bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Challenging Role of Women Executives - a Perspective
Authors: Sunder Joyce
Published: June 2019

In this article the author highlights how women face strong prejudices and discrimination at every stage of their professional career. Thus recommends and calls for major alterations in the deepest and psychological structures instead of the slow subtle changes.
Editorial
Authors: James Leena
Published: June 2019

On behalf of the editorial team, I have great pleasure in presenting to you this issue of 'Ushus' with a new look and feel. The tenth issue of 'Ushus' is a gratifying watershed for all of us who launched the journal in 2002 and completed the ten consecutive issues successfully. Innovation and creativity are always at the top of the corporate and institutional agenda. Never a fad, but always in or out of fashion, innovations and creativity get rediscovered as a growth enabler. Each generation embarks on the same enthusiastic quest for newer things and faces the same challenge of overcoming innovation stifles.
Administration of Micro-credit by National Bank
Authors: Rajkumar K. Prabakkar
Published: June 2019

The United Nations has designated the year 2005 as the "International year of Micro-Credit". The Micro Finance (MF) initiatives of NABARD have evolved as a sustainable social movement over a decade by now. The design and content of these innovations have remained dynamic in tandem with the changing needs of the micro finance sector in the Country. These initiatives have attracted the attention of a wide range of stakeholders. Large number of formal and informal agencies has joined the NABARD in this unique process of soda-economic engineering. The relevance of the micro finance programme was greatly enhanced the interest of all participants through the core strategies of SHG — bank linkage, which was built around a simple but basic aspect of human nature — the feeling of self-worth.
Tweeners - the Nexgen Shoppers
Authors: Prasad Neena
Published: June 2019

India is a booming Economy. Indian Economic, Political & Socio­Cultural Topography is evolving at very fast rate. It is a huge market where people have a great choice. Life in India's metros, cities, towns - big & small & even villages is undergoing a sea-change, what with high end shopping Malls and Supermarkets playing a musical chair with the highly enterprising & Omnipresent Kirana stores, Multiplexes driving the theatres to oblivion & an emerging new class of consumers
Assorted Facets of Ethics for Successful Business
Authors: H.S Anitha , S. Kavitha
Published: June 2019

Ethics is a pedestal for any business to get good name and fame to endure for a long period in the competitive market. Code of ethics differs from one business to another, depending upon nature of the business. But for every business it is crucial and indispensable to follow ethical measures in its day to day business to enhance corporate ethical values to uplift or to promote ethical standards in an organization by bringing professional ethics and responsibilities among human resource of the company. Nowadays all the companies have made it mandatory to educate about ethics. Beyond that, they have started to practice it. As soon as an employee gets inducted to the company, a copy of the code of conduct will be given to him to understand the ethical values of the company and to follow it up.
The Impact of Power Bases and Ledership Strategies Adopted by Managers on Information Technology Employees
Authors: Patrick Harold Andrew
Published: June 2019

The present investigation focused on power bases and its impact on leadership strategies of IT managers and its impact. The dependent variable was leadership strategies and its impact and independent variable was power bases adopted by IT managers. Three standardized tools were adopted to collect data. 515 respondents for this study representing 87 Indian, Indian multinational and multinational IT companies were surveyed. The hypotheses were tested. The detail findings, conclusions, implications and suggestions have been discussed.
Take Care of the 3 P's That Will Take Care of Your Business
Authors: J. J. Soundararaj
Published: June 2019

There has been a commendable change in the strategies being used by the business enterprises to make profit. The business enterprises all over the world are expected, or even compelled to have a situation whereby the motive of "maximisation of profits" has been replaced by "optimisation of profits".
Adaptive Bands Z-Test-Statistics in Futures Markets: A New Technical Analysis Indicator
Authors: Palil Mohd Rizal
Published: June 2019

This paper presents a study of technical analysis trading rules that generate abnormal returns for futures prices.  It reports abnormal returns above that of the passive buy-and-hold policy for FKLI, FCPO, Soybean Oil Futures, Soybean Futures and Corn Futures for year 2008 tested.
Fast Moving Consumer Goods Industry in Rural Market of India: A Case of Mutual Reinvigoration
Authors: Kumar Brajesh , Gogoi Mintu
Published: June 2019

The present study has been undertaken to make an assessment of the growing eminence of FMCG industry in the era of enriching rural market in India. The Indian Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry began to take shape during the past five decades. The FMCG sector is a keystone of the Indian economy as it touches every aspect of human life. The FMCG sector, which offers tremendous growth prospects, are food and beverage sector, health care and personal care. Presently, rural India accounts for 34% of total FMCG consumption, but it accounts for more than 40% consumption in major FMCG categories like as personal care, hot beverages, and fabric care. Moreover, 80% of FMCG categories are growing faster in rural India as against urban India (Nielson, 2011). There is a huge growth potential for all the FMCG companies as the per capita consumption of almost all products in the country is amongst the lowest in the world. In recent years, rural markets have acquired significance in countries like China and India, as the overall growth of the economy has resulted in substantial increase in the purchasing power of the rural communities. On account of the green revolution in India, the rural areas are consuming a large quantity of industrial and urban manufactured products.
Exploring Role Efficacy as correlate to Organizational Citizenship Behaviour among Female Nurses in a Maternal and Childcare Facility
Authors: Siddharth Naga , Agarwal Rupal
Published: June 2019

While many studies on Organizational Citizenship Behaviour exist, role efficacy as a correlate to organisational citizenship behaviour offers potential for research. This study is conducted to explore Role Efficacy as a correlate of Organizational Citizenship Behaviour among female nurses in a maternity and child care hospital in the healthcare industry located at Bangalore in India. Role Efficacy is the potential effectiveness of an individual occupying a particular position in an organization, as perceived by the individual. The convenience sample included 31 nurses and supervisors from an organization that caters exclusively to maternity
A Conceptual Frame Work of Supply Chain Integration for Competitive Advantage
Authors: Ramesh Venkat , Kumar Y Vijaya , Sindhu Sindhu
Published: June 2019

Growth as one of the key preconditions to survive in the market is forcing companies to compete on international markets and at the same time defend domestic market share from international competitors. The result of that is increased complexity of supply chains, pressure to decrease cost and improve service level. To cope with the complexity and increased customer requirements, active management of the supply chain is a prerequisite. As supply chain is a network of three or more entities directly involved in the upstream and downstream flows of products, services, finance and information from a source to a customer, management of it is a complex task.

There is significant evidence from literature that the effective implementation of integrated supply chain management (SCM) has the potential to generate significant improvements in the performance of firms. The higher levels of SCM practice can lead to enhanced competitive advantage and improved organizational performance. In order to achieve efficient supply chain integration for the processes or activities; the organizations should recognize and understand all the integration challenges of supply chain.

The aim of this paper is to investigate previous research studying the relationship between supply chain integration and performance and understand the importance of supply chain integration for competitive position of organization. Address the challenges encountered in integration of supply chain. Propose a conceptual frame work to reap the potential benefits of effective supply chain integration.
Influence of Organisational Culture on Decision Making in Select Public Sector Enterprises
Authors: Chatterji Madhumita , Sharieff M H
Published: June 2019

Public sector Enterprises in India, particularly the Central Government owned were designated as “Temples of Modern India” by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime Minister of India. They were started with clear aim of providing employment, and supplying goods at affordable prices besides the larger goal of industrialization and balanced growth. It did serve the purpose till liberalization was initiated in 1990. The globalization and liberalization brought about extreme pressure on hitherto protected industries to take on competition. The culture developed over five decades was precipitously called upon to take on the changes that were taking place in the environment forcing many PSEsto turn red unable to deal with competition. This study attempts to understand the organisational culture that was developed over a period of 50 years and its ability to cope with changes through effective and efficient decision making by executives and by their leadership or management style and to a certain extent the presence of unique PSE ecosystem. It is being explored that notwithstanding the individual differences in decision making, organisational culture forces all executives to
Expanding Growth Pole and Thriving SEZ In the Bengal Gems &Jewellery Industry
Authors: SukantaSaha Sri
Published: June 2019

The present study focuses on two specific sites of the Gems and Jewellery industry in West Bengal, namely Domjur (Howrah) and Manikanchan (Rajarhat, Kolkata). Domjur Gems and Jewellery industry is the sole ‘Growth Pole’ in West Bengal includingPanchlaZari and Embroidery industry. On the other hand, Manikanchan is the sole Special Economic Zone in the Gems and Jewellery industry in India.
An Analytical Approach to Understand Customer Relationship Management in Indian Banking Sector from the Perspective of Customers
Authors: Bansal Dr. Sanjeev , Malik Dr. Garima
Published: June 2019

In recent years, significant developments have been experienced in the banking sector. With the improved technology, banks have become institutions that offer services for 24 hours through telephone, internet and ATMs. Besides the classic banking services, they have taken over a number of activities such as automatic billing, which facilitate the lives of the customers. To maximize lifetime profitability from valued customers, banks have changed traditional silo mindset and have adopted Customer Relationship Management (CRM) techniques.This paper examines the relationship between thecustomer loyalty and CRM in National Capital Region of India. Methodology of the paper has been designed such that, it abstracts the scales into 5 dimensions related to CRM of banks. This paper uses regression analysis to arrive at a model which explains customer loyalty. This paper also provides insights for the banks which adopt CRM at a strategic standpoint as well as operational standpoint and implement a customer–centric vision.
HR Challenges in Big Data
Authors: SuriyaKala Pala , Aditya Ravi
Published: June 2019

Human resources is traditionally an area subject to measured changes but with Big data, data analytics, Human capital Management, Talent acquisition and performance metrics as new trends, there is bound to be a sea change in this function. This paper is conceptual and tries to introspect and outline the challenges that HRM faces in Big Data. Big Data is as one knows the world of enormous generation which is revolutionizing the world with data sets at exabytes. This has been the driving force behind how governments, companies and functions will come to perform in the decades to come. The immense amount of information if properly utilized can lead to efficiency in various fields like never before. But to do this the cloud of suspicion, fear and uncertainty regarding the use of Big Data has to be removed from those who can use it to the benefit of their respective areas of application.HR traditionally has never been very data centric in the analysis of its decisions unlike marketing, finance, etc.
Employee Compensation and Benefits: Case Study on Presidency College, Bangalore
Authors: HS Badri
Published: June 2019

Company/Institution’s achievements are decided in large part by the compensation and benefit plans. Compensation and benefits have a major role to play in the decision-making process of job seekers. Compensation involves how employees are paid, hourly or salary, and benefits involve the type of medical insurance, annual PhD allowance, annual performance incentive pay of up to a month’s salary and retirement benefits. Providing benefits to their employees is one way in which organizations typically maximize productivity in their business practices. Candidates with excellent talent and experience, which can give the much needed competitive advantage to the company, are usually attracted by the benefits that a company offers. Also, compensation and benefits could be used as a measurement tool for the effects of productivity, company growth, and success. Compensation and benefits could also impact the recruitment and retention of labor to a large extent. The allusion of the plan is for workers to believe the compensation plan is reasonable and fair (Cascio, 2010). Managers should incorporate cross-training to engage employees to excel in performing their job duties at the highest levels for the best outcome (Cascio, 2010).
Editorial
Authors: Kumar M Dr Rupesh
Published: June 2019

Ushus Journal of Business Management wishes all its readers a Happy New Year!In this final issue of 2016, we bring to you two intellectually stimulating research articles and two enlightening case studies that give us new insights into marketing.India is one of the fastest growing economies and a bright spot in an otherwise gloomy world economy with double-digit growth in many sectors like FMCG, Consumer Durables, Fashion, Passenger cars, etc. In the first article of this issue focuses on consumer durables. Consumer durables market is valued at 12.5 billion US$for the year 2015 (IBEF Report, 2016). In the consumer durablemarket the key element is trust towards a brand or a reseller. Keeping this in mindthis research focuses on the trust factor in selling of the non-essential consumer durable products like‘cosmetics.' The author, Suhan, has utilized the path coefficient threshold values to measure between indicators namely, cause purview and emotional benefits, cause consequential and trust, cause rubric and trust, cause span and emotional benefits, emotional benefits and trust, functional benefits and trust, ability and trust, benevolence and trust. Therefore the corporates need to make a moderate effect model to substantial effect by strengthening cause campaigns like the fight against animal testing, support community trade, defend human rights, activate self-esteem and protect the planet by taking environmental issues.
Buyer Behaviour towards Fast Food with Special Reference to Chicking Restaurants
Authors: Najeemudeen K P , Panchanatham N
Published: June 2019

The Indian Fast Food Industry has witnessed high growth strides in the past years, with increasing disposable income, exposure to a number of cuisines and consumers’ willingness to experiment a mix of both western and local menu. Apart from this, busy life schedule, standardized food and less time consuming processes are also fuelling the demand from domestic consumers in the industry.ChicKing is one such fast food conglomerate, specializing on fried chicken using a special recipe, spanning over a network of more than 70 outlets world over. This paper tends to analyze the buyer behaviour towards fast food restaurants based a on a questionnaire survey administered on the customers of 3 branches of ChickingRestaurant in Malappuram district of Kerala. The evaluations were done based on the responses marked in the 105 completely filled questionnaires among the total 150 circulated. Statistical tools like Percentage Analysis and Weighted Average Score test have been used for meaningful analysis and clear presentation. This study flashes light upon some unknown factors regarding the buyer behaviour towards fast food restaurants.
Editorial
Authors: Kumar Arti Arun
Published: June 2019

The current issue of Ushus – Journal of Business Management is an eclectic mix of conceptual and empirical papers. The importance of conceptual papers cannot be denied as they reflect systems of concepts, assumptions, expectations, beliefs and theories as well as reflections and the various relationships between them.

In this vein, the first paper argues that albeit much technical advancement, it is the human capital that provides enough thought and stamina for any industry or institution to run.  Hence, it is imperative for any organisation to take proper care of their employees. Underscoring the need for better employee care the article, A Comparative Study to Analyse the Effectiveness of Sexual Harassment Policies of IT and Non-IT Companies aims to analyse the effectiveness of sexual harassment policies of IT and Non-IT companies working in India.

The second article Getting things done, virtually! -Role of Virtual Team Leadership in Virtual Team Effectiveness highlights various dimensions of leaderships with reference to virtual teams in its review of the literature. The study’s key finding states that shared understanding is a vital force that promotes the smooth functioning of the virtual team’s performance.

The third paper stands testimony to the never-ending conflictbetween empirical papers and conceptual papers are continual. Nevertheless,it cannot be denied that empirical research enables us to operationalise a paradigm and implement it. Impact of Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Motivation on Job Satisfaction among mystery shoppers is one such empirical study. It focuses on how EI plays a mediating role between motivation and job satisfaction among mystery shoppers. The mystery shoppers may overcome negative emotions by increasing their emotional intelligence, helping them to attain greater career satisfaction.
A Comparative Study to Analyse the Effectiveness of Sexual Harassment Policies of IT and Non IT Companies
Authors: S Suma , Sandhya N , Vevek N
Published: June 2019

The Current study aims at analysing the effectiveness of sexual harassment policies of IT and Non IT companies in India. The researcher has also made a comparison between IT and Non IT companies on the basis of the effectiveness of their sexual harassment policies. The study is based on both secondary and primary data. Secondary data was collected to study the sexual harassment policies of the companies, and primary data has been used to record the opinions of the employees towards the sexual harassment policies of their organization. The sample size of the study is 200. It was found from the study that there are mainly four factors that could be used to measure the effectiveness of the sexual harassment policies namely content, timing, actions and complaints. It was also found from the study that the sexual harassment policies of IT companies are far better than Non IT companies. Researchers have also suggested a few measures to improve the sexual harassment policies of the companies on the basis of existing sexual harassment policies of the surveyed companies and literature review.The Sexual Harassment Act has been enacted with the objective of providing women protection against sexual harassment at the workplace and for the prevention and redressal of complaints of sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is considered as a violation of the fundamental right of a woman to equality as guaranteed under Articles 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India ("Constitution") and her right to life and to live with dignity as per Article 21 of the Constitution. It has also been considered as a violation of a right to practice or to carry out any occupation, trade or business under Article 19(1) (g) of the Constitution, which includes a right to a safe environment free from harassment.India finally enacted its law on prevention of sexual harassment against female employees at workplace. The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 ("Sexual Harassment Act") has been made effective on April 23, 2013 by way of publication in the Gazette of India.
Strategic Issues in Time Dimension of Marketing Tools in Business to Business Markets
Authors: Gopal R.K. , Raju T.V
Published: June 2019

Key to success in serving industrial customers is to consider together the individual account, the full marketing mix, and the time. The individual account is fundamental to marketing. Marketing tools have time dimension. In general in effective marketing, the critical tools are those with time dimensions matching the time horizons of customers commitments. Long-term tools serve customers with long time horizons, whereas short term tools can support long-term tools in long-term relations.

This paper attempts to understand the various marketing tools used by an industrial marketer and their time dimension. This will help the industrial marketer to deploy the marketing tools in an effective way.
Trade Unionism and Compensation Dynamics: A Research Overview
Authors: Bose Indranil , Mustaphi Baisakhi Mitra
Published: June 2019

Over the years, government’s enacted laws and enunciated policies to provide for decent work life, guarantee minimum wages, cushion against rise in cost of living, ensure equal remuneration and deter employers from making unfair and arbitrary deductions from wages has led to a change in the impact trade unions had on wage determination. The present article discusses different aspects of trade union’s role in wage and salary administration in terms of choices and options for trade unions, unions’ impact on general wage levels, unions’ impact in terms of spill-over effect, role of trade unions in wage and salary policies and practices and so on.
Detailed Literature Review: Antecedents Affecting the Flight Risk or Turnover Intention of Professionals
Authors: Singh Archana
Published: June 2019

Employee turnover has attracted significant research worldwide because of the high cost it entails. These costs include recruitment, selection, training, adjustment time, possible product, and/or service quality problems which often exceed hundred percent of the annual salary for the position being filled. Understanding the factors that influence the turnover gives organisations the opportunity to reduce selection and training costs, increase employee morale and customer satisfaction and enhance organisational productivity. This paper traces the work done by researchers in understanding the flight risk or Turnover Intention behaviour of professionals and thus helps understand and curtail turnover thereby curtail costs for organisations.
New Era of Credit Analysis
Authors: CM Vidya
Published: June 2019

Credit analysis is the evaluation of the credit worthiness of a business or an organisation done through historic data like audited balance sheets, forecasts in the form of budgets and cash flow, ratings given by credit rating companies, analysis of ratios, capital marketisation, share prices and many more benchmarks. However, in today’s world, “Big Data” is what is being spoken about by all. Data is collected every second from various sources like social media sites, online and offline purchases and so on. The emerging era of credit analysis is based on consumer behaviour online; their likes and dislikes, preference for the products they purchase and so on. Everything is recorded through “Big Data” and is accessible to judge whether a person is worthy of credit or not. All these are studied through complicated mathematical computations to analyse sequences of information within an ocean of data. These credit scorings can be provided within no time and are equally cost-efficient. The study focusses on the effectiveness of big data for credit analysis.
Editorial
Authors: Mani Alice
Published: June 2019

The 'USHUS' journal has been consistently trying to bring together academic effort from many regions and on several diverse issues. This issue, in particular, saw significant contribution from the teaching fraternity. Eminent educationists, academicians and lecturers from regions as far apart as Karnataka, Goa, Manipur and Indore have been able to put forward their valued opinions and the results of numerous meticulous research projects for general deliberation and readership. Finance and entrepreneurship have taken centre stage this time around, with Financial Planning for the Future, Micro Finance in Manipur (Robita S), a Hypothetical Model for Strategising Future 'Banks' (Justin Paul) and Entrepreneurial Survey in Relation to Commercial Banks' Lending (Anitha H.S.) giving due consideration to the theoretical, institutional, implemented and projected frameworks of this vital field.
Just in Time Purchasing an Approach in Supply Chain Management and Its Relevance to Indian Automotive Industry
Authors: Raju T V , Gopal R K
Published: June 2019

In today's highly competitive global market place the pressure on organizations to find new ways to create and deliver value to the customers grows ever stronger. There have been many new ideas and concepts in business management over the last thirty or so years, some of which have endured and others discarded. However, perhaps one of the most significant principles to become widely adopted and practiced is that of just in time, or JIT. It is a philosophy as much, as it is a technique; it is based upon the simple idea that wherever possible no activity should take place in the system until there is a need for it.

With increasing pressures on profits, due to the launch of several new models, with marginal differences in prices, Indian Automotive companies would do well to move towards JIT purchasing systems. Given the extent and variety of constraints and the existing purchasing mindset in Indian Automotive industry, it'will take some more time to understand and practice the technique.

This paper attempts to understand the possibilities of implementing JIT technique in the Indian automotive industry. This will help the automotive component manufacturers to effectively formulate their marketing strategies to create value to their OEM customers. It also helps the vehicle manufacturers to be competitive in the end market.
Efetividade de duas intervenções com diferentes volumes de exercícios físicos na qualidade de vida em mulheres usuárias da Atenção Básica de Saúde
Authors: Silva Debora Bernardo da , Papini Camila Bosquiero , Nakamura Priscila Missaki , Gomes Grace Angélica de Oliveira , Kokubun Eduardo
Published: June 2019

O objetivo do estudo foi comparar o efeito de duas intervenções oferecidas na Atenção Básica à Saúde com diferentes volumes de exercício físico na qualidade de vida de mulheres. O estudo foi realizado em três Unidades de Saúde da Atenção Básica de Saúde da cidade de Rio Claro-SP. Participaram 50 mulheres (56,36 ± 10,26 anos), divididas em dois grupos, de acordo com a abrangência de território das Unidades de Saúde: G1 - 25 mulheres e duas sessões por semana de exercícios físicos com duração de 60 minutos cada (120 min/sem) e; G2 - composto por 25 mulheres e três sessões por semana de exercícios físicos com duração de 90 minutos cada (270 min/sem). As intervenções tiveram duração de 12 meses. A qualidade de vida foi avaliada por meio do questionário WHOQOL-BREF em dois momentos (pré e pós intervenção). Os efeitos do tempo, da intervenção e da interação (tempo x intervenção) foram analisadas pelo teste Two-way mixed ANOVA, tendo-se realizado as comparações post-hoc com o teste de Bonferroni. Na comparação intra-grupos os escores dos domínios psicológico, social, qualidade de vida geral foram superiores após as intervenções para ambos os grupos (p < 0,05). Houve melhora no domínio ambiente somente para o G2 (p < 0,001). Não houve efeito na interação entre os grupos. As intervenções oferecidas, independente do volume não modificaram os escores do domínio físico. As intervenções de exercícios físicos foram efetivas em melhorar aspectos da qualidade de vida geral dos usuários do Sistema Único de Saúde.
Group Maintenance: A Restless Bandits Approach
Authors: Abbou Abderrahmane , Makis Viliam
Published: June 2019

We consider a maintenance planner problem to dynamically allocate the available repairmen to a system of unreliable production facilities. Each facility has several machines that incur a linear production loss due to stochastic degradation, which we model as a continuous time Markov process with fully observable states. The objective is to schedule group maintenance interventions, in discrete time epochs, so as to minimize production losses over an infinite horizon. Direct solution procedures, such as dynamic programming value or policy iteration, are impractical due to the curse of dimensionality. An approximate scheduling procedure is developed following Whittle’s restless bandits approach. In particular, we decompose the Whittle’s relaxation of our scheduling problem by production facility (i.e., bandit) using the Lagrangian technique. Based on the structural investigation of a single-bandit problem, we prove indexability and propose a novel index computational algorithm. Our numerical study shows that, for systems with three or four facilities, the index policy has a near-zero optimality gap. For systems with 10 or more facilities, the index policy expected cost remains fairly close to a lower bound that we compute using the known linear programming (LP) formulation of Whittle’s relaxation. Furthermore, the numerical study also shows that our policy yields substantial expected cost improvements relative to a benchmark LP-based heuristic when the states are partially observable and can handle large-scale systems unlike LP-based heuristics, which have excessive memory requirements.
The Optimality of Ad Valorem Contracts
Authors: Hagiu Andrei , Wright Julian
Published: June 2019

We provide a new theory of ad valorem contracts (i.e., contracts that vary with the value of the transaction), which can explain why such contracts are widely used between vertically related parties (e.g., in franchising and licensing). Ad valorem contracts allow upstream firms (principals) to preserve their own incentives to make ongoing investments in the channel and deal with pricing distortions caused by channel coordination problems, while at the same time adjusting their investment on the basis of demand shocks that are only observed by the downstream firms (agents). We show that the optimal ad valorem contract allows the principal to achieve the same profits as if it could observe the demand shocks and control price. This optimal contract makes use of revenue sharing (to balance investment incentives and make the principal’s investment responsive to demand through price), upfront fixed fees (to extract the agents’ expected profit), and an additional term that depends nonlinearly on either price or demand (to correct for remaining pricing distortions). Our results are robust to the introduction of competition between agents, production costs, and imperfect monitoring of the agents’ prices.

This paper was accepted by Eric Anderson, marketing.
Optimality Conditions for Minimizers at Infinity in Polynomial Programming
Authors: Phạm Tiến-Sơn
Published: June 2019

In this paper we study necessary optimality conditions for the problem of minimizing a polynomial function over a set defined by polynomial inequalities. Assume that the problem is bounded below and has the Mangasarian–Fromovitz property at infinity. We first show that if the problem does not have an optimal solution, then a version at infinity of the Fritz John optimality conditions holds. From this we derive a version at infinity of the Karush–Kuhn–Tucker optimality conditions. As applications, we obtain a Frank–Wolfe type theorem which states that the optimal solution set of the problem is nonempty provided the objective function is “convenient.” Finally, in the unconstrained case, we show that the optimal value of the problem is the smallest critical value of some polynomial. All the results are presented in terms of the Newton polyhedra of the polynomials defining the problem.
OM Forum—A Review of Empirical Operations Management over the Last Two Decades
Authors: Terwiesch Christian , Olivares Marcelo , Staats Bradley R. , Gaur Vishal
Published: June 2019

We develop a database of all empirical research related to operations management in the journals Management Science, Manufacturing and Service Operations Management (M&SOM), and Production and Operations Management (POM) from the beginning of 1999 to the end of 2016. This database includes 236 empirical papers. We analyze the set of empirical papers to look for longitudinal trends and other bibliometric patterns. In particular, we show that (a) empirical research as a whole is gaining in popularity as measured by the publication rates in these three journals, (b) empirical papers in M&SOM are more likely to get citations than nonempirical papers, and (c) researchers are now more commonly using instrumental variables and are more likely to consider endogeneity challenges in their research design. Using our database, we propose three dimensions on which empirical operations management papers can be compared, including their main objective, their data sources, and their identification strategy.
Right hypochondrial pain leading to diagnosis of cholestatic jaundice and cholecystitis: a review and case study
Authors: Redfern Vicky , Mortimore Gerri
Published: June 2019

The gallbladder stores bile from the liver and releases it into the duodenum. Imbalance in bile components (typically, cholesterol) can lead to cholelithiasis, the crystallisation of choleliths (gallstones). Cholelithiasis is common, affecting a fifth of people in Western countries. The stones can become lodged in the biliary duct and obstruct bile flow. Bile obstruction affects levels of bilirubin, causing cholestatic jaundice. Associated symptoms include nausea, dark urine and pale stools. Gallstones can also cause cholecystitis, the inflammation of the gallbladder. They also often cause pain (biliary colic), especially sudden-onset, episodic, radiating right hypochondrial pain, and biliary pathology is the main cause of upper abdominal pain. Diagnosing these presentations requires a multispectral, holistic assessment comprising numerous investigations, including clinical history, liver function tests, Murphy's sign and abdominal ultrasound. Treatment is usually gallbladder removal surgery (laparoscopic cholecystectomy), with either bile duct exploration or endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP). Good nurse–patient communication is essential to ensure quality of care. The case study presented here covers the assessment and biliary diagnosis of a female patient presenting with severe right hypochondrial pain. The review of existing evidence and the case study should help hepatobiliary nurses deliver quality care for patients presenting with symptoms of gallstones.
PRECIPITAÇÕES ESTIMADAS PELA MISSÃO TRMM E OBSERVADAS EM SUPERFÍCIE NO ESTADO DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL
Authors: Mota Marcelo Crestani , Rizzi Rodrigo , Härter Fabrício Pereira , Damé Rita de Cássia Fraga
Published: June 2019

Dada a importância da soja para a economia brasileira e a consequente necessidade de monitorar as safras agrícolas, com este trabalho objetivou-se comparar os dados de precipitações gerados pelo sistema Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) frente àqueles observados em superfície de estações meteorológicas convencionais para o estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Para isso, empregaram-se dados de três safras de soja (2006/2007 a 2008/2009) para comparação e geração de um modelo de ajuste e de três safras subsequentes (2009/2010 a 2011/2012) para validação. Os dados de precipitações obtidos do TRMM para as safras de ajuste apresentaram alto coeficiente de correlação (0,83) diante daqueles observados nas estações de superfície, com superestimativa média de 11%. O modelo de ajuste não melhorou a estimativa de precipitação e diminuiu a amplitude dos valores estimados para as safras ajustadas. Ademais, o modelo de ajuste pouco alterou os coeficientes de correlação entre ambas as variáveis para todas as safras (mesmo reduzindo o RMSE para duas das três safras analisadas). Dessa forma, quando os dados de precipitações em superfície não estiverem disponíveis, recomenda-se a utilização dos dados originais do TRMM em modelos de estimativa de produtividade da soja.
Analysis of Digital Divide in Mastery of ICT in Palangka Raya City
Authors: Purmasari Purmasari Purmasari , Setyohadi Djoko Budiyanto , Santoso Albertus Joko
Published: June 2019

This study aims to measure the digital divide by analyzing the influencing factors of the divide (gap) and the effectiveness of ICT public services in Palangka Raya City. The method used for measuring the digital divide in this study was the SIBIS method, the result of the activities of the European Commission which is used for analyzing and comparing different indicators and adapted to environmental conditions. The SIBIS GPS (General Population Survey) indicator was used in this study included the availability of ICT access, ICT utilization, and levels of ICT and e-government capability. The population in this study was the people of Palangka Raya City with a sample of 399 respondents. The results of digital divide measurement in this study showed that the level of digital divide as seen from the aspects of access availability, utilization and level of ICT capability was at medium category, the level of digital divide as seen from the aspect of e-government was in low category, and the level of digital divide as seen from the aspect of demography showed a clear distinction to the digital divide in Palangka Raya City
Analysis Reducing Slum Settlement by Road Improvement (A Case Study: Jawa Lama Village Village, Lhokseumawe, Aceh-Indonesia)
Authors: Fithra Herman , Olivia Sisca , Siska Deassy
Published: June 2019

a slum will cause many problems for many cities. The urbanization factor is one of the causes of slums due to the limited urban housing area. In general, there are seven slum indicators that can determine the quality of residential areas, one of which is physical infrastructure. Infrastructure conditions are interrelated with residential development. This study analyzes seven indicators of slums in Jawa Lama Village, Lhokseumawe, Aceh-Indonesia. In this study, the research team used data surveys with field tracking and field documentation from city roads. Documented data includes field photos and regional mapping that shows the location of the study. Data that has been collected can be used to determine urban facilities and infrastructure that are very influential for slums in the study area.
Application of Vertical Electrical Sounding (VES) for Subsurface Profiling in Weh Island, Aceh Province
Authors: Marwan Marwan , Rifqan Rifqan , Syafrizal Idris , Muhammad Yanis
Published: June 2019

Groundwater availability is the main concern in a developing region such as Weh Island, Aceh. To locate groundwater resources, vertical electrical sounding (VES) was used to identify subsurface profiles. The study area is located on a volcanic island. The lithology consists of volcanic rocks as andesite lava and pyroclastic rocks as lapily-tuff until breccia. VES method was carried out in 4 measurement points using the Schlumberger array. The resistivity value used to identify subsurface lithology. The top layer of alluvium and weathered lava have resistivity ranges from 14.3 Ωm to 17.7 Ωm with thickness varies from 0 m – 17.4 m. It is followed by andesite resistivity ranges from 17.3 Ωm to 18.2 Ωm with averages thickness is 17.4 m – 35.2 m. Finally, the bottom layer is filled by breccia-tuff with resistivity value from 5.5 Ωm to 7.3 Ωm. The physical properties of some related rocks allow water accumulation to their bodies. The current polarization indicates water content in the pore space of breecia at the study area which polarization point is identified as the water table.
Early childhood music making in educational settings: A comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed research, 2000–17
Authors: Salvador Karen
Published: June 2019

In this article, I present a comprehensive analysis of peer-reviewed research articles published in English between 2000 and 2017 regarding active music making in early childhood (EC) educational settings. My specific research questions were: who was making music? Who else was present? What did the children and other persons do? In what kinds of educational settings did the music making take place? How did the researchers frame and design their studies, and how did they collect data? What did the researcher(s) seek to understand? What did the researchers find? The results of this review challenge the EC music education profession to support every child’s right to a musical childhood by telling the whole story, communicating across places and communities of practice and understanding teaching and learning as contextual, varied and nuanced.
‘Everyone is always learning’: Case study of a Suzuki-inspired preschool
Authors: Hendricks Karin S. , Bucci Madeline G.
Published: June 2019

The Suzuki violin method was originally envisioned as a universal approach to talent education, applicable to any field. Currently, however, the approach is limited primarily to music learning settings, with only a few exceptions in general education. The purpose of this study was to observe the activities and teacher–child interactions in one preschool in which the Suzuki philosophy was implemented for general education in a holistic manner. We further considered how the co-equal integration of music with other educational content might be applicable in formal early childhood learning settings. Data collection included (1) observations of lessons and social interactions between students, teachers and administrators; (2) interviews with administrators and teachers and (3) review of preschool-related artefacts. We coded and analysed data according to five tenets of the Suzuki approach (i.e. every child can learn, group-based instruction, parent involvement, sensitive listening, prioritizing personal character over ability). Findings highlight specific ways in which teachers and administrators interpreted and adhered to these tenets in music and general education contexts, as well as potential areas for improvement and expansion. An emergent theme, ‘everyone is always learning’, encompassed the five tenets holistically, while also representing a general disposition among administrators and teachers to engage in preschool activities with a collective sense of gratitude and wonderment. This theme evokes the possibility of further research into the ways in which Suzuki teachers act as compassionate co-learners.
‘Exposición de motivos’: Disidencias desde el sistema
Authors: Salcedo Fernández Alberto
Published: June 2019

¿Puede una intervención artística disidente influir en las políticas institucionales referidas a la gestión del patrimonio cultural? Contemplamos la hipótesis de que la disidencia crítica mediante el arte desde dentro del sistema, puede influir en un cambio social y político en la protección y gestión del patrimonio industrial. La obra ‘Exposición de motivos’ es un caso de estudio, consistente en 15 intervenciones artísticas sobre Bienes Culturales industriales, con el objetivo de visibilizar el incumplimiento de la Ley 7/90 por parte de los propietarios y las administraciones responsables; influenciando un cambio de dinámica en la gestión del patrimonio cultural para preservar tanto los edificios como el paisaje y la memoria de la industrialización en el País Vasco. La metodología incluye el análisis de estos BBCC y la creación de intervenciones artísticas. Las aportaciones son (1) actualización de los ficheros de los BBCC industriales; (2) análisis de la no aplicación de la Ley 7/90 en cada caso concreto; y (3) 15 intervenciones artísticas.
Miradas marxistas sobre la cuestión nacional: Política y Teoría Nacional en la Socialdemocracia austríaca (1899-1914)
Authors: Quiroga Manuel
Published: June 2019

El presente trabajo aborda la política y la teoría nacional desarrollada por la Socialdemocracia austríaca. Analiza los debates en torno al programa nacional del Partido Socialdemócrata Pan-austríaco y los distintas disputas teórico-políticas que se dieron al interior del mismo sobre esta cuestión, así como sus repercusiones internacionales entre teóricos importantes de la Socialdemocracia alemana, los bolcheviques y grupos socialistas de los Balcanes. A su vez, enmarca estas discusiones en la situación política de la cual emergieron, caracterizada por distintos conflictos nacionales en Austria ante los cuales la Socialdemocracia debía posicionarse. Como elementos fundamentales de este marco político, analizaremos también la evolución del modelo partidario austríaco (de organizaciones separadas por nacionalidad), los conflictos nacionales en el seno de la Socialdemocracia y las distintas posturas Socialdemócratas sobre el Estado austríaco imperial, sus posibilidades de reforma, y las perspectivas para la solución de la situación nacional de los distintos pueblos de Austria. Concluimos con una evaluación crítica de esta trayectoria y una reflexión en torno a cómo el programa teórico-político nacional dominante en la Socialdemocracia austríaca (en sus distintas variantes, incluyendo la escuela Austro-marxista) se acomodó en última instancia a las características del Estado austríaco y sus limitaciones históricas.
La Operación Roca. El fracaso de un proyecto liberal en la España de los 80
Authors: Magaldi Fernandez Adrian
Published: June 2019

El hundimiento de Unión de Centro Democrático (UCD) hizo que los diversos sectores que la integraban buscaran un nuevo lugar en el escenario político. Mientras los suaristas trataban de refundar el centro desde el CDS, los democristianos se acercaron a Fraga y los socialdemócratas se integraron en el PSOE. Los grandes huérfanos que dejó la desaparición de UCD fueron los liberales. Este grupo intentó buscar su nuevo lugar, en un primer momento, en torno a Antonio Garrigues Walker, quien lo intentó sin éxito a través del Partido Demócrata Liberal (PDL). Finalmente fue la llamada Operación Roca la que capitalizó dichos intentos. Así nacía el Partido Reformista Democrático (PRD) en torno a la figura del político catalán, con el propósito de formar un partido liberal-demócrata que fuera clave en la política española. El proyecto generó un amplio interés en numerosos sectores de la sociedad, que no tardaron en verse frustrados después del fracaso del PRD en las elecciones de 1986. Este artículo pretende analizar la historia de este proyecto político para comprender las razones de su fracaso.
A la orilla del tiempo La conmemoración del 14 de abril en el exilio mexicano (1940-1977)
Authors: Campos Pérez Lara
Published: June 2019

Este artículo analiza cómo la comunidad del exilio español en México conmemoró, durante casi cuarenta años, el mito fundacional de la Segunda República: el día de su advenimiento el 14 de abril de 1931. El objetivo es mostrar, a través de este lugar de la memoria, cómo se fue transformando en el imaginario de estos exiliados la idea y la imagen de la España republicana que ellos se habían visto obligados a abandonar entre 1936-1939, hasta convertirla en una construcción altamente mitificada. Para ello, se analizan las sucesivas celebraciones de esta efeméride, tanto desde el punto de vista ritual, como discursivo.