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Budget and midrange hotel managers’ perceptions of and responses to Airbnb
Authors: Alrawadieh Zaid , Guttentag Daniel , Aydogan Cifci Merve , Cetin Gurel 
Published: January 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the degree to which budget and mid-range hoteliers perceive Airbnb as a threat, and the extent to which they are actively responding to the peer-to-peer accommodation business model.Design/methodology/approachThe study draws on qualitative data collected through 19 semi-structured interviews with budget and midrange hotel managers in Istanbul, Turkey, covering how they view Airbnb and have responded to Airbnb’s rise.FindingsThe results suggest that the managers believed they were losing some business to Airbnb, yet they generally neither perceive Airbnb as a serious threat nor were they generally taking concrete strategic measures to respond to Airbnb. Regulatory lobbying against Airbnb and exploiting Airbnb as a new distribution platform were the most common responses, and cutting rate also was commonly seen as a potential competitive strategy.Originality/valueThe study responds to calls by several scholars for more research addressing the strategies adopted by traditional lodging facilities to protect their market share from Airbnb. This study does so with a specific focus on the budget and midrange hotel segments, which some studies suggest may be particularly vulnerable to Airbnb competition. Also, the limited research addressing Airbnb’s perceived impacts on traditional lodging has been conducted in mature economies, so the topic remains largely neglected in maturing economies like Turkey.
Conceptualizing and validating resource recombination in context of higher educational institution competitiveness
Authors: Muneeb Dilnaz , Khong Kok Wei , Ennew Christine , Avvari Mohan 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore how resource recombination (RR) may be conceptualized with special reference to the competitiveness of Higher Education Institutions (HEI).

Design/methodology/approach
The paper consists of two main studies. Building on pertinent available literature on the subject area, a qualitative investigation was conducted with the help of a semi-structured interview guide. Findings of study one were systematically analysed against a literature derived template. Study two presents a quantitative survey investigation that follows from the codes and themes derived from study one. In study two, findings were validated and analysed with the help of structural equation modelling.

Findings
Study one findings identified a total of 64 individual themes representing resources (21 themes), business processes (29 themes) and complementary factors (14 themes), as elements of RR in HEI competitiveness. In study two, the measurement model for RR was found to contain five main factors, namely, asset, research and affiliation processes, automated technology management, financial support for HR and departmental initiatives mainstream staff rewards and retention and institutional brand image appeal.

Practical implications
A significant contribution is made to theory development in the area of RR. Other implications to HEI competitiveness in contribution to national development were offered.

Originality/value
The area of RR remains largely uncovered in strategic management. Conceptualizing RR in the context of HEI competitiveness is new and in the right direction to jumpstart interest in this area by proposing a validated measurement model of HEI.
Comparing oil condition in diesel and gasoline engines
Authors: Agocs Adam , Budnyk Serhiy , Frauscher Marcella , Ronai Bettina , Besser Charlotte , Dörr Nicole 
Published: January 2020

PurposeThis paper aims to compare the conditions of in-service oils from diesel and gasoline engines, with focus on nitration.Design/methodology/approachOil conditions of seven engine oil samples from five diesel-fueled vehicles and nine oil samples from eight gasoline-fueled vehicles with total mileage ranging from 13,600 to 30,000 km were determined via Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy as well as neutralization number (NN) and total base number titration.FindingsChemical deterioration was characterized by significant differences in oxidation, nitration, NN increase and residual aminic antioxidant contents.Social implicationsSubmitted in connection with the Special Issue, “Young Tribologists – Insights into the work of the new generation”.Originality/valueUncovering differences in the oil degradation of oils from gasoline and diesel engines enables improved condition-based maintenance strategies and the prediction of oil condition dependent tribological performance.
Export market orientation and its consequences: a meta-analytic review and assessment of contextual and measurement moderators
Authors: Bıçakcıoğlu-Peynirci Nilay , İpek İlayda 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
In spite of the considerable research interests particularly devoted to meta-analyze the empirical findings on market orientation in the domestic context, much little attention has been assigned to the role of market orientation in the field of exporting. Owing to the fast progress in the momentum of the empirical articles pertaining to export market orientation, this study aims to quantitatively synthesize all empirical studies on the export market orientation’s linkage with performance-related consequences, firm capabilities and strategy-related consequences. Besides, this meta-analysis endeavors to examine the impact of potential contextual and measurement moderators on export market orientation and its consequences by following a meta-analysis perspective.

Design/methodology/approach
The quantitative evidence was drawn from a meta-analysis of 89 total effects (N = 8,652).

Findings
The meta-analysis results reveal that export market orientation has a major impact on both innovation performance and firm capabilities. Moreover, the meta-analytic evidence also indicates that the strength of the association between export market orientation and capability building/strategy-related consequences is greater for firms operating in high collectivist cultures, whereas the magnitude of the correlation between export market orientation and performance-related consequences is stronger for least developed countries.

Originality/value
On the basis of the findings, this study considerably contributes to the related body of research by aggregating fragmented empirical evidence in the extant literature and providing beneficial insights for both researchers and practitioners.
Relationship closeness paradox: contingency analysis in B2B sales
Authors: Wang Yonggui , Hampson Daniel Peter , Han Myat Su 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
This study aims to examine the positive and negative consequences of relationship closeness between salespersons and their business customers in a B2B sales context: sales performance and salesperson passive opportunism.

Design/methodology/approach
Drawing on the social exchange theory, the authors develop a conceptual model of positive and negative consequences of relationship closeness. The authors empirically test the model using matched survey data from 269 salesperson-sales supervisor dyads and individual sales performance ratings from one of the largest distribution and market expansion companies in Myanmar.

Findings
Results provide evidence of positive (i.e. sales performance) and negative (i.e. salesperson passive opportunism) consequences of salesperson’s perceived relationship closeness. These relationships are, however, contingent on organization-level and employee-level factors. High extent of supervision enhances the effects of salesperson’s perceived relationship closeness on sales performance but attenuates its influence on salesperson passive opportunism. The effect of salesperson’s perceived relationship closeness on salesperson’s passive opportunism is stronger for salespersons with a promotion (vs prevention) focus.

Research limitations/implications
The results offer guidelines to firms seeking to optimize the efficacy of close relationships between their salespersons and customers. For example, higher levels of supervision could increase the likelihood of positive outcomes of relationship closeness while minimizing its negative consequences.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to demonstrate not only the benefits of relationship closeness between salespersons and customers but also its dark side: the relationship closeness paradox.
Modelling of sharing networks in the circular economy
Authors: Jayakumar Jaivignesh , K. Jayakrishna , K.E.K. Vimal , Hasibuan Sawarni 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop and optimize a mathematical model based on a framework that integrates key concepts related to a circular economy (CE) and sharing economy (SE) for a leading manufacturer of laptops in India.

Design/methodology/approach
This study mathematically modelled the integration of sharing networks in a circular production system. This is done through an optimization package that deploys a multi-objective mixed-integer linear programming model.

Findings
This study evaluated the economic benefit and the environmental impact associated with the aforementioned integration in a production system. This study illustrated the inverse relationship between economic benefit and environmental impact and provided a set of solutions that can be used according to the case organizations goals, capacities and logistical capabilities.

Research limitations/implications
This study will aid similarly structured companies in adopting this approach to integrate sustainable practices in their production system. It also enumerated Industry 4.0 (I4.0) use-cases that can be used to effectively implement this mathematical model. Further research can be conducted using multiple companies in an inter-dependent network to maximize synergy.

Practical implications
This study will help to better understand the role of sharing networks in the circular economy model especially in the consumer electronics industry.

Originality/value
This study is the first of its kind to mathematically model the integration of aspects related to SE and CE. It also validates the aforementioned model using a numerical case-study and offers decision-support to key executives within the case organization.
Lessons on ways to develop self-empowerment
Authors: Mays Bradley James , Brevetti Melissa Anne 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
Researchers examine the new landscape of higher education, which is changing and evolving in the twenty-first century, as many non-traditional students, especially learners with physical disabilities, are “knocking on the door of higher education” (Harbour and Madaus, 2011, p. 1). Students with physical disabilities must decide how they desire to become engaged (or not) in campus life. This study also provides a theoretical lens of the moral responsibility of the multicultural academic community. Thus, the purpose of this study is to present findings that indicate gaining insight into the isolation, stigma and advocacy of these students’ lived experiences will require openness for inclusive practices to uplift all students with goals of graduation and employment.

Design/methodology/approach
This research investigation includes the process of discovery being analyzed and interpreted through participants’ narratives as a rigorous act of coding, imagination and logic to aggregate findings. To elicit the findings most effectively, transcendental phenomenology is the specific qualitative approach chosen for this study.

Findings
This study includes critical findings that indicate gaining insight into the isolation, stigma and advocacy of these students’ lived educative experiences. Concerns regarding communication and support are emphasized through the participants in the findings.

Research limitations/implications
A core limitation would be that this study takes places without regard for historical lived experiences.

Social implications
Implications exist for this new landscape of Higher Education, as we work beyond the gates of higher education for real-change and social progress. We need to learn about others (non-traditional students) while working toward multicultural competence that should be modeled in academic spaces to impart this knowledge to students to impart into broad society. Let us remember the growth that happens when social support exists, because each person has a value and role in society so that we live together and support each other in lessons of self-empowerment

Originality/value
This is an original study about learners with physical disabilities and the moral issues of how to create an inclusive, multicultural environment in higher education.
Repeat offenders: examining cases of multiple years of internal control weaknesses
Authors: Bakarich Kathleen , Baranek Devon 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
This study aims to identify characteristics of firms reporting multiple years of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting (MWICFR), labeled “Repeat Offenders”, and examine their characteristics and the types of material weaknesses they report using both broad and COSO-based classification schemes. The analysis compares these firms with firms reporting only one year of MWICFR and examines the differences between Repeat Offenders reporting consecutive and non-consecutive weaknesses.

Design/methodology/approach
Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted on a sample of 1,793 firm-year observations, split into Repeat Offenders and non-Repeat Offenders, and collected from AuditAnalytics and Compustat from 2007 to 2015.

Findings
On average, 40% of adverse opinions in ICFR each year can be attributed to Repeat Offenders. Compared to one-time MWICFR firms, Repeat Offenders are significantly more likely to report general material weaknesses and, within the COSO framework, are significantly more likely to report issues with Segregation of Duties and Processes and Procedures. Repeat Offenders reporting consecutive years of MWICFR are significantly more likely to have general weaknesses than non-consecutive Repeat Offenders and are also significantly more likely to report issues with Segregation of Duties and Personnel.

Research limitations/implications
Prior studies have examined unremediated ICFR issues in the periods immediately following SOX implementation. This study extends this literature with a longer, more current sample period, focusing on both broad and COSO-specific control issues, as well as examining consecutive and non-consecutive MWICFR and firms with more than two years of MWICFR.

Originality/value
This study underpins recent Securities and Exchange Commission and Public Company Accounting Oversight Board concerns regarding pervasive ICFR issues. This study identifies some of the characteristics of firms associated with weaker ICFR and pinpoints more specific areas within internal controls that frequently lead to adverse opinions.
Surface crack detection and monitoring in metal structure using RFID tag
Authors: Xu Yawei , Dong Lihong , Wang Haidou , Xie Xiaozhu , Wang Peng 
Published: January 2020

Purpose
RFID tags for sensing are available to operate and transmit sensing data to measurement equipment without battery and wires, which is a great advantage in establishing IoT environment. For crack sensing tags, however, the short service life of tags restricted their application. This paper aims to introduce a method of surface crack detection and monitoring based on RFID tag, which makes it possible for tags to be reused.

Design/methodology/approach
Metal plate to be monitored, acting as the ground plane of microstrip patch antenna, is underneath the crack sensing tag. The propagating surface crack in metal plate will change the electric length of tag’s antenna that is directly proportional to the crack depth and length. Thus, the deformation of sensing tag introduced by the load on metal structure is no longer a prerequisite for crack sensing.

Findings
The simulated and experimental results show that the proposed crack sensing tag can sense the change of surface crack with mm-resolution and sense surface crack propagation without a deformation, which means the proposed crack sensing tag can be reused.

Originality/value
The key advantage of the proposed method is the reusability of the RFID tags.
Nitrogen mineralization rates of the soils incubated under different temperatures from different elevations along an environmental gradient on Yakushima Island
Authors: Mukai Mana , Mori Taiki , Aiba Shin‐ichiro , Kitayama Kanehiro 
Published: January 2020

AbstractSoil nitrogen (N) mineralization is the product of the soil biochemical properties and temperature. It is known that in situ soil N mineralization monotonously decreases with increasing elevation along a mountain slope reflecting decreasing air temperature. However, inherent soil biochemical properties (quality of organic matter and soil microbe profile) may also affect the decreasing soil N mineralization. We analyzed how temperature and inherent soil organic matter quality affect soil N mineralization rates using the elevation gradient of Yakushima with a “common‐site” approach with multiple incubation temperatures. We collected topsoils from seven forests at seven different elevations along 170–1,550 m a.s.l and incubated them under each of four temperatures at 15, 20, 25 and 30°C for 10 days in the lab. We also measured soil microbial biomass and heterotrophic soil respiration rates. Net soil N mineralization rates incubated at 15, 25 and 30°C decreased significantly linearly with increasing elevation of the origin of the soil samples at the same temperature and the intercepts of the regression lines were similar among incubation temperatures 15, 20 and 25°C. These results indicated that in situ net N mineralization rates are regulated primarily by quality of soil organic matter in our sites. Soil phenolics/N ratios increased with increasing elevation reflecting the vegetation shift along elevation and significantly negatively correlated to net soil N mineralization rates incubated at 15°C. We conclude that elevationally differentiated vegetation and associated inherent soil properties exert strong influences on net soil N mineralization rates on Yakushima Island.
Revealing changes in the microbiome of Symbiodiniaceae under thermal stress
Authors: Camp Emma F. , Kahlke Tim , Nitschke Matthew R. , Varkey Deepa , Fisher Nerissa L. , Fujise Lisa , Goyen Samantha , Hughes David J. , Lawson Caitlin A. , Ros Mickael , Woodcock Stephen , Xiao Kun , Leggat William , Suggett David J. 
Published: January 2020

SummarySymbiodiniaceae are a diverse family of marine dinoflagellates, well known as coral endosymbionts. Isolation and in vitro culture of Symbiodiniaceae strains for physiological studies is a widely adopted tool, especially in the context of understanding how environmental stress perturbs Symbiodiniaceae cell functioning. While the bacterial microbiomes of corals often correlate with coral health, the bacterial communities co‐cultured with Symbiodiniaceae isolates have been largely overlooked, despite the potential of bacteria to significantly influence the emergent physiological properties of Symbiodiniaceae cultures. We examined the physiological response to heat stress by Symbiodiniaceae isolates (spanning three genera) with well‐described thermal tolerances, and combined these observations with matched changes in bacterial composition and abundance through 16S rRNA metabarcoding. Under thermal stress, there were Symbiodiniaceae strain‐specific changes in maximum quantum yield of photosystem II (proxy for health) and growth rates that were accompanied by changes in the relative abundance of multiple Symbiodiniaceae‐specific bacteria. However, there were no Symbiodiniaceae‐independent signatures of bacterial community reorganisation under heat stress. Notably, the thermally tolerant Durusdinium trenchii (ITS2 major profile D1a) had the most stable bacterial community under heat stress. Ultimately, this study highlights the complexity of Symbiodiniaceae‐bacteria interactions and provides a first step towards uncoupling their relative contributions towards Symbiodiniaceae physiological functioning.
Incorporation of chia seed flour into gluten‐free rice layer cake: Effects on nutritional quality and physicochemical properties
Authors: Sung Wen Chieh , Chiu En Ting , Sun Amber , Hsiao Hsin I 
Published: January 2020

AbstractThe purpose of this research was to incorporate 0% to 30% chia seed flour into rice flour gluten‐free layer cake and evaluate its effect on nutritional qualities and physicochemical properties. The supplement of chia seed flour resulted in higher batter viscosity, hardness of gluten free layer cake, crude protein, fat, ash, α‐linolenic acid (increase up to 10.2% of total fatty acid), total phenolics content, and reducing power but the lower crust, crumb white index, cohesiveness, and resilience of gluten‐free layer cake was found. Substitution of rice flour with 10% prehydrated chia seed flour can achieve a higher center height and volume index of gluten‐free layer cakes. Higher carosine and angiotension I‐converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory activity was observed in the supplement of 10% chia seed flour when compared to a rice flour layer cake. Gluten‐free layer cake with 10% prehydrated chia seeds flour had similar overall acceptability, texture, flavor, and odor scores except for lower appearance score to those of gluten‐free layer cake made with 100% rice flour and layer cake made with 100% wheat flour. Incorporation of 10% prehydrated chia seed flour results in more desirable volume index of gluten‐free layer cake and it is feasible for gluten‐free layer cake application. Gluten‐free layer cakes with improved quality characteristics and high nutritional value can be manufactured by the incorporation of chia seed flour.
Amphetamine promotes cortical Up state: Role of adrenergic receptors
Authors: Shen Guofang , Shi Wei‐Xing 
Published: January 2020

AbstractCortical neurons oscillate synchronously between the Up and Down state during slow‐wave sleep and general anesthesia. Using local‐field‐potential recording in the rat prefrontal cortex (PFC), we have shown that systemic administration of methylphenidate promotes PFC Up states and reduces PFC slow oscillation, suggesting a depolarizing effect of the drug on PFC neurons. Here, we report that systemic injection of d‐amphetamine produced similar effects. Our evidence further suggests that norepinephrine (NE) plays a major role in the effects of d‐amphetamine since they were mimicked by the NE reuptake inhibitors tomoxetine and nisoxetine and completely blocked by the α1 receptor antagonist prazosin. The effects of d‐amphetamine persisted, however, in the presence of α2 or β receptor blockade. Experiments with α1 subtype‐selective antagonists further suggest that d‐amphetamine's effects depend on activation of central, but not peripheral, α1A receptors. Unexpectedly, the putative α1 receptor agonist cirazoline failed to mimic the effects of d‐amphetamine. Previous studies suggest that cirazoline is also an antagonist at α2 receptors. Furthermore, it is a partial, not full, agonist at α1B and α1D receptors. Whether or not these properties of cirazoline contribute to its failure to mimic d‐amphetamine's effects remains to be determined. Methylphenidate and d‐amphetamine are two most common medications for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Both, however, are associated with adverse effects including abuse potential and psychotomimetic effects. Further understanding of their mechanisms of action will help develop safer treatments for ADHD and offer new insights into drug addiction and psychosis.