{"title":"Knowledge Coordination, Distributed Cognition and Transactional Innovation in Creating National Competitive Advantage: A Theory-Grounded Case Study of Chinese Drone Industry","authors":"Man Guo, Carsten Herrmann-Pillath","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.3024512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3024512","url":null,"abstract":"We develop a theoretical framework based on the notion of transactional innovation as a driver of national competitive advantage, mediated via the entrepreneurial activities of firms. This builds on recent literature that highlights the ‘hyper-specialization’ of international trade networks, compared with the generic role of comparative advantage. We argue that transactional innovations involve the complex interplay of different forms of social and organizational capital, technology and social cognition. The latter phenomenon is essential in the case study on which we apply our theoretical framework, the Chinese drone industry, in which one single company emerged as the leader. Social cognition involves the accumulation of publicly accessible knowledge via digital media, and directly interacts with decentralized and modularized production structures in the Pearl River Delta. This enables the efficient exploitation of comparative advantage in a highly specific industrial niche with huge growth potential, combined with the development of specific skills.","PeriodicalId":153695,"journal":{"name":"Cognition in Mathematics","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125098398","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mixed Factorial Moments in the Nuclear Collisions of 28Si AgBr at 14.6A GeV","authors":"M. A. Ahmad, R. Dobra","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2968252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2968252","url":null,"abstract":"A new method has been applied for the study of intermittency in the collisions of 28Si AgBr at 14.6 A GeV for the produced relativistic charged particles by using the method of mixed factorial moment (MFM). In this paper an analysis has been made for the presence of fractal behavior with three different approaches of Scaled factorial Moments (SFMs) named as- horizontal, vertical and mixed (horizontal and vertical together). The non-statistical fluctuations of relativistic charged particles have been calculated on events with different degree of centrality. These results have been compared with the results of simulated data obtained from UrQMD model and we find a good agreement between experimental data and simulated data.","PeriodicalId":153695,"journal":{"name":"Cognition in Mathematics","volume":"112 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132510479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Non-Superheated and Superheated A357 Alloys","authors":"Mazlee Mohd Noor, J. B. Shamsul, Hussin Kamarudin","doi":"10.4149/km_2010_3_185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4149/km_2010_3_185","url":null,"abstract":"The influence of superheat treatment on the microstructure and dynamic mechanical properties of A357 alloys has been investigated. The study of microstructure was performed by the optical microscope. Dynamic mechanical properties (storage modulus, loss modulus, and damping capacity) were measured by the dynamic mechanical analyzer (DMA). Microstructure showed coarser and angular eutectic Si particles with larger α-Al dendrites in the non-superheated A357 alloy. In contrast, finer and rounded eutectic Si particles together with smaller and preferred oriented α-Al dendrites have been observed in the superheated A357 alloy. Dynamic mechanical properties showed an increasing trend of loss modulus and damping capacity meanwhile a decreasing trend of storage modulus at elevated temperatures for superheated and non-superheated A357 alloys. The high damping capacity of superheated A357 has been ascribed to the grain boundary damping at elevated temperatures.","PeriodicalId":153695,"journal":{"name":"Cognition in Mathematics","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122481262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How to Study Terms of Finance and Banking","authors":"R. Anisimov","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2914841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2914841","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of the paper is to show how studying terms in collocations help to teach and to learn terms of Finance and Banking. The author aims to show how great the difference of collocational ability is between terms that are used in professional discourse and those used in nonprofessional one. In order to help students learn professional terminology it would be advisable to study terms in collocations. The collocations selected for study and analysis should include not only the neutral ones taken from textbooks and professional discourse, but also those used in nonprofessional discourse – in newspaper and magazine articles. The collocational abilities of terms that comprise the terminological systems of Finance and banking are numerous, and all of them should be considered in detail if academic success is a desired outcome.","PeriodicalId":153695,"journal":{"name":"Cognition in Mathematics","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131619594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stochastic Matrix Factorization","authors":"C. Adams","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2840852","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2840852","url":null,"abstract":"This paper considers a restriction to non-negative matrix factorization in which at least one matrix factor is stochastic. That is, the elements of the matrix factors are non-negative and the columns of one matrix factor sum to 1. This restriction includes topic models, a popular method for analyzing unstructured data. It also includes a method for storing and finding pictures. The paper presents necessary and sufficient conditions on the observed data such that the factorization is unique. In addition, the paper characterizes natural bounds on the parameters for any observed data and presents a consistent least squares estimator. The results are illustrated using a topic model analysis of PhD abstracts in economics and the problem of storing and retrieving a set of pictures of faces.","PeriodicalId":153695,"journal":{"name":"Cognition in Mathematics","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-09-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120911478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Redefining Reality: A Solution to the Paradox of Emancipation","authors":"T. McGettigan","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2824732","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2824732","url":null,"abstract":"In this article I propose that a “redefined” standard of truth offers a means through which to develop a united theoretical and methodological framework for sociological science. I argue that, although human agency needs to be defined in terms that are antithetical to social structural constraint, agency and social structure must also be compatible and co-productive. As such, I also assert that the micro level of individual behavior is interactively linked to macro structures through the medium of three dimensional power. Finally, redefined truth facilitates a broader and more inclusive definition of sociological subject matter, while also advocating an improved alternative to the conventional notion of “good science.”","PeriodicalId":153695,"journal":{"name":"Cognition in Mathematics","volume":"358 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132281864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Bigger Computational Social Science: Data, Theories, Models, and Simulations -- Not Just Big Data","authors":"C. Cioffi-Revilla","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2784278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2784278","url":null,"abstract":"Computational social science (CSS) is an interdisciplinary field of social science that integrates individual social science disciplines. Its purpose is to advance scientific understanding of social phenomena through the medium of computing, which is used both as a paradigm and a methodological tool. Recently, restrictive versions of CSS have been proposed, based on “big data” now available from social media and other sources and progress in algorithms from computer science, while eschewing theory, models, or computational simulations — all three major parts of CSS. This paper argues for a comprehensive and balanced CSS that is paradigmatically guided by theory, enriched by analytical models, and enabled by computer simulations, all three drawing on data, be it big or small.","PeriodicalId":153695,"journal":{"name":"Cognition in Mathematics","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133636660","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Hurst Exponent of Sunspot Counts: A Note","authors":"Jamal Munshi","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2767274","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2767274","url":null,"abstract":"It is shown that the time series of sunspot counts may be represented as the sum of a regular cyclical process and a random Hurst process. In the 2375-month study period 1/1818-11/2015, the optimal cyclical components of mean monthly sunspot counts consist of a short wave function with a period of 131 months and a long wave function in which the amplitude of the short wave undergoes a 100-year cycle. The residuals of this model, though random, exhibit properties of the Hurst phenomenon in which dependence, memory, and persistence generate apparent patterns out of randomness. The findings imply that not all patterns in the empirical record of sunspot counts contain useful information because some patterns represent random behavior.","PeriodicalId":153695,"journal":{"name":"Cognition in Mathematics","volume":"62 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114375959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overcoming Algorithm Aversion: People Will Use Imperfect Algorithms If They Can (Even Slightly) Modify Them","authors":"Berkeley J. Dietvorst, J. Simmons, Cade Massey","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2616787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2616787","url":null,"abstract":"Although evidence-based algorithms consistently outperform human forecasters, people often fail to use them after learning that they are imperfect, a phenomenon known as algorithm aversion. In this paper, we present three studies investigating how to reduce algorithm aversion. In incentivized forecasting tasks, participants chose between using their own forecasts or those of an algorithm that was built by experts. Participants were considerably more likely to choose to use an imperfect algorithm when they could modify its forecasts, and they performed better as a result. Notably, the preference for modifiable algorithms held even when participants were severely restricted in the modifications they could make (Studies 1-3). In fact, our results suggest that participants’ preference for modifiable algorithms was indicative of a desire for some control over the forecasting outcome, and not for a desire for greater control over the forecasting outcome, as participants’ preference for modifiable algorithms was relatively insensitive to the magnitude of the modifications they were able to make (Study 2). Additionally, we found that giving participants the freedom to modify an imperfect algorithm made them feel more satisfied with the forecasting process, more likely to believe that the algorithm was superior, and more likely to choose to use an algorithm to make subsequent forecasts (Study 3). This research suggests that one can reduce algorithm aversion by giving people some control - even a slight amount - over an imperfect algorithm’s forecast.","PeriodicalId":153695,"journal":{"name":"Cognition in Mathematics","volume":"114 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116432798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transforming the Active Orientation","authors":"Amitai Etzioni","doi":"10.1007/978-3-319-69623-2_18","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69623-2_18","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":153695,"journal":{"name":"Cognition in Mathematics","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131462463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}