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Drivers of lending decision in peer-to-peer lending in Malaysia
Authors: Khan Mohammad Tariqul Islam , Xuan Yong Yee 
Published: February 2021

PurposeDespite the emergence of peer-to-peer (P2P) lending in Malaysia, there is a knowledge gap on what drives the lending decision of P2P lending in the emerging Malaysian market. This research investigates how borrower's loan tenure, funding purpose, verified documents, accumulated transaction and repayment history, age, trustworthy and geographical resemblance affect likelihood of lending decision in P2P platform.Design/methodology/approachUsing snowball sampling, survey data was collected from 300 online banking users who were willing to invest in online P2P platform from different states in Malaysia (i.e. Selangor, Malacca, Johor and Negeri Sembilan). For estimation, regression analyses were estimated.FindingsThe findings suggest that borrower's loan tenure and borrower's age increase the probability of lending in online P2P platform, while funding purpose of credit card reduces the likelihood of lending in the P2P platform. The findings contribute to the signalling theory.Practical implicationsThe findings imply that borrowers need to concentrate on loan tenure and clearly indicate their age in the listing in order to increase the funding probability. Moreover, they are suggested not to submit listing for credit card as funding purpose.Originality/valueThis study is first in its nature about P2P lending in Malaysia and the possible factors that influence lending decisions in this new financing platform.
Trustworthiness of digital records in government accounting system to support the audit process in Botswana
Authors: Mosweu Olefhile , Ngoepe Mpho 
Published: February 2021

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to explore how the trustworthiness of digital records generated in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system known as the government accounting and budgeting system (GABS) is maintained to support the audit process in the public sector of Botswana.

Design/methodology/approach
This qualitative study used modern archival diplomatics as a theoretical framework to examine the procedures for authenticating digital accounting records in GABS to support the audit process in Botswana. Data were collected through interviews and documentary reviews.

Findings
The study established that although GABS is not a record-keeping system, it generates digital records. In the absence of procedures, auditors rely on social and technical indicators (system application controls) to authenticate records.

Research limitations/implications
The findings of the study are limited to the case study and cannot be generalised to other organisations.

Practical implications
The findings of the study can inform the necessary measures that can be taken to ensure that digital records generated in ERPs are maintained authentic to support financial auditing processes. In addition, the paper also presents differing approaches by records managers, auditors and information technology specialists to evaluate the authenticity of records in digital systems, thus contributing to the literature about professional allies and competitors to archivists and records managers.

Originality/value
This paper provides empirical evidence from an original study.
Enhancing supplier capability through Six Sigma enablers
Authors: Pradhan Sudeep Kumar , Reosekar Ravi Shrikrishna , Routroy Srikanta 
Published: February 2021

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify, analyze and orient the enablers of Six Sigma to enhance supplier capability for an Indian manufacturing supply chain (SC).Design/methodology/approachIn total, nine enablers of Six Sigma were identified through an extensive literature review and discussion held with managers/senior managers in different Indian manufacturing companies. The interpretative structural modeling (ISM) approach is applied to the Indian auto ancillary company for developing and analyzing the structural framework of enablers to enhance the supplier capability.FindingsThe enablers such as top management commitment and leadership, supply chain management, standardization, training and education, human resource management and project selection and execution methodology of Six Sigma related to supplier capability have emerged as the prominent enablers, which are driving force in the system for the Indian manufacturing SC.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is restricted to only one Indian manufacturing company. Therefore, the outcomes of the study should not be generalized. Further studies may be carried out for several Indian manufacturing industries to get a more comprehensive implementation approach, their validity and their variation across the different industries.Practical implicationsThe simplicity and clarity of the proposed structural framework of Six Sigma helps in the identification and orientation of enablers for the successful implementation of Six Sigma in the SC. The proposed structural framework can be applied to different manufacturing SCs by allowing managers to structure the enablers considering their unique implementation constraints, which can reflect their priority considerations.Originality/valueThe study goes beyond the conceptual discussion of supplier capability issues. The supplier capability cannot be seen as a standalone approach irrespective of the constraints from the supplier domain as it is in synchronization with the entire SC performance. The enablers and their orientation with respect to the SC are providing a unique contribution toward supplier management planning. The outcomes from the proposed structural framework are used for developing action plans for organization “A” or other organizations to build suitable supplier capability in the SC.
Applicability of a knowledge management model that considers organizational memory in Spanish organizations
Authors: Damian Ieda Pelógia Martins , Moro Cabero María Manuela 
Published: February 2021

Purpose
Despite the interrelationship between knowledge management and organizational memory, there is a gap in the literature of knowledge management implementation models that consider the characteristics of organizational memory. In view of this situation, a knowledge management implementation model focused on the characteristics of organizational memory has been developed, and the purpose of this paper is to analyze the applicability of this model in Spanish organizations.

Design/methodology/approach
In addition to a literature review on the main concepts involved, interviews were conducted with managers of Spanish organizations. The research is of a qualitative nature, characterized as descriptive and exploratory, whose universe of research is the companies of the meat sector in Salamanca, Spain. The qualitative technique of content analysis was used as the research methodology.

Findings
After the interviews, it is concluded that the proposed model is a valid and necessary instrument for the implementation of knowledge management focused on organizational memory.

Originality/value
The originality of this study is due to the demonstration of the applicability of a knowledge management model that considers, in a direct way, the characteristics of the organizational memory, indispensable for the adequate application of knowledge management in organizations.
Exploratory study about audience response to product endorsements by online DIY celebrities and traditional celebrities
Authors: Fan Fei 
Published: February 2021

Purpose
Celebrity endorsement is common in the marketing communications context, especially in the Asian market. Thanks to the popularity of online DIY celebrities, many marketing communications practitioners have started to involve such celebrities in brand and product endorsement strategies. However, few existing studies have compared the endorsement persuasiveness of online DIY celebrity endorsers with traditional celebrity endorsers, particularly in the Asian market. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to fill the literature gap by examining how consumers perceive and evaluate online DIY and traditional celebrity endorsers.

Design/methodology/approach
In-depth personal interviews were conducted with 15 interviewees with a median age of 23. They were asked to report their overall evaluations and attitudes toward online DIY celebrity endorsers and traditional celebrity endorsers, and their respective endorsement strategies.

Findings
Although the popularity of online DIY celebrities is growing in China, they received a lower level of appreciation from interviewees than traditional celebrities. The persuasiveness of online DIY celebrity endorsers was not as effective as that of traditional celebrity endorsers. Interviewees even held an overall negative attitude toward online DIY celebrities and their endorsements. Interviewees perceived traditional celebrity endorsers more positively, and their endorsements to be more effective, than online DIY celebrity endorsers.

Research limitations/implications
The small sample size may constrain any generalization to be drawn from the findings. Future studies are suggested using survey and experiment methodology to further test and compare the persuasiveness of online DIY and traditional celebrity endorsement.

Practical implications
We suggest communications practitioners continue to use traditional celebrities to improve overall brand image and enhance the target audience’s purchase intention as the exploratory study reveals that audiences have an overall positive experience with traditional celebrities, instead of online DIY celebrities. If online DIY celebrities are preferred in communications strategies, we suggest practitioners carefully select qualified online DIY celebrity endorsers based on image congruence between such online DIY celebrities and the product category in that audiences in the exploratory study are quite cautious when exposed to product endorsement messages from online DIY celebrities. Besides this, audiences have more confidence in product endorsement if there is a fit between online DIY celebrities’ expertise and the endorsed product type.

Originality/value
This is the first qualitative study on consumers’ perception of product endorsement at the level of online DIY and traditional celebrity endorsers.
Plant and microbial impacts of an invasive species vary across an environmental gradient
Authors: Farrer Emily C. , Birnbaum Christina , Waryszak Paweł , Halbrook Susannah R. , Brady Monica V. , Bumby Caitlin R. , Candaele Helena , Kulick Nelle K. , Lee Sean F. H. , Schroeder Carolyn S. , Smith McKenzie K. H. , Wilber William 
Published: February 2021

Abstract

Invasive plants often successfully occupy large areas encompassing broad environmental gradients in their invaded range, yet how invader dominance and effects on ecological communities vary across the landscape has rarely been explored. Furthermore, while the impacts of invasion on plant communities are well studied, it is not well understood whether responses of above‐ground (plant) and below‐ground (microbial) communities are coupled.

Here we test patterns in Phragmites australis (common reed) invasion in a field survey of eight sites situated across a salinity gradient, ranging from freshwater to saline marsh, in Southeast Louisiana. At each site, we surveyed plant composition and used metabarcoding methods to assess soil fungal and bacterial composition in plots within the dense Phragmites stand, in a transition zone of ~50:50 Phragmites:native plants, and in native‐only areas. We hypothesized that Phragmites' abundance and impact on above‐ and below‐ground communities would vary across the salinity gradient and that the responses of above‐ and below‐ground communities to invasion would be coupled.

We found weak evidence that invasion varied across the gradient: Phragmites stem densities increased slightly with salinity, and Phragmites increased above‐ground litter accumulation more in fresh and saline areas compared to brackish. We found stronger evidence that plant and microbial responses to invasion varied with salinity. Phragmites strongly reduced native plant density across the gradient, with slightly greater reductions in fresh and saline areas. Plant species richness displayed consistent decreases with invasion across the salinity gradient; however, fungal and bacterial richness increased sharply with invasion only in brackish sites. Furthermore, the effect of Phragmites on plant and microbial community composition became stronger as salinity increased. Plants and microbes exhibited coupled responses to invasion in the magnitude of compositional shifts brought on by Phragmites, but Phragmites' effects on richness were not coupled.

Synthesis. Overall, the variability in Phragmites impacts across the gradient, particularly soil microbial impacts, suggests that it may be difficult to generalize invader effects from single‐site or single‐ecosystem studies. However, above‐ and below‐ground communities showed some coupled responses to Phragmites; thus understanding plant community responses to invasion gives insight into impacts occurring below‐ground.
Increased lipoxygenase and decreased cytochrome P450s metabolites correlated with the incidence of diabetic nephropathy: Potential role of eicosanoids from metabolomics in type 2 diabetic patients
Authors: Peng Liyuan , Sun Bei , Liu Yajin , Huang Jing , Chen Guangzhi , Zhang Xu , Chen Chen , Wang Daowen , Wang Gang 
Published: February 2021

AbstractDiabetic nephropathy (DN) is the major cause of chronic kidney disease and end‐stage renal disease. Previous studies have demonstrated that long­chain omega­3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) might have therapeutic potential in reducing proteinuria in DN. However, the local level of eicosanoids derived from PUFAs in the plasma of DN patients remains unclear. This work aims to study the eicosanoid profile difference in plasma of DN patients and type 2 diabetes (T2D) without DN. A total of 27 T2D patients with similar diabetic duration were recruited and divided into T2D+DN group and T2D+NDN (non‐DN) group based on urinary albumin excretion (UAE) detection. Using LC–MS/MS‐based metabolomics, DN patients showed increased level of lipoxygenase (LOX) metabolites (5‐HETE and LTB4) and decreased levels of eicosanoids derived according to the cytochrome P450s (CYP450) metabolic pathway (5,6‐DHET; 14,15‐DHET and 9,10‐diHOME). Receiver operating characteristics and logistic regression analysis revealed increased level LOX metabolites and decreased level of CYP450 metabolites were significantly correlated with the incidence of DN in T2D patients. LOX and CYP450 metabolites correlated with DN incidence in T2D patients, which might be treatment targets for DN in T2D patients.
Changes in stable nitrogen isotopes of plants, bulk soil and soil dissolved N during ecosystem retrogression in boreal forest
Authors: Hyodo Fujio , Takebayashi Yu , Makabe Akiko , Wardle David A. , Koba Keisuke 
Published: February 2021

AbstractStable nitrogen isotope ratios (δ15N) of plants and soil have been used to study changes in the N cycle during ecosystem succession and retrogression. However, little is known about how δ15N of soil mineral N and dissolved organic N (DON) change during retrogression, despite their potential to inform on processes contributing to N loss. Here, we examined the δ15N of NH4+ and DON together with δ15N of the dominant plant species and bulk soil across a 5,000‐year‐old retrogressive chronosequence of forested islands in northern Sweden. The δ15N of bulk soil N, NH4+ and DON did not change greatly during retrogression, suggesting that there are no major losses of N from the system. The δ15N of NH4+ and DON was significantly correlated with that of bulk soil N across islands, indicating that bulk soil N is an important determinant of the δ15N of dissolved soil N. The δ15N of DON was significantly higher than those of NH4+ and bulk soil N, probably because of the inclusion of microbial N to the DON fraction. Despite the lack of changes in δ15N of soil N as retrogression proceeded, the δ15N of most plant species increased. These results suggest that despite the relative importance of the three underlying mechanisms involved is unclear, the N resources of plants change in response to retrogression: they have an increasing reliance on DON, a decreasing dependence on N transferred from the mycorrhizal fungi and reduced reliance on N from surface soil layers as retrogression proceeds.
Social Networks and the Informational Role of Financial Advisory Firms Centrality in Mergers and Acquisitions
Authors: Chaudhry Amna Noor , Kontonikas Alexandros , Vagenas‐Nanos Evangelos 
Published: February 2021

AbstractThis paper examines the role of the social network hierarchy of financial advisory firms in a mergers and acquisitions (M&As) framework. Financial advisors are information intermediaries who play an information extraction and information dissemination role. The more central the advisory firm is within the network of advisory firms, the greater their access to information flows. Our findings indicate that more central advisors are associated with higher acquirer announcement abnormal returns, higher abnormal combined returns and higher operating long‐run performance for the new entity. Central advisors also mitigate information asymmetries, resulting in lower premium paid by bidders. In return, more central advisory firms demand higher advisory fees, engage in higher M&A activity and are more likely to advise large acquirers and acquisitions of large and public deals. Our results are robust to endogeneity and self‐selection concerns.
Deal or No Deal? Modelling the Impact of Brexit Uncertainty on UK Private Equity Activity
Authors: Kellard Neil M. , Kontonikas Alexandros , Lamla Michael , Maiani Stefano 
Published: February 2021

AbstractGiven uncertainty in policy, particularly around Brexit, how do private equity (PE) firms investing in the UK behave? Analysing their response is vital for understanding the impact on investment per se and designing policy that limits uncertainty. Building on the recent work of Mike Wright and co‐authors, we explore the effect of uncertainty measures on UK PE activity and the channels that transmit uncertainty to the PE market. After developing hypotheses that link the ‘PE activity and uncertainty’ relation via a real options, interim risk or moral hazard channel, we employ a novel dataset on PE targets and non‐targets over the 2010–2019 period. We find that uncertainty, especially new measures closely aligned to Brexit, have negatively affected PE activity in the UK. Moreover, the transmission of such uncertainty occurs primarily through the real options channel and through greater uncertainty arising from prolonged interim periods of PE deals (i.e. the interim risk channel). Our results imply that the present and ongoing uncertainty in Brexit policy will continue to depress PE activity and by extension, investment and growth in the UK. Policymakers are urged to resolve such uncertainties.
A distinction of cow and buffalo ghee using principal component analysis of triglyceride composition
Authors: Pathania Parul , Sharma Vivek , Rao Priyanka Singh , Arora Sumit , Panjagari Narender Raju 
Published: February 2021

Triglyceride (TG) profiling was explored to distinguish cow ghee from buffalo ghee to check their admixing. Cow and buffalo butter was clarified at 110, 130 and 150 °C to obtain ghee. Temperature of clarification did not show any significant effect on TG profile. Cow ghee showed maxima at TG C38 and C52. Buffalo ghee exhibited maxima at C38 and C50 unlike cow ghee. Cow ghee samples showed a higher TG content of C42 to C54, whereas buffalo ghee samples were associated with a greater content of C26 to C38. Principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering showed two ghee types as distinct separate clusters.
Strategic Director Appointments
Authors: DRYMIOTES GEORGE , SIVARAMAKRISHNAN KONDURU 
Published: February 2021

ABSTRACTRecent corporate governance scandals have been attributed to a lack of board independence because of the influence CEOs have over their boards. However, CEOs can also affect board efficacy without compromising its independence by strategically choosing directors. We offer a theoretical framework to examine how CEOs can strategically choose director characteristics (such as expertise and skill set) to influence the inner workings of the board. We examine how director expertise affects the board's equilibrium voting strategies and show that some “passivity” on the part of directors can in fact be desirable equilibrium behavior. More importantly, we show that managers can strategically appoint independent outside directors to influence board voting in their favor. Surprisingly, contrary to what we might expect, we find that opportunistic (principled) managers may not always appoint the least (most) able directors to the board. We also examine whether CEOs would prefer a “captured” board (i.e., an insider‐dominated board) and show that the value of director input (i.e., the board's advising role) and the financial markets can discourage CEOs from pursuing such appointments.
Reviewing the world's edible mushroom species: A new evidence‐based classification system
Authors: Li Huili , Tian Yang , Menolli Nelson , Ye Lei , Karunarathna Samantha C. , Perez‐Moreno Jesus , Rahman Mohammad Mahmudur , Rashid Md Harunur , Phengsintham Pheng , Rizal Leela , Kasuya Taiga , Lim Young Woon , Dutta Arun Kumar , Khalid Abdul Nasir , Huyen Le Thanh , Balolong Marilen Parungao , Baruah Gautam , Madawala Sumedha , Thongklang Naritsada , Hyde Kevin D. , Kirk Paul M. , Xu Jianchu , Sheng Jun , Boa Eric , Mortimer Peter E. 
Published: February 2021

AbstractWild mushrooms are a vital source of income and nutrition for many poor communities and of value to recreational foragers. Literature relating to the edibility of mushroom species continues to expand, driven by an increasing demand for wild mushrooms, a wider interest in foraging, and the study of traditional foods. Although numerous case reports have been published on edible mushrooms, doubt and confusion persist regarding which species are safe and suitable to consume. Case reports often differ, and the evidence supporting the stated properties of mushrooms can be incomplete or ambiguous. The need for greater clarity on edible species is further underlined by increases in mushroom‐related poisonings. We propose a system for categorizing mushroom species and assigning a final edibility status. Using this system, we reviewed 2,786 mushroom species from 99 countries, accessing 9,783 case reports, from over 1,100 sources. We identified 2,189 edible species, of which 2,006 can be consumed safely, and a further 183 species which required some form of pretreatment prior to safe consumption or were associated with allergic reactions by some. We identified 471 species of uncertain edibility because of missing or incomplete evidence of consumption, and 76 unconfirmed species because of unresolved, differing opinions on edibility and toxicity. This is the most comprehensive list of edible mushrooms available to date, demonstrating the huge number of mushrooms species consumed. Our review highlights the need for further information on uncertain and clash species, and the need to present evidence in a clear, unambiguous, and consistent manner.