A relational view of the data independent accessing model

Data warehouse contains vast amount of data to support complex queries of various Decision Support Systems (DSSs). It needs to store materialized views of data, which must be available consistently and instantaneously. Using a frame metadata model, this paper presents an architecture of a universal data warehousing with different data models. The frame metadata model represents the metadata of a data warehouse, which structures an application domain into classes, and integrates schemas of heterogeneous databases by capturing their semantics. A star schema is derived from user requirements based on the integrated schema, catalogued in the metadata, which stores the schema of relational database (RDB) and object-oriented database (OODB). Data materialization between RDB and OODB is achieved by unloading source database into sequential file and reloading into target database, through which an object relational view can be defined so as to allow the users to obtain the same warehouse view in different data models simultaneously. We describe our procedures of building the relational view of star schema by multidimensional SQL query, and the object oriented view of the data warehouse by Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) through method call, derived from the integrated schema. To validate our work, an application prototype system has been developed in a product sales data warehousing domain based on this approach.

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Caputo’s notion of insistence as an instance of existence

Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie ◽

10.1515/nzsth-2021-0017 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 63 (3) ◽

pp. 299-315

Author(s):

Pieter J. Huiser ◽

Rick Benjamins

Keyword(s):

Human Beings ◽

Relational View

Summary In a relational epistemology and ontology, we are allowed to speak freely about the existence of atoms, chairs, love, and God, on the condition that we are prepared to give an account of the relations we have to them. At first sight, Caputo seems to endorse such a relational view. When it comes to concepts like democracy, hospitability, justice, and God, though, Caputo argues that the relations we have to the realities to which these concepts refer inhibit us to speak of their existence. They are events which insist, but do not exist. In this article, it is argued that the differences between the relations of human beings to existing X’s and the relations of human beings to insisting X’s are not as fundamental as to make a distinction in principle between insistence and existence. In our relational view, insistence is a particular instance of existence.

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Managing triadic supplier relationships in collaborative innovation projects: a relational view perspective

Supply Chain Management An International Journal ◽

10.1108/scm-05-2021-0220 ◽

2022 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Andrea Patrucco ◽

Christine Mary Harland ◽

Davide Luzzini ◽

Federico Frattini

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Exchange ◽

Relational View ◽

Empirical Examination ◽

Supplier Relationships ◽

Content Type ◽

Complementary Resources ◽

Triadic Relationships ◽

Collaborative Innovation ◽

Innovation Projects ◽

Innovation Project

Purpose Suppliers are essential partners in innovation projects, as they own resources, knowledge assets and capabilities that complement those of buying firms. In today’s competitive environment, firms may choose to collaborate with suppliers beyond dyads, forming triadic or three-party relationships. Using the theoretical lens of the relational view (RV), this study aims to explore what type of triad configurations firms use to govern supplier relationships in collaborative innovation projects, how they choose to share resources and implications for project performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors use interview data from buyers and suppliers in six case studies of firms involved in ten collaborative innovation projects. The four constructs of the RV are used to observe how firms govern triadic relationships, combine complementary resources, invest in relationship-specific assets and manage information and knowledge exchange with and between suppliers in innovation projects. Findings Four archetypes of triadic relationships in innovation projects – labeled Triangle, A-frame, D-Frame and Line – are presented and characterized in terms of their structural and relational features. The authors discuss how each triad archetype is applicable to different innovation projects according to specific project characteristics. Originality/value This study is pioneering in its empirical examination of triadic relationships in collaborative innovation projects. It provides a novel typology of four archetypes of triad from the perspective of collaborative relationships with suppliers. Through applying the RV, it advances understanding of how triadic relationships are governed, how they invest in relationship-specific assets, how they combine complementary resources and how they exchange knowledge and information in each type of triad appropriate to different innovation project settings. To date, much of the extant literature has focused on dyads.

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Re-examining the effects of supplier integration on operations performance: a relational view

International Journal of Operations & Production Management ◽

10.1108/ijopm-04-2016-0205 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 37 (12) ◽

pp. 1702-1721 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Yuanqiong He ◽

Hongyi Sun ◽

Wenbin Ni ◽

Stephen C.H. Ng

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Product Complexity ◽

Relational View ◽

Competition Intensity ◽

Data Set ◽

Joint Decision ◽

Competitive Intensity ◽

Content Type ◽

Supplier Integration ◽

Operations Performance

Purpose The importance of supplier integration (SI) in improving firms’ performance has been previously identified but the effects of SI are complicated, as the relationship between supplier and buyer is full of uncertainty. The purpose of this paper is to re-examine the effects of SI on operations performance from a relational view. Design/methodology/approach Two strategies of integrating suppliers are theoretically presented: information sharing and joint decision making. Hypotheses are then developed on when SI influences operations performance, using product complexity and competitive intensity as moderating factors. The hypotheses are tested using a global survey data set, made up of 763 manufacturing firms from 22 countries. Findings The results indicate a positive relationship between SI and operations performance and that the moderating roles of product complexity and competition intensity are significant, but product complexity does not have significant moderation effects on the relationships between joint decision making and product quality/cost reduction. Research limitations/implications The moderators of product complexity and competitive intensity are not comprehensive. Future study into how and under what circumstances SI has the greatest effect will be of benefit. Originality/value This study makes theoretical contributions by exploring the strategies of SI through a relational view, and examining the effects of SI through the moderating roles of product complexity and competition intensity.

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