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Green and sustainable practices in the construction industry
Authors: Shurrab Jaber , Hussain Matloub , Khan Mehmood 
Published: May 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to differentiate between sustainable and green construction and significantly contribute to empirical investigations related to the impact of green construction factors on sustainable performance and to test the theory of planned behavior in the construction context and empirically assess green construction factors and the performance model. The model incorporates green construction factors that link construction activities with suppliers and customers to support environmental sustainability.Design/methodology/approachData collected from 120 construction industry respondents were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis, which identified seven green construction factors. Two conformity factor analysis models were created to test the relationship fitness of the components and measure the impact of green construction factors on the sustainable performance of the construction.FindingsThe results provide substantial evidence that shows that the adoption of green construction factors by construction firms leads to improved sustainable performance. The overall perspective of respondents within the construction industry, according to the questionnaire survey, shows that the benefits, such as an improved corporate image and sustainable competitive advantage, increase compliance with customers’ expectations within the construction industry.Research limitations/implicationsThis study covered private construction companies and measured the construction industry professional’s feedback without including the clients.Practical implicationsThe results of this study will support the future success of ecological sustainability and green construction initiatives, mainly on enforcement and incentives; moreover, the results of this study will ensure that regulations will cover green practices for all types of projects and will be formally monitored for compliance.Originality/valueThe originality of this paper stems from drawing boundaries between green and sustainable construction and exploring the impact of green management on the sustainable performance of the construction industry. Most of the related previous works have used the concepts of green and sustainability interchangeably, and there is a lack of studies in this regard, particularly in the construction industry.
A trading and pricing method of expansion options for BOT freeway projects in China
Authors: Sun Hui , Wang Yuning , Meng Jia 
Published: May 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop a trading and pricing method of expansion option (EO) model to solve expansion problems of build-operate-transfer (BOT) freeway project.Design/methodology/approachThis paper proposes anex antemechanism through trading the EO to avoid the transaction costs. By editing the paths generated from binomial option pricing model, this paper establishes an American real option binomial lattice model and evaluates the value of EO. Data are collected from Liaoning province in China and the model is practiced in the context of a BOT freeway in Liaoning province.FindingsSupported by empirical evidence, this study finds out that there exists a minimum price at which the government can sell the EO and a maximum price that the private sector is willing to pay. When the minimum price is negative, the government should transfer the EO to the private sector free of charge to avoid the transaction costs. Otherwise, the government should sell the EO at a reasonable price to protect public interests.Practical implicationsThe study can be used for the government to reducing the transaction costs. By using the trading EO model, the government can sell its share of the EO to the private sector to manage its resources efficiently.Originality/valueThis paper builds a trading EO model to solve expansion problems instead of renegotiations. In addition to reducing the transaction costs for the whole society, trading EO can also raise the respective payoffs of both public and private sectors. An EO trading framework and algorithm is further developed. It realized an American option model, making the owner can exercise the option whenever he wants. Thus, the whole model is adapted to best fit BOT highway practice.
Aggressive tax planning and stock price synchronicity: evidence from China
Authors: Feng Hua , Habib Ahsan , Tian Gao liang 
Published: May 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between aggressive tax planning and stock price synchronicity.Design/methodology/approachEmploying the special institutional background of China, this study constructs tax aggressiveness and stock price synchronicity measures for a large sample of Chinese stocks spanning the period 2003–2015. The authors employ OLS regression as the baseline methodology, and a fixed effect model, the Fama–Macbeth method and GMM as sensitivity checks. Matched samples and difference-in-difference analyses are used to control for endogeneity.FindingsThe authors find a significant and positive association between aggressive tax planning and stock price synchronicity. Because material information about risky tax transactions tends to be hidden in various tax accruals accounts, aggressive tax strategies make financial statements less transparent, thereby, increasing information asymmetry and decreasing stock price informativeness. The authors also find that the firms engaging in aggressive tax planning exhibit relatively high corporate opacity. In addition, the authors find that improvements in the tax enforcement regime, ownership status and high-quality auditors all constrain the adverse effects of tax aggressiveness.Practical implicationsThis study has important practical implications for China’s regulators, who are striving to reduce the tax burden of enterprises. It also helps investors to consider investment decisions more appropriately from a taxation perspective.Originality/valueFirst, this paper contributes to the stock price efficiency literature by identifying the effect of a hitherto unexamined factor, namely, firm-level aggressive tax planning, on the efficiency of stock prices. Second, this study provides further empirical evidence to support the agency view of tax aggressiveness, and the informational interpretation of stock price synchronicity. Third, this study helps us better understand the effects of firm-level tax policy on firm-specific information capitalization in an environment where overall country-level investor protection is relatively weak.
Characterization of the friction and wear effects of graphene nanoparticles in oil on the ring/cylinder liner of internal combustion engine
Authors: Demirtas Selman , Kaleli Hakan , Khadem Mahdi , Kim Dae-Eun 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the tribological characteristics of a Napier-type second piston ring against a cylinder liner in the presence of graphene nano-additives mixed into 5W40 fully synthetic engine oil.

Design/methodology/approach
Wear tests were carried out in the boundary lubrication condition using a reciprocating tribometer, and real engine tests were performed using a single spark ignition Honda GX 270 test engine for a duration of 75 h.

Findings
The experimental results of the tribometer tests revealed that the nano-additives formed a layer on the rubbed surfaces of both the piston ring and the cylinder liner. However, this layer was only formed at the top dead center of the cylinder liner during the engine tests. The accumulation of carbon (C) from the graphene was heavily detected on the rubbed surface of piston ring/cylinder liner, mixed with other additive elements such as Ca, Zn, S and P. Overall, the use of graphene nano-additives in engine oil was found to improve the frictional behavior in the boundary and mixed lubrication regimes. Abrasive wear was found to be the main mechanism occurring on the surface of both piston rings and cylinder liners.

Originality/value
Though many researchers have discussed the potential benefits of graphene as a nano-additive in oil to reduce the friction and wear in laboratory tests using tribometers, to date, no actual engine tests have been performed. In this paper, both tribometer and real engine tests were performed on a piston ring and cylinder liner using a fully formulated oil with and without graphene nano-additives in the boundary lubrication condition. It was found that a graphene nano-additive plays an active role in lowering the coefficient of friction and increasing surface protection and lubrication by forming a protective layer on the rubbing surfaces.
An institution-based view of firms’ early internationalization
Authors: Ahmed Farhad Uddin , Brennan Louis 
Published: May 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine the differential effects of national export promotion policies (EPPs) on firms’ early internationalization using the institution-based view (IBV) as our theoretical foundation. Early or speedy internationalization is an important topic for academics, executives and policy makers. However, the effect of the regulatory dimension of institutions incorporating governmental policies on firms’ early internationalization remains unexplored in the literature.Design/methodology/approachThe study was survey-based and the authors engaged in quantitative analysis using data drawn from the apparel industry in a least-developed country (LDC), i.e. Bangladesh. The authors employed 174 valid questionnaires in the analysis. To test the proposed hypotheses, an ordered-logistic regression modeling technique was used.FindingsThe findings reveal a positive effect of those national policies focusing on market development, guarantee-related and technical support schemes. Two individual elements of direct finance-related assistance, namely, bank loans and cash subsidy are also found to be influential.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the literature and extends the IBV by establishing that the industry-specific regulatory policies designed by home country governments can play a critical role in international expansion of new ventures from an LDC. In particular, the study established the critical role of national EPPs in driving firms’ early internationalization and thereby, contributing to the international marketing and international entrepreneurship (IE) literature. Least-developed countries provide different institutional environments for entrepreneurship. They thus provide an atypical context within the field of IE. By incorporating sample firms from an LDC, the authors address the knowledge gap related to those countries. The implications of the authors’ findings for national and enterprise development policies are also considered.
Application of variable neighborhood search for solving large-scale many to many hub location routing problems
Authors: Abbasi Mehdi , Mokhtari Nahid , Shahvar Hamid , Mahmoudi Amin 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to solve large-scale many-to-many hub location-routing problem (MMHLRP) using variable neighborhood search (VNS). The MMHLRP is a combination of a single allocation hub location and traveling salesman problems that are known as one of the new fields in routing problems. MMHLRP is considered NP-hard since the two sub-problems are NP-hard. To date, only the Benders decomposition (BD) algorithm and the variable neighborhood particle swarm optimization (VNPSO) algorithm have been applied to solve the MMHLRP model with ten nodes and more (up to 300 nodes), respectively. In this research, the VNS method is suggested to solve large-scale MMHLRP (up to 1,000 nodes).

Design/methodology/approach
Generated MMHLRP sample tests in the previous work were considered and were added to them. In total, 35 sample tests of MMHLRP models between 10 and 1,000 nodes were applied. Three methods (BD, VNPSO and VNS algorithms) were run by a computer to solve the generated sample tests of MMHLRP. The maximum available time for solving the sample tests was 6 h. Accuracy (value of objective function solution) and speed (CPU time consumption) were considered as two major criteria for comparing the mentioned methods.

Findings
Based on the results, the VNS algorithm was more efficient than VNPSO for solving the MMHLRP sample tests with 10–440 nodes. It had many similarities with the exact BD algorithm with ten nodes. In large-scale MMHLRP (sample tests with more than 440 nodes (up to 1,000 nodes)), the previously suggested methods were disabled to solve the problem and the VNS was the only method for solving samples after 6 h.

Originality/value
The computational results indicated that the VNS algorithm has a notable efficiency in comparison to the rival algorithm (VNPSO) in order to solve large-scale MMHLRP. According to the computational results, in the situation that the problems were solved for 6 h using both VNS and VNPSO, VNS solved the problems with more accuracy and speed. Additionally, VNS can only solve large-scale MMHLRPs with more than 440 nodes (up to 1,000 nodes) during 6 h.
A content analysis of organic product package designs
Authors: Chrysochou Polymeros , Festila Alexandra 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
Do the package designs of organic products differ from those of conventional products and which package design elements are used more systematically in organic products? This paper aims to address this question by exploring the package design elements of organic products. The proposition is that in addition to package design elements that explicitly communicate and position a product as organic (i.e. organic labels and claims), other package design elements that implicitly convey an organic image are used.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors conduct a content analysis of the package designs from new product launches in four product categories (butter, cereals, fruit juice and milk) and across four markets (Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland).

Findings
The results show that the package designs of organic products differ from those of conventional products based on the presence of more paper material, white and green colours and images displaying nature.

Research limitations/implications
The findings support the notion that in addition to organic labels and claims, package design elements that implicitly communicate values associated with organic products, such as environmental friendliness and sustainability are used.

Originality/value
This study is among the few to explore package design elements for organic products. Understanding how the package designs of organic products are constructed can support managerial decisions on the use of the package as a means to better communicate and position organic products.
A systematic review and thematic synthesis of research on school leadership in the Republic of Ireland
Authors: Murphy Gavin 
Published: May 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to review and generate themes evident in research on primary and post-primary (secondary) school leadership in the Republic of Ireland (Ireland) from 2008 to 2018.Design/methodology/approachThis paper follows the steps of a systematic review and thematic synthesis.FindingsFollowing the review, six themes are identified and described, summarising the most current school leadership research in Ireland.Practical implicationsPotential future directions of research are identified.Originality/valueNo review of research on school leadership in Ireland is currently available and this is timely given the policy context’s recent focus on school leadership. The steps taken to conduct the review are clearly outlined.
Materialism, television and social media – analysis of the transformation of post-colonial Indian market
Authors: Selvanayagam Karthik , Rehman Varisha 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
This paper aims to, first, analyze the transformation of the Indian market by extending Sreekumar and Varman’s (2016) work on history of marketing in India into the post-colonial era; second, trace the emergence and adoption of various media technologies in the post-colonial Indian market; third, identify the evolving trends in marketing practices alongside the penetration of these media technologies in the market; and finally, argue the need for mindful adoption of marketing practices in the Indian market, rather than direct replication of Western practices.

Design/methodology/approach
The historical perspective on the post-colonial Indian market is done through extant literature review and analysis of marketing practices by iconic brands in the Indian market.

Findings
This research reveals that the adoption of Western marketing practices by brands in the Indian market has led to increasing materialistic consumption patterns among consumers. Furthermore, such practices in the social media technology era impose individualistic values in the Indian consumers, contrary to the cultural values of the country. Therefore, this research posits the need for mindful marketing practices to be adopted for the Indian market.

Social implications
This research shows warning signs of growing materialistic values among Indian consumers and the implications of marketing strategies on the society as a whole.

Originality/value
This study is a first of its kind in highlighting the transformation of the post-colonial Indian market by integrating actual marketing campaigns over this period with literature to present the various issues in the current state of the market.
Hijri calendar effect in Borsa Istanbul gold market and Turkey’s foreign exchange market
Authors: Ozkan Nasif 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the Hijri calendar effect in Borsa Istanbul (BIST) precious metal market and foreign exchange market (Dollar and Euro market) of Turkey.

Design/methodology/approach
The data of BIST gold market index and foreign exchange market are used for the period of 4 March 2003-30 September 2016 (1 Muharram 1424 – 28 Dhu al-Hijja 1437) in the study. These data are analyzed by using the dummy variable regression model and Kruskal–Wallis (KW) test.

Findings
The results of the regression models and KW test indicate that there is a Ramadan effect in the gold market and after-Ramadan effect in the Euro market. On the other hand, the Hijri month effect does not exist in the Dollar market.

Originality/value
This is the first paper that investigates the Hijri calendar effect in gold and foreign exchange markets of Turkey other than the stock market.
Italian halal food market development: drivers and obstacles from experts’ opinions
Authors: De Boni Annalisa , Forleo Maria Bonaventura 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the trends and prospects for the development of the halal market for Italian foods, with a focus on pasta production as one of the most valued products of the Made in Italy brand. The analysis takes into consideration drivers and obstacles for developing halal orientation strategies in world and internal markets and opportunities and threats for Italian food firms.

Design/methodology/approach
Market dynamics were investigated by a forecasting tool, the Delphi method, which aims to explore future market trends and give suggestions for firm strategies and policy intervention. Besides firms, other experts involved in the Italian halal food sector were interviewed. Answers were organised according to the level of importance given to the different issues and to the level of agreement between the opinions of the experts. These findings were then discussed in relation to the contexts, both external and internal to companies, that had given rise to such opinions.

Findings
The halal food market represents a good opportunity for enlarging the overseas markets for Italian products and producers. Several external and internal factors related to the demographic, the institutional, the market and the firm contexts, emerged. The challenges that non-Islamic countries, markets and firms face in the adoption of halal strategies are mainly due to the institutional context, to the scarce awareness of halal principles and practices, and to some suspicion of Islamic food and culture that does not yet seem well-known and accepted on the domestic market.

Originality/value
The Islamic food market has still to be fully explored in Italy, this is despite strongly emerging demand and a growing number of firms showing interest in implementing halal certification and entering new Islamic markets. The paper findings contribute to the scarce empirical literature about the halal market in Italy and give some recommendations both for supporting further studies, identifying preliminary implications and suggesting policy measures.
Towards a shared understanding of the service experience – a hospitality stakeholder approach
Authors: King Ceridwyn , Murillo Enrique , Wei Wei , Madera Juan , Tews Michael J. , Israeli Aviad A. , Kong Lu 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to start a conversation on achieving a shared understanding among hospitality service co-creation participants. Adopting a stakeholder and service eco-systems approach, attention is drawn to the necessity for all service experience participants to have a shared understanding of the service experience and their role within it, for a sustained competitive advantage to be realized. Informed by community of practice (CoP) thinking, a road map of research questions is advanced encouraging insight into a macro level phenomenon that, traditionally, is only ever considered at the micro service encounter level.

Design/methodology/approach
A thorough multidisciplinary review of the literature was undertaken, providing an opportunity to present a viewpoint on the strategic implications of providing a sustainable competitive advantage via the hospitality service experience.

Findings
To achieve a shared understanding across the Hospitality Service Experience Eco-System, potential tensions among stakeholders are highlighted. Accounting for such barriers, institutional arrangements, combining organizational CoPs that are bridged by designated boundary objects, is advanced. Given the novel approach of applying a traditionally organizational phenomenon at a macro multi-stakeholder level, several research questions are proposed to inform thinking about this neglected perspective.

Originality/value
Acknowledging the innovation, agility and resources required to maintain a competitive service experience, the paper emphasizes the importance of adopting a macro perspective to effective service management. The hope is to stimulate academic interest to inform understanding as to how to build this capability as well as enhance practitioner interest in promoting stakeholders’ CoP for the benefit of the entire Hospitality Service Experience Eco-System.
Confessions of a faculty advisor
Authors: Oldford Erin 
Published: May 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe how a student-managed investment fund (SMIF) moved from an idea to an operational program over the period of a year at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada. The aim is to provide insight to other institutions on how to build capacity when developing their own SMIF.

Design/methodology/approach
I summarize the choices made with respect to funding source, governance structure, faculty involvement, recruitment, investment activities and integration into curriculum.

Findings
Underlying these choices were challenges pertaining to capacity, student competencies, the existing finance program and ties to industry. Through the development of the SMIF, efforts ensured that capacity was suitably developed in each of these areas.

Research limitations/implications
This paper provides insight to other institutions on how to build capacity while developing their own SMIF.

Practical implications
This account provides the field with a unique perspective. It is written following a year spent developing a SMIF that is about to launch.

Originality/value
This account provides the field with a unique perspective. It is written by a new faculty member following a year spent developing a SMIF that is about to launch.