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Purpose: Based on Chinese incubators as the research sample, this paper aims to examine whether and how incubators' entrepreneurial mentoring and financial support affect incubator patent licensing. Entrepreneurial mentoring functions through the buffering mechanism and financial support functions through the bridging and curating mechanisms. Design/methodology/approach: A negative binomial model is used to empirically explain the relation between entrepreneurial mentoring or financial support and incubator patent licensing. In addition, a cross-sectional test is performed to explore whether province-level incubator support policies strengthen the effect of entrepreneurial mentoring and financial support on incubator patent licensing. Findings: The results reveal that incubators' entrepreneurial mentoring positively affects patent licensing. In contrast, incubators' financial support has an inverted U-shaped relationship with patent licensing. In addition, the two relations are stronger when an incubator locates in a province with more incubator support policies. Originality/value: The authors contribute to the literature on incubator performance by identifying an important but less discussed factor: entrepreneurial mentoring. Through the connection with mentors, tenants efficiently commercialize the value of their patents, facilitate patent licensing and expand the product market. Furthermore, the inverted U-shaped association between financial support and patent licensing shows that incubation support does not always have a linear effect on incubator patent licensing. Overall, this study provides evidence on the effect of incubator support on incubator patent licensing. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Aiming at the multi-row facility layout problems with uncertain number and position of vertical passages in rows, a layout optimization model was established with the goals of minimizing logistics intensity, minimizing the no-load intensity of handling equipment and maiming the interrelations between operation units, and a random-key BA was proposed for the model based on mapping rules. The idea of random-key coding was introduced into BA, and the mapping rules and steps from bat position based on random-key coding to combinational solution of multi-row facility layout were defined, so that the algorithm night be executed in continuous spaces without discrerization, and the layout schemes with different code length might be mapped in combinational spaces. Finally, the proposed random-key BA was used to solve an example of multi-row facility layout problem, and the advantages of the algorithm were proved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Knowledge collaboration effects (KCE) can improve the efficiency of knowledge flow and knowledge sharing, and it is also an important way to generate value-added knowledge. Based on knowledge alliances (KAs) as the research object and exploratory and confirmatory analysis as the research method, this paper constructs the influencing factor system of KCE in KAs and judges on what degree of influence the factors have on KCE. The research result shows KCE in KAs are influenced by willingness to cooperate, learning abilities, knowledge attributes and knowledge activities. Some relevant suggestions are presented based on the study conclusion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]