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ECLECTIC 4.0: the new learning model for business schools
Authors: Sathya Sowmya 
Published: April 2020

PurposeCurrent learning models need to change to facilitate learners acquiring and assimilating the competencies required for the future work scenario. The purpose of this paper is to propose a new learning model, ECLECTIC 4.0, comprising elements drawn from various sources, theories, styles, authors, technology and ideas to gain maximum insight.Design/methodology/approachThe ECLECTIC 4.0 learning model is based on Robert J Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, which proposes that varied contexts and tasks require different kinds of analytical, creative and practical intelligence. This paper discusses the interplay between the triarchic theory of intelligence and the ECLECTIC 4.0 learning model, highlighting the model's expected modifications for teaching toolkits, business schools and industry. Examples of current practices in business schools and industry that are paving the way for what is proposed in the model are provided and discussed.FindingsTo compete and succeed in the future work scenario, the competencies required (e.g. agility, mindfulness, collaboration, co-creation and design thinking) are different from those prevalent today. To acquire and assimilate these competencies, current business school learning and teaching models needs to change. The proposed model incorporates eight learning characteristics: embedding in business; collaborative learning; linking humanities to management; encouraging non-linear thinking; complementary insight enabling co-creation; technology to solve problems; innovating in response to demands and creating an experience centre.Originality/valueThe new ECLECTIC 4.0 learning model addresses the need for educationalists, especially in management education, to adopt the most appropriate teaching toolkits.
Corporate carbon risk, voluntary disclosure and debt maturity
Authors: Lemma Tesfaye Taddese , Azmi Shabestari Mehrzad , Freedman Martin , Lulseged Ayalew , Mlilo Mthokozisi 
Published: April 2020

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the association between corporate carbon risk and debt maturity and the moderating role of voluntary disclosure, within the context of South Africa, an emerging player in the climate policy debate.

Design/methodology/approach
Based on the insights drawn from agency as well as information asymmetry theories, the authors develop models that link debt maturity with corporate carbon risk and voluntary disclosure and examine data obtained from companies listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE), for the period 2011-2015.

Findings
The findings document that, other things being equal, debt maturity is significantly higher, both statistically and economically, for companies with lower carbon intensity (risk). In addition, high-quality carbon disclosure accentuates the positive association between debt maturity and the inverse of carbon intensity. The results are robust to alternative measures of corporate carbon risk and issues of endogeneity. The findings are consistent with the view that lenders in South Africa use debt maturity as a non-price mechanism to address borrower risk and grant lower carbon risk companies that voluntarily provide higher quality carbon disclosures an even higher access to longer maturity debts; JSE-listed companies could use voluntary carbon disclosure to ease their access to debt with longer maturity.

Practical implications
The findings of this study have important implications to borrowers, pressure groups, policymakers and other stakeholders.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to document evidence suggesting that lenders in South Africa use debt maturity as a non-price mechanism to address borrower risk.
Building harmony in diverse society: insights from practical wisdom
Authors: Huda Miftachul , Nor Muhamad Nasrul Hisyam , Isyanto Puji , Muhamat Razaleigh , Marni Nurazmallail , Ahmad Kilani Mohamed , Safar Jimaain 
Published: April 2020

Purpose
Increasing diversity leads to local, national and transnational challenges requiring a novel and explicit problem-solving approach. Practical wisdom, which emerges from an integration knowledge and ability through religious awareness, can promote peaceful coexistence in diverse societies with adequate theological and educational infrastructures. This paper aims to critically examine practical wisdom as the religious awareness to underlying building harmony in the diverse society.

Design/methodology/approach
Literature from refereed and peer-reviewed journals and articles was reviewed using thematic topic analysis to propose a model of the practical wisdom as a foundation for building harmony in a diverse society.

Findings
This result shows that there are several discussions with specific objectives of practical wisdom as the result of core understanding of religious awareness underlying the potential solutions in the diverse society; the significant essence of practical wisdom as the core element for building harmony; exploring how practical wisdom should be a wide particular element in building integrity and harmony in the diverse society.

Originality/value
Practical wisdom can establish peaceful and respectful relations amongst diverse segments of the population. It is, therefore, crucial for scholars and practitioners to explore practical wisdom in depth and devise ways of promoting this important characteristic at a social level through the exchange of common ideas and goals.
Study on the effect of load level and carriageway slab thickness on fatigue performance of concrete T-girder bridges
Authors: Liu Zizheng , Yu Tianlai , Zhang Linlin 
Published: April 2020

PurposeThe effects of fatigue load level and plate thickness on the fatigue performance of reinforced concrete T-beam bridges.Design/methodology/approachFatigue load tests were performed based on the fatigue damage theory of reinforced concrete, combined with finite element model analysis. The other conditions are controlled separately, and the fatigue performance of the T-beam bridge carriageway slab under different fatigue load levels and different plate thicknesses is studied.FindingsThe fatigue process of the carriageway slab of a reinforced concrete T-beam bridge is divided into three stages: fatigue damage generation, fatigue damage development and fatigue failure. Under certain other conditions, as the fatigue load level increases, the fatigue damage of the carriageway slab accelerates; as the thickness of the carriageway slab increases, the fatigue resistance of the carriageway slab improves.Research limitations/implicationsTests and simulations have been carried out, but have not been applied to actual engineering for the time being.Practical implicationsIncreasing the thickness of the carriageway slab in actual engineering is conducive to improving the fatigue performance of the bridge, and heavy-duty traffic has a greater impact on the durability of the bridge.Social implicationsIt has certain reference value for bridge design, inspection and subsequent maintenance and reinforcement.Originality/valueThe originality of this article lies in designing and carrying out static and cyclic load tests separately, while introducing material damage models based on a large number of references and combining finite element analysis to consider the impact of a specific factor on fatigue performance. The test and analysis results can provide reference for bridge design and inspection.
Event impacts associated with residents' satisfaction and behavioral intentions: a pre-post study of the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games
Authors: Zhang Jingxian (Cecilia) , Byon Kevin K. , Xu Kaijuan , Huang Haiyan 
Published: April 2020

PurposeThe paper aims to (1) explore the positive and negative sociocultural, economic, and environmental impacts on satisfaction, and behavioral intentions; and (2) examine the changes in relationships among event impacts, satisfaction and behavioral intentions of host city residents before and after a major sporting event.Design/methodology/approachWe used panel data to estimate how resident responses change over time. The data were collected three months before (Nbefore = 266) and three months after (Nafter = 266) the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games. Data were analyzed by confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), structural equation modeling (SEM) and invariance tests.FindingsA significant relationship exists between negative and positive perceived sociocultural, economic, and environmental impacts, satisfaction and behavioral intentions. In addition, findings suggest that the effect of the sociocultural impacts on satisfaction and of satisfaction on behavioral intentions strengthened after the event. The relationship between positive environmental impacts and satisfaction was reduced across the two points in time. Our results indicate that residents’ assessment regarding the sporting event partially changed over the whole six-month course of the study.Originality/valueThis study differs from most recent research in that it examines the sociocultural, economic, and environmental event impacts in modeling residents’ satisfaction and testing the influence of negative event impacts on residents’ satisfaction and behavioral intentions. The current study contributes to the literature by emphasizing the changes that occur regarding the relationships among event impacts, satisfaction and behavioral intentions across the same respondents over time.
Inside the incubator – business relationship creations among incubated firms
Authors: Öberg Christina , Klinton Markus , Stockhult Helen 
Published: April 2020

Purpose
Incubators, as providers of advice and resources, suggest fostering the development of early-idea firms. Literature and practice seem to suggest an ever-increasing amount of incubator support. The creation of business relationships is at the heart of any business development, and this paper addresses whether a laissez-faire incubator fosters the creation of business relationships. The purpose of this paper is to explore the creation of business relationships among incubated firms during and after their time in the incubator along with the roles that these relationships play for the incubated firms.

Design/methodology/approach
Empirically, the paper is based on retrospective interviews with representatives of all incubated firms in a university incubator. A total of fifteen interviews were conducted with representatives of the incubated firms, the incubator and its owners, complemented by secondary data sources.

Findings
The paper points out three antecedents for business relationship creation: the lack of experience and connections; convenience; and trust based on the interactions with others in the incubator. These antecedents are connected to the roles of transforming businesses and of adaptation in the dyadic relationships. The laissez-faire incubator helped through the learning-by-doing among the incubated firms, which made them focus on business relationship creation from early on.

Originality/value
Most incubator research portrays the unilateral transfer of knowledge from the incubator to the incubated firm, with the latter being a service taker rather than a co-producer. The paper adds knowledge about business relationships among firms in incubators and the roles that these business relationships could play for the firms. The focus on an incubator providing limited support is of high practical relevance, given the trend of incubators facilitating more and more services.
Tourism entrepreneurs' expectation from the provincial government in touristic city – Pokhara, Nepal
Authors: Devkota Niranjan , Paudel Udaya Raj , Bhandari Udbodh 
Published: April 2020

PurposeThis paper explores entrepreneurs' expectation from the new provincial government to protect sociocultural values for promoting touristic city – Pokhara, Nepal.Design/methodology/approachThe purposive sampling technique was applied to source the information from the respondents resided at Pokhara. Structured questionnaire techniques and cross-sectional descriptive method were used to collect data from 393 tourism entrepreneurs to explore their understanding and existing situations.FindingsAbout 85.5% of the respondents argue that the new government system has affected their business and 58.27% feel procedural complexities due to new political administrative system. Natural beauty, growing pollution, unmanaged urbanizations, good flow of the tourists and sustainability of the touristic city resulted as main aspects of Strength, Weakness, Opportunity and Threats. The entrepreneurs expect that newly formed provincial government should provide business security, formulate appropriate tax policy and provision for business insurance scheme for smooth operation, growth and sustainability of their tourism entrepreneurship.Research limitationsThe research was taken in Pokhara, only the entrepreneurs mostly resided at Lakeside were taken and wider research across the whole city would give a more balanced perspective.Practical implicationRecommendations are made with the aim of uplifting entrepreneurship milieu in the touristic city Pokhara in order to promote tourism business of Pokhara.Social implicationThis research can help local authority to take local residents' and entrepreneurs' experience into consideration for creating better plan and policies for the well-being of Pokhara.Originality/valueThis is the first paper to provide data from the perspective of entrepreneurs' expectation from newly formed Gandaki provincial government in Pokhara, Nepal.
I think of college as setting a good foundation for my future
Authors: Hines Erik M. , Harris Paul C. , Mayes Renae D. , Moore III James L. 
Published: April 2020

PurposeLittle attention is given to black male experiences and decision-making process around college-going. A qualitative study (interpretive phenomenological analysis [IPA]) was conducted using a strengths-based perspective to understand the experiences of three first-generation black men college students attending a predominately white institution. Superordinate themes include perceived benefits to attending college, barriers to college admission and attendance and influential programs and supports. Recommendations for school counselors helping black males are included.Design/methodology/approachThe authors used a narrative approach to illustrate the stories and experiences captured by the three young men who participated in the study. Hays and Singh (2012) suggested using a narrative approach for telling the stories of marginalized groups. IPA (Smith, 1996) was the approach used to identify superordinate themes, because the authors wanted to better understand the participants’ K-16 experiences. As a qualitative approach, IPA provides detailed examinations of personal lived experiences on its own terms rather than pre-existing theoretical preconceptions.FindingsThe participants’ accounts clustered around three superordinate themes: perceived benefits to college, barriers to college admission and attendance and influential programs and supports.Originality/valueAlthough there are studies that provide insight on the factors that impact first-generation, black men’s success in attending college, there are few studies that have used a strengths-based perspective to investigate key experiences that lead to college enrollment. Those experiences that lead first-generation black male to attend college are pivotal and provide insight into important points of intervention and support. School counselors and other educators can use these insights to inform practices and the creation of supports for black men in their respective schools.
Climate and soil nutrients differentially drive multidimensional fine root traits in ectomycorrhizal‐dominated alpine coniferous forests
Authors: Ding JunXiang , Kong Deliang , Zhang Ziliang , Cai Qin , Xiao Juan , Liu Qing , Yin Huajun 
Published: April 2020

Abstract

Fine root traits vary greatly with environmental changes, but the understanding of root trait variation and its drivers is limited over broad geographical scales, especially for ectomycorrhizal (ECM)‐dominated conifers in alpine forests. Herein, the covariation patterns of and environmental controls for fine root traits among ECM‐dominated conifers were examined to test whether and how climate and soil nutrients differentially affect fine root trait variations.

Eight traits of first‐ and second‐order roots were measured, that is, root diameter (RD), specific root length (SRL), branching intensity (BRI), root tissue density (RTD), mycorrhizal colonization rate (MCR) and concentrations of carbon (C), nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P), across 76 alpine coniferous populations on the eastern Tibetan Plateau, China.

Our results showed that variations of the fine root traits fell into two major dimensions: the first dimension (32.39% of the total variance) was mainly represented by RD and SRL, potentially conveying a trade‐off between root life span and efficiency of resource foraging; the second dimension (23.70% of the variance) represented coordinated variation for root nutrients (i.e. N and P) and RTD, which depicts the conservation‐acquisition trade‐off in resource uptake, that is, root economic spectrum. Variations in RD and SRL were mainly driven by climatic variables, characterized by a significant increase in RD and a decrease in SRL with increasing mean annual precipitation. In contrast, variations in fine root nutrients (i.e. N and P) and RTD were primarily driven by soil fertility, showing a significant increase in root N and P concentrations but a decrease in RTD with increasing soil resource levels.

Synthesis. Our study clearly shows two distinct dimensions of the variation of fine root traits in ECM‐dominated alpine coniferous forests, providing further evidence of the inherent multidimensionality of root traits. Moreover, our findings highlight different roles of climatic and soil variables in driving the variation of fine root traits, potentially leading to the multidimensionality of root traits. This study provides new insights for understanding and predicting shifts in plant belowground strategies in climate‐sensitive alpine forests world‐wide.
Morphological responses of three persistent native anuran species after forest conversion into monoculture pine plantations: tolerance or prosperity?
Authors: GANGENOVA Elena , GIOMBINI Mariano I. , ZURITA Gustavo A. , MARANGONI Federico 
Published: April 2020

AbstractSpecies loss by habitat replacement operating as an ecological filter is a well‐known consequence of modern human activities. In contrast, the ecological and evolutionary response of species overcoming those filters in converted habitats has not been thoroughly explored. Species that persist are subject to novel and potentially stressful conditions that may induce certain morphological changes. We evaluated changes in the functional morphology of three anuran species persisting after the conversion of areas of the Atlantic Forest into pine plantations. We specifically evaluated differences in body size and body condition indices, head width, and hind legs’ length between adult individuals from both habitats and sexes. Habitat conversion and sexual dimorphism affected the morphology of the three anurans, with varying effects upon species and traits. Regarding the effect of habitat conversion, Elachistocleis bicolor increased body condition in plantations with no changes in the other traits, Physalaemus cuvieri showed only a marginal increment in residual body mass in plantations, and Odontophrynus americanus exhibited a substantial increment in body size while maintaining its body condition in plantations. Remarkably, none of the results suggested these persistent anurans were stressed by forest conversion. This study shows that habitat conversion may induce intraspecific morphological changes in ecologically relevant traits of persistent species, and that disturbed areas do not necessarily imply stressful, low quality habitats affecting all persistent native species negatively.
Gentrification and Blight: Relationship to Involuntary Displacement
Authors: Rybeck Rick 
Published: April 2020

AbstractBecause homelessness is visible in cities with high levels of gentrification, the media have linked the two phenomena. But the displacement taking place in most American cities is due more to blight than to gentrification. This article examines both sources of displacement and traces them to the same source: land speculation. In declining cities, land speculation causes parcels to be held vacant in prime locations, leading to disinvestment and an inadequate supply of affordable commercial and residential buildings. In cities with booming economies, land speculation leads to redevelopment of entire neighborhoods where land appreciates in value due to new commercial or residential demand. The solution to gentrification and blight as sources of displacement is to increase land value return and recycling to stabilize urban economies and avoid the boom‐bust cycles that are so detrimental to cities.
Making the Prevention of Homelessness a Priority: The Role of Social Innovation
Authors: Gaetz Stephen 
Published: April 2020

AbstractMass homelessness emerged in Canada in the wake of neoliberal policies that reduced government production of housing and other supportive measures. Efforts to reduce homelessness have occurred in three stages: 1) an emergency response in the 1990s that consisted mostly of investment in shelters, soup kitchens, and day programs, 2) the implementation of community plans to end homelessness, combined with the adoption of Housing First as a strategy that seeks to provide reliable shelter as a first step to anyone without it, followed by other remedial services, and 3) the recent development in Canada of early intervention strategies to prevent homelessness from its inception. The second stage was highly successful in dealing with the situation of chronically homeless adults, and many communities have begun to see reductions in homelessness. However effective, this approach does not break the cycle by intercepting potentially homeless individuals in their youth, which is when it begins for many people. Canada is at the beginning stages of the move towards a stronger focus on prevention, aided by a social innovation agenda to identify, design, test, and evaluate preventive interventions to determine which ones will be most strategically effective, setting the stage for implementation and going to scale.
Life cell imaging microscopy of embryo and early development of the Kol tooth‐carp, Aphanius darabensis (Teleostei: Aphaniidae)
Authors: Esmaeili Hamid Reza , Asrar Tayebeh 
Published: April 2020

AbstractInformation on early egg and embryogenesis is of critical importance in order to understand the basic biology, phylogenetic affinity, dietary requirement as well as environmental and ecological preference of a particular organism including fishes. Herein, we described and illustrated the life cell imaging microscopy of embryo and early development of larvae in the laboratory‐reared fish, the Kol tooth‐carp Aphanius darabensis. In A. darabensis, like several other teleost fishes, especially aphaniid, development and embryogenesis of the species initiate with external fertilization of sticky, spherical and transparent macrolecithal/telolecithal eggs with a mean diameter of 0.945–1.196 mm, and it continues with meroblastic/radial cleavage, blastulation/blastula formation, gastrulation/gastrula formation (in the result of epibolic cell migration) and organogenesis, leading to a hatched larvae of 4.5–5.2 mm in length with attached yolk sac at approximately 142 hr (at 24 ± 1°C) after fertilization which have been discussed in details. This study provides basic data for further research on reproductive biology, breeding, behaviour and conservation management of this endemic species.