Cooperative innovation through a talent management pool: A qualitative study on coopetition in healthcare

In recent years, the Dutch healthcare sector has been confronted with increased competition. Not only are financial resources scarce, Dutch hospitals also need to compete with other hospitals in the same geographic area to attract and retain talented employees due to considerable labour shortages. However, four hospitals operating in the same region are cooperating to cope with these shortages by developing a joint Talent Management Pool. ‘Coopetiton’ is a concept used for simultaneous cooperation and competition. In this paper, a case study is performed in order to enhance our understanding of coopetition. Among other things, the findings suggest that perceptions of organizational actors on competition differ and might hinder cooperative innovation with competitors, while perceived shared problems and resource constraints stimulate coopetition. We reflect on the current coopetition literature in light of the research findings, which have implications for future research on this topic.     

突出竞争意识 弘扬三国文化——浅论三国历史文化如何面向当代大众

三国历史是一部竞争的历史,其中关于生存竞争的谋略智慧,已经成为世界性的文化遗产。开发这笔遗产,需要大家共同努力。针对世人生活竞争压力增大的实际,提出引导人们学习研究三国历史文化中的竞争思想,希望借此达到提高人们竞争能力和突破原有功利局限的效果,进而实现对整个三国历史文化的全面把握。     

建立竞争机制是推进我国高等教育发展的必由之路

随着市场经济的发展 ,在高等学校办学上建立一定的竞争机制是必然的。本文认为 ,要在高校建立竞争机制 ,就必须全面推行弹性学分制度 ,推行高等教育评估制度 ,推行教师教学工作考核制度及奖励制度 ,建立以课程为中心的新的管理制度     

学习智障对我国企业竞争力弱化之影响

本文从系统的观点出发 ,运用反馈机制原理 ,对企业竞争优势弱化现象进行了较为系统、深入的分析 ,提出学习智障对企业竞争力的雪崩效应模型和组织学习力的滚雪球效应模型 ,以探索强化企业竞争优势的途径     

以反垄断案为例浅析我国《反垄断法》的实施及其完善

我国《反垄断法》实施三年多来，在市场经济中发挥着不可忽视的作用。但是能否完全在市场经济尤其是网络经济运行中，有效保护正当竞争，规范有序竞争的问题还有许多值得思考的东西。本文结合我国首起垄断重罚案，分析了国家发改委对中国电信和联通两巨头的反垄断调查，提出应尽快出台《反垄断法》实施细则及其亟需完善的几个方面。     

Allocation of resources in asymmetric competitions: How do the weak maintain a chance of winning?

To maintain a chance of occasionally beating a stronger player in a competition waged over several fields, a weaker player should give up on some of the fields and concentrate resources on the remaining ones. But when do weak players actually do this? And which fields do they give up when the fields differ in their likelihood of being assessed? We report an experimental study of resource allocation in which asymmetric pairs of players compete over asymmetric fields. Symmetric players and symmetric fields are used for control. We find that players behave as follows: (1) Average wins are the same in the symmetric and asymmetric fields conditions and correspond to relative player strength. (2) The proportion of fields given up on decreases with a player’s greater relative strength, increases for asymmetric field likelihoods, and increases when competitions are framed in meaningful context; this proportion is related to wins. (3) When field likelihoods are asymmetric, players’ resource allocation is correlated with likelihood. Wins generally increase with that correlation but the relation is different for players of different strength. (4) The proportion of fields given up on and the correlation with likelihood change with experience towards the values corresponding to higher wins.     

The dual-continuum approach: An extension of the contingency theory of strategic conflict management

This article examines the limitations of using a single advocacy-accommodation continuum when depicting organizational stance and movement in conflict situations (Cancel et al., 1997). The authors argue that advocacy and accommodation can vary independently in response to a variety of contingent factors. To comprehensively capture the locations and motions that are possible in organization-public conflicts, a two-continuum approach is proposed. Separate assessment of the effects of contingency variables on advocacy and accommodation can be used to accurately locate organizational stance along advocacy and accommodation continua. Strategic alternatives that cannot be depicted using a single continuum (such as favorable alignment of organization advocacy/public accommodation or unilateral change on the part of one party) can be captured if separate continua are employed. By depicting initial stances and desired directions of movement for both the organization and public, the dual-continuum approach can also provide practical guidance to public relations professionals in selecting strategies for achieving preferred outcomes and evaluating their effectiveness.     

Status and competitive choice

In this paper, we extend the logic of existing sociological theory on status to explain how status processes can inform selection in competitive choice situations. We argue that in the absence of knowledge about the specific abilities of others and assuming a desire to win, when given the opportunity to “pick their battles,” people will draw on overt status differences as a basis for selecting a competitor from a pool of possible competitors. Results from three studies indicate that, as predicted, status differences affect competitor selection, with individuals choosing to compete against those who are relatively lower status based on diffuse characteristics. Moreover, consistent with expectation state theories, results from two studies show that the expectations that people form for their potential competitors based on status differences mediate this relationship. We conclude by discussing the implications of this research.     

产品市场竞争程度对企业融资行为的影响

许多研究表明我国上市公司存在较强的股权融资偏好。国内学者根据代理理论认为股权融资过多的企业未能充分利用财务杠杆而使企业绩效下降,而本文主要从产品市场竞争对资本结构影响这一角度来研究上市公司的融资行为。研究发现,上市公司的股权融资偏好和上市公司治理结构不完善、代理问题严重等体制和政策因素有关,但是,激烈的产品市场竞争也是导致企业采用低财务杠杆的重要原因,而且由于这一原因而导致的财务保守行为是合理的,它是企业为避免财务风险提高产品市场竞争能力而采取的战略行为。     

论当代大学生工程素质的培养

培养我国工科院校学生的工程素质是时代的要求。通过大学生先进图形技能与创新大赛,可以培养学生的创新能力、实践能力,培养学生的团队精神、求真务实的作风和良好的意志品质。在竞赛的组织和培训过程中,要充分做好赛前辅导工作,以大学生先进图形技能与创新大赛为契机,促进培养具有较强工程素质人才目标的实现。