bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Review of Tracking Research on the Cultivation and Development of Strategic Emerging Industries in China
Authors: Lv Zhicheng
Published: February 2024

In recent years, the development of strategic emerging industries has attracted more and more attention. In this paper, based on the theory of business ecosystem and national innovation system, this paper puts forward the concept of industrial ecosystem. The research results show that, as the primary stage of strategic industries, the lifecycle of strategic; emerging industries underwent the vibrating period because of the impacts of different factors, such as the corresponding stage of each other coordinate the development stage and alternative stage of differentiation; the strategic choices of local government and key enterprise impact on the degree of integration and evolution trends of traditional industries and strategic; emergent industries; the local government in the elimination of backward production capacity of traditional industry, increasing funding for strategy; and building innovation as the link between the two platforms play an important role. Finally, this article proposes corresponding measures and suggestions for the government to encourage and guide technological innovation of China's strategic emerging industrial generic technology development
The Integrative Framework for Professional Learning: Leadership and Management Development Programs in Workplace
Authors: Lawson Steve H. , Casey Luisa M.
Published: February 2024

The method of experiential learning for leadership development has become more and more popular, but empirical research to support the design, implementation and continuous evaluation of these programs has not followed the demand for these programs. This paper attempts to provide managers with a framework for planning, developing, implementing and evaluating professional learning programs in relation to the three elements of human resource development; training and development, career development and organisational development. The purpose of this interpretive research was to explore, describe and evaluate the relationship, if any, between adult learners' professional development and organisations' change agenda. A cross case analysis revealed common and unique findings from across the three cases. The authors postulate that the newly developed integrative model represents a contingency approach suitable for use in dynamic environments to accommodate diversity and promote professional learning in the workplace.
Culture Barriers to Customer Relationship Management: An Assessment of the Impact of Customers Experience in Organisations
Authors: Stephens Alan J. , Dwyer Jane M.
Published: February 2024

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) has become widely accepted as an important management discipline in recent years. Successful CRM performance has been linked to an organisation's ability to identify and respond to potential barriers within organisational culture. In this study, we measure the culture of organisations implementing CRM. We identified four types of culture: customer-focused behaviours, information sharing, cross-functional teams, performance-based rewards, supportive relationships, adaptive and responsive attitudes to change, and a higher degree of risk-taking and innovation. Inadequate measurement is identified as a problem associated with CRM system implementations. The impression that an organisation is a growing and dynamic system, and the perception from outsiders, especially from customers, that the organisation is high potential, will encourage customers to participate in the CRM program. Our results indicate that more than 40% of the sampled organisations lack the organisational cultural that the extant literature would indicate is conducive for achieving CRM implementation success.
Key Performance Indicators in Group Leaders’ Management
Authors: Gwarzo Iliyasu , Bahari Asniati
Published: February 2024

In modern competitive business environment, effective leadership is crucial to an organization's success. However, leadership is not a one-size-fits-all concept, but a multifaceted role that must be carefully followed, measured and evaluated in numerous dimensions. Key performance indicators (KPIs) are the essential tool for measuring leadership effectiveness and driving an organization towards its strategic goals. This paper presents findings of a preliminary research on the design and implementation of KPIs by Malaysian GLCs. It attempts to document the views and experience of CEOs of publicly-listed Malaysian companies in designing and implementing the strategy-based KPIs. The roles of stakeholders and the approach to balance between financial and non-financial measures were discussed. The CEOs indicated that with a well-balanced set of performance measure, they experienced benefits such as increased revenue, cost efficiency, increase communication, and link performance with compensation. The results of this study highlight the need to develop and prioritize performance indicators at the corporate and national levels to ensure successful institutional transformations and optimal utilization of public capital.
Visualizing versus Verbalizing: A Differential Effect on Risk Perception and Risk Taking
Authors: Walsh Timothy R. , Bennett Dianne W.
Published: February 2024

Although there is broad agreement that perception of risks determines risk behaviour, previous research shows that this correlation is not as simple as expected. Visualization and verbalization are two dominant ways in which people process information and make decisions subsequently, but their influence on risk perception and ultimately risk taking has not yet been explored. We hypothesize that visualizers see more potential harms in taking risks but not more benefits, compared with verbalizers. We test this hypothesis using a series of experiments. We show that visualization versus verbalizing is an important individual difference variable, and we show that it can influence risk perceptions and therefore risk taking. The presented studies demonstrate that active processing of risk information helps to better understand information given. This has an important impact on risk communication.
Effect of Emotional Information Preference on Cognitive Processes: Specifics for Decision-making
Authors: Park Sunhee , Cho Jin , Oh Heeseok
Published: February 2024

Emotions affect cognitive processes such as memory and reasoning, but cognitive evaluation and control processes are also important to our emotional experiences. The current study aims to examine the effect of emotional information preference on decision-making processes and whether cognitive processing is affected by task self-relevance and cognitive load. Participants completed the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Cognitive Load Valence interaction. We found that both young and older adults show emotional information preferences when under load and emotional preference in the absence of load for all types of self-reliabilities. The cognitive load valence interaction revealed that the young adults exhibited a more robust negativity decrease when under cognitive load than a positive decrease, with the positive information preference maintained under both cognitive load and no cognitive load The findings from the present study support DIT's suitability for examining emotional information selectivity during decision making processes based on information acquisition goals.
Choosing Second-hand Clothes: Consumers Motivation and Purchase Behavioral Patterns
Authors: Suson Jessie , Gutierreze Roberto Leopoldo
Published: February 2024

This paper explores the interrelationships of the secondhand clothing (SHC) using a structural modeling approach. The interpretative structural modeling (ISM) technique is used to map the relationships of several interrelated factors while establishing their order of causality. Moreover, a digraph is constructed to visualize present the structural relationships of each SHC group as well as their degree of influence. As such, the results obtained in this work significantly contribute to the literature as they provide insights that aid in the development of theoretical frameworks or paradigms in understanding the dynamics of SHC buying behavior. The findings of this work would enable managers and relevant stakeholders to develop more effective marketing strategies such as enhanced reachability and responsiveness of market channels toward millennial and other generational cohorts, refined value proposi-tions and better promotional strategies.
Indirect Effects of Social Capital on Project Management Performance
Authors: Ramadan Kojo , Kangah Effia
Published: February 2024

This study examines the indirect effect of social capital on project management success (PMS) through knowledge management (KM) processes. We propose and test a model which examines how the relational resources embedded in the trust and norms among project participants influence PMS. Specifically, we test this integrated model using survey data collected from managers who had engaged in various project activities. The results show that the value of trust to PMS materializes as a consequence of knowledge sharing, while norms impact on PMS is manifested through both knowledge sharing and knowledge exploitation. We suggest that to improve PMS managers should find ways to improve trust among the participants of a project team and strengthen the norms and values that are associated with the projects.
Information Quality in Transactional Task Environment of the Accounting Processes
Authors: Bergmann Jochen , Scherrer Lukas
Published: February 2024

In the accounting function, formal controls are applied to transactional and routinized processes with measurable outcomes. However, there is limited empirical evidence on the effectiveness of formal controls in transactional task environments such as accounting functions. In this study, we explore the effects of formal process and output controls on information quality, a crucial performance aspect, in the accounting process. Specifically, we show that process controls and a positive work environment both directly positively affect information quality while output controls and peer pressure do not. Further, we argue that formal controls can exert additional effects on formal controls, and can be effective solely in combination with certain formal controls. Moreover, we find that informal controls (i.e., positive work environments) can drive information quality if combined with a strong use of an identification-inducing work environment.
A Behavioral Experiment of a Negative Feedback Condition
Authors: Hill Brandon , Ward James J.
Published: February 2024

In this study we conduct a behavioral experiment in which we manipulate two between-subject factors: the use of a strategy map and feedback type. We find evidence that participants in the negative feedback condition have higher perceived strategy ineffectiveness, lower ingratiation intention, and report being significantly more willing to give a negative performance review to the branch manager who provided feedback. Using pairwise correlations, we find a positive nonsignificant strategy map coefficient predicting motivation to over-report negative feedback. This finding suggests a weak strategy map effect could still help mitigate this bias at the margins or in settings where motivated reasoning is a stronger driver of the bias against negative feedback, but that weak mitigating effect is overwhelmed by participants' efforts to impress upper management.
Determinants of Efficiency in Manufacturing Firms: The Guide for Developing Countries
Authors: Rahaman Moshiur , Talukder Ferozur
Published: February 2024

Manufacturing is considered to be an important sector in the economy because it is able to promote wide and effective forward-looking links between other sectors of the economy. This study investigates the role of human capital as efficiency determinants for manufacturing firms using a single-step heteroscedastic SFA approach. We found that top managers' human capital, particularly experience and schooling years, has a significant impact on output and efficiency of manufacturing firms. Exports, foreign ownership, research and development (R&D) activities, and quality certification were found to be positively associated with performance. Bank loans were negatively related to total factor of production (TFP), whereas overdraft facilities showed a positive relation. Higher education of primary, secondary, and tertiary levels is a crucial factor in improving firm performance in developing countries.
Giving Full Play to the Advantages of Super-large Scale to Promote the Transformation of China’s Economy from ‘Super-large’ to ‘Super-strong’
Authors: Article EDITORIAL
Published: February 2024

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The Common Evolutionary Logic of the Transformation of Government Functions and the Development of Market Regulatory Governance Systems
Authors: Yu Jongwon
Published: February 2024

Regulators have a crucial role to play in the economy and society. This paper presents an approach to taking into account the evolution of transnational private rule-makers. It argues that the governance of business conduct involves important, and often underproblematized, assumptions. The transformation of organizations, procedures and rules is considered as a key strength of various forms of private authority. Space is given to local, national and transnational mechanisms of business governance, aiming to explore the shifting and new roles of government in these mechanisms in novel and theoretically insightful ways. These include tensions between complementary competitive relations between public and private bodies and question the ability of the former to effectively enroll, lead and influence the latter. The article describes how regulator and organizational crises are catalyzing the formation and evolution of transnational private regulators and affect the relationship between public and private regimes. Finally, we consider the potential challenges to competitiveness arising from the use of a dynamic perspective on transnational private regulation. Thus, this piece provides an interpretation of the related historical discourses of the past half century, problematizing key underlying assumptions in the field, and proposes a research agenda for the further exploration of governments in governance, underscoring the implications for management and organizations.
A New Perspective on Systems Leadership and Its Impact on Sustainable Social and Economic Innovation
Authors: Marquis Bruno , Johnstone Brent , Chamberland Sabrina
Published: February 2024

This study examined how learning and working from an Anti-Oppressive Practice (AOP) lens supports early-career systems leaders to advance sustainable social and economic innovation. In particular, we examine the challenges and opportunities posed by such integration, and explore how the new orientation of participants towards the AOP influences their decision-making process and the possibility of developing sustainable solutions. The project utilized two qualitative data sources. The participants were able to identify methods of learning more about AOP (e.g., learning from others, identifying and utilizing key stakeholders) and acknowledging responsibility to create space for AOP as emerging business leaders. Two key findings emerged from the research participants pertaining to how AOP supported their development of systems leadership capabilities for purposes of advancing sustainable social, economic, and environmental innovation. As successive groups of future systems leaders enter the sector in Canada, this paper will assist in understanding the complexities and potential benefits of employing an AOP lens to systems leadership and systems thinking.
The Intercultural Perspective on Project Information Management: An Empirical Study
Authors: Miyamoto Ren , Ichikawa Shinji , Qiao Yutong
Published: February 2024

In recent years, cross-cultural differences and inter-cultural aspects of cooperation have become increasingly prevalent. Undoubtedly, this diversity can generate different patterns of behavior in the project teams. In this study, we present project knowledge management from a cross-cultural perspective, which expands the role of knowledge management and examines the related concepts through an empirical study. To examine the propositions in the context of theoretical implications, we studied the knowledge processes in IT offshoring projects in a company, which has subsidiaries worldwide, including in Japan and China. The case study was conducted for a global IT company with subsidiaries worldwide. To understand the knowledge flow in these situations, survey questionnaire data were collected from the members of the Japan and China departments of the company. Findings from the case study were presented that describe the situation and knowledge flows in an international project setting. Finally, from the findings of the empirical study, the theoretical implications for project information management from cross-cultural perspectives are proposed. The research accommodated inconsistencies in previous studies and provided empirical evidence on the complex-performance relationship.
Current Trends Influence on Performance of Civil Service Employees
Authors: Udechukwu Nasir , Igbinoghene Ronald , Gwarzo Umar
Published: February 2024

The current vector of the development of human resources potential in the civil service is turning to greater flexibility and adaptation of modern management practices, which require the existence of certain specific competences for civil servants. The purpose of this study was to access the perceptions of civil servants with regards to the efforts of existing contemporary trends on motivational techniques adopted by government for sustainable productivity. The study sample was made up of employees randomly selected from ministries. A four-point Likert-type scale questionnaire was designed by the researchers and used for data collection. The findings showed significant differences in the degree of influence exercised by contemporary trends on employees' job satisfaction and productivity as perceived by the employees. The expected contribution to theoretical and practical implementation includes additional quantifiable arguments for developing and implementing incentive-based policies for the management of human resources in the public service. It also contributes to the practical implementation of performance-based evaluations and assessments of public administration in terms of output per employee of the public service.
A Qualitative Approach to Solving a Community Problem: Conflict Resolution Management Techniques
Authors: Jameson Louise S. , Howkins Anne W.
Published: February 2024

This qualitative study examined the group formation process of professional collaborators brought together to solve a simulated community health problem. Through the analysis of transcripts from twenty-one of these groups, using an adapted four-stage model of conflict, instances of each stage were identified, as well as what leads to conflict and how conflict is or is not resolved. Four categories of productive behaviors were identified: cohesion and productivity, actions that relate to personal affect and behaviors that generate constructive responses, solution focused actions, and group facilitation activities that promote a continuation of the task and group process. The findings of this study can be the basis for an empirically supported approach to assisting professional collaboratives through the stages of their development.
The Convergence of Views on Career Success from Different Socio-cultural Backgrounds: Comparative Analysis
Authors: Mokhtar Wafaa Nazurah Binti , Hamzah Anis Shahida Binti , Bouchard Michel L.
Published: February 2024

The subjective success of a career continues to be an important subject in the field of career explorations, as organizational and social contexts are constantly evolving and dependence on external success definitions is unacceptable or unacceptable. Although various measures of subjective career success have been developed, there are no measures that represent several nations. This paper explores whether there is a convergence of views at the workplace between men and women from the same or different socio-cultural backgrounds. It presents the findings of three independent studies, which happened to revolve around the perceptions of career success between working males and working females. The results of the analyses indicate that the position and experience of women on work-related issues and are similar in different countries. It can be concluded that working women regardless of their societal background seem to share commonalities in terms of their definition of success, factors determining success, conceptualization of power and leadership style, presence of women in the workforce, and work-family balance.
The Effects of Storytelling on User Experience and Behavior-related Variables
Authors: Xu Lee , Zhao Souk , Cui Nai , Zhang Lae , Zhao Joy
Published: February 2024

The emergence of brand stories helps build brands and enhance brand value. This study examines the effects of storytelling on user experience (UX) with an online shop and identifies its effects on brand- and behavior-relevant variables. The results obtained indicate that the use of storytelling in an online shopping context enhances the website's performance in terms of hedonic and pragmatic UX and overall attractiveness. Explicit and implicit brand attitude and explicit and implicit ecological sustainability, explicit social sustainability and the behavioral variable of the willingness to pay a higher price for the products of the brand reached higher scores under the condition of storytelling. Moreover, the implicit and explicit ecological sustainability and implicit social sustainability were increased through the condition. In addition, implicit brand attitudes and behavioral intentions were increased, as well as implicit ecological and social sustainability. The present results add significant empirical insights to the literature on the underlying mechanisms of storytelling, which is related to UX, brand-related outcomes and the interrelation between these variables. Hence, the present study further provides a more holistic understanding of human perception and behavior in online contexts.
Is Social Security Investment Beneficial to Enterprises to Improve Labor Productivity?: Empirical Research Based on China Employer-Employee Survey
Authors: Cheng Xubiao , Deng Dongmei
Published: February 2024

Social security rights are strongly anchored by international human rights law and are a key element of international labor standards. It also plays an important role in the competitiveness of companies. This paper investigates the relationship between social security expenditure indexes and labor productivity to fill the gaps in this field. In other words, we make an attempt to answer the question: To what extent is social protection associated with better firm level performance? The empirical results demonstrated that high social insurance contributions encourage enterprises to improve the efficiency of human resources allocation and labor efficiency. Thus, their technological efficiency undergoes betterments. However, the rise in the share of social insurance contributions overshadows private investment in technological advancement and hinders its technological progress. So, the ratio of social insurance contributions influences the productivity of these companies negatively.
The Impact of Unrelatedness on Firm Diversification under Adverse Industry Conditions
Authors: Godwin Richard H. , Hunt Dwayne W.
Published: February 2024

This paper proposes a series of hypotheses that suggest that environmental adversity might motivate firms to diversify into progressively less-related areas so that they can learn new knowledge and competencies that could help them to cope with environmental challenges. In particular, it is elaborated on a case to explain why stock market reactions are likely to be negative for firms that carry out unrelated diversification when they experience adverse industry conditions. Results of regression model indicate that year-specific effects and the acquirers' degree of leverage have significant associations with the degree of un-relatedness of the firms' diversification actions. On the other hand, results of proposed model indicate that the negative association between the firm's diversification action's level of unrelatedness and stock market reaction to such actions is more negative under conditions of high industry adequacy.
Competitive Experience, Multi-market Contact, and Firm Performance: Based on the Perspective of Red Queen Competition
Authors: Deng Xiao Ming , Guo You Neng
Published: February 2024

The Red Queen effect means that companies easily fall into an intense self-expansion direct competition, and they fail faster if they try to work harder or improve the main success factors of traditional industries. The study examines the relationship between the actions of the focal enterprise, the actions of rivals and the performance of the focal enterprise in various industries. We believe that the Red Queen effect, which is considered to be the positive and negative effects of the enterprise's performance, is stronger in highly concentrated industries and less in high-growth industries. Specifically, we have shown that firm actions compared to competitor actions and the speed of competitor actions have two opposing effects on the performance of the central enterprise. We also demonstrate that the impact of enterprise actions on performance is complex and depends on industry and competitive market positions.
Six-Sigma Quality Improvement Approach to Continuous Loop Management
Authors: Dawson Mervyn J. , Cohen Daniel , Sonoda Kazumasa
Published: February 2024

Six Sigma is a quality management method for identifying and eliminating defects and helping companies improve current processes, products, or services. The aim is to streamline the quality control of manufacturing and business processes so that there are no major differences throughout the operation. This paper describes a management model that emerges by overlaying Nonaka's knowledge creation theory over decision-making and value creation processes borrowed from six-sigma quality improvement practices. The resulting Continuous Loop Model (CLM) illustrates how these Japanese and Western concepts and practices work together in harmony to increase the rate of knowledge creation through continuous feedback loops making the firm more agile, adaptable, innovative, and valuable. The results of this study provide empirical data suggesting that firms that successfully cultivate cultures that are strong in fairness, credibility, respect (collectively trust), pride, and camaraderie significantly outperform comparable firms in several key areas; value, operating effectiveness, and growth.
Investigation of User Resistance to IT Innovations Using Self-Reported Questionnaire Survey
Authors: Kasemsuk Weha , Saetang Sirote
Published: February 2024

This study develops a model of user resistance to Information Systems (IS) implementation in a mandatory use environment. The model is empirically validated with data collected using self-reported questionnaire survey from three large state-owned enterprises at different phases of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation. The path analysis was carried out to examine the direct and indirect connection with user resistance behavior. The results of this study indicate that users with high power are most likely to develop user resistance as they tend to affect largely by the alteration of power from the ERP implementation, whereas, perceived self-efficacy and perceived inequity are hypothesized to influence resistance attitude which, in turn, jointly determine resistance behaviors with subjective norm. This research will help verify theoretical understanding about the resistance phenomenon as well as offer practical insights into managing user resistance.
Managerial Tool for Work Quality Evaluation Based on Markov Chain Algorithm
Authors: Radoman Nikola
Published: February 2024

The aim of this study is to apply and validate the use of Markov chains in modelling and analysing the performance of working groups. The Markov chain model is applied to investigate the probability of accepting arriving work, the availability of workers, and the utilisation of a group. The model also indicates changes in the crews reliability and its utilisation for various numbers of staff. The paper provides managers with a practical tool for modeling and analysing the performance of working groups. However, this research is limited to the type of work with a fixed arrival rate and to the situation in which the work is lost if it is not initiated immediately upon arrival.
The Relationship between College Students' Part-time Job Engagement and Their Professional Learning
Authors: Teng Guowei , Chan Pei
Published: February 2024

This study aimed to investigate college students’ reasons for engaging in part-time job employment and its relation to their professional learning. The research instruments included a short survey of students' background, a six-point Likert Scale questionnaire of part time job motivation, working performance, job ability enhancement, career planning, influence of part-time job, English learning motivation, and English learning anxiety. The results showed that students had higher mean in English learning years, English reading time, and learning motivation. Except for career orientation, students had stronger parts of work and work achievement and job capability enhancement, but there were no significant differences in genders and social class in students' part time work engagement and English work motivation and anxiety. In addition, there were significant differences of genders, social class, and genders in students part work engagement, and there was no significant difference in gender between students and parents. The findings showed that gender, part time experience, English learning motives and anxiety were found to be related to students' part-time job engagement in one way or another, and both parents and teachers should not only hold a positive attitude toward students, but also encourage students to bear in mind that education should always be the priority in the learning stage.
Women’s Challenges in the South African Information and Communication Technology Sector: Findings from a Qualitative Study
Authors: Madonsela Thulisile , Ndevu Zwelinzima
Published: February 2024

The South African Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector is a fast-paced and fast-growing sector in which demands are constantly increasing and changes are frequently being introduced. It is challenging to stay up-to-date in IT in the face of family and life demands. The study discussed in this article aimed to investigate the challenges women face in the IT sector in South Africa and illuminate some of these challenges for the benefit of women desiring to work in this sector. A qualitative research methodology was used to gather information on women in the South African IT sector. Semi-structured interviews with guiding questions, including open-ended questions, were conducted with thirty women employed in the sector to ascertain their roles. Almost all of those interviewed indicated that they had experienced challenges in the work environment. Most of the participants have considered leaving their IT careers at some point in their working lives. The three main motivators for participants to consider leaving were family responsibilities, opportunities in other sectors, and considering an entrepreneurial opportunity. The foregoing challenges that women have to deal with are similar to those faced by women elsewhere in the world and in other male-dominated industries across the globe. The results can be used to adapt various organizational practices and to develop suitable work-life balance and human resources strategies to create flexible workplaces that attract, motivate and retain highly appreciated women.
The Theoretical System of Government Regulation with Chinese Characteristics: Demand Analysis, Constructing Orientations and Overall Framework
Authors: Wang Jin Hui
Published: February 2024

Sovereign-owned enterprises (SOEs) are a class of enterprises that have been governed by the Party for more than 40 years. However, the political governance of SOEs remains largely unexplored. This study examines how the Party plays a leadership role in SOE governance through its ownership, cadre management, participation in decision-making, and intra-Party supervision. In this survey, we first review the evolution of China's SOE reforms during the past 40 years and the role of the Party during this period. Then, we present the overall structure of the SOE political governance, followed by detailed discussions of each pillar of the structure, with a focus on the most recent developments. The final part of this survey introduces both the status and the effect of incorporating Party-building work into corporate charters. Finally, conclusions are drawn and possible directions for future research are proposed.
The Urban Wage Premium: Sources and the Economic Mechanism
Authors: Chen Fei , Su Zhangjie
Published: February 2024

This study estimates the unobserved work experience (UWP) of employment among university graduates and provides new evidence on the nature of sorting and on the heterogeneity in the UWP by measures of cognitive ability. Drawing on recent advances in the literature on selection on unobservables, we show how to control for heterogeneity in the characteristics of individuals that choose to live in cities to address endogenous sorting. We estimate the dynamic effects of work experience at different levels of the urban hierarchy, the variation of these dynamic effects by observed ability of workers, and the portability. We find clear evidence of systematic positive sorting of workers on observed indicators of ability as well as on unobservable productive traits. Specifically, we show that workers who have at some point worked in a city experience faster wage growth. Our findings are in line with the notion that a substantial part of the urban wage premium derives from fiercer competition in thick labor markets.
Facilitating Knowledge Transfer in Project Management Environment
Authors: Haraldsson Hannes T. , Didriksen Jacob
Published: February 2024

This paper presents an approach to adaptive knowledge management in the presence of management of projects for facilitation of knowledge transfer among project workers that promotes the effective completion of a project. The approach consists in coordinated dynamic management by the temporal sequence of project task groups and collaborative groups of project workers assigned for tasks performance. At that, tasks relevant knowledge, knowledge of the project workers, temporal and structural task parameters are jointly taken into account. The objective of the approach is to facilitate knowledge transfer between project workers for effective performance of the task work. The aim of the paper is to identify the key factors that influence the ability to transfer knowledge. The framework is represented by key factors characterizing significant influences on knowledge transfer. The results of the study indicate that the approach can be applied to project management.
Does the Upgrading of Provincial Development Zones Improve the Cities’ Economic Efficiency? Evidence from a Quasi-experiment of Heterogeneous Development Zones
Authors: Kong Linghui , Chai Zhixian
Published: February 2024

The expansion of China's development zones has already made significant contributions to economic development, as well as provided practical guidance for other developing countries to implement development zone practice. This paper analyzes how industry characteristics, high-technology zone hierarchy differences, regional differences, and openness differences affect the causal relationship between high-tech zones (HTZ) establishment and innovation of information service enterprises. The study constructs a complete empirical analysis framework with the help of the difference-indifference model (DID) and interaction term model. The empirical results show that, compared with the control group, HTZ establishes more innovation intentions and increases the innovation scale, thus significantly enhancing innovation levels. Compared with the non-high-tech zone sample, the HTZ has a significant positive effect on the innovation ability of technology service enterprises in the cities. Meanwhile, through a comparison of the regression results of different regions, it is found that the establishment of high-tech zones has the best effect on enterprise innovation ability in the eastern region, followed by the northeastern, central, and western regions. The following policy recommendations are proposed for optimizing the construction and management of high technology zones and promoting enterprise innovation development.
The Land of Opportunity: Social Mobility and Firm Productivity
Authors: Wu Yao Hua , Zhang Hongfei , Yu Xiao Ou
Published: February 2024

Social mobility is a key factor in promoting economic development. In this paper, we quantitatively analyzed the impact of social mobility on firm-level total factor productivity (TFP) based on micro-data, providing empirical evidence for the government to issue policies that promote the social mobility of labor force and talent. First, we used the data of the China Labor-force Dynamic Survey (CLDS) to measure absolute mobility at the city level. Second, we analyzed how social mobility affects firms' TFP from three channels. We found that higher social mobility contributes to improving local firms' overall TFP. Heterogeneity analysis showed that social mobility has a positive effect on improving firms' global TFP, which is more salient in private enterprises, small- and medium-sized enterprises, and technologyintensive industries in a given city. In addition, we also find that the positive effect of social migration on firm TFP is mainly through human capital allocation, fairness perception, and technological innovation. Our findings provide theoretical guidance for emerging economies to cope with the challenges caused by the reindustrialization of OECD countries.
Digital Finance and Household Portfolio Efficiency
Authors: Wu Ying , Li Xu , Li Jin , Zhou Lin
Published: February 2024

Existing studies mainly discuss the possibility of household participation in the financial markets from such micro-perspectives of household demographic characteristics as social capital, housing assets, etc. This paper aims to explore whether digital finance exerts an impact on household participation in risky financial markets. The results show that digital finance significantly promotes the probability of household participation. Moreover, the mechanism analysis reveals that the digital finance development significantly reduces the lack of investment access, promotes households' access to financial information and increases the possibility of household risk appetite. Furthermore, the results also show that the risk-taking level of households in rural and urban areas is significantly higher than that in urban areas. The findings provide an empirical basis for the mainstream positioning of digital finance in the development of inclusive finance, and display its positive impact on social welfare. It provides a reference for policymakers and decision-makers to improve regulation and control risks to eliminate online fraud and protect households' legal interests.
Crack the Cross-border Network Governance Path of Disruptive Technology Innovation
Authors: Donghong Lu , Yurong Cai , Pinglu Zach
Published: February 2024

Disruptive technology innovation is a process in which technologies, products or services are initially inferior than those provided by incumbents in the attributes that mainstream consumers value, but they can attract and satisfy the consumers in low-end or new markets with advantages in performance attributes (such as being cheap, simple, or convenient) that these consumers value but which at the same time are neglected by mainstream markets. At the same time, this paradigm can be applied on higher levels (i.e. by international business corporations or/and governments for political and economic decision-making processes). In order to make the research on disruptive innovation more comprehensive, we built up a multilevel theoretical framework of influence factors for disruptive innovation, and we proposed the level of analysis of disruptive innovation into five levels. In this paper, we propose a case study for evaluating governance models based on the cross-border region (CBR) among three countries. The results show that CBI and CBC have shaped opportunities for environmental governance and for governance models in other sectors. The CBGS framework can be used for measuring and evaluating the CBG according to the evaluation criteria and elaborate some recommendations. This framework could contribute to further systematic analyses and research of disruptive innovations in the future and can provide reference for policy-makers to successfully predict disruptive innovation.
How Do Various Forms of Ownership Impact Firm Performance?
Authors: Chong Cao , Zhang Jing
Published: February 2024

Corporate governance and ownership structures are key factors affecting companies' management, operations and innovation. This study aims to provide a better understanding of the interaction between ownership forms and firm performance by addressing the key research question: How do various types of ownership forms impact on governance efficiency and firm value? We propose to address this issue by taking the mandatorily reported shareholders' ownership characteristic to determine each ownership form and to empirically test the governance role and the impact of ownership form on firms' value. The results show that there is a high concentra-tion of state ownership among the listed companies. In terms of market performance, it is shown that companies directly controlled by the state ownership generally perform worse than companies controlled by other ownership forms, namely legal person shares, state-owned legal persons shares, and tradable shares. Based on separate forms of ownerships, our investigation has found a significant negative relationship between ownership concentration and firm valuation.
The Balancing Effect of Open Innovation Networks in the “Dual Circulation” of Chinese Enterprises: An Investigation Based on Digital Empowerment and Organizational Flexibility
Authors: Yang Zhen Nai , Hou Ya Fei , Li Da Hong , Wu Chi
Published: February 2024

The development of the digital economy is conducive to the innovative development of foreign trade and the formation of a “dual circulation” development pattern in China. However, the impact mechanism of the digital economy on dual circulation has not been fully explored. This study uses provincial panel data in China from 2011 to 2020 to analyze the direct, indirect, heterogeneity, transmission mechanisms, and spatial spillover effects. The results show that digital economy contributes greatly to dual circulation, with technological innovation capabilities serving as the most influential mechanism. Moreover, the spatial Durbin model is used to explore the effect mechanism, which indicates that the degree of dual circulation is affected by digital economy's spillover impact. The study concludes that technological innovation is one of the important mechanisms for digital economy to impact dual circulation. These findings demonstrate the importance of digital economy in fostering dual circulation and sustainable growth, in which technological innovation can play a critical role.
The Relationship between Organisational Culture and Management Information Systems Effectiveness
Authors: Metaxas Spyros , Fotopoulos Dionyssios
Published: February 2024

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between organizational culture and Management Information Systems (MIS) effectiveness in middle-sized enterprises. The study was carried out by using a structured questionnaire, which was developed based on Competing Values Model (CVM). Principal Component Analysis (PCA) was performed to identify latent factors within the organisational culture and MIS effectiveness constructs and to verify the reliability and validity of the emerging dimensions. The canonical correlation analysis revealed two underlying patterns of relationships between organization culture and the effectiveness of MIS. Firstly, the findings indicate that hierarchy bound with adhocracy, which indicates the firm's growth orientation, attribute the goal setting, objectives attainment, forecasting, accurate and timely information delivery, and creative information utilization characteristics. Secondly, the results show that externally focused culture types are associated with the stability, control, order, and rigidity qualities of the MIS aspects as represented by the internal processes and rational goal models. The results imply that since this firm is externally focus by crafting growth strategies, values most the stability and goal achievement orientation provided by MIS, in order to build its sustainable competitive advantage.
“Bei Dou” Shining: Preliminary Exploration on the Development “Dao” of China’s Satellite Navigation Industry
Authors: Zhao Yaosheng , Song Lifeng , Mao Jiye
Published: February 2024

In recent years, China has been able to adopt a state-led national strategy for using BeiDou domestically, while expanding its global reach through a market-driven approach. The development of global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) has become an important part of the "One Belt and One Road" Initiative, and it is an important measure to deepen the strategic partnership between China and the Arab world and to realize the "mutual connectivity and communication" between the two sides. This paper attempts to analyze the structural features of China's frontier technology strategy and its impact on the global influence of China. The authors use BeiDou as a case study to analyze the structural features of China's frontier technology strategy and its impact on its global influence. The paper will show that China has achieved a high-tech innovation strategy for the development of the navigation satellite system (BDS).
The Influence of Organizational Culture on Leadership Development
Authors: Da Rosa Raquel Maria , Regalado Enrique J.
Published: February 2024

Effective leadership is one of the most important foundations for building a great organizational culture. Leaders can be anyone who, regardless of title, has influence or authority, and leaders set the tone for the organization's culture. A strong culture is financially rewarding: it affects the motivation of employees and in turn affects the quality and efficiency of their work, the ability to achieve objectives and the retention rate. This research aims to explore systematically how organizations and their leaders have promoted practices of leadership development, realizing the impact of the type of organization, the profile of the leader and the leadership style perceived by the leader. The results of the study show that organizations that promote leadership development are associated with the number of workers, the existence of a succession planning for leaders, the presence of coaching, the leader's preference as to the origin of the leaders and transformational leadership style.