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The autonomy of public defender's offices: a systematic comparison between Latin American countries
Authors: Buta Bernardo Oliveira 
Published: June 2021

PurposeIn most Latin American countries, the provision of legal assistance to the vulnerable population is carried out by public defender's offices (PDOs), agencies composed of state-paid career lawyers. The aim of this paper is to explain the cross-country variation in regarding the autonomy levels of Latin American PDOs.Design/methodology/approachA scale to measure autonomy was built allowing access to the autonomy of sixteen different PDOs. Data were gathered through content analysis of the statutes that organize the PDOs and analyzed through qualitative comparative analysis (QCA).FindingsThe results demonstrate different levels of autonomy among Latin American PDOs. Furthermore, conditions related to institutional and social contexts, such as levels of income, human development, democracy, and the complexity of the political systems, presented sufficient relationships for high levels of autonomy.Research limitations/implicationsIt was not possible to interview representatives of the PDOs analyzed. This could help the interpretation of the legislation applied to PDOs, as well as the observation of regulations that may not have come to the knowledge of researchers. Thus, analyses were made according to what was observed in the legislation of each country. It is also noteworthy that this research covered only nationwide PDOs, not involving subnational PDOs. In addition, the data have only internal validity, and cannot be extrapolated to the population.Practical implicationsThe creation of a scale to measure the autonomy of public agencies stands out as an original comparative data set of PDOs covering a large amount of Latin American countries.Social implicationsThis study was able to characterize the institutional arrangements of sixteen national PDOs, allowing broad comparison between legal aid agencies for the vulnerable population in a region of the world that still suffers from high levels of poverty.Originality/valueThe article presents possible explanations on the variations of PDOs' level of autonomy, showing PDOs' idiosyncrasies, whose autonomy is influenced also by social context variables, in view of the nature of their mission. It should be noted that factors related to the social context are not widely considered by the literature on autonomy of public agencies.
Long-term buyer-supplier relationships in IT services
Authors: Sombultawee Kedwadee , Pasunon Prasopchai 
Published: June 2021

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to explore an integrative model of supplier success, using a case study of the Thai high-technology firms. The study focuses on buyer-supplier relationships of information systems (IS), including bundles of hardware, software and services because these relationships are dependent on both immediate performance quality of the IS and long-term maintenance of a strong buyer-supplier relationship.

Design/methodology/approach
The research used an integrative model that incorporated the DeLone and McLean (2003) IS success model, representing system quality and Clauss and Tangpong’s (2018) impregnable exchange relationship model, representing relationship quality. Exploratory mixed methods study incorporated interviews with supplier relationship managers at five Thai high-technology firms (n = 15) and a quantitative survey of buyer firms (n = 393).

Findings
Results supported the integrative system-supplier success model. The most significant limitation is that the study was only conducted in a single industry (high tech) when the IS buyer-supplier relationships modeled here are ubiquitous in modern business.

Research limitations/implications
Despite this limitation, the research contributes to the literature by developing and testing a long-term buyer-supplier relationship success model that incorporates both the characteristics of an IS and the supplier characteristics that lead to positive outcomes.

Originality/value
This study makes intuitive sense and being demonstrated statistically – the fact that the overall quality of an IS, coupled with a well-liked, non-substitutable supplier with a history of good performance, would be considered to be a successful supplier relationship is not especially controversial. The value of the study lies in the integration of the two models to represent different aspects of supplier performance, which could have a different effect on the buyer-supplier relationship in the long-term.
The influence of culture on consumer perceptions of deceptiveness
Authors: Zourrig Haithem , Zhang Mengxia , El Hedhli Kamel , Becheur Imene 
Published: June 2021

PurposeThis study aims to apply McCornack’s (1992) information manipulation theory to the context of fraud and investigates the effects of culture on perceived deceptiveness.Design/methodology/approachIn total, 400 Chinese consumers and an equal-size sample of Canadian consumers were recruited to fill an online survey. The survey integrates four scenarios of insurance fraud and measures of perceived deceptiveness, cultural tightness and horizontal-vertical idiocentrism allocentrism, in addition to some control variables.FindingsResults show that at the societal level of culture, perceived deceptiveness is higher in individualistic than in collectivistic cultures. When accounting for the level of situational constraint, cultural tightness was found to magnify the perceived deceptiveness. At the individual level of culture, vertical-allocentrism and vertical-idiocentrism were found to weigh against the perception of deceptiveness.Originality/valueUnderstanding cultural differences in perceived deceptiveness is helpful to spot sources of consumers’ vulnerability to fraud tolerance among a culturally diverse public.
Assessment of cost management practices of civil engineering (project procurement) organisations in Ondo State, Nigeria
Authors: Ojo Adedotun , Ogunsina Olusola , Ogunsemi Deji R. 
Published: June 2021

Purpose
The purpose of the work presented here is to assess the cost management practices of civil engineering organisations in Nigeria, with an overall aim of developing a generic cost management process map. The first objective is to compare existing frameworks theoretically to highlight their strengths and weaknesses. The second objective is to use the findings of the first objective to assess or benchmark the developed process map obtained from the multiple cases. The third objective is to compare the generic process map with the traditional building cost management process map to evaluate the strengths and shortcomings of the generic process map, which resulted in conclusions and recommendations made at the end of the research.

Design/methodology/approach
Data for the work was collected via semi-structured interviews, review of literature and official documents of the civil engineering organisations visited. To achieve the stated objectives, comparative analysis technique was used to compare existing frameworks on cost management to obtain the basis to benchmark the generic process map. The single case narrative technique was used to present each case; and the cross-case synthesis technique was used to present the multiple cases on each cost management process examined. Then, process maps were deployed to represent the homogeneous sets of civil engineering organisations, out of which the generic process map was developed. Comparative analysis was again deployed to compare the generic process map with the traditional building process map of cost management practice to evaluate the findings.

Findings
It was found out that the generic civil engineering process map is not as detailed and effective as the building process map in providing best value for money, accurate early cost estimates, accurate cost certainty and post-contract cost control.

Originality/value
This research study provides an industrial impetus to push for the involvement of more quantity surveyors (QS) as cost management process owners in the procurement of civil engineering projects in Nigeria, hence encouraging government’s efforts in the enforcement of more accurate project cost estimates and promoting the QS’s project-specific advice on capital, operational, maintenance and life cycle costs.
“Standing out” and “fitting in”: understanding inspiration value of masstige in an emerging market context
Authors: Das Manish , Saha Victor , Balaji M.S. 
Published: June 2021

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the role of middle-class consumers’ need for uniqueness (CNFU), consumer susceptibility to interpersonal influence (CSII), inspiration and behavioral intentions toward masstige products. Specifically, this study examines the differential effects of CNFU dimensions, the underlying mechanism of consumer inspiration and the moderating role of CSII in the purchase intentions toward masstige products.Design/methodology/approachTwo studies were carried out to test the proposed relationships. Study 1 examines the differential effect of CNFU dimensions and the mediating role of consumer inspiration for data collected from Tier 1 cities in India. Study 2 replicated Study 1 findings for the jewelry masstige products and tested the moderating role of CSII for data collected from Tier 2 cities. Structural equation modeling was used to test the proposed hypotheses.FindingsThe study findings confirm the differential effects of CNFU dimensions on inspiration and its mediating role in masstige products’ purchase intentions. Furthermore, the study found that CSII moderates the effect of CNFU dimensions on inspiration toward masstige (jewelry) purchase intentions. Status does not determine masstige purchase intention.Research limitations/implicationsThe present study was carried out in the emerging market of India. Future studies should replicate the study findings in other emerging markets.Practical implicationsThe study findings have important implications for marketers of masstige brands in developing effective marketing strategies in the emerging markets.Originality/valueThe study is among the few studies to investigate the differential role of CNFU dimensions and inspiration for masstige brands in an emerging market context.
Editorial: When service technologies and human experiences intersect
Authors: Rosenbaum Mark Scott , Russell-Bennett Rebekah 
Published: June 2021

Purpose
This paper aims to identify future research opportunities that address human–technology service interactions.

Design/methodology/approach
This editorial is based on the author’s personal reflections and conceptualizations of ideas from past previous research and theory.

Findings
The authors identify three opportunities for further research on technology and humanity: service technology and social interaction and service technology and societal prosperity.

Research limitations/implications
Service researchers need to realize that topics such as technology, robots, artificial intelligence are not mutually exclusive from topics that seek to improve the human condition, such as transformative service research. We encourage service researchers to explore how digital technologies in service domains impacts consumers, communities, and even, global humanity.

Practical implications
Researchers have guidance on areas in which pioneering theoretical and methodological opportunities abound.

Originality/value
This editorial offers new perspectives on technology and humanity considering the effect of the global pandemic.
When capital markets discount R&D expenditures: the problemistic search effect
Authors: Markovitch Dmitri G. , O'Brien Jonathan 
Published: June 2021

PurposeResearch finds that investors initially under-react to increases in R&D intensity. The phenomenon is commonly viewed as mispricing. We draw on behavioral theory of the firm (BTF) to propose an alternative explanation that increased R&D intensity is often indicative of problemistic search in firms. We empirically explore three contextual factors that may help discriminate between mispricing and problemistic search effects when capital markets frown on increased R&D intensity.Design/methodology/approachWe use econometric methods to analyze longitudinal data on 4,561 US manufacturing firms.FindingsWe find that market reactions to R&D investments are consistent with the view that managers often engage in R&D-based search to correct anticipated problems. We show that increased R&D intensity is a stronger indicator of diminished expected future performance for firms with greater inertia, including larger firms and high-performing firms. However, greater R&D intensity is less indicative of problemistic search in slack-rich firms.Originality/valueWhilst the BTF has been used extensively in management research, ours is one of the few studies which link the BTF to stock market phenomena.
A qualitative analysis of vertical leadership development amongst NHS health-care workers in low to middle income country settings
Authors: Streeton Ann-Marie , Kitsell Fleur , Gambles Nichola , McCarthy Rose 
Published: June 2021

Purpose
The improving global health (IGH) programme is a leadership development programme that aims to develop leadership skills and behaviours alongside quality improvement methodology in National Health Service (NHS) employees in a global health setting. Through collaboration, experiential learning and mentorship, the programme aims to produce both vertical and horizontal leadership development in its participants. This paper aims to describe the programme and its impact, in terms of leadership development, in a sample of participants.

Design/methodology/approach
Open coding and thematic analysis of leadership development summaries (LDS) completed by 39 returned IGH participants were conducted. LDS are written on completion of the overseas placement; participants reflect on their personal leadership development against the nine dimensions of the NHS Healthcare Leadership Model (2013).

Findings
These IGH programme participants have reported a change in the way they think, behave and see the world. A development in sense of self and experience in developing team members are the two most commonly reported themes. Adaptability, communication, overcoming boundaries, collaborative working, “big picture” thinking and strategic thinking were also identified.

Research limitations/implications
The study is limited by the relatively low number of completed LDS. More work is needed to understand the long-term effect of this type of leadership development on the NHS. Other leadership development programmes should consider focussing on vertical and horizontal leadership development.

Originality/value
This more granular understanding of the leadership skills and behaviours developed and how it is the programme’s design that creates it, has not previously been described.
Physical adaptations of butterfly proboscises enable feeding from narrow floral tubes
Authors: Lehnert Matthew S. , Johnson Daytona D. , Wu Jianing , Sun Yu , Fonseca Rena J. , Michels Jan , Shell Jamie S. , Reiter Kristen E. 
Published: June 2021

Abstract

Butterflies use a proboscis, a microfluidic probe engineered by natural selection, to feed on nutritive fluids. The structural configuration of proboscises relates to feeding habits; however, the adaptations that enable proboscis entry into narrow floral corollas lack experimental evidence.

Here, we investigated proboscis adaptations that enable entry into corollas using funnel‐shaped glass capillary tubes and performed feeding trials with six butterfly species of different feeding habits. Proboscises were either guided (natural treatment) or forced (forced treatment) into the capillary tubes that were filled with a 20% sucrose solution. The treatments were video‐recorded to determine the depth the proboscises reached into the tube and how long they remained there. The results were interpreted in terms of proboscis morphology, friction forces and the material properties of the cuticle.

In the natural treatment, butterflies classified as flower visitors were more efficient at feeding from the tubes, reaching an average 1.83× deeper into the tubes than the other species and never getting their proboscises stuck. The non‐flower‐visiting species, in contrast, had their proboscises remain in the tube 17× longer than the flower‐visiting species, with 90% of them getting their proboscises at least partially stuck. The butterfly species with generalist feeding habits fed more efficiently than the non‐flower visitors, but less than the flower visitors. A similar pattern was observed in the forced treatment.

Flower‐visiting butterflies had smoother and more tapered proboscises, lower friction forces and a semi‐circular cross‐section that would reduce bendability and was augmented by a more sclerotized cuticle. Proboscises of flower‐visiting butterflies, therefore, have a suite of adaptations that operate synergistically to optimize their feeding habits.

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Breaking the carbon curse: The role of financial development in facilitating low‐carbon and sustainable development in Algeria
Authors: Nwani Chinazaekpere , Effiong Ekpeno L. , Okpoto Sunday Ituma , Okere Ikechukwu Kingsley 
Published: June 2021

AbstractThis paper investigates the oil resource abundance and environmental quality nexus in Algeria, with emphasis on the role of oil export receipts and domestic oil consumption, and whether financial development is a policy option for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the economy. Using time series data from 1971 to 2016, the Bayer–Hanck test for cointegration confirms the presence of a long‐run equilibrium relationship among the variables. Further analyses based on the auto‐regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model, fully modified least square (FMOLS), dynamic ordinary least square (DOLS), canonical cointegration regression (CCR) and Granger causality based on the vector error correction model (VECM) confirm the oil resource abundance curse in Algeria via the impact of domestic oil consumption on environmental quality. The estimates also show that financial development reduces CO2 emissions and has both short‐run and long‐run causal impact on economic growth. Thus, deepening financial sector development can be instrumental for achieving a low‐carbon and sustainable economy in Algeria.
Medicaid home‐ and community‐based services and discharge from skilled nursing facilities
Authors: Wang Sijiu , Temkin‐Greener Helena , Simning Adam , Konetzka R. Tamara , Cai Shubing 
Published: June 2021

AbstractObjectiveTo examine the association between the generosity of Medicaid home‐ and community‐based services (HCBS) and the likelihood of community discharge among Medicare‐Medicaid dually enrolled older adults who were newly admitted to skilled nursing facilities (SNFs).Data SourcesNational datasets, including Medicare Master Beneficiary Summary File (MBSF), Medicare Provider and Analysis Review (MedPAR), Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX), minimum data set (MDS), and publicly available data at the SNF or county level, were linked.Study DesignWe measured Medicaid HCBS generosity by its breadth and intensity and described their variation at the county level. A set of linear probability models with SNF fixed effects were estimated to characterize the association between HCBS generosity and likelihood of community discharge from SNFs. We further stratified the analyses by the type of index hospitalizations (medical vs surgical events), age group, and the Medicaid cost‐sharing policy for SNF services.Data Extraction MethodsThe final analytical sample included 224 229 community‐dwelling dually enrolled older duals who were newly admitted to SNFs after an acute inpatient event between October 1, 2010, and September 30, 2013.Principal FindingsWe observed substantial cross‐sectional and over‐time variations in HCBS breadth and intensity. Regression results indicate that on average, a 10 percentage‐point increase in HCBS breadth was associated with a 0.7 percentage‐point increase (P < 0.01) in the likelihood of community discharge. Such relationship could be modified by individual factors and state policies: significant effects of HCBS breadth were detected among medical patients (0.7 percentage‐point, P < 0.05), individuals aged older than 85 (1.5 percentage‐point, P < 0.01), and states with and without lesser‐of policies (0.5 and 2.3 percentage‐point, respectively, P < 0.05). No significant relationship between HCBS intensity and community discharge was detected.ConclusionsHigher Medicaid HCBS breadth but not intensity was associated with a greater likelihood of community discharge, and such relationship could be modified by individual factors and state policies.
Chromosome‐level genome assembly of Sichuan pepper provides insights into apomixis, drought tolerance, and alkaloid biosynthesis
Authors: Wang Mingcheng , Tong Shaofei , Ma Tao , Xi Zhenxiang , Liu Jianquan 
Published: June 2021

AbstractSichuan pepper is a commonly used spice in Asian cuisine. Sanshools and wgx‐50/gx‐50 isolated from it have been shown to possess a wide spectrum of medicinal properties. Here we generated a chromosome‐level genome assembly of one Sichuan pepper species Zanthoxylum armatum characterized by drought tolerance and apomixis. Analyses of functionally related genes suggested that increased gene copy number and expression level of drought‐tolerant genes might play an important role in improving drought tolerance of Z. armatum. Moreover, a gene encoding an RWP‐RK domain‐containing protein was shown to contribute to apomixis in Z. armatum, which was further characterized by overexpression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Furthermore, based on gene homology searching and co‐expression patterns of metabolite concentration and gene expressions, we identified a number of candidate genes involved in the biosynthesis of sanshools and wgx‐50/gx‐50. Taken together, our results yield valuable insights for understanding the evolution of apomixis, drought tolerance, and alkaloid biosynthesis in Z. armatum.
Policy Norms, the Development Finance Regime Complex, and Holding the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Account
Authors: Park Susan 
Published: June 2021

AbstractCreated to facilitate the transition of economies of Central and Eastern Europe towards democracy and the free market, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is a regional institution in the development finance regime complex. This article examines how the EBRD’s independent accountability mechanism (IAM) emerged and changed to demonstrate how policy norms filter through regime complexes. This is important because new ideas can change behavioural expectations and institutional practices across a complex. Tracing where the idea originated from and how it took hold is therefore central to understanding member state interests, the EBRD’s response considering its organisational preferences, and how the policy norm solidified through inter‐institutional learning. This deepens our understanding of the development finance regime complex in two ways: first, it, shows how ideas can filter through to seemingly independent institutions via member states, bureaucrats, and stakeholders. This supports the argument that the development finance regime complex is coherent with increasingly consistent rules and obligations. Second, it reminds us not to reify states; while they demanded institutional change nonstate actors influence what constitutes appropriate behaviour for development financiers.