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Does country governance and bank productivity Nexus matters?
Authors: Kamarudin Fakarudin , Mohamad Anwar Nazratul Aina , Md. Nassir Annuar , Sufian Fadzlan , Tan Khar Mang , Iqbal Hussain Hafezali 
Published: October 2020

Purpose
This study aims to examine the impact of country governance and other potential bank-specific characteristics and macroeconomic condition determinants on bank productivity in the period of 2006–2016.

Design/methodology/approach
The productivity level of total 167 banks selected from Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei and Singapore are evaluated using the data envelopment analysis-based Malmquist productivity index method. A panel regression analysis framework based on ordinary least squares, a fixed effect and a random effect models then are used to identify its main determinants.

Findings
The empirical findings indicate that the total factor productivity changes of Islamic banks is higher than conventional banks. The liquidity and global financial crisis influence both banks’ productivity. Bank size, credit risk, market power, management efficiency and inflation merely influence Islamic banks’ productivity. On the country governance dimensions, voice and accountability are found to positively influence both banks’ productivity. Regulatory quality and rule of law (RL) significantly influences the conventional parts. Political stability and absence of violence, government effectiveness, RL and control of corruption negatively influence the banks’ productivity, but this influence is only significant for the Islamic banks.

Originality/value
Country governance has received surprisingly little attention in the banking industry over the past few decades. Majority of the studies that examine the effect of governance on bank performance have focused more on the micro governance dimension. Thus, to the best of the researcher’s knowledge, no study has been done to address the effect of country governance on the productivity of the Islamic and conventional banks.
Taxonomies of money laundering: an Iranian perspective
Authors: Molla Imeny Vahid , Norton Simon D. , Salehi Mahdi , Moradi Mahdi 
Published: October 2020

PurposeThis study aims to identify the sources of laundered money in Iran and the destinations to which it is transferred, independently verified by auditors. Based on such data, the study aims to develop a simple model of endogenous and exogenous factors facilitating money laundering in developing countries, which can inform domestic and international legislative and regulatory responses.Design/methodology/approachQuestionnaires were sent to Iranian certified public accountants who worked for auditing firms in 2019 and who have encountered suspected money laundering during their work with clients.FindingsThe government and public officials are the primary sources of money laundering activity in Iran. The main destinations of laundered funds are investments abroad, gold, foreign currencies, real estate and purchases of luxury goods. Domestic legislation, while bearing similarities with that found in other jurisdictions such as the UK and the USA, is flawed in several ways, including an inability to determine beneficial ownership of funds and weak enforcement.Originality/valueBecause of international sanctions and the prevailing political situation, it is difficult to obtain data for money laundering and other financial crimes in Iran. The data obtained is of importance to international bodies in understanding the nature of money laundering in Iran, and how to negotiate in the future to address mutual concerns. Given the country’s perceived high association with money laundering, the data obtained is of value in identifying the specific characteristics of the problem.
Experiential entrepreneurship education via US films: why and how
Authors: Liguori Eric , Muldoon Jeff , Bendickson Josh 
Published: October 2020

PurposeExperiential education is key if the authors as scholar-educators are to empower the next generation of students to recognize opportunities, exploit them and succeed in entrepreneurship. Experiences facilitate the bridge between theory and practice; experiencing something serves as the linking process between action and thought. Capitalizing on technological advances of the last two decades, this paper depicts how film can be (and why it should be) incorporated into entrepreneurship classrooms.Design/methodology/approachThe authors analyze the learning literature, broadly defined, to assess and articulate the experiential nature of film. More specifically, this paper establishes a framework for film as an experiential pedagogical approach, offering theoretical connections and best practice recommendations. In doing so, this paper assesses two feature films and provide educators with a guide for their use in the classroom.FindingsThis paper establishes a framework for film as an experiential pedagogical approach, offering theoretical connections and best practice recommendations. It concludes with two actionable case examples, broad enough they are deployable in almost any entrepreneurship classroom, assuming English is the primary language.Originality/valueThis paper brings to life a concept some have long assumed is effective, but the literature often neglects: the use of film as an experiential medium. In doing so, two new case examples are developed and available for immediate deployment into classrooms.
Supply chain efficiency framework to improve business performance in a competitive era
Authors: Negi Saurav 
Published: October 2020

Purpose
The main aim of this paper is to develop a supply chain efficiency framework to improve overall business performance in the competitive era. This paper offers a critical literature review on supply chain efficiency that aims to reveal the basic research that has been carried out, the problem areas and requirements for the efficiency in the new era of the supply chain.

Design/methodology/approach
The methodology followed during this research involves beginning with a wide base of articles lying at the supply chain intersection, performance measurement topics, and then screening the list to concentrate on supply chain efficiency.

Findings
Findings show that supply chain efficiency in the modern era remains an open research field. This research contributes to the supply chain literature by clarifying the supply chain efficiency definition, defining key measurements and variables for supply chain efficiency and developing a supply chain efficiency framework to improve overall performance.

Practical implications
This study will be very useful to the scholars working in this field. The proposed framework would help researchers and academicians to understand every dimension and variable of supply chain efficiency, allowing practitioners to measure efficiency levels and identify improvement measures. This framework would also act as a comprehensive guide for future studies and business practices.

Originality/value
As there are several state-of-the-art review papers on various supply chain areas, there is a lack of literature available on supply chain efficiency studies that can provide a comprehensive framework for researchers on related literature. Thus, the present study seeks to bridge this gap in the supply chain literature. Also, this study will provide a strong basis for researchers and academicians to apply the supply chain efficiency measurement system to the dynamic supply chain.
Entrepreneurial microcredit support: the silver bullet for microenterprises success. The case of funds Mauricie in Quebec
Authors: Ayayi Ayi Gavriel , Dali Chantale Sidohon 
Published: October 2020

PurposeThis study aims to propose a model of entrepreneurial microcredit support that could address the problem of entrepreneurial support provided by microfinance institutions. This objective is justified by the need to produce scientific knowledge that could be of use to practitioners and political decision-makers who formulate and implement strategies of social inclusion and poverty reduction.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopts a socio-constructivist research perspective. Social constructivism is a theoretical approach that posits that all social reality is constructed. In other words, individuals construct their knowledge of reality relative to their social setting. This justifies the use of the focus group to supplement and validate the data gathered in an individual interview. The socio-constructivist perspective allows us to better understand and develop knowledge based on the meaning that interviewees attribute to their experience. This perspective also justifies the choice of qualitative data collection method. The data were collected during semi-structured interviews.FindingsEntrepreneurial microcredit support is distinguished from classic entrepreneurial support because it places the individual at the center of the process by emphasizing soft skills in the development of the entrepreneurial spirit. This approach engenders an efficient support process that comprises three main steps: determination of entrepreneurial potential, empowerment and reinforcement of autonomy and acquisition of managerial skills. The efficiency stems from the fact that the time factor is not a constraint in the entrepreneurial microcredit support process and from the relationship of proximity and trust between the credit agent and the micro-entrepreneur.Originality/valueTo the best of authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper to deal with the entrepreneurial microcredit support, which is completely different from the classical entrepreneurial support because of the uniqueness of microfinance and micro-entrepreneurs. The model clearly reveals that the support for the development of the skills required to successfully run a microenterprise is provided based on a socio-constructivist approach in which the micro-entrepreneur is the main actor in the construction of “mobilized knowledge” required to nurture promoters’ entrepreneurial spirit. Consideration of soft skills in a socio-constructivist perspective is, therefore, indispensable for entrepreneurial development.
China rising and Northeast Asia: paradoxes amidst the new cold war
Authors: Liu Tony Tai-Ting 
Published: October 2020

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the influences of China’s rise for regional order, specifically in terms of the paradoxes of security, institution and power in Northeast Asia. Contrary to ideas propounded by the theory of economic interdependence and peace, this paper argues that the rise of China generated more anxieties for Northeast Asia than it saved.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper adopts a historical approach to the question of China’s rise and its relationship with Northeast Asia. This is a qualitative paper based on reflections and review of secondary sources and current events.

Findings
This paper finds that China’s rise has produced three paradoxes of security, institution and power in Northeast Asia. The paradoxes have shaped the geopolitical and geoeconomic landscape of Northeast Asia in the post-cold war period and are likely to continue to implicate regional order in the near future.

Originality/value
This paper is an original reflection of the author’s personal thoughts and opinions.
Stress prediction and evaluation approach based on azimuthal amplitude‐versus‐offset inversion of unconventional reservoirs
Authors: Du Bingyi , Zhang Guangzhi , Zhang Jing , Gao Jianhu , Yong Xueshan , Yang Wuyang , Jiang Ren , Wang Shujiang , Li Hailiang , Wang Enli 
Published: October 2020

ABSTRACTA novel approach of unconventional reservoir stress evaluation is proposed to enhance the accuracy of fracture development prediction. Differential horizontal stress ratio can reflect the stress characteristic of fractured reservoir. To calculate the differential horizontal stress ratio more intuitionistic and simpler, we re‐derive its formula with Poisson's ratio and fracture density. Meanwhile, a new azimuthal PP‐wave amplitude versus offset equation based on Poisson's ratio and fracture density was derived for inverting above elastic parameters directly. Therefore, two steps are needed to realize stress evaluation. First, amplitude‐versus‐azimuthal angle inversion in the Bayesian framework in constraint of prior information such as well log data or rock physics information is executed for elastic and fracture parameters using pre‐stack angle gathers of different azimuth angles. The second procedure is to estimate differential horizontal stress ratio with Poisson's ratio and fracture density. Finally, a real data set is studied to test the new approach and the result demonstrated that the estimated differential horizontal stress ratio can reflect the stress property and it agrees with geological law and the new drilled well interpretation. Therefore, we can conclude that the combination of newly derived differential horizontal stress ratio and azimuthal PP‐wave amplitude versus offset equation in this study provides an available method for estimating the differential horizontal stress ratio of unconventional reservoirs, and the new approach can offer reliable geophysical information for stress evaluation.
An integrated approach to measure hunting intensity and assess its impacts on mammal populations
Authors: Dobbins Michael , Sollmann Rahel , Menke Scot , Almeyda Zambrano Angelica , Broadbent Eben 
Published: October 2020

Abstract

Unsustainable hunting of wildlife is one of the greatest threats to diverse and healthy forests, yet our understanding of hunting activity is limited by our methods of accurately identifying its intensity and distribution. Several methods have been used to quantify hunting in past studies (e.g. interviews, ranger patrols and camera traps). However, none of these alone have been able to produce precise spatiotemporal measures of hunting activity.

In this study, we used a new method to detect hunters through passive acoustic monitors and developed an integrated approach to measure hunting activity while simultaneously assessing its impacts on mammal populations using camera traps.

We applied a hierarchical community occupancy model that accounted for the imperfect detection of species on data from 45 trap locations, surveyed from January to June 2018, to investigate the impacts of spatial variation and intensity in hunting pressure on mammal species richness and occurrence in four protected areas in southern Belize. We developed spatiotemporally explicit indices of hunting activity separately from camera trap and acoustic monitor data and used a Bayesian model selection framework to identify predictors of site occurrence for individual species and three functional groups: carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

We found that camera traps under‐detected hunting activity in the region by 939% compared to acoustic monitors.

Consistent with our predictions, hunting intensity was negatively correlated with site‐level species richness, with an average decrease in richness of 31% across its range of variation. Occurrence patterns for the three functional groups were also negatively associated with hunting intensity. Often the target of hunters, herbivores, displayed the strongest negative response to hunting, while omnivores were least affected.

Synthesis and applications. Unsustainable hunting of wildlife is a global phenomenon with wide‐ranging implications for ecological communities, especially mammals. Our study highlights mammal sensitivity to increasing hunting pressure at the community and species level and emphasizes the necessity for developing robust tools to accurately monitor hunting activity, while also providing a flexible framework for simultaneously assessing hunting and its impacts on mammal communities.
Occupational mobility and cognitive ability: A commentary on Betthäuser, Bourne and Bukodi
Authors: Marks Gary N. 
Published: October 2020

AbstractThis commentary critiques Betthäuser, Bourne and Bukodi's (2020) paper which finds that cognitive ability does not substantially mediate class of origin effects on educational and occupational outcomes. From these results, they conclude that cognitive ability is only of minor importance for social stratification, reasserting their view of the primacy of class origins for social stratification. The central issue surrounding cognitive ability in social stratification is its effects on socioeconomic attainments vis‐à‐vis socioeconomic origins, not the extent that cognitive ability mediates classorigin effects. Their analytical strategy of estimating the extent that cognitive ability mediates class origineffects is misleading because: it ignores the only moderate associations of socioeconomic origins with educational and occupational outcomes; the stronger direct effects of cognitive ability; the associations of parents’ ability with their own socioeconomic attainments; and the genetic transmission of cognitive ability and other traits relevant to social stratification from parents to their children.
Novel strategies for the biocontrol of noctuid pests (Lepidoptera) based on improving ascovirus infectivity using Bacillus thuringiensis
Authors: Yu Huan , Yang Chang‐Jin , Li Ni , Zhao Ying , Chen Zhuang‐Mei , Yi Si‐Jia , Li Zi‐Qi , Adang Michael J. , Huang Guo‐Hua 
Published: October 2020

AbstractIdentifying novel biocontrol agents and developing new strategies are urgent goals in insect pest biocontrol. Ascoviruses are potential competent insect viruses that may be developed into bioinsecticides, but this aim is impeded by their poor oral infectivity. To improve the per os infectivity of ascovirus, Bacillus thuringiensis kurstaki (Btk) was employed as a helper to damage the midgut of lepidopteran larvae (Helicoverpa armigera, Mythimna separata, Spodoptera frugiperda, and S. litura) in formulations with Heliothis virescens ascovirus isolates (HvAV‐3h and HvAV‐3j). Btk and ascovirus mixtures (Btk/HvAV‐3h and Btk/HvAV‐3j) were fed to insect larvae (3rd instar). With the exception of S. frugiperda larvae, which exhibited low mortality after ingesting Btk, the larvae of the other tested species showed three types of response to feeding on the formulas: type I, the tested larvae (H. armigera) were killed by Btk infection so quickly that insufficient time and resources remained for ascoviral invasion; type II, both Btk and the ascovirus were depleted by their competition, such that neither was successfully released or colonized the tissue; type III, Btk was eliminated by the ascovirus, and the ascovirus achieved systemic infection in the tested larvae. The feeding of Btk/ascovirus formulas led to a great reduction in larval diet consumption and resulted in a significant decrease in the emergence rate of H. armigera, M. separata, and S. litura larvae, which suggested that the formulas exerted marked oral control effects on both the contemporary individuals and the next generation of these tested pest species.
Outcomes in Hispanics With COVID‐19 Are Similar to Those of Caucasian Patients in Suburban New York
Authors: Valenzuela Rolando G. , Michelen Yamil , Bracey Alexander , Cruz Priscilla , Fombonne Benjamin , Fries Bettina C. , Mallon William K. , Fernandes Rafael , Thode Henry C. , Singer Adam J. 
Published: October 2020

AbstractBackgroundDespite reported higher rates and worse outcomes due to COVID‐19 in certain racial and ethnic groups, much remains unknown. We explored the association between Hispanic ethnicity and outcomes in COVID‐19 patients in Long Island, New York.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study of 2,039 Hispanic and non‐Hispanic Caucasian patients testing positive for SARS‐CoV‐2 between March 7 and May 23, 2020, at a large suburban academic tertiary care hospital near New York City. We explored the association of ethnicity with need for intensive care unit (ICU), invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV), and mortality.ResultsOf all patients, 1,079 (53%) were non‐Hispanic Caucasians and 960 (47%) were Hispanic. Hispanic patients presented in higher numbers than expected for our catchment area. Compared with Caucasians, Hispanics were younger (45 years vs. 59 years), had fewer comorbidities (66% with no comorbidities vs. 40%), were less likely to have commercial insurance (35% vs. 59%), or were less likely to come from a nursing home (2% vs. 10%). In univariate comparisons, Hispanics were less likely to be admitted (37% vs. 59%) or to die (3% vs. 10%). Age, shortness of breath, congestive heart failure (CHF), coronary artery disease (CAD), hypoxemia, and presentation from nursing homes were associated with admission. Male sex and hypoxemia were associated with ICU admission. Male sex, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and hypoxemia were associated with IMV. Male sex, CHF, CAD, and hypoxemia were associated with mortality. After other factors were adjusted for, Hispanics were less likely to be admitted (odds ratio = 0.62, 95% confidence interval = 0.52 to 0.92) but Hispanic ethnicity was not associated with ICU admission, IMV, or mortality.ConclusionsHispanics presented at higher rates than average for our population but outcomes among Hispanic patients with COVID‐19 were similar to those of Caucasian patients.
Different Trajectories of Panic and the Associated Factors among Unmarried Chinese during the COVID‐19 Pandemic
Authors: Tan Yuxin , Lin Xiuyun , Wu Dazhou , Chen Hui , Jiang Yongqiang , He Ting , Yin Jinxiu , Tang Yingying 
Published: October 2020

BackgroundA large number of the population experienced panic during the pandemic of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) in China. The current study explored the trajectory of panic and its associated factors to develop promising strategies for controlling the global spread of COVID‐19 and improving the mental health emergency management.MethodsA total of 812 unmarried adults (aged from 18 to 42 years, M = 23.3, SD = 3.45) from all over China participated online in our investigation. A Growth Mixture Model (GMM) was developed and analysed.ResultsThree classes of trajectories for panic were identified: the “continuous decline group (CDG)”, the “continuous low group (CLG),” and the “continuous high group (CHG)”. With reference to the CDG, people in the CHG were more sensitive to social factors. With reference to the CDG, people in the CLG were more likely to possess some of the following traits: being men, in Hubei Province (center of the pandemic), with a lower income, and less sensitive towards social factors and individual factors. With reference to the CLG, people in the CHG were more likely to be women, located outside of Hubei Province, and more sensitive to social factors, family factors, and individual factors.ConclusionSocial factors, family factors, and individual factors predicted the different trajectories of panic.