Understanding the emergence of redistributed manufacturing: an ambidexterity perspective

Abstract

This paper extends operations strategy theory on efficiency and flexibility trade-offs to the emergent phenomenon of redistributed manufacturing (RDM). The study adopts a multiple-case design including five small and five large pharmaceutical firms. We propose that organizations can gain the efficiency benefits of centralized manufacturing and the flexibility advantages of RDM by building an ambidexterity capability. To build such a capability, large firms can structurally partition their manufacturing and supply management functions, with one sub-unit managing centralized production and the other RDM. Smaller enterprises can build an ambidexterity capability by creating the right organizational context, where multi-skilled workers switch between efficient and flexible tasks. This paper contributes to theory by explaining the emergence of RDM using an organizational ambidexterity lens, laying the groundwork for new theory development in the field. We provide managers with a practical example of how to build an ambidexterity capability to realize flexibility and efficiency advantages.     

Bayesian robustness for multiparameter problems

Bayesian robustness is studied for ε-contamination classes of prior distributions. Nonparametric classes of contsminations such as the class of all unimodal spherically symmetric densities are considered here. Posterior φ-divergence and its curvature are used to measure the sensitivity of priors on the resulting posterior densities. Examples are provided to illustrate our results.     

我的“新国际人本主义的哲学观”

在以往的研究中,作者不厌其烦地申明,马克思的哲学学说不是"唯物主义"哲学,而是一种"新人本主义"哲学,是马克思自谓的"实践的人道主义"或"完成了的自然·人道主义".时下,作者仍坚持这一观点,并进一步内化为其"以人为本"的"国际人道主义"哲学观.作者还对同仁的批评作了回复.     

对推进贵阳市建设循环经济型生态城市的思考

贵阳市政府作出将贵阳市建成全国首个循环经济生态城市的重大决定,把贵阳市带入一个崭新的发展阶段。贵阳市建设循环经济型生态城市既有优势也有劣势,而政府的积极倡导和扶助,相应法律、法规的建立,投资政策和项目的选择等都是应予关注的问题。     

The Impact of the Therapist's Curiosity on the Treatment Process of Children and Adolescents

Therapists bring their own initiative, interest, and wonder—their professional curiosity—into treatment sessions. Some children and adolescents pull away in reaction to this curiosity, bristling or withdrawing, if only for a moment. This can happen abruptly, even in response to the first hello, but most often it occurs subtly, over the course of treatment. These children and adolescents may be replaying the ruptures in relationships they experienced when they have expressed their own initiative and curiosity to important others in their lives. Therapists need to utilize opportunities to understand the dynamics, explore where the original ruptures may have occurred, and bring the experience into therapeutic focus. Case vignettes illustrate these dynamics.     

《1844年经济学--哲学手稿》的表层理论结构和深层理论的本质内容

<1844年经济学-哲学手稿>(以下简称<手稿>)因采用了从资本主义社会人的异化到共产主义社会人的复归的外在表述方式而留下了人道主义的残痕,但由于马克思当时基本实现了向唯物主义世界观和共产主义立场的转变,所以在<手稿>中运用了新的研究方法,这使<手稿>具有了历史唯物主义的深层理论结构.本文将通过对人道主义和<手稿>内容的具体分析来确证两者之间的本质差别,并进一步探究其中的新的研究方法.     

美籍犹太作家辛格笔下的愚者意蕴

当代美国著名犹太作家艾·巴·辛格以垂死的犹太民族语言意第绪语,创造出了一系列被西方人认为是犹太民族原型的文学典型———愚者形象。文章结合犹太民族的苦难历史和现状、辛格本人在美国的实际境况以及他笔下的愚者受人嘲弄而不被认同的三种情况,深入剖析三种"局外人"的内因,并具体分析了它们的内涵,从而得出结论认为:三种"局外人"都在渴求和平的人道主义。     

以设计为主线、三维为核心的工程图学教学改革--现代工程设计图形学(MEDG)教学研究与实践

工程设计现在已发展到全数字化阶段,能使设计、制造一体化过程得以实现的核心是三维几何模型,二维投影图已不是这一过程所必需的文件.因此,在总结和继承原教改成功经验的基础上,我们对传统的工程图学课程进行改革,突出"三维"和"设计"两个重点,形成了现代工程设计图形学(MEDG)课程体系.     

3DMAX软件的虚拟现实技术的应用

本文介绍了虚拟现实技术的相关概念与3DMAX软件的简介,探讨在实践设计表现中运用3DMAX软件制作虚拟现实场景的方法和步骤。     

Does trust increase willingness to pay higher taxes to help the needy?

The article studies the causal effect of trust on the willingness to pay higher taxes to help the needy in a sample of 29 countries of Eastern and Southern Europe, and the former Soviet Union and Mongolia. It is hypothesized that interpersonal trust leads to a greater willingness to pay taxes to help the needy since (i) trust increases the likelihood of helping strangers; (ii) trust fosters solidarity and cooperation when working to solve common problems in society; and (iii) trust reduces suspicion with respect to the perceived misuse of redistributed money. Three key findings are that the more people trust each other, the more they are ready to support the welfare state; the effect of trust on welfare state support holds even in a contextual environment characterized by rather lower levels of trust and relatively underdeveloped systems of redistribution; and higher individual‐level trust fosters tax morale and helps deter tax evasion.