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Saving for the bad times: slack resources during an economic downturn
Authors: Agusti Maria , Galan Jose L. , Acedo Francisco J. 
Published: October 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to examine what firms in Spanish industrial sectors redeployed their resources, depending on their organisational slack (resource excess), when faced with the global economic crisis of 2008.

Design/methodology/approach
Various financial measures for slack resources and performance have been analysed from more than 400 Spanish firms from 2006 (pre-crisis) to 2017 (recovery).

Findings
The first finding is that every slack is useful against an economic downturn. The results show how industrial companies use their slack resources when faced with a generalised crisis according to the level of slack possessed. The key role of the available slack against this environmental threatens is remarked.

Research limitations/implications
Not every resource is useful against an economic downturn. The results show how industrial companies use their slack resources when faced with a generalised crisis in accordance with the types and levels of slack. The key role of the liquid resources, in particular cash, against this environmental threat is discussed. However, we also observe the behaviour of firms with only a few excess resources and find very similar resource consumption patterns.

Originality/value
Although organisational slack is a well-known concept in management, few studies deal with how companies consume or use other types of resources when confronting a crisis. This paper not only addresses this question but also offers insights for a detailed evaluation of various types of slack during and after a crisis.
Financial literacy programs and youth entrepreneurial attitudes: some insights from the Jordanian community
Authors: Aljaouni Nour Walid , Alserhan Baker , Gleason Kimberly , Zeqiri Jusuf 
Published: October 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of a financial literacy program (FLP) recently implemented in Jordanian junior high and high schools as part of a national financial literacy agenda on students’ attitudes toward entrepreneurship relative to a control sample of students who had not yet participated in the FLP. This paper also examines the role of moderating variables, including students’ perception of teachers’ attitudes (TA) on students’ entrepreneurial attitudes.Design/methodology/approachSurvey methodology was used to obtain data and hierarchical regression analysis was used to test hypotheses.FindingsResults indicate that students who completed the FLP exhibited significantly higher entrepreneurial awareness than those that had not yet participated in the program. Students who took the entrepreneurship module of the FLP exhibited significantly lower entrepreneurial intention than those that had not yet taken the entrepreneurship module. However, TA did not impact students’ attitudes.Research limitations/implicationsThe study examines a sample of middle and high school students in only one district in Amman, Jordan, and cannot be generalized to other communities where the FLP has been implemented.Practical implicationsThe findings provide valuable insights for educators, policymakers and non-governmental organizations considering large scale, publicly funded FLPs as part of the K-12 educational system.Social implicationsStakeholders should consider reforms to the implementation of entrepreneurship education as part of the FLP in Jordanian schools and other developing country K-12 programs.Originality/valueThis study is the first to examine the new Jordanian literacy program and the impact it has on attitudes toward entrepreneurship of middle and high school students.
Brand co-creation through participation of organization, consumers, and suppliers: an empirical validation
Authors: Sarkar Sanmitra , Banerjee Saikat 
Published: October 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to empirically validate the role of different stakeholders in a co-creation context. In this paper, a new triadic brand co-creation concept has been presented highlighting why consumers participate in brand co-creation, what is the role of the organizing company and what is the role of suppliers in such event and what are the benefits each of these three stakeholders receives in-turn of participating in such an event.Design/methodology/approachA quantitative approach has been adopted in this study using structural equation modeling to verify brand co-creation from the triadic stakeholder participation standpoint.FindingsThe empirical study validates that consumer’s perceived psychological benefits, brand self-connection and participation in brand communities all have a positive impact on the brand co-creation process. The results also suggest co-creating organizations should create an environment of trust and openness in such a brand co-creation event and they should show participatory leadership and provide proper tools and training to the participating consumers. The participating suppliers should show higher levels of professionalism, they should be willing to invest in research and development (R&D) and collaborate with organizations in their R&D effort. The results also validate that the brand co-creation event ensures increased brand knowledge and value of consumers. Also, brand co-creation is positively related to purchasing, helping others and consumers’ feedback intention. Through brand co-creation sponsoring organizations creates innovation and reduces resource issues and marketing costs. The results also show that brand co-creation can lead to better brand loyalty among consumers. Suppliers should also be actively engaged in brand co-creation as it leads to a better performance in terms of greater revenue, market offerings and reputation.Research limitations/implicationsThe research investigates all aspects of inputs and benefits of the three different stakeholders – consumers, organizations and suppliers. It gives a comprehensive framework to validate the roles and benefits of each of the stakeholders from a consumer’s viewpoint. It conceptualizes and validates the constructs to provide the holistic concept and its associated framework.Practical implicationsThe findings offer new insights to brand managers, Chief Experience Officers of how a brand co-creation event can be organized successfully, what should be the role of them, how they should involve suppliers in this kind of an event and finally how this kind of event can have a long-term impact on the brand in question.Originality/valueThis is the first empirical research on brand co-creation which investigates the roles and benefits from a triadic stakeholders’ standpoint. This study also analyzes and validates the comprehensive framework of brand co-creation proposed.
Co-creational leadership capability for driving health-care service innovation
Authors: Sharma Shikha 
Published: October 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify and explore leadership capability for driving value co-creation in health-care service innovation. The leadership theories developed for leading within organization boundaries can no longer apply when customers and multiple participants are collaborating for innovative services. This study uses the dynamic capability theory to identify leadership capability that supports value co-creation in health-care service innovation.

Design/methodology/approach
Two case studies of Australian mental health organizations are used to identify co-creational leadership capability. These organizations have successfully embedded co-creational leadership capability in organizational systems and structure as the dynamic capability.

Findings
The study is among the first one to identify the leadership capability from a service-dominant logic perspective. Drawing from dynamic capability theory, six characteristics of co-creational leadership capability are identified, namely, creating a combined world view, creating a shared vision, facilitating an environment of trust, facilitating knowledge creation and knowledge sharing, empowering choice and facilitating collaboration.

Originality/value
This research has extended the leadership and the value co-creation literature by identifying co-creational leadership capability to drive value co-creation agenda for improving organizational results and performance.
PPPs and non-financial value: a critical analysis of public policy and implications for social, environmental and indigenous cultural values
Authors: Boyce Gordon , McDonald-Kerr Lachlan 
Published: October 2020

PurposeThis paper investigates how contemporary public policy for public-private partnerships (PPPs) deals with non-financial values and thereby shapes the way social, cultural and environmental issues are accounted for.Design/methodology/approachA case study critically analyses PPP policy in Victoria, Australia, an acknowledged leader in the area. The investigation of the policy’s approach to non-financial value focusses on the treatment of social and environmental issues, particularly in relation to indigenous cultural heritage values.FindingsIt is found that important non-financial issues are characterised as risks to be quantified and monetised in PPP project assessment. A critical analysis shows that this approach obscures many significant dimensions of social, environmental and Indigenous cultural heritage value. The resultant relegation of non-financial values in public discourse and decision-making is seen to entrench unsustainable practices.Social implicationsThe paper shows how public policy may shape actions and outcomes that impact directly on social, environmental and indigenous cultural heritage values.Originality/valueThis study provides insights into contemporary social and environmental accounting and accountability for PPPs. It adds to the understanding of the implications of public policy framings of non-financial values.
Numerical modeling of structural capacity of corroded bolted assembly
Authors: Radouani Rachid , Essahli Mohamed , Ech-Charqy Younes 
Published: October 2020

PurposeValidate the resistance of bolted connections in terms of stresses, resistant moment and contact pressure.Design/methodology/approachFinite element modeling of corroded bolted joint.FindingsThe three types of corroded assemblies are resistant to the applied loads.Originality/valueThe research is original, it studies the stress corrosion cracking of a bolted assembly's end plate by the finite element method.
Observational equivalence of balanced growth with external habit formation
Authors: Wang Wei 
Published: October 2020

AbstractThis paper investigates two scenarios in the external habit formation model with concave utility functions. When the utility function is weakly concave, there exists a unique history‐dependent balanced growth path (BGP) under a knife‐edge existence condition. When the utility function is strictly concave, a unique BGP exists under a more generic condition. I find that the BGPs in the two scenarios are observationally equivalent. The knife‐edge condition limits the applicability of the first scenario. The generic existence condition and the observational equivalence result mitigate this issue. I show that our model can help understand a variety of growth patterns of countries that differ in their fundamentals substantially.
Discovering and Managing Interdependence with Customer‐Entrepreneurs
Authors: Park Hyunkyu , Ritala Paavo , Velu Chander 
Published: October 2020

AbstractResearch on inter‐organizational relationships has largely focused on the interdependence between formal organizations. In recent years, firms have encountered a new logic in which interdependent parties are not formal organizations but platform‐based ‘customer‐entrepreneurs’ that create value through illegal means. Drawing on a 5‐year‐long qualitative study, we examine how firms recognize and instantiate this new logic and, consequently, respond to their interdependencies with customer‐entrepreneurs. Viewed through the lens of institutional logic, we find that, with the benefit of hindsight, firms recognize the existence of the logic of customer entrepreneurship, which triggers organizational sensemaking that is made up of three elements: interpretation of legitimacy compatibility; interpretation of efficiency compatibility; and integration of stakeholder perspectives. This sensemaking results in either a determined account concluding on the compatibility calculus in a top‐down manner, or an open‐ended account avoiding the construction of a resolute, synthesized view. A determined account leads to a defiance strategy, by which firms attempt to remove the source of interdependencies with customer‐entrepreneurs, whereas an open‐ended account guides firms to espouse a decoupling strategy, whereby firms covertly resort to efficiency maximization enabled by the interdependence. Our results offer implications for the research on inter‐organizational relationships and institutional logic.
Use of forested field edges by a blueberry insect pest, Rhagoletis mendax (Diptera: Tephritidae)
Authors: Drummond Francis A. , Collins Judith A. , Rodriguez‐Saona Cesar , Zhang Aijun 
Published: October 2020

AbstractThe blueberry maggot fly, Rhagoletis mendax Curran, is a pest of wild and highbush blueberries. In wild blueberries, most flies colonize fields from forest edges annually. Flies were associated with forest canopies adjacent to colonized fields.
Flies were captured up to 6 m high (limited by trap placement height) and may occur at greater tree heights. Fly abundance relative to tree species was highest in red oak.
Releases of marked flies from tree canopies showed that release height had no effect on distance into the field that flies dispersed. This is important because the main fly control tactic is the application of a 25‐ to 30‐m‐wide swath of insecticide along field perimeters.
In the laboratory, flies preferred leaves and leaf extracts of red oak compared to other leaf tree and shrub species, including blueberry. Electroantennographs demonstrated that the female antennae consistently responded to compounds extracted from red oak leaves. Mass spectra and gas chromatograph retention times of five antenna‐active compounds matched those of (i) trans‐β‐ocimene, (ii) linalool, (iii) 4,8‐dimethyl‐1,3,7‐nonatriene, (iv) indole, and (v) trans‐nerolidol.
We speculate flies recruit to trees before movement into blueberry fields primarily for food, as supported by their arrestment response to leaf extracts.
Smart materials in cardiovascular implants: Shape memory alloys and shape memory polymers
Authors: Holman Heather , Kavarana Minoo Naozer , Rajab Taufiek Konrad 
Published: October 2020

AbstractSmart materials have intrinsic properties that change in a controlled fashion in response to external stimuli. Currently, the only smart materials with a significant clinical impact in cardiovascular implant design are shape memory alloys, particularly Nitinol. Recent prodigious progress in material science has resulted in the development of sophisticated shape memory polymers. In this article, we have reviewed the literature and outline the characteristics, advantages, and disadvantages of shape memory alloys and shape memory polymers which are relevant to clinical cardiovascular applications, and describe the potential of these smart materials for applications in coronary stents and transcatheter valves.
Responsibility of the University in Employability: Development and validation of a measurement scale across five studies
Authors: López‐Miguens María Jesús , Caballero Gloria , Álvarez‐González Paula 
Published: October 2020

AbstractThis paper develops and validates, at a confirmatory level, a second‐order scale to measure Responsibility of the University in Employability (RUE). First, the literature on the components of RUE is explored and a formative conceptual model is proposed to underpin its measurement using extant research in the field of organisational responsibility and employability. At the empirical level, the second‐order RUE model considers the reputation of the university, the teaching staff, and the matching activities with employers as components of RUE. This model is based on five empirical studies. The first is a small‐sample study based on the opinions of experts (n = 5) and the rest are based on representative samples of university students (n = 816, n = 1,082, n = 1,088, and n = 1,203). A very good fit between model and data were revealed (CFI = 0.975; RMSEA = 0.039; standardised X2 = 2.676). The results indicate that matching activities with employers and teaching staff generate more RUE than university reputation. Guidelines are offered for managing the responsibility of the university in employability.
‘That’s just how I am’: a qualitative interview study to identify factors influencing engagement with a digital intervention for tinnitus self‐management
Authors: Greenwell Kate , Sereda Magdalena , Coulson Neil S. , Geraghty Adam W. A. , Bradbury Katherine , Hoare Derek J. 
Published: October 2020

ObjectivesTo explore users’ reactions to and expectations of the Tinnitus E‐Programme 2.0, a digital cognitive behavioural intervention for tinnitus, and to identify contextual factors and mechanisms of action that may influence user engagement with the intervention.DesignQualitative interview study.MethodsThink‐aloud and semi‐structured interviews were carried out with 19 people with tinnitus. Interviews explored participants’ views of the intervention’s information and advice, its wider intervention goals (e.g. behaviour change, self‐management), and factors that may strengthen or impede users’ engagement. Data were analysed using inductive thematic analysis, and findings were used to develop a conceptual model of user engagement with the intervention.ResultsGenerally, participants expressed positive views of the intervention, its intervention components, and its design features. Identified contextual factors included pre‐existing attitudes, beliefs, skills, and knowledge (e.g. perceptions of tinnitus symptom severity, openness to tinnitus management, and psychological techniques); previous experience of tinnitus management; and characteristics of the condition (e.g. heterogeneous nature of tinnitus, stage in healthcare journey). These contextual factors were hypothesized to influence engagement through four mechanisms of action: motivation to change tinnitus‐related attitudes and behaviour; perceived personal relevance of the intervention; expectations of benefit; and appeal of the intervention techniques.ConclusionsThis study demonstrated the acceptability of the Tinnitus E‐Programme 2.0 amongst its target group, while highlighting potential areas for improvement in future intervention modifications. Our findings identified contextual factors that others developing interventions for tinnitus or cognitive behavioural interventions may wish to consider.
ACTH following overnight dexamethasone suppression can be used in the verification of autonomous cortisol secretion in patients with adrenal incidentalomas
Authors: Puvaneswaralingam Shobitha , Kjellbom Albin , Lindgren Ola , Löndahl Magnus , Olsen Henrik 
Published: October 2020

AbstractObjectiveDuring the investigation of adrenal incidentalomas, it is important to accurately diagnose autonomous cortisol secretion (ACS) but the specificity of cortisol ≥50 nmol/L after overnight dexamethasone suppression (cortisolONDST) is low. Therefore, ACTH following overnight dexamethasone suppression (ACTHONDST) and cortisol following a 2‐day dexamethasone suppression test (cortisol2‐DAYDST) were examined as markers of HPA axis suppression during ONDST.DesignThis cross‐sectional study examined patients with adrenal incidentalomas and basal ACTH ≥ 2.0 pmol/L who underwent ONDST.MeasurementsACTHONDST/ACTH ratio (ACTH ratio) was calculated for all patients. To define cut‐off levels for ACTHONDST and ACTH ratio as markers of HPA axis suppression, ROC curves were used to separate patients with cortisolONDST <50 and ≥50 nmol/L.ResultsCortisolONDST was ≥50 nmol/L in 140 out of 373 patients. In patients with cortisolONDST <50 nmol/L, ACTHONDST was 0.28 pmol/L (<0.23–2.7). DHEAS was positively correlated to ACTHONDST, demonstrating a 9% increase with a doubling in ACTHONDST, p = 0.02. The best cut‐off levels for ACTHONDST and ACTH ratio to detect cortisolONDST ≥50 nmol/L were ≥0.6 pmol/L and ≥18% respectively. These cut‐off levels were tested on patients with cortisolONDST <50 nmol/L, considered to have adequate suppression (n = 233), and patients with reduction of ≥50 nmol/L from cortisolONDST to cortisol2‐DAYDST, who were considered to have inadequate suppression (n = 16). ACTHONDST ≥0.6 pmol/L and ACTH ratio ≥18% had a sensitivity of 75% and 81% respectively, and a specificity of 78% and 85% respectively, for detecting patients with inadequate suppression.ConclusionsACTHONDST and ACTH ratio can be markers of HPA axis suppression in the investigation of adrenal incidentalomas. CortisolONDST ≥50 nmol/L with ACTHONDST <0.6 pmol/L or ACTH ratio <18% should lead to the suspicion of ACS.
Relations between parent–child interaction and children’s engagement and learning at a museum exhibit about electric circuits
Authors: Sobel David M. , Letourneau Susan M. , Legare Cristine H. , Callanan Maureen 
Published: October 2020

AbstractPlay is critical for children's learning, but there is significant disagreement over whether and how parents should guide children's play. The objective of the current study was to examine how parent–child interaction affected children's engagement and problem‐solving behaviors when challenged with similar tasks. Parents and 4‐ to 7‐year‐old children in the U.S. (N = 111 dyads) played together at an interactive electric circuit exhibit in a children's museum. We examined how parents and children set and accomplished goals while playing with the exhibit materials. Children then participated in a set of challenges that involved completing increasingly difficult circuits. Children whose parents set goals for their interactions showed less engagement with the challenge task (choosing to attempt fewer challenges), and children whose parents were more active in completing the circuits while families played with the exhibit subsequently completed fewer challenges on their own. We discuss these results in light of broader findings on the role of parent–child interaction in museum settings.