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Implementation of marketing concept and organizational culture in SMEs in Al Buraimi – Oman
Authors: Al Badi Khalid 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of relationship between implementation process of marketing concepts and the culture at the small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) level of the Omani economy. The marketing culture and behavior provide a comprehensive insight into the implementation process of marketing concepts in SME sector in Oman. This paper seeks to explore the marketing culture of the firm’s members and to what extent they can support or create barriers to the successful implementation of the marketing concept in Al Buraimi region – Oman.

Design/methodology/approach
A quantitative approach was used to explore the impact of organizational culture on the implementation of marketing concepts on SMEs; to achieve the objective of this study, the paper based on a sample of 240 of SME sector in Al Buraimi. Simple Random Sampling was used for the sample distribution. The IBM analysis program Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to process the data sets.

Findings
The findings of this study support the argument about the positive relationship between the implementation of marketing concepts and organizational culture. In the Omani context, organizational culture is related to the whole society’s culture, which has changed over recent years due to changes in lifestyle and consumer behavior. All of this affects the SME sector and its ability to create new ideas for the marketing process.

Originality/value
The paper finds that there is a logic and structure to the culture and the implementation process of marketing concepts. It helps to identify the impact of the culture of the SME on the implementation of marketing in the SME sector on the Omani economy in light of the new orientation on the part of decision makers in terms of increasing the importance of non-oil activities.
Development of sectoral brands with emphasis on structure and processes
Authors: Lourenção Marina Toledo de Arruda , Miyamaru Letícia , Giraldi Janaina de Moura Engracia , Pádua Silvia Inês Dallavalle de 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
Sectoral brand management processes have presented planning, development and implementation challenges. With the aim of reducing these managerial problems, the purpose of this paper is to revise the structure and the processes of the sectoral brands management.

Design/methodology/approach
This is a qualitative exploratory study, with its unit of analysis being the process of managing the brand of the Brazilian fashion sector. Primary data collection was obtained through in-depth interviews with the seven industry associations and with the company responsible for the brand consulting. The secondary data used were reports about the branding process of the brand provided by respondents. Data analysis was provided by using the VSM to modeling sector structure and BPMN to processes modeling.

Findings
The results present a new sectoral brand structure and process to reduce existing barriers. Three sections were carried out: analysis and modeling of the current structure and processes of sectoral brand management; presentation of the current structure and processes problems; analysis and modeling of future structure and processes of sectoral brand management.

Research limitations/implications
A theoretical contribution is provided in the literature of systems, processes and sectoral brands, since there are no previous studies that elaborated a system structure and process for sectoral brands. In addition, other theoretical contribution is the presentation of a future process model that relates brand management process with its system structure, that is, it relates BPM analysis with VSM.

Practical implications
It is also possible to indicate that VSM and BPM can contribute to the management of sectoral brands, through the structural and process problems identification and also by making possible to suggest future management improvements to reduce the barriers that were identified.

Originality/value
The present study originality is the approach of the first analysis of sector brand management with emphasis on its structure and processes that were experienced by the Brazilian fashion sector.
Selection of WEDM parameters to measure the performance and productivity of die steel grade D3 using GRA and fuzzy logic system
Authors: Kumar Sandeep , S. Dhanabalan 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance parameters of WEDM to improve the productivity and material removal rate (MRR) with a high surface finish of high chromium-high carbon dies steel.

Design/methodology/approach
The experiments were performed on AGIE CUT 220 CNC WEDM. High chromium-high carbon dies steel (D3) was used in the form of a rectangular plate. The workpiece and the brass wire having diameter ɸ 0.25 mm had linked up with +ve and –ve polarity in the DC power source, respectively. De-ionized water having a conductivity level of 0.6 µs/cm was used as the dielectric medium. The dielectric fluid was flushed from the top and bottom nozzles and material was submerged in the dielectric.

Findings
The WEDM process parameters for D3 die steel had optimized by using Grey relational analysis method couples with Taguchi method. The optimum solution has been calculated for MRR, cutting speed (Cs), machining time and surface roughness (SR) (Ra value). A fuzzy logic model using Matlab was developed for the prediction of performance parameters, namely MRR, cutting speed (Cs), machining time (M/c time) and SR with respect to changes in input parameters.

Research limitations/implications
The fuzzy model shows the 96.19 percent accuracy between the experimental values and the predicted values.

Practical implications
The optimized parameters by multi-parametric optimization method showed considerable improvement in the process and will facilitate the WEDM, tool and die industries, defense and aerospace industries to improve the productivity with the higher surface finish.

Originality/value
This manuscript represents valid work and the authors have no conflict of interests. The attained optimum outcomes had also been examined through a real experiment and established to be satisfactory.
Outsourcing contact centers: internal branding challenges and consequences
Authors: Du Preez Rose , Bendixen Michael 
Published: June 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop a deeper understanding of the philosophy adopted by organizations in making the decision to outsource contact centers or not.Design/methodology/approachA phenomenological study was used to develop an understanding of industry participants’ experience of the outsourcing of contact centers in South Africa. Ten in-depth interviews were conducted. Content analysis identified key thoughts and common themes. This was used to develop a model for outsourcing.FindingsEvidence was found to support three propositions developed from the literature regarding the reasons for and the unintended consequences of outsourcing. A model was developed to illustrate how costs can be reduced by outsourcing under different conditions of “headcount constraints” and “failure costs” of customer relationship management.Research limitations/implicationsThe study was conducted in a single emerging market. Future research should confirm the validity of this model in other markets.Practical implicationsOutsourcing contact centers can lead to a loss of control over CRM and internal brand management. This can be avoided by paying considerable attention to the governance of the contract. There are two key messages for managers: to resist the short-term attraction of potential cost savings and marketing must play an active role in the outsourcing decision.Originality/valueNew knowledge is provided about the philosophy adopted by organizations when outsourcing contact centers. A model is presented to guide managers in the outsourcing decision-making process.
Role of the eco-natural environment as an alternative attractiveness factor in malls
Authors: Ortegon-Cortazar Leonardo 
Published: June 2019

Purpose
The mall industry in Latin America has grown rapidly in the past decade, offering diverse proposals oriented to improving the attractiveness of this commerce format; along this line, despite the fact that several studies have analyzed variables from an ecological perspective based on the relationship of the physical space with the consumers (from a marketing context), there is shortage in research regarding alternative attractiveness factors inspired by nature, although its connection with people’s behavior has been confirmed. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to answer the following question: Is the perception of environments with natural resources displayed in malls an alternative attractiveness factor for visitors? Thus, does it benefit its own competitive management against other attractiveness variables that focus on offering variety, accessibility, physical design and entertainment?

Design/methodology/approach
The quantitative method is an exploratory factor analysis that is followed by a confirmatory analysis and resulting in a measurement model based on 470 effective questionnaires. The exploratory and confirmatory nature focused on multidimensional verification of the measurement model (including the validation of the eco-natural environment) justified this choice in consistence with prior research that has used goodness of fit criteria.

Findings
The paper not only suggests the existence of a perception factor in the eco-natural environment, but it also determines its comparative importance over other traditional attractiveness factors reported in scientific literature. Particularly because commercial attractiveness is a consequence of how marketing variables are managed by malls and of how consumers respond to said variables, benefiting the visit’s experience.

Practical implications
The paper contributes to malls’ competitive management by suggesting and proving the importance of the eco-natural environment as a commercial attractiveness factor; thus, the results encourage this format’s developers to take into account new ways of persuasion considering its progressive and competitive rise in the past years in Latin America.

Originality/value
There is shortage of research on alternative attractiveness factors for malls; therefore, contrasting the eco-natural environment in a measurement model of commercial attractiveness allows contributing strategic information to the industry, which in turn constitutes an innovative resource to lure and motivate visitors. On the other hand, the paper contributes the state of knowledge of environmental variables over consumers’ assessments.
Taxonomy, distribution and trait data sets of Japanese Collembola
Authors: Hishi Takuo , Fujii Saori , Saitoh Seikoh , Yoshida Tomohiro , Hasegawa Motohiro 
Published: June 2019

AbstractIn community ecology, trait‐based approaches have been strongly recommended in recent years to understand the responses of community functions against environmental changes. Trait‐based approaches have been used to solve the mechanistic rules in the relationship between soil animal communities and environmental change. However, databases of functional traits of soil animals are still lacking. Collembola is one of the most abundant and diverse group in land ecosystems, with more than 400 identified species in Japan. This data set provides taxonomic information, geographic, habitat distributions and 13 morphological trait items of 407 species of Japanese Collembola: described in Japanese literature. The workshop of Japanese Collembola, supported by the Japanese Society of Soil Zoology, summarized the taxonomy for the Japanese Collembola species. The data set presented here is mainly based on their work. The spatial coverage of this data set is in the land area of Japan. Suborder, superfamily, family, subfamily, genus and species names, as well as common Japanese names, are listed in this paper. The species distributions of Japanese Collembola in each global ecozone and in each area within Japan were described. Habitat preference for soil, cave, seashore and tree trunk habitats was recorded. The 13 morphological traits of Collembola species, which are body length; body weight of adult individual; body form; antenna length; furca length; body pigmentation; pairs of ocelli (eyes); post‐antennal organ; pseudocelli; body scale; anal spine; mandible and molar plate are listed in this dataset. These 13 morphological traits in this dataset are covered the most of trait items which have been internationally used in Collembola study. Trait‐based studies of Collembola have mainly been for European species, most of which are not found in Japan or East Asia. These data sets may provide an important first step to incorporating community data from the Asian region to the trait‐based global ecology. Data files are stored in the Ecological Research Data Archives at http://db.cger.nies.go.jp/JaLTER/ER_DataPapers/archives/2019/ERDP-2019-03.
Help‐seeking and people with aphasia who have mood problems after stroke: perspectives of speech–language pathologists
Authors: Ryan Brooke , Bohan Jaycie , Kneebone Ian 
Published: June 2019

AbstractBackground: Access to treatments for mood disorders may pose a challenge to individuals with compromised communication ability. Speech–language pathologists (SLPs) have previously reported that their clients with aphasia decline formal psychological support; however, their role in their clients’ help‐seeking has not been explored.Aims: To investigate SLPs’ perspectives on how they currently support help‐seeking for mood problems in people with aphasia and factors they perceive to be impacting service uptake.Methods & Procedures: A qualitative interview study was conducted. SLPs in Australia working with people with aphasia in a clinical role were recruited. Transcripts of the interviews were subject to qualitative analysis to identify relevant themes.Outcomes & Results: Eighteen interviews were conducted. One overarching theme and three sub‐themes were identified as central to SLPs’ experience. The overarching theme was of a ‘double whammy’ impact on help‐seeking: people with aphasia were subject to universal barriers associated with seeking help as well as additional barriers imposed by compromised communication. Three themes contributed to the overarching theme: (1) SLPs’ understanding of barriers and facilitators to patients with aphasia seeking help; (2) the role of the SLP as a skilled helper for mood management; and (3) mood and communication as competing rehabilitation priorities.Conclusions & Implications: SLPs report both universal barriers to help‐seeking and those specific to their clients with aphasia and attempts to overcome these; however, there appears to be a dearth of accessible mental health services for people with aphasia known to SLPs, including psychological/counselling professionals who are skilled in communicating with people with aphasia. Health professionals working within and across post‐stroke and mental health services should recognize that people with post‐stroke aphasia are susceptible to a decline in mental health, are amenable to formal (and tailored) psychological support, and can be supported to seek help.
Impact of Microclimate on Fatty Acids and Volatile Terpenes in “Kerman” and “Golden Hills” Pistachio (Pistacia vera) Kernels
Authors: Polari Juan J. , Zhang Lu , Ferguson Louise , Maness Niels O. , Wang Selina C. 
Published: June 2019

AbstractPistachio is an economically important nut crop in California. Since temperature variations among geographical locations can influence biochemical processes during fruit development, it is of great relevance to understand the impact of growing area over the components that define the nutritional and sensory characteristics of pistachio nuts. Changes in moisture, fat content, fatty acid composition and volatile terpenes were studied during kernel development for “Kerman” and “Golden Hills” varieties in two different California Central Valley microclimates, Lost Hills and Parlier. Moisture content decreased from July to September for both cultivars at both locations. Kerman had a higher moisture content at both locations compared with Golden Hills. Harvest time affected fat content only for Kerman, where the values increased drastically from 21‐July to 4‐Aug, then remained constant. Golden Hills’ fat content remained constant during the period of the study. The main fatty acid in pistachio oil is oleic acid (46% to 59%), followed by linoleic acid (26% to 36%) and palmitic acid (11% to 16%). C16:0, C16:1, C18:2, and C18:3 decreased with harvest time, while C18:1 increased. α‐Pinene was the most concentrated volatile among the cultivars and locations. It decreased with harvest time for both cultivars at both locations, ranging from 105 to 2464 mg/kg. At harvest, Golden Hills and Kerman at Parlier both had higher concentrations of α‐pinene than the two cultivars at Lost Hills. Our results demonstrate that microclimate affects biosynthesis of fatty acids and terpenes in pistachio kernels, the main compounds responsible for pistachio nutritional and sensory characteristics.
Genoprotective Effects of Essential Oil Compounds Against Oxidative and Methylated DNA Damage in Human Colon Cancer Cells
Authors: Thapa Dinesh , Richardson Anthony J. , Zweifel Béatrice , Wallace R. John , Gratz Silvia W. 
Published: June 2019

AbstractEssential oils (EO) are widely used in foods as flavoring and preservative agents. Many of the biological activities of EO have been attributed to major essential oil compounds (EOC) but their direct interaction with colonic epithelial cells and their genotoxic and genoprotective effects are not well established. In this study, the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of EOC including nerolidol, thymol, geraniol, methylisoeugenol, eugenol, linalool, and a commercial blend (Agolin) were determined. Furthermore, the genoprotective effects of EOC against oxidative and methylating damage were assessed using the comet assay in HT‐29 colorectal adenocarcinoma cells. The majority of EOC were cytotoxic to HT‐29 cells at or above 250 ppm after 24 hr exposure. At noncytotoxic doses, none of the EOC was genotoxic in the comet assay. Genoprotection against oxidative DNA damage was observed for nerolidol (at 62.5 ppm), thymol (at 12.5 ppm), geraniol, and methylisoeugenol (both at 125 ppm), as well as linalool and Agolin (both at 250 ppm). Thymol was the most protective compound against oxidative DNA damage and geraniol (at 125 ppm) also protected cells against methylating DNA damage. This study highlights the potential of EOC such as thymol to protect the colonic epithelium against oxidative DNA damage and geraniol against methylating DNA damage. Further in vivo studies are needed to confirm these findings for safety and efficacy to exploit their potential pharmaceutical or nutraceutical uses for colonic health.
Using discrete systems to exhaustively characterize the dynamics of an integrated ecosystem
Authors: Gaucherel Cédric , Pommereau Franck 
Published: June 2019

Abstract

To understand long‐term ecosystem dynamics, several concepts have been recently proposed that consider ‘basins of attraction’ to express resilience and ‘tipping points’ that express sharp change in an ecosystem's behaviour. However, these temporal features remain difficult to identify and quantify because current models usually focus only on a part of the whole ecosystem behaviour, whereas a holistic approach should be preferred.

We propose an original family of models based on discrete systems and designed to comprehensively characterize ecosystem dynamics holistically and over the long term. We developed a qualitative model based on Petri nets, made up of a relational graph (interaction network) that was then rigorously handled using transition rules. Unlike traditional modelling and graph theory approaches, transition rules can strongly modify the graph structure (i.e. a dynamic topology occurs).

We examined the value of Petri nets when applied to the simple ecosystem of a termite colony. A termite colony comprises of abiotic and biotic components and processes that we explored along all of their possible trajectories.

Several temporal features, such as basins of attraction (i.e. strongly connected states), tipping points (critical transitions along trajectories) and various kinds of collapses (functioning systems whose structures were nevertheless fixed), were easily detected and quantified. We propose that Petri nets developed for more complex ecosystems will provide original insights into their holistic behaviour.
A Cross‐sectional Analysis of Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Compassion Satisfaction in Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physicians in the United States
Authors: Gribben Jeanie L. , MacLean Sarah A. , Pour Trevor , Waldman Elisha D. , Weintraub Andrea S. 
Published: June 2019

AbstractObjectivesThe objective was to determine the prevalence of compassion fatigue (CF), burnout (BO), and compassion satisfaction (CS) and identify potential personal and professional predictors of these phenomena in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) physicians.MethodsA modified Compassion Fatigue and Satisfaction Self‐Test for Helpers and a questionnaire of personal and professional characteristics were distributed electronically to PEM physicians nationally. The prevalence of these phenomena was calculated. Hierarchical linear regression models for CF, BO, and CS as a function of potential risk factors were constructed.ResultsThe final analyzable survey rate represented 22.7% of the physicians invited to participate. The prevalences of CF, BO, and CS were 16.4, 21.5, and 18.5%, respectively. BO score, distress about a “clinical situation,” “physical work environment,” and engaging in prayer/meditation were each significant determinants of higher CF scores, whereas “socializing with family/friends” was significantly associated with lower CF scores. CF score, emotional depletion, and distress due to “coworkers” were each significant determinants of higher BO scores, whereas CS score and “talking with a family member” as a means of self‐care were significantly associated with lower BO scores. Socializing with family/friends and >20 years as PEM provider were each significant determinants of higher CS scores, whereas BO score, emotional depletion, distress about the physical work environment and “administrative issues,” 10% to 24% of time spent caring for pediatric patients, and “talking with life partner” about work‐related distress were each significant determinants of lower CS scores. We acknowledge that the generalizability of our findings is limited by the sample size and by the fact that participants were largely female, Caucasian, and junior faculty and worked in academic medical centers.ConclusionsPEM physicians are at risk for developing CF, BO, and low CS. Proactive awareness of these phenomena and their predictors may allow providers to better manage the unique challenges and emotional stressors of the pediatric ED to enhance personal well‐being and professional performance.