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A Gaia Survey for Young Stars Associated with the Lupus Clouds*
Authors: Luhman K. L.
Published: September 2020

I have used high-precision photometry and astrometry from the second data release of the Gaia mission to perform a survey for young stars associated with the Lupus clouds, which have distances of ∼160 pc and reside within the Scorpius-Centaurus (Sco-Cen) OB association. The Gaia data have made it possible to distinguish Lupus members from most of the stars in other groups in Sco-Cen that overlap with the Lupus clouds, which have contaminated previous surveys. The new catalog of candidate Lupus members should be complete for spectral types earlier than M7 at A

K
 < 0.2 within fields encompassing clouds 1–4. I have used that catalog to characterize various aspects of the Lupus stellar population. For instance, the sequence of low-mass stars in Lupus is ∼0.4 mag brighter than the sequence for Upper Sco, which implies an age of ∼6 Myr based an adopted age of 10–12 Myr for Upper Sco and the change in luminosity with age predicted by evolutionary models. I also find that the initial mass function in Lupus is similar to that in other nearby star-forming regions based on a comparison of their distributions of spectral types.
Multiwavelength Observation of a Failed Eruption from a Helical Kink-unstable Prominence
Authors: Xu Haiqing , Su Jiangtao , Chen Jie , Ruan Guiping , Awasthi Arun Kumar , Zhang Hongqi , Zhang Mei , Ji Kaifan , Zhang Yuzong , Liu Jiajia
Published: September 2020

Multiwavelength observations of a prominence eruption provide an opportunity to uncover the physical mechanism of the triggering and the evolution process of the eruption. In this paper, we investigate a prominence that erupted on 2012 October 14, recorded in Hα, EUV, and X-ray wavelengths. The process of the eruption gives evidence for the existence of a helical magnetic structure showing the twist converting to writhe. The estimated twist is

(three turns), exceeding the threshold of the kink instability. The rising plasma reached a high speed of 228 km s−1, followed by a sudden rapid acceleration of 2715 m s−2, and was synchronous with a solar flare. Co-spatial cusp-shaped structures were observed in both 131 and 94 Å images from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, signifying the location of the magnetic reconnection. The erupted flux rope finally underwent a deceleration with a maximum value of 391 m s−2, which is larger than the freefall acceleration on the Sun (273 m s−2), suggesting that the eruption finally failed, possibly due to an inward magnetic tension force.
Uncovering the Primary X-Ray Emission and Possible Starburst Component in the Polarized NLS1 Mrk 1239
Authors: Buhariwalla Margaret Z. , Waddell Sophia G. H. , Gallo Luigi C. , Grupe Dirk , Komossa S.
Published: September 2020

X-ray observations of the unique NLS1 galaxy Mrk 1239 spanning 18 yr are presented. Data from XMM-Newton, Suzaku, Swift, and NuSTAR are combined to obtain a broadband, multi-epoch view of the source. There is spectral variability in the 3–10 keV band over the 18 yr. An analysis of the NuSTAR and Suzaku lightcurves also suggests rapid variability in the 3–10  keV band, which is consistent with the NLS1 definition of the source. However, no variability is seen below 3 keV on any timescale. Two distinct physical models are adopted to describe the data above and below

. The low energies are dominated by a hot, diffuse gas likely associated with a starburst component at large physical scales. The higher-energy spectrum is dominated by emission from the central region. Ionized partial covering and relativistic blurred reflection are considered for the central region emission. In both cases, the underlying power law has a photon index of Γ ∼ 2.3–2.4. A distant reflector, a neutral partial covering component with a covering fraction near ∼1, and contributions from starburst emission are always required. The blurred reflection model requires a reflection-dominated spectrum, which may be at odds with the low emissivity index and radio properties of the source. By contrast, the two absorption components required in the ionized partial covering model may correspond to the two distinct regions of polarization observed in the optical. Regardless of the physical model, spectral changes between epochs are driven by the absorption components—and on short timescales, by intrinsic active galactic nucleus variability.
LB-1 Is Inconsistent with the X-Ray Source Population and Pulsar–Black Hole Binary Searches in the Milky Way
Authors: Safarzadeh Mohammadtaher , Ramirez-Ruiz Enrico , Kilpatrick Charles
Published: September 2020

If confirmed, a wide binary system consisting of a 70 M
⊙ black hole (BH) and an 8 M
⊙ main-sequence star (LB-1) is observed to reside in the Milky Way (MW). While we remain agnostic about the nature of LB-1, we show that long-term evolution of an 8 M
⊙ star around a BH with mass between 5 and 70 M
⊙ makes them visible as ultraluminous X-ray (ULX) sources in the sky. Given the expected ULX phase lifetime (≈0.1 Myr) and their lack of detection in the MW, we conclude that the frequency of an 8–20 M
⊙ star to be in binary around a stellar mass BH should be less (f < 4 × 10−3). This is in tension with Liu et al., who claimed the detection frequency of an LB-1-like system to be around 8–20 M
⊙ stars (f ≈ 3 × 10−2). Moreover, the 8 M
⊙ star is likely to end as a neutron star (NS) born with a very small kick from an electron-capture supernova (ECSN), leaving behind a wide NS–BH binary. So far, less than 1% of all the detectable pulsars in the MW have been mapped and there has been no detection of any pulsars in binary systems around BHs, which sets an upper bound of about 100 possible pulsar–BH systems in the MW. We show whether the NS is born from ECSN, a frequency upper limit of (f ≈ 10−3) for stars with masses ≈8–20 M
⊙ in the MW to have a BH companion. The rate discrepancy will further increase as more pulsars are mapped in the MW, yet these searches would not be able to rule out the Liu et al. detection frequency if NSs are instead born in core collapse SNe with the commonly inferred high kick velocities.
Elimination of the Blue Loops in the Evolution of Intermediate-mass Stars by the Neutrino Magnetic Moment and Large Extra Dimensions
Authors: Mori Kanji , Balantekin A. Baha , Kajino Toshitaka , Famiano Michael A.
Published: September 2020

For searching beyond Standard Model physics, stars are laboratories that complement terrestrial experiments. Massless neutrinos in the Standard Model of particle physics cannot have a magnetic moment, but massive neutrinos have a finite magnetic moment in the minimal extension of the Standard Model. Large extra dimensions (LEDs) are a possible solution of the hierarchy problem. Both of these provide additional energy-loss channels in stellar interiors via the electromagnetic interaction and radiation into extra dimensions, respectively, and thus affect stellar evolution. We perform simulations of stellar evolution with such additional energy losses and find that they eliminate the blue loops in the evolution of intermediate-mass stars. The existence of Cepheid stars can be used to constrain the neutrino magnetic moment (NMM) and LEDs. In order for Cepheids to exist, the NMM should be smaller than the range ∼2 × 10−10
μ
B–4 × 10−11
μ
B, where μ
B is the Bohr magneton, and the fundamental scale in the (4+2)-spacetime should be larger than ∼2–5 TeV, depending on the rate of the 12C

reaction. The fundamental scale also has strong dependence on the metallicity. This value of the magnetic moment is in the range explored in the reactor experiments, but higher than the limit inferred from globular clusters. Similarly the fundamental scale value we constrain corresponds to a size of the compactified dimensions comparable to those explored in the torsion balance experiments, but it is smaller than the limits inferred from collider experiments and low-mass stars.
The Spectroscopic Follow-up of the QUBRICS Bright Quasar Survey
Authors: Boutsia Konstantina , Grazian Andrea , Calderone Giorgio , Cristiani Stefano , Cupani Guido , Guarneri Francesco , Fontanot Fabio , Amorin Ricardo , D’Odorico Valentina , Giallongo Emanuele , Salvato Mara , Omizzolo Alessandro , Romano Michael , Menci Nicola
Published: September 2020

We present the results of the spectroscopic follow-up of the QUasars as BRIght beacons for Cosmology in the Southern Hemisphere (QUBRICS; Calderone et al. 2019) survey. The selection method is based on a machine-learning approach applied to photometric catalogs, covering an area of ∼12,400 deg2 in the Southern Hemisphere. The spectroscopic observations started in 2018 and identified 55 new, high-redshift (z ≥ 2.5), bright (i ≤ 18) quasi-stellar objects (QSOs), with the catalog published in late 2019. Here we report the current status of the survey, bringing the total number of bright QSOs at z ≥ 2.5 identified by QUBRICS to 224. The success rate of the QUBRICS selection method, in its most recent training, is estimated to be 68%. The predominant contaminant turns out to be lower-z QSOs at z < 2.5. This survey provides a unique sample of bright QSOs at high z available for a number of cosmological investigations. In particular, carrying out the redshift drift measurements (Sandage Test) in the Southern Hemisphere, using the High Resolution Spectrograph at the 39 m Extremely Large Telescope appears to be possible with less than 2500 hr of observations spread over 30 targets in 25 yr.
Two Nested Shells around the Blue Supergiant ALS 19653
Authors: Drudis J. M. , Gvaramadze V. V.
Published: September 2020

We present the results of deep narrowband imaging of two nested shells around the blue supergiant ALS 19653, which confirm that the outer shell is physically associated with the star.
Coordinating Efforts to Define Marine Plankton Imagery Data and Metadata Best Practices and Standards
Authors: Martin-Cabrera Patricia , Lombard Fabien , Irisson Jean-Olivier , Stemmann Lars , Möller Klas , Lindh Markus , Creach Veronique , Schepers Lennert
Published: September 2020

“Imagery data” can be referred as qualitative and quantitative information from a collection of images. Imaging systems are used more and more frequently in the marine domain to generate huge amounts of imagery data. For example, automatic image classification is used to determine the abundance, size and biomass of plankton communities. In addition, the recent advances of imaging sensors and the growing datasets, highlight the importance of the management and storage capacity of these data. Thus, establishing data standards, optimized data flows and quality control procedures will promote the ability to make these datasets findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable (FAIR principles).

At the moment, there are a number of online open-access databases that collect marine biodiversity data, such as the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), and more specialized in plankton observations such as the COPEPOD for plankton biomass and ECOTAXA for taxonomic annotation of plankton images. However, they currently lack relevant standards to link metadata of the images.

International biodiversity data standards, such as Darwin Core (DwC), are already widely used in OBIS and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF). OBIS, has recently adopted the OBIS-ENV-DATA, a format that follows the DwC-Archive (DwC-A) standard, consisting of a DwC Event table in combination with an Occurrence an extended Measurement or Fact table. This structure enables the linkage of quantitative and qualitative properties to both sampling events and species occurrences. It also includes additional fields for property standardization, such as the BODC (British Oceanographic Data Centre) controlled vocabularies, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), which provides crucial quality control support for taxonomic data, and Marine Regions, a database that provides standardized marine georeferenced place names and areas. However, there are no clear guidelines on how to include imagery metadata and derived data in OBIS-ENV-DATA.

During this TDWG 2020 symposium, we would like to present and discuss our ongoing work to establish best practices and standardized protocols for imaging data and metadata acquired by a large spectrum of bio-optic sensors. Furthermore, we highlight how the integration of the metadata will flow to existing biodiversity data portals, the European EMODnet Biology portal, (EurOBIS) and OBIS.
Power density dynamics in a nuclear reactor with an extended in-core pulse-periodic neutron source based on a magnetic trap
Authors: Shamanin Igor V. , Bedenko Sergey V. , Shmakov Vladimir M. , Modestov Dmitry G. , Lutsik Igor O.
Published: September 2020

The article examines the features of the spatial kinetics of an innovative hybrid nuclear power facility with an extended neutron source based on a magnetic trap. The fusion-fission facility under study includes a reactor plant, the core of which consists of an assembly of thorium-plutonium fuel blocks of the HGTRU reactor of a unified design and a long magnetic trap that penetrates the near-axial region of the core. The engineering solution for the neutron plasma generator is based on an operating gas-dynamic trap based on a fusion neutron source (GDT-FNS) developed at the Novosibirsk G.I. Budker Nuclear Physics Institute of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The GDT-FNS high-temperature plasma pinch is formed in pulse-periodic mode in the investigated hybrid facility configuration, and, at a certain pulse rate, one should expect the formation of a fission wave that diverges from the axial part of the system and propagates throughout the fuel block assembly in a time correlation with the fast D-D neutron pulse source. In these conditions, it is essential to study the fission wave propagation process and, accordingly, the power density distribution formation within the facility blanket. The paper presents the results of a study on the steady-state and space-time performances of neutron fluxes and the power density dynamics in the facility under investigation. The steady-state neutronic performance and the space-time fission wave propagation were simulated using the PRIZMA software package developed at FSUE RFNC-VNIITF.
L’industrie du point de vue du ministre et du point de vue de l’entrepreneur
Authors: Montebourg Arnaud
Published: September 2020

Après la crise de 2008, Arnaud Montebourg assiste, en tant qu’élu, à l’effondrement du tissu industriel de son département. Il se forge alors une conviction : l’État doit mener une action volontariste pour sauver les entreprises et leurs compétences. Devenu ministre du Redressement productif, il dote son administration d’outils de sauvetage efficaces, d’une méthodologie fédératrice et de responsabilités affirmées. Aujourd’hui entrepreneur, il s’engage dans la défense de produits français respectueux de la nature et des producteurs…
Manipulating Business Performances by Creative Accounting
Authors: Oncioiu Ionica , Calotă Traian Ovidiu , Tănase Alin Eliodor
Published: September 2020

The dual nature of creative accounting has been intensely debated since its emergence in the Anglo-Saxon economies. The lack of a common accounting language, different accounting systems at international level, applied in different languages, international legislation harmonized more or less correctly, amidst a turbulent economic environment, left room for multiple interpretations and meanings. This chapter presents the advantages of fair value in manipulating business performances by creative accounting, but there are voices that are challenging this concept because of its volatility and tendency to subjectivism, and also manipulating the models used to evaluate balance-sheet structures or profit and loss account. The results show that fair value was introduced by accounting norms in response to the deterioration of confidence in the financial statements and targets a new system for assessing the entity's assets and liabilities.
A Survey on Forensic Accounting
Authors: Ogundokun Roseline Oluwaseun , Ogundokun Opeyemi Eyitayo
Published: September 2020

Research has revealed that we have different types of accounting and forensic accounting is one of it. Forensic accounting is a form of accounting or financial investigation. This chapter discussed the overview of forensic accounting, history of forensic accounting, functions of a forensic accountant, Forensic Accounting for Criminal Investigation, forensic accounting services, Methods to a Forensic Accounting Assignment, literature review on forensic accounting, fraud (overview), the need for forensic accounting, skill of forensic accounting and lastly the concept of fraud.
The Necessity of Acting in the Public Interest
Authors: Uysal Tuğba Uçma , Aldemir Ceray
Published: September 2020

In terms of accounting discipline, the concept of public interest includes a generally accepted professional structure that produces good results for the whole society. In terms of public administration discipline, the concept has uncertainties. This situation arises because of the transformation of the concept in the historical process. In both areas, the situation requires similar arrangements. In this study, it is aimed to show the national reflections of the concept of public interest in the historical process.
The Dynamics of Demographic and Macroeconomic Variables in India
Authors: Mukherjee Sovik
Published: September 2020

The theory of economic growth is one of the principal branches of macroeconomics that tries to highlight the factors that have influenced the long-run trend of the growth of an economy. One of the leading issues in the literature on India's economic growth has been the manifold effects of inflation and employment among many others. The present paper aims to examine the relationship between economic growth rates, inflation, employment, and population growth in a Simultaneous Equations System (SES) framework, with an exclusive focus on the experience since economic liberalization in 1991. The literature on this subject has up till now analyzed the determinants of these endogenous variables disconnectedly. Not only does this paper endeavour to ascertain the existence of endogeneity among these variables but also highlight a multitude of factors that are connected in this regard. This paper comes to a close by discussing the possibilities for developing strategies that are overtly concerned with productive employment generation.
Does the Organizational Change Induced by the Pre-Implementation of an IS Proceed as a Planned Process?
Authors: Sghari Amira , Chaabouni Jamil , Baile Serge
Published: September 2020

The pre-implementation process of an IS is characterized by procedures of selection and evaluation, which is rather in a pattern of change in a planned process. However, the research on organizational change gave rise to several approaches according to which, the change can be explained by other processes (political, interpretative, incremental, and complex). For this research, the authors seek to study the process of pre-implementation of an IS in order to check whether it pursues a planned process, or the observed change may also have characteristics of other explanatory processes of change. To this end, a qualitative study by case study is conducted in Basic Bank. The results show that change during the process of pre-implementation of the IS is explained not only by the planned process but also by the political and interpretative process. Based on this result, it is recommended to practitioners who wish to lead a change within their organizations to envisage the managerial actions from the outset of the project in order to reduce the potential conflicts of interest between actors.
The Role of Networks in Local Governance
Authors: Salvati Eugenio
Published: September 2020

In contemporary times complexity is a characteristic of local governance, in particular as a result of the severe problems which are limiting the capacity of public sector to answer social needs, produce and deliver services, etc. The organizational answer that local governance is producing in order to assure a new effectiveness to its actions is the creation of the so-called governance networks. Such a concept defines an organizational innovation that implies for public and private actors both challenges and opportunities. Which are the conditions that characterize these networks? And why they can result efficient despite such internal differences? The aim of the chapter is to identify the main features that characterizes these networks, which are their goals in the broader framework of the occurring changes to local governance trying to sketch which is their role and the opportunities connected to this organizational innovation for public administration and the implications for the connection between p.a. and social actors.
A Model for Success in Agribusiness in the Portuguese Context
Authors: Negrão Carla Sofia Vicente
Published: September 2020

In an increasingly digital environment that results in the technological advance of the fourth Industrial Revolution, it becomes interesting to understand the agribusiness success in a digital economy. The purpose of this chapter is to develop a theoretical framework for agribusiness success in Industry 4.0, so that future empirical research could be carried out. The research uses a literature review based on business success. First, it is essential to explore business success and then its determinants. Based on a holistic approach, a new conceptual model for agribusiness success is developed in three dimensions: growth, productivity, and performance, whether enterprises use e-business or not. The researcher suggests the impact of e-commerce, internationalization, strategic alignment, and managers characteristics as explanatory variables of the agribusiness success. The theoretical framework provides a different way forward for both managers and business advisors about what are the agribusiness success and those factors that may explain it.
The Risk Assessment Enhancement Process at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Authors: Mousa Rania
Published: September 2020

Supervisory banking institutions are often daunted by the volume and complexity of the data received on a regular basis from filer banks. Chief technology officers and data strategists face challenges as they strive to implement a technology that could facilitate the data collection and processing to produce secure, timely and reliable information for decision making purpose. Technology selection might be a concern for adopting government agencies, but the methodology of developing and implementing technologies could present a bigger challenge. This is due to the fact that government agencies may not adapt easily to new technologies in a timely fashion or accommodate further developments to their current systems while operating under strict budget. To strengthen its bank supervisory role and develop its bank examination applications, the FDIC decided to adopt The Rational Unified Process System Methodology, known as the RUP®. The chapter examines how the FDIC followed the RUP® to develop an existing bank examination tool application to support its risk assessment process.
Organizational Knowledge of Digital Economy in Transformation, in Big Data, and in Internet of Things
Authors: Mkrttchian Vardan , Chernyshenko Serge
Published: September 2020

This article discusses issues related to organizational knowledge of the digital economy as expert knowledge for intelligent solutions in Transformation, in Big Data, in the Internet of Things. Applying as expert knowledge for intelligent solutions is a new term that describes the planning, search, production, distribution, and delivery of Mkrttchian digital avatars from the place of origin to consumption. This is very different from traditional ones because they are associated with specific product expertise that is generated using electronic data distributed on the Internet between business partners and value-added service providers operating in the general digital economy paradigm using blockchain technologies. The article focuses on analyzing business relationships and this integration into sustainable management systems.
An Approach for Estimating the Opportunity Cost Using Temporal Association Rule Mining and Clustering
Authors: Agarwal Reshu
Published: September 2020

Timely identification of newly emerging trends is needed in business process. Data mining techniques are best suited for the classification, useful patterns extraction and predications which are very important for business support and decision making. Some research studies have also extended the usage of this concept in inventory management to determine opportunity cost based on association rules. Yet, not many research studies have considered the application of the data mining approach on evaluating penalty cost which is also a significant factor to the manager for optimal inventory control. In this paper, two different cases for evaluating penalty cost based on cross-selling effect are presented. An example is illustrated to validate the results.
Integrated Electronic HEI Performance Management
Authors: Shawyun Teay
Published: September 2020

HEI organizational planning, quality, and information management seem three distinct and disjointed disciplines. A formidable intertwined troika can underscore the strong successful management of HEI performance. QPIT (Quality, Planning, Information Troika) operational parameters are: (1) strategic, tactical and operation planning management of planning; (2) quality assurance management of teaching & learning; student development, learning resources, IT, infrastructure, financials, HR, research and societal responsibilities affecting student effectiveness; (3) ICT information management seamlessly integrating planning and quality management systems through BI tools data analytics for performance management. For improved productivity and performance, this paper proposes a holistic integrated electronic HEI performance management framework based on the integrated QPIT Framework. A university case study illustrates the electronic integration of e-PMS (Performance Management System underscoring HEI quality-accreditation-information-planning-performance management.
Designing an Effective Information Security Policy for Public Organizations
Authors: Maleh Yassine , Belaissaoui Mustapha
Published: September 2020

This chapter aims to study the success factors of the ISO 27001 framework related to the implementation of information security in organizations, with particular emphasis on the different maturity controls of ISO 27001 in the implementation of information security policies in organizations. The purpose of this paper is to investigate what controls are commonly used and how they are selected to the implementation of information security in large public organizations in Middle East and North Africa MENA through ISO 27001, with a specific focus on practical framework for the implementation of an effective information security policy through ISO27001. The finding will help organizations to assess organizations to implement an effective information security policy.
Digital Technologies in Wholesaling and Retailing
Authors: Weber Felix
Published: September 2020

The ever increasing intra- and inter-competition, increased costs, and a lower differentiation margin have led to intense competitive pressures within the domains of wholesaling and retailing. At the same time, the increasing digitization due to technological innovation will radical change the economical and procedural fundamentals. In addition, from an entrepreneurial point of view, it must also be considered that the complexity of decision-relevant framework conditions has increased. Digitalisation is therefore to be seen as an essential driver for optimising business processes and as the basis for a new understanding of products and services. However, it cannot be considered independently of other social trends. The chapter will elaborate the underlying drivers and technological trends empowering the transformation processes within the domain of wholesaling and retailing. Starting from these major drivers we will scrutinize the impact of technological advancements and the opportunities, risks and constraints which are connected with it.
Value Network View on Digital Marketplace
Authors: Almunawar Mohammad Nabil , Anshari Muhammad , Lim Syamimi Ariff
Published: September 2020

A digital marketplace is a virtual platform that creates values by managing the interaction between two-sided networks or markets, consumers and producers or suppliers to transact. It provides both sellers and buyers to transact cheaply, quickly and conveniently. Digital marketplaces have created significant impacts and disruptions in many industries all over the world. As digital marketplace firms provide innovative and efficient business models, they may disrupt conventional firms that rely on physical interactions. Equip with virtual communications through digital platforms, digital marketplace firms can grow quickly and pose a serious threat to conventional firms. This chapter discusses network externalities, two-sided markets, and value network theories and how these theories can be applied to view digital marketplace firms in setting their expansion strategies. Some digital marketplace business models and how these models operate will also be discussed.
Designing the Future of Romanian Women Entrepreneurship
Authors: Popescu Delia Mioara , Oncioiu Ionica , Petrescu Anca Gabriela , Petrescu Marius
Published: September 2020

This chapter seeks to offer new insights into the profile of women entrepreneurs in Romania. Moreover, it analyses the factors that may contribute to the creation of sustainable women-led businesses. The questionnaire used in the survey included 21 questions, divided into six sections, and responses collected using the questionnaires allowed the calculation of statistical indicators for this study, namely: the mean, median, mode, standard deviation/standard error, variance, the amplitude of the variance, the sum of all observations, the asymmetry coefficient Skewness, the vaulting coefficient Kurtosis and the calculation of quartiles. The research results reveal an accomplished female entrepreneur who possesses a strong sense of entrepreneurship and she is supported by her family in her entrepreneurship career.
A Theoretical Approach Exploring Knowledge Transmission Across Generations in Family SMEs
Authors: Ferrari Filippo
Published: September 2020

This paper explores, by adopting a theoretical approach, if and how the knowledge sharing process between the generations involved in business succession is actually accomplished. This paper also highlights the negative consequences of overlooking knowledge sharing process. In spite of existing previous empirical findings, this paper suggests that small firm dimensions and everyday side-by-side working activities do not ensure effective knowledge sharing processes. Finally, this paper also provides insights in order to shift from the 'how' of the knowledge sharing process to the 'why' this process fails, suggesting both cognitive and cultural explanations.
An Exploratory Study of In-Flight Safety Videos and Airline Marketing Strategy
Authors: Ahmad Norita , Al Ansaari Nawal
Published: September 2020

In-flight safety videos are used in the commercial aviation industry as a regulatory act set by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As passenger safety is considered top priority for the government entity, it is essential that the in-flight safety briefings are presented in all commercial airlines to ensure that passengers on board are aware of safety procedures in case of an unfavorable emergency. However, passengers have reported these pre-safety briefings to be considered boring and repetitive, and are sometimes ignored. The purpose of this paper is to explore in-flight safety videos presented to passengers as a form of marketing, for numerous airlines ranging from premium to budget airlines. Given the exploratory nature of this study, secondary data will be collected using a literature search. In addition, content analysis of numerous in-flight videos from various commercial airlines will also be explored.
Strategies for Increasing Knowledge Translation of Evidence-Based Practice in Athletic Training
Authors: Allard Brittany V. , D'Abundo Michelle Lee
Published: September 2020

The field of health care needs to change in order to address challenges such as rising health care costs, aging populations and the need to treat increasing numbers of people with chronic health conditions. All of this must be accomplished while reducing costs and maintaining quality of care. Health care professionals are being tasked with facilitating this change. Like many other health care professions, athletic training has turned to evidence-based practice to assure that athletic trainers are trained to deliver the highest quality of care in the most efficient way to their patients. The transition to integrating evidence-based practice will be challenging and will require a massive diffusion of innovation throughout the field of athletic training.
The Use of Design Thinking to Develop Corporate Skills and Competencies
Authors: Cuque Lucia Maria , Mattar Joao
Published: September 2020

Design thinking is a methodology for proposing creative and innovative solutions for problems that use the mindset of the designers. The Bootcamp Bootleg suggests the following steps for design thinking: empathize, define, ideate, prototype, and test. Corporate training usually aims to develop key analytical skills and competencies such as: analytical thinking, decision making, problem solving, leadership, and strategic thinking. However, 21st century holistic and intuitive skills are also required in management today, such as communication, creativity, innovation, and empathy. Design Thinking roots are business and design, and its application to the area of education is more recent. The purpose of this chapter is to discuss how design thinking, combined with information and communication technologies (ICT), can be used to promote 21st century skills and competencies in the corporate environment.
Challenges of the Repatriation Process
Authors: Rodrigues Andreia Almeida , Lopes Rúben Daniel Coelho , Almeida Rúben Dinis , Coutinho Gradim Adriana , Moreira António Carrizo
Published: September 2020

This chapter focuses the challenges of repatriation. Although corporate expatriation has been receiving attention, this chapter seeks to complement this perspective embracing the analysis of the repatriation process. As such, the aim of this chapter is to broaden the knowledge on repatriation exploring previous studies. For this, the authors answer two research questions: Why is the process of expatriation regarded as more relevant than the repatriation process? What do MNEs need to improve to assure a good repatriation process? Regarding the first question, most of repatriation processes are seen by MNEs as the final stage of expatriation which makes companies pay less attention to repatriation as an independent process. Moreover, companies tend to care more with the short-term results of the expatriation experience than the long-term ones, so MNEs disregard the importance of the experience acquired by the repatriate. Regarding the second research question, one concludes that there are four main dimensions: manager feedback; manager network; human resources department and companies.
A Comparison Between Inbound and Outbound Marketing
Authors: Jamil Mohammad Izzuddin Mohammed , Almunawar Mohammad Nabil
Published: September 2020

Social media has not only enabled us to freely express our ideas and thoughts and facilitates us with interactive communications media with friends, but also allows businesses to use it as a platform for marketing. Since social media facilitates businesses to keep in touch with their consumers at low costs while catering to their specific needs and wants in order to satisfy them. As a result, there is a trend towards inbound marketing, in which customers are persuaded to actively find useful and relevant information on products or services to suit their needs and wants. In contrast, conventional marketing is outbound marketing where businesses push marketing contents to their customers regardless of if they need such contents or not, which may annoy them. This chapter compares inbound and outbound marketing and discusses advantages of inbound marketing over outbound marketing.
Examining the Value, Satisfaction, and Loyalty Relationship Under Online Framework Using PLS-ANN
Authors: Sharma Himanshu , Aggarwal Anu G. , Tandon Abhishek
Published: September 2020

Electronic commerce has gained popularity over the years and forced the businesses to go online in order to achieve competitive advantages. Digitalization has led to the dynamicity of markets and this poses a question on the loyalty of customers towards these e-commerce websites.This chapter attempts to examine the relationship between website service quality (WSQ), social media reviews (SMR), customer value (CV), customer satisfaction (CS), and website loyalty (LOY); with the moderating effect of switching cost. Also, the most influential predictor in each cause-effect relationship is determined. The hypothesized conceptual framework is validated using a two-stage approach. In the first stage, the hypotheses are tested and path loadings are generated using PLS-SEM approach. Also, the moderating effect is studied using PLS. Second stage utilizes the advantages of artificial neural network (ANN) to obtain the best explanatory variable in each independent-dependent association.
Big Data Analytics in Supply Chain Management
Authors: Stefanovic Nenad
Published: September 2020

The current approach to supply chain intelligence has some fundamental challenges when confronted with the scale and characteristics of big data. In this chapter, applications, challenges and new trends in supply chain big data analytics are discussed and background research of big data initiatives related to supply chain management is provided. The methodology and the unified model for supply chain big data analytics which comprises the whole business intelligence (data science) lifecycle is described. It enables creation of the next-generation cloud-based big data systems that can create strategic value and improve performance of supply chains. Finally, example of supply chain big data solution that illustrates applicability and effectiveness of the model is presented.
Strategic HRM and Organizational Agility Enable Firms to Respond Rapidly and Flexibly to the Changing Environment
Authors: Saha Nibedita
Published: September 2020

This chapter demonstrates the significant perceptions of Organizational Agility and its consequences on Strategic HRM that reflects on sustainable organization learning and development. This sub-chapter highlighted the new emerging perspectives of organizational agility and Strategic HRM that enables firms to respond promptly and flexibly to cope up with the dynamic world.. In the modern business world, the essence of organizational knowledge, nimbleness and prominence of HRM strategy is viewed as an eminent approach to face the global challenges. Hence, this sub-chapter attempts to classify how the HR competencies can really make a difference and influence on business performance? How firms can respond flexibly through manifestation of organizational learning and knowledge development? Finally, this study suggested that strategic HRM and organizational agility both the practices could be a very inspiring and demanding for the organizations of twenty first century.
Imbibing Organizational Health Practices With Ambidextrous Approach as a Solution to Higher Education Institution Staff Turnover Predicaments
Authors: Miiro Farooq , Othman Azam
Published: September 2020

Like any other business organizations, higher education institutions have been infiltrated with staff instability and mobility. Today HEIs have invested in staff development to acquire promotional levels in terms of ranking and total quality management purposes; however, staff turnover has turned the whole idea into a normal routine. This is evidenced in the big vacuums that most institutions experience, hence posing a bigger challenge to both the stakeholders and customers whereby staff are unstable at work due to several reasons that range from salary increment and globalization issues. Meanwhile, many organizations like consultancies and other universities especially in Africa compete for the fewer staff available with high academic qualifications, hence causing moonlighting and inability to customize staff sustainability and talent development. Thus, this paper is intended to review the literature using meta-analysis and analyze the likely causes and measurements that can be put in place to curtail this bizarrely situations of staff turnover in HEIs.
Leader Ambidexterity in Research Teams
Authors: Boronat-Navarro Montserrat , Mora-Crespo María P.
Published: September 2020

Technology and knowledge transfer between universities and industry requires researchers and research teams to address the tension between developing the abilities required by different types of activities, namely research and commercialization. The main unit at universities that performs the development of knowledge is the research team; therefore, the main researcher must be able to balance this tension to have success in both activities. This study builds on organizational ambidexterity literature to determine the antecedents at the individual level of the main researcher to successfully achieve both research and commercialization activities. We review the ambidexterity literature to identify these antecedents and illustrate our framework with two research teams at different Spanish universities that have achieved scientific- and commercial-oriented results.
FIRM PERFORMANCE: HOW HAS IT BEEN MEASURED IN MARKETING AND FINANCE RESEARCH?
Authors: Silveira Rodrigo Heldt , Oliveira Marta Olivia Rovedder de , Frio Ricardo Saraiva , Trombetta Matheus Santana , Luce Fernando Bins
Published: September 2020

Conduzimos um levantamento sobre como a performance das empresa está sendo mensurada ao analisar 119 artigos publicados de 2006 até 2017 em alguns dos mais citados journals de marketing e finanças. Os resultados demonstram a existência de 77 diferentes métricas de performance empresarial. A lista de métricas evidencia como a avaliação desse constructo não é um consenso. Pesquisadores de marketing têm frequentemente usado métricas objetivas e subjetivas. Pesquisadores de finanças não usam nenhuma métrica subjetiva. Adicionalmente, existe uma falta de pesquisas que explorem os aspectos teóricos da performance empresarial e discutam como esse constructo multidimensional deve ser mensurado. É também notável como marketing pode melhorar seu trabalho em performance empresarial através de uma interface com finanças.
QUALIDADE EM SERVIÇOS: ANÁLISE DE INDICADORES DO SUPORTE TÉCNICO EM EMPRESA DE TECNOLOGIA NA CIDADE DE MARINGÁ-PR
Authors: Endrici João Otávio Montanha , Grassano neto Ricardo Antonioli
Published: September 2020

O presente estudo teve como objetivo central analisar os indicadores de desempenho do departamento de suporte técnico de uma empresa de tecnologia para entender como a empresa mensura a qualidade no serviço de atendimento aos clientes. Baseou-se em conceitos a respeito de Pacote de Valor, Indicadores de Desempenho, Qualidade em Serviços, Net Promoter Score (NPS) e da contextualização do setor de TI nos últimos anos. Desta forma, aprofundou-se em entender os indicadores de desempenho do departamento, a concepção que a empresa possui de qualidade neste serviço, uma análise do indicador NPS em determinado período e a identificação das ações de melhorias tomadas pelos gestores. O conhecimento foi construído por meio de documentos da empresa e entrevistas com os gestores, estas foram de suma importância para a conclusão do trabalho, pois conseguiram trazer muitos detalhes sobre o contexto geral do departamento e suas respectivas visões sobre os temas mais técnicos. Por fim, conclui-se que a empresa objeto de estudo se preocupa com a qualidade em suas entregas, desta forma, utilizam-se os indicadores de desempenho para medi-las e tomar ações de melhoria.
Editorial
Authors: Deretti Sandro , Cassandre Marcio Pascoal , Josiane Silva de Oliveira
Published: September 2020

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Development and evaluation of biomass-based alternative charcoal
Authors: Fadeyibi Adeshina , Adebayo Kehinde Raheef , Obafemi Taiye Mayowa , Olubo Abiodun Samson , Busari Rasheed Amao , Yisa Mohammed Gana
Published: September 2020

Environmental issues resulting from production and application of wood charcoal can be addressed by using biomass briquettes as alternative. This research was undertaken to develop and evaluate briquette from jatropha, groundnut and melon seed residues. Samples of the briquette were formed from mixtures of 0.32-0.39 kg carbonised residues, 0.30-0.40 kg starch and 0.02- 0.04 kg water. Physical and mechanical properties of the briquette samples including calorific value, bulk density and breaking force were determined using standard methods. Box-Bekhen Design Methodology was used to determine the optimum briquette blend. The results showed that the optimal briquette blend gave values of 4711.87 kcal.kg–1 calorific value, 282.59 kg m–3 bulk density and 1.36 kN breaking force, with a desirability index of 61.5%. A comparative analysis of the properties of the optimal briquette with that of a wood charcoal indicates no significant difference (P<0.05). This implies that the briquette can serve as an alternative energy source for cooking in rural communities.
Substantiation of work quality indicators of the universal seeds scarificator of the eastern galega (Galega Orientalis)
Authors: Khasanov Eduard , Mudarisov Salavat , Khamaletdinov Rim , Mukhametdinov Airat , Maskulov Damir , Musin Radik
Published: September 2020

Eastern galega (Galega orientalis) contains amino acids and vitamins necessary for the normal functioning of the animal organism. In addition, it is a good precursor to many cultures. One of the drawbacks of Eastern galega is the hard shell of the seeds, which leads to increased seed consumption, a prolonged time of seedlings and an irrevocable loss of part of the sown seeds. The most affordable, simple and productive is the mechanical method of violating the tightness of the coating film of seeds. The aim of the study was to conduct comparative experiments with the existing scarifier, to create an improved design of a disk scarifier, which allows to improve the quality of seed treatment, and the theoretical justification of its structural and technological parameters. The original design of the disk scarifier on the seeds of the Eastern galega was investigated. The working bodies of the blades of the scarifier disc and their changing installation angle allows to adjust the contact angle of the seeds with the abrasive surface of the grinding wheel, thereby scratching the hard shell of the seeds without injuring them. In contrast to the used designs of scarifiers, the device under development provides for a pneumatic system for removing dust and impurities from the abrasive surface of the grinding wheel by the air flow and additional seed treatment with the microbiological preparation rhisotorfin. In the study of qualitative indicators of scarification of Eastern galega at an average moisture content of 9%, the following parameters were determined: seed germination,%; the degree of scarification,% and the degree of crushing of seeds,% with disk rotation modes - 700, 900, 1100, 1300, 1500 rpm. The studies have shown high-quality seed treatment compared to its counterpart. In the recommended range of disk revolutions of 900 ... 1100, the proposed scarifier showed a decrease in the degree of crushing of seeds by 0.2 ... 0.4%, an increase in the degree of scarification by 2 ... 3% and the degree of germination by 4 ... 5%. The use of the developed design of the scarifier in international practice will reduce the damage of the treated seeds and increase the yield of legumes.