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The role of value in services: a study in a retail environment
Authors: Cottet Patrice , Lichtlé M.C. , Plichon V.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

This paper aims to underline the effects of shopping value on customer satisfaction and to determine its antecedent variables.

Design/methodology/approach

A qualitative survey through interviews with hypermarket customers was first carried out. It was followed by a quantitative study, carried out in two stages: 199 patrons were first interrogated in order to clarify the outlet characteristics scale. A second set of data was then collected (436 respondents). Factorial analysis, confirmatory factorial analysis and analysis of regression were conducted.

Findings

The last study results show that both utilitarian and hedonic values have an influence on satisfaction; they tend to indicate that the utilitarian value is related to product availability, while the hedonic value is influenced by such elements as atmosphere, relations with store employees, as well as crowding and other peripheral services.

Research limitations/implications

The influence of the five outlet characteristics studied (atmosphere, peripheral services, store employees, product availability, crowding) on value have never been demonstrated empirically until now. The link between value and satisfaction was not so clear in the literature.

Practical implications

The results show what variables are to be promoted if a retailer wishes to give the outlet its utilitarian and/or hedonic value, and then influence patron satisfaction.

Originality/value

This paper provides important and new insights both into value that may be attributed to a point of sale and into the effect on customer satisfaction of outlet characteristics.
2006 UKSG Conference and Exhibition: Conference Report
Authors: Marsh Rebecca
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To report on the United Kingdom Serials Group (UKSG) annual conference held in April 2006 at the University of Warwick.

Design/methodology/approach

Provides a review of some of the events of the conference.

Findings

The annual conference aims to provide delegates with an interesting and stimulating mix of papers, workshops and social events.

Originality/value

A conference report of interest to information management professionals, especially those involved with serials management
AAAS 2006: Grand Challenges, Great Opportunities
Authors: Mihram Danielle , Arthur Mihram G. , Gilson Caroline
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To report on the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in St Louis, Missouri in February 2006.

Design/methodology/approach

An overview of the seminars, symposia, workshops and presentations at the conference.

Findings

The theme of the meeting was Grand Challenges, Great Opportunities. The meeting was attended by 4,000 registrants, 105 exhibitors; and 900 members of the press. The meeting highlighted the academic role and infrastructure of technology in different science applications, including publishing, and national policy.

Originality/value

A report of interest to library and information management professionals.
The 1st Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference: A Report
Authors: Harper Paulina V. , Goldbeck Kyrille , Hogarth Margaret , Greenebaum David , Magolis David , Jackson Millie
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To report on the 1st Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference held in March 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia.Design/methodology/approach – Provides a review of some of the events of the conference.

Findings

The ER&L conference is the first step to building an shared understanding about the unique medium of electronic resources and management and developing a supportive community for dissemination of basic practices and latest developments in the field.

Originality/value

A conference report of interest to information management professionals, especially those involved with electronic resources.
New Online Research Technology Pinpoints Data
Authors: Orr Douglas
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To provide an overview of a unique new online research tool, Cogenta Research Director, which improves the way librarians discover, track and manage information on the internet.

Design/methodology approach

A full description of how Research Director works, including time saving benefits the tool provides to librarians on a daily basis.

Findings

For librarians searching for online content, Research Director enables them to find and process more information in less time.

Originality/value

Introduces a new online research tool for librarians.
A Technology Sampler Platter
Authors: Whelan David P.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

Aims to review some new technologies used in library environments.

Design/methodology/approach

A review with descriptions of new technologies which might impact library services.

Findings

With technology changing so quickly, it can be difficult to keep track of what is coming and how to apply these new technologies to services that your library can provide.

Originality/value

Provides descriptions of some new technologies you can then start to identify that might support the library services in your local setting.
Keep Breathing: Coping with Technology
Authors: Mueller Misha
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To provide strategies to cope with the physical stresses caused by workstation ergonomics and “technostress.”

Design/methodology/approach

A list of exercises and techniques to lessen the impact of “technstress.”

Findings

This article provides helpful preventative techniques such as sitting, breathing, walking, meditation and nutrition.

Originality/value

This paper is useful for information anyone who works at a computer during the day and who works with the public to problem solve.
Living with paradoxes of corporate strategy
Authors: Hundsnes Tore , Meyer Christine B.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to challenge the understanding of paradox in corporate strategy as unintended and unwanted consequences that must be overcome.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper builds upon the concept of patching and holds the paradoxical nature of multi‐business firms as essential for corporate evolution. It presents an inherent contradiction of corporate organising, closely related to interdependency between patches. These interdependencies vary according to whether the patches are similar or different and whether there exist competing views on centralisation and decentralisation within the company.

Findings

Studying reorganizations in a large Norwegian telecommunication corporation, we explore these interdependencies and find that for the corporation to move in novel ways, combinations have to display a dynamic close to the edge of chaos.

Originality/value

This paper presents new research on organizational “patching”.
Paradoxical process in the organizational change of the CEO succession
Authors: Haddadj Slimane
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the paradoxes immanent in CEO succession.

Design/methodology/approach

This case study is based on stories of organizational change told by different actors in a family organization that experienced a CEO succession.

Findings

Admitting that every organization is complex by nature in the sense that it is an ongoing expression of paradox and uncertainty means that organizations must be complex in order to maintain the relationships with the environment and with employees.

Originality/value

This study examines CEO succession in small and medium‐sized firms. A crucial issue for research on organizations, it has been neglected in studies of organizational change.
Self‐regulation, strategic leadership and paradox in organizational change
Authors: Taylor‐Bianco Amy , Schermerhorn John
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present a dispositional model using self‐regulation as a foundation for the strategic leadership of organizational change.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper reviews the self‐regulation literature and regulatory‐focus theory in particular, and integrates this literature within the strategic leadership and organizational change literatures to present a dispositional model with propositions about the relationships between these literatures.

Findings

Strategic leadership of organizational change should allow for co‐existent states of both continuity and change. Leadership teams should include a mix of individuals with promotion and prevention foci of self‐regulation and should provide for a regulatory fit that cascades throughout the organization.

Practical implications

Leaders should increase their self‐awareness of promotion and prevention styles of self‐regulation and rely on a mix of individuals that increase the chances of valuing and enhancing both continuity and change in their organizations.

Originality/value

This paper integrates the self‐regulation literature and concepts into discussion and theoretical development in the area of leadership and organizational change.
The Tobin tax and Newcomb's paradox
Authors: Besson Dominique , Downs Alexis , Durant Rita , Roman Marco
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine proposals for a Tobin tax to curb currency speculation in global markets.

Design/methodology/approach

Financial markets are viewed from the perspective of Michel Serres.

Findings

Managing volatility is really about managing relationships that can buffer governments against risk. The resolution of a paradox is embracing the paradox.

Originality/value

The work of Michel Serres has not previously been used in analyses of global currency markets. His theory of parasitical relationships offers a novel response to proposals for a Tobin tax.
A network perspective of the port wine sector
Authors: Brito Carlos
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The paper aims to develop an understanding of the port wine sector from a relational, holistic, and dynamic perspective.

Design/methodology/approach

The research adopted a qualitative methodological approach. Primary data were collected through semi‐structured interviews. The analysis focused on the relationships established among both economic and non‐economic actors.

Findings

The paper offers an overview of the port wine sector on the basis of the conceptual background of the IMP (Industrial Marketing and Purchasing) Group. The study suggests that the dynamics of the sector is not solely determined by economic and technological variables, but also by interests assuming both an economic, social and political nature.

Research limitations/implications

Further research should develop and test the findings by using other cases and methodological approaches.

Practical implications

Managers must be aware that firms are embedded not only in economic systems but also in political and social networks whose dynamics cannot be neglected.

Originality/value

While most studies on the dynamics of economic systems have focused on the role played by technological factors, relatively few have addressed the importance of collective actions. In this line, the paper contributes for a better understanding of the role of collective actors created to defend the interests of their members. Moreover, since the port wine sector is not an idiosyncratic case because most of its features are also present in other wine regions, the conclusions of the paper are likely to be used for the understanding of other wine regions.
Key factors of success in today's wine sector
Authors: Mora Pierre
Published: July 2006

Purpose

For several years now, Bordeaux's vineyards have suffered from what would appear to be an interminable crisis. Some analysts view overproduction as the cause. Others blame the product Bordeaux puts out, decrying its lack of adaptation to new consumer expectations. What is true is that Bordeaux producers do not tend to spontaneously adopt a market orientation. However, faced with a dilemma that seems to be getting worse and worse, many are starting to seek their salvation in marketing. The purpose of this paper is to address these issues.

Design/methodology/approach

The present article uses a series of case studies covering regions outside of Bordeaux to find concrete answers to these questions. As a methodology, these case studies have been used to illustrate different ways to develop production and sales.

Findings

Consolidating the production, increasing the sales forces efforts, reducing the number of intermediaries between production and consumption, maintaining a niche position on the global market are one of the main findings of this paper and practical implication.

Research limitations/implications

Using case studies and not quantitative approach represents both limits of the approach and innovative methodology that permits rich comparison with local practices.

Originality/value

Analyzes a local crisis thanks to external case studies.
Improving winery survey response rates: lessons from the Australian wine industry
Authors: Sellitto Carmine
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The paper aims to document a set of important success factors that need to be considered when undertaking traditional surveys within the Australian wine industry.

Design/methodology/approach

Reflecting on the relatively high rate of survey returns from research conducted within the Australian wineries, the author succinctly identifies a set of industry‐based values and operational conditions that appear to directly impact on improving survey response rates.

Findings

Six success factors should be considered in order to improve winery survey response rates. The factors entail survey design (length, stakeholder engagement, return‐by‐date), preliminary testing (pilot survey testing) and implementation (survey timing, feedback of results).

Research limitations/implications

As a viewpoint, the article needs to be considered from an Australian context with the proposed factors being a preliminary starting guide for researchers undertaking surveys.

Practical implications

The identified factors associated with improving survey responses are wine‐industry specific and will be useful to all researchers conducting surveys in the industry.

Originality/value

The paper is significant in that it identifies a set of wine industry‐based values and conditions that appear to influence survey response rates. The paper will be of interest to global wine‐industry researchers that use the survey instrument.
Breaking the myths on emerging consumers in retailing
Authors: D'Andrea Guillermo , Ring Larry J. , Lopez Aleman Belen , Stengel Alejandro
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The research objective was to understand what low‐income or emerging consumers living in the Latin American region understand as value when considering retail offerings.

Design/methodology/approach

The methodology employed for primary research was qualitative. Six of the major markets were selected: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico. Four focus groups were conducted in each country, resulting of a total of 208 participants. Target consumers were women from the emerging socio‐economic strata (SES). Secondly, this study relies upon a wide selection of secondary research and data sources: syndicated data sources such as A.C. Nielsen; local retail associations such as ABRAS in Brazil and ANTAD in Mexico; journal and popular press articles, SES profiles and previously published, relevant consumer studies.

Findings

Rather than emphasizing their limited income, emerging consumers as a group represent a sizable market for consumer products. But they should not be addressed as a single group: peculiarities among them underline the need for further segmentation, as in higher income segments. Their needs should be better defined as basic instead of just simple, and they do not just go for the lowest prices or second brands, as they have marked preferences that characterize them. This also reflects in their shopping habits, which partly explains the resilience of the traditional/small format retailers. The findings underline these segments' relevance for consumer products, their rational behaviour as they try to reconcile their preferences with their economic reality, and how this explains their distinct set of products and format requirements.

Practical implications

Marketers and retailers interested in catering to lower‐income segments will find clues to understanding the preferences, habits and needs of these segments that represent a significant portion of emerging markets.

Originality/value

Conclusions are presented here in the form of six common myths on emerging consumers that are contradicted by the findings. The relevance of this study comes not only from the significant size of this market but also from the possibility of marketers to emphasize the social contribution of business.
The role of promotions and other factors affecting overall store price image in Latin America
Authors: D'Andrea Guillermo , Schleicher Martin , Lunardini Fernando
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To understand the role of promotions among other key drivers at determining consumer's overall store price image (OSPI) of grocery stores in Latin America, identifying its relative importance.

Design/methodology/approach

The study was conducted in five major cities: Bogotá Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Santiago in Chile, and Sao Paulo. Over 3,000 consumers were interviewed away from their shopping places, and 3,000 SKU's covering 30 categories were monitored using AC Nielsen data over a 32 week period of time. Eleven elements widely considered to build price perception were classified in five main heterogeneous levers and tested.

Findings

Only two out of the five levers – prices and assortment – are consistently and broadly relevant accounting for nearly 75 percent of the price perception. Consumers' diversity was apparent and so their attitudes towards promotions. We identified five major segments with different price attitudes and reactions to promotions, that were present in all the five cities covered, though their proportion varied. Consumers considered a limited set of SKU's to form this price perception, and promotions had a minor role, except for those segments more interested in them. Promotions may cloud price perception accuracy among consumers, and drive the existence of bigger “bargain hunting” segments.

Originality/value

How OSPI is built is a relevant issue for retailers. Promotions are frequently used to build traffic, but its role in the OSPI is not so clear. They may strengthen the bonds with customers, but may also have a negative impact. Retailers may benefit from these insights when defining their promotional strategies, especially when considering EDLP strategies. As the study is based on five capital cities in Latin America, its results may also be of interest to retailers working in other emerging regions.
Plan for supply chain agility at Nokia
Authors: Collin Jari , Lorenzin Dennis
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to describe how demand planning can increase agility in supply chains. The paper builds on a case study from mobile infrastructure industry with explicit focus on project business environment.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper contains a short theoretical review on supply chain agility, different planning and forecasting concepts and explores the linkages between them. Empiric evidence is collected from Nokia Networks as a case study. Main lessons are primarily taken from integrated project management program that is to implement a truly customer‐focused delivery process in the case company.

Findings

Suppliers should pay more attention on effectively utilizing customer's project plans for aligning their supply chain. Supply chain agility does not just happen but requires continuous planning.

Practical implications

Common project planning is the most natural way for customers to share future demand information between the supply chain players. Instead separate and often laborious demand forecasting process, suppliers should utilize customer's project plans in building agility in their supply chains.

Originality/value

Focuses on the importance of the ability to adapt to rapid and unexpected changes and asserts that a continuous, customer driven planning process is a pre‐requirement for being agile in supply chains.
A balanced approach to building agile supply chains
Authors: Ismail H.S. , Sharifi H.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

Parallel developments in the areas of agile systems and manufacturing, and supply chain management led to the introduction of the agile supply chains (ASC) concept. How to achieve agility in supply chain is, however, a subject of question and research. This paper proposes a framework for the development of ASC that is based on the integration of existing supply chain analysis and development models and techniques with those of the supply chain design (SCD) and also the design for the supply chain (DfSC).

Design/methodology/approach

The framework mainly relies on research previously carried out by the authors in the areas of developing agile manufacturing and systems and models for demand network alignment. An extensive literature survey is carried out to support the ideas and derive the constructs of the conceptual model as a basis for further empirical research.

Findings

The model suggest that responding proactively to the market and business environment changes, agility, can be facilitated by simultaneous development of supply chain and the output/product of the chain. The concept of DfSC, built on the success of existing “design for X” techniques, would increase the reactive and proactive capabilities of organisations.

Originality/value

The research provides a theoretical ground for achieving ASC which facilitates reconciliation between two usually separately approaches of SCD and DfSC, as well as suggesting practical solutions for developing agility in supply chains. This view can make the ASC concept understandable and practical, and open a new way of viewing the subject in research circles.
Improving agility of supply chains using base stock model and computer based simulations
Authors: Verma Alok K.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to deal with the application of the stochastic inventory model to the three‐tier supply chain and verify the values obtained by mathematical model in physical simulation.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper investigates three‐stage serial supply chain with stochastic demand and fixed replenishment lead‐time. Inventory holding costs are charged at each stage, and each stage may incur a consumer backorder penalty cost charged by primary supplier to secondary supplier. The customer‐demand follows Poisson distribution. The base stock model is implemented for inventory control at both suppliers. Physical simulation is then designed in such a way that it satisfies all the assumptions for mathematical model. Simulation is run to verify the values obtained from mathematical model.

Findings

Computer simulation is designed to include all the assumptions made by mathematical model. Hence, mathematical base stock model and computer simulation model are comparable. Demand follows Poisson distribution in both cases. The backorder cost and inventory holding cost are calculated in each phase of simulation and summarized. The paper infers that the total inventory cost is optimum in phase II, in which reorder point is same as that calculated by mathematical model. In phase I, total inventory cost is more than that of phase II because of backorders. In phase III, excess inventory increased the total cost. Thus, the values obtained from mathematical model produce optimal inventory cost. Base stock model is effective when the demand is not deterministic and service factor assumed in mathematical model is 0.9, which is quite acceptable. Base stock model assumes replenishment order quantity as 1 and the total inventory cost decreases with replenishment lead time. Base stock model is beneficial for supply chains having short replenishment lead time. Computer simulation results indicate that discrete event simulations can be used to model stochastic systems like organizational supply chains and to validate the results from mathematical models.

Originality/value

The paper offers a review of simulation work aiming to support improvement of agility in the supply chain.
Competing in the 21st century supply chain through supply chain management and enterprise resource planning integration
Authors: Lenny Koh S.C. , Saad S. , Arunachalam S.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To investigate the integration of supply chain management (SCM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems for competing in the twenty‐first century supply chain.

Design/methodology/approach

A case study with a paper manufacturing company in China is conducted. Primary data is collected through interviews with managers of the company. The reengineering activities and processes, and the soft issues of supplier relationship are examined.

Findings

Breaking the traditional decentralised system and introducing the concept of a single, integrated plan, which a company could work together with their suppliers has led to cost reduction, lead‐time reduction, improved visibility, reduced time to market, and increased efficiency in the company.

Research limitations/implications

This research is based on a single case study in process manufacturing industry in China, which perhaps limits its usefulness elsewhere.

Practical implications

One should not rely solely on ERP systems for managing their supply chain. Individual company should look at an effective purchasing function as one of the competencies essential to supply chain success.

Originality/value

ERP systems in the case company address only a subset of SCM needs. ERP's main added value is its combination of financial control with multi‐facility coordination, but ERP does not deliver supply planning and demand planning functionality for the company. The systems are not designed to support internal supply chains. However, integration of SCM and ERP gives the company the opportunity to build effective processes with suppliers they trust, so they can get the maximum return on relationship with all their suppliers on a continuous basis.
Partnering motives and partner selection
Authors: Wang Lingyun , Kess Pekka
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To study the motives for partnership in marketing channels and provide an empirical study on mutual selection between manufacturers and distributors.

Design/methodology/approach

The data were collected mainly from the interviews which present the perspectives of both the Finnish manufacturers and Chinese distributors and agents.

Findings

Based on the empirical study, the new finding is that task‐related and partner‐related dimensions in partner selection of international joint ventures also apply to distributor relationship. We argue that a distributor relationship is a product‐tied relationship, and product innovation can be used as an approach for performance improvement in distributor relationship.

Research limitations/implications

The study consists of four case companies so the result cannot be of general application. Nevertheless, it provides valuable information for further utilization.

Practical implications

The study provides empirical evidence of the motives of partnership and mutual selection between manufacturers and distributors in China. The results of the study suggest that distributor relationship management could be improved through product innovation.

Originality/value

The paper attempts to fill the gap in available research on the initiative stage of distributor relationship while also providing some perceptions from the distributor side of the process.
3D unsteady RANS simulation of turbulent flow over bluff body by non‐linear model
Authors: Ramesh V. , Vengadesan S. , Narasimhan J.L.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To perform 3D unsteady Reynolds Averaged Navier‐Stokes (URANS) simulations to predict turbulent flow over bluff body.

Design/methodology/approach

Turbulence closure is achieved through a non‐linear k−ε model. This model is incorporated in commercial FLUENT software, through user defined functions (UDF).

Findings

The study shows that the present URANS with standard wall functions predicts all the major unsteady phenomena, with a good improvement over other URANS reported so far, which incorporate linear eddy viscosity models. The results are also comparable with those obtained by LES for the same test case.

Originality/value

When comparing the computational time required by the present model and by LES, the accuracy achieved is significant and can be used for simulating 3D unsteady complex engineering flows with reasonable success.
Transient mixed convective heat transfer predictions around three heated cylinders in a horizontal channel
Authors: Wu Horng‐Wen , Perng Shiang‐Wuu , Huang Sheng‐Yuan , Jue Tswen‐Chyuan
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To investigate the effect of transient mixed convective flow interaction between circular cylinders and channel walls on heat transfer with three circular cylinders arranged in an isosceles right‐angled triangle within a horizontal channel.

Design/methodology/approach

This paper uses a semi‐implicit finite element method to solve the incompressible Navier‐Stokes equation, energy equation and continuity equation in primitive‐variable form by assuming the flow to be two‐dimensional and laminar.

Findings

Provides information indicating that the transient streamlines, isotherms, drag coefficient and time‐mean Nusselt number around the surfaces of three cylinders are affected by various gap‐to‐diameter ratio, Reynolds numbers and Grashof numbers. The results show that the maximum value of surface‐ and time‐mean Nusselt number along cylinders exists at S=0.75.

Research limitations/implications

It is limited to two‐dimensional laminar flow for the transient mixed convective flow interaction between circular cylinders and channel walls in a horizontal channel.

Practical implications

A very useful source of information and favorable advice for people is applied to heat exchangers, space heating, power generators and other thermal apparatus.

Originality/value

The results of this study may be of interest to engineers attempting to develop thermal control of thermal apparatus and to researchers interested in the flow‐modification aspects of mixed convection between circular cylinders and channel walls in a horizontal channel.
A stable finite difference scheme for solving a hyperbolic two‐step model in a 3D micro sphere exposed to ultrashort‐pulsed lasers
Authors: Dai Weizhong , Song Hertong , Su Shengjun , Nassar Raja
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To develop a numerical method for solving hyperbolic two‐step micro heat transport equations, which have attracted attention in thermal analysis of thin metal films exposed to ultrashort‐pulsed lasers.

Design/methodology/approach

An energy estimation for the hyperbolic two‐step model in a three‐dimensional (3D) micro sphere irradiated by ultrashort‐pulsed lasers is first derived, and then a finite difference scheme for solving the hyperbolic two‐step model based on the energy estimation is developed. The scheme is shown to be unconditionally stable and satisfies a discrete analogue of the energy estimation. The method is illustrated by investigating the heat transfer in a micro gold sphere exposed to ultrashort‐pulsed lasers.

Findings

Provides information on normalized electron temperature change with time on the surface of the sphere, and shows the changes in electron and lattice temperatures.

Research limitations/implications

The hyperbolic two‐step model is considered under the assumption of constant thermal properties.

Practical implications

A useful tool to investigate the temperature change in a micro sphere irradiated by ultrashort‐pulsed lasers.

Originality/value

Provides a new unconditionally stable finite difference scheme for solving the hyperbolic two‐step model in a 3D micro sphere irradiated by ultrashort‐pulsed lasers.
A Mach‐uniform pressure‐correction algorithm with AUSM+ flux definitions
Authors: Nerinckx Krista , Vierendeels Jan , Dick Erik
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To present conversion of the advection upwind splitting method (AUSM+) from the conventional density‐based and coupled formulation to the pressure‐based and segregated formulation.

Design/methodology/approach

The spatial discretization is done by a finite volume method. A collocated grid cell‐center formulation is used. The pressure‐correction procedure is set up in the usual way for a compressible flow problem. The conventional Rhie‐Chow interpolation methodology for the determination of the transporting velocity, and the conventional central interpolation for the pressure at the control volume faces, are replaced by AUSM+ definitions.

Findings

The AUSM+ flux definitions are spontaneously well suited for use in a collocated pressure‐correction formulation. The formulation does not require extensions to these flux definitions. As a consequence, the results of a density‐based fully coupled method, are identical to the results of a pressure‐based segregated formulation. The advantage of the pressure‐correction method with respect to the density‐based method, is the higher efficiency for low Mach number applications. The advantage of the AUSM+ flux definition for the transporting velocity with respect to the conventional Rhie‐Chow interpolation, is the improved accuracy in high Mach number flows. As a consequence, the combination of AUSM+ with a pressure‐correction method leads to an algorithm with improved performance for flows at all Mach numbers.

Originality/value

A new methodology, with obvious advantages, is composed by the combination of ingredients from an existing spatial discretization method (AUSM+) and an existing time stepping method (pressure‐correction).
Flow around a circular cylinder in an external magnetic field at high Reynolds numbers
Authors: Sekhar T.V.S. , Sivakumar R. , Ravi Kumar T.V.R.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To study the steady viscous incompressible electrically conducting fluid flow past a circular cylinder under the influence of an external magnetic field at high Reynolds numbers (Re).

Design/methodology/approach

The finite difference method is applied to solve the governing non‐linear Navier‐Stokes equations. First order upwind difference scheme is applied to the convective terms. The multigrid method with coarse grid correction is used to enhance the convergence rate. The defect correction technique is employed to achieve the second order accuracy.

Findings

A non‐monotonic behavior in separation angle when N≥5 and separation length when N≥3 is found with the increase of external magnetic field. The drag coefficient is found to increase with increase of N. The pressure drag coefficient, total drag coefficient and rear pressure are found to exhibit a linear dependence with N0.5. The pressure Poisson equation is solved to find pressure fields in the flow region. It is found that the upstream base pressure increases with increase of external magnetic field while the downstream base pressure decreases with the increase of the external magnetic field.

Originality/value

The non‐monotonic behaviors in the separation angle and separation length at high Re are explained through pressure fields which are found first time for this problem. The linear dependence of the pressure drag coefficient, total drag coefficient and the pressure at rear stagnation point with N0.5 is in agreement with experimental findings.
Venus envy 2
Authors: Mavin Sharon
Published: July 2006

Purpose

Using an alternative lens to challenge assumptions of solidarity behaviour and the queen bee label, the paper aims to analyse empirical data to explore negative relations between women in management and surface processes of female misogyny.

Design/methodology/approach

Feminist standpoint epistemology; qualitative semi‐structured interviews; subjective narrative data from senior women and women academics of management in two UK organisations.

Findings

Assumptions of solidarity behaviour are largely absent in the research and the queen bee label impacts pejoratively on women in management, perpetuating a “blame the woman” perspective. Senior women do recognise barriers facing women in management but they do not want to lead on the “women in management mantle.” This does not make them queen bees; the women recognise becoming “male” in order to “fit” senior management and acknowledge the impact of their gendered context. From this context, processes of female misogyny between women in management fragment notions of solidarity; highlight contradictory places women take in relation to other women and challenge women as “natural allies.”

Research limitations/implications

Future research should engage women at all levels in management in consciousness‐raising to the impact women have on other women. Organizational interventions are required to explicitly surface how the gender order exacerbates differences between them to maintain the gendered status quo.

Originality/value

Empirical paper using an alternative lens to problematize solidarity behaviour and queen bee, surfaces female misogyny between women in management and highlights how the gendered social order encourages and exacerbate differences between women.
Gender issues and family concerns for women with international careers
Authors: Tzeng Rueyling
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine how female expatriates face gender stereotyping and discrimination in their home and host countries and how they reconcile their conflicts between home and work.

Design/methodology/approach

Qualitative data were collected via interviews with 21 female expatriates in Western multinational corporations with offices in Taiwan.

Findings

Although gender stereotyping and discrimination are not significant phenomena in home companies, this result needs to be cautiously interpreted because the informants do not have complete information, and faultily presume that overseas assignments are under the protection of anti‐discrimination laws. In the host countries, we found that gender stereotyping and discrimination might be intra‐ethnic rather than nonexistent. Moreover, a woman's life course influences her efforts to build overseas careers, and expatriate women who are married and raising children have to utilize various other kinds of social support in order to balance family and job responsibilities.

Research limitations/implications

Since, this research is conducted in the Taiwan offices of the multinational corporations, it could not directly examine the overseas posting policies and procedures of home companies and thus is limited in its explanation of this perspective. Owing to the small number of cases in this research, the further research on ethnic differences in sex discrimination among female expatriates is needed.

Practical implications

This research could serve as a useful source for women interested in pursuing international careers and for companies and governments seeking to help such women.

Originality/value

By thoroughly re‐examining the previous research and bringing new perspectives to the future study of female expatriates, this research comes to some un‐conventional findings.
Understanding the work‐life conflict of never‐married women without children
Authors: Hamilton Elizabeth A. , Gordon Judith R. , Whelan‐Berry Karen S.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this research is to focus on understanding the work‐life conflict of never‐married women without children.

Design/methodology/approach

This study uses survey data from two full‐service health care organizations and a financial services organization. Quantitative methodologies were used to address the study's research questions and hypotheses.

Findings

The findings show that never‐married women without children do experience conflict, specifically work‐to‐life conflict, and often at similar levels to that experienced by other groups of working women. The findings also suggest that work‐life benefits typically provided by organizations are frequently regarded as less important and used less often by never‐married women without children than by other working women.

Research limitations/implications

Future research should increase the sample of never‐married women without children, explore the sources of support these women use in juggling life roles, and incorporate comparative analysis across age and occupation groups as well as with never‐married childless men.

Practical implications

The research finds that not all employees value or utilize the benefits frequently offered by organizations. Human resource departments cannot assume a “one size fits all” approach to benefit administration but must recognize the unique sources of work‐life conflict for an array of employees and develop appropriate strategies to mitigate such conflict.

Originality/value

This study contributes to the work‐life literature by focusing on a vastly understudied group of employees whose growing presence in the workforce necessitates further exploration. This research advocates expanding the definition of work‐life as traditionally defined in the organizational behavior literature, allowing scholars to think more broadly about life roles other than spouse and parent that may have implications for conflict.
Strategic thinking: the ten big ideas
Authors: Allio Robert J.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

Classifying and evaluating the central ideas of strategic management (the basic tools for managers) is an ambitious project. Judging them by their impact, utility, and longevity, this study selected ten big ideas.

Design/methodology/approach

The author, who has 40 years of experience with large US, Canadian and Puerto Rican firms, reviewed the literature and interviewed a number of senior practitioners to collect current opinions.

Findings

The article should spur discussions among researchers and practitioners about alternative big ideas that belong on their own most‐significant list.

Practical implications

This list is valuable to practitioners who want to become familiar with and use a full range of strategic management tools and analytic options.

Originality/value

The evaluations of the strategic management tools and techniques are up to date and are based on practical experience.
Beyond the core in retail
Authors: Collins Michael , Kamel Marc‐André , Miller Kristine
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The analysis discovered three principles that could lift a retailer's success in doubling the industry's overall average. It found that those retailers who repeatedly attempted moves had a better track record than the rest.

Design/methodology/approach

Bain & Company analyzed nearly 300 attempts by more than 60 US retailers to enter adjacent businesses during the period between 1989 and 2004.

Findings

The analysis discovered three principles that could lift a retailer's success in doubling the industry's overall average. It found that those retailers who repeatedly attempted moves had a better track record than the rest.

Practical implications

Success (growing profitably at more than 5 percent a year) was achieved by retailers that repeated a certain type of adjacency maneuver. They won 23 percent of the time, while novices managed only 5 percent.

Originality/value

Finding that success rates for adjacency moves rise sharply for those that involve few variants in the company's current cost structures, target consumers or capabilities.
Building and protecting corporate reputation
Authors: Firestein Peter J.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

A risk to reputation is a threat to the survival of the business, but senior executives seldom focus on it.

Design/methodology/approach

The reputational collapses in four cases (Merck, Marsh, Anderson and Monsanto) share a single striking feature: they were not limited to a small group of corporate manipulators.

Findings

The cases demonstrate enterprise involvement in misconduct and failure of leadership.

Practical implications

The author proposes three steps leaders can take to alter the corporate mindset and prepare the organization to deal effectively with reputational crisis.

Originality/value

The three steps, and the examples of organizations that have taken preemptive action to secure their reputation, provide an excellent guide for leaders.
Periscopic media tour
Authors: Henry Craig
Published: July 2006

Purpose

Over a two‐month period, the editor of this review has searched worldwide for the most interesting and useful media articles on the topic of strategic management for the July/August issue of Strategy & Leadership.

Design/methodology/approach

In addition to his own collection of finds, the editor sorted through suggestions by a team of veteran top managers and senior academics for new strategic concepts and actions.

Findings

The result is a surprisingly diverse set of media discoveries on such topics as market‐creating service innovation, service innovation, organizational DNA, Growth Champions, internal markets, innovation from internal markets, the brainstorming trap, an intellectual capital merchant bank, a new theory of scale, and Oracle's acquisition binge.

Practical implications

URL links and references have been provided for the articles so that managers can easily follow up this quick scan of the media by reading the articles in full.

Originality/value

Provides a snapshot of what managers are reading and a guide to trends and fresh thinking.
A contextualisation of entrepreneurship
Authors: Morrison Alison
Published: July 2006

Purpose

To explore and critically analyse entrepreneurship theories and concepts within the context of the small family tourism business, and the extent to which owner‐managers and their enterprises can be classified as entrepreneurial.

Design/methodology/approach

A model has been developed and applied to support a “drilling down” approach that moves from a surface understanding of entrepreneurship as a process through to an industry setting, to penetrate the organisational context and consequential entrepreneurial socio‐economic outcomes.

Findings

It has been demonstrated that understanding of the entrepreneurial process, as it interplays with family business, is best served by reference to the cultural, industry setting and organisational context within which entrepreneurs are embedded.

Originality/value

The tourism industry has been deliberately selected as an illustrative context due to the low degree of entrepreneurial behaviour that it has traditionally exhibited. Through the application of the model explanations are provided for this, and conclusions are drawn that do classify small family tourism businesses as a manifestation of entrepreneurship as broadly conceived.
Overconfidence in new start‐up success probability judgement
Authors: Wickham Philip A.
Published: July 2006

Purpose

The purpose of this article is to investigate the overconfidence effect on investor attitude towards new ventures investment valuation as a function of the investor involvement in estimating the venture's success probability.

Design/methodology/approach

The method used was experimental; econometric analysis within a prospect theory framework.

Findings

Participants in the role of investors are more risk seeking when they are called upon to judge success probability relative to them being offered a (reliable) success probability even when their own judgement is based on a restricted data set. Further, that investor overconfidence is a consequence of changes in risk attitude, not probability weighting.

Research limitations/implications

Opens up a number of issues relating to investor‐entrepreneur opportunity perception disparity and its impact on the “investment‐gap”. Considers factors that might be explored experimentally, including task confidence, investor‐entrepreneur information asymmetry and source credibility. Detailed comment made on future research directions.

Practical implications

Impacts on the management of communication between entrepreneurs and investors. Six management variables that might influence disparities in investor‐entrepreneur risk assessment considered in relation to findings.