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Ambidexterity mechanism of enterprise innovation capability reconfiguration under strategic transition context：A longitude case study in Sunyardfrom 1996 to 2012 Chen Litian, Wu Zhiyan 2014, 35(2): 1-9.  Abstract ( 2074 )   Under the background of economic transition and upgrading, it becomes the focus issue in both academia and industry that how enterprises,whoused to adopt the imitation strategy, achieve capability reconfiguration. In order to solve this problem, this paper selected Sunyard, a software enterprise, as the observed sample, and conducted a longitude case study (from 1996 to 2012). Results showed an ambidexterity mechanism between capability disruptive learning and capability reinforced learning in the process of enterprise innovation capability reconfiguration. On the one hand, there is a top-down capability disruptive learning mechanism. Enterprises with complex strategic schema are able to recognize new opportunities during strategic learning process, and identify the direction of new variation of innovation capability reconfiguration. On the other hand, there is a bottom-up capability reinforced learning mechanism. Enterprises abstract routines form work practices during routinized learning process. Then, enterprises abstract capabilities form routines and leveraged it from personal-level to enterprise-level during capability learning process. This finding integrated the theory of capability disruptive learning (strategic learning) and capability reinforced learning (capability learning and routinized learning), highlighted the ambidexterity mechanism between them.This paper not only has theoretical contribution on dynamic capability perspective, capability reconfiguration and organizational learning theory, but also has managerial implication on enterprises' innovation management practice under transition context. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Impact of organizational slack on firm exploration in a dynamic environment Zhao Yapu, Zhang Wenhong, Chen Silei 2014, 35(2): 10-16.  Abstract ( 1728 )   Scholars usually focus on the relationship between organizational slack and firm performance, but overlooks the influence offirm exploration. Based on resource-based view and organizational inertia perspective, this study examines the effect of organizational slack on firm exploration using 187 high-tech manufacturing firms from China. The results show that (1) the effect of organizational slack on firm exploration is positive; (2) the dynamic environment positively moderates the relationship between organizational slack and firm exploration. The findings indicate that single theory is insufficient to fully explicate their relationship. By integrating resource-based view and organizational inertia perspective, we could further understand the phenomenon. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on factors influencing the performance of innovation contest based on network community Wang Liwei, Tian Jian, Liu Dewen 2014, 35(2): 17-24.  Abstract ( 1547 )   As a new kind of open innovation, innovation contest based on network community has drawn extensiveattention. This research examines how the factors affect the performance of innovation contest by moderated multiple regression analysis of 524 innovation contests from Taskcn.com, and the results suggest that (1) the higher the amount of reward, the more solvers will participate, and the longer the contest duration, the more the solutions and the rates of completion will be; (2)too much detailed task description will reduce the performance of innovation contest;(3) reward mechanism plays a moderating role to the impact factors of the innovation contest performance. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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An empiricalresearch on the componentsand structure of enterprise absorptive capacityfrom the perspective ofprocess Lin Chunpei, Zhang Zhengang 2014, 35(2): 25-34.  Abstract ( 1822 )   Open innovation, joint development and knowledge absorption havebecome the focus of innovative theory development and practice.Based on existingresearch, the concept of absorptive capacityis explored firstly, then the components and structure of absorptive capacity from the perspective of process is proposed, and finally an empirical research is conducted byquestionnaire survey and confirmatory factor analysis. The results showthat enterprise absorptive capacity from the perspective of process is a complex concept with third-order dimensions, that is, there exists a recursive relation between the first-order factors for describing the knowledge processing function and the second-order factors for describing the organizational learning process, and the three second-order factors can also be converged to a higher-level factor. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Influence of venture capital background on firms’technological innovation Gou Yannan, Dong Jing 2014, 35(2): 35-42.  Abstract ( 2219 )   Venture capital is a very important channel for technological firms and innovation activities to get finance. Through an empirical study on firms listed on the Small and Medium Enterprise Board in China, this paper finds that, seen either from R&D investment orfrom number of patents, the firms with venture capitaloutperform significantly the firms without venture capital in technological innovation. Further regression analysisfinds that, for difference on capital background and experience background, venture capitals have different influence on firms'technological innovation. The government-backed venture capital participation, the corporate-backed venture capital participation, and the participation of venture capital with mixed capital backgrounds have negative correlations with firms' R&D investment. The more experiences the venture capitals have, the more positive their influence on firms' R&D investment. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on entrepreneurs’ social network, dualistic innovation and technologicalinnovation performance Wu Junjie, Sheng Ya, Jiang Wenjie 2014, 35(2): 43-53.  Abstract ( 2019 )   The academia has not yet discussed or studied the acting path "black box" of enterprise innovation relating to the impact of the entrepreneur social networks. Based on the study of social networks and Dualistic innovations with 151 entrepreneurs of high-tech private enterprises as the research targets, this paper discusses the intermediary role of dual innovation between entrepreneurs' social networks and innovation performance. The research results shows that the entrepreneurs' social network has a significant positive effect on the technological innovation performance; there is availability of two types of intermediary mechanisms including exploratory innovation and exploitative innovation; the breath of network, upper reachability of network and strength of network tie of entrepreneurs' social networks influence the technological innovation performance mainly through the use of exploitative innovation mechanisms, while the heterogeneity of network and universality influence the technological innovation performance mainly through exploratory innovation mechanism. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Institutional context, entry modes ofinternational markets and international entrepreneurshipperformance Huang Sheng, Zhou Jinbo 2014, 35(2): 54-61.  Abstract ( 1617 )   Based on the dynamic capability theory and institutional theory, this paper makes an empirical study of the relationship among institutional circumstances, entry modes of international markets and performance of international new ventures by conducting questionnaire investigations about 112 international new ventures all over the world and applying the hierarchical regression analysis. The results show that the entry modes of international markets relates positively to performance of international new ventures, and that the regulative, cognitive and normative institutional context moderate negatively the relationship between the entry modes of international markets and performance of international new ventures. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Impacts of role-taking and leader-member relationshipupon team performance Jing Runtian, Hu Siyao 2014, 35(2): 62-69.  Abstract ( 1725 )   Focusing on the affective exchange relationship between leaders and members in research teams, this study examines the impact of leader's role-taking capability upon the leader-member exchange relationship and the influencing mechanism of the above two factors on team performance. Paired questionnaire surveys from 150 research teams in 6 Chinese universities are conducted, with returned questionnaires from 97 team leaders and 402 team members. Based on the team-level data, the structural equation modeling method is employed to test the hypotheses. The results show that: Team leader's role-taking and professional respect have significant impacts on affective exchange between leader and members; Team members' morale plays a mediating role between affective exchange and team performance; and the mediating effect of the sense of belonging is insignificant. The above conclusions would benefit our understandings of leader-member exchange from the view of emotional capability of team leaders, which can provide important practical guiding values in improving the managerial skills of research teams. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Management accounting and controls, core competence development and firm performance：A survey based on 293 construction projects of Chinese construction firms Mao Hongtao, Zhou Yan, Ren Xulin, Zhang Zhengyong 2014, 35(2): 70-78.  Abstract ( 1820 )   Management accounting and controls (MACs) have being applied more frequently and broadly in Chinese firms in recent years. However, little literature studies the effectiveness of MACs. We conduct a survey of 293 construction projects and adopt the structural equation model to analyze the influence of MACs on firm performance. We find that application of MACs can directly improve firms' financial performance and indirectly affect financial performance through the development of firms' core competence. In its application process, MACs improve firms' core competence and bring sustainable competitiveness through the integration of core competence. Further, we find that the development level of MACs affects their influence on core competence and firm performance. The more developed MACs are, the more obvious the influence on firm performance is. Therefore, this paper provides guidance for understanding, choosing and implementing MACs. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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An empirical study of influence factors of motivation synergy in the context of knowledge alliance Sun Xinbo, Li Feng, Luo Neng 2014, 35(2): 79-86.  Abstract ( 1758 )   From the perspective of system, the influence factors of motivation synergy in knowledge alliance have been divided into the following: knowledgeagentbehavior,structure of motivation synergy, motive of motivation synergy, and context of knowledge alliance. Based on the researches on different types of knowledge alliance, the study builds structural equation model and tested the model through empirical analysis. The results show thatcooperative behaviorhas a significantly positive impact on motivation synergy in knowledge alliance, whilecompetitive behaviorhasa significantly negative effect. Structure of motivation synergy, motive of motivation synergy and context of knowledge alliancehave significantly positive influences on cooperative behavior, significantly negative influences on competitive behavior. In addition, knowledge agent behavior plays a role of complete mediator on the relationships among structure,motive, context, and motivation synergy. At last, suggestions and implications are concluded for ensuring the effectiveness of motivation synergy in knowledge alliance. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Cultivation and effect of organizational ambidexterity：From theoretical perspective of organizational learning Zhou Jun, Xue Qiuzhi 2014, 35(2): 87-93.  Abstract ( 1988 )   Fromthe theoretical perspective of organizational learning, this paper explores the cultivating mechanism and the effect of organizational ambidexterity on firm performance. Based on statistical analyses and case studies, this paper arrives at the following conclusions. Firstly, organizational learning promotes organizational ambidexterity. Secondly, organizational ambidexterity improves firm performance. Last but not theleast, organizational ambidexterity plays a partially mediating role between organizational learning and firm performance. Taken together, this research reveals another kind of contextual ambidexterity which is different from Gibson and Birkinshaw's(2004), clarifies the mechanisms of impact organizational context has on organizational ambidexterity, and enriches the empirical evidence on the relationship between organizational ambidexterity and organizationalperformance. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Customer involvement and marketing speed of new products：An empirical investigation in China’s manufacturing companies Li Gang, Bai Yingbo, Xu Dehui 2014, 35(2): 94-103.  Abstract ( 1840 )   This paper explores the relationship between customer involvement, absorptive capacity and marketing speed of new products, especially the mediating effect of absorptive capacity between customer involvement and marketing speed of new products. The relationship is empirically tested by Structural Equation Modeling (SEM), along with data collected from 177 manufacturing companies in china. The results indicate that customer involvement and absorptive capacity have positive and direct effect on the marketing speed of new products; customer involvement is positively associated with absorptive capacity. Further researchshowsabsorptive capacity acts as a partial mediator to the relationship between customer involvement and marketing speed of new products, and absorptive capacity is a partial mediation variable. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Relationship between social network, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention Wu Xiaobo, Zhang Chaoqun, Wang Ying 2014, 35(2): 104-110.  Abstract ( 1608 )   Focusing on the fundamental question of "how social network impacts entrepreneurial intention", and by reviewing relevant literature, this paper established a conceptual model of the relationship between social network, entrepreneurial self-efficacy and entrepreneurial intention. We used questionnaire to collect data from college students, and hypotheses were tested by hierarchical regressions. The results showed that the larger, stronger related and more heterogeneous the social network was, the stronger the entrepreneurial self-efficacy was; the network centrality could only improve entrepreneurial self-efficacy ofrisk tolerance, but did not have any significant effect on entrepreneurial self-efficacy of opportunity identification. Both entrepreneurial self-efficacy of opportunity identification and risk tolerance had significantly positive effects on entrepreneurial intentions. Entrepreneurial self-efficacy played a partially mediating role in the relationship between social network and entrepreneurial intention. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Impact of local bias on exit performance-Based on empirical analysis of Chinese venture capital firms Wang Xi, Dang Xinghua 2014, 35(2): 111-118.  Abstract ( 1597 )   Local bias of venture capital firms isan important feature for spatial distribution of VC portfolios. Based on a large sample of Chinese venture capital investments between 2000 and 2011 from CVSource database, this paper examines the impact of local bias on successful exit and exit speed respectively use the Probit model and Cox proportional hazard model. We find that local bias has significant negative impact on the successful exit and exit speed, indicating that the venture capital firms with weak local bias has higher performance. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Selection of enterprise’s cooperative innovationpartners—Based on PSO fixed weight and ameliorated TOPSIS method Han Guoyuan, Chen Wei, Feng Zhijun 2014, 35(2): 119-126.  Abstract ( 1810 )   Selecting cooperative innovation is the optimum game development strategy, with which an enterprise realize its strategic objectives and obtains the technological breakthrough. Cooperative partner's assessment and selection is the primary link, it decides the efficiency and effect of cooperative innovation to a certain extent. In order to be scientifically effective and easy to realize the choice of the cooperative innovation partner, this paper combines PSO and ameliorated TOPSIS Methodtogether and proposes a new method for solving multiple attribute decision limited scheme -based on PSO fixed weight and ameliorated TOPSIS method. To establish a nonlinear programming problem about weight, according to the index weight of TOPSIS method, through the optimal and with the index for standard minimum sum object distance,present its mathematical programming model, and use PSO to determine the weight of the index; on this basis, in order to overcome the shortage of the traditional TOPSIS method, based on set pair analysis relative degree, set the ideal point and negative ideal point as set of oppositionabout certain and uncertain system, in examining the relative degree of alternatives and ideal point or negative ideal point, fully considering the existence of the opposite set,establishes comprehensive evaluation model of ameliorated TOPSIS method based on relative degrees, and applies it in the empirical analysis on the selection of the new technology innovative cooperation partner for H automobile group, and verifies the rationality and validity of the method. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Research on function paths of team knowledge transfer risk on knowledge transfer performance：Mediating effects of knowledge network and moderating effects of team shared mental models Li Baizhou, Xu Guangyu, Su Yi 2014, 35(2): 127-135.  Abstract ( 1655 )   This paper constructs the theoretical analysis framework of relationships among team knowledge transfer risk, knowledge network, knowledge transfer performance and sharedmental models. TheSEM and hierarchical regression analysis was adopted to carry out empirical analysis of the established theoretical analysis framework, the results show thatthere exists significantly negative relationships between team knowledge transfer risk and knowledge transfer performance, knowledge networkacts as a mediating variable between team knowledge transfer risk and knowledge transfer performance, while teamsharedmental models positively regulate relationships among team knowledge transfer risk, knowledge network and knowledge transfer performance. Research will be beneficial to reducingteam knowledge transfer risk and promoting knowledge transfer performance. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Human resource management practices, knowledge management orientation and firm performance Wang Yazhou, Lin Jian 2014, 35(2): 136-144.  Abstract ( 2079 )   Current researches have shown that human resource management practices have a significant influence on firm performance. However, the mechanism of this influence has not yet been revealed. This study examines the role of knowledge management orientation in the relationship between human resource management practices and firm performance from the knowledge-based view. This study uses structure equation modelto test the hypotheses in a sample of 238 firms. The resultsindicate that human resource management practices are positively related to knowledge management orientation which, in turn, has a positive effect on firm performance. The findings provide evidence that knowledge management orientation plays a partial mediating role between humanresource management practices and firm performance. Finally, this study discusses managerial implications and highlights future research directions. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Type and evolutionarygame model of knowledge sharing within organizations Liu Chen, Shan Wei, Yu Jing 2014, 35(2): 145-153.  Abstract ( 1979 )   For the dynamicsof knowledge sharingandvariety of knowledge structure within organizations, in this paper, knowledge-sharing games are divided into four kinds according to knowledge diversityand knowledge structure. Based on this, a single-group and a multi-group dynamicgame model are built to analyze the Evolutionary Stable Strategies (ESSs) and their stability domain of these models, and results show that the completion of knowledge sharing of an organization depends on incentive policy, knowledge structure and initial state of knowledge sharing, and sharing knowledge while meeting the binding of stability domain may be the ESS. These results can provide theoretical guide and decision support for an organization to realize high level knowledge sharing. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Consistency of Science research data in social network sites surveys Zhu Wenlong, Shao Peiji, Fang Jiaming 2014, 35(2): 154-160.  Abstract ( 1920 )   Social network sites provide new survey ways and platforms for science research investigators, whocan implement science research surveys in different survey situations based on different social network sites to make up for the problem of low sample coverage in a single survey mode. By using the CFA, this paper had studied the consistency of science research data between the anonymous survey and non-anonymous survey based on the Renren website and Tencent QQ platform. Ultimately, the results show that the science research data of two surveys meet complete consistency when using non-sensitive scales and science researchers can integrate these science research data directly.Nevertheless, the science research data of two surveys don't meet complete consistency by using sensitive scales. Only after relevant data preprocessing could science researchers integrate these science research data and conduct related statistical analysis. References | Related Articles | Metrics