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Action learning partnerships: carbon, commerce and community co-learning at a Canadian university
Authors: Booth Annie , Earley Sinead , Aben Kyle , Otter Barbara , Corrigal Todd , Ray Christie 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss an innovative course offered as a partnership between the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) (Canada), the Prince George Chamber of Commerce (Canada) and local businesses: UNBC’s third-year undergraduate/graduate course, carbon and energy management.Design/methodology/approachThe authors have all participated in the development, design and/or delivery of the course and have provided their reflections on the experience. In addition, they sought insights from students and other interested people on the impact and significance of this course.FindingsCarbon and energy management is an action learning-based co-created course initiated by the Chamber to address an interest in mitigating climate change amongst local businesses. Among businesses, the carbon economy is under considerable discussion. The increased awareness of climate change, and the need to better manage carbon, has led to local businesses eager to reduce greenhouse gases but lacking the expertise necessary. UNBC students (undergraduate and graduate) learn innovative and practical skills through creating carbon footprint analyses for small- to medium-sized business/non-profit clients, providing recommendations on reducing reliance on fossil fuels and formally presenting their findings to their clients. After five years, 46 businesses and non-profit organizations have participated in the course along with over 30 students and 5 separately hired student interns. The Chamber is now rolling out the program for Canadian Chamber of Commerce interested in similar community–university partnerships.Originality/valueThis paper describes a course that is a novel approach to university–community partnerships, both in approach and focus area. The linking, through the course, of small- to medium-sized businesses with the provision of plans for carbon reduction developed by university students is an unusual approach. However, there is significant value to all partners in the approach. Allowing the main community partner to serve as the lead in the project also offers an unusual experience and perspective for the university partner, as often such partnerships are largely driven by the post-secondary institution’s interests and needs, which can create a challenging power dynamic. Instead, the course offers a lesson in how a university can be clearly in service to the community at the community’s invitation. Finally, this paper offers reflections on the value of this type of project for creating sustainability initiatives from the perspective of all participants, students, faculty, university administration, city government, participating businesses and the Chamber of Commerce, demonstrating the critical need for understanding a project as an intersection of all participating actors.
Dealing with social networking site addiction: a cognitive-affective model of discontinuance decisions
Authors: Vaghefi Isaac , Qahri-Saremi Hamed , Turel Ofir 
Published: May 2020

PurposeExtant research has shown the prevalence of social networking site (SNS) addiction and provided evidence for its negative consequences. Given such consequences, it is conceivable that some users decide to discontinue their SNS use in response to SNS addiction. This paper examines key mechanisms that translate SNS addiction into discontinuance decisions.Design/methodology/approachA theoretical model is proposed based on the cognitive-affective model of behavior. It is empirically tested with data from 499 SNS users.FindingsResults show that cognitive dissonance (as primary cognitive response) and guilt (as primary affective response) mediate the relation between SNS addiction and decision to discontinue SNS use, whereas self-accountability and perceived self-efficacy play positive and negative moderating roles. Additional analysis reveals that the effect of guilt on decision to discontinue SNS use follows a nonlinear pattern.Research limitations/implicationsAdditional cognitive and affective responses, beyond cognitive dissonance and guilt, as well as additional contextual factors may influence the relation between SNS addiction and decision to discontinue SNS use. In addition, the relation between decisions and actual discontinuance should be examined by future research.Originality/valueThis study highlights important key antecedents of the decision to discontinue SNS use, namely cognitive dissonance, guilt, self-accountability, and perceived self-efficacy, and the mechanisms underlying their influence. It also explains the nonlinear effect of guilt on the decision to discontinue SNS use.
Competition between conventional and Islamic banks in Malaysia revisited
Authors: Harkati Rafik , Alhabshi Syed Musa , Kassim Salina 
Published: May 2020

Purpose
This paper aims to assess the nature of competition between conventional and Islamic banks operating in Malaysia. It is an effort to enrich the existing literature by offering an empirical compromise on the differences in the results of studies related to competition between the two types of banks.

Design/methodology/approach
Secondary data on all banks operating in Malaysia’s diversified banking sector is collected from the FitchConnect database for the period 2011-2017. A non-structural measure of competition (H-statistic) as informed by Panzar–Rosse is used to measure the competition between conventional and Islamic banks. Panel data analysis techniques are used to estimate H-statistic. Wald test for the market structure of perfect competition/monopoly is used to affirm the validity and consistency of the results.

Findings
The findings of this study signify that the Malaysian banking sector operated under monopolistic competition during the period of study. The long-run equilibrium condition holds for the Malaysian banking sector. Competition among conventional banks is more intense than that among Islamic banks. Financial reform endeavours of Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) along with the liberalisation wave of the financial system were successful in promoting competition, rendering the financial system contestable, resilient and dynamic.

Practical implications
Regulators and policymakers may find the results beneficial in terms of rethinking the number of banks operating in the Islamic sector. The number of banks, however, is not the only determinant of competition in the banking sector. Implications of competition change for stability and risk-taking behaviour of banks should be considered.

Originality/value
Within the context of Malaysia’s diversified banking system, given the contradictory results reported in studies on competition, this study is an effort to provide a plausible middle ground. It suggests a possible answer as to why competition nature has not changed since the policy change initiatives of BNM, namely, banks merger, expansion of Islamic banking operation scope and liberalisation process.
The moderating effect of cultural distance on the cross-border knowledge management and innovation quality of multinational corporations
Authors: Duan Yunlong , Huang Lei , Cheng Hao , Yang Lisheng , Ren Tianzhou 
Published: May 2020

Purpose
The key to the success of multinational corporations’ (MNCs) business models is the improvement of their innovation quality. From the cross-border knowledge management perspective, this paper aims to analyze the improvement path of innovation quality of MNCs and construct the functional path of the relationships among the knowledge creation, knowledge application and innovation quality of MNCs in the cross-border knowledge management process, so as to achieve the success of their business models. Based on this, this paper introduces cultural distance to further analyze how such relationships will change with the cultural distance level.

Design/methodology/approach
Using data from Chinese A-share listed MNCs with production operations located in the Asia-Pacific region from 2014 to 2018, this paper constructs a panel data model to test the mediating effect of knowledge application and the moderating effect of cultural distance on such relationships.

Findings
This paper obtains the following research findings: knowledge creation and knowledge application each have a significant, inverted U-shaped relationship with innovation quality; knowledge creation has a significantly positive correlation with knowledge application and knowledge application has a partial mediating effect on the relationship between knowledge creation and innovation quality; cultural distance has a moderating effect on such relationships. The specific moderating direction depends on the extent of the knowledge creation and knowledge application.

Practical implications
The findings are helpful to MNCs’ managers, providing guidance and serve as a reference for them to make strategic decisions on cross-board knowledge management and business models innovation.

Originality/value
The theoretical contributions are summarized as follows: First, it further enriches and expands the theoretical of knowledge management and innovation quality relationship. Second, it further enriches and expands the theoretical framework of knowledge management. Third, it further enriches the theoretical framework of cross-cultural management.
Age identity, stereotypes and older consumers’ service experiences
Authors: Westberg Kate , Reid Mike , Kopanidis Foula 
Published: May 2020

PurposeThis study aims to use the lens of the stereotype threat theory to explore older consumers’ age identity and experiences with service providers.Design/methodology/approachThis study used semi-structured interviews with Australian consumers aged between 55 and 69. Data were examined using thematic analysis.FindingsOlder consumers justify a younger cognitive age by distancing themselves from the negative stereotypes associated with ageing and by associating themselves with attitudes and behaviours consistent with a younger age identity. Older consumers are confronted with age-based stereotype threats in a services context through four practices. Exposure to these threats results in service failure and can have a negative impact on both consumers’ ability to function effectively as consumers and their overall well-being.Research limitations/implicationsA more diverse sample is required to identify the extent to which age-based stereotype threats are experienced and which services marketing practices have the most detrimental impact on older consumers.Practical implicationsThe findings provide insight for services marketers seeking to effectively cater for older consumers and have implications for service staff training, service technology and communications.Social implicationsThe findings have implications for the well-being of older consumers in terms of their self-efficacy and self-esteem as well as their ability to function effectively as consumers.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the nascent understanding of older consumers’ experiences and their expectations of service interactions and advertising communication. The findings also extend the literature on service failure by demonstrating how age-based stereotypes threaten age identity, resulting in a negative customer experience.
Cross-border mergers and acquisitions: links between acquiring firm capabilities and resources and target country location
Authors: Parente Ronaldo , Kelley Keith James , Thams Yannick , Alvarado-Vargas Marcelo J. 
Published: May 2020

PurposeDrawing upon the eclectic paradigm and the regulative dimension of institutional distance theory, it is posited that to understand a firms’ cross-border merger and acquisition (CBMA) location choices, it is critical to examine the acquirers’ ownership advantages.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of CBMAs undertaken by US firms from 1999 to 2015, the paper explores the extent to which acquiring firm ownership advantages – financial and innovation capabilities – influence target firm country selection in relation to regulative distance.FindingsIt is shown that acquiring firms with greater innovative capabilities are likely to choose target firms in nations with less regulative distance from their home market; whereas firms with greater financial capabilities target firms in more distant nations.Originality/valueThis paper builds on the important research on CBMA activity, focusing on the largely neglected pre-acquisition resources in relation to the regulative distance between target firms and the acquirer.
Extending full protection inside existing marine protected areas, or reducing fishing effort outside, can reconcile conservation and fisheries goals
Authors: Belharet Mokrane , Di Franco Antonio , Calò Antonio , Mari Lorenzo , Claudet Joachim , Casagrandi Renato , Gatto Marino , Lloret Josep , Sève Charlotte , Guidetti Paolo , Melià Paco 
Published: May 2020

Abstract

Most fish stocks world‐wide are fished at maximum sustainable yield (MSY) or overfished, as many fisheries management strategies have failed to achieve sustainable fishing. Identifying effective fisheries management strategies has now become urgent.

Here, we developed a spatially explicit metapopulation model accounting for population connectivity in the north‐western Mediterranean Sea, and parameterized it for three ecologically and economically important coastal fish species: the white seabream Diplodus sargus, the two‐banded seabream Diplodus vulgaris and the dusky grouper Epinephelus marginatus.

We used the model to assess how stock biomass and catches respond to changes in fishing mortality rate (F) and in the size of fully protected areas within the existing system of multiple‐use marine protected areas (MPAs). For each species, we estimated MSY and the corresponding values of stock biomass (BMSY) and fishing mortality rate (FMSY), providing crucial reference points for the assessment of fisheries management.

Diplodus sargus is currently in low overfishing, while D. vulgaris and E. marginatus are in high overfishing. Stock recovery to BMSY for the last two species requires a reduction of current F around 50%. This would guarantee an increase in both stock biomass (around 50% and 75% for D. vulgaris and E. marginatus respectively) and catch (around 15% and 30%) after a transient time of ~15–30 years. Alternatively, doubling the size of fully protected areas over fishable areas within the existing network of MPAs would lead to positive conservation effects for all three species without substantially affecting the overall productivity of the fishery and the total economic value of the catch.

Synthesis and applications. We provide the first assessment of stock status for three coastal species in the north‐western Mediterranean and evaluate the ecological and fisheries outcomes of different management strategies. Extending full protection inside existing multiple‐use marine protected areas or reducing fishing effort outside can deliver both conservation and fisheries benefits.
Idea paper: Incorporating sexual differences in dispersal decision making into metapopulation theory
Authors: Chou Chun‐Chia , Nakazawa Takefumi 
Published: May 2020

AbstractDispersal is crucial for both individual fitness and spatiotemporal population dynamics. In sexual organisms, females and males have different reproductive strategies and therefore have different reproductive demands (i.e., reproductive resources and mating partners, respectively), which leads to differences in dispersal decision making between sexes. Although many studies have described sexual differences in dispersal behavior, little is known about the consequences for spatiotemporal population dynamics because metapopulation theory has considered only either nonrandom dispersal in asexual systems or random dispersal in sexual systems. To fill the knowledge gap, we propose a modeling framework that incorporates nonrandom and sex‐specific dispersal into metapopulation theory. It allows us to ask how female‐biased (e.g., in mammals) or male‐biased (e.g., in birds) dispersal can influence persistence of sexual organisms.
An explosion of perfume: Mass flowering and sphingophily in the Caatinga dry region in Brazil
Authors: Albuquerque‐Lima Sinzinando , Domingos‐Melo Arthur , Nadia Tarcila C. L. , Bezerra Elisângela L. S. , Navarro Daniela M. A. F. , Milet‐Pinheiro Paulo , Machado Isabel C. 
Published: May 2020

Abstract'Big Bang' flowering is common among geophyte plants and is a strategy particularly important in arid areas.Griffiniais a genus whose species have very ephemeral flowering. Not surprisingly, there is so far no information on the reproductive biology and pollination ecology of anyGriffiniaspecies. Here, we highlight an amazing phenomenon of massive flowering inGriffinia gardneriana, a species that blooms for only one or two nights and emits a remarkable odor plume in the Caatinga night. The flowering event of the species varied depending on the locality, but it was always associated with the rainy season. The high number of white tubular flowers produce a strong sweet perfume dominated by (E)‐nerolidol (42%), linalool (33%) and (E)‐β‐ocimene (15%).Agrius cingulata(Sphingidae) was the only pollinator recorded. BecauseG. gardnerianaset only a few fruits by self‐pollination, in contrast to a high number of fruits under natural conditions, this hawkmoth pollination system seems to be very efficient.
Dynamic effects of changes to Japanese immigration policy
Authors: Bradford Scott C. , Phillips Kerk L. 
Published: May 2020

AbstractThis paper uses a single‐sector dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model with heterogeneous households to analyse Japanese immigration policy. We examine the effects on output, consumption, factor prices, and utility. We do this for both steady states and transition paths. We find that: (a) aggregate output, investment, and consumption in Japan are likely to rise with any sort of loosening of immigration restrictions; (b) allowing more skilled immigration generates greater aggregate changes; (c) raising skilled immigration relative to unskilled immigration drives down skilled workers’ wages, consumption, and utility, while cutting the skilled to unskilled immigration share has the opposite effects; and (d) such immigration policy changes have small effects compared to those that occur naturally due to business cycle fluctuations
Investigating the “Carnegie Effect”
Authors: B⊘ Erlend E. , Halvorsen Elin , Thoresen Thor O. 
Published: May 2020

Abstract
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie claimed that parents who bequeath vast fortunes to their children deaden the “talents and energies” of their offspring. But do inheritances really have such effects, and can those effects be quantified? Erlend E. B⊘, Elin Halvorsen and Thor O. Thoresen investigate
Shetty test in ankle and foot trauma: An emergency department pilot study assessing specificity and sensitivity
Authors: Jovic David , Johnson David , Tolmie Louise , Stanier Paul , Hutchins Rene 
Published: May 2020

AbstractObjectiveTo assess the potential impact of the Shetty test over Ottawa ankle foot rules (OAFR) on plain imaging utilisation in the ED.MethodsNursing and medical staff assessed both Shetty test and OAFR in ED. All patients received ankle and foot radiographs.ResultsFifty‐four participants were assessed. Shetty test specificity at triage was 0.40 (95% CI 0.25–0.57), compared to OAFR 0.10 (95% CI 0.03–0.24), McNemar's P < 0.01. Shetty test and OAFR sensitivity at triage was 0.92 (95% CI 0.64–0.99), McNemar's P = 1.00.ConclusionShetty test may safely reduce unneeded radiographs in ED. Further research is warranted.
“High prepregnancy HbA1c is challenging to improve and affects insulin requirements, gestational length, and birthweight”
Authors: Skajaa Gitte Oeskov , Kampmann Ulla , Fuglsang Jens , Ovesen Per Glud 
Published: May 2020

AbstractBackgroundThe aim of this study was to explore how prepregnancy glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) affects the course of HbA1c and insulin requirements during pregnancy, the gestational length, and birthweight.MethodsAn observational cohort study was conducted consisting of 380 women with type 1 diabetes who gave birth 530 times from 2004 to 2014. The participants were divided into four groups according to prepregnancy HbA1c.ResultsHbA1c was significantly different between the groups at all time intervals from week 5 to 10 to week 33 to 36 (P ≤ .01).In group 1, with the lowest prepregnancy HbA1c (<6.5% [48 mmol/mol]), HbA1c stayed at the same level throughout pregnancy.In the other groups (group 2: 6.5% [48 mmol/mol]‐7.9% [63 mmol/mol], group 3: 8% [64 mmol/mol]‐9.9% [86 mmol/mol], and group 4: > 10% [86 mmol/mol]) a decrease in HbA1c was seen in early pregnancy but stabilized from midpregnancy onward.Group 1 had the lowest daily insulin requirements throughout pregnancy among the four groups (P = .001).The relationship between birthweight and prepregnancy HbA1c was found to be inversely U‐shaped. Mean gestational length in group 4 was significantly shorter than in group 1 (P = .001).ConclusionsIn this very large cohort, we found that a poor prepregnancy HbA1c is a predictor for poor glycemic control during pregnancy and that HbA1c decreases until midpregnancy and then plateaus. A very poor prepregnancy HbA1c is associated with shorter gestational length and lower birthweight, which is contrary to the common assumption that poor glycemic control leads to higher birthweight.
Macronychia (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) goes cosmopolitan: description and molecular delineation of the first Australasian species
Authors: Johnston Nikolas P , Wallman James F , Pape Thomas , Whitmore Daniel 
Published: May 2020

AbstractMacronychia (Moschusa) rubesca sp. nov. is described from Australia and represents the first record of this genus from the Australasian region. An updated key to the world species of Macronychia is provided. In addition, molecular markers are analysed to place Macronychia Rondani within the most recent phylogeny of the subfamily Miltogramminae. The genus is resolved as a monophyletic clade and placed within the ‘higher’ miltogrammines as sister to Oebalia Robineau‐Desvoidy.