Chain Innovation Research Articles

Research on the Development Strategy of China's Electric Power Enterprises under the Background of Innovation Drive

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that improving the scientific and technological innovation system, stimulating innovation vitality, accelerating the implementation of innovation-driven development strategies, promoting the deep integration of the innovation chain, industry chain, capital chain, and talent chain, opening up new fields and new tracks for development, and constantly shaping development New kinetic energy and new advantages.This paper studies and sorts out the new opportunities and existing problems of electric power enterprises, and analyze the necessity of adopting a diversified strategic development. The study believes that under the situation of continuous advancement of power reform, whether the development strategy adapts to the situation of the times will have a direct impact on the economic and social benefits of power companies.

ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ ІНВЕСТИЦІЙНОЇ ІНТЕРНАЦІОНАЛІЗАЦІЇ ДЛЯ ВИРОБНИКІВ ЕКОЛОГІЧНИХ БУДІВЕЛЬНИХ МАТЕРІАЛІВ

The article examines the actual scientific and practical problem of generalizing methodological and applied approaches for substantiating the prospects of production (investment) internationalization for manufacturers of building materials. Special attention has been paid to the internationalization of the Ukrainian manufacturing business and the justification of the type of internationalization strategy in terms of the perspective of EU membership, as well as the challenges of the construction industry regarding the objective reduction of domestic demand for the products of manufacturers of building materials. It has been noted that in the conditions of globalization, it is characteristic for sustainable innovative production companies to create branches abroad in those countries where there are the most favorable conditions for the components of the single innovation chain "development of an innovative product-production-market". The author emphasizes that Ukrainian construction exporting enterprises should pay attention to promising directions for occupying the most dynamic niches of the world construction market in the near future; in particular, this applies to technologies and products related to sustainable (green) construction. It has been proven that Ukrainian manufacturing enterprises in the construction sector have significant prospects for the implementation of successful internationalization strategies on the European market; for this, carefully substantiated perspectives and detailed concrete projects of the investment internationalization strategy should be built. For Ukrainian producers of ecological building materials, the most effective method of penetrating foreign markets is considered to be the production abroad. The author singles out three groups of relevant strategies, defines the main forms of the production strategy of internationalization, and also summarizes the main risks that may arise during the implementation of such strategies. Conclusions have been drawn and the nearest prospects for further research in this issue have been determined.

Deep integration of innovation chain and industrial chain

Deep integration of innovation chain and industrial chain

Integration of industrial chain and innovation chain of equipment manufacturing industry cluster

The integration of industrial chain and innovation chain of equipment manufacturing industry cluster is a benign coordination mechanism to realize complementary advantages and mutual benefit among the main bodies of equipment manufacturing industry cluster. Based on the four elements of production input, market supply, subject cooperation and achievement transformation, the integration path of the industrial chain and the innovation chain of the equipment manufacturing industrial cluster is analyzed, which provides reference for the sustainable development and innovation and upgrading of the equipment manufacturing industrial cluster.

Constructing Collaborative Innovation Ecological Environment for College students innovation Ability Cultivation

There are many problems among contemporary college students, such as weak innovation consciousness, insufficient innovation motivation and poor ability of innovation achievements transformation. Through analyzing the relevant elements of innovation chain, ideas about the construction of collaborative innovation ecological environment is proposed for improving the teaching effect of innovation education for college students in this paper. The concrete measures and effects about the practical platform of university-enterprise collaborative innovation, the comprehensive and multi-dimensional innovation education system in universities, and the construction of first-class undergraduate courses in innovation education are introduced in detail. The practice shows that the construction of collaborative innovation ecological environment fundamentally solves the “bottleneck” problem of college students innovation, and provides inexhaustible power for the cultivation of college students innovation ability.

Оценка цифровой зрелости процесса управления персоналом для организации цифрового перехода компании

Human resource management is a key process that affects digital transformation because any transformation is inspired, provided, and executed by personnel. The digital maturity of personnel management is a hot topic for all industries that requires scientific understanding. Digital business transformation relies on new approaches in competence development, new organizational structure, new corporate ideology, etc. A timely analysis of business processes is necessary to form a trajectory of transformations. The purpose of the study was to determine the state of human resource management as a business process and identify its elements that require development for prospective digital transformation. The author employed the systematic approach, as well as various methods of digital maturity assessment to interpret the maturity indicators of personnel management in various industries. The digital transformation of human resource management proved to require top management involvement, new digital competencies, digital services, and products, a single data source for decision-making, and a continuous chain of innovations.

Challenges of sustainable agricultural development with special regard to Internet of Things: Survey

AbstractIf we want to increase the efficiency of precision technologies to create sustainable agriculture, we need to put developments and their application on a new footing; moreover, a general paradigm shift is needed. There is a need to rethink close-at-hand and far-off innovation concepts to further develop precision agriculture, from both an agricultural, landscape, and natural ecosystem sustainability perspective. With this, unnecessary or misdirected developments and innovation chains can be largely avoided. The efficiency of the agrotechnology and the accuracy of yield prediction can be ensured by continuously re-planning during the growing season according to changing conditions (e.g., meteorological) and growing dataset. The aim of the paper is to develop a comprehensive, thought-provoking picture of the potential application of new technologies that can be used in agriculture, primarily in precision technology-based arable field crop production, which emphasizes the importance of continuous analysis and optimisation between the production unit and its environment. It should also be noted that the new system contributes to reconciling agricultural productivity and environmental integrity. The study also presents research results that in many respects bring fundamental changes in technical and technological development in field production. The authors believe that treating the subsystems of agriculture, landscape, and natural ecosystem (ALNE) as an integrated unit will create a new academic interdisciplinarity. ICT, emphasizing WSN (Wireless Sensor Network), remote sensing, cloud computing, AI (Artificial Intelligence), economics, sociology, ethics, and the cooperation with young students in education can play a significant role in research. This study treats these disciplines according to sustainability criteria. The goal is to help management fulfil the most important expectation of reducing the vulnerability of the natural ecosystem. The authors believe that this article may be one of the starting points for a new interdisciplinarity, ALNE.

Defossilierung vorantreiben und Deindustrialisierung vermeiden: möglich, aber schwierig

AbstractThe German economy is in difficult waters. Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, there has been no end to the challenges posed by interruptions in production and supply problems. Despite the need for crisis management, politicians have pledged not to lose sight of environmental sustainability. In addition, our community itself must take more responsibility for strengthening the resilience of supply, value and innovation chains. All of this will only succeed with a greater focus on economic performance; this requires a supply-side economic policy. Drawing insight from this crisis will allow for a successful transition management and a comprehensively transformed economy.

Preface to the special issue on the 10th anniversary of Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Industrial biotechnology offers great promises to the development of a green, low-carbon and sustainable economy. The Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, which was formally established ten years ago, is an important powerhouse in the field of industrial biotechnology. To date, the Institute has developed a scientific and technological innovation chain, covering from basic research in life sciences to industrial application of biotechnology. On the occasion of the Institute's tenth anniversary, we publish this special issue to review the progress and trends of industrial biotechnology from six aspects, namely expert perspectives, development strategy, cutting-edge research, enabling technology, core technology innovation, and industrialization promotion. This will facilitate the construction of a green and low-carbon circular economy system, and promote the high-quality development of bioeconomy.

Analysis of innovation chain structure of global geographic infor-mation industry

Taking the geographic information industry as the research object, using the authorized invention patent data, this paper puts forward the research method of industrial innovation chain structure based on the geographic information industry chain. Then, from the perspective of overall structure and specific regional structure, the development status of the innovation chain is quantitatively evaluated, which is helpful to all countries in the world. The structural integrity and leading links of the innovation chain especially in China, the United States and Japan are compared and analyzed. The results show that: (1) from the perspective of the overall structure, the global innovation chain presents an “inverted triangle” structure due to the weak innovation ability of downstream links. From the perspective of specific regional structure, the innovation chain of geographic information industry in most countries and regions is incomplete, and there are broken links or isolated links. The global innovation chain except China has cracks between the upstream and downstream due to the relative weakness of the midstream links, showing “hourglass-shaped” structure with a wide upper part, narrow lower part and narrow middle part. (2) Relatively speaking, China’s industrial innovation chain is relatively complete, and the midstream link has significant comparative advantages in the global market. However, the industry university research cooperation in the innovation chain is weak, the degree of marketization is low, and the technological competitiveness lags behind that of the United States.

Evaluation and construction of the capacities of urban innovation chains based on efficiency improvement

This study examines urban innovation activities from the perspective of improving the efficiency of innovation chains and explored their operational patterns. The connotation of the urban innovation chain was analyzed following the process of the innovation chain and the characteristics of urban innovation activities. The urban innovation chain can be divided into the following three stages: original, technological, and innovation transformation. An indicator system for evaluating the three capacities of the urban innovation chain was established. Furthermore, the development level of strategic emerging industries was used as an indicator to measure the chain’s efficiency and analyze the relationship between these three constructed capacities in Chinese national innovative cities. Data published on the national innovative cities were used to measure the capacity of the urban innovation chain. The development of Strategic emerging industries indicates cities’ innovation performance, and an inductive approach was applied to analyze the relationship between the capacity construction of the urban innovation chain and innovation performance in innovative cities. This study found that the capacity of the urban innovation chain positively affected urban innovation performance and that the balanced development of the three capacities positively affected urban innovation performance. When urban innovation performance was at its highest, the contribution of original innovation capacity to innovation performance was significantly greater than that of the other two capacities; thus, an inverted U-curve illustrates the relationship between the improvement of urban innovation performance and the balance of the three capacities of the urban innovation chain. This study’s conclusions enrich the relevant theories of the innovation chain, provide a reference for the construction of the urban innovation chain, and promote the development of Strategic emerging industries.

Population Aging, Industrial Intelligence and Export Technology Complexity

The ageing of the population has become a serious test for all countries and regions, and industrial intelligence, as a new development model that integrates traditional industries with modern technology, will contribute to the deep integration of the industrial and innovation chains and thus to the enhancement of national core competitiveness. Based on the dual influence of population ageing and industrial intelligence, this paper uses the 2016 version of the World Input-Output Database (WIOD) data for 16 manufacturing industries in 43 countries from 2000 to 2014 to construct an econometric regression model to empirically test the relationship between population ageing, industrial intelligence and technological complexity of exports. The results of the study show, firstly, that population ageing plays a positive role in the technical complexity of exports. Secondly, the introduction of industrial intelligence mitigates the adverse effects of an ageing population through a complementary substitution mechanism on the one hand, and promotes industrial upgrading and transformation through the infiltration and expansion effects of industrial intelligence on the other, which in turn has a positive impact on the increase in technological sophistication of exports. In addition, the paper further divides the level of industry technology, the level of national development and the age structure of the ageing population, and explores the impact of industry intelligence in different dimensions. The results show that industrial intelligence can have a positive impact on export technological sophistication at the industry level, at the national level and in terms of ageing demographics. The research results provide a new way of thinking, through which countries around the world can formulate population policies and industrial policies and improve the complexity of export technology under the background of aging.

Virtual Carbon Flow in China’s Capital Economic Circle: A Multi-Regional Input–Output Approach

The Capital Economic Circle (CEC) is the area with the largest economic aggregate in northern China and has a strong status in driving the economic development of China. However, the industrial structure dominated by high energy consuming industries leads to a large number of carbon dioxide emissions, and the imbalance between economic development and carbon emissions in CEC is serious; therefore, it is necessary to explore how to solve the carbon imbalance problem of the CEC by relying on interregional cooperation. Based on China’s multi-regional input–output tables of 2012, 2015 and 2017, this paper proposes the CEC carbon-extended, multi-regional input–output model to measure virtual carbon flow and analyze how the industrial structure leads to the imbalance of carbon flow distribution in CEC. Indicators such as direct carbon emission coefficients, complete carbon emission coefficients and carbon emissions pull coefficients of the industrial sectors in CEC are calculated and the physical carbon emission and virtual carbon flows among the industrial sectors and the regions are evaluated. The results show that there are potential constraints from the uncoordinated configuration of industrial innovation chains among the CEC, and the “carbon imbalance” of CEC is mainly reflected in the backward production technology of Hebei and its inefficient connection with the industrial innovation chain of Beijing and Tianjin. It is suggested that policymakers should promote the low-carbon production system and strengthen green energy development and utilization to enhance green development in CEC. In future research, we should pay attention to the updating method of the input–output table and the development of carbon circular networks. This study has implications for some areas of China and developing countries in Asia, which also have an imbalance between industrial economy development and carbon emissions, and a similarity in space structure and industry layout with CEC.

Research on the Innovation and Development of Regional Industrial Chain in the Context of Guangzhou-Foshan City

Based on the research on regional industrial chain innovation and development in the context of Guangzhou-Foshan City, this paper examines the industrial complementarity between Guangzhou and Foshan and finds that while Guangzhou-Foshan City is developing, there are still some issues, such as the homogenization and competition of industrial development, a lack of profound integration of industrial chain with innovation chain, and the need to optimize the innovative coordination system. Finally, it proposes some countermeasures to promote the innovation and development of Guangzhou-Foshan regional industrial chain from several aspects, including implementing regional advanced industrial base and modern industrial chain, promoting the deep integration of industrial chain with innovation chain, and optimizing the spatial layout of collaborative innovation.

Government support, talent, coupling of innovation chain and capital chain: empirical analysis in integrated circuit enterprises

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the impact of government support on the coupling coordination degree of innovation chain and capital chain in integrated circuit (IC) enterprises and to explore the mechanism for considering talent in the influence path.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses coupling coordination degree model to estimate the coupling of two chains, and applies dynamic panel system generalized method of moments (system-GMM) to analyze the impact of government support on coupling of two chains and conducts dynamic panel threshold regression to explore the threshold effect of talent in the influence of government support on coupling coordination degree.FindingsSerious imbalance in the coupling of two chains is a major obstacle in IC enterprises. Government support significantly reduces the coupling coordination degree. The talent in IC enterprises has a significant threshold effect. When the number of talent is lower than the threshold value, government support has a negative impact. Once the number of talent reaches a certain level, government support can significantly enhance the coupling of two chains. Compared with state-owned enterprises, government support has a greater negative impact on the coupling of the two chains in non-state-owned enterprises. The former needs more talent to take advantage of government support.Originality/valueThis paper applies the concept of coupling into enterprises and deeply studies the coupling coordination degree of two chains. The influence mechanism of government support and talent on the coupling of two chains is explored, which reveals that government support cannot achieve the expected incentive effect without the support of talent. We also discuss the heterogeneous effect of government support and of talent in enterprises of different ownership types.

ON THE DEVELOPMENT PATH OF INDUSTRY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INTEGRATION IN APPLIED UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF EMOTION REGULATION AND SYMBIOSIS THEORY

Abstract Background In the context of the new era, the main way for colleges and universities to cultivate applied innovative talents is to deepen the combination of industry and education, which is not only a breakthrough to realize the transformation and development of higher education, but also an important measure to promote industrial transformation and upgrading and social and economic development. For a long time, there have been some problems in China's universities and enterprises, such as the disconnection between talent supply and demand, the difficulty of group employment, the shortage of applied talents, and the disharmony between talent training structure and industrial transformation and upgrading. At the same time, it will also lead to greater anxiety of the group, which is not conducive to the healthy employment psychology of the group. From the perspective of symbiosis theory, this study discusses the development path of the combination of industry, University and research in applied undergraduate colleges, and verifies the regulatory effect of the combination of industry, University and Research on group Employment anxiety. Research Objects and Methods From the perspective of symbiosis theory, by analyzing the symbiotic relationship among universities, enterprises and the government in the development process of the combination of industry, University and research, this paper reveals the practical problems existing in the combination of industry, University and research, such as the mismatch between talent supply and demand. In the cultivation of applied talents, the combination of industry, University and research and school enterprise cooperation are the main ways. The theoretical analysis of the combination of industry, University and research will help to understand the reasons of the combination more clearly and enhance the operation consciousness and implementation consciousness of the combination. In the cultivation of applied talents, the symbiosis theory in ecology can be used to explain the internal mechanism of educational integration and school enterprise cooperation. Exploring the basic state of mutual connection, mutual influence and mutual promotion in the evolution of this symbiotic system can further explore the feasible strategy of industry university research integration. In order to analyze the impact of this strategy on the anxiety level of employment students, and provide effective measures and basis for alleviating employment psychological pressure and education. This study investigated 800 college graduates in South China. 1. The psychological quality questionnaire for middle school students is compiled by the research group, with 34 questions, which is divided into three dimensions: cognitive quality, personality quality and adaptability. Total amount in study α The coefficient is 0.90, with three subscales α The coefficients are 0.88, 0.81 and 0.77 respectively. 2. The gross emotion regulation questionnaire was compiled by gross and translated by Xia Lingxiang. It has 10 questions and has two dimensions: cognitive reappraisal and expression inhibition. Cognitive reappraisal in research α The coefficient was 0.71 and the expression was inhibited α The coefficient is 0.68. 3. The loneliness scale was compiled by Russell and revised by Wang Dengfeng, with 18 questions. Under study α The coefficient is 0.91. 4. The State Trait Anxiety Scale was compiled by Spielberger et al. With 20 questions. Under study α The coefficient is 0.86. 5. The central depression scale was compiled by radolff and translated by Zhang Mingyuan, with 20 questions. Under study α The coefficient is 0.91. Results This paper believes that we should improve the supply and demand mechanism of industry university research integration, establish a dynamic mechanism, integrate symbiotic elements, realize sustainable symbiosis and mutual benefit, build a symbiotic integration system, promote the mutual integration of education chain, talent chain, industrial chain and innovation chain, and improve the training quality of applied innovative talents. And can adjust the level of students' Employment anxiety. Conclusion From the perspective of industry university research integration and collaborative education, universities, enterprises and governments cooperate with each other to realize the interaction of human resources, knowledge, facilities, technology, policy and information among disciplines and between disciplines and external environment through resource integration. Form a scientific oriented, open and stable organization system. Continuously optimize the advantages of the three parties in the industrial chain and promote the integration and complementarity of resources in the education chain. Acknowledgements Supported by the key project of Hunan Education Science Planning “Research on collaborative education mechanism of industry-education integration in Applied Undergraduate Colleges” (XJK20AGD007); National Social Science Foundation Project “Research on government purchase of social services from the perspective of social governance” (20BSH002). Project of Colleges and Universities Teaching Reform Research Project of Hunan Province “Research on the innovation of industry education integration mechanism in local undergraduate colleges from the perspective of transformation and development”.

Innovation links, information diffusion, and return predictability: Evidence from China

Based on the activities of patent citation in China, a novel type of cross-firm innovation links is generated to investigate the gradual diffusion of information along the innovation chain via tests of cross-sectional return predictability. Various signals are created to represent the value of the information contained in the innovation links; these signals are demonstrated to have robust cross-predictability for stock returns in both the cross-sectional regression model and portfolio strategies. The effect of predictability is found to be stronger for stocks with high institutional ownership and analyst coverage. Considering the minimum number of steps required to establish the cross-firm linkage, innovation links are further partitioned to represent different proximity of the linked firms. It is then found that information diffuses faster across closely-linked firms than across distantly-linked firms. Sophisticated investors are found to be able to properly process the relevant information and benefit from innovation links.

An innovative chain coding mechanism for information processing and compression using a virtual bat-bug agent-based modeling simulation

The continuous changes in the size of data create new challenges to design new techniques to reduce its size and encode it in a way that changes its original representation. In this article, we develop a bat-bug agent-based modeling simulation for chain coding and employ it in compressing bi-level image information. The system consists of agents that are classified into static and dynamic depending on their movements. Bugs are considered static agents, and they are distributed over the virtual environment according to the allocation of pixels in the original image. On the other hand, bats are dynamic agent, and their role is to move around to consume bugs while the algorithm tracks their movements. Bats are designed in a way to move within certain boundaries to avoid crashing into each other. Bats employ specific movements that allow them to move in relative directions. Therefore, the frequency of their movements can follow a certain pattern that can help in further size reduction. In other words, the integration of relative movements into our design proved to be advantageous because there is an observable pattern of repeated movements, which allows getting higher compression results. Finally, arithmetic coding is applied to the final strings that represent the movements of bats while searching for bugs to eat. To assess the performance of the algorithm, we compared the findings against standardized benchmarks used in the image processing community: G3, G4, JBIG1, and JBIG2. The outcomes show that we could outperform all these benchmarks using all the images we used for testing. Additionally, we conducted a series of paired samples t-tests, and they revealed that the mean differences between our results and those obtained from other benchmarks are statistically significant.

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WoW! Momo – creating a sustainable WOW in innovative QSR chain brand

Learning outcomes The various learning outcomes of the case include the following: to provide information and help the students to understand how a start-up business succeeds with the proper branding and marketing; to help understand different marketing theories related to segmentation, targeting, positioning, branding, distribution and marketing process and the frameworks of understanding start-up business marketing with a practical example; to improve analytical skills and help evaluate marketing strategies related to segmentation, targeting, positioning, branding, distribution and marketing in the Indian quick-service restaurant (QSR) business; and to encourage learners to think differently towards solution generation and strategy decisions. Case overview/Synopsis The case portrays the dilemmas related to segmentation, targeting, brand positioning, distribution and start-up business marketing in the context of an Indian QSR. The present case strives to portray the journey of WoW! Momo is a QSR brand in India and highlights the company's branding and marketing challenges. Based on the challenges faced by the company and the decision dilemma pointed out in the case, the readers can get sufficient motivation to generate probable solutions. This was early 2007; Binod Kumar Homagai and Sagar Daryani, bosom friends, were on the verge of finishing their graduate studies in commerce from St. Xavier's College Kolkata. Pursuing Chartered Accountancy or MBA was the common trend as the career option among most commerce graduates then. Still, both Homagai and Daryani thought to be innovative and different in their career options. After a series of discussions, they determined to start with their favorite dish, momos, as an alternative brand proposition that would be opening off from the City of Joy, Kolkata. They managed to arrange a seed capital of INR 30,000 in 2008 and started their venture WoW! Momo. In the financial year 2018–2019, the company's revenue had already crossed INR 1170m, achieved its presence in 11 cities in India, and reached more than 243 outlets. This case has followed the qualitative research methods where in-depth interviews of the founders and stakeholders along with the observation method were used. The case unfolds a systematic solution of dilemmas related to segmentation, targeting, brand positioning, distribution and start-up business marketing in the context of Indian QSR business. This case can also be seen as one of the youth entrepreneurial success stories of Indians. Complexity academic level This case is primarily meant for second-year students in a postgraduate program in business management. The case could also be discussed in an executive development program on marketing/brand management/business strategy. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Subject code CSS 8: Marketing.