Benefiting from Supplier Supply Network Position: The Manufacturer Perspective

2019 ◽

Vol 20 (6) ◽

pp. 1258-1277

Author(s):

Jinyan Shia ◽

Jiangheng Yang ◽

Yanxi Li

Keyword(s):

Firm Performance ◽

Network Centrality ◽

Supply Network ◽

Limited Information ◽

Manufacturing Companies ◽

Structural Holes ◽

Supply Networks ◽

Network Position ◽

Relational Embeddedness ◽

High Level

The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between supply network position and firm performance. A-share manufacturing companies listed from 2013 to 2015 are chosen as the initial samples, and large sample supply networks are constructed with relational embeddedness and structural embeddedness. The location of supply network is depicted by network centrality and structural hole with social network analysis, and the influence of supply network position on the corporate performance is examined with multiple OLS regression analysis. This paper observes that a firms’ supply network position is an important factor affecting its performance. The higher the network centrality is, the richer the structural holes are, and the worse the company’s performance is. The results suggest that firms that have a high level of centrality or rich structural holes in their supply networks will gain limited information, resource and control benefits and face great business risks that may negatively influence their performance.

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Measuring the Structural Resilience of Supply Network and Critical Nodes

Korean Production and Operations Management Society ◽

10.32956/kopoms.2020.31.2.147 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 31 (2) ◽

pp. 147-165

Author(s):

Hyun-Woong Jin

Keyword(s):

Supply Network ◽

Critical Nodes

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Analysis of Characteristics of LED Lamps with T8 Bulb by Various Manufacturers

Light & Engineering ◽

10.33383/2018-112 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 82-87

Author(s):

Nina P. Nestyorkina ◽

Olga Yu. Kovalenko ◽

Yulia A. Zhuravlyova

Keyword(s):

Supply Voltage ◽

Luminous Flux ◽

Supply Network ◽

Operational Characteristics ◽

Nominal Voltage ◽

Electric Parameters ◽

The Moment ◽

Colour Rendering

The article analyses the operational characteristics of 10W LED lamps with T8 bulb manufactured by ASD (Russia), Smartbuy (Taiwan), and VOLPE (PRC) and 18W FL with T8 bulb manufactured by PHILIPS (Poland) including the dependence of these lamps on the supply voltage. The results of measurements show that: a) the period of stabilisation of electric parameters and luminous flux of LED lamps does not cause discomfort of illumination unlike the said FL, the luminous flux of which at the moment of switching on is 70 % of the nominal value, which is reached after 13 minutes; b) with nominal voltage of supply network, the value of luminous flux of 10W ASD LED-T8R-STD LED lamp (Russia) is 6 % less than the declared one, and that of Smartbuy SBL-T8-10-64K-A (Taiwan) and VOLPE LED-T8-10W/DW/G13/FR/FIX/N (PRC) is even less; c) the general colour rendering index of all studied LED lamps is less than the declared one (72 instead of 80); d) the flicker index of all studied LED lamps does not exceed the declared value of 5 %; e) the characteristics of LED lamps almost do not depend on changes of the supply voltage within the range of ±10 %. The recommendations regarding the application of the studied LED lamps are given.

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On the Marketness of Markets and Actor Clout: Market-shaping Roles

Journal of Service Management Research ◽

10.15358/2511-8676-2020-2-3-170 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (2-3) ◽

pp. 170-184

Author(s):

Suvi Nenonen ◽

Kaj Storbacka

Keyword(s):

The State ◽

Market Maker ◽

Relative Power ◽

Market Evolution ◽

Network Position ◽

High Degree ◽

Market Shaping

In reconnecting marketing to more plastic and malleable markets, we need more understanding about market evolution. In this research we explore how to assess the state of a market, and how the roles of a market-shaping actor vary depending on this state. We view markets as configurations of 25 interdependent elements and argue that well-functioning markets have a high degree of configurational fit between elements. The level of configurational fit describes the state of a market as a continuum from low to high marketness. The clout of a market actor to influence a market configuration is an amalgamation of the actor’s capabilities, network position and relative power. By exploring marketness and clout as contextual contingencies, we identify four market-shaping roles: market maker, market activist, market champion, and market complementor. The focus of a market-shaping actor, in terms of which elements to influence and in which order, vary significantly between roles.

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