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Ecological supply chain is an improvement to traditional supply chain according to ecological thinking. There are four sub-systems in ecological supply chain, i.e. production system, consumption system, social system and environmental system. The formation of ecological supply chain is the interacting result of various factors, which not only include pressures from government, customer and other stakeholders,...
Knowledge management capability means the condition and power which individual and group own in enterprise surrounding the knowledge management domain in knowledge activity system. And it is very important for enterprise to implement knowledge management. Knowledge audit can ensure comprehensive examination for the relative factors of knowledge management capability, such as capability of knowledge...
The chief information officer (CIO) role has evolved from keeper of the infrastructure under the chief financial officer (CFO), to an executive managing the organizationpsilas information base with a seat at the executive table and more recently to becoming the key strategic agent for the organizational use of technology. In the most advanced firms the CIO is the best indicated executive to move to...
In this paper, the concept of ecological supply chain (ESC) and primary design principles of ESC are discussed. And the paper shows that companies can gain economical, social and environmental efficiencies simultaneously from implementing ESC. The organization framework, the operational process, the dynamic durative of virtual enterprise, those are expounded in detail. Evaluation of virtual enterprises...
Managers are always seeking effective policies to encourage employees to share their knowledge with others in an organization. The appropriate organizational incentives are difficult to investigate due to human factors and other institutional complexities affecting sharing behaviors of individuals. Tacit knowledge sharing is most difficult because obstacles stem from aspects such as communication...
Successful project development depends on the ability to integrate external and internal knowledge. The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between knowledge integration and project performance in equipment industry. Therefore, 73 R&D projects of equipment industry in Northeast China are chosen as research samples. A theory model is constructed based on literature review, and...
Human resource flexible management can be adapted to the trend of agiler and more flexible manufacturing. However, there are differences for various manufacturing enterprises to implement flexible management. The paper designs an evaluation indicator system and analytical model according to four flexible aspects (i.e., functional flexibility, work flexibility, compensation flexibility, and structural...
From implementing a closed-loop supply chain, companies can generate more value and profits. However, closed- loop supply chains add complexity to overall supply chain management. It is a feasible way for companies to outsource all or part of logistics to third-party providers. The selection of a proper provider, which suits the needs of the outsourcing company, is not an easy task. The complexity...
The typical project-oriented service organizations conduct dozens of projects and programs every year. A common occurrence in these organizations is many requests from business units with no apparent link to strategy goals. So they often face workforce management and project prioritization issues with a constrained budget and limited human resources. Research and experience indicate that the governance...
One of the core competitive ability of company is regarding the customer management as the center issue. The view that long-term and stable customer is an important invisible asset of company has been commonly accepted by most scholars. This article analyzes the customer value sensation, the factors that influence the customer value and the ones that related to the building up of customer accounting...
Daily build testing has proved to be an effective tool for managing integration problems. Introducing it however requires major changes to the whole development process and organizational culture. In this paper, we tell a tale of two organizations being in the process of introducing daily build practice into their organizations: one successful and one unsuccessful. Our results show that a daily build...
Today inter-organizational information system (IOS) provides supply chains with new opportunities to promote communication efficiency and create competitive advantage. However, IOS adoption is costly and time-consuming. Enterprises that are not well prepared may run a loss from the project. Therefore, the primary concern before IOS installation is at what cost the project is fulfilled to achieve the...
Project management has become more and more popular in the 21st century, and it will surely become an important component and technique of enterprise management. Thus, many companies have recognized management by project as an emerging management model. But because of uncertainties such as project manager and resource, there must be risk for enterprises to manage by mathematics, comprehensively evaluates...
As primary and effective form of tacit knowledge spillover, informal innovation network exerts tremendous effect on development of industrial cluster. This paper took informal innovation network in high-tech industrial cluster as research object, and attempted to identify the influential factors of informal innovation network and relationship between each factor by empirical study with clusters in...
Using data collected from 188 supervisor-subordinate dyads, the present study aimed to explore the predicting effects of conscientiousness and justice perception to organizational citizenship behavior, as well as the moderating effects of justice perception to the relationship between conscientiousness and OCB. Hierarchical regression analysis indicated that both conscientiousness and justice perception...
This paper is based on the framework and proposes an approach of SCM performance measurement via the balanced score card (BSC) in manufacturing industry. The findings of this case study in this paper will benefit companies seeking to create a competitive advantage in the marketplace.
Since the 1920s, budget management has always played a central role irreplaceable in corporate management. After the mid-1980s, the environmental changes that many companies experienced have already shaken the foundation and prerequisites for the operation of traditional budget management, the deficiency of traditional budget management gradually emerges, especially the incoordination between budget...
This paper explores the impact of positive affectivity on organizational identification. Using a sample of 480 employees from Beijing, Guangzhou and Jiangsu, the researchers examined the dynamic relationships among organizational prestige, organizational identification and positive affectivity. Results of structural equation modeling revealed that the hypothesized model with organizational prestige...
Innovation, as an important corporate strategy, is the key activity that contributes to building core competitive advantage. During the process, the organizational learning decides the level of company's gaining innovative knowledge. This paper, based on learning theory and knowledge management theory, explores the relationship between knowledge's transfer, organizational learning and the organizational...
At present although about the relational value's discussion is like a raging fire, the related theories is not actually mature. This article in the foundation of existing theory, from the partner both sides (enterprise) the angle, develops the theory frame of the conjunction of competitive advantage to affect the relational value, and establishes the research model of the competitive advantage in...
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