scholarly journals Technological and Disruptive Innovations in a Nation's Industrialization and Leadership Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest ◽  
Zhen Li ◽  
Roger A. Solano ◽  
David J. Doorn
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Disruptive Innovation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Open Problems ◽  
International Leadership ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work First ◽  
Generally True

The turn of this new century has been witnessing the effort of various leading developed and developing countries in their attempt to materialize next round of industrialization by emphasizing on innovations. To potentially provide guidance to such national efforts, this paper explores the relationship between technological innovation and industrialization and the importance of disruptive innovation in the development of a nation’s international leadership. By employing the rigor of game theory, this work first looks at key conditions under which an established market invites competition and innovation. On top of such generally true results, it is consequently shown that technological innovation is a driving force behind industrialization and that disruptive innovation can assist a nation to become an international leader. Other than providing policy recommendations, this paper concludes with open problems for future research.

scholarly journals Technological and Disruptive Innovations in a Nation’s Industrialization and Leadership Development

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Disruptive Innovation ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Open Problems ◽  
International Leadership ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Work First ◽  
Generally True

The turn of this new century has been witnessing the effort of various leading developed and developing countries in their attempt to materialize next round of industrialization by emphasizing on innovations. To potentially provide guidance to such national efforts, this paper explores the relationship between technological innovation and industrialization and the importance of disruptive innovation in the development of a nation’s international leadership. By employing the rigor of game theory, this work first looks at key conditions under which an established market invites competition and innovation. On top of such generally true results, it is consequently shown that technological innovation is a driving force behind industrialization and that disruptive innovation can assist a nation to become an international leader. Other than providing policy recommendations, this paper concludes with open problems for future research.

Role of Manufacturing Sector in the Forthcoming National Industrial Transformations

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 153-167
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Yi-Lin Forrest ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Gerard Martorell ◽  
Liang Xu ◽  
Yong Liu
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Natural Science ◽  
Manufacturing Sector ◽  
Logical Reasoning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Open Problems ◽  
The World

At the present time, various ambitious nations laid out their plans for maintaining or acquiring their leadership in the world by emphasizing innovations and by focusing on the manufacturing sector. To understand this phenomenon theoretically, this paper addresses the importance of the manufacturing sector in the overall development of a nation's economic strength. By employing systems thinking and such a logical reasoning that is commonly used in mathematics and natural science, this paper establishes three formal propositions on related issues and provides policy recommendations and open problems for future research.

An Exploratory Study of the Connection of Mother's Age at Childbearing to Her Children's Delinquency in Four Data Sets

1989 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merry Morash ◽  
Lila Rucker
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Effects ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Prevention Policy ◽  
Family Dynamic ◽  
Biological Family ◽  
Mother’S Age ◽  
The Relationship

In response to recent findings of a connection between mother's age at her first child's birth and her children's delinquency, knowledge of the increasing number of early childbearing mothers, and policy recommendations to confront related issues, the present article reports on an exploratory analysis of four data sets to document and understand the association. Although in some subgroups mother's age is related to delinquency, the relationship is heavily conditioned by presence of the child's father. The indirect effects of mother's age through biological, family dynamic, family size and structure, and community-level variables are also examined. Results are discussed separately for different racial and ethnic groups when the data allow. Conclusions include both recommendations for future research and a discussion of delinquency prevention policy.

Intellectual property rights protection and technological innovation

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 350-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Se Ho Cho ◽  
Hyun Gon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
The United States ◽  
Intellectual Property Right ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Intellectual Property Rights Protection ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Ipr Protection

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of firms’ internationalization on the relationship between intellectual property right (IPR) protection and their technological innovation. While recent studies provide a negative relationship between IPR protection and technological innovation, this paper argues that firm’s internationalization weaken the negative relationship. This research is a meaningful step to clarify the theoretical conflict and empirical ambiguity of the effect of IPR protection on technological innovations. Design/methodology/approach This paper empirically analyzes the theoretical arguments with 204 US firms, which registered their patents in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and have been listed in the Compustat database between 2007 and 2010. Findings The paper suggests that IPR protections brings more benefit to firms with high multinationality and are more export-oriented in terms of developing technological innovation, whereas the effects of international knowledge stock is unclear in the relationship between IPR protection and technological innovation. Research limitations/implications This study shows the effects of internationalization factors, which provide the benefits of cost efficiency and of more resource accessibility on the relationship between IPR protection regime and a firm’s technological innovation. The implication for policy makers and firm managers is that utilizing internationalization resources and capabilities is essential in developing their firms’ technological innovation under a strong IPR protection. Originality/value This paper enriches the literature of IPRs and offers the direction for future research on how a firm’s internationalization matters in its innovative activities under IPR protection.

The relationship between humorous leadership and innovative behavior

2015 ◽  
Vol 30 (8) ◽  
pp. 878-893 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Pundt
Keyword(s):  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Leadership Development ◽  
Organizational Behavior ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Innovative Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Member Exchange ◽  
Innovation Climate ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between humorous leadership and innovative behavior and the moderator effects of creative requirement and perceived innovation climate, beyond transformational leadership, and leader-member exchange (LMX). Design/methodology/approach – Questionnaire data were collected from 150 employees of various organizations in Germany. Findings – Employees whose leader used humor more frequently reported to be more innovative, when the employees perceived their tasks to require creativity and innovation. Perceived innovation climate did not moderate the relationship. Research limitations/implications – Different humor styles rather than just positive humor should be investigated in the future. Future research should incorporate multi-level designs and objective data on innovative behavior. Practical implications – Humorous leadership is an important element of innovation-relevant leadership behavior. Its use may be integrated in broader leadership development approaches. Originality/value – The study contributes to knowledge on humorous leadership and its relationship to organizational behavior. It enhances theoretical developments by considering the employees’ task and perceived innovation climate as moderator variables. It helps establish humor as a leadership tool beyond constructs such as LMX or transformational leadership.

scholarly journals Population Aging Can Aggravate Air Pollution: Evidence from China

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 41
Author(s):  
Hui Shi
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Population Aging ◽  
Household Consumption ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Fossil Energy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Population, resources and environment have always attracted much attention from the society. Nowadays, pollution and population aging are urgent problems to be solved in China, and many scholars have found a strong correlation between pollution and aging. This paper constructs a KAYA model with aging variables, making an empirical analysis of the relationship between population aging and air pollution based on the panel data of 82 cities in China from 2011 to 2016. We found that population aging has a significant and positive impact on air pollution. 1% change of the population aging will lead to a 0.203% change in AQI. The deepening of China’s aging level will lead to ineffective improvement of air quality and even lead to more serious air pollution. Then we make the further analysis of the impact mechanism of population aging on air quality, the results show that population aging could have a positive impact on air pollution by improving labor productivity, promoting technological innovation, increasing fossil energy consumption and the household consumption, and changing the structure of household consumption. At last, in order to improve the air pollution under the background of population aging, we put forward the policy recommendations according to the conclusion of this paper.

Non-Price Rationing and Waiting Times

2011 ◽  
pp. 648-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tor Iversen ◽  
Luigi Siciliani
Keyword(s):  
Waiting Times ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Policy Instruments ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Supply Side ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Theoretical Issues

This article examines the implications of using waiting times, rather than co-payments, as a rationing device. It discusses theoretical issues, empirical and policy issues, and the meaning of an optimal waiting time. The theoretical part includes theories concentrating on the demand side and the supply side. The empirical part contains studies on the implied cost of waiting from market data and estimates of demand and supply elasticities. This article states that in the absence of an over-arching welfare analysis both empirical work and policy recommendations are inevitably piecemeal and open to debate. It also describes the relationship between waiting times and the private sector. It investigates the effectiveness of different policy instruments. Finally, it suggests issues for future research.

scholarly journals Building Engaged Communities—A Collaborative Leadership Approach

Smart Cities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa Cleveland ◽  
Simon Cleveland
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Collaborative Leadership ◽  
Community Leadership ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Leadership Programs ◽  
Leadership Development Programs ◽  
Conceptual Paper ◽  
The Relationship

Community engagement is essential for building smart cities. While leaders who participate in community leadership development programs create engaged communities, there is a gap in literature on the role leadership programs play in the formation of engaged communities. This conceptual paper examines the relationship between collaborative leadership and leadership development programs in order and their role in fostering engaged communities. Recommendations for future research on building effective leadership programs are proposed.

Chief financial officer (CFO) characteristics and ERP system adoption

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin R.W. Hiebl ◽  
Bernhard Gärtner ◽  
Christine Duller
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Chief Financial Officers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Upper Echelons Theory ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between characteristics of chief financial officers (CFOs) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) system adoption. Following upper echelons theory, the authors theorize that CFO age, education, tenure and recruitment influence ERP system adoption, and that this relationship is moderated by the CFO being responsible for firm-wide information technology (IT) functions. Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis is based on a survey of 296 large and medium-sized Austrian firms. Logistic regression analyses were used to test the association between CFO characteristics and ERP system adoption. Findings The authors find that firms with externally recruited CFOs have adopted ERP systems significantly more often than firms with internally promoted CFOs. Surprisingly, the results indicate that firms with less educated CFOs more often adopted an ERP system, and that the relationship between CFO characteristics and ERP system adoption is not moderated by the CFO being responsible for IT. Research limitations/implications This paper adds to the literature by corroborating case-based evidence that CFOs and their characteristics influence ERP system adoption. Extending previous research which indicates that CFO characteristics influence accounting practices, the authors show that CFO characteristics also influence technological innovation such as the adoption of ERP systems. Future research on technological innovation may therefore pay closer attention to the influence of CFOs. Originality/value This paper is the first to quantitatively test the influence of CFO characteristics on ERP system adoption.

Leadership development practices as drivers of employee attitudes

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 537-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Violetta Khoreva
Keyword(s):  
Leadership Development ◽  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Affective Commitment ◽  
Employee Attitudes ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Performance Demands

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the association between leadership development practices and the following employee attitudes: affective commitment, commitment to acceptance of increasing performance demands and commitment to building competencies. Building on social exchange theory, the study seeks to reveal whether affective commitment mediates the relationship between leadership development practices and both commitment to acceptance of increasing performance demands and commitment to building competencies. Design/methodology/approach – Structural equation modelling was utilized to analyse survey data representing a sample of 332 high-potential employees in eight Nordic multinational corporations. Findings – The study findings show that by means of affective commitment, organizations can expect an induced commitment to acceptance of increasing performance demands as well as an induced commitment to building relevant competencies among employees who engage in leadership development practices. Research limitations/implications – Given the cross-sectional nature of the study, future research is encouraged to look into how the relationship between leadership development practices and employee attitudes evolves over time. Originality/value – The study provides insights into the underlying processes by which leadership development practices become reflected in desired employee attitudes. It offers a useful point for future efforts to explore the impact of human resource management (HRM) on employees and organizations through various mediators with the purpose of establishing the current trends within HRM and avoiding tensions in future.

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