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Role of Knowledge Management Initiatives in Organizational Innovativeness: Empirical Findings from the IT Industry

This paper addresses the relationship between knowledge management initiatives in Indian IT organizations and their innovativeness at the organization level by using the survey research methodology. Knowledge management initiatives were measured in the context of cultural, structural, and technological interventions. Innovation was measured in terms of organizational behaviour related to sensitivity, learning, newness, trialability, communicability, risk-readiness, and absorption. A conceptual model was developed to assess the relationship between knowledge management initiatives and innovativeness. A hypothesis that knowledge management initiatives (KMI) influence the innovativeness of the organization was propounded. The questionnaire developed to assess knowledge management initiatives had 60 items, while an already available questionnaire consisting of 65 items was used to measure innovativeness. Eventually, the number of items in the knowledge management initiatives and innovativeness questionnaires was bought down to 45 and 34 respectively. Items were measured on a fivepoint Likert type rating scale, ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. The reliability of the questionnaires was checked using Cronbach Alpha. The study was carried out on 84 professionals from 20 Bangalore-based IT organizations that had implemented knowledge management initiatives and had SEI CMM level 5. Means and standard deviations of the variables were computed. The variables were subjected to correlation analysis and factor analysis. A multiple regression analysis was done to identify the influence of knowledge management initiatives on organizational innovativeness. An organizational innovativeness score, was used as the dependent variable and the variables of knowledge management initiatives were used as the independent variables. The results of data analysis showed that the initiatives taken by companies to enhance their knowledge assets fall into the culture, structure, and technology subsystems and that all the three are highly correlated: Technology and culture are more strongly associated with each other, as compared to their association with structure. All the three KMI variables strongly influence organizational innovativeness, with ‘culture’ being the most important. ‘Learning climate,’ a variable of culture, is found to be the most significant of the variables to influence innovativeness. Hence, organizations that lay emphasis on learning and provide excellent training facilities can foster a more innovative environment. Interestingly, ‘risk readiness‘ is not a factor contributing to innovativeness and is not significantly associated with the other variables. The variables like leadership, networking, reward and recognition, structure and technology do not significantly influence innovativeness.
Seismic Response of Base-Isolated High-Rise Buildings under Fully Nonstationary Excitation

Stochastic seismic responses of base-isolated high-rise buildings subjected to fully nonstationary earthquake ground motion are computed by combining the pseudoexcitation and the equivalent linearization methods, and the accuracy of results obtained by the pseudoexcitation method is verified by the Monte Carlo method. The superstructure of a base-isolated high-rise building is represented by a finite element model and a shear-type multi-degree of freedom model, respectively. The influence of the model type and the number of the modes of the superstructure participating in the computation of the dynamic responses of the isolated system has been investigated. The results of a 20-storey, 3D-frame with height to width ratio of 4 show that storey drifts and absolute accelerations of the superstructure for such a high-rise building will be substantially underestimated if the shear-type multi-degree of freedom model is employed or the higher modes of the superstructure are neglected; however, this has nearly no influence on the drift of the base slab.
Substructure and galaxy formation in the Copernicus Complexio warm dark matter simulations.

We use the Copernicus Complexio (coco) high-resolution N-body simulations to investigate differences in the properties of small-scale structures in the standard cold dark matter (CDM) model and in a model with a cutoff in the initial power spectrum of density fluctuations consistent with both a thermally produced warm dark matter (WDM) particle with a rest mass of 3.3 keV and a sterile neutrino with mass 7 keV and leptogenesis parameter L6 = 8.7. The latter corresponds to the ‘coldest’ model with this sterile neutrino mass compatible with the identification of the recently detected 3.5 keV X-ray line as resulting from particle decay. CDM and WDM predict very different number densities of subhaloes with mass ≲ 109 h−1 M⊙ although they predict similar, nearly universal, normalized subhalo radial density distributions. Haloes and subhaloes in both models have cuspy Navarro-Frenk-White profiles, but WDM subhaloes below the cut-off scale in the power spectrum (corresponding to maximum circular velocities Vmaxz = 0 ≤ 50 kms− 1) are less concentrated than their CDM counterparts. We make predictions for observable properties using the galform semi-analytic model of Galaxy formation. Both models predict Milky Way satellite luminosity functions consistent with observations, although the WDM model predicts fewer very faint satellites. This model, however, predicts slightly more UV bright galaxies at redshift z > 7 than CDM, but both are consistent with observations. Gravitational lensing offers the best prospect of distinguishing between the models.
The protective effect of mindfulness after meaning threat: controlling implicit racial biases

Racial prejudice against Indigenous Australians contributes to their substantial marginalisation and discrimination. Implicit associations of Indigenous persons with negative connotations can unconsciously activate thoughts and behaviours that reinforce negative racial attitudes. Mindfulness research suggests focused attention on present awareness can enhance attentional control, consequently reducing automatic racial bias. Conversely, meaning threats violate normal expectancies, induce uncertainty and enhance association bias. The current study investigated whether mindfulness training protects against elevated implicit racial bias after an uncertainty threat. 112 Caucasian adults (M = 29.17, SD = 12.48) were allocated into one of four conditions: double active (n = 26), mindfulness active (n = 25), meaning threat active (n = 30), or double control (n = 31). A mindfulness exercise was followed by a meaning threat story with implicit racial bias measured through a newly constructed Indigenous Australian Race Implicit Association Test. No significant interaction of racial bias was revealed across conditions `(p = .858, ηp^2= 0.00)`. The hypothesis that mindfulness training would reduce racial bias after meaning threat was not supported. 10-minutes of non-mindful attention may result in dissipated mindfulness effects due to a transient mindful state being induced for novice meditators.
Managing Consumer-Based Brand Equity in Higher Education

The purpose of this study is to establish the key elements of brand equity for international students by exploring existing brand equity theory in its applicability to international higher education (HE). The main objective of this research is to enhance academic understanding of brand equity in the HE sector and explore the implications for management practice. Quantitative data collected via a self-completion survey are used to test a model of brand equity in the context of HE. The empirical setting is Slovenia, which has a mixture of public and private provision and an increasingly competitive environment. The results provide support for the proposed conceptual model, with image-related and awareness-related determinants. The findings of this research provided evidence that the customer-based brand equity model can be applied to the HE context as an element of competitive advantage and used to guide marketing activities for Universities internationally.
Seasonal dynamics of cyst formation of pelagic strombidiid ciliates in a deep prealpine lake

Population dynamics of the oligotrich ciliates Limnostrombidium v~ride and Pelagostrombidium fallax were recorded in prealpine Lake Constance, Germany, from February through November 1997. Simultaneously, their flask-shaped restlng cysts were collected in sediment traps. We describe for the first time the resting stages of L. viride. Motile stages and cysts of this species were restricted to ApriVMay, with a maximum flux rate of 2 X 104 cysts m-' d-l. Pelagostrombidium fallax, a dominant species throughout the year, encysted in March to June and September to November. Maximum flux rates of 1.8 X 105 and 2.1 X 105 cysts m-2 d-' were observed in spring and autumn, respectively. Mean flux rates were 4 X 104 cysts m-2 d. ' in spring and 3 X 104 cysts m-' d-' in autumn. In summer, cyst formation ceased over a penod when water temperatures were >18OC close to the lake surface. Encystment of P. fallax in spring was significantly negatively correlated with chlorophyll a.
High-light damage in air-dry thalli of the old forest lichen Lobaria pulmonaria - interactions of irradiance, exposure duration and high temperature

High-light damage in air-dry thalli of Lobaria pulmonaria were measured in the laboratory as reductions in maximal PSII efficiency (F V /F M ) after a 48 h recovery in a hydrated state at low light to account for permanent damage. Thalli treated with the lowest light dose (90 mol photons m -2 ) recovered normal F V /F M -values with increasing irradiances (400-700nm) up to 1000 μmol photons m -2 s -1 . Doubling this dose lowered the threshold level for damage from 1000 to 320 μmol photons m -2 s -1 , and reduced F V /F M at 1000 μmol photons m -2 s -1 by more than 50%. A second doubling of the dose to 360 mol photons m -2 caused damage at 200 μmol photons m -2 s -1 , and a nearly complete cessation of PSII efficiency occurred at 1000 μmol photons m -2 s -1 . No reciprocity of irradiance and duration of illumination for PSII function was found. The measured time-dependent decrease in F V /F M was remarkably similar for the naturally coupled, but artificially separated, light and temperature factors. Therefore, the damage of high light on desiccated L. pulmonaria seemed to be an additive effect of high irradiance and high temperatures. Air-dry thalli were highly heat susceptible, being affected already at temperatures around 40 °C. Logging operations in forests are likely to raise the solar radiation at remaining lichen sites to destructive levels.
THE IMPACT OF LIQUIDITY ON JORDANIAN BANKS PROFITABILITY THROUGH RETURN ON ASSETS

Every stakeholder has interest in the liquidity situation of a company. Suppliers of goods will review the liquidity of the company before selling goods on credit. Employees should also be worried about the company’s liquidity to know whether the company can cover its employee related obligations–salary, pension, etc. So, a company needs to keep sufficient liquidity so that liquidity extremely affects profits of which some part that will be divided to shareholders. Liquidity and profitability are closely related because one increases the other decreases. Bank profitability is the ability of a bank to generate revenue in excess of cost, in relation to the bank’s capital base. A profitable banking sector is better able to resist negative impact and share in to the stability of the financial system. This study sought to find out whether liquidity through quick ratio has significant impact on Jordanian banks profitability through return on asset (ROA). The study used the 2005-2011 financial reports of 15 Jordanian banks listed at Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). The study revealed that there is significant impact of independent variable quick ratio on dependent variable return on asset (ROA). That means profitability through return on assets (ROA) in Jordanian banks is significantly influenced by liquidity through quick ratio.
The Effect of Technology Entrepreneurial Capabilities on Technopreneurial Intention of Nascent Graduates

Owing to the turbulence of entrepreneurial environment in recent years, the need to examine how technology entrepreneurship capabilities affect nascent graduate mindset toward creating new technology-based organizations is topical. Despite the fact that technological capabilities, relational capabilities, financial capabilities, and knowledge-sharing capabilities are central drivers of technology entrepreneurship, explicit gaps exist in the literature concerning their impact on technopreneurship intention. Thus, the aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between technology entrepreneurial capabilities and technopreneurship intention. A cross-sectional study was conducted with seven hypotheses in order to investigate the mediating role of knowledge sharing capabilities on the relationships between technology entrepreneurship capabilities (technological, relational, and financing) and technopreneurship intention. The hypotheses are tested based on data collected from 121 nascent graduates in Nigeria using multiple regression. Based on the output of the results, the study suggests direct and full mediating role of knowledge-sharing capabilities on technology entrepreneurship capabilities and technopreneurship intention. Thus, knowledge-sharing capabilities mediates the relation between technological capabilities and technopreneurship intention, as well as financial capabilities and technopreneurship intention. However, it mediation effects on relational capabilities and technopreneurship intention was not found. The findings indicate that technology entrepreneurship capabilities (technological, relational, and financial capabilities) influence technopreneurship intention through knowledge-sharing capabilities. From the theoretical perspective, the study extends the dynamic capabilities theory into technology entrepreneurship research. This study has manifold implication to policy makers and nascent graduate seeking career in technology-based firms. Keywords: Knowledge-sharing capabilities, technological capabilities, relational capabilities, financial capabilities, technopreneurship intention, nascent graduate.
L2 Motivation in Japanese Elementary EFL Classrooms: a Review of the Literature

In​ ​their​ ​formal​ ​education​ ​systems,​ ​East​ ​Asian​ ​nations​ ​began​ ​to​ ​actively​ ​incorporate​ ​English lessons​ ​around​ ​the​ ​turn​ ​of​ ​the​ ​21​st​​ ​century. ​ ​For​ ​Japan,​ ​perhaps​ ​the​ ​most​ ​controversial​ ​reform​ ​was introducing​ ​compulsory​ ​English​ ​as​ ​a​ ​foreign​ ​language​ ​(EFL)​ ​instruction​ ​at​ ​the​ ​primary​ ​school​ ​level in​ ​2011. ​ ​A​ ​central​ ​policy​ ​goal​ ​specifies​ ​guidelines​ ​for​ ​encouraging​ ​positive​ ​affect​ ​and​ ​long-term motivation​ ​toward​ ​the​ ​language. ​ ​In​ ​this​ ​literature​ ​review,​ ​I​ ​discuss​ ​empirical​ ​studies​ ​from​ ​within​ ​the past​ ​five​ ​years​ ​which​ ​explore​ ​Japanese​ ​elementary​ ​EFL​ ​students’​ ​motivation​ ​and​ ​engagement​ ​in class. ​ ​Researchers​ ​framed​ ​their​ ​inquiry​ ​within​ ​the​ ​self-determination​ ​theory​ ​(SDT)​ ​framework,​ ​a dominant​ ​theory​ ​of​ ​motivation​ ​in​ ​language​ ​motivation​ ​research. ​ ​Thus,​ ​a​ ​foundation​ ​has​ ​been​ ​set​ ​for future​ ​research​ ​by​ ​successfully​ ​establishing​ ​the​ ​validity​ ​of​ ​SDT​ ​and​ ​the​ ​concept​ ​of​ ​engagement​ ​in this​ ​context.
Identifying Factors for Marriage Breakdown at Debre Birhan Town of Ethiopia: Logistic and Survival Analysis

Marriage breakdown is a condition in which partners of a marital union cease to live together especially due to divorce or separation. The main objective of this study is identifying factors for marriage breakdown. To achieve this sample of 576 respondents was taken using stratified random sampling method, during March 2012. From descriptive statistics we have seen that about 41.7% of the first marriage was broken in Debre Birhan town. A series of statistical analysis have done: factors for marriage breakdown were analyzed using binary logistic regression and time to marriage breakdown was analyzed by Cox proportional hazard model. From the binary logistic regression we have seen that being infertile, marry at age of 12-18 years (early marriage), sexual incompatibility, unfaithfulness, absence of discussion and illiterate husbands are exposed to the risk of marriage break down. From the Cox proportional hazard model we have seen that; spouses who are infertile, marry b/n 12-18 years for females, too low ( 10 years) age gap, having different religion, sexual incompatibility and unfaithfulness leads to the shorter survival time of first marriage. Finally we have recommend that Spouses should have a habit of discussion, specially on sexual issue, youth should insure that they have the potential to pursue marriage its responsibility before coming to the institution. Awareness creation and counseling service should have given about the effect of early marriage, the importance of legal- marriage, impact of religion difference of spouses and gender equality.
Do Golden Parachutes Increase Shareholders' Wealth in the M&A between ICT Companies?

In this paper, using game model, we show that the network effects from M&A in ICT sector can generate abnormal returns in the market. It is also shown how the anti-takeover behaviors of target managers with golden parachutes can increase the shareholder wealth as well as the size of network effects. This is because the bidding strategies of acquiring firms depend on the target managers’ defensive strategies. Therefore, using golden parachutes, shareholders can increase the bidding prices and defeat the acquiring firm’s takeover attempt which generates lower network effects. The result shows that the probability of a successful takeover increases with GP. This paper also shows why most of the benefits of a successful takeover go to the target firm.
Growth effects on mixed culture of Dunaliella salina and Phaeodactylum tricornutum under different inoculation densities and nitrogen concentrations

Dunaliella salina and Phaeodactylum tricornutum are two important marine microalgae rich in bioactive substances and other high-value constituents. In this study, growth effects on mixed culture of these two microalgae were studied under different inoculation proportions (10:0, 7:3, 5:5, 3:7, 0:10) and low, medium and high nitrogen concentrations of 1.4, 14 and 140 mg/l, respectively. By evaluating cell density, OD 680 , biomass, chlorophyll a and protein content in the culture, it was found that colony cell growth of D. salina and P. tricornutum was increased with the increasing of nitrogen concentrations. Additionally, mixed culture of D. salina and P. tricornutum under high and medium nitrogen concentrations increased the growth of cell colonies (especially when the inoculation proportion was 7:3) and chlorophyll a content by as much as 96.7 and 132.8%. Protein content was also increased by 1.3 and 2.8 folds when compared with that obtained with monoculture of D. salina and P. tricornutum . In contrast, when the mixed culture was done under low concentration of nitrogen, cell colonies growth was restricted due to limitation of nitrogen. Key words: Dunaliella salina, Phaeodactylum tricornutum, inoculation density, mixed-culture, nitrogen concentration.
Influence of Organo-Clay's Carbon Number on the Adsorption of Humic Acid

In order to alter the clay surface from hydrophilic to organophilic nature, the clay was modified by replacing its natural inorganic exchangeable cations with Quaternary Ammonium Cations (QACs). In this work, we studied the effect of QACs carbon chain length used for modifying Montmorillonite clay to examine its adsorption properties towards humic acid utilizing a batch equilibration technique. A comparative study was performed using Montmorillonite modified with 3 different QACs, which include Tetramethylam- monium (TMA), Hexadecyltrimethylammonium (HDTMA) and Benzyldimethylhexadecylammonium (BDHDMA). The Batch adsorption results demonstrated that HDTMA-Montmorillonite and BDHDMA-Montmorillonite are better adsorbent than the precursor and TMA-Montmorillonite. The adsorption affinity of Montmorillonite towards humic acid increased with an increase
Air Pollution, Temperature and Cognitive Performance in the Short Run: Evidence from Women's Ability to Recall Dates

Cognitive performance is important to productivity across many fields and potentially correlated to air pollution and extreme temperatures. We study the effects of daily ambient air pollution and monthly temperature on women's ability of recalling dates across 42 developing countries from 1997 to 2009. We use an estimated natural air pollution data, and calculate the AQI to get an aggregate effect of air pollution. We find that one standard deviation increase in the AQI leads to a statistical decrease in women's probability to recall dates such as birthdays, marriage date or children's birthdays by 0.44 percentage point. Furthermore, there is a nonlinear effect of air pollution with a suggesting AQI threshold 150. We also find each degree day above 30°C increase the probability of women fail to recall children's birthdays by 0.17 percentage point. Moreover, by doing a sub-sample estimation, we find that air pollution and temperature particularly affect uneducated women.
Endometrial thermal ablation : a choice for treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding

Heavy menstrual bleeding causes significant health and social problems for up to 30% of women at some point of their lives. Medical treatment is not always sufficient or tolerated by women. Hysterectomy is a definitive solution, but it is a major operation associated with long disability and potential severe complications. Endometrial ablation techniques have been developed to avoid the risks related to hysterectomy. Further evolution of these techniques also offers a possibility of a quick and simple outpatient procedure. This study evaluated the long-term effects of endometrial ablation on heavy menstrual bleeding and later endometrial diagnostics. Another aim was to compare the costs when the procedure was performed in different settings. Finally, the effect of hyaluronic acid gel on intrauterine adhesion formation was assessed. Endometrial ablation had a good long-term effect on heavy menstrual bleeding in a retrospective study of 172 women, and up to 84% avoided hysterectomy during the follow-up time mean of 5 years. Seventy-six per cent of the patients were satisfied with the procedure. Due to the formation of intrauterine adhesions, prior endometrial ablation compromised later diagnostics of endometrium, and outpatient endometrial sampling failed in 23% of 57 women who had undergone endometrial ablation a mean of 6 years earlier, but that did not seem to have clinical importance. In a prospective, randomized and double-blind pilot study of 36 patients, hyaluronic acid gel did not prevent the formation of intrauterine adhesions. In a cost-minimisation analysis based on real resource use, performing endometrial ablation as an outpatient procedure under local anaesthetic instead of a day case procedure performed in the operating theatre under general anaesthetic reduced the costs significantly, from 1,865 to 1,065 euros. In conclusion, the results of this study suggest that endometrial ablation is a good alternative for the treatment of heavy menstrual bleeding, and remarkable cost savings can be achieved by taking the procedure out of the operating theatre. The formation of intrauterine adhesions is common and cannot be prevented with hyaluronic acid gel.