How beneficial are relational capital and technology orientation for innovation? Evidence from Mexican SMEs

Globally, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are engines of economic growth and job creation. After the pandemic, innovation activities have become more critical than ever as a generator of competitiveness. Therefore, we need to better understand the factors that lead to innovation in SMEs. This study aims to analyze the role of relational capital and technology orientation in innovation to appreciate its final impact on firm performance. The main results reveal a strong positive effect of relational capital on innovation, but the effect is not so strong as firm performance. We also found a strong positive effect of relational capital on technology orientation. Finally, we offer some clues in the debate on technology as a source of innovation and how relational capital and technology orientation are related to a firm’s performance. The results reveal significant implications for innovation policies and relational capital strategies for SMEs.     

Logical inferences in discourse analysis

Cohesion and coherence are two important characteristics of discourses. Halliday and Hasan have pointed out that cohesion is the basis of coherence and coherence is the premise of forming discourse. Th...     

Relational Maintenance Strategies During the Post Sex Time Interval

The present study contributes to a growing line of research exploring the role of post sex communication in building and sustaining romantic relationships. More specifically, this study explores the use of relational maintenance strategies during the post sex time interval (PSTI). One-hundred and fifty-two individuals completed surveys after sexual activity and indicated the relational maintenance strategies they enacted during the PSTI. Results revealed that individuals enact the strategies of positivity and assurances to the greatest degree during the PSTI. Furthermore, extending the post sex disclosures model, results revealed that orgasm predicted differences in the use of assurances during the PSTI and that the strategy of assurances mediated the association between orgasm and several relationship outcomes (i.e., liking, commitment, control mutuality, and satisfaction). These findings suggest that individuals may use the PSTI as a time to reinforce their commitments to their partners, and that such behavior is associated with characteristics of the sexual episode and relationship outcomes. The implications of these findings for research on relational maintenance and post sex behavior are discussed.     

Role of human and relational capital of universities as underpinnings of a knowledge economy: A structural modelling perspective from north Indian universities

Authors propose a research framework that human capital of universities enhances performance through the mediating mechanisms of relational capital. Against the backdrop of the report issued by the National Knowledge Commission set up by the Indian government with a vision to transform India into a global knowledge hub, this study explores how universities can contribute in contriving a knowledge economy. Data collected from 13 north Indian universities has been tested empirically using structural equation modelling (SEM). Findings reveal that human capital has a significant influence on a university’s performance and relational capital partially mediates that effect. The results of this study will be of paramount importance for planners in the Indian higher education sector to achieve the goals that have been laid down in the report. Furthermore, it will help administrators and policy makers at universities to take cognizance of the global shift towards the knowledge economy and leverage human and relational capital in the process.     

Impact of the length of relationships upon the use of research institutes by SMEs

Recent studies of US industrial modernisation programmes argue that difficulties of establishing long-term relationships with users prevent them from facilitating development of innovation capabilities. The paper supports this argument through a survey of Japanese research institutes the US programmes were modelled on. In view of information asymmetries in their use, it tests the hypothesis that small and medium-sized firms start using the research institutes with ‘low information gap’ services and gradually move on to ‘high information gap’ services that often require more absorptive capacity. This is demonstrated both under one-to-one relationships and between groups of firms and a research institute.     

我国省级公共图书馆网络影响力评价研究

图书馆网络影响力评价指标体系包括网站规模、网站流量、网站被链接量、网络用户关注度、网站利用率5个评价指标。通过灰色关联分析方法对我国29所省级公共图书馆进行网络影响力评价研究发现,省级公共图书馆的网络影响力较低,应加强图书馆网站的宣传和推广力度。     

基于句法依赖关系模板的术语相似度计算方法

针对现有基于语境特征的术语相似度算法在语境模板生成和匹配过程中存在的不足,提出基于术语的句法依赖关系自动构造术语语境模板,进而通过语境模板匹配计算术语相似度的方法。该方法既能减少语境模板的生成和匹配困难,又将术语语境特征较好地保留在模板中。针对新方法提出具体的实现步骤,并选取基因工程领域实验数据对新方法和现有典型方法进行对比评测。实验证明,新方法在计算效果方面具有明显提升。     

概率关系代数研究

基于概率关系的可能世界概念的基本性质,为了能够有效对概率关系查询进行评估,本文对概率关系的元组进行了分类,分为相互不相容的元组和相互独立的元组,提出了概率关系合并操作和四种概率关系代数运算。     

Cross-Culture Adaptation in Business Context: the Implication of Adaptation Theory in Translation

Translating in business context involves considerable factors like culture,idioms besides language itself.This paper employs adaptation theory and posed several examples commonly-seen in product,trademark and advertisement translating to show the essentials of translating in business context.     

浅析语境对词义的制约作用

本文运用词义与语境的相关理论,将语境与词义相结合,具体分析了语境的含义以及语境对词义的制约作用.通过分析、研究,得出以下结论：语境使词汇的意义单一化和具体化.在交际信息传递的过程中,语境因素影响词义的理解;词汇的意义离不开语境,一旦它离开特定的语境,信息就无法准确的传达.在学习过程中,我们要加强语境意识,充分利用语言语境,情景语境和文化语境,准确地把握词义.