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Knowledge acquisition in supply chain partnerships: The role of power
This is the post-print version of the final paper published in International Journal of Production Economics. The published article is available from the link below. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. Copyright @ 2013 Elsevier B.V.Knowledge is recognised as an important source of competitive advantage and hence there has been increasing academic and practitioner interest in understanding and isolating the factors that contribute to effective knowledge transfer between supply chain actors. The literature identifies power as a salient contributor to the effective operation of a supply chain partnership. However, there is a paucity of empirical research examining how power among actors influences knowledge acquisition and in turn the performance of supply chain partners. The aim of this research is to address this gap by examining the relationship between power, knowledge acquisition and supply chain performance among the supply chain partners of a focal Chinese steel manufacturer. A structured survey was used to collect the necessary data. Two conceptually independent variables – ‘availability of alternatives’ and ‘restraint in the use of power’ – were used to assess actual and realised power, respectively. Controlling for contingencies, we found that the flow of knowledge increased when supply chain actors had limited alternatives and when the more powerful actor exercised restraint in the use of power. Moreover, we found a positive relationship between knowledge acquisition and supply chain performance. This paper enriches the literature by empirically extending our understanding of how power affects knowledge acquisition and performance
Efficient Scheme for Perfect Collective Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Steering
A practical scheme for the demonstration of perfect one-sided
device-independent quantum secret sharing is proposed. The scheme involves a
three-mode optomechanical system in which a pair of independent cavity modes is
driven by short laser pulses and interact with a movable mirror. We demonstrate
that by tuning the laser frequency to the blue (anti-Stokes) sideband of the
average frequency of the cavity modes, the modes become mutually coherent and
then may collectively steer the mirror mode to a perfect
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen state. The scheme is shown to be experimentally
feasible, it is robust against the frequency difference between the modes,
mechanical thermal noise and damping, and coupling strengths of the cavity
modes to the mirror.Comment: 9 pages, 4 figure
Koszul differential graded algebras and BGG correspondence
The concept of Koszul differential graded algebra (Koszul DG algebra) is
introduced. Koszul DG algebras exist extensively, and have nice properties
similar to the classic Koszul algebras. A DG version of the Koszul duality is
proved. When the Koszul DG algebra is AS-regular, the Ext-algebra of
is Frobenius. In this case, similar to the classical BGG correspondence,
there is an equivalence between the stable category of finitely generated left
-modules, and the quotient triangulated category of the full triangulated
subcategory of the derived category of right DG -modules consisting of all
compact DG modules modulo the full triangulated subcategory consisting of all
the right DG modules with finite dimensional cohomology. The classical BGG
correspondence can derived from the DG version.Comment: 29 page
Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox and quantum steering in pulsed optomechanics
We describe how to generate an Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) paradox between
a mesoscopic mechanical oscillator and an optical pulse. We find two types of
paradox, defined by whether it is the oscillator or the pulse that shows the
effect Schrodinger called "steering". Only the oscillator paradox addresses the
question of mesoscopic local reality for a massive system. In that case, EPR's
"elements of reality" are defined for the oscillator, and it is these elements
of reality that are falsified (if quantum mechanics is complete). For this sort
of paradox, we show that a thermal barrier exists, meaning that a threshold
level of pulse-oscillator interaction is required for a given thermal
occupation n_0 of the oscillator. We find there is no equivalent thermal
barrier for the entanglement of the pulse with the oscillator, nor for the EPR
paradox that addresses the local reality of the optical system. Finally, we
examine the possibility of an EPR paradox between two entangled oscillators.
Our work highlights the asymmetrical effect of thermal noise on quantum
nonlocality.Comment: 9 pages, 7 figure
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