Pub Date : 2024-09-04DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2024.3454547
Fatemeh S. Shahmehr;Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Khaksar;Shah J. Miah;Mahdieh Mokhtari Moughari;Tugrul Daim
The application of social service robots in organizational contexts may be perceived negatively or positively, shaping varying forms of intrarole identities. Positive perceptions and attitudes are mostly referred to the concept of technophilia, a strong enthusiasm for new technologies. In contrast, negative perceptions are explained by the concept of technophobia, the fear or aversion to technology. There is a limited understanding of how both technophilia and technophobia traits can together cause paradoxical tensions in a role, making opposing sides of the role salient. In this article, we aim to unpack the theoretical grounds of technophilia and technophobia traits by identifying intrarole paradoxical tensions. Identifying these tensions can offer a well-adjusted explanation of how contradictions within a role evolve and persist in times of using technologies. We applied a grounded theory methodology to generating and conceptualizing data to eventually help the emergence of concepts that shape the technophilia–technophobia spectrum. We identified and conceptualized three intrarole identity paradoxical tensions: caring identity–controlling identity; technology leadership identity–technology followership identity; and autonomous identity–coercive identity. These paradoxical tensions reveal why employees uphold both technophilia–technophobia traits simultaneously when using social service robots. We also articulated the coping strategies that employees maintain to strike a balance between opposing identities.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2024.3453961
Boqiang Lin;Aochen Sun;Yongjing Xie
Green investment is an effective way for heavily polluting enterprises to balance business and sustainable development goals. With digital transformation bringing profound changes to enterprises in the digital economy era, whether digital transformation may drive green investment in heavily polluting enterprises is still not thoroughly studied, and the role of various types of environmental regulations in this impact has been neglected. Therefore, utilizing panel data from 435 Chinese listed heavily polluting enterprises from 2011 to 2021, this study investigated the impact of digital transformation on green investment and examined the threshold effects of environmental regulations in this relationship. The findings reveal that: 1) digital transformation significantly promotes the green investment of heavily polluting enterprises and indirectly fosters green investment by alleviating financing constraints; 2) there exists a nonlinear impact of digital transformation on green investment depending on the type of environmental regulation. When command-control environmental regulation intensity exceeds the threshold, the contribution of digital transformation to green investment is amplified. When incentive-based environmental regulation exceeds the threshold, the contribution of digital transformation to green investment weakens; and 3) the heterogeneity analysis suggests that for small and medium-sized, key monitored, and well-controlled heavily polluting enterprises, the positive effect of digital transformation on green investment is particularly prominent. Based on these conclusions, we proposed targeted managerial and policy implications.
{"title":"Digital Transformation and Green Investment of Heavily Polluting Enterprises: The Threshold Effects of Heterogeneous Environmental Regulations","authors":"Boqiang Lin;Aochen Sun;Yongjing Xie","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2024.3453961","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2024.3453961","url":null,"abstract":"Green investment is an effective way for heavily polluting enterprises to balance business and sustainable development goals. With digital transformation bringing profound changes to enterprises in the digital economy era, whether digital transformation may drive green investment in heavily polluting enterprises is still not thoroughly studied, and the role of various types of environmental regulations in this impact has been neglected. Therefore, utilizing panel data from 435 Chinese listed heavily polluting enterprises from 2011 to 2021, this study investigated the impact of digital transformation on green investment and examined the threshold effects of environmental regulations in this relationship. The findings reveal that: 1) digital transformation significantly promotes the green investment of heavily polluting enterprises and indirectly fosters green investment by alleviating financing constraints; 2) there exists a nonlinear impact of digital transformation on green investment depending on the type of environmental regulation. When command-control environmental regulation intensity exceeds the threshold, the contribution of digital transformation to green investment is amplified. When incentive-based environmental regulation exceeds the threshold, the contribution of digital transformation to green investment weakens; and 3) the heterogeneity analysis suggests that for small and medium-sized, key monitored, and well-controlled heavily polluting enterprises, the positive effect of digital transformation on green investment is particularly prominent. Based on these conclusions, we proposed targeted managerial and policy implications.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"71 ","pages":"14426-14437"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142246499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2024.3453971
Heng Chen;Zhilin Zhang;Chaoran Lin
In an era characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, external risk disturbances can be mitigated by bolstering the resilience of regional innovation ecosystems. This approach has emerged as the key strategy for fostering regional innovation and achieving high-quality development in China. Utilizing asymmetric configuration theory and methodologies, this article investigates multiple complex pathways through which the resilience of regional innovation ecosystems can be enhanced. Specifically, drawing from asymmetric innovation theory, we developed a research framework for analyzing the configuration of innovation ecosystem resilience (IER). Then, we utilized panel data qualitative comparative analysis to examine the configurations for high and nonhigh IER. The findings reveal that 1) there is a time effect on the necessity of most conditions for both high and nonhigh IER, with a high marketization level being the only necessary condition for high IRE, and that 2) a negligible temporal influence is observed in the configuration analysis results for high and nonhigh IER, and three stable pathways for high IER and four for nonhigh IER have been determined. This article provides valuable insights and references for improving relevant policies or adjusting innovation strategies to enhance regional IER in China.
{"title":"How to Enhance Regional Innovation Ecosystem Resilience in China? A Configuration Analysis Based on Panel Data","authors":"Heng Chen;Zhilin Zhang;Chaoran Lin","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2024.3453971","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2024.3453971","url":null,"abstract":"In an era characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, external risk disturbances can be mitigated by bolstering the resilience of regional innovation ecosystems. This approach has emerged as the key strategy for fostering regional innovation and achieving high-quality development in China. Utilizing asymmetric configuration theory and methodologies, this article investigates multiple complex pathways through which the resilience of regional innovation ecosystems can be enhanced. Specifically, drawing from asymmetric innovation theory, we developed a research framework for analyzing the configuration of innovation ecosystem resilience (IER). Then, we utilized panel data qualitative comparative analysis to examine the configurations for high and nonhigh IER. The findings reveal that 1) there is a time effect on the necessity of most conditions for both high and nonhigh IER, with a high marketization level being the only necessary condition for high IRE, and that 2) a negligible temporal influence is observed in the configuration analysis results for high and nonhigh IER, and three stable pathways for high IER and four for nonhigh IER have been determined. This article provides valuable insights and references for improving relevant policies or adjusting innovation strategies to enhance regional IER in China.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"71 ","pages":"14401-14414"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142246448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2024.3453652
Zhiguo Cai;Yang Zhou;Yi Xu;Zhiying Liu
Medical imaging equipment (MIE) is regarded as a crucial facility in the 21st century. Its noninvasive and safe nature in providing diagnostic images or guiding treatments has garnered significant attention from global health organizations. Unfortunately, there is a lack of research on core and promising technologies in MIE, resulting in insufficient information for government investment decision-making. To address this research gap, this article presents a three-stage patent mining framework. First, patents are scored using the entropy-weight and technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution method. Then, the LDA model is applied to identify core technology in MIE based on topic intensity and average patent scores within each topic. Among the identified core technologies, the novelty calculation further confirms that “endoscopy” and “radiation therapy” are promising technologies in medical imaging. Last, the article discusses the distribution and competition landscape of each technology across countries. The findings of this article offer guidance for government investments in MIE and provide data support for decision-making by research and development institutions.
{"title":"Patent Analysis for Identifying Core Technology and Forecasting Promising Technology in Medical Imaging Equipment","authors":"Zhiguo Cai;Yang Zhou;Yi Xu;Zhiying Liu","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2024.3453652","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2024.3453652","url":null,"abstract":"Medical imaging equipment (MIE) is regarded as a crucial facility in the 21st century. Its noninvasive and safe nature in providing diagnostic images or guiding treatments has garnered significant attention from global health organizations. Unfortunately, there is a lack of research on core and promising technologies in MIE, resulting in insufficient information for government investment decision-making. To address this research gap, this article presents a three-stage patent mining framework. First, patents are scored using the entropy-weight and technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution method. Then, the LDA model is applied to identify core technology in MIE based on topic intensity and average patent scores within each topic. Among the identified core technologies, the novelty calculation further confirms that “endoscopy” and “radiation therapy” are promising technologies in medical imaging. Last, the article discusses the distribution and competition landscape of each technology across countries. The findings of this article offer guidance for government investments in MIE and provide data support for decision-making by research and development institutions.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"71 ","pages":"14375-14386"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142173902","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2024.3453387
Jie Ren;Viju Raghupathi;Wullianallur Raghupathi
Understanding the increase in the local/global mobility of scientists is critical from academic/practical perspectives. This research study focuses on the “push/pull” factors that influence highly educated individuals to migrate to other countries. Using the Open Researcher and Contributor ID database, we examine the association between different aspects of culture and economic conditions as push/pull factors. By exploring over 6000 doctoral researcher migration records from 194 countries, we investigate how the interaction between a migrant's home country characteristics (push factors) and immigrant country characteristics (pull factors) affects their migration. The findings show that migration behavior is correlated with the culture and income of immigrant countries. Immigrants are more likely to move to countries that are culturally similar to their home country. The high-income/individualistic nature of “sending” and “receiving” nations interacts with one another and motivates individual talents to migrate further. Policy implications include mitigating brain drain and encouraging skilled migration for innovation/economic growth.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2024.3453938
Margarida R. Santos;Fernando A. F. Ferreira;Neuza C. M. Q. F. Ferreira;Elias G. Carayannis
In the world today, innovation is an essential component of daily life. Companies deal with innovation on a regular basis to maximize their use of resources and form the foundations for competitive advantages over the competition. However, many firms currently face difficulties in terms of scarce resources and financial constraints, which have forced organizations to seek out new innovations that not only deliver good results but also require fewer natural and financial assets. Frugal innovation has, thus, been playing a significant role in companies’ success and growing in importance as this concept and its various practical applications have become more fully defined. Frugal innovation's practical aspects are still insufficiently addressed by the literature, which shows a lack of clarity about possible determinants of this approach and the ways they are interconnected. This study develops a multicriteria model using two problem structuring methods—design thinking and interpretive structural modeling—to clarify the issues that arise during frugal innovation. The results reflect the input of a group of experts linked to corporate innovation and/or small and medium-sized enterprises. The findings were subsequently analyzed and validated by a specialist who did not participate in the group work in order to make the analysis system more empirically robust. The proposed model provides a holistic view of determinants of frugal innovation, which can help companies understand and analyze these factors and engage in successful decision-making processes.
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Pub Date : 2024-09-03DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2024.3454165
Ning Sun;Yan Ning;Yadi Li
The project owner and manager are responsible for project benefits realization and project delivery, respectively. While the project owner and manager are of close interdependence, they face paradoxical tensions. This poses significant challenges for project benefits realization. Thus, in this article, we aim to explore the evolution of paradoxical tensions between the project owner and manager in public projects. Qualitative research is drawn with 22 interviews (13 individual and 9 group interviews involving 59 interviewees) and 3 real-life cases. This research presents a paradox framework that encapsulates owner–manager tensions at three project phases, coping strategies, and the resulting tension dynamic cycle (i.e., vicious cycle or temporary balance). This study extends project management literature by revealing multiple-phase and dynamic tensions between the project owner and manager from the paradox perspective and proposing strategies to address tensions for project benefits realization.
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The convergence of 3-D and 4-D printing, with sustainable development has emerged as a critical research focus in the past decade. This convergence has generated a substantial body of literature, necessitating a thorough examination of the current state of knowledge. Therefore, this study employs a scientometric approach to analyze the recent decade literature retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science databases, across four application areas: food and agriculture, automotive industry, biomedical and health, and building and construction. This study provides a detailed review of publication trends, geographical distribution, international collaborations, and document cocitation within each application area. It offers insights into the collaborative landscape and intellectual structure of the current research domain. The inference reveals that the biomedical and health area of research has a high level of academic and industrial interests. The United States, the United Kingdom, India, and China have shown substantial individual and collaborative research efforts in the current area of research. In addition, the analysis highlights prominent research topics such as nonthermal food processing technologies, socially sustainable supply chain management, selective laser sintering, and corneal regeneration. This research emphasizes the prospects of 3-D and 4-D printing to drive sustainable innovation and development across multiple domains.
3-D 和 4-D 打印与可持续发展的融合已成为过去十年的一个重要研究重点。这种融合产生了大量文献，因此有必要对当前的知识状况进行深入研究。因此，本研究采用科学计量学方法，分析了近十年来从 Scopus 和 Web of Science 数据库检索到的文献，涉及四个应用领域：食品与农业、汽车工业、生物医学与健康，以及建筑与施工。本研究详细回顾了每个应用领域的出版趋势、地理分布、国际合作和文献引用情况。它为了解当前研究领域的合作情况和知识结构提供了见解。推论显示，生物医学和健康研究领域的学术界和工业界兴趣浓厚。美国、英国、印度和中国在当前的研究领域都表现出了大量的个人和合作研究努力。此外，分析还强调了一些突出的研究课题，如非热食品加工技术、社会可持续供应链管理、选择性激光烧结和角膜再生。这项研究强调了三维和四维打印技术在多个领域推动可持续创新和发展的前景。
{"title":"Progress and Prospects of 3-D and 4-D Printing in Sustainable Development: A Scientometric Review","authors":"Sandeep Kumar Sood;Yogveer Singh Lamba;Ashutosh Kumar Singh","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2024.3452952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2024.3452952","url":null,"abstract":"The convergence of 3-D and 4-D printing, with sustainable development has emerged as a critical research focus in the past decade. This convergence has generated a substantial body of literature, necessitating a thorough examination of the current state of knowledge. Therefore, this study employs a scientometric approach to analyze the recent decade literature retrieved from Scopus and Web of Science databases, across four application areas: food and agriculture, automotive industry, biomedical and health, and building and construction. This study provides a detailed review of publication trends, geographical distribution, international collaborations, and document cocitation within each application area. It offers insights into the collaborative landscape and intellectual structure of the current research domain. The inference reveals that the biomedical and health area of research has a high level of academic and industrial interests. The United States, the United Kingdom, India, and China have shown substantial individual and collaborative research efforts in the current area of research. In addition, the analysis highlights prominent research topics such as nonthermal food processing technologies, socially sustainable supply chain management, selective laser sintering, and corneal regeneration. This research emphasizes the prospects of 3-D and 4-D printing to drive sustainable innovation and development across multiple domains.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"71 ","pages":"14415-14425"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142246498","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-30DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2024.3452590
Seyed Parsa Parvasi;Ata Allah Taleizadeh;Arijit Bhattacharya;Rojin Moradi
This study investigates the impact of financing methods and pricing competition on supply chain operations. It focuses on a domestic manufacturer competing with a foreign competitor to maximize retail market gains, with options for financing including banks, bonds, and crowdfunding. Game-theoretic models are used to explore participants’ behavior in the supply chain, considering three power structures: a Nash game and two Stackelberg games with alternating leadership. Results reveal that domestic manufacturers prefer financing options with flexible interest rates, such as crowdfunding, or low-interest alternatives such as bonds, when facing rising production costs or reduced competitiveness (when the foreign manufacturer holds a leader position). This preference impacts retailers, potentially leading to reduced product prices, benefiting retailers. Also, increasing initial capital prompts the domestic manufacturer to prefer bank methods. Interestingly, a higher budget and quality do not always guarantee higher profitability and can result in additional costs (for instance, in Nash game structure), depending on power structure type and market size. Furthermore, with increased price sensitivity, crowdfunding becomes less viable, leading to a preference for bank and bond financing. This can conflict with retailers’ optimal financial choices, highlighting the complexity of financial decisions in supply chains and their crucial role in global competition.
{"title":"Optimal Financial Decisions and Pricing Strategies in Competitive Manufacturing Supply Chains","authors":"Seyed Parsa Parvasi;Ata Allah Taleizadeh;Arijit Bhattacharya;Rojin Moradi","doi":"10.1109/TEM.2024.3452590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEM.2024.3452590","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the impact of financing methods and pricing competition on supply chain operations. It focuses on a domestic manufacturer competing with a foreign competitor to maximize retail market gains, with options for financing including banks, bonds, and crowdfunding. Game-theoretic models are used to explore participants’ behavior in the supply chain, considering three power structures: a Nash game and two Stackelberg games with alternating leadership. Results reveal that domestic manufacturers prefer financing options with flexible interest rates, such as crowdfunding, or low-interest alternatives such as bonds, when facing rising production costs or reduced competitiveness (when the foreign manufacturer holds a leader position). This preference impacts retailers, potentially leading to reduced product prices, benefiting retailers. Also, increasing initial capital prompts the domestic manufacturer to prefer bank methods. Interestingly, a higher budget and quality do not always guarantee higher profitability and can result in additional costs (for instance, in Nash game structure), depending on power structure type and market size. Furthermore, with increased price sensitivity, crowdfunding becomes less viable, leading to a preference for bank and bond financing. This can conflict with retailers’ optimal financial choices, highlighting the complexity of financial decisions in supply chains and their crucial role in global competition.","PeriodicalId":55009,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management","volume":"71 ","pages":"14525-14542"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2024-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142320479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-08-28DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2024.3451154
Dong Hyun Lim;So Young Sohn
To meet the continuously increasing demand for batteries in electrical devices, solutions in terms of theoretical capacity, safety, and reusability are required. Therefore, it is important to investigate the development trends of sustainable battery technologies by forecasting technological convergence concerning these three aspects. However, no lithium-based battery-related studies have analyzed the fusion of technologies regarding multiple aspects. In this article, we proposed a multiplex network to identify the sustainable convergence of lithium-based battery technologies. We utilized the patents filed at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The proposed multiplex network consists of three layers representing co-occurrence networks of international patent classification codes for storage, safety, and recycling technologies of batteries, respectively. Specifically, we focused on the technological convergence of the lithium-ion battery, the most influential energy storage solution for electronic products, and the lithium-based solid-state battery, which can be applied to recently emerging robust safety and energy-intensive products. The result of the article suggests future battery technology areas that consider three aspects. This article is expected to contribute to presenting guidelines for sustainable technology development to stakeholders in the complexly characterized battery industry.
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