Innovation and strategy: Does it make a difference! A linear study of micro & SMEs

Innovation is known to be used by some businesses to help them differentiate their trading position within a specific locale. Research has also proven that by adopting a strategy, aims can be achieved and turnover increased. This study will endeavour to use these two key areas to evaluate how, they are used and to what extent they can improve business performance. The study was carried using 145 Micro and SME business, located within the rural county of Lincolnshire. The businesses were taken from specific locations on a random basis which included rural, remote rural and urban settings. Initial findings found that businesses situated within remote areas performed better than those within the other test areas, leading to the conclusion that they use innovation as a strategy to outperform their business rivals.     

IT incidents and business impacts: Validating a framework for continuity management in information systems

Information technology (IT) incidents that make data inaccessible may cause businesses to lose customers, reputation and market position. Previous studies on information management have identified data availability as a key priority, and the literature on disaster recovery and business continuity describes ways of preparing for and avoiding IT incidents. However, no frameworks for information system continuity management (ISCM) have yet been validated. This research draws on a framework for business continuity management, and extends it to the context of information systems. The framework is validated in a survey of IT managers and chief information officers in large private and public organisations operating in Finland. The results suggest that the embeddedness of continuity practices in an organisation has perceived business impacts whereas, in contradiction of previous theory, there is no such direct relation in the case of organisational alertness and preparedness. The theoretical contribution is to validate the ISCM framework statistically. On the practical level, social factors such as committed managers and employees are influential in decreasing negative business impacts. Further research on the embeddedness of continuity practices is called for.     

The relation to time in the family business and in the start-up company: A comparative study

The “relation to time” refers to the way time is apprehended. Despite calls to further integrate the time variable in family business research, studies remain few and do not compare with other organizational forms. This conceptual study highlights the largely antithetical relation to time of family businesses and start-up companies to deduct proposals in terms of governance, investment, innovation and socioemotional wealth. The discussion looks at the positive and negative impacts of these two types of relation to time and suggests that leaders develop the absorptive capacity of their businesses to enrich their practices with approaches proven in other forms of organizations.     

组建企业公关战略系统的探讨与分析

从企业战略管理角度讲,企业采取积极、成熟的公关战略是适应市场竞争的需要,是在我国加入WTO后,国内企业在激烈的国际市场竞争中实现扬长避短、战胜危机的需要。为此,文章从企业战略的高度分析了企业组建公关战略系统的必要性和可能性。在此基础上探讨了这一战略系统的基本结构框架,并引入了公关信息系统和网络公关等新概念。最后,文章还讨论了公关战略的实施与控制。     

信息资源共享时代的企业合作经营─—观念和理论方面的创新

传统的企业经营理论强调竞争。在信息和通讯技术迅速发展以及这些技术在经营管理中得到广泛应用的形势下,一个全球性的电子工商业正在出现,跨企业信息系统等新技术正在对传统的经营管理方式产生深刻的影响,新概念在不断地出现,越来越多的研究表明,在信息资源共享的时代,在更加激烈的全球性竞争背景下,企业可以最大限度地得益于企业之间的合作和协调经营,而不仅仅是单纯的竞争。本文讨论近年来关于企业之间的合作经营理论和实践的有关问题,并讨论这些理论和经验是否可应用于中国的发展现代化经济的实践。     

Big data for the comprehensive data analysis of IT organizations

Businesses have begun using IT apps for a variety of reasons in recent years. The rapid advancement of new technologies has opened up vast prospects for businesses to digitise their operations, enhance their use of information systems, and compete more effectively in the global marketplace. Information technology (IT) businesses can benefit greatly from Big Data analytics due to the depth and breadth of their data analysis. Big data can be used to examine IT departments in the following ways: performance analysis, forecast maintenance, security analysis, and resource analysis. When it comes to boosting their business's dependability, speed, quality, and effectiveness, most companies rely on big data. Companies can gain a competitive edge thanks to the massive amounts of data that big data is able to collect, store, and manage. Big data analytics is being used by a growing number of businesses to make sense of their mountain of data. In this paper, we examine the ways in which IBM, TCS, and Cognizant use big data within their operations. Long-term planning strategies and business intelligence practises are also suggested in this research as means of protecting personal information.     

家族企业--一个亟待深入研究的领域

本文从家族企业在经济社会发展中的地位、我国家族企业研究与国外相关研究的现实差距以及我国家族企业存在的独特文化背景不同的角度，阐述了当前研究家族企业的特殊的理论和实践意义，并结合浙江家族企业发展的实际，概括了目前家族企业亟待研究的三个核心问题，即产权问题、治理结构问题和权力的继承问题。     

构架企业公关信息系统的探讨与分析

从企业战略管理角度讲,企业采取积极、成熟的公关战略是适应市场竞争的需要,是在我国加入WTO后,国内企业在激烈的国际市场竞争中实现扬长避短、战胜危机的需要。而构架合理、高效的公关信息系统又是顺利实施企业公关战略的重要一环。为此,本文分析了企业公关信息系统的开发背景、系统设计、总体结构及其意义。     

B2C商务模式下信息不对称问题的解决方案

基于B2C商务模式下商家和消费者的信息不对称现象。将多种因素引入商家与消费者交易的博彝模型，进行完全信息静态博彝分析，进而得出影响纯蚋什均衡和混合蚋什均衡的因素主要有：产品成本、商家的交易成本、消费者受骗的精神损失、消费者对商品的评估价值与商品价格之差。最后提出此种信息不对称的消减措施．从而提高B2C商务的市场效率。使商家和消费者的利益最大化。     

家族文化视角中的美、日、中三国家族企业比较

家族企业的产生是两种管理文化力量共同作用的结果,其一是社会传统文化中的家族文化,其二是西方工业文明中的工商管理文化。由于美、日、中三国的家族企业组织形式及其运作理念基本都是受西方工商管理文化的影响,因而应在许多方面表现一致,但实践证明,三者实际展现的组织性格和经营效率却相当不同。因此,本文从家族企业的另一个文化根基———家族文化着手去比较分析三国家族企业的差异,探讨其发展趋势。     

Customer perceived value in the software business

This paper addresses customer perceived value in the context of high-technology industry, specifically in the software business. Customer perception of value is a complex phenomenon not only theoretically, but even more so in practice. We have chosen to examine this phenomenon in the specific context of the software business, as we believe that software as an object of exchange encourages fresh viewpoints owing to its abstract nature. Our study is exploratory in nature, with an empirical insight gained through two qualitative case studies from the software business. The conclusion presents elements of customer perceived value within both software project and product businesses. Based on the findings, we suggest a framework for examining the way business logic influences the customer's value perception, especially in terms of the complexity of the perception of both benefits and sacrifices.     

Who is using the .co.uk domain? Professional and media adoption of the web

This paper reports on a survey of 221 web sites chosen at random from a subset of the .co.uk area of the Internet. A breakdown of the types of business represented shows that whilst computing companies continue to have a sizeable presence on the web, certain other types of business now also have a relatively large number of sites. The survey found many media-related businesses and professional-based companies and practices, reflecting the increasing use of Information Technology in these areas but also the increasing knowledge about the Internet that is needed or helpful in many types of job. The results are consistent with general business use of the web in the UK still being in an experimental phase of web site creation by those who can rather than by those who should.     

Business teams in an information age

Abstract

A critical success factor for businesses in the twenty‐first century will be their ability to meet the environmental demands for complex coordination of action and rapid adjustments to volatile markets and global competition. Business teams are effective mechanisms for addressing the need for dynamic, flexible organizations that can effectively cope with complexity and turbulence.

Business teams are not a new phenomenon, but there is a new element in the equation: the use of information technologies (IT) to leverage team effort. Information technologies can enhance team performance through support of interaction processes by providing two types of functionality: coordination support and task execution support.

An agenda for action for moving forward a team‐based organization and use of information technologies for support of business teams is provided.     

The IS–business relationship and its implications for performance: An empirical study of South African and Australian organisations

Lack of a close ‘Information systems (IS)–business relationship’ has been described as a potential inhibitor to improving the contribution that information systems (IS) make to business performance. Yet the value of specific attributes of an enduring relationship between IS and business remains to be demonstrated by empirically confirming their link to IS performance. Using data collected from 167 South African and Australian companies, this study examined the effect of three relational attributes, namely commitment, mutual understanding and shared vision, on the contribution of IS to business performance. The study also examines the interrelationship amongst the relational attributes. Results revealed that a strong IS–business relationship is a significant determinant of IS performance. Organisations more successful in their use of IS are characterised by strong commitment on the part of the business to IS efforts, higher levels of IS understanding of the business, and a long-term agreement, between business and IS executives, on IS priorities. Results have important implications for organisations looking to improve the contribution of IS to organisational performance.     

A case analysis of ICT for knowledge transfer in small businesses in Vietnam

Small businesses face numerous issues in regard to the management of their knowledge, including potential loss of knowledge due to high employee turnover and the willingness and ability of employees to share their knowledge. This case study examines two small ICT companies in Vietnam to determine how knowledge transfer was conducted with and without the use of ICT. A knowledge transfer framework for small businesses was used as a lens to analyse the results. The findings showed differences in knowledge transfer approaches in both cases. It was observed that employees whose jobs required less flexibility needed more explicit knowledge, but if their working procedures were more flexible they were more likely to need tacit knowledge. Tacit knowledge was mainly transferred by non-ICT methods, with explicit knowledge being transferred via a combination of methods. The cases differed in regard to the existence of knowledge transfer guidelines – as well as the willingness and ability of employees to share knowledge with others in the business. Both case businesses lacked appropriate measures to determine the level of success of knowledge transfer activities.     

An agenda for green information retrieval research

Nowadays we use information retrieval systems and services as part of our many day-to-day activities ranging from a web and database search to searching for various digital libraries, audio and video collections/services, and so on. However, IR systems and services make extensive use of ICT (information and communication technologies) and increasing use of ICT can significantly increase greenhouse gas (GHG, a term used to denote emission of harmful gases in the atmosphere) emissions. Sustainable development, and more importantly environmental sustainability, has become a major area of concern of various national and international bodies and as a result various initiatives and measures are being proposed for reducing the environmental impact of industries, businesses, governments and institutions. Research also shows that appropriate use of ICT can reduce the overall GHG emissions of a business, product or service. Green IT and cloud computing can play a key role in reducing the environmental impact of ICT. This paper proposes the concept of Green IR systems and services that can play a key role in reducing the overall environmental impact of various ICT-based services in education and research, business, government, etc., that are increasingly being reliant on access and use of digital information. However, to date there has not been any systematic research towards building Green IR systems and services. This paper points out the major challenges in building Green IR systems and services, and two different methods are proposed for estimating the energy consumption, and the corresponding GHG emissions, of an IR system or service. This paper also proposes the four key enablers of a Green IR viz. Standardize, Share, Reuse and Green behavior. Further research required to achieve these for building Green IR systems and services are also mentioned.     

支撑中小企业的信息管理与图书馆的作用

中小企业在国民经济中发挥着重要的作用,因此支中小企业商务的信息管理非常必要。图书馆与象SBDC这样的一种向中小企业提供援助的机构建立伙伴关系是一种很好的模式。     

家族企业的界定、存在的合理性及演变趋势

在分析和比较其他学者对于家族企业的定义的基础上，给出了适合中国国情的家族企业的定义，从文化视角和经济学视角探讨家族企业存在的合理性及其优劣势，总结当前我国家族企业表现出的四个发展趋势。     

基于知识视角对企业合作创新形式的研究

在技术、顾客需求快速变化的环境中,合作创新无疑是企业共享资源、降低创新风险的一种有效方式。经济学家对合作创新的早期研究主要关注企业的合作动机,现在,“怎样合作”不仅是企业家关心的问题．也成为学术界的研究热点之一。国内外众多学者的实证研究发现,以交叉许可协议为代表的非产权形式的合作模式占绝大多数（70％左右）,而合资研究企业为代表的产权形式的合作模式所占比例较小（30％左右）。本文从知识合作的角度分析企业合作形式选择的演变、行业特点以及不同行业的知识合作模型与企业合作形式的关系。     

家族企业的治理模式与企业绩效的实证分析——以中国正泰集团为例

改革开放二十多年来,中国的家族企业有了长足的发展,在企业发展的同时,家族企业的治理模式也在不断变化。本文以正泰集团为样本,分析公司的治理模式,以及治理模式在发展中的转变过程。我们采用了计量经济学的研究方法,建立了治理模式以及相关因素对企业绩效影响的计量模型。实证研究显示,治理模式对企业绩效确实有显著性的影响,该影响具体表现为:在企业规模较小,家族成员持股比例较大时采用强关系弱契约的治理模式能带来更好的企业绩效;企业规模较大,家族成员持股比例相对变小时,企业采用强关系强契约的治理模式能带来更好的企业绩效。