The Roles of Supply Chain Intelligence and Adaptability in New Product Launch Success

Many new product introductions continue to be unsuccessful, and while researchers have studied product development processes, relatively few studies directly address new product launch. We do so in the present research and posit that supply chain intelligence, defined as technological and competitive knowledge sourced and integrated from suppliers, customers, and competitors, plays an important role in explaining new product launch success. We further employ the knowledge‐based view to theorize that both supply chain adaptability and product innovation capability act as important mediators of the effects of supply chain intelligence on new product launch success and firm financial performance. While the former capability refers to a firm's ability to quickly adjust its supply chain to react to market and product design changes, the latter refers to the firm's proficiency in developing innovative new products. We test hypothesized relationships among these factors utilizing data collected in a survey of 229 U.S. manufacturing firms. Results point to the central role of supply chain adaptability in capturing the benefits of supplier technological intelligence for enhanced product innovation capability, new product launch success, and firm financial performance. In contrast, product innovation capability serves as the generative means by which customer and competitor intelligence is translated into more successful new product launches, which, in turn, produce superior firm financial performance. Overall, these findings contribute to a better understanding of factors that can explain why certain product launches are more successful than others, and offer practical insights for appropriate investments in the development of related knowledge resources.     

美资银行营销策略初探

指出我国加入世贸后 ,外资银行的大量进入 ,无疑使银行业面临极大的挑战 ,因此 ,探究外资银行在华的营销策略 ,当能使我国银行业知己知彼 ,以积极的方式求得生存、发展的出路 ,这是至关重要的。通过中美银行的比较分析阐明了美资银行的竞争优势 ,以及我国商业银行所面临的挑战 ,并提出了我国商业银行在近 5年内应采取的对策     

国有及国有控股企业集团的发展与作用

一文回顾了我国国有企业的发展历程。以及在不同历史阶段的作用,发展规律和目前的发展状况。文章认为,国有企业虽然在数量上和经济效益上有所下降,但仍起着国民经济支柱的作用。因此,国有企业应该把握机遇.尽快缩小与国际大企业之间的差距。     

Developing Entrepreneurship in Social Work Through International Education. Reflections on a European Intensive Programme

This paper addresses the issue of introducing training on entrepreneurial skills in social work education and illustrates the opportunities offered for doing so by international courses. It presents a critical reflection on the concept of entrepreneurship in social work based on the case of a European Intensive Programme within the Erasmus scheme. It explores the potential of using active experiential learning methods in an international environment and of creating a situation where participants are confronted with ‘real world’ problems so that they can develop entrepreneurial skills. The paper argues that experiences of this kind provide new stimuli and contribute substantially to developing an entrepreneurial mentality, by which is meant innovative and proactive attitudes as well as skills to develop the resources with which to face social problems in an adverse context.     

Three Voices: Reflections on Homophobia and Heterosexism in Social Work Education

This article reviews recent developments in interprofessional learning in health and social care with a view to identifying the strengths and weaknesses of current initiatives in this area. As the emphasis increases on interprofessional working as a central pillar of intervention across the social work and health professions, corresponding moves have been made to incorporate parallel learning objectives in curriculum guidance issued by accrediting bodies such as the General Social Care Council and the General Medical Council. It is important, however, not to take the assumed benefits of this development as a ‘given’, or to oversimplify the task of turning high‐level aspirations into practically achievable and pedagogically effective learning experiences. This article therefore gives an account of one attempt to deliver realistic and worthwhile practice‐based interprofessional learning opportunities. The development, implementation and evaluation phases of this initiative are considered in order to draw out the key messages as to the strengths and potential shortcomings of this model, and the positive messages for good practice we believe we can offer.     

社会养老服务机构的法律规制

我国养老服务机构存在分类混乱、资金匮乏、管理体系不明、人员缺乏、风险巨大等发展困境,迫切需要法律规制和引导。新修订的《老年人权益保障法》针对上述问题对社会养老服务机构作出了相应规范,但在社会养老服务机构的称谓、分类、监管和法律责任方面仍略显不足。可以考虑在《老年人权益保障法》中对社会养老服务机构的界定、分类标准、准入、管理等作系统规定,并完善相应配套法规。     

论能力为本的社会工作教育模式构建

社会工作职业化进程的推进对社会工作人才培养提出了新的要求。社会工作专业的实践性和应用性使得社会工作专业教育更加注重大学生能力培养。为了实现这一目标，必须在教育环节构建能力为本的社会工作教育模式。如何构建这一模式，使之真正达到社会工作专业的培养目标，笔者进行了相关的讨论。     

科技型中小企业的自主创新与制度供求

通过采用文献分析等方法探讨科技型中小企业的自主创新与制度供求.认为自主技术创新的主体是企业,然而,政策层面上的制度供给往往是大企业而非中小企业.科技进步主导了企业的分化和演变,推动了科技型中小企业的产生与发展,科技型中小企业比大企业更具有自主技术创新的能动性.制度供给远大于技术创新,科技型中小企业自主创新的外部性制度供给远大于其内生性的自主创新.     

A modelling approach for production costing and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes

It is shown how production management constraints can be taken into account as early as the design stage of the product. It is then shown that the indication of physical and economic performances is a means to obtain integration and to continually improve the manufacturing processes. To perform continuous and efficient evaluation of physical and economic performances, the concept of activity is introduced, now acknowledged as a basic concept of cost management systems. A modelling approach is then proposed to allow each member of the design team, in a concurrent engineering context, to perform activity based modelling and estimations with simulation. After describing the set of possible situations in which this approach can be used, an application case is presented concerning a French firm, and the advantages and disadvantages of the approach are discussed.     

谈杰克·伦敦北方小说创作动因

本文试图用历史唯物主义的观点,从全新的视角对杰克·伦敦的北方系列小说的创作动因作深入细致的探究,分析导致他热衷于以荒野雪原作为小说背景的内部原因和外部原因,并从中引出若干教训.