Market novelty, competence-seeking and innovation networking

Studies of innovation networking have frequently been concerned with the occurrence of dyadic relationships and with their apparent impact on simple measures of firm-level innovation outputs. This paper takes a more detailed look by analyzing the connection between different types of innovation and forms of networking. Based on the market novelty of innovation outcomes and the extent to which innovation activities require new competences, four types of innovation are identified. It is proposed that these types correlate with various innovation network dimensions, including the volume of networks, the strength and content of ties, and the specificity of ties. Drawing on survey data of 594 innovations realized by Dutch small firms, it is observed that the requirement to access new competences for innovation correlates positively with the number of network partners involved. We also note more subtle connections between types of innovation and networking, including that novel innovation outputs correlate with using network partners as a source of inspiration, whilst new competences associate with networking for knowledge capital. In the latter case, these activities also draw on new and intended ties relatively often, i.e. network partners which are actively sought out for the specific contributions they may make to the innovation process. Finally, innovation which is simultaneously new-to-the market and requires new competences uses strong ties relatively often. Implications for innovation policy and practice are discussed.     

Computing the Gerber–Shiu function by frame duality projection

Inspired by some works of Kirkby, J. L. [2015. Efficient option pricing by frame duality with the fast Fourier transform. SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics 6(1), 713–747; 2016. An efficient transform method for Asian option pricing. SIAM Journal on Financial Mathematics 7(1), 845–892], we present a systematic study on effectively computing the Gerber–Shiu function in the Lévy risk model, where the frame duality projection is used for approximation. By introducing an auxiliary function, we provide a smooth extension of the Gerber–Shiu function, which has closed-form Fourier transform and is differentiable over the whole real line under some conditions. The objective function is approximated by its frame duality projection onto a Riesz basis, and the projection coefficients are readily computed by the fast Fourier transform algorithm. Error analysis is made and the effectiveness of our results will be further illustrated in the numerical experiments.     

中国农村金融发展的规模、结构与效率

最近20多年来,中国农村金融显著发展,但与全国整体金融发展程度相比,农村金融还处于被抑制的状态。目前中国金融发展的二元性并没有得到有效的缓解,相反有着进一步加剧的趋势。存贷差等指标表明,中国农村一直为中国经济增长提供着数目可观的金融剩余。农村金融体系未能有效发挥金融资源的配置功能,金融配置效率低下,这主要是因为在现阶段农村金融供给不能适应农村金融需求的复杂性。     

基于过程管理视角的开放式创新关系治理研究

开放式创新集价值创造与价值获取于一体,对于促进合作研发与创新成果转化具有积极作用。但是,创新主体间目标分歧、利益冲突等关系治理问题影响创新绩效与商业化成败,已成为制约开放式创新实践的主要障碍。基于“知识搜索→知识整合→商业化”的过程管理视角,考察了开放式创新关系治理问题的表现与产生机理,发现解决关系治理问题的关键是维护价值创造与价值获取间动态均衡,提出了以信任及关系规范为主体的关系治理机制理论框架,并从合作关系的内在规则与外在行为两个方面论证了关系治理机制的作用效果。     

Understanding supplier structural embeddedness: A social network perspective

Despite a significant amount of attention, the potential of supplier structural embeddedness (i.e., the value of the structural position in an extended network) to improve the performance of a buying firm remains poorly understood. This study drew on the social network theory to empirically examine a conceptual framework specifying a relationship between the efforts of a buying firm to understand supplier structural configuration and operational and financial performance. This study also examines how the comprehension of structural embeddedness is transformed into performance for a buying firm through relational embeddedness (i.e., the strength of a dyadic relationship). Survey data collected from companies in the U.S. were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. The results indicate that the understanding of the structural dimension does help to enhance operational performance of a buying firm, but it does not lead to better financial performance. Empirical evidence shows that a buying firm does improve the quality of a dyadic relationship between the buying firm and a supplier by understanding how the supplier is connected to other firms and what positional values are produced. Further, relational embeddedness is found to mediate the influence of the enhanced understanding of the structural configuration on operational performance.     

Dynamic Factor Demands and Technology Measurement under Arbitrary Expectations

We present a dynamic model of factor demands based on expected discounted costs minimization. While making only very mild assumptions on expectations and technology, we are able to establish a duality relationship between contemporary factor demands and the technology, and we provide formula for easily recovering marginal products, returns to scale, and technological change from estimated factor demands. Parametrization and implementation are illustrated in a detailed example.     

Decomposing the effect of supplier development on relationship benefits: The role of relational capital

Buyers invest considerably in developing their suppliers, yet the performance effects of such investments are not universal. Drawing on social capital theory, this research investigates whether the relationship between supplier development and relationship benefits may be facilitated by the generation of relational capital. The authors examine mediating and moderating roles of relational capital in the relationship between two aspects of supplier development (capability development, supplier governance) and two dimensions of relationship benefits (supplier benefits, buyer benefits), using survey data collected from 185 suppliers of a large manufacturing firm. Investment in supplier development does not automatically result in benefits for the supplier or reciprocated benefits for the buyer. Rather, relational capital “bridges” supplier development and relationship benefits. Without relational capital, benefits from capability development do not accrue, and the impact of a supplier governance regime can be even detrimental. In conditions of high relational capital, capability development results in lower perceived buyer benefits. The results can help managers ensure that the benefits from their supplier development efforts fully materialize.     

The Benefit Function Approach to Modeling Price-Dependent Demand Systems: An Application of Duality Theory

In this article, we advocate more extensive use of the benefit function in specifying price-dependent or inverse demand models. We demonstrate how duality theory may be used to establish the interrelationships between the Marshallian (or Hicksian) inverse demands and Luenberger's adjusted price functions, allowing estimable inverse demands to be derived directly from a benefit function. We estimate two systems of inverse demands for Japanese quarterly fish consumption. Results indicate that the procedures and methods employed here appear promising, and may prove beneficial for quantity and welfare analysis when modeling systems of inverse demand functions.     

商品之外存在\"价值\"的逻辑可能性——广义价值论之一

基于对立统一的观念,文章分析了使用价值与价值的两重性对称结构。发现传统理论仅仅把双方的对称限定于商品,在商品之外广泛存在着的使用价值竟然是缺乏对立面的,难道使用价值真能够独立不依吗?在分析了几种可能性之后,笔者认为,存在着与使用价值全面对称的\"广义的价值\"范畴,该广义价值在本质上具有与商品价值相类似的性质。