Interest,sensemaking and adaptive processes in emerging business networks — An Australian biofuel case

We contribute to the literature, firstly by elaborating sensemaking as an inter-organizational process. Second, we contribute by displaying how processual research captures reality in flight. Third, an interest model is developed in conjunction with how managers jointly develop an understanding and adapt their surrounding business network, so as to fit R&D into the social-economic environment. We develop the concept of inter-organizational sensemaking by elaborating the in-between; a joint and multi-actor understanding of the way resources-activities and the network of actors can change. Sensemaking is undertaken purposefully and so the interests of society, individual managers, firms and the mutual interests inherent with inter-organizational change also play a part. Our processual method studies events and activities through sequences of phases and periods defined by the researchers. A longitudinal case study of an emergent biofuel network exemplifies this approach. The paper discusses future research and managerial implications.     

Economic design of an chart for short-run production

The aim of this paper is to present an economical design of an X chart for a short-run production. The process mean starts equal to μ₀ (in-control, State I) and in a random time it shifts to μ₁>μ₀ (out-of-control, State II). The monitoring procedure consists of inspecting a single item at every m produced ones. If the measurement of the quality characteristic does not meet the control limits, the process is stopped, adjusted, and additional (r-1) items are inspected retrospectively. The probabilistic model was developed considering only shifts in the process mean. A direct search technique is applied to find the optimum parameters which minimizes the expected cost function. Numerical examples illustrate the proposed procedure.     

How do internal capabilities and external partnerships affect innovativeness?

How do a firm’s internal capabilities and external partnerships contribute to its product and process innovativeness? How do their impacts differ? Based on the theoretical framework of exploitation and exploration, we develop an integrative model linking the impact of both internal capabilities and external partnerships on product and process innovativeness. Survey responses from Taiwanese biotechnology firms indicate that research and development (R&;D), marketing, and manufacturing capabilities have different effects on product and process innovativeness. Of the four types of external partnerships, only partnerships with universities and research institutes seem to add value, whereas partnerships with suppliers, customers, and competitors do not contribute to innovativeness. Moreover, marketing capability and customer partnerships have a positive interaction effect on product innovativeness, while manufacturing capability and supplier partnerships have a positive interaction effect on process innovativeness.     

Twists and turns of triadic business relationship recovery

This study focuses on triadic business relationship recovery processes through a single case study. We address the question of what kind of process takes place when a business relationship on the verge of ending is recovered and what roles a third actor can play in the process. As a result, we model a process through which a triadic business relationship is recovered and attraction, trust, and commitment are restored.     

平衡计分法在企业信用评级中的应用

基于平衡计分卡基本原理、现代信用理论和财务分析理论,从被评企业战略层面出发,对被评企业从财务、客户、内部运营和学习成长四个方面开展全方位的分析评判,设计了平衡计分法下信用评级指标体系和信用评分方法,并将其应用于一个实例分析。     

模糊综合评价法在房地产项目风险评价中的应用

房地产开发投资本身所特有的性质,使之表现出很大的风险性,尤其近期国家对房地产行业的调控政策层出不穷,使投资者面临较大的投资风险。文章通过模糊综合评价法对一房地产投资项目进行风险评价,来介绍该方法在房地产投资领域的应用情况,对投资者进行科学决策有一定的指导意义。     

论基于业务流程的设计企业知识重组

本文从知识生成管理、知识积累管理、知识交流管理、知识应用管理等四个方面介绍了设计企业知识管理的特点,对设计企业业务流程知识管理的现状和存在的问题进行了分析,提出了基于业务流程知识重组的必要性.本文研究了设计企业业务流程的特点,并从横向知识重组、纵向知识重组两个角度阐述了设计企业知识重组的方法.结合业务流程知识重组的需要,提出了构建设计企业知识管理平台的基本模型.     

Multi-criteria analysis of economic complexity transition in emerging economies: The case of Paraguay

Like many emerging economies, the productive structure of the Paraguayan economy is not complex. It relies extensively on low value-added activities in the primary sector such as agriculture and cattle ranching. These activities have a lower return in terms of economic and social benefits than other potential productive activities and do not contribute to increasing capability accumulation. In this paper we present a tool to support the identification of strategic sectors and products which if taken advantage of, could leverage development through the accumulation of productive capabilities. Our guiding question is: Which productive sectors should be promoted to foster economic development in Paraguay through a transition towards a more complex economy? To answer this question, we use concepts from the Economic Complexity theory to identify new products and cluster them based on the Product Space methodology for the determination of potential products and combine it with the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for multicriteria analysis considering multiple criteria. In doing so, our proposed methodology contributes to both the Economic Complexity and the AHP literature. Through this combination, we tackle the multiplicity of juxtaposed criteria, which should be considered at the prioritization stage in the crafting of economic restructuring measures according to the country's capabilities. Our evaluation showed that the combination of the approaches is useful, and for Paraguay's case, it helped identify sectors, which, if promoted by policymakers, could help boost economic development through complexity and capability accumulation.     

基于知识价值链的知识管理绩效评价

本文在系统研究价值理论的基础上建立了知识价值链模型,归纳出知识价值链的内涵,为知识管理绩效评价寻找价值来源,分析出知识价值链与知识管理绩效评价之间的关系,从顾客、流程、学习和财务四个方面构建了知识管理绩效评价指标体系,运用模糊层次方法对知识管理绩效进行评价,以期为知识管理绩效评价提供可量化的科学评价方法。     

基于属性约简与AHP法的卷烟消费市场综合评价研究

本文运用模型对贵州省卷烟消费市场进行综合评价研究。首先运用粗糙集属性约简算法进行初始指标筛选,继而运用层次分析法构建评价指标体系,获取各指标权重并计算综合评价值,得出贵州省卷烟消费市场的地区差异划分。该应用实例表明两种方法相结合将提高综合评价的准确性。