bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
The sport industry in growing economies: critical issues and challenges
Authors: Zhang James J. , Kim Euisoo , Mastromartino Brandon , Qian Tyreal Yizhou , Nauright John 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to encourage scholarly inquiries to critically examine broad perspectives of marketing and business operations in the sport industry of growing economies.

Design/methodology/approach
A comprehensive review of literature was the primary research method to introduce the following critical questions, “what are the major challenges in the sport industry of developing economies in a globalized market environment and what to do?”.

Findings
Seven articles are selected based on their theoretical and practical contributions.

Originality/value
This special issue is committed to trigger more investigations into sport businesses in developing countries and ultimately advancing theories and seeking solutions.
Attracting international spectators to a sport event held in Asia
Authors: Watanabe Yasuhiro , Gilbert Cassendra , Aman Mohd Salleh , Zhang James J. 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the systematic influence of core product features, event operation quality, sport fan identification, and image of host city as a tourism destination on behavioral intentions of international spectator at a Formula One (F1) event held in Malaysia.

Design/methodology/approach
A survey form assessing the specified concepts was designed and employed to examine the structural relationships. The research participants were international spectators (n=512) attending the event. Data were randomly split into two halves, one for EFA (n=256) and the other for CFA and SEM (n=256).

Findings
Findings revealed that core product feature and sport fan identification factors were significantly (p<0.05) related to both of international spectators’ desire to stay at the event, attend the event in the future, and revisit the country; whereas, event operation quality was only found to be significantly influential of the re-patronage, and destination image was only significantly influential of the desire to stay. The findings highlight the importance and relevance of these concepts in attracting, serving, and retaining international visitors to the event.

Originality/value
Unlike other studies that are centered merely on game and event factors, this study expanded on a bigger ecological spectrum surrounding a F1 event and systematically evaluated the critical concepts and factors affecting international tourist to the event that can be considerable sources of economic growth. The findings provide empirical evidence for event and tourism management and marketing.
Examining service quality and social impact perceptions of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games
Authors: Ribeiro Tiago Miguel , Correia Abel , Biscaia Rui , Figueiredo Carlos 
Published: March 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of service quality on perceived positive and negative social impact of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.Design/methodology/approachA field study was conducted in Rio de Janeiro, and data were collected from residents who attended the Olympic Games through a self-administered questionnaire (n=519). The questionnaire included measures of perceived service quality, positive and negative social impact. A confirmatory factor analysis analysed the psychometric properties of the constructs, and a subsequent structural equation model examined the relationships between service quality and social impact perceptions.FindingsThe results show good psychometric properties of a multidimensional construct of service quality composed of the technical, functional, aesthetic, access, accommodation and complementary events dimensions. The service quality construct was significantly related to both positive social impact (city image and community pride enhancement, social experiences and public infrastructures) and negative social impact (social conflicts and costs) perceptions.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature by examining the role of service quality in sport mega-events and testing on different facets of social impact. The findings highlight that social atmosphere and new experiences in the Olympic Games are critical when planning these events.
The role of academic health centres in improving health equity: a systematic review
Authors: Edelman Alexandra , Taylor Judy , Ovseiko Pavel V. , Topp Stephanie M. 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
Academic health centres (AHCs) are organisations that pursue a “tripartite” mission to deliver high-quality care to patients, undertake clinical and laboratory research, and train future health professionals. The last decade has seen a global spread of AHC models and a growing interest in the role of AHCs in addressing health system equity. The purpose of this paper is to synthesise and critically appraise the evidence on the role of AHCs in improving health equity.

Design/methodology/approach
Peer-reviewed and grey literature published in English between 2000 and 2016 were searched. Articles that identified AHCs as the primary unit of analysis and that also addressed health equity concepts in relation to the AHC’s activity or role were included.

Findings
In total, 103 publications met the inclusion criteria of which 80 per cent were expert opinion. Eight descriptive themes were identified through which health equity concepts in relation to AHCs were characterised, described and operationalised: population health, addressing health disparities, social determinants of health, community engagement, global health, health system reform, value-based and accountable financing models, and role clarification/recalibration. There was consensus that AHCs can and should address health disparities, but there is a lack of empirical evidence to show that AHCs have a capacity to contribute to health equity goals or are demonstrating this contribution.

Originality/value
This review highlights the relevance of health equity concepts in discussions about the role and missions of AHCs. Future research should improve the quality of the evidence base by empirically examining health equity strategies and interventions of AHCs in multiple countries and contexts.
Exploring the drivers of tensions in social innovation management in the context of social entrepreneurial teams
Authors: Dufays Frédéric 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify tensions that are emerging in the invention and implementation of social innovation by social entrepreneurial teams and highlights elements that influence the type of tension encountered.

Design/methodology/approach
Four cases are selected theoretically, studied individually, and compared to one another to identify tensions and patterns of tensions.

Findings
The findings reveal the predominant tensions related to goals and identity during social innovation invention and those related to time and knowledge during social innovation implementation. The size of the entrepreneurial team, the nature of the social innovation, and the interest orientation – that is, the overlap between entrepreneurial team members and beneficiaries – are found to play a role in the type of tensions encountered and their content.

Research limitations/implications
The chosen research approach limits the generalizability of the research results. Replication in other settings and with other types of social innovation is therefore encouraged.

Originality/value
In contrast to most existing studies, this research focuses on nascent social innovation projects borne by teams. It proposes that social-business tensions are not necessarily predominant in social innovation management. It suggests the importance of interest orientation as an underestimated factor in the study of social entrepreneurship.
Big data analytics capability in supply chain agility
Authors: Dubey Rameshwar , Gunasekaran Angappa , Childe Stephen J. 
Published: March 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine when and how organizations build big data analytics capability (BDAC) to improve supply chain agility (SCA) and gain competitive advantage.Design/methodology/approachThe authors grounded the theoretical framework in two perspectives: the dynamic capabilities view and contingency theory. To test the research hypotheses, the authors gathered 173 usable responses using a pre-tested questionnaire.FindingsThe results suggest that BDAC has a positive and significant effect on SCA and competitive advantage. Further, the results support the hypothesis that organizational flexibility (OF) has a positive and significant moderation effect on the path joining BDAC and SCA. However, contrary to the belief, the authors found no support for the moderation effect of OF on the path joining BDAC and competitive advantage.Originality/valueThe study makes some useful contributions to the literature on BDAC, SCA, OF, and competitive advantage. Moreover, the results may further motivate future scholars to replicate the findings using longitudinal data.
Putting resilient sustainability into strategy decisions – case studies
Authors: Winnard Julie , Lee Jacquetta , Skipp David 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to report the results of testing a new approach to strategic sustainability and resilience – Sustainable Resilient Strategic Decision-Support (SuReSDS™).

Design/methodology/approach
The approach was developed and tested using action-research case studies at industrial companies. It successfully allowed the participants to capture different types of value affected by their choices, optimise each strategy’s resilience against different future scenarios and compare the results to find a “best” option.

Findings
SuReSDS™ enabled a novel integration of environmental and social sustainability into strategy by considering significant risks or opportunities for an enhanced group of stakeholders. It assisted users to identify and manage risks from different kinds of sustainability-related uncertainty by applying resilience techniques. Users incorporated insights into real-world strategies.

Research limitations/implications
Since the case studies and test organisations are limited in number, generalisation from the results is difficult and requires further research.

Practical implications
The approach enables companies to utilise in-house and external experts more effectively to develop sustainable and resilient strategies.

Originality/value
The research described develops theories linking sustainability and resilience for organisations, particularly for strategy, to provide a new consistent, rigorous and flexible approach for applying these theories. The approach has been tested successfully and benefited real-world strategy decisions.
Management towards financial sustainability for private health companies
Authors: Marques Clemente Lucas Manoel , Pereira Salgado Junior Alexandre , Falsarella Júnior Eduardo , Alves de Souza Junior Marco Antonio , Chiaretti Novi Juliana , de Castro Moura Duarte Alexandre 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to identify a set of management practices towards financial sustainability for Brazilian private health insurance and plans companies.

Design/methodology/approach
The present paper uses a bimodal two-step approach. The first step was quantitative, with the data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique in 521 Brazilian private health companies (PHCs). At this stage, the objective was to obtain scores to rank the PHCs regarding their financial performance and services in 2013. From the quantitative analysis, two PHCs displaying contrasting performances were selected and interviewed to identify differentiating management practices.

Findings
The Group Medicine PHCs displayed a higher performance in the financial approach. Following the qualitative comparative analysis, the financially sustainable PHC presented the following differentials: a high level of financial management professionalization, a deliberate policy for the control and prevention of claims and a larger share of revenues from health plans over service revenues.

Research limitations/implications
However, a limitation of the study lies in the fact that by not using any cash flow or financial result variables, the financial efficiency model used in the study does not evaluate the generation capacity of long-term results. It is noteworthy that, because it is a multiple case study, the results found cannot be generalized and should be understood only as characteristics of the studied PHCs in here.

Practical implications
The present paper can contribute to managers of Brazilian PCHs towards the implementation of management tools aimed at the sustainability of those organizations.

Originality/value
Despite the importance of the Supplemental Health Insurance System for public health in Brazil, PHCs have received a high volume of complaints and struggled with constant financial problems.
Dynamic analysis of expression of chemokine and cytokine gene responses to H5N1 and H9N2 avian influenza viruses in DF‐1 cells
Authors: Luo Chang , Liu Jianxin , Qi Wenbao , Ren Xujiao , Lu Rong , Liao Ming , Ning Zhangyong 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACTH5N1 and H9N2 are the most important causes of avian influenza in China. Chemokines and cytokines play important roles in inflammatory response that clearly differ between H5N1 and H9N2 infection. To investigate whether chemokines and cytokines are differentially regulated following H5N1 and H9N2 AIVs infection, dynamic expression of chemokines and cytokines, including IL8L1, IL8L2, CX3CL1, CCL5, CCL20, K203, SCYA4, XLC1, CCLi10, CCL19, IFN‐α, IFN‐β, IL‐1β, IL‐6 and TNF‐α, were analyzed by real‐time quantitative RT‐PCR in DF‐1 cells. It was found that IL8L1, IL8L2, CX3CL1, CCL5, CCL20, K203, SCYA4, IFN‐α, IFN‐β, IL‐1β, IL‐6 and TNF‐α increased significantly after induction of H5N1 or H9N2 AIV infection, whereas no expression of XCL1, CCLi10 or CCL19 was detected. H9N2 AIV infection was associated with much stronger chemokine responses than infection with H5N1, whereas the cytokines showed opposite results. It was found that K203 is a constant chemotactic factor independent of subtype of AIVs and infectious dose, CCL20 and IL‐1β are constant regardless of the infectious dose but depend on the subtype of AIV, chemotactic factors IL8L1, IL8L2 and CCL5 are dependent both on subtype of AIVs and infectious dose, and K203, CX3CL1, SCYA4, CCL20, IFN‐α, IL‐1β and TNF‐α are specific to responses to H5N1 AIV infection whereas K203, CCL20, IFN‐β, IL‐1β and IL‐6 are specific to H9N2 infection. These results provide basic data for explaining differences in inflammation and phenotypes of histopathological changes caused by H5N1 and H9N2 and add new information on the roles of chemokines and cytokines in virulence of AIVs.
Central place foragers and moving stimuli: A hidden‐state model to discriminate the processes affecting movement
Authors: Pirotta Enrico , Edwards Ewan W. J. , New Leslie , Thompson Paul M. 
Published: March 2018

Abstract

Human activities can influence the movement of organisms, either repelling or attracting individuals depending on whether they interfere with natural behavioural patterns or enhance access to food. To discern the processes affecting such interactions, an appropriate analytical approach must reflect the motivations driving behavioural decisions at multiple scales.

In this study, we developed a modelling framework for the analysis of foraging trips by central place foragers. By recognising the distinction between movement phases at a larger scale and movement steps at a finer scale, our model can identify periods when animals are actively following moving attractors in their landscape.

We applied the framework to GPS tracking data of northern fulmars Fulmarus glacialis, paired with contemporaneous fishing boat locations, to quantify the putative scavenging activity of these seabirds on discarded fish and offal. We estimated the rate and scale of interaction between individual birds and fishing boats and the interplay with other aspects of a foraging trip.

The model classified periods when birds were heading out to sea, returning towards the colony or following the closest boat. The probability of switching towards a boat declined with distance and varied depending on the phase of the trip. The maximum distance at which a bird switched towards the closest boat was estimated around 35 km, suggesting the use of olfactory information to locate food. Individuals spent a quarter of a foraging trip, on average, following fishing boats, with marked heterogeneity among trips and individuals.

Our approach can be used to characterise interactions between central place foragers and different anthropogenic or natural stimuli. The model identifies the processes influencing central place foraging at multiple scales, which can improve our understanding of the mechanisms underlying movement behaviour and characterise individual variation in interactions with a range of human activities that may attract or repel these species. Therefore, it can be adapted to explore the movement of other species that are subject to multiple dynamic drivers.
Quality of life in children with developmental language disorder
Authors: Eadie Patricia , Conway Laura , Hallenstein Birgit , Mensah Fiona , McKean Cristina , Reilly Sheena 
Published: March 2018

AbstractBackgroundDevelopmental language disorder (DLD) is common in children, but little is known about its association with quality of life (QoL) in middle childhood. QoL is a complex construct, aligning with an individual's sense of well‐being and is related to functional limitations associated with DLD. Biopsychosocial models of disability account for both the extent and functional limitations of the impairment; however, the DLD literature rarely reports on both aspects. Studies are required that detail QoL in children with and without DLD.AimsTo investigate the association between DLD, identified at 4 years and persisting at 7 years, and QoL over 4, 7 and 9 years; to compare QoL for children whose DLD was mild to moderate and severe at 7 years; and to investigate how variables known to impact on language development (e.g., maternal vocabulary), as well as social–emotional behaviours at 4 and 7 years contribute to QoL at 9 years.Methods & ProceduresThe analyses included 872 children who participated in the 4‐, 7‐ and 9‐year data collection of the Early Language in Victoria Study (ELVS). We compared the parent‐reported QoL profiles at 4, 7 and 9 years for children with and without DLD, and those with mild to moderate and severe DLD using the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL). We conducted regression analyses to estimate how child, family and environmental factors predicted QoL at 9 years, including social–emotional behaviours measured using the Strengths & Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) at 4 and 7 years.Outcome & ResultsChildren with DLD (n = 70) had lower parent‐reported QoL at 9 years than typically developing children (n = 802), with mean scores of 74.9 and 83.9 respectively. There was no evidence of differences in QoL between those with severe (n = 14) or mild to moderate (n = 56) DLD. In contrast to their peers, children with DLD had a profile of declining QoL between 4 and 9 years. For all children, language skills at 7 years predicted QoL at 9 years. For children with DLD, emotional symptoms and peer problems at 4 years plus SDQ Total Difficulties at 7 years were predictive of lower QoL at 9 years.Conclusions & ImplicationsChildren with DLD had a lower QoL than their typical peers at 9 years and, contrary to previous studies, differences in QoL were not observed with DLD severity. Co‐occurring social–emotional problems appear to play an important role in contributing to the lower QoL experienced by children with DLD. Consideration of associated functional limitations is required to support the communication and social development of all young children with DLD.
Zombie Board: Board Tenure and Firm Performance
Authors: HUANG STERLING , HILARY GILLES 
Published: March 2018

ABSTRACTWe show that board tenure exhibits an inverted U‐shaped relation with firm value and accounting performance. The quality of corporate decisions, such as M&A, financial reporting quality, and CEO compensation, also has a quadratic relation with board tenure. Our results are consistent with the interpretation that directors’ on‐the‐job learning improves firm value up to a threshold, at which point entrenchment dominates and firm performance suffers. To address endogeneity concerns, we use a sample of firms in which an outside director suffered a sudden death, and find that sudden deaths that move board tenure away from (toward) the empirically observed optimum level in the cross‐section are associated with negative (positive) announcement returns. The quality of corporate decisions also follows an inverted U‐shaped pattern in a sample of firms affected by the death of a director.
Local House Price Diffusion
Authors: Cohen Jeffrey P. , Zabel Jeffrey 
Published: March 2018

AbstractWe contribute to the literature on house price diffusion by carrying out our analysis at three levels: CBSA (nationwide), town and census tract (Greater Boston Area). We estimate fixed‐effect models of house price growth on lagged growth (“Persistence”), nearby lagged growth (“Spillovers”) and Fundamentals growth. CBSA‐level Persistence and Spillover Effects are positive and significant. These large ripple/contagion effects likely contributed to the recent national‐level housing downturn. We find evidence of smaller town‐level Persistence and Spillover Effects. Hence, diffusion appears stronger across than within housing markets. Fundamentals and price expectations drive price diffusion, leaving room for bubbles from future price overoptimism.
Cold tolerance characteristics of Korean population of potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Authors: Aryal Sunil , Jung Chuleui 
Published: March 2018

AbstractPotato tuber moth (PTM), Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller), (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) is an invasive insect pest damaging solanaceous crops. We measured the supercooling point (SCP) and survival at low temperature of different development stages to determine which would be capable of overwintering in the Korean climate and adapting to low temperatures. The SCP ranges from −23.8°C of the egg to −16.8 of fourth instar larvae (L4). After short periods of low temperature acclimation in L3 (third instar larva), L4 and prepupae, only the prepupal stage showed a significant lowered SCP from −20.78 to −22.37°C. When exposed to different subzero temperature for two hours the egg turned out to be the most cold tolerant stage showing LT50 of −21.7°C followed by the pupal stage with −15.89°C. One hundred percent mortality was observed when the larvae or adults were exposed to temperatures below −15.1°C even for a period as short as 2 h. The results suggest that PTM pupae and egg would be the main overwintering stage in Korea where winter temperature does not drop below −15°C.