Research on the Relationship Among Dual Open Innovation, Social Ties and New Product Market Performance

With the increasing competition in the market and the reduction of product lifecycle, “open innovation” has become the dominant approach for increasing a company’s new product market performance. Social ties are the important external social capital of enterprises, which play key roles for enterprises maintaining advantages in the fierce competition environment. Under dual open innovation model, enterprises’ network mainly involves business ties, government ties and university ties. Based on social capital theory, this article discusses the mediating mechanism of university ties, government ties, business ties in the process of dual open innovation influence new product market performance. We initially selected a random sample of 400 firms from 18 cities in East and Mid-China from a registration list of the local industrial and commercial bureau. In total, we had 270 valid questionnaires. Results show that both inbound and outbound open innovation openness have positive effect on business ties, government ties and university ties. Business ties and university ties have significant positive effect on new product market performance. Through the test of mediating effect, we found that the influence of inbound open innovation openness on new product market performance need to be played through business ties and university ties, the influence of outbound open innovation openness on new product market performance need to be played through business ties. Keywords: open innovation; business ties; government ties; university ties; new product market performanc

The Role of Entrepreneurial Passion and Creativity in Entrepreneurial Intention: A Hierarchical Analysis of the Moderating Effect of Entrepreneurial Support Programs

Based on the MOA (Motivation - Opportunity - Ability) model framework, a hierarchical model is built and the application of the self-efficacy theory is discussed in relation entrepreneurial passion, creativity and entrepreneurial intention in Chinese university graduate students. The results of questionnaire surveys from 1057 students and 238 members of the faculty show that entrepreneurial passion and creativity positively influence entrepreneurial intention, and that entrepreneurial self-efficacy partly mediates the above relationship. The questionnaire results also reveal that entrepreneurial support programs positively moderate the relationship between entrepreneurial passion and entrepreneurial self-efficacy but negatively moderate the relationship between creativity and entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Based on empirical research, this paper provides a way forward to improving entrepreneurial intention for graduate students. Keywords: Entrepreneurial intention, Entrepreneurial passion, Creativity, Entrepreneurial support programs, Entrepreneurial self-efficac

Research on “STI +” Model in College Entrepreneurship Education

The current state attaches great importance to college entrepreneurship education, but entrepreneurship education should combine with college students’ professional learning. Different professional learning backgrounds have commonalities in entrepreneurship education, there may be differences, too. Various professional knowledge background and professional characteristics make different students possess diverse knowledge structure and skill resource, so the key factors needed in the entrepreneurship process may be different. This article proposes “STI+” model, the so-called STI refers to professional learning and can be divided into social science, technical science and natural science. The “STI+” model is based on various profession to carry out entrepreneurship education. Based on this, we separate “STI+” model into three types and select representative universities to do analysis and research, then sum up how schools of diverse professional background develop entrepreneurship education. Keywords: Social science, Technical science, Natural science, “STI+” entrepreneurship educatio

Social Media Usage, Self-efficacy and Cultural Intelligence: A Longitudinal Empirical Research in China

Social media have become ubiquitous in our lives. To meet with the calls to examine social media usage in cross-cultural contexts, the study conducted a longitudinal survey to explore bilateral relationships between social media usage, self-efficacy and cultural intelligence. Based on Social Cognitive Theory, findings indicate that both informational and socializing usage of social media increase individual’s self-efficacy whereby individual cultural intelligence is developed. In addition, cultural intelligence effectively enhances increasing of individual’s self-efficacy. Implications and limitations are further discussed

Leveraging Work-Related Stressors for Employee Innovation: The Moderating Role of Enterprise Social Networking Use

Enterprise social networking (ESN) techniques have been widely adopted by firms to provide a platform for public communication among employees. This study investigates how the relationships between stressors (i.e., challenge and hindrance stressors) and employee innovation are moderated by task-oriented and relationship-oriented ESN use. Since challenge-hindrance stressors and employee innovation are individual-level variables and task-oriented ESN use and relationship-oriented ESN use are team-level variables, we thus use hierarchical linear model to test this cross-level model. The results of a survey of 191 employees in 50 groups indicate that two ESN use types differentially moderate the relationship between stressors and employee innovation. Specifically, task-oriented ESN use positively moderates the effects of the two stressors on employee innovation, while relationship-oriented ESN use negatively moderates the relationship between the two stressors and employee innovation. In addition, we find that challenge stressors significantly improve employee innovation. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed

The Comparative Study of Entrepreneurship Education Collaborative Model in United States, Britain, Japan and India

The process of entrepreneurship education is complex and its connotation is rich. The characteristics of entrepreneurial education determines the entrepreneurship education must be a process of collaborative education of multiple education body. The practice of foreign entrepreneurship education provides a sufficient proof that high degree of collaborative can promote entrepreneurship education better. Based on the theory of collaborative education, this paper constructs the collaborative model of entrepreneurship education, selected and analysis the different collaborative education model the United States, Britain, Japan, India. Keywords: Entrepreneurship education; collaborative model; comparative stud

The Impact of Management Style on the Intention to Share knowledge in China

Knowledge management (KM) is a dominant theme in the behaviour of contemporary organisations. While KM has been extensively studied in developed economies, it is much less well understood in developing economies, notably those that are characterised by different social and cultural traditions to the mainstream of Western societies. This is notably the case in China. In this paper, we develop and test a theoretical model that explains the impact of management style and interpersonal trust on the intention of information and knowledge workers in China to share their knowledge with their peers. All but one of the hypotheses are supported, with 28.7% of the variance in employees’ intention to share knowledge explained. We discuss the theoretical contributions of the paper, identify future research opportunities, and highlight the implications for practicing managers

A Contingent View of the Internet-Enabled Supply Chain Integration and Firm Performance

Building on multiple theoretical perspectives, we examined how organizational culture moderates the association of different dimensions of Internet-enabled Supply Chain Integration (i.e., online information integration and operational coordination) and firm performance (i.e., customer service and financial performance). We tested hypotheses using survey data from senior executives in China. Our findings reveal that an internally focused culture weakens the effects of online information integration on customer service performance, whereas it strengthens the influences of online operational coordination. Further, an externally focused culture weakens the effects of online operational coordination on customer service performance too. In addition, the results indicate that customer service can directly improve financial performance, and partially mediate the relationship between online information integration and financial performance. Theoretical contributions and managerial implications of the study are discussed

Adoption of Internet-enabled Supply Chain Integration:Institutional and Cultural Perspectives

Fostering supply chain integration (SCI) via Internet technologies has been widely regarded as a critical factor for firm success. Internet-enabled SCI may help enhance firms’ capabilities in technology, product and market development, and thus allows firms to initiate or adapt to competitive changes in the market. Yet, the decision on Internet-enabled SCI is challenging due to the high uncertainties involved. Research on the antecedents of Internet-enabled SCI is of interest to both researchers and practitioners. Based on the view of upper echelons theory (UET), this research derives a syncretic model for firms’ adoption of Internet-enabled SCI by presenting senior executives’ cognitions as firms’ perceived institutional pressures, and senior executives’ values as firms’ organizational culture. Results from a survey show that institutional pressures and a culture that values organic process have a strong impact on firms\u27 inclination toward Internet- enabled SCI. In addition, we find that institutional pressures and organizational culture have interaction effects on Internet-enabled SCI. Available at: https://aisel.aisnet.org/pajais/vol2/iss4/3