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Bazzar case: exporting gourmet Brazil
Authors: Kogut Clarice Secches , Binhote Juliana Molina , de Mello Renato Dourado Cotta , Merchan Caballero Andres Josue 
Published: October 2020

Learning outcomes
Students should learn gradual process of internationalization and commitment; reasons for internationalization; and role of networks.

Case overview/synopsis
This case is about Bazzar, a small company that sells sauces, toppings and desserts made only with high-quality Brazilian ingredients. The case dilemma refers to market entry strategies and commitment, although other IB topics are addressed.

Complexity academic level
Originally designed for MBA courses.

Subject code
CSS 5: International Business

Supplementary materials
Teaching Notes are available for educators only.
Estimating the price of apartments in Tehran using extracted compound variables
Authors: Koohpayma Javad , Argany Meysam 
Published: October 2020

PurposeHousing price is a barometer of a national economy. In recent years, Iran experienced high inflation in its economy, which affects everything, including housing. The purpose of this study is the estimation of the value of residential apartments of Tehran using ordinary least square (OLS) and geographically weighted regression (GWR) methods.Design/methodology/approachThis paper proposed a method for determining the compound variables and used them to estimate and evaluate the prices in the district six of Tehran city. Also, this paper compared the GWR and OLS methods with different types of factors and their influences in house price estimations.FindingsDuring the high inflation period of the study period, the age of buildings, inflation, parking, storage room and their locations are the most critical factors that affect the price of apartments in district six of Tehran. Besides, compound variables have the most influence on the prediction of the prices.Research limitations/implicationsThe exact location of the apartments in the study area were unknown. Therefore, the positions are extracted from their addresses. The uncertainty of location forced us to ignore the neighborhood terms in the hedonic method.Practical implicationsThe exact locations of the apartments in the study area were unknown. Therefore, the positions are extracted from their addresses. The uncertainty of location forced us to ignore the neighborhood terms in the hedonic method.Originality/valueThe originality of the proposed method is that it used a different approach to determine the valid variables of the apartment prices. Also, the evaluation of the method showed that the proposed variables are significantly useful.
Revealing the hidden facets of normative assessments: improving the management of major infrastructure projects through engaged scholarship
Authors: Brunet Maude , Baba Sofiane , Aubry Monique , El Boukri Sanaa , Primeau Marie-Douce , Dollard Debra 
Published: October 2020

PurposeThis study focuses on the dynamic relationship between organizational actors and engaged scholars involved in a normative assessment conducted in a public organization managing major projects.Design/methodology/approachWe build on a 15-month engaged scholarship experience carried out in the Ministry of Transport of Quebec. We explain and analyze the normative assessment process, using a storytelling approach and vignettes to explore four situated learning moments.FindingsThis study offers a deeper understanding of how normative assessment is conducted, and how situated and collective learning occur throughout. We find that both organizational actors and researchers learn through this process and synchronize their mutual learning such that researchers actually participate in a larger organizational transformation.Research limitations/implicationsLike any qualitative endeavor, this research is context-specific. We offer several research avenues to extend the applicability of findings.Practical implicationsThis article could inspire organizations and scholars to collaborate on normative assessment during organizational transformation. This approach is of particular interest in the context of a worldwide pandemic where public and private organizations all have to adapt to new sanitary, economic, technological and social realities.Social implicationsIn a context marked by growing concern for the research-practice gap and the relevance of scholarship, our study illustrates the development of a mutually beneficial collaboration between practitioners and researchers that enhances understanding of complex organizational phenomena and issues.Originality/valueThis research highlights the relevance of engaged scholarship and supports normative assessment as a social process to generate mutual learning.
Promoting sustainable development in higher education institutions: the use of the balanced scorecard as a strategic management system in support of green marketing
Authors: Fuchs Paulo , Raulino Carlos , Conceição Diogo , Neiva Samara , Amorim Wellyngton Silva de , Soares Thiago Coelho , Andrade de Lima Maurício , Montenegro De Lima Carlos Rogerio , Soares João Coelho , Andrade Guerra José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade 
Published: October 2020

Purpose
Sustainability is understood as a complex and integrating area, involving the most diverse areas and fields of knowledge. Because of the innumerable socio-environmental challenges in the current scenario, a sustainable development that finds the necessary changes and advances for communities, industry and the various stakeholders involved is required. In this process of promoting sustainable development, universities stand out for being institutions capable of taking an analytical and questioning look at the directions of the society in which they are inserted and not just helping them to pursue them, serving as a model and living laboratory for the implementation of greener practices in cities. One of the actions that contributes to the consolidation process of a more sustainable university and the development of the green campus is the use of green marketing, understood as a set of all the practices that involve conventional marketing, focused on the search to reduce the negative impact or promote positive effects on the relationship between the institution and the environment. This paper aims, based on the balanced scorecard (BSC), to propose a strategic management tool as support for green marketing strategies, thus promoting, more quickly, the promotion of sustainable development in higher education institutions (HEIs).

Design/methodology/approach
Four universities were chosen, from the literature, in terms of best practices for sustainable development, where the main dimensions used by green marketing were mapped. Based on them, the BSC structure was adapted to enhance its strategies.

Findings
To achieve the objective of this work, this paper proposed an adaptation of the original BSC for better management of green marketing strategies for universities, based on four dimensions: community members, university members, product and strategy.

Originality/value
The main contribution of this paper is to propose a BSC as a strategic management system focused on the green marketing of universities to accelerate the promotion of sustainable development in HEIs.
Influence of information technology capability on service innovation in manufacturing firms
Authors: Chen Meng , Chen Yao , Liu Hefu , Xu Henry 
Published: October 2020

PurposeThis paper aims to explore the influence of information technology (IT) capability (i.e. IT exploration and exploitation) on service innovation and ultimately financial performance in manufacturing firms. Moreover, this paper examines the contingent role of cross-functional integration (CFI) on the IT capability–service innovation relationship.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs seemingly unrelated regression to test the theoretical model based on survey data from 121 manufacturers in China.FindingsIT exploration is positively related to radical and incremental service innovations, whereas IT exploitation is only positively related to radical service innovation. CFI positively moderates the relationship between IT exploitation and service innovation. Radical and incremental service innovations are positively related to manufacturers' financial performance.Originality/valueThis study contributes to existing information systems and servitization literature by uncovering the varying effects of IT exploration and exploitation on radical and incremental service innovations and by revealing the different contingent roles of CFI in moderating the above effects in the manufacturing context.
Estimating population‐specific predation effects on Chinook salmon via data integration
Authors: Sorel Mark H. , Zabel Richard W. , Johnson Devin S. , Wargo Rub A. Michelle , Converse Sarah J. 
Published: October 2020

Abstract

Recent success in the conservation of many marine mammals has resulted in new management challenges due to increasing conflict with fisheries. Increasing predation by pinnipeds on threatened salmon is of particular concern. Seemingly, pinniped conservation is now in conflict with the recovery of threatened salmon, creating a dilemma for managers.

We use the Lower Columbia River as a case study for examining the relationship between seasonal California sea lion Zalophus californianus abundance and survival of threatened salmon. To quantify mortality associated with increasing sea lion abundance, we examined the effect of seasonal sea lion abundance on adult Chinook salmon Oncorhynchus tshawytscha survival during migrations through the Lower Columbia River. We integrated data on survival with data on population‐specific migration timing, allowing quantification of the relationship between sea lion abundance and survival in 18 populations of spring–summer Chinook salmon listed as Threatened or Endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.

Of the 18 populations examined, earlier migrating populations experienced lower survival in association with increased exposure to higher sea lion abundance. We estimated that in years with high sea lion abundance, the nine earliest‐migrating populations experienced an additional 21.1% (95% CI = 16.3–26.1) mortality compared to years with baseline sea lion abundance, while the nine latest migrating populations experienced an additional 10.1% (7.5–13.0).

Synthesis and applications. Integrating datasets on seasonal survival and migration timing made it possible for us to estimate population‐specific mortality associated with increased sea lion abundance in the Lower Columbia River. This information could not be produced from any one dataset, highlighting the utility of data integration approaches. The mortality experienced by early migrating Chinook salmon suggests the potential for demographic and evolutionary consequences. Management actions such as hazing, relocating, or removing individuals that are frequent predators on salmon have been proposed. Identifying the management actions that will allow for socially and legally acceptable trade‐offs between multiple conservation and other social values will be facilitated by development of explicit multi‐species management frameworks. Continued monitoring will help to reduce the substantial uncertainty about the effect of pinnipeds on salmon and the predicted outcomes of alternative management actions.
Data on coral species occurrences in Japan since 1929
Authors: Kitano Yuko F. , Hongo Chuki , Yara Yumiko , Sugihara Kaoru , Kumagai Naoki H. , Yamano Hiroya 
Published: October 2020

AbstractThis paper describes the species occurrence record of zooxanthellate reef‐building corals at 1047 sites on the Japanese coast, recorded from 1929 to 2017. The dataset includes 484 confirmed scientific species names compiled from 152 literature sources, most of which were written in Japanese and published as gray literature in local journals or individual reports. Scientific names were consolidated under currently accepted nomenclature based on the World Register of Marine Species. Further revision of species names was made by referring to monographs on temperate coral species of Japan, along with expert knowledge. The dataset includes the coral species recorded each year at each study site, the geographical location of each site, and the scientific names of the corals. Three supporting datasets were created, containing a list of literature, the names of the sites and synonymization and confirmation of the coral names. This up‐to‐date collection of data is a contribution to the study of coral biogeography and conservation planning, as well as long‐term changes in coral species distributions in response to climate change.The complete data set for this abstract published in the Data Paper section of the journal is available in electronic format in MetaCat in JaLTER athttp://db.cger.nies.go.jp/JaLTER/metacat/metacat/ERDP-2020-08.1/jalter-en.
Demand Elasticity of Processed Food Exports from Developing Countries: A Panel Analysis of US Imports
Authors: Suanin Wanissa 
Published: October 2020

AbstractThere has been a growing emphasis in resource‐rich developing countries on promoting processed food exports as part of their export expansion and diversification strategy. A key issue for this strategy is whether global market conditions are conducive for significant trade gains. We estimate price and income elasticities of demand for processed food exports from developing countries using a new quarterly panel dataset for the United States, the major market for these products, over the period 1992–2018. Our findings indicate that demand for processed food imports from developing countries has high‐income elasticity combined with low‐price elasticity. The implication is that expansion of imports is driven by demand expansion driven by income growth which counterbalances any possible negative impact of an increase in relative prices. Income elasticity of demand for processed food imports is much higher than that for unprocessed food imports, reflecting preferences for processed food.
stratifyR: An R Package for optimal stratification and sample allocation for univariate populations
Authors: Reddy K. G. , Khan M. G. M. 
Published: October 2020

SummaryThis R package determines optimal stratification of univariate populations under stratified sampling designs using a parametric‐based method. It determines the optimum strata boundaries (OSB), optimum sample sizes (OSS) and multiple other quantities for the study variable, y, using the best‐fit probability density function of a study variable available from survey data. The method requires the parameters and other characteristics of the distribution of the study variable to be known, either from available data or from a hypothetical distribution if the data are not available. In the implementation, the problem of determining the OSB is formulated as a mathematical programming problem and solved by using a dynamic programming technique. If the data of the population (i.e. the study variable) are available to the surveyor, the method estimates its best‐fit distribution and determines the OSB and OSS under Neyman allocation, directly. When the dataset is not available, stratification is made based on the assumption that the values of the study variable, y, are available as hypothetical realisations of proxy values of y from past/recent surveys. Thus, it requires certain distributional assumptions about the study variable. At present, the package handles stratification for the populations where the study variable follows a continuous distribution: namely, Pareto, Triangular, Right‐triangular, Weibull, Gamma, Exponential, Uniform, Normal, Lognormal and Cauchy distributions. In this paper, applications of major functionalities in the package are illustrated with a number of real/simulated as well as some hypothetical populations.
Response of taxonomic and functional diversity to disturbance severity in temperate hardwood forests
Authors: Keyser Tara L. , Collins Beverly S. , Greenberg Cathryn H. 
Published: October 2020

AbstractAims:Quantify changes in taxonomic and functional diversity (FD) and identity to determine if responses to a disturbance severity gradient follow a “colonization/competition” hypothesis: diversity will (a) increase with disturbance severity as more open conditions favor species with traits linked to colonization; and (b) become more similar between regeneration and overstorey layers as environmental filtering favors species with traits linked to increasing competition for light.Location:North Carolina, USA.Methods:Taxonomic (richness [S], evenness [E], and Shannon diversity [H′]) and functional diversity (richness [FRic], evenness [FEve], and dispersion [FDis]) and identities were calculated for regeneration and overstorey before and after restoration treatments: control (CONT); “undesirable” subcanopy stems removed via herbicide (HERB); repeated burning (RRXF); and timber harvest followed by burning (HARV).Results:In the overstorey, HARV affected taxonomic and FD. In HARV,SandH′ were lower than in other treatments. At high levels of species richness,FEvewas lower in HARV than in HERB and RRXF. Similarly, at high levels of species richness,FDiswas greater in HARV than other treatments. In the regeneration layer, taxonomic and FD did not differ across treatments during any of the post‐treatment years. In the regeneration stratum, HARV increased the means of traits associated with rapid post‐disturbance establishment, carbon capture, and maximum height. Greater dissimilarity in composition between the overstorey and regeneration suggests stronger treatment effects on regeneration in HARV than less severe treatments.Conclusion:Patterns do not support the hypothesis that taxonomic diversity increases with disturbance severity or decreases with time after disturbance in the regeneration layer. Of the restoration treatments tested in this study, only HARV affected aspects of functional identity of the regeneration stratum; even so, FD remained unchanged. In mixedQuercusforests, functional identity rather than taxonomic or FD may provide insight into nuanced effects of restoration treatments on ecosystem function.
Multiple mutations within individual oncogenes
Authors: Saito Yuki , Koya Junji , Kataoka Keisuke 
Published: October 2020

AbstractRecent studies of the cancer genome have identified numerous patients harboring multiple mutations (MM) within individual oncogenes. These MM (de novo MM) in cis synergistically activate the mutated oncogene and promote tumorigenesis, indicating a positive epistatic interaction between mutations. The relatively frequent de novo MM suggest that intramolecular positive epistasis is widespread in oncogenes. Studies also suggest that negative and higher‐order epistasis affects de novo MM. Comparison of de novo MM and MM associated with drug‐resistant secondary mutations (secondary MM) revealed several similarities with respect to allelic configuration, mutational selection and functionality of individual mutations. Conversely, they have several differences, most notably the difference in drug sensitivities. Secondary MM usually confer resistance to molecularly targeted therapies, whereas several de novo MM are associated with increased sensitivity, implying that both can be useful as therapeutic biomarkers. Unlike secondary MM in which specific secondary resistant mutations are selected, minor (infrequent) functionally weak mutations are convergently selected in de novo MM, which may provide an explanation as to why such mutations accumulate in cancer. The third type of MM is MM from different subclones. This type of MM is associated with parallel evolution, which may contribute to relapse and treatment failure. Collectively, MM within individual oncogenes are diverse, but all types of MM are associated with cancer evolution and therapeutic response. Further evaluation of oncogenic MM is warranted to gain a deeper understanding of cancer genetics and evolution.
Requirements for human embryonic stem cells
Authors: Hao Jie , Cao Jiani , Wang Lei , Ma Aijin , Chen Si , Ding Jinfeng , Wang Liu , Fu Boqiang , Zhang Yu , Pei Xuetao , Xiang Peng , Li Qiyuan , Zhang Yong , Zhou Jiaxi , Hu Shijun , Yu Junying , Wei Jun , Zhu Huanxin , Stacey Glyn , Zhao Tongbiao , Zhou Qi 
Published: October 2020

Abstract‘Requirements for Human Embryonic Stem Cells’ is the first set of guidelines on human embryonic stem cells in China, jointly drafted and agreed upon by experts from the Chinese Society for Stem Cell Research. This standard specifies the technical requirements, test methods, test regulations, instructions for use, labelling requirements, packaging requirements, storage requirements and transportation requirements for human embryonic stem cells, which is applicable to the quality control for human embryonic stem cells. It was originally released by the China Society for Cell Biology on 26 February 2019 and was further revised on 30 April 2020. We hope that publication of these guidelines will promote institutional establishment, acceptance and execution of proper protocols, and accelerate the international standardization of human embryonic stem cells for applications.
Effects of compulsory public service on job satisfaction and loneliness in Turkish civil servants
Authors: Gunes Huseyin Nihat , Bilek Gunal 
Published: October 2020

AbstractTurkish government mandates compulsory service for public servants in Eastern Turkey. The compulsory public service cities are different from others in terms of their socio‐economic conditions as well as socio‐cultural structures. As such, these cities offer limited opportunities and an unusual cultural environment for newcomers such as those on compulsory service which will likely impact job satisfaction and loneliness. In order to examine these relationships, we conducted a survey with three hundred sixteen civil servants in Bitlis. Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire and Revised UCLA Loneliness Scale are used to measure the job satisfaction and loneliness levels, respectively. The findings of this study indicate that income, occupational sector, and social environment, occupational satisfaction, and income advantages provided by Bitlis have remarkable effects on job satisfaction scores, while gender, relationship status, income, occupational sector, the presence of people already known before coming to Bitlis, social environment advantage, and participating in social activities have significant effects on loneliness scores. In addition, negative correlation between loneliness and job satisfaction scores shows that as the job satisfaction score increases, the loneliness score decreases.
Bugs scaring bugs: enemy‐risk effects in biological control systems
Authors: Culshaw‐Maurer Michael , Sih Andrew , Rosenheim Jay A. 
Published: October 2020

AbstractEnemy‐risk effects, often referred to as non‐consumptive effects (NCEs), are an important feature of predator–prey ecology, but their significance has had little impact on the conceptual underpinning or practice of biological control. We provide an overview of enemy‐risk effects in predator–prey interactions, discuss ways in which risk effects may impact biocontrol programs and suggest avenues for further integration of natural enemy ecology and integrated pest management. Enemy‐risk effects can have important influences on different stages of biological control programs, including natural enemy selection, efficacy testing and quantification of non‐target impacts. Enemy‐risk effects can also shape the interactions of biological control with other pest management practices. Biocontrol systems also provide community ecologists with some of the richest examples of behaviourally mediated trophic cascades and demonstrations of how enemy‐risk effects play out among species with no shared evolutionary history, important topics for invasion biology and conservation. We conclude that the longstanding use of ecological theory by biocontrol practitioners should be expanded to incorporate enemy‐risk effects, and that community ecologists will find many opportunities to study enemy‐risk effects in biocontrol settings.