Understanding the human side of openness: the fit between open innovation modes and CEO characteristics

In small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), where typically the decision-making process is highly centralised, important decisions, such as open innovation (OI) adoption, will be strongly influenced by the characteristics of their Chief Executive Officers (CEOs). Pointing the attention to the strategic leadership and human elements, this paper sheds light on the micro-foundation of OI by emphasising the role that the personal traits of key individuals in innovation. OI adoption could result in the enactment of several OI modes – each representing an opportunity of potential change (of market, of technology or/and of the organisation) – and this paper attempts to examine the relationships between the CEO characteristics and each of the OI modes. Our analysis, using Korean SME data, shows that CEOs’ positive attitude, entrepreneurial orientation (EO), patience and education can play important roles in facilitating OI in SMEs. However, this paper also observed that the effects of CEO characteristics on OI adoption were differently configured according to the nature of each OI mode, for example, CEOs’ patience and EO had different impacts depending on the degree of uncertainty in the OI mode. This suggest that OI must be understood as a wide innovation spectrum, and, to increase opportunities for successful OI adoption, CEOs have to attempt to compensate for characteristics they may lack by recruiting appropriate complementary top managements. The research has practical implications for CEOs and policy makers who are interested in enhancing competitiveness of SMEs.     

Location strategies for agglomeration economies

Because agglomeration economies may create competitive advantage and each location has a unique array of agglomeration economies, where should firms locate? We combine fundamental economic and strategy concepts to: (1) determine when firms must locate proximately to access factor pools; (2) show that factor pools controlled by fewer firms are less useful to new entrants; and (3) demonstrate that certain firms risk aiding competitors when contributing to efficient factor pools. We find support for our predictions with a test on new U.S. manufacturing entrants from 1985 to 1994, using an empirical specification that separates agglomeration levels from agglomeration economies. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

产业组织理论三大流派综述及最新进展

产业组织理论是有关市场经济中企业行为和组织制度的学科。本文分析了产业组织理论的渊源及发展过程中的哈佛学派、芝加哥学派和新产业组织理论的主要观点和政策主张,并且根据信息化时代产业的变化运用模块化理论解释了产业组织理论的新发展。     

我国产险公司承保亏损原因分析及建议

近年来,我国产险市场保持快速增长,但自2006年起承保效益连续出现大面积亏损,严重影响产险公司偿付能力。本文分析了产险公司承保效益情况,并剖析了造成普遍亏损的原因,认为要扭转产险行业普遍亏损的现状,保险企业要转变经营理念,提升自身经营绩效及经营水平;保险监管部门要在尊重市场规律基础上,推出有效的监管措施,为促进有序竞争提供制度保障。     

跨国代工污染转移中政府与公众的冲突分析研究

在全球产业转移进程中,跨国公司将易污染、易损害健康而不宜在本土生产的产品移至代工国。在跨国污染转移的关联圈里,受污染影响的地方政府与区域公众之间面临冲突困局。文章利用F-H方法建立冲突分析模型,将地方政府和区域公众作为局中人,并对局中人的偏好排序和结局稳定性进行分析。结果表明:政府需改变以往应付公众的策略,切实将治理污染,积极采取措施放在首位;于公众而言,冷静、合理地发表意见,有利于加快政府解决问题的速度,政府与公众之间冲突的正向演变有助于跨国代工污染转移问题的解决。     

基于预测价值的中期财务报告编制方法的探讨

中期财务报告能否帮助信息使用者预测未来期间收益,一直是人们十分关注的问题。对中期财务报告的预测价值进行研究,有助于提高上市公司中期财务报告的披露质量和保护投资者的利益。文章通过分析中期财务报告的编制方法对预测价值的影响,认为我国应侧重于整体观编制中期财务报告。     

A resource-based view of human resource management and organizational capabilities development

The aim of this research work was to analyse the role of human resource management in the development of organizational capabilities and its influence on the firm's performance from a resource-based view. Our results, from empirical research on a nation-wide sample of Spanish savings banks, suggest that human resource decisions, integrated in a human resource system, have an important influence on the development of organizational capabilities and on the firm's performance.     

Cross-country agricultural TFP convergence and capital deepening: evidence for induced innovation from 17 OECD countries

Journal of Productivity Analysis - Using a newly constructed panel dataset for agriculture in 17 OECD countries over the 1973–2011 period, we investigate the role of capital deepening in...     

Overcapacity in Gulf of Mexico reef fish IFQ fisheries: 12 years after the adoption of IFQs

Environmental and Resource Economics - We study the impacts of individual fishing quota programs on overcapacity and the technical efficiency of the Gulf of Mexico red snapper and grouper-tilefish...     

物流产业对广东经济影响分析

物流业是我国改革开放以来逐步繁荣的新产业,然而广东省物流业仍处于相对落后的发展水平。文章结合国内外物流业发展的现状,对广东省目前物流业运行和管理情况进行综述和评判。同时通过数据和现有对物流行业的政策分析,指出物流产业现存的一系列问题和改革措施。基于当前的新政策和发展趋向,对物流业的发展动态和其未来在主体经济中将占据的地位进行展望和预测。