477 research outputs found
Enhancing supply chain innovation and operational agility through knowledge acquisition from the social media: A microfoundational approach
This paper presents an examination of the interlocks between knowledge acquisition from social media (KAfSM), organizational microfoundation structure and design (OMFSaD), supply chain innovation (SCI), and operational agility (OA). These interlocks were tested on data collected from 172 managers/directors/CEOs of 96 firms operating in nine manufacturing industry sectors in Malaysia. Our findings suggest that OMFSaD plays a key role when interlinked with KAfSM. Furthermore, OMFSaD is significantly associated with SCI and OA, and SCI significantly correlates with OA and partially mediates the relationship between OMFSaD and OA. Our study’s outcomes are consistent with our understanding of IT‐enabled organizational capabilities—thus contributing to dynamic capability theory—and suggest that KAfSM helps to revamp processes, routines, and business operations in frequently changing environments. In this paper, we draw implications for research and practice
Global Networks as a Mode of Balance for Exploratory Innovations in a Late Liberalizing Economy
This article suggests that under weak institutional arrangements, adverse economic conditions, and institutional voids in a late liberalizing economy, local firms that are part of the global value chains of multinational enterprises develop international networks as a balancing strategy to engage in exploratory innovations. We argue that local firms do so in order to counter the negative influences of local institutions on exploratory innovations. Using exploratory in-depth qualitative analysis, we study the suppliers of motorcycle parts in Pakistan that are working with leading Japanese and Chinese motorcycle assemblers. The results suggest that in adverse economic situations local institutional factors can sustain only the development of exploitative innovations. As a balancing strategy, motorcycle part suppliers develop international networks with global Tier 1 suppliers, international trade fairs, and international institutions. This strategy helps circumvent the negative influence of home institutional factors on developing exploratory innovations. Our study highlights the importance of global networks as a balancing strategy for creating exploratory innovations by firms in a late liberalizing economy
Efficacy of phenotypic, PCR and MALDI -ToF identification methods for Campylobacter spp.
This study compared phenotypic and genotypic identification methods of Campylobacter spp. against the polymerase chain reaction
(PCR) in terms of sensitivity, specificity, positive-predictive value and negative-predictive value. Thermophilic Campylobacter
isolates were identified using conventional biochemical tests, specifically hippurate hydrolysis, matrix assisted laser desorption
ionization- time of flight (MALDI-ToF) mass spectrometry and PCR with primers unique to C. jejuni and C. coli. MALDI-ToF was
shown to be superior to biochemical tests for identification of C. coli but equivalent to biochemical tests for C. jejuni.The National Research Foundation
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Moments of the Hadronic Invariant Mass Spectrum in B --> X_c l nu Decays at Belle
We present a measurement of the hadronic invariant mass squared (M^2_X)
spectrum in charmed semileptonic B meson decays B --> X_c l nu based on 140
fb^-1 of Belle data collected near the Y(4S) resonance. We determine the first,
the second central and the second non-central moments of this spectrum for
lepton energy thresholds ranging between 0.7 and 1.9 GeV. Full correlations
between these measurements are evaluated.Comment: published version of the paper (one figure added, minor changes in
the text); 16 pages, 3 figures, 10 table
Entomologic and Virologic Investigation of Chikungunya, Singapore
Data from longitudinal analyses can be useful in the design and implementation of control strategies
Measurement of the gamma gamma -> pi+ pi- and gamma gamma -> K+ K- processes at energies of 2.4 - 4.1 GeV
We have measured pi+pi- and K+K- production in two-photon collisions using
87.7 /fb of data collected with the Belle detector at the asymmetric energy
e+e- collider KEKB. The cross sections are measured to high precision in the
two-photon center-of-mass energy (W) range between 2.4 GeV < W < 4.1 GeV and
angular region |cos theta^{*}| < 0.6. The cross section ratio
sigma(gammagamma->K+K-)/sigma(gammagamma->pi+pi-) is measured to be 0.89 +-
0.04(stat) +- 0.15(syst) in the range of 3.0 GeV < W < 4.1 GeV, where the ratio
is energy independent. We observe a sin^{-4} theta^{*} behavior of the cross
section in the same W range. Production of chi_{c0} and chi_{c2} mesons is
observed in both gammagamma -> pi+pi- and gammagamma -> K+K- modes.Comment: 17 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Phys. Lett. B, errors relative to
the two-photon decay width correcte
Search for tau -> e gamma decay at Belle
We have searched for the lepton-flavor-violating decay tau -> e gamma using a
data sample of 86.7/fb collected with the Belle detector at the KEKB asymmetric
e^+ e^- collider. No evidence for a signal is obtained, and we set an upper
limit for the branching fraction Br(tau -> e gamma) < 3.9 x 10^-7 at the 90%
C.L.Comment: 11 pages, 10 figures, ReVTeX4, eps
Adsorption of mono- and multivalent cat- and anions on DNA molecules
Adsorption of monovalent and multivalent cat- and anions on a deoxyribose
nucleic acid (DNA) molecule from a salt solution is investigated by computer
simulation. The ions are modelled as charged hard spheres, the DNA molecule as
a point charge pattern following the double-helical phosphate strands. The
geometrical shape of the DNA molecules is modelled on different levels ranging
from a simple cylindrical shape to structured models which include the major
and minor grooves between the phosphate strands. The densities of the ions
adsorbed on the phosphate strands, in the major and in the minor grooves are
calculated. First, we find that the adsorption pattern on the DNA surface
depends strongly on its geometrical shape: counterions adsorb preferentially
along the phosphate strands for a cylindrical model shape, but in the minor
groove for a geometrically structured model. Second, we find that an addition
of monovalent salt ions results in an increase of the charge density in the
minor groove while the total charge density of ions adsorbed in the major
groove stays unchanged. The adsorbed ion densities are highly structured along
the minor groove while they are almost smeared along the major groove.
Furthermore, for a fixed amount of added salt, the major groove cationic charge
is independent on the counterion valency. For increasing salt concentration the
major groove is neutralized while the total charge adsorbed in the minor groove
is constant. DNA overcharging is detected for multivalent salt. Simulations for
a larger ion radii, which mimic the effect of the ion hydration, indicate an
increased adsorbtion of cations in the major groove.Comment: 34 pages with 14 figure
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