Coping With Dependence: A Logistics Strategy Based on Interorganizational Learning for Managing Buyer–Supplier Relations

The rise of outsourcing has heightened interest in the role of logistics managers in coping with dependence in buyer–supplier relations. Buying firm dependence on a supplier potentially reduces supplier performance to expectations because the buying firm cannot leverage power to capture value in the relationship. Drawing from interorganizational learning theory, we advance a logistics strategy that consists of supplier cost analysis and supplier integration as a means to create value and thereby mitigate the negative effects of dependence. By facilitating the acquisition and use of knowledge, supplier cost analysis and supplier integration enable buying firms to identify improvement opportunities while engaging in collaborative supplier relations. Using survey responses from 222 buying firms, we find that while buyer dependence decreases the buyer's perceived supplier performance, supplier integration suppresses these negative effects. Furthermore, we show that supplier cost analysis is a valuable knowledge acquisition tool that logistics managers can use to enable supplier integration as a relational form of governance. As such, we provide new insights into interorganizational learning theory and suggest to logistics managers the important role supplier cost analysis plays in managing buyer–supplier relationships.     

The Differential Effect of Development Speed and Launching Speed on New Product Performance: An Analysis in SMEs

In the last decade, two new components have emerged in the innovation literature: the importance of performance indicators and the time perspective. It is assumed that innovation speed is vital in today's competitive, uncertain, and turbulent market environment. Our study offers a review of the different ways in which innovation speed has been conceptualized and measured. Based on the analysis of 159 small and medium‐sized enterprises, this study indicates that there is a need to differentiate between development speed and launching speed. The results show the key role of entrepreneurial orientation and innovation speed for SMEs.     

中国新一轮农产品价格波动的审视与剖析——“中国城乡市场协调发展高峰论坛”观点综述

农产品价格波动关系到整体物价水平的变动,直接影响国民经济的健康可持续发展.针对近年来中国农产品价格非正常波动的现象,一些专家在“中国城乡市场协调发展高峰论坛”上通过考察农产品价格波动与农产品供求、流通体系建设及宏观经济环境的关系,深入探讨了中国新一轮农产品价格波动的机理及成因,着重讨论流通领域如何缓解农产品价格非正常波动的对策,提出未来农产品价格波动的相关预测及研究展望.     

跨期知识整合与新产品开发绩效关系实证研究——基于珠三角和长三角地区企业的数据

根据已有研究成果,文章首先分析了跨期知识整合的内涵和机制,并根据理论分析建立了结构方程模型,设计了"跨期知识整合对新产品开发绩效影响的调研问卷",在珠三角和长三角地区选择了上海、广州、杭州、深圳等地的多家企业进行调研,并回收了245份问卷,根据分析结果发现跨期知识整合对新产品开发绩效之间有正向影响。