College of Management and Economics

About: College of Management and Economics is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Supply chain & Stock market. The organization has 2184 authors who have published 2193 publications receiving 28830 citations.

The impact of technological innovation on product quality: the moderating role of firm size

Abstract: Innovation and quality are essential for sustainable competitiveness in today’s business world. Despite extensive theoretical discussions about the relationship between innovation and quality, few studies explore the observable effects of technological innovation practices (TIPs) on product quality. This paper aims to empirically investigate the impact of TIP on product quality, considering the moderating effect of firm size. A conceptual model linking product innovation practice, process innovation practice, normal quality (NQ), attractive quality (AQ) and product market performance is proposed. The model is tested using survey data from 201 innovative Chinese manufacturing companies. The results reveal that TIP does indeed positively influence both AQ and NQ. Firm size moderates the relationship between TIP and AQ. The study contributes to a better understanding of how different-sized Chinese firms can utilise innovation practice to improve product quality and market performance.

Bias effects, synergistic effects, and information contingency effects: Developing and testing an extended information adoption model in social Q&A

Abstract: To advance the theoretical understanding on information adoption, this study tries to extend the information adoption model (IAM) in three ways. First, this study considers the relationship between source credibility and argument quality and the relationship between herding factors and information usefulness (i.e., bias effects). Second, this study proposes the interaction effects of source credibility and argument quality and the interaction effects of herding factors and information usefulness (i.e., synergistic effects). Third, this study explores the moderating role of an information characteristic – search versus experience information (i.e., information contingency effects). The proposed extended information adoption model (EIAM) is empirically tested through a 2 by 2 by 2 experiment in the social Q&A context, and the results confirm most of the hypotheses. Finally, theoretical contributions and practical implications are discussed.

Smart logistics ecological cooperation with data sharing and platform empowerment: an examination with evolutionary game model

Abstract: With the application of advanced technology, smart logistics ecological cooperation is in development, characterised by data sharing and platform empowerment. In order to explore the trend of ecolo...