Toward an Understanding of Strategic Inter-Organizational Relationships in Franchise Channels

Abstract

Information technology, globalization and the emergence of boundary-less communication networks are creating strategic networks of inter-organizational relationships. As inter-organizational relationships continue to evolve, there is a growing mandate for high levels of interdependency. Franchises are contractual vertical marketing systems and, by definition, represent highly interdependent linkages between franchisors, third-party providers, franchisees and customers. Organizational learning is posited as a strategic linkage in franchise systems.     

Host country’s environmental uncertainty,technological capability,and foreign market entry mode: Evidence from high-end equipment manufacturing MNEs in emerging markets

The paper investigates the impact of the host country’s environmental uncertainty on the choice of entry mode and also discusses the moderating role of technological heterogeneity in this relationship. Based on the resource-based view and institutional theory framework, we first analyze the investment motivation of emerging industries in emerging markets and evaluate the environmental uncertainty from two dimensions, including the institutional environment (country level) and industry environment (market level). Then, the theoretical predictions are empirically tested using 173 overseas investment events in China’s high-end equipment sector from 2010-2018. Our findings suggest that when the uncertainty of the industry environment is low, no matter how uncertain is the institutional environment, most firms tend to choose a cooperative strategy. Once the industry environment indicators become turbulent, a high degree of institutional environment uncertainty causes firms to evade trade barriers by choosing a new plant. Alternatively, choosing a relatively conservative mode, such as export. Meanwhile, technological capability weakens the influence of environmental uncertainty on entry mode.     

Economic corollaries of personalized recommendations

The impact of recommendation systems (RSs) on the diversity of consumption is not transparent or well understood. Available studies, whether experimental or theoretical, show inconsistent and even opposite results, which manifests as debate in the literature. In this paper, we investigate the impact of two main recommender systems, neural collaborative filtering and deep content filtering, on sales diversity via a randomized field experiment. Our results confirm the capability of recommender engines in increasing or decreasing aggregate sales diversity. Nonetheless, they amplify homogenization and reduce individual-level consumption diversity. In conclusion, our research reconciles seemingly contradict previous findings and illustrates that the design of the RS is the decisive factor in homogenizing or diversifying product sales.     

P-CMM IT企业的人力资源战略指南

软件的质量必须关注技术、过程和人员三者的结合。对软件组织人员能力的研究是IT企业人力资源战略管理的重要内容。人员能力成熟度模型P-CMM正是关注IT企业人员能力改进的模型。对P-CMM模型及其对我国IT企业的意义进行了详细介绍和分析。     

Co-production of service innovations through dynamic capability enhancement

The main aim of this paper is to investigate the effect of co-production practices with customers on service innovation. Specifically, we sought to determine whether dynamic capabilities (the specific abilities a company has to shape, reshape, configure, and reconfigure idiosyncratic assets to respond to changing technologies and markets) could mediate the effect of co-production on service innovation. In this paper, we examine the factors that could influence co-production practices and determine whether organizational commitment moderates the effect of co-production practice on an organization's dynamic capabilities. Using a survey approach of Taiwanese firms, we showed that dynamic capability fully mediates the effects of co-production practice on service innovation and that market orientation and customer matching have a significant influence on co-production practices. In addition, this study has empirically demonstrated that service firms would be well advised to engage in developing service innovation through enhancing their own dynamic capabilities.     

健美操教学中合作学习法的应用

在健美操教学过程中,采用固定学习小组的形式进行合作学习,有利于促进人际交流,培养集体意识和竞争精神,不仅活跃课堂气氛,更能激发学生的学习热情,从而提高学习效果。     

大学英语词汇教学策略研究

词汇学习是大学英语学习的难点。教师应帮助学生摆脱母语干扰,注重语境学习,强调正确发言,分辨词汇,把握构词法,扩大词汇量,科学记忆词汇,指导正确使用词典,传授背景知识,帮助学生正确理解和使用词汇。     

大学英语远程教育学习质量的保证与监控

保证与监控大学英语远程教育学习质量,教师应从以下几个方面着手:基于教学管理平台和现代教育技术,监测学生的学习时段、学习频率、学习路径和每一学习时段的质量,量化管理学生的学习过程,加强课件内容的可控性。     

二语词汇习得过程研究

词汇是二语学习的一项重要内容。学习者在二语词汇学习过程中必然会受到母语学习策略、母语认知和母语思维的影响。在词汇学习过程中,二语学习者要逐步减少对母语的依赖,逐渐适应二语词与概念的直接对应复习并运用所学词汇,对词汇信息进行深入全面的加工,培养二语词汇能力。     

新课改背景下学校教师学习的个案探析

基础教育新课程改革背景下教师如何通过学习来促进教师专业发展,是目前大家关注的话题。笔者对深圳某中学教师的学习状态、学习类型和学习的影响因素等进行调研,发现他们的学习类型各具特色,但同时也存在一些问题,影响教师学习的主要因素有:对基础教育新课改的困惑、教师责任的压力、教师地位的现状以及来自学生和家长的压力等,应采取对策,促进教师学习提高。