Finance Group

@article{scuotto_1547,

title = {Employees, acceptance of wearable devices : Towards a predictive model},

author = {Veronica Scuotto and Domitilla Magni and Alberto Pizzi and Manlio Del Giudice},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0040162521004546?via%3Dihub},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-11-01},

journal = {Technological Forecasting And Social Change},

volume = {172},

pages = {121022},

abstract = {Digital technologies, data intelligence and analytics are developing significant potential benefits for business transformation. The most prominent digital technologies appear in wearable devices (WDs), i.e., small electronic devices that collect and transmit data. By applying the lens of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), the paper offers a new research model, identifying four antecedents (organizational trust, perceived usefulness, hedonic motivations, and privacy) which reflect employees' intentions to use WDs. The model also recognizes an additional mediator variable, namely rewards, which intercedes the direct relationship between organizational trust and the intention to use WDs. In particular, a sample of 523 temporary employees is analyzed by multiple regression analysis which results in a strong relationship between the intention to use and the perceived benefits of using WDs, whereas the perceived risks (i.e., privacy) are negatively associated with the intention to use WDs. Finally, rewards impact positively on results by mediating the connection between organizational trust and the intention to use WDs. The study contributes to extending the literature on digital tools, data intelligence, and analytics within a firm and offers original solutions for business and societal transformation.},

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@article{pelet_1561,

title = {The internet of things in upscalehotels: its impact on guests'sensory experiences and behavior},

author = {Jean-Éric Pelet and Basma Taieb},

url = {https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJCHM-02-2021-0226/full/html},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-11-01},

journal = {International Journal Of Contemporary Hospitality Management},

volume = {33},

number = {11},

pages = {4035-4056},

abstract = {Purpose-This study bridges the gap between sensory marketing and the use of the internet of things (IoT)in upscale hotels. This paper aims to investigate how stimulating guests'senses through IoT devices influenced their emotions, affective experiences, eudaimonism (well-being), and ultimately, guest behavior.The authors examined the potential moderating effects of gender.

Design/methodology/approach-Research conducted comprised an exploratory study, which consisted of interviews with hotel managers (Study 1) and an online confirmatory survey (n= 357) amonghotel guests (Study 2).

Findings-The results showed that while the senses of smell, hearing and sight had an impact on guests'emotions, the senses of touch, hearing and sight impacted guests'affective experiences. The senses of smelland taste influenced guests'eudaimonism. The sense of smell had a greater effect on eudaimonism andbehavioral intentions among women compared to men.

Research limitations/implications-This study concentrated on upscale hotels located in Europe. Further research may explore the generalizability of thefindings (e.g. in other cultures, comparison betweenhigh-end and low-end hotels).

Practical implications-Managers of upscale hotels should apply congruent sensory stimuli from allfive senses. Stimuli may be customized (?SoCoIoT?marketing). IoT in hotels may be useful in the aftermath ofthe COVID pandemic, as voice commands help guests avoid touching surfaces.

Originality/value-IoT can be applied in creating customized multi-sensory hotel experiences. Forexample, hotels may offer unique and diverse ambiances in their rooms and suites to improve guestexperiences.},

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@article{islam_1769,

title = {High-performance connections: Digital holism and communicative capitalism at HappyAppy},

author = {Gazi Islam and Kseniya Navazhylava and Marcos Barros and Jean-Charles Pillet},

url = {https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13505084211057260},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-11-01},

journal = {Organization},

abstract = {The current study examines the ways in which new age organizations use digital culture to promote ?holistic? visions of personal and social well-being. Concepts of holism are common in contemporary and new age management settings, but are largely undertheorized by organizational scholars; moreover, the relations between holism and techno-culture, increasingly recognized by digital sociologists, are largely missing from organizational scholarship. Using the lens of ?communicative capitalism,? we carry out a case study of ?HappyAppy,? a French techno-startup association concerned with well-being related applications, to understand how holistic ideas are deployed and shaped within this association. We find that that holism is marked, on the one hand, by ?autarkic? fantasies, involving subjective integration and immersion, and on the other, by ?relational? fantasies, involving interpersonal connection and participation. Moreover, each of these versions of holism is associated with distinct critical possibilities. We use these results to theorize the role of digital holism at the intersection of new age management and digital culture, outlining an agenda for future research.},

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@article{bereznoy_1404,

title = {The intertwining of knowledge sharing and creation in the digital platform based ecosystem. A conceptual study on the lens of the open innovation approach},

author = {Alexey Bereznoy and Dirk Meissner and Veronica Scuotto},

url = {https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JKM-10-2020-0769/full/html},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-10-01},

journal = {Journal Of Knowledge Management},

volume = {25},

number = {8},

pages = {2022-2042},

abstract = {Generally, there is a common sense to consider knowledge sharing and creation as two separate processes but a new matter emerges when those processes are intertwining. In this vein, this research aims to discuss on the lens of the open innovation (OI) model how such intertwining generates digital platform-based ecosystem.},

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@article{van_burg_1425,

title = {When do academics patent outside their university? An in-depth case study},

author = {Elco Van Burg and Jingshu Du and Gerdien Kers Jannigje},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166497221000687?via%3Dihub},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-09-01},

journal = {Technovation},

volume = {107},

pages = {102287},

abstract = {A central theme of university entrepreneurship?including the generation and commercialization of university invented research?is academic patenting (referring to patenting by university scientists). This study explores

organizational-, individual- and patent-level factors and their respective relationship with academic patenting.

Based on a thorough investigation of all academic patents (that have at least one university scientist involved) from one of the largest Dutch research universities during the period 2000-2009, and further building on firsthand qualitative and quantitative data, the results show that Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) are instrumental in generating more academic patents. However, this effect is predominantly manifested by the increase in the number of patents patented under the name (solely or jointly) of the university (university-owned patents), far more than the increase in the absolute volume of patents invented by the university (university-invented patents).

Further, regarding individual academic inventors, our study shows that, in general, male researchers and leadinventors

with higher academic rankings are less likely to abide by the TTOs, resulting in more patents being

filed outside the university. Regarding the academic invention, the value of the patent itself does not seem to be related to the choice of the ownership (e.g., university-owned or not) of the patent.},

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@article{chu_1505,

title = {Performance Evaluation of Organizations Considering Economic Incentives  for Emission Reduction: A Carbon Emission Permit Trading Approach},

author = {Junfei Chu and Caifeng Shao and Ali Emrouznejad and Jie Wu and Zhe Yuan},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0140988321002978},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-09-01},

journal = {Energy Economics},

volume = {101},

pages = {105398},

abstract = {The emissions trading system allows organizations to transact emission permits to fit their production 

practice. This paper develops a new nonparametric methodology for performance evaluation of organizations (or decision-making units, DMUs) considering carbon emission permit trading. Explicit production axioms are discussed, and a new production technology considering carbon emission permit trading is proposed. Models based on the new production technology are established for evaluating the carbon emission reduction potential and performance of the DMUs. Comparing the proposed models with previous ones, the adoption of carbon emission permit trading increases the potentials of DMUs to reduce 

carbon dioxide emission and improve inputs and outputs. In addition, a proper increase of the carbon emission permit trading price can increase the potential of DMUs to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The proposed approach contributes to the literature by explicitly explaining how adopting carbon emission permit trading affects production technology. A numeral example illustrates the proposed approach while the usefulness and practicality of the models are explained by applying them to China's thermal power industry.},

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@article{arreola_1629,

title = {The Corporate Accelerator: A New Kind of Strategic Factor Market to Access Strategic Resources},

author = {Fernanda Arreola and Véronique Favre Bonté and Sébastien Tran},

url = {https://management-aims.com/index.php/mgmt/article/view/4576},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-09-01},

journal = {M@n@gement},

volume = {24},

number = {3},

pages = {56-71},

abstract = {Corporate accelerators are often viewed as a way to capture innovation from startups. In this study, we present a fresh understanding of the specific role of corporate accelerators in accessing a number of strategic resources held by startups other than innovation. This research study explores the ways in which corporations use corporate accelerators to acquire resources held within the strategic factor markets in which startups compete. Using six in-depth case studies of corporate accelerators and 43 interviews with accelerators, corporations, and startups, we investigate the type of strategic resources that can be accessed by firms via corporate accelerators. We also explain the dy-namics through which corporations gain access to some of these strategic resources.},

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@article{tran_1801,

title = {L'impact de la dématérialisation des contrats de travaux publics sur l'organisation interne des acteurs publics et privés et leurs interactions au sein d'un territoire},

author = {Sébastien Tran and Patrick Loux and Mathilde Aubry},

url = {https://pmp.revuesonline.com/article.jsp?articleId=42816},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-09-01},

journal = {Politiques et Management Public},

volume = {38},

number = {3},

pages = {299-329},

abstract = {L'objectif de la présente recherche est de comprendre comment la dématérialisation modifie les processus intra- et inter-organisationnels des acteurs publics et privés d'un territoire. Une recherche qualitative a été menée pendant deux ans et demi auprès de professionnels du BTP (Bâtiment et Travaux Publics) et de collectivités territoriales dans le contexte des contrats de travaux publics. La grande variété d'acteurs intervenant dans ces contrats et les nombreux documents à dématérialiser offrent un contexte propice à l'analyse de la complexité organisationnelle que pose la transformation numérique de la commande publique. S'appuyant sur le cadre conceptuel des affordances, l'analyse des données met en avant l'interdépendance accrue des acteurs pour mettre en oeuvre une dématérialisation totale.},

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@article{wei_1510,

title = {Energy and environmental efficiency of China's transportation sectors considering CO2 emission uncertainty},

author = {Fangqing Wei and Xiaoqi Zhang and Junfei Chu and Feng Yang and Zhe Yuan},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920921002534},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-08-01},

journal = {Transportation Research Part D-Transport And Environment},

volume = {97},

pages = {102955},

abstract = {China's transportation sector suffers from energy over-consumption and CO2 over-emission, resulting in increasing pressure to improve energy and environmental efficiency. Current measurement techniques cannot produce precise CO2 emission data, and this uncertainty makes previous approaches problematic for analyzing energy and environmental efficiency. This study combines stochastic multicriteria acceptability analysis (SMAA-2) with data envelopment analysis (DEA) to evaluate the energy and environmental efficiency of Chinese transportation sectors in the presence of uncertain CO2 emission data. The improved SMAA-DEA approach effectively handles CO2 data uncertainty and also considers all possible input and output weights, thus providing meaningful information (such as maximum efficiency, average efficiency, and rank acceptability index) to guide the development of effective policies to improve efficiency. This study's empirical findings show that the energy and environmental efficiency of transportation sectors in 30 provincial regions is poor, great efficiency disparities exist between regions, and uneven development has occurred in China.},

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@article{talwar_1418,

title = {Barriers and paradoxical recommendation behaviour in online to offline (O2O) services. A convergent mixed-method study},

author = {Shalini Talwar and Amandeep Dhir and Veronica Scuotto and Puneet Kaur},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296321002125?via%3Dihub},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-07-01},

journal = {Journal Of Business Research},

volume = {131},

pages = {25-39},

abstract = {x},

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@article{kallel_1585,

title = {Driving force for shape memory effect of polymers},

author = {Achraf Kallel and Abir Ben Abdallah and Fehmi Gamaoun and Abbas Tcharkhtchi and Hachmi BenDaly and Joseph Fitoussi},

url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10965-021-02637-4},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-07-01},

journal = {Journal Of Polymer Research},

volume = {28},

number = {10},

pages = {308},

abstract = {In this study, we aim to evaluate the shape memory effect of a Poly (Caprolactone) (PCL) (40%) and a Styrene-Butadiene-Styrene (SBS) (60%) blend. Shape memory cycle tests are performed at different temperatures to detect the best recovery rate. Under appropriate temperature, the blend recovers substantially its original shape. To study the recovery rate evolution, multi cycle tests are realized with controlled temperature. The results indicate that the shape memory effect growths when the number of cycle increases. The stored energy acts as a driving force to bring the polymer to its permanent shape after each loading cycle. Then, an original method is proposed to measure the stress-strain evolution during the recovery. With a variable temperature, no standard test can follow the stress-strain evolution. This test is needed to validate the behavior model.},

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@article{gong_1199,

title = {Robotic mobile fulfillment systems considering customer classes},

author = {Yeming Gong and Mingzhou Jin and Zhe Yuan},

url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00207543.2020.1779370},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-06-01},

journal = {International Journal Of Production Research},

volume = {59},

number = {16},

pages = {5032-5049},

abstract = {This paper studies a Robotic Mobile Fulfillment System (RMFS), featured by a number of robots lifting and transporting movables storage shelves from storage grids to order pickers. In such systems, online retailers often classify their customers by two major classes expedited shipping" and standard shipping". We build high-dimension Markov models to describe this system with customer classes, calculate the throughput of this system given the number of robots and provide design rules to determine the optimal number of robots and their capacities considering the trade-off between capacities of picker stations and robots. We verify the analytic results of Markov models with simulations. We further consider multiple-picker RMFS and study its optimal design.},

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@article{yuan_1570,

title = {Analyzing potential tourist behavior using PCA and modified affinity propagation clustering based on Baidu index: Taking Beijing City as an example},

author = {Zhe Yuan and Lin Wang and Sirui Wang and Lu Peng},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666764921000138},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-06-01},

journal = {Data Science and Management},

volume = {2},

pages = {12-19},

abstract = {In recent years, when planning and determining a travel destination, residents often make the best of Internet techniques to access extensive travel information. Search engines undeniably reveal visitors' real-time preferences when planning to visit a destination. More and more researchers have adopted tourism-related search engine data in the field of tourism prediction. However, few studies use search engine data to conduct cluster analysis to identify residents' choice toward a tourism destination. In the present study, 146 keywords related to ?Beijing tourism? are obtained from Baidu index and principal component analysis (PCA) is applied to reduce the dimensionality of keywords obtained by Baidu index. Modified affinity propagation (MAP) clustering algorithm is used to classify provinces into several groups to identify the choice of residents to travel to Beijing. The result shows that residents in Hebei province are most likely to travel to Beijing. The cluster result also shows that PCA-MAP performs better than other clustering methods such as K-means, linkage, and Affinity Propogation (AP) in terms of silhouette coefficient and Calinski-Harabaz index. We also distinguish the difference of residents' choice to travel to Beijing during the peak tourist season and off-season. The residents of Tianjing are inclined to travel to Beijing during the peak tourist season. The residents of Guangdong, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shanghai, Shandong, and Zhejiang have high attention to travel to Beijing during both seasons.},

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@article{xiong_907,

title = {The social-psychological approach in understanding knowledge hiding within international R&D teams: An inductive analysis},

author = {Chang Xiong and Victor Chang and Veronica Scuotto and Yujie Shia and Niccolò Paoloni},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296319302516?via%3Dihub},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-05-01},

journal = {Journal Of Business Research},

volume = {128},

pages = {799-811},

abstract = {Knowledge hiding is widely considered a counter-productive workplace behavior that can hinder the employees' creativity and have a negative impact on performance. Although companies are prone to encourage knowledge sharing practices, employees are inclined to hide their knowledge - tacit and explicit. Often this happens in research and development (R&D) process where team members may distrust each other or intentionally are not hostile in sharing knowledge. The phenomenon of knowledge hiding has increased the interest in researchers who have explored it in different views, there has been little research into the antecedents of knowledge hiding and the social factors that trigger the relate behavior. In this vein, the current study seeks to analyze antecedents and social factors through the lens of the theory of planned behavior as the guiding theory in an in-depth qualitative research. Specifically, knowledge hiders' attitudes, subjective norms and their perceived behavioral control over the knowledge hiding along with the cultural dimensions of 15 international R&D teams are investigated. Although exploratory, the study reveals the fact that cultivating an environment of collaboration and knowledge sharing is beneficial as it removes the organizational foundation of knowledge hiding, which is more likely to result in increased innovation within the whole organization. A comprehensive theoretical framework of knowledge hiding is proposed, and its implications on theory and practice are discussed with the aim of nudging further explorations on the topic.},

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@article{scuotto_1416,

title = {A microfoundational perspective on SMEs' growth in the digital transformation era},

author = {Veronica Scuotto and Melita Nicotra and Manlio Del Giudice and Norris Krueger},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0148296321000539?via%3Dihub#!},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-05-01},

journal = {Journal Of Business Research},

volume = {129},

pages = {382-392},

abstract = {This research illustrates the relevance of individual digital capabilities for SMEs' growth and innovation performance. Going beyond Penrosian growth theory, taking a microfoundational perspective demonstrates that these capabilities are crucial for attaining business growth and innovation.},

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@article{chu_1379,

title = {Selecting common projection direction in DEA directional distance function based on directional extensibility},

author = {Junfei Chu and Fangqing Wei and Jie Wu and Zhe Yuan},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360835221000097},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-04-01},

journal = {Computers & Industrial Engineering},

volume = {154},

pages = {107105},

abstract = {This paper develops a new approach to select a common projection direction for performance evaluation of decision-making units (DMUs) using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) directional distance function. First, we define the concept of directional extensibility of a specific projection direction with respect to a set of inefficient DMUs. The concept shows the projection direction's ability in reducing inefficiencies, simultaneously, for all inefficient DMUs. Using this concept, we propose a model which identifies the common projection direction that has the maximum directional extensibility. However, this common projection direction may contain zero elements. To avoid this problem and to select the final common projection direction, an algorithm is developed to select the common projection direction which is resulted in a trade-off between the directional extensibility and the similarity among the elements of the common projection direction. Our developments contribute by formally defining a concept (i.e., the directional extensibility) which can well reflect a common projection direction's ability in reducing the DMUs' inefficiencies. Moreover, the selected final common projection direction has both good directional extensibility and no zero elements, which helps to guide the inefficient DMUs to develop in a balanced way because the direction suggests the DMUs to improve in all inputs and outputs. Finally, we demonstrate the usefulness of our proposed approach by using an empirical case of 18 logistics companies listed among China's top 500 enterprises in 2018.},

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@article{ananthabhotla_1384,

title = {Cognitive Audio Interfaces: Mediating Sonic Information with an Understanding of How We Hear},

author = {Ishwarya Ananthabhotla and David B Ramsay and Clément Duhart and Joseph A Paradiso},

url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9353971},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-04-01},

journal = {Ieee Pervasive Computing},

volume = {20},

number = {2},

pages = {36-45},

abstract = {In a world of rich, complex, and demanding audio environments, intelligent systems can mediate our interaction with the sounds around us - both to enable meaningful, aesthetic experiences and to transition work from humans to computational agents. Drawing from several years of our research, we suggest that the design of such systems must be driven by a deep understanding of auditory cognition. In this article, we discuss two concrete approaches we take toward cognition-informed interface design - one that begins with sounds themselves to form explicit, contextualized, cognitive models, built on the foundations of large-data parsing infrastructure; and one that begins with the individual, built from intuition surrounding the influence of the cognitive state on perception. We point toward an unexplored and compelling future at their intersection.},

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@article{du_1411,

title = {The up- and downside of collaboration in core and non-core technologies - Selective, contingent, and orchestrated openness in R&D collaborations},

author = {Jingshu Du},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019850121000468?via%3Dihub},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-04-01},

journal = {Industrial Marketing Management},

volume = {94},

pages = {187-201},

abstract = {This paper contributes to the current debate about the ?knowledge sharing-protecting? tension in R&D collaborations by introducing a new angle for analyzing this paradox. Considering the role of internal knowledge sources of the firm, the paper introduces and empirically analyses the interplay between three knowledge governance mechanisms (selective, contingent, and orchestrated openness) and the different technological fields of the firm (core, related non-core, and distant non-core technologies). Based on a unique first-hand large-scale project-level dataset from a Global 100 firm across a 10-year span, this research finds that R&D collaborations selectively conducted in firm's related non-core technological fields promise the best innovation performance. Further, by orchestrating its projects across core and non-core technological fields in the same knowledge portfolio, the firm can leverage a network of inter-connected projects when collaborating with external partners. As such, the firm can strategically ?distribute? collaboration risks across multiple projects, while optimize its access to external knowledge that it intends to get. Finally, contrary to the common assumption, this study does not find any discriminating factors against market-based partners in their contribution to innovation in both core and non-core technologies.},

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@article{rezaee_vessal_1367,

title = {Overcoming stressful life events at do-it-yourself (DIY) laboratories. A new trailblazing career for disadvantaged entrepreneurs},

author = {Saeedeh Rezaee Vessal and Judith Partouche and Veronica Scuotto and Adnane Maalaoui},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162520313329},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-03-01},

journal = {Technological Forecasting And Social Change},

volume = {164},

pages = {120506},

abstract = {Do it yourself (DIY) laboratories are the new experimental open source spaces where nascent entrepreneurs (or DIYers) get together to develop entrepreneurial ideas. Although these labs were originally established by scientists and biologists, they now include civil society, creating a mix and match between experts and non-experts. This group also includes another category of nascent entrepreneurs known as disadvantaged DIYers (DDIYers) who are making the most of these spaces. DDIYers encompass a different range of people such as immigrants, women, and the disabled. The latter calls for a new wave of research focused on DDIYers who are affected by chronic disease; these people motivated the present study that examined a sample of 27 DDIYers who created their own business after being diagnosed with cancer. The following will investigate their motivations. It will be seen that DDIYers are driven by external motivations oriented towards the desire to fulfill unmet needs; existential motivations oriented towards finding meaning in and control over one's life; as well as the aim of having an ideal profession and sharing a common project. With this in mind, policymakers and research institutions are encouraged to facilitate the establishment of DIY labs and the sharing of resources and knowledge.},

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@article{ben_abdallah_1269,

title = {Molecular weight influence on shape memory effect of shape memory polymer blend ( poly(caprolactone)/styrene-butadiene-styrene )},

author = {Abir Ben Abdallah and Fehmi Gamaoun and Achraf Kallel and Abbas Tcharkhtchi},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/app.49761},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-02-01},

journal = {Journal Of Applied Polymer Science},

volume = {138},

number = {5},

pages = {49761},

abstract = {The shape memory effect (SME) does not only concern the macroscopic structure. It concerns also the polymer structure at morphological, macromolecular, and molecular scales. This effect may depend on different physicochemical properties like morphology heterogeneity, chain rigidity, steric hindrance, chain polarity, free volume, cross-linking or entanglement density, molecular shape and weight, and so on. Hence, finding the relationship between the SME and these properties is very important. This can help to obtain the knowledge about the phenomenon origin and mechanism. One of the basic polymer properties, which can have direct SME, may be the molecular weight (Mw). The question here is: If the Mw of a shape memory polymer (SMP) changes, for different reasons like degradation, what will be the effect of this change on its SME. In order to answer to this question, the investigation is focused on an SMP blend of 40% poly(?-caprolactone) (PCL) and 60% styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS). Then, enzymatic hydrolysis is performed on this blend to change its Mw. It is shown that this change is only related to the variation in the Mw of PCL. After that, different samples with a distinct average Mw are prepared and characterized by various experimental methods. Shape memory tests are performed on these blends, and the recovery rate (Rr) for each of them is determined. It is found that when Mw of PCL decreases, its degree of crystallinity, its glass transition, and its melting temperatures, corresponding to the PCL phase, increase. However, the elongation at break of the blend declines with the reduction in Mw. The tests show that the alteration in the blend's Mw influences its SME. Indeed, Rr of the (PCL/SBS) mixture drops with the decrease in Mw of PCL.},

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@article{del_giudice_1361,

title = {A self?tuning model for smart manufacturing SMEs: Effects on digital innovation},

author = {Manlio Del Giudice and Veronica Scuotto and Armando Papa and Shlomo Tarba and Stefano Bresciani and Merrill Warkentin},

url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jpim.12560},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

journal = {Journal Of Product Innovation Management},

volume = {38},

number = {1},

pages = {68-89},

abstract = {With the changing way people live, communicate, and work, enterprises are striving to shift their existing business model into a ?self?tuning? one. Enterprises are becoming more agile, adaptive, and ambidextrous in order to boost innovation in the current digital transformation era. Nowadays, ?digital innovation' is closely associated with Industry 4.0 enablers and smart enterprises. Prior research has shown that while multinational enterprises ? across many sectors ? have already embraced the afore?mentioned advancements, their adoption by small?and?medium?sized enterprises (SMEs) has so far taken place mainly in the manufacturing sector. Thus, based on a sample of 280 self?tuned smart manufacturing SMEs and having utilized the structural equation modelling (SEM), this study was aimed to investigate how digital innovation is influenced by the three pillars of self?tuning models ? agility, adaptation, and ambidexterity. Our article has focussed on the digital systems in which SMEs, spurred by networking and open innovation solutions, operate and innovate in response to external triggers, displaying a balance between exploration and exploitation, and a strong agile capacity.},

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@article{zhang_1406,

title = {Failure prediction of magnesium alloys based on improved CDM model},

author = {Kai Zhang and Houssem Badreddine and Naila Hfaiedh and Khemais Saanouni and Jianlin Liu},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020768321000214?via%3Dihub},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

journal = {International Journal Of Solids And Structures},

volume = {217-218},

pages = {155-177},

abstract = {The aim of this contribution is to improve the behavior and failure prediction accuracy for magnesium alloy sheet forming simulation by using advanced fully coupled Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) model. Starting from known fully coupled constitutive equations at large inelastic (plastic or viscoplastic) strains, three aspects are enhanced on the CDM model developed by Saanouni (2012). The first one concerns the accurate description of tension-compression asymmetry in yielding and hardening of magnesium alloys induced by combined slip and twinning deformations. The second concerns introducing the stress state dependence in damage evolution to improve the fracture prediction under various loading paths. The third deals with temperature and strain rate (viscosity) effects for metal forming processes at elevated temperatures. The improved fully coupled constitutive equations were implemented into finite element code ABAQUS/Explicit via user subroutine VUMAT including the specific local integration scheme to compute the state variables at each quadrature point. Various kinds of tensile tests at different temperatures and strain rates are used to determine the material parameters, and the complete identification procedure is given in details. As validation, the improved model is applied to simulate the three-point bending and circular cup deep drawing tests, the predicted results show good agreements with the experimental observations.},

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@article{scuotto_1338,

title = {A repositioning organizational knowledge dynamics by functional upgrading and downgrading strategy in global value chain},

author = {Veronica Scuotto and Alexeis Garcia-Perez and Chiara Nespoli and Antonio Messeni Petruzzelli},

url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1075425320305676?via%3Dihub},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-12-01},

journal = {Journal Of International Management},

volume = {26},

number = {4},

pages = {100795},

abstract = {Small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are often marked by limited resources, a high dependence on others, and a scope of business that gets narrower as they seek to adapt to the current dynamic and knowledge-intensive context. Additionally, in their relationship with multinational enterprises (MNEs), SMEs are driven to a continuous specialization of their knowledge and technological resource bases. They so source global knowledge by positioning along a global value chain of those MNES. Especially SMEs employ a repositioning organizational knowledge dynamics by functional upgrading and downgrading strategy. In order to address the query on dynamic capabilities in knowledge management (KM) in different inter-organizational collaborations in the global value chain, this study shows that the choice between functional upgrading or downgrading can determine a more effective cross-innovation strategy which enables SMEs to exploit external paths to the market by revealing or selling their ideas, knowledge and technologies. Such strategies can reveal opportunities for SMEs to increase their network to find an optimum position in the market. SMEs, in turn, become more specialised in their offerings, moving up or down the global value chain, leveraging on a combination of dynamic and technological capabilities along with high degree of involvement in knowledge management process},

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@article{scuotto_1407,

title = {A spill over effect of entrepreneurial orientation on technological innovativeness: an outlook of universities and research based spin offs},

author = {Veronica Scuotto and Manlio Del Giudice and Alexeis Garcia-Perez and Beatrice Orlando and Francesco Ciampi},

url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10961-019-09760-x},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-12-01},

journal = {Journal Of Technology Transfer},

volume = {45},

number = {6},

pages = {1634-1654},

abstract = {By shifting towards Romer's (Am Econ Rev 94:1002-1037, 1986) economy and so the spread of knowledge economy, universities started to adopt a collaborative approach with their entrepreneurial ecosystem. They turn out to be risk taker, autonomous, proactive, competitive, and innovative. In a nutshell, they are entrepreneurial oriented with the aim to generate new innovative ventures, known as research-based spin offs. Doubly, this has induced an improvement of technology transfer and the degree of entrepreneurship in the current knowledge economy. However there still is a paucity of studies on the spill over effect of entrepreneurial orientated universities and research-based spin off on technology transfer need to be more explored. Therefore, the article investigates the link between entrepreneurial orientation and such spill overs by offering an outlook of two universities and two research-based spin offs in the United Kingdom. The scope is to provide a deep view of technological innovativeness in a research context, entrepreneurial oriented. Our research suggests that entrepreneurial attitude has become an imperative to succeed in the context where British institutions currently operate. Entrepreneurship brings the necessary technological innovation to the university and its students, which results in better positioning of the university at national and international levels, with the subsequent impact on their ability to attract not only new students and academics but also funding to conduct their research.},

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