This study updates the source of innovation theories by investigating the relationship between demand-and supply-driven innovation through a study of a fresh Chinese case of Alipay credit renting platform.Based on the...This study updates the source of innovation theories by investigating the relationship between demand-and supply-driven innovation through a study of a fresh Chinese case of Alipay credit renting platform.Based on the primary data collected via interview and focus group discussion,as well as the secondary data from the company’s website and media report,three main findings were obtained.First of all,from this case,we identify an unseparated relationship between demand-and supply-driven innovation and problems arose when one side is isolated and not given full attention.This adds new insights to the research on the source of innovation.Secondly,we propose that blue ocean strategical framework can help connect the demand side with the supply sides and facilitate the innovation.This provides some managerial guidelines to deal with the challenges as observed in this case.Lastly,this paper analyzes this new renting model(Alipay credit renting platform)from both lessors and lessees’perspectives,representing the first study to investigate the credit renting market systematically.展开更多
Supply-driven chain＇s production is different from traditional demand-driven production because its supplies must guide the full production flow toward the markets and respond actively to customer demand. According t...Supply-driven chain＇s production is different from traditional demand-driven production because its supplies must guide the full production flow toward the markets and respond actively to customer demand. According to the control tlaeory, a novel multi-variable operation model of supply-driven chain is discussed here, integrating suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and market demands. Especially the coordination problem between suppliers and manufacturers is discussed where suppliers play more important role than manufacturers. Because defect is common in real production system, the production operation of supply-driven chain with imperfect quality is described on the basis of fuzzy set to model the ambiguity of quality and to provide appropriate supply coordination mechanism. In a designed numerical example, it is apparent that both response and robustness performances of supply-driven production system on demand with imperfect quality are improved by a fuzzy proportional-integral- differential regulator. The proposed model may apply to similar productions with imoerfect quality.展开更多
文摘This study updates the source of innovation theories by investigating the relationship between demand-and supply-driven innovation through a study of a fresh Chinese case of Alipay credit renting platform.Based on the primary data collected via interview and focus group discussion,as well as the secondary data from the company’s website and media report,three main findings were obtained.First of all,from this case,we identify an unseparated relationship between demand-and supply-driven innovation and problems arose when one side is isolated and not given full attention.This adds new insights to the research on the source of innovation.Secondly,we propose that blue ocean strategical framework can help connect the demand side with the supply sides and facilitate the innovation.This provides some managerial guidelines to deal with the challenges as observed in this case.Lastly,this paper analyzes this new renting model(Alipay credit renting platform)from both lessors and lessees’perspectives,representing the first study to investigate the credit renting market systematically.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 71171089)
文摘Supply-driven chain＇s production is different from traditional demand-driven production because its supplies must guide the full production flow toward the markets and respond actively to customer demand. According to the control tlaeory, a novel multi-variable operation model of supply-driven chain is discussed here, integrating suppliers, manufacturers, distributors and market demands. Especially the coordination problem between suppliers and manufacturers is discussed where suppliers play more important role than manufacturers. Because defect is common in real production system, the production operation of supply-driven chain with imperfect quality is described on the basis of fuzzy set to model the ambiguity of quality and to provide appropriate supply coordination mechanism. In a designed numerical example, it is apparent that both response and robustness performances of supply-driven production system on demand with imperfect quality are improved by a fuzzy proportional-integral- differential regulator. The proposed model may apply to similar productions with imoerfect quality.
