Commitment to Sustainability in Small and Medium‐Sized Enterprises: The Influence of Strategic Orientations and Management Values

Ecosystem degradation and social sustainability have become important issues in the corporate sphere during the last few decades. However, research discussing corporate social responsibility and related concepts has often focused on larger companies, sometimes neglecting the specifics of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationships between two common strategic orientations, market orientation (MO) and entrepreneurial orientation (EO), in relation to sustainability commitment, sustainability practices and management values in SMEs. Questionnaire responses from 450 Swedish SMEs were analyzed, confirming the influence of MO, EO and sustainability practices on commitment to sustainability, implying that firms committed to sustainability see both market and entrepreneurial advantages of sustainability. The results also show that different parts of MO and EO differ in importance for commitment to sustainability among SMEs. Implications concern the importance for firms and policymakers to work with sustainability issues using both internal and external perspectives. © 2015 The Authors. Business Strategy and the Environment published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd     

Is Competition Engaging? Examining the Interactive Effects of Goal Orientation and Competitive Work Environment on Engagement

Contemporary work environments are growing increasingly competitive. However, some employees may “fit” with such environments better than others. This study examined how the relationship between employees’ goal orientations (learning, proving, and avoidance) and engagement is influenced by the competitive environment of their workplace. By investigating the interactive effect of goal orientation and competitive work environment, this research expands our understanding of factors leading to engagement. We tested our model using a sample of 345 working adults from a variety of organizations across several different industries. Results indicate that learning goal orientation was positively related to engagement while avoidance goal orientation was negatively related to engagement. Competitive work environment (CWE) interacted with learning orientation and proving orientation to predict engagement. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our results for human resource management. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

网络时代创业导向中的超前行动战略评述

创业导向是创业研究中的重要累积性成果,而创业导向的重要维度超前行动与其他两个维度——创新以及风险承担相比,成果相对较少。超前行动使企业有利于把握稍纵即逝的创业机会,并且契合了网络时代达维多定律的要求。当然,超前行动战略也有其自身的适用性,与被动反应在特定情况下起着互补的作用。     

OBE教学理念下物流管理专业课程思政资源库建设

聚焦物流管理专业,结合物流管理专业课程思政的建设现状,从高职院校专业课程学科特点出发,基于成果导向教学方法,构建以"担物流强国使命"为主题的专业课课程思政资源库,确保学科规范性和育人职业性,实现立德树人的最终目标。     

Venture capital firms’ lead orientation,network position,and selection of familiar syndicate partners

This study explores how a venture capital (VC) firm’s lead orientation (i.e., acting more as a lead investor rather than a follower investor in past syndication investments) influences its selection of familiar syndicate partners. By conducting empirical research that uses detailed information of 11,219 investment deals in China from January 1999 to June 2016, we find that a VC firm’s lead orientation has an inverted U-shaped relationship with its propensity to select familiar syndicate partners. In other words, as a VC firm’s lead orientation increases, its familiarity degree with the partners in the subsequent syndicated investment will first increase and then decrease. In addition, a VC firm’s network centrality and network constraint imposed by the VC network structure both weakens the inverted U-shaped relationship between its lead orientation and the selection of familiar partners. Robustness checks with different measures and samples, together with the instrumental variable approach and the Heckman selection model that address potential endogeneity problems, show the reliability of our findings.     

我国失地农民社会保障制度设计的价值取向

改革开放以来,我国社会保障制度建设已经成为了市场经济发展的重要支柱。社会保障作为一种公共产品,其背后的价值理念也应纳入到制度设计的范畴。社会保障制度的价值取向是制度发展、建立和改革的潜在价值准则。本论文主要从"公平正义"和"以人为本"两个角度论述了失地农民社会保障制度设计的价值取向。     

行动导向教学法在《图形图像处理》课程中的应用

行动导向教学并不是一种具体的教学方法,而是以行动或者工作任务为导向的一种职业教育指导思想与策略,由一系列的以学生为主体的教学方式和方法组成。本文旨在从行动导向教学法的概念出发,对行动导向教学法的内涵进行分析,进而探讨行动导向教学法在《图形图像处理》课程教学中的应用,更好地实现《图形图像处理》课程教学与行动导向有机结合,全面地提升学生的专业技能和职业素养等职业能力。     

西安城市国际化社区建设的SWOT分析

西安市十二五规划提出了建设西安国际化大都市的目标,为实现这一目标,必须寻求一个重要载体为依托和规划出具体实现途径,西安城市社区建设就是一个重要载体和具体实现途径。西安城市社区建设和完善的提升目标,可以定位为国际化社区。     

中国中小企业成长的影响因素研究——基于中国东北地区中小企业的实证研究

本文从中小企业的成长动机——企业家导向、成长能力——企业创新能力、成长资源基础——企业内部资源和企业的资源外取、成长机会——企业环境四个角度．构建中小企业成长影响因素分析模型。通过我国东北地区235家中小企业的实证数据对理论模型及相关假设进行验证。数据分析结果表明企业的风险趋向、企业环境的不确定性、企业创新实现能力和创新推广能力都会直接激发和推动我国中小企业的成长：而企业的先动性和企业环境的动态性则被证实会恶化中小企业的短期成长：充足的金融资源和高水平的企业网络通过对其他因素的作用间接提升了中小企业的成长绩效．但其对中小企业成长的直接影响尚需进一步的细化研究。     

企业集群环境下的公司创业研究——网络资源与创业导向对集群企业绩效的影响

环境复杂性和动态性的加强,导致更多的企业采取公司创业战略以获取持续竞争优势。然而,大多数研究忽视了网络资源对公司创业日趋重要的影响,尤其在企业集群环境下,仅从组织内部因素和产业环境因素难以解释公司创业的前因后果。基于网络视角,本文首先对公司创业的三种资源获取方式进行比较,认为网络资源是公司创业活动受益于企业集群的内在原因;进而对网络资源、创业导向与集群企业绩效的关系进行探索性研究;最后对浙江省集群企业的实证研究表明:创业导向、网络资源均与企业绩效有显著正相关性,网络资源显著提高了创业导向对企业绩效的贡献。