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IMPLICATIONS OF INSIDER AND OUTSIDER CEOs ON FIRM PERFORMANCE : EVIDENCE FROM CEO SUCCESSIONS FROM TURKEY

This study investigates the performance consequences of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) succession in an emerging market as prior research suggests that the differences in the performance implications of CEO successor’s origin may be related to the distinctive contexts offered by these economies. Hence, we investigated the impact of a new CEO origin on firm profitability in Turkey for the years 2010 and 2011. The results showed that there is a positive association between outsider successors and postsuccession profitability in listed companies in Turkey. Further, the effects of unrelated and related outside succession on post-succession firm performance differ. While the related outsiders affect negatively the firm performance, unrelated outsiders contribute positively to the post-succession profitability (ROA). These findings thus contribute to the existing CEO succession literature by emphasizing the value of outsider CEOs’ fresh perspectives, new and diverse skills and initiative for change. Öz Genel müdür değişimleri alanında bugüne kadar yapılmış araştırmalar genel müdür haleflerinin şirket içinden veya dışından seçilmesinin firma performansı üzerinde farklı etkilere neden olmasını gelişen ekonomiler tarafından sunulan farklı bağlamlarla da ilişkili olabileceğini öne sürmektedir. Bu kapsamda, çalışmamızda gelişen bir ekonomi olan Türkiye’de genel müdür değişimlerinin firma performansı üzerindeki etkilerinin incelenmesi hedeflenmektedir. Bu amaçla, 2010 ve 2011 yılları arasında atanan yeni genel müdürlerin firma karlılığı üzerindeki etkisi araştırılmıştır. Sonuçlar, Türkiye'de borsada işlem gören şirketlerde şirket dışından atanan halefler ile değişim sonrası firma karlılıkları arasında olumlu bir ilişki olduğunu göstermiştir. Ayrıca, şirket dışından atanan bağlantılı veya bağlantısız haleflerin firma performansına etkilerinin farklı olduğu bulunmuştur. Şirket dışından atanan fakat bağlantılı yöneticiler firma performansını olumsuz yönde etkilerken, bağlantısız şirket dışı genel müdürlerin şirket kârlılığına (aktif karlılığı) olumlu katkıda bulunduğu saptanmıştır. Bu bulgular, şirket dışından transfer edilen genel müdürlerin yeni bakış açıları, yeni ve çeşitli becerileri ve değişim yönelimliliklerinin önemini bir kere daha vurgulayarak mevcut Genel Müdür değişimi yazınına katkıda bulunmaktadır.
The use of whips in Thoroughbred racing in Australia

Thoroughbred racing has been a popular sport and interest in Australia for over 200 years, with attention primarily focussed on the achievements and prize money won by horses, trainers and jockeys. The Thoroughbred racing industry is sizeable, with nearly 400 clubs nationwide, over 19,000 races held annually, over 11,000 horses registered to race, over 19,000 mares bred every year, over $600 million in prize money and billions of dollars wagered (Racing Australia 2016).
Studying Teachers’ Teaching Methods and Working Approaches in Entrepreneurship Education

It is generally known that entrepreneurship education is a wide subject and there are various methods with which teachers promote in their teaching. However, there are no studies so far that could provide us with information on to what extent are different teaching methods and working approaches used. In Finland, entrepreneurship education is included in the national core curricula as a cross-curricular theme at all education levels. Therefore, a follow-up system for teachers to self-evaluate their actions as entrepreneurship educators was required. Our preliminary data consists of almost 200 questions and we here concentrate on 43 of them, concerning the ways of putting entrepreneurship into teaching. Teachers answered the question by choosing a number from 0 to 30 which best describe their actions during the last six months. The purpose of this paper is to present preliminary results of the quantitative study, concerning the teaching methods and working approaches used by Finnish teachers (N 28) at basic and secondary education level. The study took place in 2010. The results show that the most used methods were learning by doing, problem based learning, group and pair work, entrepreneurship stories and narratives and discussions. Learning diaries and study visits were scarcely used. E-Learning seems to be either regularly used or not used at all. Although the data is limited our research shows viewpoint for further development of entrepreneurial pedagogy and teaching entrepreneurship. The study concludes with set of implications for the further development of measuring entrepreneurship education. First, what methods seem to be the most used in school practice. Second, how can entrepreneurship education be measured and third, how these single elements form a system of entrepreneurship education for both teachers and schools.
A Neural Turn-Taking Model without RNN

Sequential data such as speech and dialogs are usually modeled by Recurrent Neural Networks (RNN) and derivatives since the information can travel through time with such architecture. However, disadvantages exist with the use of RNNs, including the limited depth of neural networks and the GPU’s unfriendly training process. Estimating the timing of turn-taking is a critical feature of dialog systems. Such tasks require knowledge about past dialog contexts and have been modeled using RNNs in several studies. In this paper, we propose a non-RNN model for the timing estimation of turn-taking in dialogs. The proposed model takes lexical and acoustic features as its input to predict a turn’s end. We conducted experiments on four types of Japanese conversation datasets and show that with proper neural network designs, the long-term information in a dialog could propagate without a recurrent structure. The proposed model outperformed canonical RNN-based architectures on a turn-taking estimation task.
Evaluation of a video camera technique for indexing abundances of juvenile pink snappe ~ Pristipomoides filamentosus , and other Hawaiian insular shelf fishes

Honolulu Laboratory. Southwest Fisheries Center National Marine Fisheries Service. NOAA 2570 Dole Street Honolulu. Hawaii 96822-2396 Evaluation of a video camera technique for indexing abundances of juvenile pink snappe~ Pristipomoides filamentosus, and other Hawaiian insular shelf fishes Abstract. -Bottom longline and baited video camera operations were conducted at 39 stations off the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu, Maui, and Kauai during 1992. Objectives of the 1992 cruise were to assess the precision, accuracy, and efficiency ofa video camera system versus a traditional abundance index Oongline catch per unit of effort [CPUE]) for juvenile pink snapper ("opakapaka"), Pristipomoides filamentosus, a commercially important eteline snapper in Hawaii. Precision of the video samples was reevaluated with data from 18 stations sampled during 1993 off Kaneohe Bay. The video index of the maximum number of opakapaka observed (MAXNO, the natural log-transformed mean of three camera drops) was best correlated with the log of longline CPUE (r=O.79, P<O.OOI, n=15). Variation in the data for video MAXNO was nominally less than that of the longline CPUE. No monotone trend over stations was noted in samples from 1993. Sample sizes of 33 stations for longline and 18 stations for video would be necessary to detect twofold changes in abundance of opakapaka at a site, based on our analysis ofthe two end positions of the 10 windward Oahu stations that had three quantitative deployments. Reanalysis of power with data from the 1993 cruise indicates that a sample size ofapproximately 22 stations (<X:! =O.05) or approximately 17 stations (~=O.11 would be necessary to detect twofold changes.
Rent : Implications from Land-Structure Decomposition

Big cities often witness land price outgrowing structure price. For such cities this paper derives two predictions regarding the dynamics between house prices, rent and structure age. First, older houses have a higher price growth rate than younger ones, even after controlling for location and other attributes; second, the age depreciation of house price, defined as the decline of house price with respect to house age, is slower than the similarly-defined age depreciation of rent. These hypotheses are supported by the micro-data on housing market in Beijing. These two inferences have implications for both real estate valuation and house price index construction.
Growth Characteristics of Indonesian Thin Tail Sheep ( TTS ) Based on Calpastatin ( CAST ) Gene Genotype Variation

Background: Calpastatin involved in various physiological processes in the body such as the protein turnover, growth, fusion and myoblast migration. Thus, allegedly Calpastatin gene diversity (CAST) have an association with growth and potential use as candidate genes for growth trait. Objective: This study aims to identify the association between the genetic diversity of CAST gene with some growth properties such as body dimension (morphometric), body weight and daily weight gain in sheep. Methods: A total of 157 heads of Thin Tail Sheep (TTS) reared intensively for fattening purposes in the uniform environmental conditions. Overall sheep used were male, and maintained for 3 months. The parameters of growth properties were measured among others: body weight gain (ADG) (g/head / day), body weight (kg), body length (cm), chest circumference (cm), height (cm). All the sheep were genotyped by using PCR-SSCP (single strand conformational polymorphism) methods. CAST gene in locus fragment intron 5 exon 6 were amplified with a predicted length of about 254 bp PCR products. Then the sheep were stratified based on their CAST genotypes. Results: The result of this research showed that no association were found between the CAST gene variations with morphometric body weight, but there was a significant association with daily body weight gain (ADG) in sheep observed. CAST-23 and CAST-33 genotypes has higher average daily gain than other genotypes. Conclusion: It is conclude that CAST-23 and CAST-33 genotypes that carrying the CAST-2 and CAST-3 alleles potential to be used in the selection of the nature of the growth trait of the TTS sheep.
Knowledge Strategy and Performance of Manufacturing Firms in Kenya

Organizational knowledge is increasingly gaining attention in strategic management as a source of competitive advantage and superior performance. However, few empirical studies have examined the relationship between knowledge strategy and organizational performance. To enhance competitiveness and performance, manufacturing firms in Kenya are managing knowledge as a resource. However, past studies in Kenya have not examined the relationship between knowledge strategy and performance of the firms. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of knowledge strategy on performance of manufacturing firms in Kenya. A stratified sample of 266 firms representing twelve sub-sectors of manufacturing sector was used. Primary data was collected from 184 firms using structured questionnaire administered to the managers of the firms. The results revealed positive and significant relationship between knowledge strategy and performance. The paper concludes that higher levels of knowledge strategy would lead to improved organizational performance.
The effects of share repurchase on stock returns Master thesis in Finance

This study documents the effects and drivers for share repurchase in the short and medium term in China and the U.S. This research reports the differences in cumulative average abnormal returns of share repurchase announcements between China and the U.S. Furthermore, the drivers of motivations for share repurchase in both countries are identified. The data is collected from Zephyr, SDC M&A database and formal express, which spans from 1 st of January 2004 until 31 st of December 2013. The results show positive abnormal returns both in short term and medium term for both countries. Moreover, this study finds support for signaling hypothesis, capital structure hypothesis and dividend substitution hypothesis in the U.S, while dividend substitution hypothesis and partially free cash flow hypothesis are accepted in China.
STRIVINGS IN WAR VETERANS Everyday strivings in war veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder : Problems arise when avoidance and emotion regulation dominate

This research investigated whether combat veterans’ daily strivings are related to the presence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and well-being. Veterans created a list of their most important strivings which were content-analyzed for emotion regulation and approach or avoidance themes. It was hypothesized that veterans pursuing strivings with themes of emotion regulation or avoidance experience deleterious consequences compared with other veterans. For all veterans, devoting finite time and energy in daily life to regulating emotions was associated with less purpose, meaning, and joy compared with other strivings. Veterans with PTSD endorsed more strivings related to emotion regulation and devoted considerable effort to emotion regulation and avoidance strivings. Yet, these efforts failed to translate into any discernible benefits; veterans without PTSD derived greater joy and meaning from strivings focusing on approach oriented behavior and themes other than emotion regulation. The presence of PTSD and a high rate of emotion regulation strivings led to the lowest global well-being and daily self-esteem during a 14-day assessment period. The presence of PTSD and a high rate of avoidance strivings also led to lower emotional well-being. Results indicate that strivings devoted to regulating emotions or avoidance efforts influence the mental health of veterans with and without PTSD. Studying personality at different levels of analysis—traits, strivings, and life narratives—allows for a fine-grained understanding of emotional disorders.
The dynamics of cannabis use and dependence

background and aims. The Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) measures with five items the degree of psychological dependence on several illicit drugs, including cannabis. Its psychometric properties have not yet been examined in young adult frequent cannabis users, an eminently high-risk group for cannabis dependence. methods. Internal consistency and criterion validity of the SDS were investigated within an enriched community based sample of 577 Dutch frequent (≥ 3 days per week in the past 12 months) cannabis users between 18–30 years. Criterion validity was tested against the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) 3.0 DSM-IV diagnosis cannabis dependence, and psychometric properties were assessed separately for males and females and for ethnic subgroups. results. Principal component analysis showed that all items of the scale loaded on a single factor and reliability of the SDS total score was good (Cronbach’s a = 0.70). However, criterion validity against the CIDI diagnosis cannabis dependence was low: area under curve (AUC) was 0.68 (95% confidence interval: 0.64–0.73) and at the optimal differentiating cut-off (SDS ≥ 4), sensitivity was 61.3% and specificity 63.5%. Results were similar for subgroups on gender and ethnicity. conclusions. While internal consistency of the SDS is good, its use as a screener to differentiate between dependence and non-dependence within populations of young adult frequent cannabis users is not recommended. keywords. Severity of Dependence Scale, cannabis dependence, sensitivity and specificity, frequent cannabis use. peggy van der pol, nienke liebregts, ron de Graaf, dirk j. korf, wim van den brink, margriet Van laar Published in International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research (2013) 22(2): 138–143. 172
Choice, Traits, and Leadership: The Effect of Decision-Making Strategy on Effective Leadership Qualities

When making a decision that involves information acquisition, people can be defined along a spectrum of maximizing and satisficing decision making behavior. This thesis aims to predict effective leadership qualities from an individual’s propensity for maximizer/satisficer behavior. Using an experimental methodology, participants were recruited from Amazon Mechanical Turk and completed a delegation game, dictator game, ultimatum game, and honesty game. Maximizer/satisficer decision making strategy was assessed through an adaptation of the Schwartz et al. (2002) scale. Results indicate that a greater propensity to maximize predicts a greater preference for control, which could pose problems when delegating tasks is necessary. However, maximizing behavior is found to be unrelated to altruistic preferences, fairness preferences, and honest behavior. This thesis has implications across leadership roles, ranging from athletics to corporate managers.
Capturing Ordinal Theoretical Constraint in Psychological Science

Most theories in the social sciences are verbal and provide ordinal-level predictions for data. For example, a theory might predict that performance is better in one condition than another, but not by how much. One way of gaining additional specificity is to posit many ordinal constraints that hold simultaneously. For example a theory might predict an effect in one condition, a larger effect in another, and none in a third. We show how common theoretical positions naturally lead to multiple ordinal constraints. To assess whether multiple ordinal constraints hold in data, we adopt a Bayesian model comparison approach. The result is an inferential system that is custom-tuned for the way social scientists conceptualize theory, and that is more intuitive and informative than current linear-model approaches.
1 A systematic review of precision livestock farming in 2 the poultry sector : is technology focussed on 3 improving bird welfare ? 4

Precision livestock farming (PLF) systems have the potential to improve animal welfare 26 through providing a continuous picture of welfare states in real time and enabling fast interventions 27 that benefit the current flock. However, it remains unclear whether the goal of PLF development 28 has been to improve welfare or increase production efficiency. The aims of this systematic literature 29 review are to provide an overview of the current state of PLF in poultry farming and investigate 30 whether the focus of PLF research has been to improve bird welfare. The study characteristics 31 extracted from 264 peer-reviewed publications and conference proceedings suggest that poultry 32 PLF has received increasing attention on a global scale, but is yet to become a widespread 33 commercial reality. PLF development has most commonly focussed on broiler farming, followed by 34 laying hens, and mainly involves the use of sensors (environmental and wearable) and cameras. 35 More publications had animal health and welfare than production as either one of or the only goal, 36 suggesting that PLF development so far has focussed on improving animal health and welfare. 37 Future work should prioritise improving the rate of commercialization of PLF systems, so that their 38 potential to improve bird welfare might be realised. 39
How to Implement and Maintain an Exceptional Evening Out Program For Children with Disabilities and their Caregivers

Families of children with disabilities report a need for opportunities to attend to leisure interests and other responsibilities free from their children. Therefore the Exceptional Evening Out Program was developed and implemented at a local YMCA. The purpose of this program was to provide parents/caregivers with an evening out while simultaneously providing the children with disabilities an opportunity to practice and reinforce key developmental skills. The pilot Exceptional Evening Out Programs occurred monthly over 6 months and were staffed with volunteer occupational and physical therapy students as well as YMCA staff members. Activities were set up that focused on gross motor, fine motor, social, and sensory skill development. A manual was created to provide information on planning, implementing and sustaining the program in the current community as well as other communities that may desire to start such a program. EXCEPTIONAL EVENING OUT: IMPLEMENTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY 4
Team Learning Goal Orientation and Innovation : Roles of Transactive Memory System and Task Interdependence

There has been a surge of research on team goal orientations in the past decade (e.g., [1-3]). A learning goal orientation in teams refers to a situation in which team members share a propensity for proactive learning and a desire to understand new things [4]. Team learning goal orientation has been found to be a robust predictor of several team outcomes, including team adaptation, team performance, team effectiveness, team efficacy and team commitment (cf. [5-8]). However, three gaps remain in the current scholarship on this topic.
New Technique for Analysis of Fingerprint Poroscopical Map

During last decades the interest of investigators grows to the problem of using the third level features for increasing of identification accuracy in automated fingerprint recognition systems. It is specified that the poroscopical maps carry important information about the represented images of the fingerprint pores, their number, sizes, coordinates, etc. However, there arises a number of problems in the automated identification process in connection with impossibility of using directly the pixel-by-pixel comparison methods of corresponding images. In this paper, a technique for poroscopical maps comparing, based on using of the investigated earlier measure for images structural proximity assessment, which is determined using the gradient field of images, is proposed. The poroscopical map is determined using some known algorithms of image processing, namely binarization, segmentation, etc. The results of poroscopical maps and comparative analysis of some items from the database of Hong Kong Polytechnical Institute are given. It is shown that the proposed technique for poroscopical maps processing can be used in AFRS for increasing the accuracy of fingerprint identification.
GATA Binding Protein 3 Boosts Extracellular ATP Hydrolysis and Inhibits Metastasis of Breast Cancer by Up-regulating Ectonucleoside Triphosphate Diphosphohydrolase 3

Despite remarkable advancements in our understanding of breast cancer, it remains the leading cause of cancer deaths in women. Distant recurrence and metastasis is the main reason for death due to breast cancer. It is well recognized that the GATA binding protein 3 (GATA3), a transcription factor, is a tumor suppressor in breast cancer. To date, the mechanistic molecular details of GATA3 remain elusive, because, as a transcription factor, it is not a direct executor in physiological and pathological processes. Here, we demonstrate that GATA3 reduces the ATP level in the breast cancer microenvironment and inhibits breast cancer metastasis by up-regulating ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase 3 (ENTPD3). The extracellular ATP concentration is significantly higher in tumor tissues than in normal tissues and promotes the migration of cancer cells from the primary site. ENTPD3 hydrolyzes ATP in tumor microenvironment and suppresses breast cancer metastasis. Furthermore, ENTPD3 inhibits epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, a key program responsible for the development of metastatic disease. These findings provide novel insights into the tumor suppressor activity of GATA3.