How Responsible Innovation Builds Business Network Resilience to Achieve Sustainable Performance During Global Outbreaks: An Extended Resource-Based View

The recent application of responsible innovation has driven firms to become risk-resistant and sustainable in order to counter the effects of global outbreaks like diseases or other severe situations. However, there is little research examining the role of responsible innovation in promoting firms' sustainable development. Based on the extended resource-based view (ERBV), this article examines the impact of responsible innovation on firms' sustainable performance via business network resilience. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, we use data from 422 Chinese manufacturing firms and find that responsible innovation has a positive effect on firms' sustainable performance and that business network resilience plays a mediating role in this relationship. Additionally, this article shows that both absorptive capacity and social media adoption not only moderate the relationship between responsible innovation and business network resilience, as well as the relationship between business network resilience and sustainable performance, but that they also moderate the mediating effect of business network resilience on the relationship between responsible innovation and sustainable performance. Using the ERBV perspective, this article contributes to the existing literature by extending current discussions on the relationship between responsible innovation and sustainable performance into the area of business network resilience while also elaborating on the roles of absorptive capacity and social media adoption in moderating this relationship.

Syndromic Surveillance Systems for Mass Gatherings: A Scoping Review.

Syndromic surveillance involves the near-real-time collection of data from a potential multitude of sources to detect outbreaks of disease or adverse health events earlier than traditional forms of public health surveillance. The purpose of the present study is to elucidate the role of syndromic surveillance during mass gathering scenarios. In the present review, the use of syndromic surveillance for mass gathering scenarios is described, including characteristics such as methodologies of data collection and analysis, degree of preparation and collaboration, and the degree to which prior surveillance infrastructure is utilized. Nineteen publications were included for data extraction. The most common data source for the included syndromic surveillance systems was emergency departments, with first aid stations and event-based clinics also present. Data were often collected using custom reporting forms. While syndromic surveillance can potentially serve as a method of informing public health policy regarding specific mass gatherings based on the profile of syndromes ascertained, the present review does not indicate that this form of surveillance is a reliable method of detecting potentially critical public health events during mass gathering scenarios.

Business networks and organizational resilience capacity in the digital age during COVID-19: A perspective utilizing organizational information processing theory

Based on organizational information processing theory (OIPT), this study examines how and when business networks exert a positive influence on firms’ organizational resilience capacity. Using data collected from 409 Chinese manufacturing firms during the COVID-19 pandemic, and by disaggregating business networks into two dimensions—network breadth and network depth—our findings show, firstly, that both network breadth and network depth are positively correlated to the organizational resilience capacity of firms;secondly, that these relationships are mediated by firms’ ambidextrous learning;and thirdly, that the positive effects of network breadth and network depth on organizational resilience capacity are stronger when the firms’ digital technology levels are higher. Furthermore, through additional analysis, we find that the positive impact of business networks on organizational resilience capacity is stronger for non-state-owned enterprises (non-SOEs) than it is for SOEs, and also that the moderating effect of digital technology on the relationship between business networks and organizational resilience capacity is greater for non-SOEs than it is for SOEs. These findings provide new insight into how a firm's business network, in combination with its ambidextrous learning and level of digital technology, affects its organizational resilience capacity development, which helps it survive a crisis for future sustainable development.

Investigation on psychological state of occupational exposure of medical staff in operation room under novel coronavirus.

This article mainly explores the psychological state of occupational exposure of medical staff in operation room contaminated with novel coronavirus, and provides targeted suggestions for mental health service of medical staff so as to maintain their physical and mental health. On February 28, 2020, a questionnaire survey was conducted using Internet. Nurses, anesthesiologists and surgeons in the operating room of the First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University from January 2020 to March 2020 were selected as the research objects. The psychological state of medical staff was investigated by SAS and PSS-14. As on February 29, 2020, 301 valid questionnaires and one invalid questionnaire were received. The survey showed that there was anxiety but no moderate or severe anxiety in the occupational behavior of operating room medical staff, while some medical staff had a certain degree of psychological pressure (P < 0.05). The present survey suggested that medical staff was under anxiety and pressure in different degrees in the operation room because of novel coronavirus contamination during occupational activities, much attention is required to improve mental health of medical professionals and to reduce their negative emotions.