Resource interaction in inter-organizational networks: Introduction to the special issue

This article introduces the special issue of Journal of Business Research on the topic of resource interaction in inter-organizational networks. Both networks and resources receive considerable attention in the field of business studies. As companies specialize further and rely on cooperative agreements with external parties, the importance of networks is gaining increasing recognition. Resources are typically a key factor for identifying a company's competencies, or its sources of growth, profitability, and sustained competitive advantage. This special issue takes a novel approach by directing attention toward the processes of interaction in which companies combine and recombine resources at the network level. This approach provides new insights into the development, production, exchange, and use of resources. The introductory article also reviews the 13 articles in this special issue and concludes by discussing their contributions to the fields of marketing, innovation, entrepreneurship, and logistics.     

世界典型港口物流发展模式分析与启示

港口物流发展模式由港口管理模式和港口物流运作模式构成。当今世界典型港口管理模式有私人企业管理模式、以政府机构和国营企业管理模式和各方共同管理模式等三种,而在港口管理模式的大背景下,也形成了地主型物流中心模式、共同出资型物流中心模式、独立型物流中心模式和供应链型与联合型物流中心模式等四种港口物流运作模式。文章认为,根据世界典型港口物流发展成功模式,我国要高效发展港口物流,必须高度重视并合理规划港口管理模式,充分发挥政府的宏观指导与协调作用、认真研究现代港口物流发展的目标定位,大力发展集装箱业务,并积极构建国际物流中心。     

中小物流企业融资模式的创新研究——基于物流金融

近年来,物流金融作为一个金融创新业务在我国发展迅速,已成为物流企业和金融机构拓展发展空间、增强竞争力的一个重要领域,也为中小企业提供了新的融资渠道.中小物流企业在日常运营流动资金、应收账款账期、设施设备的资金投入等方面都面临着相应的资金压力.但由于中小物流企业经济效益较低、装备落后、规模小、可供抵押资产少、信用较低等问题,中小物流企业面临的融资渠道十分狭窄,为了解决中小物流企业的融资困境,需要在物流金融条件下对中小物流企业融资模式进行创新.联保融资、池融资和供应链金融三种创新性的中小物流企业融资模式不失为十分理想的选择,也为中小物流企业解决融资难问题提供了理论依据.     

VLC虚拟供应链的建构

虚拟物流中心(VLC)对传统实物供应链实施了有效的变革,构建了以信息整体管理为特征的矩阵型虚拟供应链。VLC充分集成资源、功能和技术,建立企业功能交换市场和实现业务流程的重组与创新,通过供应链的虚拟化变革、柔性化变革和协同化变革,实现了信息链控制的多端口、多层次平行运作的矩阵型虚拟供应链的建构,从而完成供应链的整体创新。     

高职物流管理专业人才培养之我见

本文对高职物流管理专业的人才培养模式进行分析,在确立物流企业基层管理岗位群和高职物流管理人才培养的能力体系的基础上,提出了建设物流管理专业所需的教学和实训条件,及保证人才培养质量的途径。     

打造国际会展之都战略下的宁波国际会展物流体系优化研究

本研究将建设宁波国际会展之都战略下,立足宁波港口优势,结合国际会展物流流程,提出适合宁波国际会展发展的会展物流体系优化思路及若干保障对策。     

高端物流:现代物流业发展的新热点

高端物流是现代物流管理向供应链管理转变过程中产生的新物流形态,它是处于供应链高端的物流活动。全球经济一体化环境下的全球供应链体系的建设是高端物流发展的背景,高端物流远远超越了传统物流的含义和功能,高端物流创新了多种物流形态。     

Investigating the impact of demand amplification on freight transport

Despite freight transport operations being influenced by supply chain dynamics, there has been only a very limited investigation into the impact of demand amplification on this function, with almost no analytical research. This paper aims, through spreadsheet simulation of a generic production control system, to quantify the impact of demand amplification on transport performance. Performance measures evaluated include both transport cost and efficiency. The results in general find a negative relationship between transport performance and demand amplification. It is also found that the ratio of vehicle capacity to average demand affects these results.     

Exploitative and exploratory innovations in emerging economies: The role of realized absorptive capacity and learning intent

This paper investigates the mediating effect of learning intent in transforming local suppliers’ potential absorptive capacity into realized absorptive capacity and its impact on exploitative and exploratory innovation. Using survey data from 155 auto parts manufacturers in Pakistan, we find that local firms’ realized absorptive capacity enables them to develop both exploitative and exploratory innovations. The findings further suggest that local suppliers’ learning intent mediates the relationship between potential and realized absorptive capacity which in turn lead to both types of innovation. In the context of the emerging economy of Pakistan, local suppliers’ absorptive capacity is found to be critically important in spurring exploitative and exploratory innovation, but learning intent enables realized absorptive capacity and thus in conjunction with realized absorptive capacity supports innovation. Consequently, there would be a strong case for policy intervention to assist emerging economy firms in building their absorptive capacity and strengthening their learning intent as a route for promoting innovation and improving their value added position in the global value chains of multinational enterprises.     

Logistics optimization through a social approach for food distribution

The management of supply chains is becoming more important in economic and social environments. Currently, the social sustainability is a factor that must be considered to design governmental strategies and policies. The objective of this research paper was to show, with a case study an approach to optimize distribution and delivery logistics of food in a social assistance program of school breakfast using mathematical models that include transportation distance, optimal locations, and vehicle routing through different clusters. By using qualitative variables like poverty levels, food insecurity and social exclusion, different clustering methods are proposed with the purpose of identifying the common characteristics in the studied population; and at the same time, reducing the distribution complexity. The results show an efficient approach to design a supply chain that includes economic and social factors. The new model developed in this paper can be used to plan social assistance governmental programs, to identify the specific needs and characteristics of the beneficiaries, minimizing the total cost of the distribution network logistics when delivering food for school meals.