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Linking science to technology: the “patent paper citation” and the rise of patentometrics in the 1980s
Authors: Hammarfelt Björn 
Published: April 2021

PurposeIn this article, the ideas and methods behind the “patent-paper citation” are scrutinised by following the intellectual and technical development of approaches and ideas in early work on patentometrics. The aim is to study how references from patents to papers came to play a crucial role in establishing a link between science and technology.Design/methodology/approachThe study comprises a conceptual history of the “patent paper citation” and its emergence as an important indicator of science and technology interaction. By tracing key references in the field, it analyses the overarching frameworks and ideas, the conceptual “hinterland”, in which the approach of studying patent references emerged.FindingsThe analysis explains how interest in patents – not only as legal and economic artefacts but also as scientific documents – became evident in the 1980s. The focus on patent citations was sparked by a need for relevant and objective indicators and by the greater availability of databases and methods. Yet, the development of patentometrics also relied on earlier research, and established theories, on the relation between science and technology.Originality/valueThis is the first attempt at situating patentometrics in a larger societal and scientific context. The paper offers a reflexive and nuanced analysis of the “patent-paper citation” as a theoretical and historical construct, and it calls for a broader and contextualised understanding of patent references, including their social, legal and rhetorical function.
Influence of firm size and firm age on classification shifting: an empirical study on listed firms in India
Authors: Bansal Manish 
Published: April 2021

Purpose
Prior studies document that managers engaged in shifting of non-operating revenue to operating revenue (revenue shifting) and shifting of operating expenses to non-operating expenses (expense shifting (ES)) within income statement to report inflated operating profits of firms. This study aims to identify the factors affecting revenue shifting and ES.

Design/methodology/approach
The operating revenue model (Malikov et al., 2018) and the core earnings expectation model (McVay, 2006) are used for measuring revenue shifting and ES, respectively. The panel data regression models are used to analyze the data for this study.

Findings
The study results show that large and old firms are engaged in revenue shifting, whereas small and young firms prefer ES over revenue shifting for reporting inflated operating profits. These results imply that firms choose the shifting strategy based on relative advantage and ease in execution. The results are robust after controlling for accruals earnings management, real earnings management and endogeneity bias.

Practical implications
It suggests investors minutely investigate the operating performance metrics of initial public offering firms that are relatively small and young while buying their shares. Besides, findings suggest accounting standard setters make more mandatory disclosure requirements for recording expense and revenue items in the income statement to curb this corporate misfeasance of classification shifting.

Originality/value
This is among the earlier attempts to identify firm-specific factors that incentivize firms to prefer one form of shifting over another. Second, the study jointly examines both forms of shifting by taking a uniform sample of firms over the same period. Most of the prior studies have examined one form at a time.
What are the environmental capabilities, as components of the sustainable intellectual capital, that matter to the CEOs of European companies?
Authors: Albertini Elisabeth 
Published: April 2021

PurposeEnvironmental capabilities, allowing companies to carry out their productive activities in ways that limit damage to natural environment, are at the heart of the fourth stage of research in intellectual capital. Accordingly, the purpose of this research is to explore firm's current environmental capabilities, disclosed by managers through corporate messages, that participate to the development of sustainable intellectual capital (SIC).Design/methodology/approachWith this in mind, we first conducted a lexical content analysis followed by a thematic content analysis of 241 letters to shareholders from the CEOs of major European companies published in 2016.FindingsThe lexical content analysis reveals that managers of major European companies have developed green alliances to address the energy transition challenge by modifying their manufacturing processes. The thematic content analysis of the CEOs discourse highlights that managerial competencies, continuous innovation and stakeholder integration are key environmental capabilities that matter to CEOs.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the fourth stage of research on IC highlighting the environmental capabilities and resources that are disclosed by companies in their corporate communication. Our results enhance the understanding on how environmental capabilities and resources enhance the human, organizational, technological and relational sustainable intellectual capital.Practical implicationsThis research highlights the importance of green alliances that allow companies to address the challenge of the ecological transition. In this context, the continuous innovation capability seems to be a fruitful way of gaining competitive advantage in this challenge.Originality/valueThis paper provides a detailed description of the environmental capabilities that participate to the development of the human, technological and relational SIC.
Do agency conflicts between managers and shareholders affect corporate risk management and financial performance of Saudi firms?
Authors: Jamel Lamia , Albogami Hanadi Eid , Abdulaal Mazen Abduljalil , Aljohani Nuha Ahmed 
Published: April 2021

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of agency conflicts between managers and shareholders on corporate risk management and financial performance of Saudi firms listed in the Saudi Stock Exchange Tadawul.

Design/methodology/approach
To investigate the effect of agency conflicts between managers and shareholders on corporate risk management and financial performance, we use a sample of 180 Saudi firms listed in the Saudi Stock Exchange Tadawul during the period from 2009 to 2018. Econometrically, we employ Vector Autoregressive (VAR) and General Linear Model (GLM) techniques as an appropriate methodology.

Findings
Our findings show that the risk level of the last year increase the corporate risk management and the performance of Saudi firm. We remark that the separation amongst control and ownership generates agency conflicts amongst managers and shareholders which can affect their behavior in decision-making and performance of the Saudi firms. Thus, the conflicts of interest arise from the differences among the work horizon, the risk assumed, the performance of enterprises, and the level of remuneration desired by the managers and shareholders in the case of Saudi firms.

Originality/value
The main contributions of our paper prove that the deepen the study of agency costs linked to a shareholding structure through the analysis of monitoring, obligation, and opportunity costs in the Saudi firms.
Does cloud computing improve team performance and employees' creativity?
Authors: Zou Jing , Jian Cheng 
Published: April 2021

Purpose
The present investigation goals to empirically test the role of expert cloud on team performance and employee creativity. Here, the expert cloud comprises cloud application, cloud management, cloud infrastructure and cloud resources. The present study aims to identify important and key criteria and examine the relationships among them. In other words, the purpose of this study to find out the impact and relationship between cloud application, cloud management, cloud infrastructure and cloud resources and team performance and employee creativity.

Design/methodology/approach
Today, human societies’ rapid growth and the environmental changes that surround us every day are clearly visible. They highly affect our activities. In today’s highly complex organizations, people alone cannot handle all the issues that have arisen. As organizational managers are faced with diverse cultures in the governance of organizations, the need to use work teams with different abilities and specializations to achieve the goals of organizations leads managers to use teamwork and focus on employee creativity. On the other hand, the expert cloud makes it possible for human societies like universities, firms, industries, institutes, businesses and colleges to pool and share their human resources’ skills, knowledge and experiences to meet the competitive era’s demands. Therefore, the current investigation examines the impact of expert cloud on team performance and employee creativity. The research information is collected using an online questionnaire. The data collected is analyzed using AMOS and SMART PLS software.

Findings
All of the formulated hypotheses are supported. The results have shown that cloud application, cloud management, cloud infrastructure and cloud resources positively and significantly affect team performance and employee creativity.

Practical implications
Managers must be conscious of the vital role that the professional cloud plays in team performance and the innovation of workers. This paper would also make executives more conscious of the powerful tools in the field of cloud computing. Firms can use the outcomes of this paper investigation to improve team performance and employee creativity.

Originality/value
It is considered one of the initial efforts to demonstrate the impacts of expert cloud on team performance and employee creativity. This study’s value relies on that practitioners and academics may have supporting evidence on the role played by novel technology such as an expert cloud.
Hong Kong’s response to COVID-19: a glance to the control measures and their enforcement
Authors: Ho Ka Ki Lawrence , Chan Ying-Tung 
Published: April 2021

Purpose
This study aims to examine Hong Kong’s responses to COVID-19, arguing that Hong Kong’s relatively low infection rate is due to self-discipline of citizens together with the enforcement measures introduced by the government.

Design/methodology/approach
This study reviewed the government policy announcements and the prevailing scholarly analyses on Hong Kong society during COVID-19.

Findings
It starts by examining the partial lockdown and control measures since mid-January, and the roles of different government units in enforcement were examined and assessed. Suppression of viral outbreak in Hong Kong should primarily be attributed to the appropriate lockdown and quarantine actions of the government.

Originality/value
However, outperformance of the frontline professionals and the highly aware, self-disciplined and mutually aided citizens in the community are also the key to the “interim success” by June 2020 in the highly accessible and densely populated city.
Perspectives on knowledge integration in cross-functional teams in information systems development
Authors: Dussart Pascal , van Oortmerssen Lise A. , Albronda Bé 
Published: April 2021

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide insights into cross-functional team (CFT) members’ points of view on knowledge integration.

Design/methodology/approach
This study was conducted using Q methodology. The 22 respondents were members of CFTs in information systems development within 7 agencies of the Flemish Government administration.

Findings
The study resulted in three distinct perspectives. To the CFT player, the benefits and added value of information and knowledge diversity of CFTs outweigh the challenges of knowledge integration. By contrast, the CFT sceptic is doubtful that knowledge integration in CFTs can ever work at all. Finally, the organization critic highlights the lack of support from the organization for efficient and effective knowledge integration in CFTs.

Research limitations/implications
The findings of this study suggest that CFT configurations have important implications for the development of shared team mental models and for teams’ cognitive performance.

Practical implications
Making CFT members aware of their peers’ mental models, ways of working and priorities could help strengthen knowledge integration. To improve knowledge integration in teams, managers should reduce knowledge boundaries that are the result of organizational structuring and power play between departments.

Originality/value
By focusing on daily experiences with knowledge integration, this study reveals that members of CFTs in information systems development hold contrasting perspectives on, and diverging attitudes towards, knowledge integration.
Multiple clades of SARS‐CoV‐2 were introduced to Thailand during the first quarter of 2020
Authors: Buathong Rome , Chaifoo Walairat , Iamsirithaworn Sopon , Wacharapluesadee Supaporn , Joyjinda Yutthana , Rodpan Apaporn , Ampoot Weenassarin , Putcharoen Opass , Paitoonpong Leilani , Suwanpimolkul Gompol , Jantarabenjakul Watsamon , Petcharat Sininat , Bunprakob Saowalak , Ghai Siriporn , Prasithsirikul Wisit , Mungaomklang Anek , Plipat Tanarak , Hemachudha Thiravat 
Published: April 2021

AbstractIn early January 2020, Thailand became the first country where a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) patient was identified outside China. In this study, 23 whole genomes of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) from patients who were hospitalized from January to March 2020 were analyzed, along with their travel histories. Six lineages were identified including A, A.6, B, B.1, B.1.8, and B.58, among which lineage A.6 was dominant. Seven patients were from China who traveled to Thailand in January and early February. Five of them were infected with the B lineage virus, and the other two cases were infected with different lineages including A and A.6. These findings present clear evidence of the early introduction of diverse SARS‐CoV‐2 clades in Thailand.
Patient experience data as enacted: Sociomaterial perspectives and ‘singular‐multiples’ in health care quality improvement research
Authors: Donetto Sara , Desai Amit , Zoccatelli Giulia , Allen Davina , Brearley Sally , Rafferty Anne Marie , Robert Glenn 
Published: April 2021

AbstractOver the last three decades, sociomaterial approaches to the study of health care practices have made an important contribution to the sociology of health care. Significant attention has been paid to the role of technology and artefacts in health care and the operation of actor‐networks but less space has been given to questions of ontological multiplicity in health care practices. In this paper, we draw upon our study of patient experience data in five acute hospitals in England to illustrate how treating patient experience data as ‘singular‐multiples’ can enable useful insights into patient experience data work in health care organisations. Our data was generated during 12 months of fieldwork at five participating hospitals and included organisational documents, field notes, informal and formal interviews with frontline and managerial staff and patient representatives at the study sites. We use the examples of the Friends and Family Test (FFT) and the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey (NCPES) in England to consider the multiple nature of data as it is enacted in practice and the work data does when coordinated as an entity in the singular. We argue that, and discuss how, the sociomaterial insights we discuss here are relevant to health care quality and improvement research and practice.
Serum lipids and suicidal risk among patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders: Systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Sankaranarayanan Anoop , Pratt Robin , Anoop Aparna , Smith Angela , Espinoza David , Ramachandran Padmavati , Tirupati Srinivasan 
Published: April 2021

AbstractObjectiveA systematic review of literature was conducted to determine the association between serum lipids and suicidality in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders.MethodsWe undertook a systematic search of multiple databases for studies that ascertained an association between serum lipids and suicidality in adult patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders (18–65 years) from database inception to 2 September 2020. Qualitative analysis was done using National Institute of Health (NIH) scales. The standard mean difference (SMD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated for each study and standardized relative to the study. Adjusted p‐value, Z‐test, and heterogeneity were calculated, as well as testing for publication bias.ResultsOf 1262 records identified, 17 studies (n = 3113) were included in our systematic review, while 11 studies were included in the meta‐analysis. The majority of studies (11) rated fair on qualitative analysis. Data from seven studies (n = 1597) revealed a medium effect size for an association between low total cholesterol and suicide attempts (SMD −0.560; 95% CI: 0.949–0.170; p = 0.005). People with history of suicide attempt had a mean cholesterol value 0.56 SD lower than the mean in those without suicide attempts. There were differences in how a suicide attempt was defined and there was high heterogeneity (I2 = 83.3%). No significant association was found between any of the serum lipid parameters and suicide ideation. Funnel‐plot analysis suggested small study effects with publication bias.ConclusionsSuicide attempts in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders are associated with low mean total cholesterol levels.
Distribution of Temminck's pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) in South Africa, with evaluation of questionable historical and contemporary occurrence records
Authors: Pietersen Darren W. , Fisher Jolene T. , Glennon Kelsey L. , Murray Kimberley A. , Parrini Francesca 
Published: April 2021

AbstractTemminck's pangolin (Smutsia temminckii) is a threatened mammal found in southern and eastern Africa. It is the most widely distributed African pangolin species yet is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List due to a projected population decline of 30%–40% within the next three generations. This species' secretive, predominantly nocturnal behaviour and generally low population densities make it difficult to directly assess its distribution, and thus, alternative methods are required. Furthermore, many historical and some contemporary records of this species exist from outside of its accepted range, suggesting that the distribution may be greater than currently accepted, although the validity of these records has never been assessed. We used MaxEnt modelling to evaluate the most likely distribution of S. temminckii in South Africa and compared the past and present distribution of the species, as well as assessed the probable validity of the questionable records. Our results suggest that one of the questionable historical museum records is probably valid, while the other may refer to an erroneous collecting locality. At least some contemporary sightings which were originally deemed questionable are probably valid, while others should be treated as dubious until supporting information to validate their authenticity becomes available.
Does perceived overqualification cultivate angels or demons? Examining its interpersonal outcomes through pride from an evolutionary psychology perspective
Authors: Zhang Xue , Ma Chao , Guo Feng , Li Zhongqiu 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThe current study examines both the positive and negative interpersonal consequences of perceived overqualification (POQ). Building on evolutionary psychology theory and prior research, we clarify the underlying mechanism of pride through which POQ predicts interpersonal behaviors. Specifically, we propose that POQ is positively associated with both authentic pride, leading to increased interpersonal citizenship behaviors, and hubristic pride, leading to increased interpersonal deviant behaviors. Further, we suggest that a willingness to establish positive relationships plays a crucial role in moderating the relationship between pride and interpersonal behaviors. We tested our predictions in two studies using time‐lagged and multisource data. The findings of Study 1, which was based on a sample of 206 university students, supported the basic mediation model for the effects of POQ on interpersonal citizenship and deviant behaviors through authentic and hubristic pride, respectively. The findings of Study 2, which involved the analysis of survey responses from 213 employees, replicated those of Study 1, further revealing that the indirect effect of POQ on interpersonal deviant behaviors via hubristic pride is moderated by employees' willingness to establish positive relationships. The theoretical and practical implications of our findings as well as future research directions are discussed.
Effects of the E1 activating enzyme UBA2 on porcine oocyte maturation, apoptosis, and embryonic development in vitro
Authors: Xu Da , Bi Jing , Guan Yunfeng , Luo Xiaotong , Chen Xuan , Lv Yanqiu , Jin Yi 
Published: April 2021

AbstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the E1 activating enzyme UBA2 on the expression of the SUMO‐1 protein during in vitro maturation (IVM) of pig oocytes and embryonic development. In the 5 μg/ml UBA2 treatment group, the expression of the anti‐apoptotic gene Bcl‐2 and the embryo cleavage rate was significantly increased, while the proapoptotic gene Bax was significantly reduced. When 10 μg/ml UBA2 was added, the in vitro maturation rate, blastocyst rate, and SUMO‐1 protein content of oocytes increased significantly (p < .05), and the expression of proapoptotic gene Caspase3 was significantly decreased (p < .05), while the viability of cumulus cells was extremely significantly reduced (p < .01). In summary, UBA2 can regulate the content of the SUMO‐1 protein in mature pig oocytes in vitro, which in turn affects the maturation rate of oocytes, expression of apoptosis genes, cumulus cell viability, and the development of embryos after fertilization.
Impact of glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists on adiponectin concentrations: A meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials
Authors: Simental‐Mendía Luis E. , Sánchez‐García Adriana , Linden‐Torres Enrique , Simental‐Mendía Mario 
Published: April 2021

AimsPrevious studies have reported an elevation in adiponectin concentrations using glucagon‐like peptide‐1 receptor agonists (GLP‐1 RA) therapy; however, this possible pleiotropic effect is still uncertain. Thus, the objective of this meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials was to assess the impact of GLP‐1 RA on adiponectin levels.MethodsThis systematic review and meta‐analysis included randomized controlled trials investigating the effect of GLP‐1 RA on circulating adiponectin concentrations. Studies from PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases were included. A random‐effects model and a sensitivity analysis using the leave 1‐out method were conducted.ResultsA meta‐analysis of 20 randomized controlled trials involving 1497 individuals demonstrated a significant increase in adiponectin levels after GLP‐1 RA administration (weighted mean difference [WMD]: 0.59 μg/mL, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.10, 1.08, P = .02). Particularly, liraglutide had a significant effect on adiponectin (WMD: 0.55 μg/mL, 95% CI: 0.04, 1.06, P = .04), while exenatide did not affect these concentrations (WMD: 0.60 μg/mL, 95% CI: −0.23, 1.42, P = .16).ConclusionGLP‐1 RA treatment is associated with an increase in adiponectin levels.