信息技术对企业战略、组织结构、业务流程与组织学习这四条路径的影响,来进一步分析其对企业绩效的间接影响。