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Intellectual capital, knowledge management and competitive advantage: a resource orchestration perspective
Authors: Rehman Shafique Ur , Bresciani Stefano , Ashfaq Khurram , Alam Gazi Mahabubul 
Published: September 2021

PurposeThis study aims to examine the influence of intellectual capital and knowledge management on competitive advantage with the mediation role of innovativeness in the Pakistan manufacturing industry. Moreover, differentiation strategy is used as a moderator between innovativeness and competitive advantage.Design/methodology/approachThe data was collected from 387 manufacturing firms in Pakistan through questionnaires. Purposive random sampling was used to collect data. The partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) method is used to test the proposed hypotheses. This study followed multiple regression analyses to see the influence of intellectual capital, knowledge management, innovativeness and differentiation strategy on competitive advantage.FindingsThe results elucidate that intellectual capital and knowledge management significantly determines innovativeness and competitive advantage. Moreover, innovativeness significantly mediates between intellectual capital, knowledge management and competitive advantage. Besides, innovativeness significantly determines competitive advantage. Business strategies significantly lead to competitive advantage. Finally, business strategies significantly moderate between innovativeness and competitive advantage.Practical implicationsThe research highlight an important issue that how manufacturing sector management uses intellectual capital, knowledge management, innovativeness and business strategies in determining competitive advantage. Besides, it covers the gap and assists the management of the manufacturing sector to focus on exogenous constructs to examine competitive advantage.Originality/valueThis study adds value to the body of knowledge by focusing on predictors that impact competitive advantage. This initial study determines intellectual capital and knowledge management influence on competitive advantage and innovativeness as a mediator by using resource orchestration theory. Moreover, differentiation strategy is used as moderating variable between innovativeness and competitive advantage. The managers, students and researchers can obtain benefits from this study.
Behavioral operations effect of fairness and unfairness concern in the decision of the supply chain production-inventory system
Authors: Fu Kaifang , Chen Zhixiang , Sarker Bhaba R. 
Published: September 2021

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the behavioral operations effect in production inventory decision of supply chain consisting of one manufacturer and one buyer, and analyze how the unfairness concerns impact the decision of production inventory in a supply chain system.

Design/methodology/approach
First, a model without the buyer’s unfairness concern is established; then, advantage unfairness concern and disadvantage unfairness concern behavior of buyer are taken into account in the production inventory system. The authors analyze how advantage unfairness concern and disadvantage unfairness concern impact the optimal decisions and channel coordination.

Findings
The result shows several important conclusions. First, the buyer’s optimal ordering quantity and expected utility show opposing trend when the buyer has advantage unfairness concern. Second, the stronger bargaining power of the manufacturer results in an increasing buyer’s optimal ordering quantity under the advantage unfairness concern case, but decreasing under the disadvantage unfairness concern case. Third, the supply chain production-inventory can be coordinated under advantage unfairness concern case, but cannot be coordinated under disadvantage unfairness concern.

Practical implications
The study can provide to practitioners with important implications that when the vendor or the buyer in supply chain wants to make the decision of inventory replenishment, taking unfairness concerns into account will lead to different results. Therefore, to effectively improve the operations performance of supply chain, partners of the supply chain should not only care about their own interest, but also need to consider the fairness concern of the other partner, reflecting the cooperation consciousness of supply chain management.

Originality/value
This paper contributes to the new field of creative management–behavioral operations, offering managerial implications for the decision and optimization of supply chain production-inventory problem.
Managing quality of cost information in clinical costing: evidence across seven countries
Authors: Chapman Christopher S. , Kern Anja , Laguecir Aziza , Doyle Gerardine , Angelé-Halgand Nathalie , Hansen Allan , Hartmann Frank G.H. , Mateus Céu , Perego Paolo , Winter Vera , Quentin Wilm 
Published: September 2021

PurposeThe purpose is to assess the impact of clinical costing approaches on the quality of cost information in seven countries (Denmark, England, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands and Portugal).Design/methodology/approachCosting practices in seven countries were analysed via questionnaires, interviews and relevant published material.FindingsAlthough clinical costing is intended to support a similar range of purposes, countries display considerable diversity in their approaches to costing in terms of the level of detail contained in regulatory guidance and the percentage of providers subject to such guidance for tariff setting. Guidance in all countries involves a mix of costing methods.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors propose a two-dimensional Materiality and Quality Score (2D MAQS) of costing systems that can support the complex trade-offs in managing the quality of cost information at both policy and provider level, and between financial and clinical concerns.Originality/valueThe authors explore the trade-offs between different dimensions of the quality (accuracy, decision relevance and standardization) and the cost of collecting and analysing cost information for disparate purposes.
Consumer responses to environmental corporate social responsibility and luxury
Authors: Schill Marie , Godefroit-Winkel Delphine 
Published: September 2021

Purpose
Drawing on the stimulus–organism–response (S-O-R) framework, this study presents an original model examining the influence of environmental corporate social responsibility (CSR), luxury and service quality dimensions on consumer emotions that in turn influence consumer attitudes towards the shopping mall.

Design/methodology/approach
Structural equation modeling is applied to data from a sample of 706 French consumers to test the hypotheses.

Findings
The results highlight the importance of environmental CSR, luxury and service quality dimensions as stimuli influencing positively consumer emotions, which in turn positively influence consumer attitudes.

Research limitations/implications
This study extends prior work in the field of services marketing and the S-O-R framework while considering environmental CSR, luxury and service quality dimensions as relevant stimuli. It further contributes to the literature of the shopping mall while examining relevant and unexplored antecedents to consumer emotions.

Practical implications
This paper provides tailored recommendations for shopping mall managers. It details how managers can use environmental CSR and luxury dimensions besides service quality as relevant stimuli in their positioning strategies to enhance consumer emotions and attitudes.

Originality/value
This study provides novel insights into shopping mall dimensions, i.e. environmental CSR, luxury and service quality, influencing consumer responses.
Impact of AI regulation and governance on online personal data sharing: from sociolegal, technology and policy perspective
Authors: Chatterjee Sheshadri , N.S. Sreenivasulu 
Published: September 2021

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of regulations and governance of artificial intelligence (AI) on personal data sharing (PDS) in the context of sociolegal, technology and policy perspective.Design/methodology/approachWith the help of theories and literature review, some hypotheses have been formulated and a conceptual model has been developed. These are statistically validated. The validated model has been compared again using impact of regulation and governance of AI as a moderator. The validation has been done using survey by PLS analysis.FindingsThe study found that there is a high level of positive impact of regulation and governance of AI on the online PDS by the users.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has provided a statistical model which can provide the antecedents of PDS by the online users with the impact of AI regulation and governance as a moderator. The proposed model has explanative power of 92%.Practical implicationsThe study highlighted that there is a necessity of having appropriate AI regulations so that users could share their personal data online without any hesitation. Policymakers and legal fraternity should work together to formulate a comprehensive AI regulation and governance framework.Originality/valueTo the best of the authors’ knowledge, there is no study on the impact of AI regulation and governance towards PDS and how it impacts on the security, privacy and trust of the online users.
Development and validation of multi-factor employee engagement measuring instrument: a formative measurement model
Authors: Kumar Puneet , Padhi Nayantara 
Published: September 2021

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to bring about an exhaustive measurement instrument of employee engagement and validate the same in Indian settings.Design/methodology/approachThis descriptive and cross-sectional study initiates with reviewing the available literature in the field of employee engagement to identify factors affecting and the corresponding items defining them. Following the discussion with experts and industry professionals, an instrument was, thus, obtained to administer the primary data from employees working in public and private power companies in India. The study used Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) 3 to demonstrate employee engagement as a first-order reflective and second-order formative construct. Thereafter, reliability and convergent validity were assessed to validate the instrument.FindingsThis paper conceptualized employee engagement as a multi-factor construct (nine in numbers). The factors are “Respect”, “Supervisor's support and recognition”, “Growth and development”, “Creative and challenging job”, “Job significance”, “Perceived self-worth”, “performance evaluation and recognition” and “Organizational bureaucracy”. These factors are exhaustive and collectively define employee engagement. Distortion or omission in any of these items may distort the nature of construct as well.Originality/valuePrevious studies have defined the concept of employee engagement as unidimensional and thus observe serious lacunas. This study identified employee engagement as a multi-factor construct that incorporates the exhaustive nature of the organizational setting. Not only this study adds value to the existing body of knowledge in the field of employee engagement but also specify the measurement model as a formative one concerning employee engagement.
Titanium fabricated by selective laser melting: microstructure, wear and corrosion behavior in different orientations
Authors: Hu Yabao , Chen Hanning , Liang Xiaodan , Lei Jianbo 
Published: September 2021

Purpose
Studies on titanium implants have shown that the mechanical properties of the parts are affected by the microstructure characteristic derived from the manufacturing process. The properties of different orientations of specimens under the same process parameters will be different, which should be considered in the application of bone implants. This paper aims to understand the influence of microstructure on micro-hardness, wear and corrosion resistance in different orientations.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors manufactured titanium parts and carried out micro-hardness, wear tests and electrochemical corrosion of different orientations under the same process conditions. Then, finally studied the evolution mechanism of the microstructure in different orientations and its influence mechanism on wear and corrosion mechanism.

Findings
The melting method makes the grains on the surface in XY orientation finer. The wear mechanism of XY orientation is abrasive wear, that of XZ and YZ orientations are adhesive wear. During corrosion, XY orientation forms a stable passivation film earlier. Compared with XZ and YZ orientations, XY orientation has higher micro-hardness, better wear and corrosion resistance.

Originality/value
In this paper, the microstructure, wear and corrosion resistance of selective laser melted parts were discussed and the differences in different orientations under the same experimental conditions were discussed. The evolution mechanism of the microstructure in different orientations and its influence mechanism on wear mechanism and corrosion mechanism was studied. The mechanical anisotropy of selective laser melted components was discussed.
Closer together or further apart? Values of hero generations Y and Z during crisis
Authors: Azimi Shabnam , Andonova Yana , Schewe Charles 
Published: September 2021

Purpose
Drawing upon cohort theory, the age-period-cohort framework and the portrait value system, this paper aims to examine differences in basic human values between generations Y and Z as they are shaped by recent major events (most importantly the COVID-19 pandemic).

Design/methodology/approach
Hypothesized differences between values of generation Y and Z were tested using a content analysis of recent articles (Study 1) and an online survey through a prolific crowdsourcing website (Study 2).

Findings
This research finds that while both generations value universalism and benevolence, Generation Y is more likely to conform and follow traditions while Generation Z values stimulation, hedonism and achievement more. The top two COVID-19 concerns for both groups were the health of others and financial security. Generation Y is more concerned about the economy while Generation Z is more worried about uncertainty in their future.

Research limitations/implications
This paper provides insight into how the current environmental crisis has shaped the values of generations Y and Z and offers an understanding of the similarities and differences in values between these two generations.

Practical implications
The findings have direct implications for the design of products/services and for the creation of effective marketing communications to reach these two consumer groups.

Originality/value
This research is novel in identifying the basic human values of generations Y and Z as they are shaped by recent events such as the most recent economic recession and COVID-19.
Behavioural and physiological responses to thermal stress in a social spider
Authors: Malmos Kirsten Gade , Lüdeking Andreas Husted , Vosegaard Thomas , Aagaard Anne , Bechsgaard Jesper , Sørensen Jesper Givskov , Bilde Trine 
Published: September 2021

Abstract

Temperature is one of the primary environmental drivers of the distribution of species, and particularly high temperatures challenge physiological processes by disruption of cellular homoeostasis. This exerts selection on organisms to maintain cellular homoeostasis by adaptive physiological and/or behavioural responses.

The social spider Stegodyphus dumicola occurs across several climate zones in Southern Africa, and populations experience high and variable temperatures, suggesting a wide temperature niche, or alternatively that populations respond with plastic or locally adapted responses to temperature. Using a common garden design, we investigated complementary adaptive heat responses (behavioural thermoregulation and cuticle wax composition) in individuals from warmer and cooler locations.

The spiders exhibited higher temperature tolerance than most ectotherms (CTmax almost 49℃), with the individuals from warmer locations showing the highest tolerance. Analyses of cuticle wax revealed chemical compositions consistent with a higher melting temperature (e.g. increased chain length and lower occurrence of branching) and therefore improved waterproofing in spiders originating from warmer locations and acclimated at a higher temperature, as expected if local temperature drives changes in the cuticle composition to improve waterproofing.

The spiders exhibited a clear behavioural escape response from increasing temperature, with individuals from warmer locations and kept at higher acclimation temperature showing a lower threshold temperature at which this behaviour was triggered, suggesting that this threshold is under natural selection.

Our study provides evidence of both local adaptation and phenotypic plasticity in physiological and behavioural traits relating to temperature tolerance. Population differences in trait expression suggest local adaptation to different thermal environments, and individuals plastically adjust cuticle wax composition and cooling behaviour in response to temperature changes.

The Bogert effect predicts that behavioural thermoregulation may relax selection for physiological adaptations. Our study instead suggests that synergistic effects of both physiological and behavioural adaptive traits shape the thermal biology of species.

Local adaptation allows existence across different climate zones. Additionally, plasticity in behavioural and physiological traits enables rapid responses to short‐term temperature fluctuations within a thermal niche. We show that adaptive and plastic responses act in concert to shape the thermal biology and distribution of species.

A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
Unravelling biodiversity–productivity relationships across a large temperate forest region
Authors: Qiao Xuetao , Zhang Naili , Zhang Chunyu , Zhang Zhonghui , Zhao Xiuhai , von Gadow Klaus 
Published: September 2021

AbstractBiodiversity–productivity relationship (BPR) has become a central issue of ecology and conservation biology. The current understanding of BPR mainly comes from local scales, which is, however, difficult to extend to the BPR pattern at the regional scale owing to the scale dependence of regional communities.To elucidate the BPR at the regional communities across multiple spatial scales, we investigated the 328 plots with about 30,000 trees across 700,000 km2regional area in the temperate forests. In this study, thenclosest plots were aggregated to form regional clusters representing the spatial scale characterized by the spatial extent of regional communities, which were used to explore the relationships of multiple facets of biodiversity (i.e. taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity) with the productivity of regional communities.Our study provides insight into the discrepancy among taxonomic, functional, phylogenetic biodiversity in modulating productivity across the different specific biogeographical clusters within a large regional area. We found that the spatial extent of the tree community could change the importance of the multiple facets of biodiversity on productivity. Phylogenetic diversity may be a better driver of productivity at the smaller spatial scale of the regional communities. In contrast, taxonomic diversity appears to be more predominant in affecting productivity at the broader spatial scale.Our results suggest that the understanding of the BPR patterns benefited from the multiple facets of biodiversity. The findings highlight the scale dependence of the BPRs, representing the significance of the spatial extent of the regional communities on them. This would improve our abilities to interpret and predict temperate forest productivity across the different spatial scales of the regional communities.A freePlain Language Summarycan be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
National and Sectoral Effects of a Decline in the Desirability of Investing in Australia
Authors: Gretton Paul 
Published: September 2021

AbstractAustralia has a long‐standing dependence on foreign investment to make up the difference between domestic saving and investment opportunities. There is, nevertheless, an ongoing debate about the merits or otherwise of inward foreign investment. There has also been a recent tightening of criteria governing foreign investment. The OECD assesses Australia's foreign direct investment regime to be one of the most restrictive in the OECD area, while broader discussions have considered the potential for a decline in Australia's credit rating. This paper uses a dynamic global general equilibrium model—GDyn‐FS—to report on the national and sectoral effects of a decline in the desirability of investing in Australia, relative to other countries.
The first chromosome‐level genome assembly of a green lacewing Chrysopa pallens and its implication for biological control
Authors: Wang Yuyu , Zhang Ruyue , Wang Mengqing , Zhang Lisheng , Shi Cheng‐Min , Li Jing , Fan Fan , Geng Shuo , Liu Xingyue , Yang Ding 
Published: September 2021

AbstractMany lacewing species (Insecta: Neuroptera) are important predators of pests with great potential in biological control. So far, there is no chromosome‐level published genome available for Neuroptera. Here we report a high‐quality chromosome‐level reference genome for a green lacewing species Chrysopa pallens (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae), which is one of the most important insect natural enemies used in pest biocontrol. The genome was sequenced using a combination of PacBio and Hi‐C technologies and assembled into seven chromosomes with a total size of 517.21 Mb, occupying 96.07% of the genome sequence. A total of 12,840 protein‐coding genes were identified and approximately 206.21 Mb of repeated sequences were annotated. Phylogenetic analyses indicated that C. pallens diverged from its common ancestor with Tribolium castaneum (Coleoptera) approximately 300 million years ago. The gene families involved in digestion, detoxification, chemoreception, carbohydrate metabolism, immunity, nerves and development were significantly expanded, revealing the potential genomic basis for the polyphagia of C. pallens and its role as an excellent biocontrol agent. This high‐quality genome of C. pallens will provide an important genomic resource for future population genetics, evolutionary and phylogenetic investigations of Chrysopidae as well as comparative genomic studies of Neuropterida and other insects.