Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279793
T. Durrani, S. Forbes
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Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279887
R. Buhr, A. Nel, M. Santos
For executive management to guide an enterprise, forward planning is essential. Using enterprise wide risk management (EWRM) as an input to scenario analysis (SA) for strategic planning (SP) allows for improved accuracy over conventional methods. This would allow for greater realism from the executive management perspective of possible outcomes in scenario modelling by providing a solid quantitative base founded on real operational information. The core of any telecommunications enterprise is the operational support systems (OSS) that provides the hardware, software and system's infrastructure to operate the enterprise. The smooth operation and efficient handling of any unforeseen events in the OSS impacts the very survival of the enterprise, thus the development of an OSS risk management (RM) strategy to provide an efficient and effective way to recognise, classify and mitigate the risks involved in OSS is crucial to any enterprise that seeks to remain competitive. To implement this RM strategy and provide information regarding likely loss events, a quantitative risk model is required to simulate different scenarios. One such event is the entry of a new telecommunications enterprise into the market and this research investigates the development of a sector wide risk model (SWRM) to simulate such an event.
{"title":"Laying the Foundation of a Sector Wide Risk Model for the Telecommunications Industry","authors":"R. Buhr, A. Nel, M. Santos","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279887","url":null,"abstract":"For executive management to guide an enterprise, forward planning is essential. Using enterprise wide risk management (EWRM) as an input to scenario analysis (SA) for strategic planning (SP) allows for improved accuracy over conventional methods. This would allow for greater realism from the executive management perspective of possible outcomes in scenario modelling by providing a solid quantitative base founded on real operational information. The core of any telecommunications enterprise is the operational support systems (OSS) that provides the hardware, software and system's infrastructure to operate the enterprise. The smooth operation and efficient handling of any unforeseen events in the OSS impacts the very survival of the enterprise, thus the development of an OSS risk management (RM) strategy to provide an efficient and effective way to recognise, classify and mitigate the risks involved in OSS is crucial to any enterprise that seeks to remain competitive. To implement this RM strategy and provide information regarding likely loss events, a quantitative risk model is required to simulate different scenarios. One such event is the entry of a new telecommunications enterprise into the market and this research investigates the development of a sector wide risk model (SWRM) to simulate such an event.","PeriodicalId":153115,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"395 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126749896","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279826
M. Palla, C. Pham, K. Houshmand, J. P. Jose, M. Vedamoorthy
With global competition and cost pressure increasing, companies are forced to find the most cost-effective ways to develop and support their products. The cost advantages have however introduced many variables to the way business used to be conducted. Concerns include the protection of intellectual property, retaining core competency, and managing off shore locations. Automated Regression Facility (ARF) at Cisco Systems is one of many organizations that decided to leverage the available pool of talent overseas and outsourced some of its work to Taiwan, and India. While the rest of the world may be looking at cost as the major factor for globalizing the human resources and development centers, ARF looked at the technological With global competition and cost pressure increasing, companies are forced to find the most cost-effective ways to develop and support their products. The cost advantages have however introduced many variables to the way business used to be conducted. Concerns include the protection of intellectual property, retaining core competency, and managing off shore locations. Automated Regression Facility (ARF) at Cisco Systems is one of many organizations that decided to leverage the available pool of talent overseas and outsourced some of its work to Taiwan, and India. While the rest of the world may be looking at cost as the major factor for globalizing the human resources and development centers, ARF looked at the technological advantages and business excellence as the key factor. In this paper we share our experience of how working together corporations can create "One Team" consisting of many virtual teams, and overcome the challenges posed by the global economy.advantages and business excellence as the key factor. In this paper we share our experience of how working together corporations can create "One Team" consisting of many virtual teams, and overcome the challenges posed by the global economy.
{"title":"Key Foundations to Successfully Build and Manage Productive Global Virtual Teams","authors":"M. Palla, C. Pham, K. Houshmand, J. P. Jose, M. Vedamoorthy","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279826","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279826","url":null,"abstract":"With global competition and cost pressure increasing, companies are forced to find the most cost-effective ways to develop and support their products. The cost advantages have however introduced many variables to the way business used to be conducted. Concerns include the protection of intellectual property, retaining core competency, and managing off shore locations. Automated Regression Facility (ARF) at Cisco Systems is one of many organizations that decided to leverage the available pool of talent overseas and outsourced some of its work to Taiwan, and India. While the rest of the world may be looking at cost as the major factor for globalizing the human resources and development centers, ARF looked at the technological With global competition and cost pressure increasing, companies are forced to find the most cost-effective ways to develop and support their products. The cost advantages have however introduced many variables to the way business used to be conducted. Concerns include the protection of intellectual property, retaining core competency, and managing off shore locations. Automated Regression Facility (ARF) at Cisco Systems is one of many organizations that decided to leverage the available pool of talent overseas and outsourced some of its work to Taiwan, and India. While the rest of the world may be looking at cost as the major factor for globalizing the human resources and development centers, ARF looked at the technological advantages and business excellence as the key factor. In this paper we share our experience of how working together corporations can create \"One Team\" consisting of many virtual teams, and overcome the challenges posed by the global economy.advantages and business excellence as the key factor. In this paper we share our experience of how working together corporations can create \"One Team\" consisting of many virtual teams, and overcome the challenges posed by the global economy.","PeriodicalId":153115,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115076866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279917
Y.H. Jin, F. Lv, J. Yan
Using two different samples under Chinese setting, this study tested the validity of construct-oriented entrepreneur's leadership competency situational judgment tests (LC-SJT) and compared the differences of leadership competencies between Chinese technology entrepreneurs and middle/senior managers. Results of confirmatory factor analysis supported the three-dimensional leadership competency model. Concurrent validity of LC-SJT relative to self-reported task performance, interpersonal facilitation, job dedication, and overall performance were 0.31, 0.26, 0.44, and 0.42. Chinese technology entrepreneurs performed worse in interpersonal competency, problem-solving competency and overall leadership competency than middle/senior managers; no significant difference existed in character competency. These results suggested the necessity in leadership competency development of Chinese technology entrepreneur to ensure new venture success. Implications of technology entrepreneur research to Chinese "building innovation-oriented country" strategy were also discussed.
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Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279816
Xiaobo Wu, G. Fang, Zengyuan Wu
The evolution of information technology (IT) in firms can be captured in some stages, and each stage displays distinct characteristics regarding the application of IT and has different objectives. Thus, different IT resources and skills are needed in different stages. The purpose of this paper is to develop the theoretical links between IT capability and the stage of firm's using IT. Firstly, three stages of IT applications in the firms are identified: internal integration focus effectivity, external integration focus effectivity and strategic orientation. Secondly, three levels of IT capability are analyzed in detail. Based on resource-based view (RBV), a model linking the level of IT capability with the stage of IT applications is built finally in this paper. In order to build competitive advantage, firms must cultivate and upgrade its IT capability dynamically according to the evolution of IT applications.
{"title":"The Study on Basic Approaches of Firms' Using IT with a Resource-Based Perspective","authors":"Xiaobo Wu, G. Fang, Zengyuan Wu","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279816","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279816","url":null,"abstract":"The evolution of information technology (IT) in firms can be captured in some stages, and each stage displays distinct characteristics regarding the application of IT and has different objectives. Thus, different IT resources and skills are needed in different stages. The purpose of this paper is to develop the theoretical links between IT capability and the stage of firm's using IT. Firstly, three stages of IT applications in the firms are identified: internal integration focus effectivity, external integration focus effectivity and strategic orientation. Secondly, three levels of IT capability are analyzed in detail. Based on resource-based view (RBV), a model linking the level of IT capability with the stage of IT applications is built finally in this paper. In order to build competitive advantage, firms must cultivate and upgrade its IT capability dynamically according to the evolution of IT applications.","PeriodicalId":153115,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129164742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279852
Hui Zhang, Jinfa Xu
It is the key of creating competitive advantage to promote knowledge creation and knowledge sharing of subsidiaries in international enterprises. By network theory and knowledge theory, the text considers that knowledge sources of multination subsidiary can be classified as three forms: internal network of subsidiary, external network of subsidiary and self-development of subsidiary. Then, the text examines the relationship between knowledge sources of multinational subsidiary and its determinants in terms of knowledge characteristics, parent company characteristics, subsidiary characteristics and host country characteristics, and according to related literatures provides hypotheses to carry out quantitative analysis and constructs a theoretical frame about influence factors of knowledge sources of multinational subsidiaries.
{"title":"Theoretical Frame about Influence Factors of Knowledge Sources of Multinational Subsidiaries","authors":"Hui Zhang, Jinfa Xu","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279852","url":null,"abstract":"It is the key of creating competitive advantage to promote knowledge creation and knowledge sharing of subsidiaries in international enterprises. By network theory and knowledge theory, the text considers that knowledge sources of multination subsidiary can be classified as three forms: internal network of subsidiary, external network of subsidiary and self-development of subsidiary. Then, the text examines the relationship between knowledge sources of multinational subsidiary and its determinants in terms of knowledge characteristics, parent company characteristics, subsidiary characteristics and host country characteristics, and according to related literatures provides hypotheses to carry out quantitative analysis and constructs a theoretical frame about influence factors of knowledge sources of multinational subsidiaries.","PeriodicalId":153115,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129118259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279862
Dan Wang, Yu Zhang
With increasingly fiercer competition and shortened product life cycle, companies are finding it more difficult to survive and develop. The environment also makes it difficult for companies to make quick response to market demand all by themselves. It is, therefore, necessary for companies to increase their outsourcing activities. Literatures show that many companies are endeavoring to establish their competitive advantage by means of increased outsourcing activities. This paper will analyze the motives of outsourcing decisions by companies, especially manufacturers. The relationship between the manufacturer's competitive priorities and its supplier selection criteria will also be analyzed. The analysis of this paper will be carried out by an empirical study utilizing the data from International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS).
{"title":"Empirical Study of Outsourcing in Manufacturing Companies","authors":"Dan Wang, Yu Zhang","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279862","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279862","url":null,"abstract":"With increasingly fiercer competition and shortened product life cycle, companies are finding it more difficult to survive and develop. The environment also makes it difficult for companies to make quick response to market demand all by themselves. It is, therefore, necessary for companies to increase their outsourcing activities. Literatures show that many companies are endeavoring to establish their competitive advantage by means of increased outsourcing activities. This paper will analyze the motives of outsourcing decisions by companies, especially manufacturers. The relationship between the manufacturer's competitive priorities and its supplier selection criteria will also be analyzed. The analysis of this paper will be carried out by an empirical study utilizing the data from International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS).","PeriodicalId":153115,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121229810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279867
Chen Tie-jun, Chen Jin
SMEs are an essential component of the Chinese economy. Especially in Zhejiang province, a province in east China, there are about 1.3 m SMEs and they account for 95 percent of total employment. With the change of technology and market environment, the competition is fierce and SMEs are more dependable on innovation. Without innovation, SMEs cannot survive in the competition. SMEs are very different from the large companies. They lack of capital and human resource. How to improve the SMEs innovation capability is a question for us. In this paper, I use some proxy to evaluate the innovation capability. The paper aims to find the source of innovation capability for SMEs. In order to explain the question, the paper classifies the source for two types, internal source and external source. The paper designs the questionnaire to achieve the data from 75 SMEs in Zhejiang Province. From the data, the paper uses SPSS software tool to analyze to look for the key determinants of SMEs innovation capability. Through the analysis, the paper finds some important key factors that determine the innovation capability of SMEs, including internal factors such as the owner's work experience and external factors such as financial support. The findings of the paper are important for the SMEs to improve the innovation capability.
{"title":"Determinants of Innovation Capability in Small and Medium Enterprises: an Empirical Analysis from China","authors":"Chen Tie-jun, Chen Jin","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279867","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279867","url":null,"abstract":"SMEs are an essential component of the Chinese economy. Especially in Zhejiang province, a province in east China, there are about 1.3 m SMEs and they account for 95 percent of total employment. With the change of technology and market environment, the competition is fierce and SMEs are more dependable on innovation. Without innovation, SMEs cannot survive in the competition. SMEs are very different from the large companies. They lack of capital and human resource. How to improve the SMEs innovation capability is a question for us. In this paper, I use some proxy to evaluate the innovation capability. The paper aims to find the source of innovation capability for SMEs. In order to explain the question, the paper classifies the source for two types, internal source and external source. The paper designs the questionnaire to achieve the data from 75 SMEs in Zhejiang Province. From the data, the paper uses SPSS software tool to analyze to look for the key determinants of SMEs innovation capability. Through the analysis, the paper finds some important key factors that determine the innovation capability of SMEs, including internal factors such as the owner's work experience and external factors such as financial support. The findings of the paper are important for the SMEs to improve the innovation capability.","PeriodicalId":153115,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"135 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121652945","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279876
Chen Ye-wei, Chen Yu-feng
The paper makes a survey on the suppliers of Chinese rural public goods and their behavior patterns in the transition period with a principle agent model for multimission, and reveals the feasibility of a common governance model by the state and community to prevent free-riding on a case study. From the perspective of transaction cost politics theory, the study explores the frontier between the state and community.
{"title":"Research on Chinese Rural Public Goods Supply -- A Transaction Cost Politics Perspective","authors":"Chen Ye-wei, Chen Yu-feng","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279876","url":null,"abstract":"The paper makes a survey on the suppliers of Chinese rural public goods and their behavior patterns in the transition period with a principle agent model for multimission, and reveals the feasibility of a common governance model by the state and community to prevent free-riding on a case study. From the perspective of transaction cost politics theory, the study explores the frontier between the state and community.","PeriodicalId":153115,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"56 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126460792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2006-09-01DOI: 10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279837
He Mao
Nowadays, the re-emergence of a dynamic private sector has become the driving force behind the China's spectacular economic gains. This paper employs data from the three China planning regions, i.e. eastern, central and western region to study nascent entrepreneurship. We know from statistic data that entrepreneurship levels differ between regions. A version of the probit model is used to test individual and regional factors' role played in entrepreneurship. We show that the region matters for the decision to start a new business ceteris paribus, i.e. after controlling for sex, age, education etc. The consequences of these findings for regional policies to encourage new firm entry are discussed briefly in the concluding section.
{"title":"Entrepreneurship in China: Evidence from Eastern, Central and Western Regions","authors":"He Mao","doi":"10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279837","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMC.2006.4279837","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, the re-emergence of a dynamic private sector has become the driving force behind the China's spectacular economic gains. This paper employs data from the three China planning regions, i.e. eastern, central and western region to study nascent entrepreneurship. We know from statistic data that entrepreneurship levels differ between regions. A version of the probit model is used to test individual and regional factors' role played in entrepreneurship. We show that the region matters for the decision to start a new business ceteris paribus, i.e. after controlling for sex, age, education etc. The consequences of these findings for regional policies to encourage new firm entry are discussed briefly in the concluding section.","PeriodicalId":153115,"journal":{"name":"2006 IEEE International Engineering Management Conference","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132028141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}