Impact of Organisational Distance on Technology Standard Alliance Performance:The Mediating Role of Ambidextrous learning

Technology standards are key elements for enterprises to dominate a market.The globalisation of innovation has intensified standard competition,making it generally difficult for a single enterprise to obtain all the resources needed to develop standards.Therefore,enterprises actively join technology standard alliances(TSAs)to seek collaborative innovation and develop technology standards to gain more competitive advantages.This study addresses a crucial issue for enterprises in TSAs and attempts to help them overcome the confines of organisational distance(OD)and improve technology standard alliance performance(TSAP).Through an empirical study of 325 Chinese information and manufacturing enterprises participating in TSAs,we find that OD negatively affects TSAP,and that exploratory learning(ERL)and exploitative learning(EIL)play mediating roles in the relationship between OD and TSAP.The innovation climate(IC)plays a moderating role in the relationship between OD and ERL,and OD and EIL.The results might deepen the understanding of OD in the context of TSAs and have implications for enterprise standardisation practices.

Interpretation of Electric Pressure Cooker Alliance Standard

Recently, Shunde Electric Pressure Cooker Alliance （short for EPCA） successfully made four proposals on revision of the IEC international standard for electric pressure cooker with independent intellectual property rights, namely Elastic Structure Design, Anti-blocking Safety, Pressure Relief Safety and Lid Closing Safety. In the mean time, when participating in the activities related with revision proposals on IEC standard Electric Pressure Cooker, EPCA makes full use of the information and experience gained in these activities, improves and put forward the new-edition Electric Pressure Cooker Alliance Standard （hereafter referred to as Alliance Standard）. This article is an interpretation with this Alliance Standard aiming at bettering the pressure cooker enterprises＇ understanding with this standard, so as to guide the alliance enterprises to highlight the differentiated characteristics and product features in the links like products design, procurement of raw and auxiliary materials, manufacturing and sales, etc., as well as to let industrial peers learn about the characteristics of this standard and the products.

Standards alliance on proton, superconductor and nuclear energy established

The inaugural meeting of international standards alliance for proton,superconductor and nuclear energy application under the"Belt and Road"Initiative was held in Hefei,Anhui Province on December 4,2017.Representatives of China,Russia,Italy,Thailand and Pakistan signed the international standards alliance initiative,in an effort to create a new situation for the application of proton,superconductor and nuclear energy based on collaboration,sharing and win-win.