School of Economics and Management, Xi'an Aeronautical Institute, Xi'an, China.
School of Economics and Management, Xi'an University of Technology, Xi'an, China.
PLoS One. 2024 Oct 23;19(10):e0306779. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306779. eCollection 2024.
Fuzzy front-end is the research frontier of manufacturing industry. This study investigates the relationship between market-oriented FFE activities and manufacturing startup growth performance by adopting an open innovative ancient Chinese Taoism Yin-Yang approach under this post-pandemic circumstance. This study also examines the moderating behavioral effect of Chinese Zen-originated CEO mindfulness between market-oriented FFE activities and manufacturing startup growth performance. Data for this study were gathered from 343 Chinese manufacturing startups' CEOs across different manufacturing industries, including both high-tech and conventional manufacturing industries. The collected data were analyzed by using structural equation modeling and Bootstrap method. The quantitative analysis results show that most market-oriented FFE activities have positive effects on manufacturing startup growth performance and the Chinese Zen-originated CEO mindfulness positively moderates the relationship between most FFE activities and startup growth performance.
模糊前端是制造业的研究前沿。本研究采用一种开放创新的中国古代道家阴阳方法，在疫情后环境下，探讨了面向市场的模糊前端活动与制造创业成长绩效之间的关系。本研究还检验了中国禅起源的 CEO 正念在面向市场的模糊前端活动与制造创业成长绩效之间的调节行为效应。本研究的数据来自中国不同制造行业的 343 家制造创业公司的首席执行官，包括高科技和传统制造行业。使用结构方程模型和 Bootstrap 方法对收集的数据进行了分析。定量分析结果表明，大多数面向市场的模糊前端活动对制造创业成长绩效有积极影响，中国禅起源的 CEO 正念积极调节了大多数模糊前端活动与创业成长绩效之间的关系。
