Linking learning and effective process implementation to mass customization capability

This study investigates the role of learning and effective process implementation in the development of mass customization capability. Building upon the knowledge-based view of the firm, we argue that internal and external learning are two knowledge-generation routines that contribute to effective process implementation. Effective process implementation, in turn, is a knowledge-based manufacturing capability, which, as a function of internal and external learning, leads to mass customization capability. We employ structural equation modeling to empirically test the effects of learning on mass customization capability, mediated by effective process implementation, using survey data collected from 100 manufacturing plants in 3 industries and 6 countries. Our results provide empirical evidence supporting the proposed model of the effect of internal and external learning on mass customization capability, fully mediated by effective process implementation. This research is one of the first studies to integrate insights from the knowledge-based view of the firm and mass customization. It complements the OM view of mass customization, which to date has largely focused on the technical side, by demonstrating the role of managerial practices and learning in cultivating mass customization capability in a manufacturing environment.     

Do individual investors learn from their trading experience?

After analyzing retail investors’ stock trades for potential learning behavior, we present evidence that individual investors learn from their trading experience. Initially, we question whether investors’ previous forecasting ability (inferred from prior purchases’ subsequent risk-adjusted performance) affects their future trade profitability and activity. Indeed, as an investor's inferred ability increases, so does her ensuing trade profitability and intensity. Further, because additional investment experience allows more accurate ability inference, we posit that trading experience should help investors obtain better investment performance. Consistent with this hypothesis, not only do excess portfolio returns improve with account tenure, but we also find that trade quality (i.e., average raw and excess buy-minus-sell returns) significantly increases with experience (i.e., calendar time and account tenure). In sum, individual stock investors do learn, and they consequently adjust their behavior and thus effectively improve their investment performance.     

FANUC数控系统与PC机的数据传输方法

介绍采用TT通信软件和PC机的RS232C串口与FANUC数控系统进行数据传输的方法。     

中国农户教育投资的实证分析

本文首先分析了20世纪90年代以来农户教育投资变动的趋势和特点，并重点分析了收入、教育投资的价格、风险和收益率对农户教育投资需求的影响。分析结果表明，农户教育投资不足的主要原因是农户收入较低，教育投资价格偏高，以及教育投资风险较高和收益率偏低。本文认为，必须加大农村的公共教育投资、完善劳动力市场、降低农村教育投资价格，才能从根本上促进农户教育投资的持续增长。     

中国民企要警惕深陷法律雷区

经受过“原罪”拷问的中国民营企业,还没过几天安稳日子,又面临新的法律雷区。中国民企正陷入法律风险高发期,如果民企再惯性地冲撞法律,轻则诉讼缠身,受到巨额罚款;重则倾家荡产,遭受牢狱之灾。为企业发展考虑,民企需要谨慎应对法律雷区。(一)法律雷区,遭遇不测民企初创时代的     

词汇理据与英语词汇习得

词汇理据与英语词汇习得密切相关.为扩大学生英语词汇量,本文提出用词汇理据习得英语词汇,让学生轻松学英语,增强学生学习英语词汇的兴趣.     

财务契约与公司治理

公司治理问题是国内外普遍存在的问题,本文在吸收前人研究成果的基础上,援引利益相关者“共同治理“的思想,并结合契约理论,从参与企业各个主体的契约出发,分析了公司治理中存在的问题,利用博弈论方法结合实际情况,试图设计较为合理的公司治理机制,以解决我国资本市场、信贷市场等存在的问题。     

高校教师工作压力源研究

高校教师肩负着教学、科研等多重任务,随着社会转型和高等教育改革的全面推进,他们的工作压力越来越大.长期高强度的压力影响了高校教师的身心健康,给我国高等教育事业的发展带来极大的隐患.从关心教师群体健康和推动中国教育事业发展的角度出发,通过问卷调查法,针对高校教师这一群体,运用聚类分析剔除高校教师压力测量量表中重叠的信息,对高校教师压力源进行主成分分析.结果显示,高校教师职业压力较大.通过进一步分析高校教师压力源,发现高校教师压力主要来自工作保障压力、角色压力、工作无乐趣压力、教学保障压力、人际关系压力和工作负荷压力.     

知识经济时代大型企业财务管理问题与对策分析

文章综合分析了知识经济对大型企业集团财务管理发展产生的影响，针对当前企业集团财务管理面临的预算制度不健全、风险估算不足等问题，通过对企业集团财务管理模式的选择与研究，探讨适合知识经济时代下企业集团财务管理模式的对策。