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Identifying the key success factors of F&B sharing services: new insights from a multiple-phase decision-making model
Authors: Chang Ya-Yuan , Wu Hung-Che , Cheng Ching-Chan , Chen Cheng-Ta 
Published: December 2021

PurposeIn the tide of the sharing economy, food and beverage sharing services (FBSS) are gradually drawing public attention. Many comments about FBSS are posted and discussed online, and this information may suggest the key factors in the operation of FBSS. This study aims to identify the key success factors (KSFs) of FBSS from online communities and media, potential consumers, customers and experts.Design/methodology/approachThis study utilizes Internet big data analytics (IBDA) to identify the key FBSS factors and then examines the KSFs of FBSS through conducting an analysis of the importance of key factors for potential consumers, confirmatory factor analysis of customer satisfaction of key factors, multiple regression analysis of customer satisfaction of key factors influencing the customers' intentions to continue participating in FBSS and a decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory of experts' opinions.FindingsThe results showed that the 15 key FBSS factors through IBDA were screened out. Among them, four KSFs that influence the operation of FBSS were identified. These four KSFs are discussed in detail in the text.Originality/valueThe findings of this study provide references for FBSS providers in the future to enhance customer value, service quality and business competitive advantages of FBSS.
Modeling cost overrun in building construction projects using the interpretive structural modeling approach: a developing country perspective
Authors: Shoar Shahab , Yiu Tak Wing , Payan Shamsi , Parchamijalal Majid 
Published: December 2021

PurposeAlthough several studies have been conducted on the causes of cost overrun, they have mainly assumed that the causes of cost overrun are independent of each other, and few of them scrutinized the complex interrelationships between the causes. To fill the gap, this study aims to investigate the mutual interactions between the causes of cost overrun using interpretive structural modeling (ISM) and proposing strategies to tackle the causes considering their interactions.Design/methodology/approachCritical causes of cost overrun were identified through a comprehensive literature review. In total, 22 key causes are then refined based on the opinions of relevant experts involved in the Iranian building and construction sector. Using the nominal group technique, the causes' interactions were examined and represented via the ISM diagram. The causes were also classified using “matrix cross-reference multiplication applied to a classification (MICMAC)” technique.FindingsThe results showed that price fluctuation, claims, execution delay, delay in payment and change order positioned at the highest level of the obtained model can directly result in cost overrun, and corruption and poor contract management located at the base of the model are two major root causes of cost overruns. It was also concluded that more attention should be paid to the precontract phase of the project to address and prevent corruption and managerial issues deeply rooted in this stage.Originality/valueThe findings of this study provide a clear understanding of how different causes of cost overrun are related to each other and can ultimately assist project managers of different parties in choosing strategies to mitigate cost overrun in building construction projects.
Trading activity on social trading platforms – a behavioral approach*
Authors: Dorfleitner Gregor , Scheckenbach Isabel 
Published: December 2021

PurposeSocial trading platforms are considered to be amongst the major innovations in online trading. The purpose of this article is to analyze the trading activity of traders on social trading networks by taking a behavioral approach. Additionally, the authors investigate the factors that influence the irrational part of trading activity derived from the key characteristics of these platforms, i.e. those dealing with social interaction.Design/methodology/approachThe investigation utilizes an extensive set of trading data from two major platforms in Germany to study the trading behavior. The authors apply a fixed effects two-stage least squares (2SLS) approach to quantify the relationship between trading activity and performance and define overconfidence as the part of trading activity that is irrationally motivated and results in negative returns.FindingsThe results provide evidence for the negative relationship between overconfidence and return on social trading platforms. The authors find that the number of followers and some platform-specific features significantly affect the trading behavior of the traders.Originality/valueThe authors contribute to the existing literature by exploring how the novel social interaction characteristics of online trading impact trading activity by giving rise to a new dimension of overconfidence. In addition, the authors evidence that the different frameworks of the platforms motivate heterogenous behavioral responses by the signalers. Finally, the authors refine existing studies by applying a distinct methodology for modeling overconfidence.
Private firm performance: do women directors matter?
Authors: Sattar Mahnoor , Biswas Pallab Kumar , Roberts Helen 
Published: December 2021

Purpose
This paper aims to examine the relationship between board gender diversity and private firm performance.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors test the association between board gender diversity and private firm performance by estimating pooled multivariate regressions using an unbalanced panel data set of 115,253 firm-year observations.

Findings
The authors find that younger, less busy and local women directors enhance private firm performance. Firms with 40% or more women directors report triple the economic benefits compared to boards with at least 20% women directors. Considering firm size, women directors significantly increase small firm profitability, and the effect is more pronounced for high-risk firms. Greater board gender diversity enhances small firm performance as the monitoring role of women directors benefits the firm even in the presence of busy men directors. Consistent with the agency theory framework, the authors find that women directors improve small firm profitability in the presence of agency costs.

Research limitations/implications
Due to the lack of availability of data about private firms, many factors are not directly observable. The analysis uses accounting-based performance measures that may be subject to managerial discretion. Nevertheless, the authors report highly significant results using cash-based performance measures that substantiate the overall findings.

Practical implications
The results of the present study point to the need for private firms to increase board gender diversity and consider women director busyness, age, nationality and firm size when making board director appointments.

Originality/value
This study adds to the scarce existent literature investigating private firms. The results contribute to the understanding of gender-diverse boards as well as the attributes of women directors that enhance private firm performance.
Applying the time continuum model of motivation to explain how major factors affect mobile learning motivation: a comparison of SEM and fsQCA
Authors: Fan Mingyue , Ndavi Juliet Wanza , Qalati Sikandar Ali , Huang Lin , Pu Zhengjia 
Published: December 2021

PurposeStudying mobile learning – the use of electronic devices (i.e. cellphone and tablets) to engage in learning across multiple contexts via connection to peers, media, experts and the larger world is a relatively new academic enterprise. This study analyzes the influencing factors of mobile learning (M-learning) motivation based on the time continuum model of motivation (TCMM).Design/methodology/approachThe study uses structural equation modeling (SEM) and fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to verify relationships between mobile learning motivation, attitude, need, stimulation, emotion, ability and reinforcement. Justification for the use of both methods lies in the complementarity relationships that existed between the variables and research methodologies. The sample contains 560 mobile learners' feedback.FindingsResults show that attitude, need, emotion, ability and reinforcement are important factors to enhance mobile learning motivation, while stimulation is not.Practical implicationsThis work highlights the importance of training for app designers on how to design an M-learning App with high learning motivation by paying prior attention to learning content, teaching team and online learning communities.Originality/valueThis study proposes three precise solutions (scholars, managers and practitioners) to improve learning motivation based on the categorization of mobile learners.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-04-2021-0226.
Sustainability as a measure of tourism success: the Portuguese Promotional Tourism Boards' view
Authors: Costa Jorge , Montenegro Mónica , Gomes João 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe study explores the concept of sustainability as a measure of tourism success from the perspectives of the Portuguese Promotional Tourism Boards.Design/methodology/approachThe study reviews current approaches to defining sustainability and explores how this can contribute to measuring success in tourism destinations using the case of the Portuguese Promotional Tourism Boards to shed light on the theme issue question.FindingsThe evidence that the impacts of tourism are not all beneficial to destinations and their residents is mounting and well addressed by the main world tourism agencies who are now promoting alternative ways for the industry to adopt a more holistic approach to measure the success of tourism destinations. This approach is also being adopted and promoted by some of the world's best tourism destinations.Originality/valueBased on contributions from the Portuguese Regional Promotional Tourism Entities (ERTs), it was possible to define a successful tourism destination as the one that creates income for the local community and ensures the quality of life of the population; values and preserves local identities, heritage, culture and traditions; and promotes the sustainable use of ecosystems and the preservation of natural resources, while practising a circular economy approach. Based on the same source, it was possible to identify the most important variable in evaluating the success of a tourist destination: the level of satisfaction of residents with tourism.
Towards a holistic approach for measuring tourism success: contribution to a new paradigm
Authors: Costa Jorge , Varum Celeste , Montenegro Mónica , Gomes João 
Published: December 2021

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to critically review the contributions made by the global trends issue participants and to present the lines of action in the form of a proposal for measuring tourism success that is based on a clear move towards sustainability.Design/methodology/approachA content analysis of the papers selected was performed so as to identify the most significant outcomes of this global trends issue in terms of the contributions to knowledge and/or professional practice.FindingsThe wide range of perspectives put forward by authors provide a thorough review of the concept and practice of sustainability and its application to the tourism sector, explore a variety of angles that are central to the balanced development of tourism and shed light on new approaches to the measurement of tourism success.Originality/valueThe articles contained in this global trends issue demonstrate that tourism cannot solely be an economic equation, but rather an engine for sustainability across its three commonly accepted pillars: Economic, Socio-cultural and Environmental.
The forest gardener: A marsupial with a key seed‐dispersing role in the Patagonian temperate forest
Authors: Vazquez Miriam Soledad , Rodriguez‐Cabal Mariano A. , Amico Guillermo C. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractSeed dispersal by vertebrate animals is critical for the establishment of fleshy‐fruited plant species. In regions with impoverished faunas, such as the Patagonian temperate forest, the arboreal marsupial Dromiciops gliroides plays a key role as a seed disperser. Here, we assessed the ecological role of D. gliroides as a seed disperser and their possible effects on the plant structure of the Patagonian temperate forest. We found that the passage through the digestive tract of D. gliroides increased germination rate in four of the five groups of plants evaluated. Additionally, we found that D. gliroides disperses all the epiphytes, almost a quarter of the vines and parasites, and could disperse about half of the trees and shrubs present in the Patagonian temperate forest. Taken together, our results demonstrate the keystone dispersing role played by D. gliroides within the Patagonian temperate forest and highlight the importance of its conservation for the preservation of this highly endemic flora.
Post‐industrial masculinities and gym culture: Graft, craft, and fraternity
Authors: Gibbs Nicholas , Salinas Mike , Turnock Luke 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThis article theorizes a link between contemporary masculinity in post‐industrial spaces and ‘hardcore’ gym culture. Over the last three decades the health and fitness industry has grown exponentially, with bodily modification and the proliferation of gymnasia, health supplements and wearable fitness trackers now a dominant means by which many construct their identities. Simultaneously, the onset of wholesale neoliberalism, which has caused large‐scale de‐industrialization and the global outsourcing of labor, has resulted in a macro‐economic shift from production to consumption in the West. Set against this backdrop, this article draws upon two ethnographic studies in ‘hardcore’ gyms to examine the significance of bodywork in the lives of men in two working‐class, post‐industrial locales in England. First, gym work is conceptualized as a form of both graft and craft within our samples, and the role of the male body as a post‐industrial project is considered. Following this, the gym is presented as a site of fraternity which, following the loss of collectivizing industry in both areas, allows men to bond over a shared endeavor and build genuine kinship. Ultimately, we conclude that the gym is a space of production within consumption, furnishing our sample with a means of performing their embodied masculinity and repurposing formative notions of graft, craft, and fraternity in a new adaptive space.
The role of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) in positive identification
Authors: Zamora Alyssa C. , Tallman Sean D. 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe use of skeletal pathologies in establishing positive identifications via radiographic comparison is often avoided—and thus understudied—due to the dynamic nature of the skeleton in response to pathological conditions. Using an online survey, this study tests the accuracy of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), a relatively common vertebral pathology, in making positive identifications through radiographic comparison. Three digital radiographic images from 51 DISH‐positive individuals were obtained from the Boston Medical Center: one image taken at a baseline date (Group A), one image taken within 2 years from baseline (Group B), and one image taken greater than 4.5 years from baseline (Group C). Survey participants were tasked with comparing between simulated lateral “antemortem” and “postmortem” images from living patients and identifying which pair represented the same individual at different time intervals. A total of 40 responses were recorded and analyzed by measuring accuracies, sensitivities, and specificities. Information about survey participants’ field, degree, experience working with radiographs, and familiarity with DISH was also recorded. Series 1 compared Group A to Group B images and resulted in an accuracy of 87.3%, sensitivity of 46.9%, and specificity of 94.3%. Series 2 compared Group A to Group C images and resulted in an accuracy of 83.4%, sensitivity of 34.3%, and specificity of 95.8%. The results indicate that the progressive changes associated with DISH render the condition unreliable for making positive identifications but suggest that DISH could be used to winnow potential matches.
A unique case of direct lightning strike
Authors: Wankhede Ashesh Gunwantrao 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThis is a report of death due to direct lightning strike that was witnessed, with description of the injuries. The associated clothing and jewelry were examined microscopically for lightning‐related findings. For the first time, we report a lightning strike on a victim that led to crater formations in the brass clasp of the basil wood bead necklace, brass teeth, and brass button of the zipper. Blackening, fissuring, and charring of basil wood beads were noted. There was blackening and fusion of cowrie shell teeth, which were in the black thread necklace. The silver necklace chain vaporized and caused deep burns on the nape of neck. A few links of the silver chain necklace were found embedded in the clothing. All this damage provides important insight into the behavior of lightning.
The effectiveness of ground‐based applications of Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki for controlling oak processionary moth Thaumetopoea processionea (Lepidoptera: Thaumetopoeidae)
Authors: Straw Nigel A. , Forster Jack 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe effectiveness of ground‐based applications of Bacillus thuringiensis var. kurstaki (Btk) for controlling oak processionary moth (OPM) was evaluated by comparing the numbers of larval nests on treated and untreated oak trees in Richmond Park, in west London, UK. A total of 760 oak trees (Quercus robur) were monitored over a period of 4 years from 2014 to 2017, and the effects of current treatment and previous treatment history on nest numbers were analysed using general linear mixed models. Two applications of Btk applied 7–10 days apart in the spring, just after egg hatch, reduced the numbers of larval nests by 86–94%. In 2015, the effectiveness of treatment decreased as tree height increased, whereas in 2016 and 2017 nest numbers were reduced by a similar percentage across all tree height classes. The effects of treatment were relatively short‐lived, because at the scale at which the insecticide applications were carried out, trees were re‐colonised rapidly by adult OPM flying in from the surrounding area. Consequently, nest numbers generally returned to pre‐treatment densities within 1–2 years.
The prevalence of temperature and dispersal limitation as drivers of diversity in Neotropical small mammals
Authors: Dambros Cristian , Cáceres Nilton , Baselga Andrés 
Published: December 2021

AbstractThe spatial distribution of biodiversity is driven by species dispersal and their response to the environment. Therefore, diversity patterns should differ across taxonomic groups depending on differences in traits associated with dispersal, metabolism, and foraging. We compared the distribution of rodents and marsupials in the Atlantic forest and investigated how species traits direct their responses to climate, habitat loss, and habitat fragmentation. To understand the effect of historic processes associated with dispersal and environmental filters, we also tested for the association of the taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic dissimilarities with spatial distance and differences in climate and habitat loss. We hypothesise that marsupials would be more limited by the temperature gradient than rodents, which are more cold‐tolerant and dispersal‐limited. We compiled a database of 73 sites with data on small‐mammal species occurrences and conducted multiple regression analyses to determine the influence of the environment on species richness and trait measures. Multiple regressions on distance matrices (MRM) were used to assess the relationship of species taxonomic, functional, or phylogenetic dissimilarities with geographical and environmental distances. Species with higher tail/body ratio and arboreality were found in warmer temperatures, but species richness increased mostly in areas with low precipitation and large forest fragments. Taxonomic dissimilarity was mostly associated with geographic distance and the distance‐decay relationship was steeper for taxonomic than for phylogenetic or functional dissimilarities. As predicted, temperature had a stronger effect on the trait distribution of marsupials than of rodents. However, for both groups, spatial distance was the most important predictor of species dissimilarity. These results might suggest that, at broad scales, dispersal shaped the distribution of Neotropical small‐mammal regardless of species adaptations to climatic conditions.
Delays to essential surgery at four faith based hospitals in rural Sub‐Saharan Africa
Authors: Sund Gregory , Huang Andrew H. , Mascha Edward J. , Miburo Césarie , Machemedze Solomon , Razafimanantsoa Mirana , Tankombo Roger , Brown James A , Watts Edward , O'Connor Zachary 
Published: December 2021

AbstractBackgroundData regarding delays for emergency surgery in Sub‐Saharan Africa is limited. We have therefore decided to undertake an evaluation of delays in patients seeking care, reaching care and receiving care for emergency surgery at four rural faith‐based hospitals in this region over a 3 month period.MethodsThis is a cross‐sectional, multi‐center, international study at four rural faith‐based hospitals in Madagascar, Gabon, Cameroon and Burundi. All patients presenting at these hospitals between 10 February and 1 May 2020 for one of the three Bellwether procedures (caesarean delivery, emergency laparotomy, management of open fracture) were to be enrolled in this study. Data was collected in the form of a questionnaire administered to the patient or the patient's caregiver within 24 h of admission to the hospital.ResultsAfter analysis of data for 148 patients, we found that the median [quartiles] delay in seeking care overall was 3.5 [0.5, 17.6] h, in reaching care 7.6 [2.3, 33.6] h and in receiving care 3.6 [1.7, 6.8] h. In 72% (107/148) of cases, the second delay was more than 2 h. Sixty‐five percent of patients who were delayed reported that their delay was because care was sought elsewhere before arrival at one of our Bellwether‐capable sites.ConclusionsOur results suggest that the majority of patients needing emergency surgical care in the rural areas of Sub‐Saharan Africa where our study was conducted are frequently delayed, with the largest delay being in reaching care. Further investigations into the reasons for these delays should be conducted.