Building on the Porter hypothesis, which posits that regulatory stringency triggers innovation and thereby allows firms to achieve the dual purpose of environment protection and enhanced business performance, the present research develops an integrative model that explores the determinants of green innovation with a focus being placed on knowledge sharing. Data were collected from 203 green innovation project leaders from electronics manufacturers operating in China. The results indicate that knowledge sharing mediates the relationship between green requirements and new green product success as well as that between green requirements and green product and process innovations. Interestingly, the empirical analysis rejects the hypothesized positive influence of green requirements on green product and process innovations as well as that on new green product success, while confirming that there exists a direct and positive association between green requirements and knowledge sharing. The direct positive impact of knowledge sharing is the strongest on green process innovation. This study provides a theoretical basis for investigating the possible determinants in the causal links between green requirements and green innovation success and establishes that knowledge sharing and green process innovation may be the points where leverage can be applied to best secure innovation success. Implications of the findings on environmental policy and law design are also discussed to see how the regulatory role of the government can be better positioned to facilitate compliance and innovation. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment.

PurposeThis research seeks to investigate key determinants of new product success (NPS) from the perspective of new product development (NPD) team leaders in the electronics industry in China. A model is proposed investigating the interplay among elements of market orientation and the moderating effects of customer and competitor orientations on the relationship between R&D‐Marketing cooperation and NPS.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 217 respondents to an online questionnaire that had been sent to 3,000 potential participants randomly selected from electronics firms across China. Regression analysis was used to analyse the data.FindingsResults from the research support the hypotheses that NPS is driven by R&D‐Marketing cooperation, customer and competitor orientations. Also, the association between R&D‐Marketing cooperation and NPS is moderated by customer and competitor orientations.Practical implicationsThis research confirms the positive role that R&D‐Marketing cooperation plays in NPS and the moderating effects of customer and competitor orientations on the association between R&D‐Marketing cooperation and NPS. The findings are of relevance to management practitioners as developing successful new products has become an ever more pressing issue in the wake of rising labour cost and increasing market competition.Originality/valuePrevious NPD literature has focused primarily on NPD activities in Western and developed countries. This research fills the research gap by identifying the empirical links between R&D‐Marketing cooperation and NPS. It is the first to examine the moderating effects of customer and competitor orientations in the relationship between R&D‐Marketing cooperation and NPS of electronics firms in China.

This study identifies and explores key determinants of the behavior intention of mobile commerce service users in Hong Kong. Findings from 390 respondents to a questionnaire survey indicated that the four key factors influencing users' intention to use a mobile commerce service are: the attitude of users toward the mobile commerce service, the users' perceived subjective norm, or the intensity of social and peer group pressure to use a mobile commerce service; the perceived ease of use of the mobile commerce service, and the localization of the mobile commerce service. This study contributes to the body of knowledge in the fields of service marketing, technology adoption, and customer relationship management.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to improve understanding of what makes or breaks a new product by exploring the direct and indirect impacts of the three dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) – innovativeness, risk taking and proactiveness – on product advantage and new product success (NPS).Design/methodology/approachBased on the literature reviewed, theoretical relationships among five constructs and relevant hypotheses were developed and subsequently tested using data collected from 244 electronics manufacturers in China.FindingsThe results show that the three dimensions of EO and product advantage are the driving antecedents of NPS. Moreover, it is confirmed that the relationships between the three dimensions of EO and NPS are mediated by product advantage and the relationship between risk taking and product advantage is moderated by innovativeness and proactiveness.Originality/valueLiterature about the interplay among the three dimensions of EO and NPS are often disparate and heterogeneous. The paper overcomes this problem by confirming the relative influences of each of the EO dimensions on NPS, as well as their respective indirect impacts on NPS through the intermediate construct of product advantage. The findings help to enrich our knowledge on EO, particularly on the roles of innovativeness, proactiveness and risk taking in new product development in the electronics manufacturing sector in China.

Market orientation, innovation, and new product success are receiving increasing attention from practitioners and scholars. Although producing new products is critical to the profitability of a firm and its long-term survival, it is a costly and risky business because of low success rates. The research on which this paper is based investigated key determinants of new product success from the perspective of team members responsible for developing new products. Findings from 217 respondents support the hypotheses that new product success is driven by cooperation between research and development and marketing. It was also found that customer and competitor orientations have a mediating effect on the association between research and development and marketing cooperation and new product success. The study contributes to the body of knowledge relating to new product success, marketing, and management. The findings provide information for managers involved in the development and marketing of new products, to help ensure their success. This will benefit both their organizations and the community at large.

PurposeThe purpose of the current study is to investigate the role of management involvement in innovation and its relationships with organizational, technical and marketing innovations. Organizational innovation, which features both administrative and human capital innovation, is introduced as the intermediate construct to test its indirect effects on the influences of management involvement on technical and marketing innovations.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 196 respondents to an online questionnaire that was sent to 2,500 potential participants randomly selected from electronics manufacturing firms across China. Structural equation model using AMOS 18 was used to analyse the data.FindingsThe findings reveal that management involvement has a positive and significant impact on all dimensions of innovation featured. It is also found that organizational innovation has a mediating effect on the association between management involvement and technical innovation, though no such effect can be found in the relationship between management involvement and marketing innovation.Research limitations/implicationsSince the study is quantitative using data emanating from the electronics manufacturing industry in China, further empirical study would be useful to verify and complement the results in other industries and other countries.Practical implicationsThe findings show that management involvement appears to exert permeating impacts on all strata of innovation, presenting a reminder to practitioners and researchers that clear senior management direction, endorsement and support are essential to innovation pursuits.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the body of knowledge relating to innovation and innovation decisions. By investigating the interrelationships between management involvement and the various dimensions of innovation featured, the study identifies and charts the casual chains that can be used to guide innovation decisions.

This research investigates key determinants of success for executive search consultants from the perspective of job candidates. Findings from 245 respondents support the hypotheses that word of mouth intentions are driven by satisfaction, trust, and guanxi, satisfaction and trust are partial mediators. The findings successfully demonstrate the association between guanxi and relational dimensions, and indicate that the service attributes identified in the research are appropriate for evaluating the performance of executive search services as perceived by job candidates. This research contributes to the body of knowledge related to human resources management and customer relationship management. Keywords: Executive search, Headhunting, Human resources management, Hong Kong, Relationship marketing, Trust, Satisfaction, Guanxi, Word of mouth 1. Introduction Most companies select and recruit staff of the right calibre through traditional in-house human resources management (HRM) function (Fish and Macklin, 2004). However, companies using the traditional approach often find themselves flooded with large number of resumes, which puts considerable pressure on HRM administrators and causes delay in the recruitment process (Hilversum, 1999). Outsourcing HRM, which means having a third-party furnishes the administration of a HRM activity that would normally be performed in-house can provide companies with a business edge because they do not have to spend resources on processes that do not contribute to the bottom line (Laabs, 1993). Executive search is the practice of a recruitment and selection function being outsourced by recruiting firms to executive search consultants (ESCs). An executive search process involves three parties, namely, ESCs, recruiting companies and potential job candidates. A review of the literature related to the executive search industry revealed that previous work in this area focused on either executive search firms (ESFs) or recruiting companies, leaving out the potential candidates in the three-party relationship. People relationships are an important success factor in the executive search industry. As an agent, ESCs are required to match and meet the service needs of the other two parties while maintaining a good relationship with them throughout. Knowing client or user expectations and having a good understanding of how relationship marketing (RM) variables of satisfaction, trust and word of mouth intentions interact and influence one another in the search process are the first steps to business success. However, there appears to be no research that has sought to identify the attributes that job candidates desire of professional recruitment agencies, nor has there been any study on the interactive relationships among RM variables in Hong Kong's executive search industry. This research fills these gaps by studying the RM of Hong Kong ESCs as perceived by potential candidates. All previous related studies were done in the West but there are substantial differences between Chinese and Wes...

The benefit of using WiFi for Internet connection is obvious: cost-effective and powerful. WiFi gives us the flexibility and convenience of not being tied to a fixed location. Nowadays, more and more electronic devices and gadgets, such as mobile phones, cameras, gaming devices, TV and entertainment equipment, are WiFi enabled. WiFi also enables your devices to share files instantly. WiFi broadcasting devices, such as Chromecast, give you extra convenience by allowing you to stream video and audio contents from your mobile phone to your TV using WiFi connection. However, this kind of flexibility and convenience comes with a cost. Sharing files, streaming contents or even accessing the Internet via WiFi means signals are being transmitted and they can be captured by anyone with a computer or mobile phone installed with appropriate software. Therefore, it is important to let WiFi users know their security risks and how to minimize them. Educating WiFi users to reduce the WiFi security risk is one of our on-going missions. Basing on empirically collected data, this paper is report of a comprehensive study on the use of WiFi and WiFi networking and the knowledge of WiFi users of the risks and security issues involved in using WiFi in Hong Kong. Findings of the study highlight the WiFi security knowledge gaps of the users in Hong Kong so that stakeholders can take action to improve Internet security by eliminating the security gaps identified.