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Active bidders versus smart bidders
Authors: Kim Kacy K. , Gravier Michael J. , Yoon Sukki , Oh Sangdo 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contrast two lay theories of how consumers draw affective inferences about their online bidding experiences. The active-bidder theory (smart-bidder theory) predicts that after winning a bid, highly (minimally) participative bidders would be more satisfied than minimally (highly) participative bidders.Design/methodology/approachFour experiments test two competing hypotheses, the active-bidder hypothesis and the smart-bidder hypothesis (Study 1), identify a condition that mitigates the observed effects (Study 2), identify when the mitigation is effective or ineffective (Study 3) and replicate the findings in a scenario-based study where participants are allowed to make actual bidding decisions (Studies 4A and 4B).FindingsThe findings support the smart-bidder hypothesis across three different product categories; however, this heuristic-driven effect is absent when bidders have concrete shopping goals. The effect was sufficiently robust to be observed even when the bids are made at will.Research limitations/implicationsThe present research does not incorporate the widely adopted procedure of second-price auction (also known as proxy bidding in the eBay setting), a system that allows the highest bidder to win the auction but pay the amount of the second-highest bid.Practical implicationsOnline consumers should be mindful that entering the minimum number of bids not only helps consumers avoid overbidding but also elevates their joy in winning after the auction ends.Originality/valuePrior research on bidding behavior on online auction sites has yet to examine how different bidding dynamics affect consumers’ post-auction satisfaction. This research sheds light on the psychological process underlying the robust phenomenon: online auction consumers rely heavily on proxy signals. Bidders appear to use the efficiency heuristic in constructing their affective judgments of their buying experiences.
University students and retirement planning: never too early
Authors: Bongini Paola , Cucinelli Doriana 
Published: February 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the main predictors of university students’ intention to invest in a pension fund: an understanding of how young people perceive retirement planning is relevant for its policy implications.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors apply the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) proposed by Ajzen (1985) which explains how human behaviour is guided, and provides a framework to explore the underlying beliefs that affect one’s behaviours.

Findings
The evidence on a sample of Italian university students highlights that the TPB predictors, pension knowledge, money management and the highest level of financial literacy, positively influence their intention to invest in a pension fund.

Research limitations/implications
Although the authors are aware of the limitations of the analysis (limited to a specific country and to a specific financial product), the authors believe that the study has the merit of offering a number of ideas for further research. In fact, there are few contributions in the literature that identify the intention of young people to save for retirement. The study sheds light on this important issue. However, because it is limited to Italian university students, its findings cannot be generalised.

Practical implications
The study can be used by regulators, financial educators, counsellors and public institutions to increase the propensity of young people to plan for their future and guide them towards attitudes and behaviours most likely to increase their savings for retirement.

Social implications
The evidence suggests that regulators, institutions and educators should improve the information that is provided to families first and to the younger generations – at school, for instance – about the functioning of the pension system. The survey’s findings emphasise that university students are generally unaware of the many reforms to the system while believing that their state pensions will be sufficient to maintain a retirement standard of living that is the same as the standard of living achieved during their working lives.

Originality/value
In the authors’ knowledge, there are not studies that focus on the youngs’ intention to invest in a pension fund. The authors believe that millennials are the most hitted by the Fornero’s reform and understand which predictors affect this intention can allow to drive the decision in investing in these important financial tools.
What drives experiential loyalty towards the banks? The case of Islamic banks in Indonesia
Authors: Wu Hung-Che , Cheng Ching-Chan , Hussein Ananda Sabil 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the structural relationship between experiential loyalty and its seven drivers – interaction quality, physical environment quality, outcome quality, affective quality, experiential quality, experiential trust and experiential satisfaction in the context of Islamic banks.Design/methodology/approachThe data used in this study were based on a convenience sample of 474 respondents from Jakarta, Bogor and Depok in Indonesia.FindingsInteraction quality, physical environment quality and outcome quality positively influence experiential quality, which in turn, leads to experiential trust. Also, experiential trust has a positive influence on experiential satisfaction. Both experiential trust and experiential satisfaction are determinants of experiential loyalty.Practical implicationsThe results will assist Islamic bank management in developing and implementing market-orientated service strategies to increase interaction quality, physical environment quality, outcome quality, affective quality experiential quality, experiential trust and experiential satisfaction in order to increase experiential loyalty.Originality/valueThis paper provides data that result in a better understanding of the relationships among interaction quality, physical environment quality, outcome quality, affective quality, experiential quality, experiential trust, experiential satisfaction and experiential loyalty in the context of Islamic banks.
An investigation of financial literacy, money ethics and time preferences among college students
Authors: Aydin Asli Elif , Akben Selcuk Elif 
Published: February 2019

PurposeFinancial literacy has a strong influence on financial well-being, and it is a concept especially important for college students who start to develop their financial habits. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between financial literacy, money attitudes and time preferences among Turkish university students.Design/methodology/approachData were collected from 1,443 university students from 14 campuses in Turkey. Structural equation modeling methodology is employed to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results suggest that students with higher financial knowledge scores have more favorable financial attitudes and exhibit more desirable financial behaviors. It is also demonstrated that financial attitude is positively related to financial behavior. Furthermore, a significant and negative relationship between the affective dimension of the money ethic construct and financial behavior is found. In contrast, the relationship between the behavioral dimension of money ethic and financial behavior is positive. It is further demonstrated that a present orientation leads to more negative financial attitudes.Originality/valueThis study will reveal the interrelationships among dimensions of financial literacy, money ethics and time preferences in an emerging economy with a relatively little experience with formal financial systems and unstable macroeconomic conditions.
Customer satisfaction index and financial performance: a European cross country study
Authors: Golovkova Anastasia , Eklof Jan , Malova Aleksandra , Podkorytova Olga 
Published: February 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between customer satisfaction measured as Extended Performance Satisfaction Index (EPSI) and the financial performance of the banking sector for seven European countries over the period 2004–2014.

Design/methodology/approach
Using panel models, this study finds a significant positive influence of EPSI on banking financial performance at the country level.

Findings
Findings suggest that the value of the customer satisfaction index is important in explaining the financial performance of the banking industry at the aggregative country level. The customer satisfaction index measured as EPSI has a strong positive influence on the financial performance of the banking industry for the various North European countries studied. It was shown that EPSI has a positive influence on both total assets and total equity, with a higher relative influence and stronger significance on the total assets of the banking sector than on total equity.

Originality/value
The study contributes to understanding the importance of measuring and maintaining customer satisfaction as a profitability driver in the banking industry, providing new cross-country evidence. It also contributes to the literature focussing on a group of countries that have not previously been studied.
Software piracy and bundling in the cloud-based software era
Authors: Zhang Xiong , Yue Wei T. , Hui Wendy 
Published: February 2019

Purpose
In the cloud computing era, three merging developments in software industry are: cloud and on-premises software may offer complementary value to each other; cloud software service requires the support of significant information technology infrastructure; and software piracy problems can be better managed in the cloud. However, how these developments together impact a vendor’s bundling strategy has not yet been investigated. The paper aims to discuss this issue.

Design/methodology/approach
Drawing on the product bundling framework, this research establishes stylized models to study a software vendor’s bundling decision in the cloud-based era with special consideration on the issue of software piracy.

Findings
The authors find different key parameters associated with the cloud era exert different effects on the bundling decision. When on-premises software and cloud software generate additional value by complementing each other, software vendors can make greater profits under the pure components (PC) strategy. Regarding a low infrastructure cost, software vendors should favor pure bundling (PB). The impact of piracy deterrence effectiveness is less straightforward – it favors PC when piracy deterrence effectiveness is low, but PB when piracy deterrence effectiveness is high.

Originality/value
This study makes key contributions to theory and practice. First, this is the first study to examine software bundling strategies in the cloud computing era, whereby the three factors relevant to the cloud phenomenon have been considered. Second, this paper contributes to the literature of bundling and software piracy by examining the intersection of these two streams of literature. Third, this paper sheds light on a vendor’s bundling decision when facing piracy problems in the emerging cloud software era.
The influence of brand color identity on brand association and loyalty
Authors: Jin ChangHyun , Yoon MoonSun , Lee JungYong 
Published: February 2019

PurposeThis study aims to understand the specific attributes of a brand’s color identity in an investigation of the relationship between color identity, brand association and other factors, including brand loyalty.Design/methodology/approachFocus group interviews and open-ended questions were used initially to create items for the survey. After excluding insincere responses, 781 responses to the questionnaire were used for the analysis. Structural equation modeling was performed to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results reveal that sub-factors that comprise the color identity construct are closely related to the components of brand association. All components of brand association, including brand attribution, brand benefits and brand attitude, were shown to have a positive impact on brand self-identification. In turn, brand self-identification was shown to have a positive impact on brand loyalty.Research limitations/implicationsThe generalizability of the study’s findings is limited insofar as only three components of the visual identity of the airline company under study – its logo, airplane exteriors and cabin attendants’ uniforms – were used for the color image analysis.Practical implicationsIn marketing, color choices play a critical role in building brand identity as they positively affect a company’s brand association in consumers’ minds. Previous studies on airline brands have focused mainly on systematic factors related to service, prices and scheduling.Originality/valueRegarding brand identity, color is an important factor in visual communication. Among the psychological functions of color, it has a communication function that can most directly and effectively deliver message and meaning of a company to consumers.
Students’ satisfaction in higher education: the role of practices, needs and beliefs of teachers
Authors: Bassi Francesca 
Published: February 2019

Purpose
The purpose of the paper is the analysis of the evolution of students’ satisfaction over time in a large Italian university and the effects on it because of some characteristics of the teachers: didactic practices, beliefs and needs with regard to teaching and learning.

Design/methodology/approach
The first step of the analysis identifies a latent construct, measured with items composing the questionnaire, and proposes a reduced set of indicators to measure satisfaction and to model its evolution over time (information collected in three consecutive academic years is available). A second step clusters teachers in homogenous groups with reference to their opinions, beliefs and needs, collected with a new survey conducted at the University of Padova, with the aim of developing strategies to support academic teachers. Then, a mixture conditional latent growth model is estimated with covariates affecting the latent parameters and class membership.

Findings
Model estimation identifies a large group of university courses with a high level of satisfaction, which stays constant over time, and a small group of problematic courses with low satisfaction, moreover, that decreases over the three considered academic years. Interesting significant effects of covariates related to both the teacher and the didactic activity are estimated.

Originality/value
Statistical analyses show that the implementation of innovative didactic practices and commitment to quality of teaching are important factors to be encouraged by the university management. On the contrary, the traditionalist way of teaching and a low passion for teaching do not improve students’ satisfaction.
Interleukin‐17 receptor A blockade with brodalumab in palmoplantar pustular psoriasis: Report on four cases
Authors: Pinter Andreas , Wilsmann‐Theis Dagmar , Peitsch Wiebke K. , Mössner Rotraut 
Published: February 2019

AbstractPalmoplantar pustular psoriasis, also termed palmoplantar pustulosis (PPP), is a rare disease affecting the palmoplantar regions characterized by sterile, yellow to brown pustules mostly on erythematous skin. PPP is related to a high burden due to painful, impaired and stigmatizing character. Several isoforms of interleukin (IL) have been implicated in its pathophysiology. Here, we report on four patients with PPP treated with the novel IL‐17 receptor A blocker brodalumab, in whom this therapy was not successful or showed moderate improvement combined with adverse events.
3D diffraction imaging of fault and fracture zones via image spectral decomposition of partial images
Authors: Protasov M.I. , Gadylshin K.G. , Tcheverda V.A. , Pravduhin A.P. 
Published: February 2019

ABSTRACTThe paper presents 3D diffraction imaging based on the spectral decomposition of a different combination of selective or partial images. These images are obtained by the pre‐stack asymmetric migration procedure, which is weighted data summation. Spectral decomposition is done in the Fourier domain with respect to spatial dip and azimuth angles. Numerical examples with the application of different workflows for the synthetic and real data examples demonstrate detailed reliable reconstruction of the fractured zones and reliable reconstruction of fracture orientation on synthetic and real 3D data examples.
Building informal knowledge‐sharing relationships between policy makers and academics: Insights from a PM&C engagement project
Authors: Quayle Annette , Kelly Bernadette 
Published: February 2019

AbstractThis article outlines an innovative project to encourage knowledge sharing and engagement between academics and a policy team within the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&C). The project was designed to enhance policy advice by drawing on a group of academics outside the policy ranks to act as a sounding board, to question, and provide differing perspectives within the policy process of crafting advice to government. External expertise and particularly academic research has the potential to improve evidence‐based policy but often fails to be specific or timely for those at the “pointy end” of policy decision making. An informal knowledge sharing framework has the potential to improve the exchange of information through confidential and targeted conversations between researchers and public servants as one way of overcoming these barriers.
Abdominal Stab Wounds with Tension Pneumopericardium Confirmed by Autopsy and Postmortem Computed Tomography
Authors: Ro Ayako , Chiba Shoetsu , Sagi Morihisa , Kageyama Norimasa , Hayashida Makiko , Ikawa Toru , Oide Yukino , Ichiba Kazue , Mukai Toshiji 
Published: February 2019

AbstractWe present the first report of pneumopericardium observed by autopsy and on postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) images. The subject was a woman who died of self‐inflicted stab wounds to the abdomen. The PMCT scan revealed air in the pericardial sac, a “flattened heart” sign, and retroperitoneal hemorrhage. Medicolegal autopsy revealed two abdominal stab wounds near the xiphoid process that had cut the apical pericardium and adjacent diaphragm and liver. Examination of the open thorax confirmed that the pericardial sac was distended with air. The wound extended to the abdominal aorta, causing retroperitoneal hemorrhage. PMCT images showed that the pneumopericardial volume was 133 mL. We believe that cardiac tamponade occurred resulting from the tension pneumopericardium; however, the effects were mitigated by hypovolemia secondary to the retroperitoneal hemorrhage as well as obstructive shock. Therefore, the cause of death appears to have been low‐pressure cardiac tamponade.
Anti‐chlamydia IgG and IgA are insufficient to prevent endometrial chlamydia infection in women, and increased anti‐chlamydia IgG is associated with enhanced risk for incident infection
Authors: Darville Toni , Albritton Hannah L. , Zhong Wujuan , Dong Li , O'Connell Catherine M. , Poston Taylor B. , Quayle Alison J. , Goonetilleke Nilu , Wiesenfeld Harold C. , Hillier Sharon L. , Zheng Xiaojing 
Published: February 2019

ProblemChlamydia infections in women can ascend to the upper genital tract, and repeated infections are common, placing women at risk for sequelae. The protective role of anti‐chlamydia antibodies to surface exposed antigens in ascending and incident infection is unclear.Method of studyA whole‐bacterial ELISA was used to quantify chlamydia‐specific IgG and IgA in serum and cervical secretions of 151 high‐risk women followed longitudinally. Correlations were determined between antibody and cervical burden, and causal mediation analysis investigated the effect of antibody on ascension. We examined the relationship of antibody to incident infection using the marginal Cox model.ResultsSerum and cervical anti‐chlamydia IgG and cervical IgA levels correlated inversely with cervical burden. While lower burden was associated with reduced ascension, causal mediation analysis revealed that the indirect effects of antibody mediated through reductions in bacterial burden were insufficient to prevent ascension. Analysis of women uninfected at enrollment revealed that serum and cervical anti‐chlamydia IgG were associated with increased risk of incident infection; hazard ratio increased 3.6‐fold (95% CI, 1.3‐10.3), and 22.6‐fold (95% CI, 3.1‐165.2) with each unit of serum and cervical IgG, respectively.ConclusionAlthough anti‐chlamydia IgG and IgA correlated with reduced cervical chlamydia burden, they failed to prevent ascension and increased levels of anti‐chlamydia IgG were associated with increased risk for incident infection.
Increase of germ cell nuclear factor expression in globozoospermic Gopc−/− knockout mice
Authors: Bizkarguenaga M. , Gomez‐Santos L. , Madrid J. F. , Sáez F. J. , Alonso E. 
Published: February 2019

AbstractBackgroundGolgi‐associated PDZ and coiled‐coil motif‐containing protein (GOPC) is a Golgi protein that plays a role in vesicular transport and intracellular protein trafficking and degradation. Mice deficient in GOPC protein have globozoospermia and are infertile. The germ cell nuclear factor (GCNF) is a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily which is expressed in male germ cells, from spermatocytes and spermatids, both in the nucleus and the acrosomal region. It is not known if its expression could be altered in Gopc−/− mice with defective acrosomes.ObjectivesThe aim of the present work was to analyze the distribution of GCNF protein in spermatids of Gopc−/− knockout mice.Materials and methodsWe have analyzed the expression and distribution during spermatogenesis of GCNF and its deregulation in Gopc−/− mutant mice by RT‐qPCR, Western blot, immunohistochemistry and immunogold.ResultsGerm cell nuclear factor was localized in the nucleus of all the cell types in the seminiferous tubules. Despite being a nuclear protein, it was also located in the acrosome and in the manchette of elongating spermatids. We have found that in the absence of GOPC, the expression of GCNF was increased in the nucleus of spermatocytes, mainly in leptotene, and in the nucleus and the manchette during the spermatid elongation.Discussion and ConclusionGopc−/− mice have defective acrosome and manchette. The manchette is involved in the transport of proteins through the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Considering that the GCNF protein is normally transported to the acrosome and the nucleus, it can be thought that transport deficiencies in Gopc−/− mice are responsible for the increased expression of this protein.