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Consumer suggestion sharing: helpful, pragmatic and conditional
Authors: Burnham Thomas A. , Ridinger Garret , Carpenter Anne , Choi Laee 
Published: November 2020

PurposeConsumers who share their suggestions with firms contribute valuable knowledge and both exhibit and reinforce positive customer engagement. Yet, the motivational antecedents of direct-to-firm customer suggestion sharing remain understudied. This study aims to investigate how potential self, other customer and firm benefits motivate consumer suggestion sharing.Design/methodology/approachA critical incident pretest explores the domain and establishes ecological validity. Two scenario-based experimental studies test the proposed relationships in distinct service contexts.FindingsResults support a prosocial (helpful) view of suggestion sharing – potential benefits to other customers motivate suggestion sharing. Potential benefits for the firm play two roles, namely, they indirectly motivate suggestion sharing by increasing consumers’ perceived outcome expectancy, illustrating a pragmatic mechanism, and they directly motivate suggestion sharing when service quality is high, illustrating a conditional, reciprocity-driven mechanism. When service quality is low, consumers are less likely to share firm-benefitting suggestions and more likely to share non-beneficial suggestions, highlighting a potential low service quality “trap” in which firms can become stuck.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research is needed to study the antecedents of attitude toward suggestion sharing and the effect of relationship strength on suggestion sharing.Practical implicationsManagerially, multiple paths are identified by which firms can motivate suggestion sharing. The low-service quality “trap” indicates that low-service quality firms should not rely on, and should perhaps even ignore, customer suggestions as a tool for improving their offerings.Originality/valueBy experimentally investigating the motivational antecedents of direct-to-firm consumer suggestion sharing, this paper fills a gap in extant research and provides a foundation upon which future suggestion sharing research can build.
Public-private: unequal competition Israeli public hospitals vs the private health-care system following government reforms
Authors: Naamati Schneider Lior 
Published: November 2020

Purpose
This study aims to map perceptions and changes in public hospitals in response to competition with the private health system, describes solutions adopted by the public hospitals and considers their implications for the business and strategic management of those hospitals.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper opted for a qualitative study using the open-ended approach of grounded theory, including 40 in-depth interviews with key figures in the health system and administrators at various levels of management.

Findings
Public hospitals are constantly adopting changes because of state-mandated reforms and growing competition with private hospitals. Notable measures include making hospitals customer-oriented and adopting business-oriented behaviors and competitive and marketing strategies. However, because public hospitals are unable to institute radical changes, they typically introduce hybrid services (private services within public services) and other creative solutions such as business-funded research foundations operating alongside them.

Research limitations/implications
The main methodological limitation of this study was the difficulty in obtaining data because of the limited cooperation and lack of transparency of Israel’s health-care system. The interviewees expressed concerns that their department or hospital would appear in a negative light, especially as motivated solely by financial considerations. In anticipation of this difficulty, requests for participation were addressed individually and contained extensive detail regarding the study, the ethics committee’s approval, the data gathering and the strict maintenance of anonymity and confidentiality.

Originality/value
Adopting business-oriented behaviors in public hospitals is somewhat contrary to the principles of public medicine. Their adaptation to the market is partial, and their creative hybrid solutions require state regulation. The absence of controls leads to duplication and waste, causing various problems, including increased social inequality, costs and deficits.
The dilemma of relational embeddedness: mediating roles of influence strategies in managing marketing channel opportunism
Authors: Zhou Yin , Yang Wei , Zhuang Guijun 
Published: November 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to develop a better understanding of how relational embeddedness offers marketing channel partners both benefits and hazards. The nonlinear effect of relational embeddedness on channel opportunism is investigated. Influence strategies (i.e. coercive and noncoercive influence) are also examined as mediators of this nonlinear effect.Design/methodology/approachSurvey data are gathered from a sample of 149 manufacturers in China. The hypotheses are tested through regression analysis.FindingsThe results support the hypothesis that relational embeddedness has a U-shaped effect on opportunism, and that this relationship can be mediated through noncoercive influence strategies. The results also indicate that coercive influence has an inverted U-shaped effect and noncoercive influence has a U-shaped effect on opportunism.Research limitations/implicationsThis research serves as a launching point for further investigations into the “black box” of the double-edged effects of relational embeddedness. Other channel behavior constructs can be explored in future studies.Practical implicationsFirms should be aware of the benefits and pitfalls associated with relational embeddedness in marketing channels. They should be alert to using influence strategies when managing channel opportunism.Originality/valueThis study addresses the dilemma of embeddedness in marketing channel relationships and reveals its causes and mechanisms by exploring the mediating effects of influence strategies.
How collaboration impacts in the market orientation-performance relationship of SMEs? A perspective from belt and road initiative
Authors: Ahmad Zafran , Chao Liu , Chao Wang , Ilyas Saqib 
Published: November 2020

Purpose
This article extends knowledge of market orientation (MO) and strategic collaboration by analyzing MO-collaborations in the context of firm performance of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

Design/methodology/approach
A proposed framework built on the Knowledge and resource-based theory was tested using Structural Equation Modelling with data collected from 171 SMEs.

Findings
This research study supported the direct impact of market orientation on performance as well as the mediating role of collaboration in this focal relationship and assumed it would have a significant role in SME’s performance.

Practical implications
These findings have noteworthy implications for managers. Managers can focus on potential collaboration in order to acquire the needed assets. Owners-mangers should closely evaluate the FTAs, economic corridors, and regional cooperation agreements like BRI as these sources can lead them to collaboration with international partners. Additionally, it provides insight for entrepreneurs, business practitioners, and stakeholders of SMEs that are already operating or plan to increase their market share.

Originality/value
The study findings give interesting bits of knowledge to academia, entrepreneurs, and small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Given that market orientation and collaboration must proceed in parallel to improve firm performance, Assets like MO provide valuable knowledge and information about partners, which will lead to further valuable information to help the SME succeed. This study further extend the KBV theory recommendation that information and knowledge on collaboration works better and integration will be more successful in ‘resource rich’ firms.
Analysis of the effects of (de)regulation on housing prices in Spain 1977–2019
Authors: De Jorge-Huertas Virginia , De Jorge-Moreno Justo 
Published: November 2020

PurposeThis paper analyzes the regulatory effects on homeownership and rental prices in Spain in the years between 1977m1 and 2019m5, taking into account the economic crisis. It also studies the causal relationship of the prices of private housing (owned and rented).Design/methodology/approachInterrupted time series analysis has been used to analyze the legislative impact on the construction sector. Also, the Box–Cox transformation has been used to carry out the above analysis. Finally, Granger's test has made possible to determine the causal relationship between the price series.FindingsThe results obtained in this work show the partial positive effects of legislative instrumentalization, which in general result in decreasing trends of prices in both types of housing use. Likewise, the causal relationship between the prices of owned and rented housing shows that the latter do not provide any incentive with respect to the former.Social implicationsThe social implications in this work could be important since this paper analyzes the effects of (de)regulation on housing prices in Spain, and the policy implications could help to control the speculation in housing.Originality/valueThe results obtained in this work could be relevant, both from the point of view of future housing policies and of the agents involved and that of society in general. In addition, this work could contribute to fill the existing gap in this field in Spain, given the scarce literature that raises the objective, using quantitative methodologies.
Factors associated with social responsibility among university students in Yala, Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Singkun Awirut 
Published: November 2020

PurposeThe objectives of this study were to evaluate knowledge on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission, attitude toward the measures of COVID-19 prevention and control, explore social responsibility behaviors and test for the association between variables and social responsibility among university students.Design/methodology/approachIt was a cross-sectional study. The population was 7,754 students from a university in Yala province. The sample size was 370 students according to Krejcie and Morgan table. Google form was introduced to make the self-administered questionnaires. Content validity was evaluated by three experts, and for reliability of knowledge and attitude, the coefficient was 0.707 and 0.702. Data collection was done in the early April 2020. Descriptive statistics and χ² were used to analyze the data. Ethical approval number 095–63.FindingsThe results found that students' knowledge on COVID-19 transmission was in a moderate level, attitude toward the state measures for COVID-19 prevention and control was at a high level. Their social responsibility behaviors were at a high level. Their knowledge, attitude and payment were significant association with social responsibility behaviors among university students (p < 0.05).Originality/valueUniversity students' knowledge on disease transmission as well as positive attitude toward the measures of regulation led them to have cooperation. Social distancing and lockdown measures affected their lifestyle. However, they have responsibility behaviors to the society, especially in the pandemic situation.
More Accountable, More Ethical, Yet Less Trusted: Misplaced Corporate Governance in the Era of Big Data
Authors: Fotaki Maria , Voudouris Irini , Lioukas Spyros , Zyglidopoulos Stelios 
Published: November 2020

AbstractIn this paper, we investigate the corporate governance and ethical practices of firms in emerging technologies. We argue that because they have unique characteristics and face unique institutional challenges and legitimacy controversies, compared to their non‐emerging technology counterparts, these firms tend to over‐conform with respect to their corporate governance and ethical practices. Drawing on corporate governance deviance theory and legitimacy theory, we develop a number of hypotheses, which we test using data from 68 matched pairs based in the USA for the period 2009–2017. Our findings indicate that emerging technology firms over‐conform regarding both corporate governance and ethical practices, yet, despite such over‐conformity, they have lower legitimacy levels compared to their non‐emerging technology counterparts.
FOXO3 targets are reprogrammed as Huntington's disease neural cells and striatal neurons face senescence with p16INK4a increase
Authors: Voisin Jessica , Farina Francesca , Naphade Swati , Fontaine Morgane , Tshilenge Kizito‐Tshitoko , Galicia Aguirre Carlos , Lopez‐Ramirez Alejandro , Dancourt Julia , Ginisty Aurélie , Sasidharan Nair Satish , Lakshika Madushani Kuruwitage , Zhang Ningzhe , Lejeune François‐Xavier , Verny Marc , Campisi Judith , Ellerby Lisa M. , Neri Christian 
Published: November 2020

AbstractNeurodegenerative diseases (ND) have been linked to the critical process in aging—cellular senescence. However, the temporal dynamics of cellular senescence in ND conditions is unresolved. Here, we show senescence features develop in human Huntington's disease (HD) neural stem cells (NSCs) and medium spiny neurons (MSNs), including the increase of p16INK4a, a key inducer of cellular senescence. We found that HD NSCs reprogram the transcriptional targets of FOXO3, a major cell survival factor able to repress cell senescence, antagonizing p16INK4a expression via the FOXO3 repression of the transcriptional modulator ETS2. Additionally, p16INK4a promotes cellular senescence features in human HD NSCs and MSNs. These findings suggest that cellular senescence may develop during neuronal differentiation in HD and that the FOXO3‐ETS2‐p16INK4a axis may be part of molecular responses aimed at mitigating this phenomenon. Our studies identify neuronal differentiation with accelerated aging of neural progenitors and neurons as an alteration that could be linked to NDs.
Alzheimer’s amyloid β heterogeneous species differentially affect brain endothelial cell viability, blood‐brain barrier integrity, and angiogenesis
Authors: Parodi‐Rullán Rebecca , Ghiso Jorge , Cabrera Erwin , Rostagno Agueda , Fossati Silvia 
Published: November 2020

AbstractImpaired clearance in the Alzheimer's Disease (AD) brain is key in the formation of Aβ parenchymal plaques and cerebrovascular deposits known as cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), present in >80% of AD patients and ~50% of non‐AD elderly subjects. Aβ deposits are highly heterogeneous, containing multiple fragments mostly derived from catabolism of Aβ40/Aβ42, which exhibit dissimilar aggregation properties. Remarkably, the role of these physiologically relevant Aβ species in cerebrovascular injury and their impact in vascular pathology is unknown. We sought to understand how heterogeneous Aβ species affect cerebral endothelial health and assess whether their diverse effects are associated with the peptides aggregation propensities. We analyzed cerebral microvascular endothelial cell (CMEC) viability, blood‐brain barrier (BBB) permeability, and angiogenesis, all relevant aspects of brain microvascular dysfunction. We found that Aβ peptides and fragments exerted differential effects on cerebrovascular pathology. Peptides forming mostly oligomeric structures induced CMEC apoptosis, whereas fibrillar aggregates increased BBB permeability without apoptotic effects. Interestingly, all Aβ species tested inhibited angiogenesis in vitro. These data link the biological effects of the heterogeneous Aβ peptides to their primary structure and aggregation, strongly suggesting that the composition of amyloid deposits influences clinical aspects of the AD vascular pathology. As the presence of predominant oligomeric structures in proximity of the vessel walls may lead to CMEC death and induction of microhemorrhages, fibrillar amyloid is likely responsible for increased BBB permeability and associated neurovascular dysfunction. These results have the potential to unveil more specific therapeutic targets and clarify the multifactorial nature of AD.
Alteration in endometrial helper T‐cell subgroups in chronic endometritis
Authors: Kitazawa Jun , Kimura Fuminori , Nakamura Akiko , Morimune Aina , Hanada Tetsuro , Amano Tsukuru , Tsuji Shunichiro , Kasahara Kyoko , Satooka Hiroki , Hirata Takako , Kushima Ryoji , Murakami Takashi 
Published: November 2020

AbstractProblemThe effect of chronic endometritis (CE) on the subpopulation of CD4+ T cells, Th1, Th2, Th17, and regulatory T cells in the endometrium is unknown.Method of studyLymphocytes were isolated from the endometrium of CE patients (n = 12) and non‐CE patients (n = 7). The CD4+ T‐cell profile was analyzed by flow cytometry and immunofluorescence.ResultsIn the endometrium of CE patients, there were significantly more Th1 cells among CD4+ cells and fewer Th2 cells in comparison to non‐CE patients. No marked difference was observed in Th17 cells or Foxp3+ Treg cells. Moreover, the proportion of Th1 cells increased and the proportion of Th2 cells decreased as the number of CD138+ cells increased. Furthermore, when the localization of CD138+ cells and CD4+ cells was examined, CD4+ cells were found to be clustered around CD138+ cells in CE patients.ConclusionThe CD4+ T‐cell profile in the endometrium is altered in women with CE. This finding may help to clarify the pathophysiology and development of treatment methods for CE.
Impact of post‐operative serum albumin level on anastomotic leakage after transthoracic oesophagectomy for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma
Authors: Zhuge Lingdun , Zheng Difan , Mao Hengyu , Xiang Jiaqing , Chen Haiquan 
Published: November 2020

AbstractBackgroundThe correlation of post‐operative serum albumin level with the occurrence of anastomotic leakage (AL) in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of post‐operative serum albumin level on AL after transthoracic oesophagectomy.MethodsPatients with ESCC who underwent transthoracic oesophagectomy between 2013 and 2017 in Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center were included. The correlation of post‐operative serum albumin level with the occurrence and short‐term outcomes of AL was analysed.ResultsPatients with serum albumin level of <35 g/L on the first post‐operative day were identified with higher frequency of AL in the whole study population (10.3% versus 6.1%; P < 0.001), intrathoracic anastomosis subgroup (7.1% versus 3.9%; P = 0.002) and cervical anastomosis subgroup (24.1% versus 16.0%; P = 0.042). Multivariate analysis showed that low albumin level was an independent risk factor of AL in the overall population (odds ratio (OR) 1.842; P < 0.001), intrathoracic anastomosis subgroup (OR 1.815; P = 0.006) and cervical anastomosis subgroup (OR 1.946; P = 0.013). In patients with AL, low albumin level was associated with poorer short‐term outcomes. For patients with low albumin level on the first post‐operative day, the probability of AL was significantly reduced if the level in the first post‐operative week was improved to the normal range (5.9% versus 14.9%; P < 0.001).ConclusionSerum albumin level on the first post‐operative day was an independent predictor of AL in patients with ESCC receiving transthoracic oesophagectomy. Increase of albumin level to the normal range post‐operatively could reduce the risk of AL.
Family therapy interventions in India for persons with gambling disorder
Authors: George Sanju , Kallivayalil Roy Abraham 
Published: November 2020

AbstractGambling is a popular pastime in India and the number of problem gamblers is on the rise. Although the impact of gambling disorder on families is grossly under‐researched in India, drawing on international evidence it is only reasonable to assume that this is an important area deserving further clinical and research attention. Of the several types of interventions possible with families of persons with gambling disorder, in our clinical experience, the 5‐step intervention is a feasible and culturally adaptable psychotherapeutic intervention. In this paper we have looked at the theoretical aspects of this intervention and also raise some of the practical challenges of offering psychological interventions to families of persons with gambling disorder in India. Albeit limited, we discuss the evidence base to have emerged from India in this field. Finally, we suggest some intervention measures as the way forward.
Alcohol control policies in Former Soviet Union countries: A narrative review of three decades of policy changes and their apparent effects
Authors: Neufeld Maria , Bobrova Anastacia , Davletov Kairat , Štelemėkas Mindaugas , Stoppel Relika , Ferreira‐Borges Carina , Breda João , Rehm Jürgen 
Published: November 2020

AbstractIssuesThe last Soviet anti‐alcohol campaign of 1985 resulted in considerably reduced alcohol consumption and saved thousands of lives. But once the campaign's policies were abandoned and the Soviet alcohol monopoly broken up, a steep rise in mortality was observed in many of the newly formed successor countries, although some kept their monopolies. Almost 30 years after the campaign's end, the region faces diverse challenges in relation to alcohol.ApproachThe present narrative review sheds light on recent drinking trends and alcohol policy developments in the 15 Former Soviet Union (FSU) countries, highlighting the most important setbacks, achievements and best practices. Vignettes of alcohol control policies in Belarus, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Lithuania and Uzbekistan are presented to illustrate the recent developments.Key FindingsOver the past decade, drinking levels have declined in almost all FSU countries, paralleled by the introduction of various alcohol‐control measures. The so‐called three ‘best buys’ put forward by the World Health Organization to reduce alcohol‐attributable burden (taxation and other measures to increase price, restrictions on alcohol availability and marketing) are relatively well implemented across the countries.ImplicationsIn recent years, evidence‐based alcohol policies have been actively implemented as a response to the enormous alcohol‐attributable burden in many of the countries, although there is big variance across and within different jurisdictions.ConclusionStrong declines in alcohol consumption were observed in the 15 FSU countries, which have introduced various alcohol control measures in recent years, resulting in a reduction of alcohol consumption in the World Health Organization European region overall.