Subsidiary managers’ knowledge mobilizations: Unpacking emergent knowledge flows

Knowledge flows are a key source of advantage for multinational corporations (MNCs); however the nuances of knowledge flow practices and their micro-foundations require further theoretical development. Using qualitative data on 40 cases of subsidiary managers’ knowledge mobilizations, this paper unravels micro-level practices of knowledge flows in MNCs. We find that subsidiary managers’ knowledge mobilizations initiate a complex pattern of subsidiary knowledge inflows, pinpointing the significance of lateral and bottom up exchanges (locally as well as internationally). We use these insights to distinguish between two types of subsidiary knowledge flows: deliberate and emergent, and discuss how their differences have profound implications for the investigation of MNC knowledge flows and their micro-foundations.     

Victim or Victimizer: Firm Responses to Government Corruption

What is the relationship between government corruption and firm performance? To address this question, I conduct a review of articles published in the leading management journals on government‐business interactions pertaining to rent‐seeking activities and integrate findings from the fields of international business, social issues in management, public organization, institutional change, and corporate political activity. I find that while much empirical work corroborates the earlier findings suggesting a corrosive impact of government corruption on firm performance in general, management research also points to the heterogeneous impact of government corruption on individual firm performance, driven by the strategic activities conducted by firms in response to corruption. I propose an integrative model of firm strategy vis‐à‐vis corruption that predicts the activity choice of the firm as predicated by its organizational structure, political resources, industry regulation, and surrounding political and social institutions.     

西方个体求职行为心理学模型述评

心理学模型是西方学者研究个体求职行为的理论基础。西方研究个体求职行为的心理学模型主要包括计划行为理论、期望-价值理论及前景理论。未来西方学者在构建个体求职行为的心理学模型时,会把经济学的知识与心理学的知识有机地结合起来。     

我国对外贸易制度寻租初探

对外贸易政策的制定和实施会产生大量的寻租机会和寻租活动,外贸关税壁垒和非关税壁垒寻租活动产生的垄断会对社会福利产生不同的影响。外贸制度寻租产生的原因有政府保护和"经济人"本质,克服对外贸易制度寻租的方法有创建有限政府、法制化和加强监督。     

毕业设计改革的探索

为使毕业设计更好地切合社会实际需求,拓宽就业面,毕业设计教学应从选题、培养学生动手能力、计算机技术应用、过程管理和评阅答辩等几方面进行改革探索.     

V-Matrix: A wave theory of value creation for big data

This paper examines the “V-Matrix” and provides a wave theory life cycle model of organizations’ adoption of big data. The V-Matrix is based on the big data five “V’s”: Volume, Velocity, Variety, Veracity, and Value and captures and enumerates the different potential states that an organization can go through as part of its adoption and evolution towards big data. We extend the V-Matrix to a state space approach in order to provide a characterization of the adoption of big data technologies in an organization. We develop and use a wave theory of implementation to accommodate a firm’s movement through the V-Matrix. Accordingly, the V-Matrix provides a life cycle model of organizational use of the different aspects of big data. In addition, the model can help organizations’ plan for decision-making use of big data as they anticipate movement from one state to another, as they add big data capabilities. As part of this analysis, the paper examines some of the issues that occur in the different states, including synergies and other issues associated with co-occurrence of different V’s with each other. Finally, this paper integrates the V-Matrix with other data analytic life cycles and examines some of the implications of those models.     

Extending variety seeking to multi-sided platforms: Impact of new retailer listing

This study uses theories of variety seeking to examine how a new retailer listing on a multi-sided platform (MSP) affects consumer buying behavior. Using a unique dataset from an online MSP, we evaluate changes in purchase frequency with individual retailers after a new one is listed. Contrary to expectations, the results indicate that consumers increase their purchase frequency at existing retailers. Moreover, compared to consistency seekers, variety-seeking consumers show a higher positive effect as they buy even more. This result is observed for retailers in both competing and non-competing product categories. Finally, we discuss the theoretical contributions and implications for MSPs and retailers.     

寻租行为与国家自然文化遗产管理

本文主要研究中国自然文化遗产使用权出售中出现的寻租现象。首先对寻租行为的表现及其产生的原因进行了分析,并得出结论:当经营者贿赂政府官员的成本不高于预期获得的全部非生产性超额利润的下限,同时又不低于政府官员所可能受到的风险损失的上限时,经营者的寻租行为才会产生;然后分析了寻租行为产生的危害;文中最后对如何避免寻租行为的产生提出了相关的政策建议。     

宋代牡丹品种和数目研究之三

我国现存7种宋代牡丹谱录中所记载的牡丹品种，经综合整理统计其数目有191个（陈平平，1999）。此外，一些宋人著作中还记载有若干上述诸谱录中未曾收入的宋代牡丹品种，经综合整理统计、较可靠者其数目有55个。两项合计宋代牡丹品种数目有246个。这一数字更加充分的证实我国是牡丹栽培和育种的古老中心。     

Rent Seeking with Efforts and Bids

We introduce bids in a rent-seeking contest. Players compete for a prize. Apart from exerting lobbying efforts, they also submit a bid which is payable only if they win the prize. We show that our model has a unique Nash equilibrium in pure strategies, in which each active player submits the same bid, while the sum of all efforts equals that bid. In equilibrium there is underdissipation of rent.