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Cultural distance and cross-border diffusion of innovation: a literature review
Authors: Zhang Huimin , Tian Mu , Hung Tsang Kai 
Published: September 2020

PurposeThe objective of this study is to advance the understanding of the connection between cultural distance and the cross-border diffusion of innovations by conducting a systematic review and analysis of previous literature.Design/methodology/approachThis study involved a literature review. A total of 35 articles published in ABS journals were identified from key management, international business and marketing journals. The articles were analyzed by the methodologies and findings presented.FindingsThe literature review shows that the adoption and diffusion of innovation and new products are bound to be deeply influenced by cultural distance. Specifically, national cultures influence the willingness of consumers to buy new products at both the individual and organizational levels; organizational culture plays a key role in the process of launching new products and diffusing innovations to the market. However, existing studies and their findings are fragmented and inconsistent. Controversial views remain regarding the impact of national cultural dimensions on the diffusion of innovation at the individual and organizational levels.Originality/valueThis is the first systematic review of the literature specifically focusing on the impact of cultural distance on the cross-border diffusion of innovation. In identifying the research gaps and limitations of extant studies, the authors point to avenues for future research to develop a more integrated research agenda for marketing, management and international business research.
Human factor in business process management: modeling competencies of BPM roles
Authors: Hrabal Martin , Tuček David , Molnár Vieroslav , Fedorko Gabriel 
Published: September 2020

PurposeThe study proposes competence models for the roles of process owners, process analysts and industrial engineers based on qualitative research.Design/methodology/approachThe research methodology is a combination of a questionnaire survey and interviewing in Czech companies, which develop the process approach. The proposed competence models can be utilized during business process management (BPM) implementation while appointing process owners, analysts and industrial engineers and their further development.FindingsThis paper emphasizes the role of human factor and presents research results concerning most important BPM roles and their competencies.Research limitations/implicationsThere is lack of research (a research gap) in the field of BPM roles, what they do and what they should do.Practical implicationsA system of competence models is thus a tool for human resource management and should increase the success rate of BPM projects. Another possible utilization is in higher education in business administration.Social implicationsAnother possible utilization is in higher education in business administration.Originality/valueIt proposes competence models for the roles of process owners, process analysts and industrial engineers based on qualitative research.
Compact dual mode X-band SIW bandpass filter with wide spurious suppression using split square ring slot resonator
Authors: Ramalingam Sandhya , Hyder Ali Umma Habiba , Chenniappan Sharmeela 
Published: September 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to design a dual mode X-band substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) bandpass filter in the conventional SIW structure. A pair of back-to-back square and split ring resonator is introduced in the single-layer SIW bandpass filter. The various coupling configurations of SIW bandpass filter using split square ring slot resonator is designed to obtain dual resonant mode in the passband. It is shown that the measured results agree with the simulated results to meet compact size, lower the transmission coefficient, better reflection coefficient, sharp sideband rejection and minimal group delay.

Design/methodology/approach
A spurious suppression of wideband response is suppressed using an open stub in the transmission line. The width and length of the stub are tuned to suppress the wideband spurs in the stopband. The measured 3 dB bandwidth is from 8.76 to 14.24 GHz with a fractional bandwidth of 48.04% at a center frequency of 11.63 GHz, 12.59 GHz. The structure is analyzed using the equivalent circuit model, and the simulated analysis is based on an advanced design system software.

Findings
This paper discusses the characteristics of resonator below the waveguide cut-off frequency with their working principles and applications. Considering the difficulties in combining the resonators with a metallic waveguide, a new guided wave structure – the SIW is designed, which is synthesized on a planar substrate with linear periodic arrays of metallized via based on the printed circuit board.

Originality/value
This study has investigated the wave propagation problem of the SIW loaded by square ring slot-loaded resonator. The electric dipole nature of the resonator has been used to achieve a forward passband in a waveguide environment. The proposed filters have numerous advantages such as high-quality factor, low insertion loss, easy to integrate with the other planar circuits and, most importantly, compact size.
Impact of point source on fissured poroelastic medium: Green’s function approach
Authors: Gupta Shishir , Das Soumik , Dutta Rachaita 
Published: September 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the mathematical model comprising a heterogeneous fluid-saturated fissured porous layer overlying a non-homogeneous anisotropic fluid-saturated porous half-space without fissures. The influence of point source on horizontally polarized shear-wave (SH-wave) propagation has been studied intensely.Design/methodology/approachTechniques of Green’s function and Fourier transform are applied to acquire displacement components, and with the help of boundary conditions, complex frequency equation has been constructed.FindingsComplex frequency relation leads to two distinct equations featuring dispersion and attenuation properties of SH-wave in a heterogeneous fissured porous medium. Using MATHEMATICA software, dispersion and damping curves are sketched to disclose the effects of heterogeneity parameters associated with both media, parameters related to rigidity and density of single porous half-space, attenuation coefficient, wave velocity, total porosity, volume fraction of fissures and anisotropy. The fact of obtaining classical Love wave equation by introducing several particular conditions establishes the validation of the considered model.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, effect of point source on SH-wave propagating in porous layer containing macro as well as micro porosity is not analysed so far, although theory of fissured poroelasticity itself has vast applications in real life and impact of point source not only enhances the importance of fissured porous materials but also opens a new area for future research.
Placing products in humorous scenes: its impact on brand perceptions
Authors: Chan Fanny Fong Yee , Lowe Ben 
Published: September 2020

Purpose
This study aims to extend the literature on marketing communications by exploring the effect of placing products in humorous scenes. It aims to ascertain the prevalence of placement scenes associated with humor in television programs and the effect of humor on brand persuasiveness.

Design/methodology/approach
The study used a two-phase research process. A content analysis of prime-time television programing was conducted to map the relative prevalence of brands placed in humorous contexts and for the selection of research stimuli. This was followed by a large-scale experimental study of 1,100 television viewers in Hong Kong with real stimuli that had been digitally manipulated.

Findings
The study found that a humorous context did enhance recall of placed brands but its effect on brand attitudes was mediated by audience involvement in the viewing and moderated by psychological trait reactance. Interestingly, and in contrast to conventional advertising, placing brands in a humorous context led to lower involvement in the viewing, which, in turn, resulted in lower brand attitudes. Individuals with low trait reactance were more positive toward brands placed in a non-humorous context than individuals with high trait reactance while individuals with high trait reactance were more positive toward brands placed in a humorous context, though the difference was less prominent.

Research limitations/implications
The findings help to illustrate when and how a humorous context contributes to the recall of and attitudes toward placed brands.

Practical implications
The results also facilitate marketers and program producers to choose the best placement context and design more effective placement strategies.

Originality/value
This research is the first to empirically examine the effect of a humorous context on the unaided recall of and attitudes toward brands placed in television programs.
Predictive value of horizon scanning for future scenarios
Authors: Washida Yuichi , Yahata Akihisa 
Published: September 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to measure the predictive value of future scenarios prepared using horizon scanning. The future scenarios prepared at the initiative of the Japanese Government have had low predictive value. They have frequently failed to contribute to industrial development and caused social loss. Horizon scanning, which is a key methodology applied in foresight activities, has begun to be used in countries as part of their national innovation systems in lieu of conventional forecasting methods based on the assumption of technological innovation. Research was conducted to actually measure the predictive value of future scenarios prepared using horizon scanning.

Design/methodology/approach
An online survey in Japan was conducted on ordinary people’s attitudes. The questionnaires presented 20 scenarios regarding future society, which were created with the conventional method or horizon scanning method.

Findings
Survey results verified that horizon scanning-based scenarios provided significantly higher predictive value than scenarios prepared using conventional methods.

Practical implications
Implication 1: By eliminating bias in input data and perspectives adopted when considering scenarios, it may be expected that scenarios will be derived that have even higher “predictive value.” Implication 2: By setting the layers of anticipated outputs high and the fields broad, it may be expected that scenarios will be derived that have even greater “change.”

Originality/value
The relatively high rate for the predictive value of the horizon scanning method, more than 40%, validated in this study was significant.
Comparing crisis management practices in the hotel industry between initial and pandemic stages of COVID-19
Authors: Lai Ivan Ka Wai , Wong Jose Weng Chou 
Published: September 2020

PurposeGiven the increasing number of travel restrictions, the COVID-19 outbreak has dealt a crippling blow to the hotel industry, and the crisis management practices supporting the industry needs are changing as the pandemic continues. This study aims to compare how the hotel industry has responded to this crisis at the initial stage and the pandemic stage.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from hotel managers in Macau in two occasions, namely, early February and early April 2020. Importance-usage-performance analysis was conducted to classify six categories of practices (pricing, marketing, maintenance, human resources, government assistance and epidemic prevention) into four executable crisis management strategies (priority, maintain, low priority and possible overkill) for each stage. Follow-up in-person interviews were conducted to validate the results of the study.FindingsIn the initial stage, priority strategies should be applied in all epidemic prevention, pricing and maintenance practices and in two governmental assistance and human resources practices. In the pandemic stage, all epidemic prevention practices remain at the priority quadrant, but two pricing practices are downgraded. Hotels tended to force labour into unpaid vacations (furlough) and postpone office and system maintenance. Governmental assistance should be at a low priority.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the knowledge of contingency planning for crisis management across crisis periods. It also demonstrates the processes of importance-usage-performance analysis for researchers to undertake further studies in tourism crisis management. Timely recommendations for governments and hotel industry stakeholders are provided to cope with this crisis.
The impact of social capital and knowledge sharing intention on restaurants’ new product development
Authors: Chowdhury Mesbahuddin , Prayag Girish , Patwardhan Vidya , Kumar Nischal 
Published: September 2020

PurposeUsing social capital theory, this study aims to investigate internal social capital (ISC) and external social capital (ESC) as determinants of knowledge sharing intention (KSI) and new product development (NPD) in high-end restaurants.Design/methodology/approachA theoretical model is developed and tested using data collected from 523 respondents (owners/proprietors, partners and managers) from high-end restaurants in Karnataka, India. Partial least square structural equation modeling is used to analyze the data.FindingsThe results suggest that ISC has a significant and positive influence on ESC. This highlights the important role of ISC in building ESC. While ISC has a positive relationship with KSI, ESC has no influence on KSI. KSI has a positive effect on NPD.Practical implicationsRestaurant managers and owners should invest time and resources in building ISC by nurturing relationships with employees and partners. Encouraging and rewarding collaborative behaviors internally will facilitate the development of external relationships. Results also suggest the existence of an optimum level of knowledge sharing with external partners in restaurants.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to examine the relationship between ISC and ESC, and test the effects of both KSI and NPD in high-end restaurants.
A network flow-based model for operations planning in home health care delivery
Authors: Castaño Fabián , Velasco Nubia 
Published: September 2020

PurposeTo solve the problem, a mathematical model is proposed; it relies on a directed acyclic graph (DAG), in which arcs are used to indicate whether a pair of appointments can be assigned to the same route or not (and so to the same care worker). The proposed model aims at minimizing the personnel required to meet daily demand and balancing workloads among the workers while considering the varying traffic patterns derived from traffic congestion.Design/methodology/approachThis paper aims at providing solution approaches for addressing the problem of assigning care workers to deliver home health-care (HHC) services, demanding different skills each. First, a capacity planning problem is considered, where it is necessary to define the number of workers required to satisfy patients' requests and then, patients are assigned to the care workers along with the sequence followed to visit them, thus solving a scheduling problem. The benefits obtained by permitting patients to propose multiple time slots where they can be served are also explored.FindingsThe results indicate that the problem can be efficiently solved for medium-sized instances, that is, up to 100 daily patient requests. It is also indicated that asking patients to propose several moments when they can receive services helps to minimize the need for care workers through more efficient route allocations without affecting significantly the balance of the workloads.Originality/valueThis article provides a new framework for modeling and solving a HHC routing problem with multiskilled personnel. The proposed model can be used to identify efficient daily plans and can handle realistic characteristics such as time-dependent travel times or be extended to other real-life applications such as maintenance scheduling problems.
Green human resource management, corporate social responsibility and customer relationship management: relationship analysis in the Brazilian context
Authors: Freitas Wesley Ricardo de Souza , Caldeira Oliveira Jorge Henrique , Teixeira Adriano Alves , Stefanelli Nelson Oliveira 
Published: September 2020

PurposeThis paper aims to analyze green human resource management's (GHRM’s) relationships with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and customer relationship management in Brazilian companies.Design/methodology/approachA sample of 142 companies – from the electro-electronics, mechanical metals, packaging, footwear and plastics industries – was examined using the partial least squares method.FindingsThe results reveal that GHRM practices positively influence CSR practices, which act as a moderating construct to positively influence customer relationship management.Research limitations/implicationsThe results cannot be generalized due to the non-probabilistic sampling used; however, the results meet the requirements of the statistical methodology.Practical implicationsThese findings contribute to business managers' decision-making, as they demonstrate that organizations must develop a consistent culture focused on social and environmental issues. This also reveals that the human resources field can contribute to developing a socially correct company, with the subsequent possibility of satisfying customers to retain and create customer loyalty.Social implicationsThe results show that for a company to be sustainable from an economic, social, and environmental perspective, the involvement of human resource management is fundamental.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to academia by presenting a new theoretical model, tested using a sample of Brazilian companies, which illuminates GHRM as an area still under development.
The synergistic effect of carbon materials on properties of copper-based friction materials
Authors: Xueyang Lin , Rutie Liu , Lin Wang , Zhengzhou Li , Xiang Xiong , Ning Liao , Jie Chen 
Published: September 2020

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the effect of combined use of granular graphite and petroleum coke on the properties of copper-based friction materials and the friction and wear mechanisms.

Design/methodology/approach
Copper-based friction materials with different proportions of petroleum coke and granular graphite were prepared by using powder metallurgy. The friction surfaces were analyzed.

Findings
Changing the ratio of petroleum coke/granular graphite affects the formation of oxides and sulfides on the surface of the materials. Increasing the petroleum coke promotes the production of metal sulfide and sulfate in the friction materials and reduces coefficient of friction (COF) and wear. Increasing petroleum coke also increases the amount of carbonic oxide (CO) released during the braking process and promotes the reduction process of iron oxide on the friction surface.

Originality/value
The synergistic effect of carbon materials on copper-based friction materials was studied in terms of the tribological chemical reaction. This research provides useful information for the selection of carbon materials in friction materials.

Peer review
The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/ILT-02-2020-0075/
Understanding the information diffusion of tweets of a non-profit organization that targets female audiences: an examination of Women Who Code's tweets
Authors: Chung Angie , Woo Hongjoo , Lee Kangbok 
Published: September 2020

PurposeThere is a growing interest in the way non-profit organizations can use Twitter strategically to communicate their message, but little attention has been paid to the way content categories and features may facilitate retweets of messages of a non-profit organization that targets women as its audience. Based on stakeholder theory, this study aims to fill this gap by analyzing Women Who Code (WWC)'s tweets to examine whether there are any differences in the number of retweets with respect to the content categories (information, community or action) and features (hashtags, emojis, photos, videos and URLs) in its Twitter communications.Design/methodology/approachWWC's original tweets that were posted during a one-year period from February 20, 2018 to February 20, 2019 were collected using a Twitter analytics tool. The content categories for each tweet were coded, and the number of hashtags and emojis used and the inclusion of photos, videos and URLs were noted. A negative binomial regression model was used to address the research questions.FindingsThe findings showed that with respect to the content categories, community and action-based tweets were retweeted less frequently than informational tweets. With respect to the content features, the results showed that using emojis or URLs in a tweet affected retweets positively, while including hashtags or a video affected them negatively. Further, using photos or images in a tweet had no significant effect on retweets.Originality/valueThese findings contribute to our understanding of non-profit organizations' use of Twitter and provide practical implications for the way non-profit organizations that target female audiences interested in technology can disseminate their messages more strategically.
Peer groups, street gangs and organised crime in the narratives of adolescent male offenders
Authors: Ashton Sally-Ann , Bussu Anna 
Published: September 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore how young people who offend with others define delinquent and criminal groups and consider the social risk factors associated with gang membership and criminal exploitation.

Design/methodology/approach
The sample consisted of 15 young people who were purposively sampled from a group of 14- to 17-year-old males who had been identified as at risk of gang involvement and referred to a community-based programme. Using a social identity framework, a thematic analysis was undertaken to investigate how the participants viewed their role in offending as part of a group.

Findings
The participants identified peer groups, street gangs and the involvement of adult criminals as distinct categories of offending groups. Unlike prior models for gang involvement, some members of the sample were involved in multiple groups to perform different categories of crime. Importantly, participants displayed an awareness of exploitation and described successful exit strategies from criminal groups.

Research limitations/implications
Understanding how young people who are involved in delinquent behaviour and offending define gang and group offending.

Practical implications
The implications for gang and group offending prevention and intervention programmes are discussed.

Originality/value
The literature on child criminal exploitation and UK drug markets is in its infancy. This paper offers further evidence for the processes of joining and leaving delinquent and criminal groups.