Do strategic groups differ in reputation?

While most strategic group research has focused on performance implications, we consider the relationship between strategic group membership and reputation. Using strategic group identity and domain consensus concepts, we propose strategic groups have different reputations. We find significant differences exist in reputation across three identified strategic groups of U.S. property/casualty insurers, supporting our contention that reputation is a multilevel concept. Post hoc analyses suggest strategic groups with higher reputation also have higher performance on some critical measures, indicating reputation may be a mobility barrier beneficial to members of certain groups. Practitioner implications include challenges of within‐group differentiation in firm reputation. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM AGREEMENT ABOUT THE STRATEGIC DECISION PROCESS: A TEST OF SOME OF ITS DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES

The level of agreement among a firm’s top executives about how things are done in that firm has a variety of important implications. For example, agreement about a firm’s decision-making norms may allow members of the top management team (TMT) to focus on the substance of their most critical decisions and not get bogged down in debates about the process. In the present study, data from 65 firms in two industries were used to identify determinants and consequences of TMT agreement about the comprehensiveness of the strategic decision process. Results for consequences indicate that the level of TMT agreement was positively related to organizational performance. As for the determinants of agreement, organizational size was negatively related to agreement but past performance exhibited no association. Therefore, the results suggest that it is TMT agreement that influences performance, not the reverse. In addition, a surprising result was that firms in an industry with an unstable environment exhibited significantly more agreement about the process than did their counterparts in an industry whose environment was stable. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

感知激励对员工战略共识影响的实证分析——以工作卷入为中介变量

本研究采用定性及定量方法,探讨了中国情景下感知激励对员工战略共识的影响机理。实证分析的结果表明:在员工感知激励的4个维度中,内在激励、互惠激励与员工战略理解显著正相关。但对于员工战略认同和员工战略承诺,薪酬激励、内在激励、互惠激励与声誉激励均具有直接的正向预测作用。员工工作卷入在内在激励与员工战略认同的关系中起完全中介作用,在内在激励与员工战略承诺的关系中起部分中介作用。同时,员工工作卷入在互惠激励与员工战略认同、互惠激励与员工战略承诺的关系中起部分中介作用。     

基于区块链的溯源系统研究设计

区块链是比特币的一个重要概念,它具有分布式数据存储、安全可信、去中心化、防篡改等特性。该设计分为两个模块,即存储模块和区块链模块,选择IPFS可信文件存储系统作为存储模块,而对于区块链模块,将对其进行一个重新设计,最后将两模块结合设计成一种基于混合区块链的产品溯源系统,该系统除了能够保证溯源信息安全可信,出现产品质量问题可快速定位相关责任人之外,还解决了传统溯源系统的容量小、效率低和开销高等问题。     

工科院校校报文艺副刊编辑技巧初探

高校报文艺副刊是学生心声的表达者和代言人,它甚至能影响学生世界观、人生观的形成。文艺副刊编辑通过激发学生的写作与投稿的潜能,从而提高学生整体文学素质,使之更好地适应社会对人才的需求。     

An emerging Korean youth culture,Rail-ro: the application of cultural consensus analysis to domestic rail travel experiences

This study deals with an emerging domestic rail travel phenomenon among Korean youth, known as Rail-ro (Railo), which has influenced aspects of youth culture and domestic tourism in Korea since 2007. The purpose of this study is to determine whether Railo experiences exist as a coherent culture among Railers based on cultural consensus analysis. The result indicates Railers’ strong agreement about Railo experiences, which reinforces the view that a particular rail pass could be instrumental in forming a distinct youth travel subculture. This study demonstrates how travel culture driven by the seasonal rail pass supports domestic tourism and inbound tourism.     

地方政府间区域合作共识难题的破解路径——基于话语交往的分析视角

作为一种旨在处理区域性公共事务、化解分歧和冲突、共享区域公共利益的合作治理形式,地方政府间区域合作以共识为纽带加强政府间关系的协调。话语交往主张通过协商交流达成合作共识,它与地方政府间区域合作共识达成的内在诉求高度契合。从话语交往的视角看,区域合作共识达成的过程,是各个地方政府广泛深度参与、充分协商交流、进而达成共识的逻辑递进过程。这一过程依赖于构筑协商交流平台、完善协商交流规范、健全协商交流的制度保障等路径,三重路径相互作用且相互影响,最终确保区域合作共识的达成过程有序运行。     

感知激励对员工战略共识影响的实证分析——以工作卷入为中介变量

本研究采用定性及定量方法,探讨了中国情景下感知激励对员工战略共识的影响机理。实证分析的结果表明：在员工感知激励的4个维度中,内在激励、互惠激励与员工战略理解显著正相关。但对于员工战略认同和员工战略承诺,薪酬激励、内在激励、互惠激励与声誉激励均具有直接的正向预测作用。员工工作卷入在内在激励与员工战略认同的关系中起完全中介作用,在内在激励与员工战略承诺的关系中起部分中介作用。同时,员工工作卷入在互惠激励与员工战略认同、互惠激励与员工战略承诺的关系中起部分中介作用。     

Seeking a Better Portfolio with Industry Recommendations*

This paper provides novel evidence that investors can build a better performing portfolio by exploiting industry level consensus recommendations. A minimum variance portfolio, combined with consensus recommendations, yields a higher Sharpe ratio and certainty equivalent returns. A minimum variance portfolio with no short-selling constraint consistently outperforms an equally weighted portfolio when exploiting consensus recommendations, which is an innovation compared to the existing literature. Our results suggest that sell-side analysts and brokers provide valuable information in the financial market and we benefit from incorporating the information in the portfolio optimisation.     

Building trust in shoreline management: creating participatory consultation in shoreline management plans

This article canvasses the arguments in favour of a more active and conciliatory approach to consultation than is generally the case for resource allocation and environmental decision-making in the UK. It looks at the experience of consultation in shoreline management and flood defence decision-making in East Anglia, England. It concludes that there are many different ways of conducting and justifying mediation, but that there are strong social, political and economic arguments for widening the consultative arrangements and ensuring a more face to face participatory role for representative interests.