Managing the interface between public sector applied research and technological development in the Chinese enterprise sector

China's technological capabilities are emerging rapidly and the country will become a major challenger to established nations in terms of R&D and innovation in the near future. For the moment, however, contradictory signals emerge from the Chinese economy leaving experts pondering about the country's true potential for technological upgrading on a broad scale. The integration of the domestic research system, international technology transfer, and technological development remains limited to a few high-tech companies, while large segments of the domestic private sector have limited access to knowledge and technologies to upgrade their activities. --China,Guangdong,interface,knowledge supply,knowledge demand,regional innovation system,science-industry relations

A Resource Based View of the Information Systems Sourcing Mode

This paper studies the relationships between the choice of a sourcing mode for information systems, the value of the resources used in systems development activities and the presence of those resources at sufficient level within the firm. The objective is to better understand the factors underlying the decision to keep the development of an information system inside the firm or to entrust it to an outside partner. A sourcing model is proposed using the resource-based theory. Two case studies drawn from a larger study are used to illustrate the concepts used in the research model. Data from these two projects illustrate how the model could be used to predict the sourcing mode retained by the managers for each project, given the availability of the necessary resources and the strategic value of the future system. Cette recherche tente de mesurer le lien entre le mode de gestion d'une activité (gestion interne ou impartition) et la valeur de l'activité d'une part, et la présence des ressources requises dans l'entreprise d'autre part. L'objectif est de mieux comprendre les facteurs sous-jacents à une décision d'internalisation ou d'impartition d'une activité. Deux cas sont présentés. Ces cas traitent de développement de systèmes informatiques. Ils permettent d'illustrer le pouvoir explicatif du modèle. Les données illustrent bien comment le modèle proposé peut être utilisé pour prédire le mode de gestion approprié d'une activité de développement de systèmes informatique.Resource-based theory, software development, outsourcing, management of software development projects, Théorie fondée sur les compétences, développement de logiciels, impartition, gestion de projets de développement de systèmes

Diffusion Dynamics of Open-Source Software in the Presence of Upgrades: An Agent-Based Computational Economics (ACE) Approach

Researchers have identified numerous factors that impact the diffusion of open source software (OSS). This paper proposes an integrated model that studies how key factors affect the diffusion dynamics of OSS. Specifically, we investigate the role of software upgrade cycle in the diffusion of OSS. We also incorporate factors such as variability in OSS support costs, interoperability issues and network structure that have not been systematically studied in prior OSS research. Our results demonstrate interesting effects of these factors on diffusion dynamics of OSS. Variability of OSS support costs, length of upgrade cycle and interoperability costs are identified as major determinants of OSS diffusion. The results illustrate that a proprietary software (PS) vendor should consider several other strategic variables besides price such as interoperability costs and upgrade cycle that affect OSS diffusion. The proposed model can be used as a building block to model competitive dynamics in software markets

Integrated Management for Innovation of Sequential Products with Network Externalities：Launching and Diffusion

网络经济环境下，软件厂商连续分阶段地推出品质水平上有差异、功能特性上具有继承性的序列产品，以保持稳定的市场份额。在此背景下，从产品创新集成管理的角度对具有网络外部性的序列产品的投放时间和扩散过程进行研究，无论是在理论上还是实践上都具有重要意义。 本文的主要内容包括产品创新的集成管理框架、升级产品的最佳投放时间和序列产品的扩散等三个方面。第一部分内容是论文研究的基础和出发点，系统阐释集成管理的内涵和意义，为本文的研究奠定逻辑基础。第二部分以生物种群竞争模型为基础，建立原始产品与升级产品共存时的市场扩散模型，并对其数值解进行分析，以分析升级产品的最佳投放时间。第三部分则转换视角，深入到消费群体网...Multi-product monopolist has been taking actions to maintain market share in network economics by launching sequential products with divergence in quality, inheritability in function and time phased in time. Under such circumstances the study on launching time and diffusion for sequential products with network externalities from the point of innovation management based on integrated is of great si...学位：管理学硕士院系专业：管理学院管理科学系_☆管理科学与工程学号：1772007115072

From new to the firm to new to the world. Effect of geographical proximity and technological capabilities on the degree of novelty in emerging economies

This paper investigates empirically what it takes for a firm to move from new to the firm to new to the domestic market and new to the world innovations. More specifically, the paper analyses the relationship between, on the one hand, the degree of novelty of product innovation and on the other hand the accumulation of technological capabilities at firm level as well as the geographical spread of the innovation activities of the firm. The analysis is based on a unique firm level data collected in Pune(India) and Beijing (China) in 2008. The paper shows that the role of the region supporting the move from new to the firm to new to the world is limited. In order to achieve a higher degree of innovation global networks are more important than local networks.degree of novelty; technological capabilities; technological sourcing; research collaboration; region

Ensuring American Manufacturing Leadership Through Next-Generation Supply Chains

Suppliers now account for 50-70 percent of a typical manufacturer’s final production value. How U.S. manufacturers manage their supply chains has been the key to offshoring production and will be the key to rebuilding a robust manufacturing sector. Traditional purchasing practices, in which buying decisions are based on the lowest unit cost with acceptable quality and delivery, drove much of the shift to Asian suppliers. As Asian capabilities progressed, a more diverse range of products were imported from Asia, mostly China. Some U.S. suppliers responded by building production facilities or contracting production in China, while others, unable to compete, failed. The number of U.S. manufacturing establishments, 292,825 in 2015, has declined by more than 41,000 since 2005. A growing number of U.S. manufacturers, however, have recognized that this model of supply chain management does not provide a sustainable competitive advantage. If their products are made in the same factories as those of their competitors, product differentiation too often has become superficial. Regaining a competitive edge requires a different approach to managing suppliers, one in which the total supply chain is managed to maximize value. Suppliers are treated as partners, contributing design and engineering ideas. Manufacturing capacity, production planning, and delivery schedules are closely coordinated. Rather than a strict focus on low unit price, broader considerations of cost, flexibility, consistency, and risk minimization—collectively known as Total Cost of Ownership—drives purchasing decisions, at least for high-value parts and components. Many specific tools and techniques for building strong supplier partnerships have been created, and could be more widely used with appropriate training and information sharing.National Science Foundation, Grant No. 1552534https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/145153/1/SupplyChainReport_Digital_FINAL_reduced.pdfDescription of SupplyChainReport_Digital_FINAL_reduced.pdf : Repor

A Region-based Business Ecosystem for Industrial Upgrading: Evidence from the Electronics Industry of Shenzhen

This dissertation explores the underlying mechanisms for the upgrading process of the electronics industry in Shenzhen. Industrial upgrading has been an international phenomenon since the globalisation of manufacturing in the late 1970s but to date no comprehensive framework has been proposed for the industrial upgrading in a region. In recent decades, the trend of manufacturing regionalisation and growing uncertainties associated with electronics products in the global market have driven regions that specialise in electronics manufacturing, such as the Chinese city of Shenzhen, to continuously adjust its industrial systems. Such adjustments are mainly based on the evolving business ecosystem they inhabit, which comprises region-specific resources that can be flexibly leveraged by players such as local firms and the government. To elucidate the interactive mechanisms among actors that facilitate industrial upgrading within the regional business ecosystem, this research integrates and extends the existing literature on industrial upgrading from global and local perspectives and applies a business ecosystem framework to address the main research question and sub-questions: How does a region act as a business ecosystem to facilitate the upgrading of a region- specific industry? 1. What is the evolutionary pattern of a regional resource pool? 2. How to understand the upgrading of a region-specific industry? 3. How does a regional resource pool interact with regional industrial systems to facilitate industrial upgrading? In order to answer these questions, a qualitative study on the Shenzhen-based business ecosystem with two streams of embedded cases – electronics companies that have experienced upgrading in Shenzhen and milestone events in Shenzhen’s industrial development – was conducted following an inductive approach. After detailed individual and cross-case analyses, the research revealed three main findings. Firstly, the evolution of the regional resource pool is driven by both milestone events throughout the industrial development of the region and local firms’ feedback impacts. Secondly, the regional industrial upgrading is an iterative and dynamic process and should be interpreted by adding the regional dimension. At the regional level, there co-exist established industrial systems transformation and new industrial systems emergence throughout the upgrading journey of a region-specific industry. Thirdly, the underlying mechanisms for regional industrial upgrading are enabled by the region-based business ecosystem. A total of eight interactive mechanisms between the regional resource pool and regional industrial systems – four transformation impacts from the resource pool on the industrial system and four feedback impacts from the industrial system on the resource pool – result in an iterative and dynamic co-evolution model that defines the region-based business ecosystem. Theoretically, these findings fill the current scholarly neglect of the fact that a region as a whole can function as a business ecosystem to enhance long-term regional growth through industrial upgrading. In addition to these three main theoretical findings, this PhD research project has a number of practical implications. A mapping tool can be developed for firms or regional governments to use in decision making for industrial development. In addition to the tool development, firms and local government should collaborate following an ecosystem logic to enhance resource strengthening and creation, so as to sustain the regional industrial upgrading. In summary, this dissertation contributes to industrial systems and business ecosystem literatures in its re-conceptualisation of region-based business ecosystems. By introducing the regional dimension into the research of industrial upgrading, the integrative region-based business ecosystem model enriches our understanding of the co-evolution between the industrial systems and resources in a developing region