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Innovation and typicality in localised agri-food systems: the case of PDO Parmigiano Reggiano
Authors: Mancini Maria Cecilia , Arfini Filippo , Guareschi Marianna 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the determinants and the impact of some of the more significant innovations applied to the localised agri-food systems (LAFSs) bearing a (Geographical indication) GI product, considering the multi-faceted aspects of innovation and how the producers have managed the implementation of such innovations.

Design/methodology/approach
Parmigiano Reggiano (PR) system is considered as a representative GI product, with the system showing the features of an LAFS in terms of governance, territorial reputation and quality perceived by consumers. PR innovations from 1860 to 2015 are analyszed and classified as technological and organisational. Three determinants of innovations are identified in the PR LAFS: consumer needs; value chain (VC) strategies; and governance. Finally, the innovation impact on the VC, product quality and rural development are studied.

Findings
The analysis shows the positive and negative impacts of innovations. The main finding is that governance action is crucial to pursuing quality strategies and maintaining economic value at production level.

Research limitations/implications
The research analyses some of the more significant innovations applied to the PR VC. Despite a large number of innovations were introduced from 1860, the authors had to choose just some of them, considering also the availability of dates.

Practical implications
The research gives some recommendation to the PR Consortium, in specific, or governance institutions in LAFS context in general, to achieve rural development goals. The research shows that governance action is crucial to pursuing quality strategy and to maintaining economic value at production level. This implies that instead of simply raising yield per cow, the VC should aim at increasing (or maintaining) the value of production by the way of marketing strategies. Organisational, marketing and technological innovations adopted in synergy and in joint agreement among the chain actors would bring mutual benefit for the VC and for the territory.

Social implications
The research shows the trade-off between VC competiveness and rural development. In fact, the increase of VC competiveness involves a growth of cost of production and the decrease of labour force. Thus, it creates a loss of employee and increases the distance between dairies with high amount of capital and familiar/smaller dairies which have low amount of capital to invert, that obstructs rural development especially in disadvantage area.

Originality/value
The paper analyses the determinants and the impact of some of the more significant innovations applied to LAFS which are home to a GI product, considering the multi-faceted aspects of innovation and how producers have managed the implementation of such innovations. It underlines implication on territory and sustainability.
Emerging trend of coffee cafe in Pakistan: factors affecting revisit intention
Authors: Islam Talat , Ahmed Ishfaq , Ali Ghulam , Ahmer Zeshan 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The global increase in coffee consumption has increased competition among cafes, generating the need to find ways of increasing customers’ revisit. Considering this backdrop, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of authenticity, interpersonal justice and prior experience on customer’s revisit intention, taking involvement as a mediator.

Design/methodology/approach
The data for this study were collected from 489 customers between April and July 2018 from an emerging coffee market. The customers were approached on a convenience basis and a questionnaire-based survey method was used to collect responses.

Findings
The data were analyzed using a two-stage structural equation modeling technique. The study noted authenticity, interpersonal justice and prior experience to not only have a direct impact on revisit intention but also having an indirect impact through involvement.

Research limitations/implications
This study is cross-sectional in nature, which is the foremost limitation of the study. Findings of the study reveal some unexplored dimensions of managing customers’ revisit intention, thus leaving a valuable message for the management of coffee cafes.

Originality/value
This study highlights the importance of authenticity, interpersonal justice, prior experience and involvement with respect to the revisit intention of the customers, as literature is scant on these variables.
Improving electrospinning process by numerical analysis of 3-D computer models
Authors: Firych-Nowacka Anna , Smolka Krzysztof , Wiak Sławomir 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
Electrospinning is a method of the polymer super thin fibres formation by the electrostatic field. The distribution of electrostatic field affects the effectiveness of the electrospinning.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper presents various computer models that can improve the electrospinning process. The possibilities of modelling the electrostatic field in the design of electrospinning equipment are presented.

Findings
In the research part, the one focussed on finding a cylinder-shaped collector structure to limit the adverse effect of an uneven distribution of the electric field intensity on the collector.

Originality/value
The paper concerns the improvement of the electrospinning process with the use of electrostatic field modelling. In the first part, several possible applications of electrostatic models have been indicated, thanks to which the efficiency of the process has been improved. The original solution of the collector geometry was presented, which according to the authors, in comparison with previous models, gives the most promising results. In this solution, it was possible to obtain an even distribution of the electric field intensity while removing the unfavourable effect of the field strength increase on the outer edges of the collector. The most important aspect in this paper is electric field strength analysis.
Study effect of the back irons in passive magnetic bearings with alternating radially magnetized rings by using 2D analytical method
Authors: Safaeian Reza , Heydari Hossein 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
Permanent magnet passive magnetic bearings (PMBs) are used for suspension of rotating shafts in one direction. PMBs with alternating radially magnetized rings having back iron is one of the most optimum configurations among all configurations of PMBs. This paper aims to investigate the effect of the conductivity and permeability of these back irons on the stiffness and damping of the configuration.

Design/methodology/approach
The stiffness and damping of the configuration will be calculated through a 2D dynamic analytical method and validated by FEM simulations.

Findings
The results of the paper show how the permeability and conductivity of the back irons can affect stiffness and damping of PMB. Furthermore, the size of the magnets and the air intervals between them are optimized for maximum stiffness and damping.

Originality/value
The results show that these bearings can have some intrinsic damping without any loss of stiffness, which can be useful for many applications.
Blockchain platform and future bank competition
Authors: Harris Wesley L. , Wonglimpiyarat Jarunee 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
Given that Blockchain technology poses a growing challenge to the banking industry, this paper aims to analyse the innovation of Blockchain banking with regard to its systemic dimension, as well as dynamics of competition. The empirical research demonstrates how the systemic characteristics of Blockchain banking relate to the pursuit of strategies and to what extent these strategies influence the directional path and level of technology diffusion.

Design/methodology/approach
The research study uses a case study methodology to explore the strategic competition of Blockchain banking. The study proposes the systemic innovation model for analysing and tracking the path of innovations. The model can be applied to any industry to understand the process of innovation development and the strategies to win market share in the banking industry. This research makes a contribution towards the theory of technology diffusion to understand the directional path of innovations.

Findings
The analyses of findings reveal the situation whereby most banks still compete to create their own Blockchain banking systems. The analyses, based on the systemic innovation model, also shows the low systemic feature of Blockchain banking at present. From the technology diffusion perspective, the future of Blockchain banking may need cross-chain interoperability to support a full spectrum of payments and value exchanges on the internet of things.

Originality/value
The main contribution of this paper is the systemic analysis of the latest innovation of Blockchain banking. Given that the research also includes the major banking innovation cases of ATM/cash cards, credit cards and electronic fund transfer at the point of sale/debit cards, the comparative analyses offer strategic insights to predict the progress, as well as pattern of technology development and diffusion for the case of Blockchain banking.
Numerical study of natural convection of nanofluid in a semi-circular cavity with lattice Boltzmann method
Authors: Nazarafkan Hanieh , Mehmandoust Babak , Toghraie Davood , Karimipour Arash 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
This study aims to apply the lattice Boltzmann method to investigate the natural convection flows utilizing nanofluids in a semicircular cavity. The fluid in the cavity is a water-based nanofluid containing Al2O3 or Cu nanoparticles.

Design/methodology/approach
The study has been carried out for the Rayleigh numbers from 104 to 106 and the solid volume fraction from 0 to 0.05. The effective thermal conductivity and viscosity of nanofluid are calculated by the models of Chon and Brinkman, respectively. The effects of solid volume fraction on hydrodynamic and thermal characteristics are investigated and discussed. The averaged and local Nusselt numbers, streamlines, temperature contours for different values of solid volume fraction and Rayleigh number are illustrated.

Findings
The results indicate that more solid volume fraction corresponds to more averaged Nusselt number for both types of nanofluids. It is also found that the effects of solid volume fraction of Cu are stronger than those of Al2O3.

Originality/value
Numerical study of natural convection of nanofluid in a semi-circular cavity with lattice Boltzmann method in the presence of water-based nanofluid containing Al2O3 or Cu nanoparticles.
The impact of credit ratings on capital structure
Authors: Aktan Bora , Çelik Şaban , Abdulla Yomna , Alshakhoori Naser 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the effect of real credit ratings change on capital structure decisions.

Design/methodology/approach
The study uses three models to examine the impact of credit rating on capital structure decisions within the framework of credit rating-capital structure hypotheses (broad rating, notch rating and investment or speculative grade). These hypotheses are tested by multiple linear regression models.

Findings
The results demonstrate that firms issue less net debt relative to equity post a change in the broad credit ratings level (e.g. a change from A- to BBB+). The findings also show that firms are less concerned by notch ratings change as long the firms remain the same broad credit rating level. Moreover, the paper indicates that firms issue less net debt relative to equity after an upgrade to investment grade.

Research limitations/implications
The study covers the periods of 2009 to 2016; therefore, the research result may be affected by the period specific events such as the European debt crisis. Moreover, studying listed non-financial firms only in the Tadawul Stock Exchange has resulted in small sample which may not be adequate enough to reach concrete generalization. Despite the close proximity between the GCC countries, there could be jurisdictional difference due to country specific regulations, policies or financial development. Therefore, it will be interesting to conduct a cross country study on the GCC to see if the conclusions can be generalized to the region.

Originality/value
The paper contributes to the literature by testing previous researches on new context (Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, KSA) which lack sophisticated comparable studies to the one conducted on other regions of the world. The results highlight the importance of credit ratings for the decision makers who are required to make essential decisions in areas such as financing, structuring or operating firms and regulating markets. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study of its kind that has been applied on the GCC region.
The impact of implementing fun activities on employee's engagement
Authors: Sakr Carol , Zotti Rabih , Khaddage-Soboh Nada 
Published: July 2019

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the effect of fun activities on employee engagement at Lebanese financial institutions.Design/methodology/approachThe study follows the qualitative process through semistructured interviews. In total, five managers and 20 employees within five different financial institutions and banks were interviewed. The data were first analyzed using the coding technique and then “quantitized” data were analyzed using SPSS software.FindingsThe findings convey the factors that can influence employee engagement, the measurements associated with employee engagement, the advantages and disadvantages of fun activities and the types of fun activities applied and its inhibitors. The findings demonstrate that workplace fun can help attain organizational goals through increasing the level of engagement regardless of the financial satisfaction.Research limitations/implicationsThe results stress on the importance of implementing fun activities and highlight the importance of implementing such activities and their effects on the employees’ overall engagement and productivity, as well as the various ways of applying those activities in Lebanese financial institutions.Practical implicationsThe findings assist managers in creating a fun workplace environment that enhances employee engagement, which in return will help organizations attain their goals.Social implicationsUnderstanding the work–fun concept in Lebanese financial institutions may encourage potential candidates to apply for a job within these institutions and be the reason to encourage other organizations to adopt such activities as well. Such development will help improve the quality of candidates and employees, which will reflect better institutional income.Originality/valueThis paper offers new insights and perspectives regarding fun activities and their relationship with employee engagement in Lebanese financial institutions. It introduces a new idea in Lebanese businesses as well as sheds light on the importance of adopting such activities to enhance employee engagement that creates organizational competitive advantage as reached in the results.
Designing performance measurement systems in nonprofit and public administration organizations
Authors: Moura Louisi Francis , Pinheiro de Lima Edson , Deschamps Fernando , Van Aken Eileen , Gouvea da Costa Sergio E. , Treinta Fernanda Tavares , Cestari José Marcelo Almeida Prado 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
In the performance measurement and management research field, the applicability of performance measurement systems (PMS) in nonprofit organizations (NPOs) and public administration has been considered a challenge. The diversity of these organizations makes it difficult to define proper terminology and organizational characteristics. PMS evolution has not yet been able to capture all performance dimensions of a public administration and, especially for NPO considering its dynamic and multiple goals. The purpose of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework that identifies and classifies the factors that influence the design of PMSs in NPOs and public administration.

Design/methodology/approach
The study was developed through a systematic literature review (SLR). A set of 29 papers were intensely studied, and the results provide a multi-disciplinary and holistic set of factors.

Findings
A set of ten factors that influence the design of PMSs in NPO and public administration were found. They were categorized into three groups: factor related to purpose, stakeholders and management.

Originality/value
The study synthesized the literature and provided a conceptual framework of the factors that influence the design of PMSs in NPO and public administration. No individual paper collected in the SLR shows a similar organization of the factors as the present paper. The set of factors indicates the importance of this study for NPO and public administration, and how complex a PMS in an NPO and public administration can become. The conceptual model presented can further assist practitioners in developing design process observing the role that the identified factors play.
Effect of roughness on sealing performance of oil seals with surface texture
Authors: Zhang Fuying , Yang Junmei , Shui Haoche , Dong Chengcheng 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
This paper aims to obtain the film thickness, friction torque and pumping rate and analyze the effects of roughness and surface micro-dimple texture (circular, square and equilateral triangle) on the performance of the oil seal.

Design/methodology/approach
On the basis of elastohydrodynamic lubrication and the pumping mechanism of rotating shaft seal, this paper establishes a numerical model of hybrid lubrication of oil seal in sealing area. The model is coupled with fluid mechanics, rough peak contact mechanics and deformation analysis.

Findings
The results show that surface texture significantly improves the lubrication properties of the oil seal. The oil seal with the square texture has the largest oil film thickness, while the equilateral triangle texture has a better effect on the pumping rate.

Originality/value
To get closer to the real working environment of the oil seal, based on the surface roughness, this paper studies the effect of the texture shapes applied to the oil seal lip surface on the performance of the oil seal. The critical roughness and rotational speed values with zero pumping rate are obtained, which provides a theoretical basis for the correct selection of oil seals.
The dynamic performance analysis of chevron shape textured hydrodynamic bearings
Authors: Jamwal Gourav , Sharma Sanjay , Awasthi R.K. 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
This paper aims to evaluate the various dynamic performance parameters of hydrodynamic journal bearings. For this, the bearing’s inner surface is textured with chevron-shaped textures with different texture depths and number of textures in different regions/locations.

Design/methodology/approach
In the present study, the effect of chevron-shaped texture having different values of texture depths, locations and number of textures has been numerically simulated. The dynamic performance characteristics have been calculated by solving the fluid flow governing Reynolds equation using the finite element method, assuming iso-viscous and Newtonian fluid.

Findings
The obtained results indicate that the bearing stability can be improved with the help of surface texture. Among all the investigated texture locations, the maximum increase in stability threshold speed is observed for fully textured distribution. Moreover, for the chevron-shaped texture considered in the present study, the optimum values of texture depth and number of textures have also been determined for maximum bearing stability.

Practical implications
While designing, designers should focus on those optimum values of texture depth, texture location and number of textures which lead to maximum enhancement in bearing stability.

Originality/value
This study is useful in the appropriate selection of chevron-shaped texture parameters on bearing surface for the maximum bearing stability.
The ideological character of accounting textbooks
Authors: Irsyadillah Irsyadillah 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the perspectives of accounting lecturers regarding the contents of accounting textbooks. It focusses on the ideological character of introductory financial accounting (IFA) textbooks prescribed in the first year of accounting degrees in Indonesia.

Design/methodology/approach
The ideological analysis is informed by Thompson’s (1990) concept of ideology, which was used in a critical sense to refer to its role in serving unequal power relations. Semi-structured interviews of Indonesian accounting lecturers were utilised to collect data.

Findings
In the interviews, the lecturers revealed that the prescribed IFA textbooks focussed on prioritising shareholder interests. The mainstream view among the lecturers was that accounting textbooks realistically exhibited the natural form of accounting, whilst lecturers with an Islamic accounting and finance background notably viewed the character of IFA textbooks as serving an ideological role or permeating propaganda. The latter suggests that alternative worldviews, relevant and nuanced to the Indonesian context, are promoted in accounting education.

Research limitations/implications
The findings presented in this paper should provide a basis for further research into the ideological character of accounting textbooks by analysing the internal structure of accounting textbooks and investigating the broader perspectives of other users and individuals involved in the production of accounting textbooks.

Practical implications
An awareness of the ideological representation of accounting textbooks can provide insights for universities, publishers and policy makers concerned with lecture structure, textbook design and regulation formulation in accounting education.

Originality/value
This is the first paper to empirically explore the ideological character of accounting textbooks prescribed in an Islamic developing country setting.