Purpose
Emerging markets play an important role in the global economy. However, a common feature of most emerging markets is that firms must operate in a resource-constrained environment. In emerging ...markets, global mindset is a necessary resource for firms’ global competitiveness. Although global mindset has been proven to improve export performance, the theoretical mechanism behind this relationship is less clear. Based on the resource-based on the resource-based view and capability-building perspective, this study developed a model linking global mindset, relational capability, bricolage capability, innovation, and export performance.
Design/methodology/approach
A survey was conducted to collect data from exporting firms in Taiwan. Subsequently, the data (n = 172) were analyzed using a partial least squares program.
Findings
The analytical results reveal that a global mindset positively influences relational and bricolage capabilities; relational capability positively affects bricolage capability; relational capability and bricolage capability have significant and direct effects on innovation; and innovation positively affects export performance.
Originality/value
The findings confirm that a global mindset plays a crucial role in the capability-building process, which suggests that it contributes to the development of relational and bricolage capabilities. Also, relational capability is critical for exporting firms to develop bricolage capability. Finally, innovation is an important mediating mechanism between capabilities and export performance. Therefore, exporting firms can develop their international business models on the basis of their capabilities, including relational capability and bricolage capability. These capabilities improve innovation, which, in turn, enhances export performance in a resource-constrained environment.
The lithium–sulfur battery is considered to be one of the most promising rechargeable energy storage systems because of its high theoretical energy density. Unfortunately, the shuttle effect during ...cycling causes serious loss of sulfur species and corrosion of the lithium metal anode, resulting in severe capacity decay. This work proposes to completely suppress the shuttle effect of lithium polysulfides (LiPSs) without sacrificing the interfacial Li+ transport, through in situ construction of a compact cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI), which is formed of the reaction between vinylene carbonate (VC), bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide ions and LiPSs in a self‐limiting manner during the initial discharge process. Hence, the CEI‐confined sulfur cathode in the VC‐based electrolyte with a solid phase conversion mechanism delivers a long‐term cycling stability and high‐rate performance, as well as excellent performance under an extreme climate in a subzero temperature of −20 °C, limited lithium source with a low N/P ratio of 1.1, and even at mechanical mutilation. The present study reveals an appealing approach to tailor the composition and interfacial structure of sulfur cathodes by in situ construction of a robust, self‐healing, and high Li+ conductive CEI from the aspect of electrolyte, and thus completely solve the issue of the shuttle effect.
A favorable cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI) design is realized for sulfur electrodes by the fast reaction between vinylene carbonate, bis(trifluoromethane)sulfonimide ions, and lithium polysulfides during the initial discharge process. This strategy leads to the in situ formation of a robust, thin, and self‐healing CEI without sacrificing interfacial Li+ transport. Thus, the CEI‐confined sulfur cathodes perform well under high‐rate, long‐cycle stability, low N/P ratio, and subzero temperature.
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FZAB, GIS, IJS, KILJ, NLZOH, NUK, OILJ, SAZU, SBCE, SBMB, UL, UM, UPUK
This article analyses childcare services in six countries, assessing this policy instrument’s potential to facilitate parents’ capabilities for arranging childcare in a way they have reason to value. ...It draws on Sen’s capability approach to conceptualize and assess childcare policy design across five key aspects of childcare provision (accessibility, availability, affordability, quality and flexibility) in a country-comparative perspective. The conceptualization of the multifaceted nature of childcare provides compelling insights into the complexity of comparing childcare services across countries. The ensuing analysis and comprehensive overview of national policies challenges the idea of a defamilialization policy cluster, which masks key distinctions between public and market service provision. The more nuanced conceptualization and operationalization of childcare policy design through the capability approach reveals parents’ real opportunities for arranging childcare and the varying effects of policy design across gender and class. In addition, it goes beyond implicit commodification assumptions and opens up space for parents’ potential desire for multiple care arrangement possibilities.
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NUK, OILJ, SAZU, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Employing knowledge-based theory, this study builds upon social network theory and investigates the influence of knowledge networks on firms' innovation performance. This study incorporates the ...structural view of social networks and interorganizational interactions to develop the dimensions of knowledge networks, as well as to demonstrate the effects of firms' knowledge integration capability between knowledge networks and innovation performance. Investigating high-tech firms in Taiwan science parks, this study employs the social network research method to establish the boundaries of knowledge networks. The results show that each dimension of knowledge networks improves firms' innovation performance, and that firms' knowledge integration capability has a fully mediating effect on the relationship between knowledge cognition and innovation performance, but only a partial mediating effect on the relationships among firms' network centrality, knowledge heterogeneity, and innovation performance. Consequently, this study provides suggestions and comments for firms on how to engage in inter-organizational cooperative relationships.
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GEOZS, IJS, IMTLJ, KILJ, KISLJ, NLZOH, NUK, OILJ, PNG, SAZU, SBCE, SBJE, UL, UM, UPCLJ, UPUK, ZRSKP
The resource-based view of the firm (RBV) hypothesizes that the exploitation of valuable, rare resources and capabilities contributes to a firm's competitive advantage, which in turn contributes to ...its performance. Despite this notion, few empirical studies test these hypotheses at the conceptual level. In response to this gap, this study empirically examines the relationships between value, rareness, competitive advantage, and performance. The results suggest that value and rareness are related to competitive advantage, that competitive advantage is related to performance, and that competitive advantage mediates the rareness-performance relationship. These findings have important academic and practitioner implications which are then discussed.
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In recent years, the postulation that deception is necessary for placebos to have an effect on pain relief or increased well-being has come into question. Latest studies have shown that an openly ...administered mock drug works just as well as a deceptively administered placebo on certain complaints. This open-label placebo effect has primarily been used in the area of pain treatment so far. This study is the first to examine the effect of such placebos on healthy individuals with the use of drinking water. In two experiments, participants were required to use certain specified water bottles for their daily drinking water consumption. At the beginning of Experiment 1, all participants (
= 68) received one bottle of water, which they were asked to refill themselves each day during a 2-week intervention period. In Experiment 2, participants (
= 75) received a new sealed water bottle every day. In both experiments, participants were randomly assigned to one of four groups: no treatment (control group CG), open-label placebo without rationale (OPR
), open-label placebo with rationale (OPR
), and open-label placebo with additional rationale in a suggested relaxed state (group OPR
). We conducted baseline and post-treatment measurements of the subjective perceived physical and mental well-being of the participants. In Experiment 1, only the OPR
group reported enhanced vitality at the post-treatment level compared to the other groups. In Experiment 2, post-treatment measurements showed improvements for the OPR
group in the Physical Performance Capability, Mental Performance Capability, Emotional Balance, Overall Recovery, Negative Emotional State, and Overall Stress categories compared to the other groups. Our results support the idea that placebos with an additional rationale in a suggestive relaxed state are more effective than with just a rationale in a normal state. Furthermore, our study shows the tendency that OLP
in the form of water with health claims may be more effective when the water is given in several sealed bottles separately than in one sealed but refillable bottle.
•This paper investigates the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership and open innovation using the mediating role of knowledge management capability.•This research develops and tests this ...relationships using structural equation modeling.•Data for the study were collected from 172 Multinational companies based in France.•Knowledge-oriented leadership can have a direct, positive impact on knowledge management capability and open innovation.•Knowledge management capability mediates the linkage between knowledge-oriented leadership and open innovation.
This paper discusses the links between knowledge-oriented leadership, open innovation and knowledge management in the international business context. Open innovation has become crucial for an increasing number of multinational enterprises (MNEs) to gain and maintain competitive advantage and become a market leader. Despite the recent proliferation of papers dealing with open innovation practices of MNEs, there is limited work investigating the role of knowledge management (KM) capability on the relationship between knowledge-oriented leadership and open innovation. Given MNEs’ growing interest in open innovation, the lack of research on knowledge-oriented leadership and KM capability in the open innovation context is a significant research gap in our knowledge. In response, we conducted a study on the mediating role of KM capability in the linkage between knowledge-oriented leadership and open innovation (inbound and outbound), using data collected from 172 subsidiaries of MNEs based in France. A structural equation modelling approach is employed to study the impact of the latent variables associated with knowledge-oriented leadership and KM capability on open innovation. The results indicate that higher levels of knowledge-oriented leadership can lead to enhanced KM capability and improved open innovation outcomes. That is, knowledge-oriented leadership has a direct, positive impact on KM capability and open innovation. Also, KM capability is found to mediate the linkage between knowledge-oriented leadership and open innovation. This study provides useful insights for managers who wish to enhance open innovation activities in MNEs, and offers useful guidance to international business scholars, encouraging further research in this area.
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All‐solid‐state batteries (ASSBs) with inorganic solid electrolytes (SEs) have attracted significant interest as next‐generation energy storage. Halides such as Li3YCl6 are promising candidates for ...SE because they combine high oxidation stability and deformability. However, the ionic conductivities of halide SEs are not as high as those of other SEs, especially sulfides. Here, we discover new lithium‐metal‐oxy‐halide materials, LiMOCl4 (M=Nb, Ta). They exhibit extremely high ionic conductivities of 10.4 mS cm−1 for M=Nb and 12.4 mS cm−1 for M=Ta, respectively, even in cold‐pressed powder forms at room temperature, which are comparable to or surpass those of organic liquid electrolytes used in lithium‐ion batteries. Bulk‐type ASSB cells using the oxyhalides as the cathode SE demonstrate an outstanding rate capability with a capacity retention of 80 % at 5 C/0.1 C. We believe that the proposed oxyhalides are promising SE candidates for the practical applications of ASSBs.
Here, we discover new lithium‐metal‐oxy‐halide materials, LiMOCl4 (M=Nb, Ta). They exhibit extremely high ionic conductivities of 10.4 mS cm−1 for M=Nb and 12.4 mS cm−1 for M=Ta, respectively, even in cold‐pressed powder forms at room temperature, which are comparable to or surpass those of organic liquid electrolytes used in lithium‐ion batteries.
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Undoubtedly, among the priorities of development goals in each country, achieving sustainable food security and also adapting to climate change have special importance. Therefore, the present study ...was conducted to analyse the role of adaptation capability of small-scale farmers against climate change on the households' food security level in the west of Iran. The statistical population of the research included all small-scale farmers in the west of Iran, in Ilam, Kurdistan, and Kermanshah provinces (N = 319618). By using Krejcie and Morgan Table, and stratified sampling, 404 people were selected with optimum allocation. The main data-gathering tool in the research was a questionnaire which its validity and reliability were confirmed by a group of experts and Cronbach's alpha coefficient, respectively. The results of this research show the poor situation of food security in rural households, and it also indicates their low adaptability against climate change. Also, the results of the discriminant analysis showed that five components of adaptation capability (financial, natural, human, social, and physical) could differentiate food secure groups with insecure ones with 95% accuracy.
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Knowledge transfer is one of the most important aspects of improving the enterprise's innovation capability. This study investigates the internal mechanism through which knowledge transfer affects ...innovation capability. To reveal this internal mechanism, we propose a moderated mediation model of absorptive capability and network reliance. Using survey data from 218 managers in China, structural equation modeling is used to investigate mediation and moderation effects. The results show that absorptive capability positively mediates the relationship between knowledge transfer and innovation capability. Moreover, network reliance positively moderates not only the relationship between absorptive capability and innovation capability but also the overall mediation model. This demonstrates that individuals with high network reliance have higher innovation capability when they have accumulated enough business knowledge. Based on these findings, we conclude that innovation capability may be promoted more effectively through the complex process of knowledge transfer, absorptive capability, and network reliance.
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