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Collaborative innovation of GIURU and firm competitiveness improvement Yuan Changhong, Zhang Fen, Yao Jianjun, Sun Huijuan 2015, 36(12): 1-8.  Abstract ( 1352 )   Based on bus CAN project jointly accomplished by Shaanxi Industrial Technology Research Institute (SITRI) and the Shaanxi Automobile Group, this paper uses a single case study to explore how the project enhances the ability of independent innovation of enterprisesthrough GIURU collaborative innovation, reveals the mechanism of GIURU collaborative innovation, analyses the 4 key points for successful collaborative innovation to enhance the competitiveness of enterprises, and further studies the mechanism of sustainablecollaborative innovation of GIURU. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The innovation capability evaluation index system for high-tech services Wei Jiang, HuangXue 2015, 36(12): 9-18.  Abstract ( 1289 )   Building innovation capability is the main task for service firms, especially for high-tech service firms in this service economy. Current researches illustrate the service innovation capability mainly based on the static perspective within a manufacturing paradigm, which is no longer suitable for the service industry within an open innovation context. Based on the multiple studies and methods including exploratory case study, hierarchical analysis, questionnaire, expert review, this paper presents an evaluation index system for high-tech service industry, to reflect the morphological diversity of high technology service innovation, the inseparability of development and transfer process, the diversity of service innovation organization, and the importance of business model. Moreover, an application study on thehigh-tech service enterprises in Zhejiang Province is carried out to enhance the research on different divisions. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The impact of industry funding on scientific activities Zhao Yandong, Hong Wei 2015, 36(12): 19-28.  Abstract ( 1023 )   While it is widely acknowledged that collaborations between public research sectors and private sectors will promote national innovativeness, there are few empirical studies exploring the positive or negative effects of such collaborations on scientific activities. Based on a national survey of 7000 scientists in China conducted in 2008, this study examines how industry funding affects scientific cultures, collaboration networks, scientific engagements and scientific outcomes. The findings show that scientists who get funds from industry tend to engage more actively in their studies, build up broader cooperation networks, and perform better in the commercialization of their inventions. However, it is also found that the collaboration with industry might bring about negative consequences to scientific cultures and basic researches. This study sheds new light on the university-industry relationships and provides us with policy implications. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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An empirical research on the relationship between knowledge creation, technology innovation and organizational control during different enterprise development stages Wu Cuihua, Zhang Yongyun, Zhang Yanmin 2015, 36(12): 29-38.  Abstract ( 1017 )   In this paper, the relationship between knowledge creation and technology innovation is discussed by introducing the organizational control variable during different development stages of enterprises; the main contribution of knowledge creation to technology innovation and the regulating function of organizational control are analyzed. An empirical study is presented by using factor analysis, correlation analysis and optimal scale regression method to analyze the sample data collected from 950 Tech-typed SME. It can be shown that knowledge creation is beneficial to technology innovation in the startup and growth stage of enterprises; while contract control plays a significant regulating role during both development stages, the positive regulating role of trust control is only significant in the growth-stage enterprises, but not significant in startup stage enterprises. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A study on the effect of knowledge value andenterprise power on knowledge transfer Liu Li, Dang Xinghua 2015, 36(12): 39-46.  Abstract ( 920 )   On the basis of the resource dependence theory and the strategic contingencies theory, this paper constructed the theoretical model of the relationship between knowledgevalue, enterprise power and knowledge transfer in the innovation cooperation network. Based on the data collected from Xi'an information technology industry, we used the Quadratic Assignment Procedure (QAP) multiple regression method to test hypotheses. The value of enterprise's knowledge was divided into such three dimensions as knowledge criticality, knowledge non-substitutability and knowledge centrality. The results showed that knowledge criticality and knowledge non-substitutability positively correlated with enterprise power, but knowledge centrality did not correlate with enterprise power; the mediating effect of enterprise power on the relationship between knowledge criticality and knowledge transfer; the mediating effect of enterprise power on the relationship between knowledge non-substitutability and knowledge transfer; But the mediating effect of enterprise power did not act on the relationship between knowledge centrality and knowledge transfer. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Accelerating support,market dynamics and radical innovation of gazelle companies Hu Haiqing, Li Hao 2015, 36(12): 47-55.  Abstract ( 1016 )   This paper tests the effects of two types of accelerating support(i.e.technical and business) on radical innovation of gazelle companies under two types of market dynamics(i.e. technological turbulence and competitive intensity), while illustrating with graphics and analyzing the interaction between accelerating support and market dynamics, by introducing market dynamics as an adjustment variable, based on the investigation of the logic between accelerating support and radical innovation. The empirical results of 287 enterprises show that technical and business support both stimulates radical innovation of gazelle companies. Further, technological turbulence and competitive intensity have directly opposite regulating effect. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The effect of OFDI reverse technology spillover effect on technology progress in China Li Yan, Li Yingbo 2015, 36(12): 56-64.  Abstract ( 893 )   The stock of outward foreign direct investment(OFDI)from China surged after 2008.One main reason for this phenomenon is to obtain knowledge transfer from the host countries in order to improve the technology level of China. Using 32 aspects of 81 countries from 7 economic entities in the period from 2004 to 2011,and based on the corrected reverse knowledge spillover model, this paper first calculates the amount of knowledge transfer from each economic entity, and then analyzes the relationship between OFDI and FDI in promoting the technological progress in China based on the threshold model. What's more, specific empirical analysis for each economy is made based on 2SLS model. Finally, specific policy proposals are given. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The impact of organizational innovation on the performance of product imitation and innovation Wang Fang, Zhao Lanxiang, JiaJia 2015, 36(12): 65-74.  Abstract ( 1056 )   In view of the importance of organizational innovation in improving firm performance, this paper explores the impact of organizational innovation on product imitation and product innovation for Chinese manufacturing firms using the multinomial treatment effect model (MTE). Latent transition analysis (LCA) is firstly adopted to investigate the classification of organizational innovation and its characteristics. The results demonstrate a 5-class mode of organizational innovation from low level to high level for sample firms. Middle to high level of organizational innovation (Type Ⅲ and Ⅳ) has significant impact on the intensity of product imitation, implying that knowledge innovation and R&D investment play an important role in facilitating product imitation. Only the highest level of organizational innovation (Type Ⅴ) shows a significant effect on the intensity of product innovation, demonstrating that the transition from imitation to product innovation requires a comprehensive improvement in organizational innovation. Hence, policies designed to stimulate indigenous innovation should address not only technological innovation per se, but also the comprehensive innovation. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The effects of ethical leadership on knowledge worker's justice perception and satisfaction Jin Yanghua, Xie Yaoyao 2015, 36(12): 75-82.  Abstract ( 959 )   Previous study on ethical leadership emphasized the internal effects, but neglected their social effects. This study analyzed the influence of ethical leadership on knowledge worker's social justice perception and life well-being, and tested the mediating effects of organizational justice perception and job satisfaction. The data were collected from 310 knowledge workers. The results of hierarchical linear regression and SEM indicated that, ethical leadership had significant positive effects on both knowledge worker's social justice perception and life well-being. Organizational justice perception and job satisfaction would moderate the above relationship. Implications for future study were also discussed. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A cross-level research on the impact of organizational innovative climate and knowledge sharing on employee innovative behavior Cao Keyan, Dou Zhiming 2015, 36(12): 83-91.  Abstract ( 1356 )   How to stimulate employees' creativity has been one of the hottest topics of current organizational behavior and innovation management. With organizational innovative climate as an explanatory variable and knowledge sharing level as a mediating variable, this paper tries to build up a cross-level concept model. With the hierarchical linear model, this paper carries out a cross-level analysis on the data of a survey on 352 employees from 34 high-tech enterprises in Pearl River Delta Region. The results indicate that organizational innovative climate has positive and direct influence on individual innovative behavior, and knowledge sharing is a partial cross-level mediator between organizational innovative climate and employee innovative behavior. These findings give us a better understanding of the relationship between organizational innovative climate and employee innovative behavior. The application of these findings can be of some help and guidance for hi-tech companies in stimulating employee creativity. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A research on construction of the port supply and demand matching index system Zhao Guangtian, Wang Keyi, Yu Fangping 2015, 36(12): 92-102.  Abstract ( 922 )   The port supply and demand matching and the evaluation index system is directly related to the efficiency of port operation level, and it is the core problem which draws the attention of the port management and operation departments. This paper studies the construction of port supply and demand matching index system. The key innovations include:firstly, the port supply and demand matching factors is proposed, and the port supply and demand matching index system is selected; secondly, the port supply and demand matching index system has been optimized with the correlation -principal component analysis method. By collecting the annual data of Shanghai port 2000-2013 and using correlation analysis, the index with correlation coefficient greater than 0.8 is removed, and the number of supply index and demand index were retained by 44% and 33.3% respectively in the first optimization. Using the principal component analysis method, a second optimization was made to the first-optimized indices, showing that the supply and demand indices after screening were 25% and 24% respectively, and they were able to reflect more than 90% of the first-optimized index information. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Authentic leadership, positive atmosphere and subordinate creativity Hao Meng, Cheng Zhichao 2015, 36(12): 103-109.  Abstract ( 1595 )   Previous studies on the relationship between authentic leadership and creativity were lack of explorations with positive atmosphere as a medium. In this study, 69 team leaders and 335 team members from Chinese local enterprises were taken as a sample, and an empirical study was conducted to test the impact of authentic leadership to the subordinates' creativity. The results showed the authentic leadership has a positive effect on team trust and psychological safety atmosphere, and through the two mediating variables, it has a positive influence on the individual knowledge sharing behavior and creativity, and knowledge sharing has a significant effect on the creativity. Therefore, in order to improve the creativity of employees, leaders not only need to shape their own authentic leadership style, but also need to build a team atmosphere based on trust and psychological safety. This paper has a significant enlightenment to the leadership behavior theory and leadership practice. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A research on trust integration of online and offline retailer brands Xie Qinghong, Tang Thuong Phat, Fu Xiaorong, Li Yanhui 2015, 36(12): 110-119.  Abstract ( 892 )   Online and offline trust integration is not only an important theoretical issue, but also a problem that needs to be addressed urgently. In this study, we investigate the consumer trust integration of Suning Appliance and explore the impact of consumer's perception of online store on the overall level of trust in the retailer brand. A theoretical model is built to analyze the impact of various factors such as offline trust, structural assurance, flow experience and perceptual consistency on online and offline trust integration. We find that the consumer trust in offline stores has significant impact on the overall level of trust in brand and the magnitudes of these effects vary depending on the level of offline trust. For consumers with lower trust in offline stores, the structural assurance of consumer's perception of online store and flow experience has a significant impact on the trust integration. For consumers with higher trust in offline stores, the perceptual consistency has more significant impact on the trust integration. This study also provides managerial insights for improving consumer trust in retailers. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Price regulation, medicare payment policy and pharmaceutical firm's innovation incentives Zhang Xinnxin, Hou Wenhua, Shen Chenglin 2015, 36(12): 120-128.  Abstract ( 1077 )   This paper studies collaborative decisions on innovation investment and pricing of a pharmaceutical firm in a complete competitive market, considering price regulation and medicare policy simultaneously. We explore interactions between price regulation and medicare payment on the firm's innovation investment and pricing mechanisms. The results are as follows:first, new medicine's pricing mechanisms are determined by the ceiling price and the medicare policy jointly, especially the price of the new medicine is not able to indicate its innovation level if the medicare payment is low; second, lowering the medicare payment appropriately will reduce the firm's opportunistic behavior in innovation; third, impacts of price regulation on pharmaceutical firm's innovation investment are influenced by the medicare policy and firm's own innovation ability collectively; and finally, price regulation does not necessarily result in innovation underinvestment and it might correct the distortion of innovation investment allocation and enhance innovation investment of the pharmaceutical firm with medium innovation ability if the medicare payment is high. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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A research on the design of a facilitated group decision-making process for top management team of enterprises Cheng Xusen, Li Jing, Yin Guopeng 2015, 36(12): 129-137.  Abstract ( 933 )   An effective, efficient and collaborative decision-making process for top management team (TMT) is crucial for the business. Facilitated collaboration research will help solve those issues. This paper has introduced the collaboration engineering theories and methods, and has applied design science research method. This paper has designed a collaboration process for Chinese TMT team. A Chinese IT company has been selected as the subject of an experimental case study. Experiments have been conducted and interviews have been used to collect data and investigate the relationship between different influencing factors. The findings show that the designed process can help TMT members make decisions, improve productivity, build consensus and make prediction. In conclusion, the designed process helps and supports the collaboration and decision-making. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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An empirical study of the quantification of subsidy quota for science and technology planning projects Huang Huiling 2015, 36(12): 146-154.  Abstract ( 872 )   A research on the quantification of subsidy quota for sci-tech planning project is carried out in this paper,because in the management system there was fewer criteria to quantify scientifically and reasonably the subsidy quota of sci-tech planning projects. In the research, the SMART Method and Delphi Method are applied, various fuzzy mathematics methods such as Outlier Correction, Normalization, Empowerment Statistics, Result Adjustment and so on are also utilized to construct a subsidy quota quantification model of sci-tech planning project, and an empirical study is implemented. The proposed model of this research can quantify the subsidy amount of sci-tech planning project. By use of adjusting method, a balance can be obtained between the finance fund value of investment budget for sci-tech innovation research development and the subsidy amount of established project, in the meantime the funding guide on sci-tech innovation research-development fund and the sci-tech planning set by sci-tech management department can be embodied. The research achievement has already been adopted by the sci-tech management department, which can get rid sci-tech planning management staff of the puzzle caused by short of scientific quantification criterion in the fund allocation, and promote transformation of management mode of sci-tech innovation research-development fund from excessive dependency on subjective judgment to scientific and normative decision-making, and effectively improve the scientificity, normalization, and macroscopic controllability of the sci-tech planning management, thus it is a concrete practice of current sci-tech planning management reform. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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Synergistic acquisition of knowledge units based on the group argumentation theory Chen Xuelong, Xiao Wenhui 2015, 36(12): 155-163.  Abstract ( 900 )   To realize the synergistic acquisition of knowledge units in the web2.0 environment, this paper discusses the knowledge unit representation in the web2.0 environment. On the basis of this, the group argumentation task is established by taking the attributes of a knowledge unit as its main body. By use of the consensus state model of group argumentation, the fusion of different knowledge unit versions derived from the knowledge unit is achieved, and then the synergistic acquisition of knowledge units is realized. The results show that taking knowledge units as the structured representation of knowledge is helpful to knowledge sharing, diffusion and problem solving support in the web2.0 environment; the quantitative and operable synergistic acquisition of knowledge units method proposed based on the group argumentation theory is beneficial to computer-aided synergistic knowledge acquisition in the web2.0 environment; applying the group argumentation theory in synergistic acquisition of knowledge units in the web2.0 environment contributes to group members expressing their views more conveniently and independently compared with the traditional group argumentation, which makes the acquired knowledge be more objective and comprehensive, and thus extends the application of the group argumentation theory to a certain extent. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The evaluation of the promotion efficiency from industrialization to informatization using BP-VRM Zhu Fangwei, Ma Yue 2015, 36(12): 164-171.  Abstract ( 876 )   Firstly, this paper defines promotion efficiency from Industrialization to Informatization before builds the total-factor evaluation indices for promotion efficiency. Then proposes a new model——BP-VRM model, which combines the advantage of VRM in dealing with negative data and the non-linear and adaptivity characteristic of BP neural network. Then the new model is applied to analyze promotion efficiencies of 30 provinces from 2003 to 2011. The main conclusions are:firstly, the average value of the promotion efficiency in western region is larger than middle region and eastern region, followed by eastern region; and secondly, the gap of promotion efficiency among provinces is becoming narrower and narrower. References | Related Articles | Metrics

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The research on the relationship between talent agglomeration and industrial agglomeration in China Cao Weilin, Yao Jingjing, Yu Lingling, Liu Zhiying 2015, 36(12): 172-179.  Abstract ( 927 )   The relationship between talent agglomeration and industrial agglomeration has been an important proposition and strived to conform by the industry economics and human capital theory. This paper first introduces the location quotient theory into the research, using nearly a decade panel data of 31 provinces and cities, and measures the level of talent agglomeration and three industrial agglomerations respectively. In the preliminary analysis of the correlation between talent agglomeration and three industrial agglomerations, the article uses the panel unit root test, panel cointegration test and Granger causality test to further study the relationship and finally gives three enlightenments. References | Related Articles | Metrics