The impact of entrepreneurial capacity, experience and organizational support on academic entrepreneurship

Although sources and determinants of academic entrepreneurship have begun to command the attention of policy-makers and researchers, there remain many unanswered questions about how individual and social factors shape the decisions of academics to engage in entrepreneurial activities. Using a large-scale panel of academics from a variety of UK universities from 2001 to 2009, this paper examines how an academics’ level of entrepreneurial capacity in terms of opportunity recognition capacity, and their prior entrepreneurial experience shape the likelihood of them being involved in starting up a new venture. In addition, we explore what role university Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) play in stimulating venture creation. The results show that individual-level attributes and experience are the most important predictors of academic entrepreneurship. We also find that the social environment surrounding the academic also plays an influential role, but its role is much less pronounced than individual-level factors. Finally, we show that the activities of the TTO play only a marginal, indirect role, in driving academics to start new ventures. We explore the implications of this analysis for policy and organizational design for academic entrepreneurship.     

Knowledge management and communication in Brazilian agricultural research: An integrated procedural approach

The great contemporary organizational challenge for enterprises is to create a conceptual and methodological framework allows the management of knowledge by means of networks designed for social interaction. This statement is based on the premise that the competitive drive and sustainable success of the company depend on the introduction of new forms of production innovative processes, which can only be ensured through integrated approaches to knowledge management and the incorporation information technologies (IT). This is a reality that has already been accepted by the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa, its acronym in Portuguese), a Brazilian research, development, and innovation (RD&I) institution supporting agricultural sector. For some years now, Embrapa has been incorporating what it has learned about knowledge management into its strategic planning process. In this paper, we present a new approach to managing knowledge and information, and we analyze the need for research institutions to administer the knowledge they produce through an RD&I management model based multi- and inter-disciplinary teams, and multi-institutional research networks.     

Analyzing the impact of knowledge management on CRM success: The mediating effects of organizational factors

Customer relationship management (CRM) and knowledge management (KM) have become key strategic tool for all companies, especially in the current competitive environment. Moreover, customer knowledge is an important issue for CRM implementation. Reviewing the literature, we found many studies that analyze the crucial role played by KM initiatives as determinants of the success of CRM. Moreover, we found also diverse studies that show high rates of failure when implementing that strategy, so there is still no integrated conceptual framework to guide companies to their successful implementation. In this paper, with data of 153 Spanish hotels, we examine the relationships between KM and CRM success using a structural equation model. The main contribution is that having knowledge management capabilities is not sufficient for the success of CRM, but there are other factors to consider. In particular, organizational factors indeed impact CRM success and they appear to be intermediaries of the impact of other factors (KM capabilities/technological/customer orientation factors) in the success of CRM (in financial and marketing terms).     

基于UG/Open API的齿轮参数化建模研究

本文介绍了UG环境下利用UG/Open API编程通过数据库实现渐开线齿轮的建模方法,该方法能够实现齿轮的参数化、系列化。数据库的引入,可视化窗口的应用,使渐开线齿轮的参数更方便存储,修改,以及读取。通过数据库接口,可以使数据更方便交流。     

逆向工程技术在汽车覆盖件模具制造中的应用

逆向工程是制造业一种常用的手段,采用逆向方法进行模具设计与制造,是缩短产品开发周期,提高产品质量,进而建立自己的设计制造体系的重要手段。本文介绍LZ6460乘用车顶盖模具逆向制造方法及过程,并列举了一个由点云生成曲面的例子。     

医学图书馆联盟典范：NN／LM对我国区域医学信息资源共享的启示

美国早在20世纪70年代就建立了基于国家层面的医学图书馆联盟,其科学的管理、运作模式以及先进的服务理念在促进医学信息资源共享上成就卓著,堪称同行业典范。而对我国湖北省的实证调查发现,该省医院图书馆文献资源保障体系十分落后,普遍存在着资源匮乏、数字化、网络化程度低、人员素质不高等问题,给医务人员有效利用图书馆资源造成障碍。文章提出了在区域卫生信息化的统一规划下,全面改善区域医学信息资源利用现状的若干条建议。     

英汉语中“head（首／头）、tail（尾）”隐喻研究

隐喻是一种利用已知事物来理解未知事物的认知手段,人类以自身结构去认识世界的人体隐喻也是隐喻中的一种常见方式,而人体中首、尾也是经常被用来指代时间、空间等概念。本文通过对比英汉两种语言中head（苔／头）和tail（尾）隐喻的不同,揭示了其跨语言、跨文化的共性及个性,在认知语言学和跨文化交际研究中都具有重要意义。     

高校学生户口管理系统的研究与设计

随着我国经济迅猛发展,全国各高等院校不断扩招和发展,学生人数也不断增加,给学校户籍管理部门带来巨大的压力。与此同时,很多高校在户籍管理方面仍然采用手工管理方式,平时查询以及毕业时迁出都需要耗费大量的人力和时间。目前各高校计算机网络和电脑等硬件条件均已具备,为信息化管理户口提供了物质基础,也是高校适应新形势、规范户口管理的需要。     

桌面型虚拟现实系统场景优化问题研究

桌面型虚拟现实系统的应用慢慢开始普及,特别是在网络上,有很多虚拟旅游、虚拟博物馆、虚拟学习环境,让人们在计算机前就能得到较为真实的直观感受。但是,虚拟现实场景的显示是由计算机的显卡和中央处理器实时运算产生的,对于小场景的虚拟现实问题不会很大,但对于大场景,如果不对虚拟场景模型进行优化处理,将大大影响其运行速度,降低虚拟现实场景的表现力。     

基于Pro/E的凸轮三维设计与机构运动仿真

本文应用Pro/E软件对机构进行运动仿真,并以盘形凸轮与推杆为例,介绍了运动仿真实现的具体步骤。