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The brand is my workplace
Authors: Bareket-Bojmel Liad , Shuv-Ami Avichai 
Published: July 2019

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to adapt the well-established concept of “brand equity” in order to define and measure employer branding and its organizational consequences.Design/methodology/approachThis paper utilized structural equation modeling with a large sample of 600 employees to test the proposition that organizational brand equity (OBE) is translated into attitudes toward the workplace (organizational commitment) and has possible behavioral consequences (turnover intentions).FindingsThe study findings provide support for a partial mediation model. In addition to a direct association between OBE and turnover intentions, organizational commitment mediates the relationships between OBE and turnover intentions within a 12-month period.Originality/valueEmployer branding research is heterogeneous in terms of measurement tools and scope. This paper is part of an emerging perspective that suggests the adoption of the brand equity concept from marketing into the field of OB. This paper investigates the relationships between brand equity, employees’ commitment and turnover intentions. Well-established measures and a large-scale sample of 602 participants are used.
Regional entrepreneurial ecosystems in Mexico: a comparative analysis
Authors: Villegas Mateos Allan Oswaldo , Amorós José Ernesto 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The entrepreneurial ecosystem approach tries to understand the mechanisms underlying new business creation and helps develop tools, governmental policies and support systems that enhance the outcomes of entrepreneurship activities. To ensure a better understanding of those mechanisms, this study aims to contrast regional policies in emerging economies that are designed to foster local new business creation and development.

Design/methodology/approach
One of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor’s surveys, the National Experts’ Survey, was applied to a sample of N = 675 key informants in Mexico at ten entities, seven of whom were categorized as non-centrally located. The authors used non-parametric statistics to compare the differences between centrally and non-centrally located experts.

Findings
The main results indicate that non-centrally located experts perceive their regions to be in a worse position than centrally located experts in terms of government policies regulation, post-school education and commercial and physical infrastructure, but surprisingly in a better position regarding financial access, general government policy, government programs, primary and secondary education, R&D transfer, market dynamism and openness and cultural and social norms.

Practical implications
These findings have policy implications for all levels of government in Mexico, which must prioritize the homologation of opportunities for people in both large and small cities.

Originality/value
The replication of a Chilean study contributes to the empirical literature of regional entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging economies.
Embodying engineering leadership
Authors: Florez Wilson Antonio 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
Accrediting boards and employers agree that there is a growing need for engineering leadership training. The aforementioned recognized, soft skills training is still an incipient initiative in the engineering discipline. This paper aims to summarize the implementation of the Engineering Leadership Program at the School of Engineering, where the implementation process uses the model for learning and teaching proposed by Reyes and Zarama, 1998b, as a strategy to embody engineering leadership capabilities. The best practices in regard to the capabilities that promote engineering leadership are discussed. The final remarks highlight the relevance of the active student roles in the development of the Engineering Leadership Program.

Design/methodology/approach
The author describes the implementation of the Engineering Leadership Program using Reyes and Zarama’s process of embodying distinctions.

Findings
The use of systemic models for teaching and learning in the implementation of Engineering Leadership Programs helps facilitate leadership competencies in students. The implementation of “engineering leadership” as complementary activity in the engineering curriculum demonstrated individual and program advantages – in comparison to solely modifying the current engineering curriculum.

Originality/value
This work enhances the understanding of how engineering schools can design activities to promote engineering leadership in former engineers as is requested by international accreditation boards and by engineering employers.
How label and nutritional claims affect consumers’ acceptance, buying intention and quality perception toward a beverage made from cashew nut
Authors: Rebouças Marina Cabral , Rodrigues Maria do Carmo Passos , Freitas Silvia Maria de 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the influence of the front of a package label and the nutritional claims linked to it over consumers’ expectations as to acceptance, purchase attitude and perception of quality characteristics of a new functional beverage made from cashew nut milk and added with mango juice and prebiotic substances.

Design/methodology/approach
Three versions of the front label were developed, which differed just by the type of nutritional claim presented (“0 per cent lactose and 0 per cent cholesterol; 0 per cent lactose, 0 per cent cholesterol and source of fibers, 0 per cent lactose, 0 per cent cholesterol and antioxidants”) and were evaluated in two phases, expectation and informed. For the evaluation, consumers used a multi-attribute scale, the nine-point hedonic scale and a nine-point semi-structured buying attitude scale.

Findings
The labels created a positive expectation on the consumers regarding the quality attributes, overall impression (mean = 6.0 “Like slightly”) and buying attitude (mean = 6.0 “Would probably buy”). After tasting the beverage associated with labels (informed phase), consumers kept a positive evaluation. The t-test performed between the pair of means of both phases showed that there has not been a significant difference regarding the quality attributes (p > 0.05), special, attractive, nutritive, healthy and buying attitude (Label 1, p = 0.26; Label 2, p = 0.18; Label 3, p = 0.26) in all labels.

Originality/value
The authors evaluated how the influence of label and nutritional claims in regards to a new product, a beverage made from cashew nut, affects its acceptance, buying attitude and characteristics of quality. Until this moment, there are no studies that evaluate how external attributes affect the acceptance of this beverage totally unique in the Brazilian market.
Self-cleaning treatment on historical stone surface via titanium dioxide nanocoatings
Authors: Kardar Pooneh , Amini Reza 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the possibility of using titanium dioxide coating in the field of architectural heritage.

Design/methodology/approach
In this research, a titanium dioxide coating was prepared and then applied to the travertine stone surfaces. The nature of the coating was determined through various observations and analyses. Moreover, the effect of photocatalytic self-cleaning was evaluated using an organic dye (Rhodamine B).

Findings
The results of XRD, DLS and SEM confirmed the formation of small anatase crystals. The hydrophilic behavior on the surface was observed by coatings based on titanium dioxide.

Research limitations/implications
The self-cleaning ability of titanium dioxide is due to the synergistic effect of its optical inductive property, which is activated with sunlight.

Practical implications
The self-cleaning coatings are interested for many industries. The reported data can be used by the formulators working in the research and development departments.

Social implications
Self-cleaning systems are considered as smart coatings. Therefore, the developing of its knowledge can help to extend its usage to different applications.

Originality/value
The application of titanium dioxide coating in the field of architectural heritage is a great challenge. Therefore, in this research, a titanium dioxide coating was prepared by sol-gel method and then applied on travertine surfaces and its properties were studied.
The purpose and impact of postgraduate knowledge
Authors: Wisker Gina , Robinson Gillian Diana , Leibowitz Brenda 
Published: July 2019

Purpose
Much research into outcomes of doctoral learning focuses on employability, or the dearth of academic employment in relation to doctoral graduate expectations, emphasising precarity of academic future work. This new work begins with and moves beyond employment issues, highlighting professional practice and personal knowledge development and impact.

Design/methodology/approach
Much doctoral education research focuses on the academic identities of postgraduates, their change and alignment to the work and experience of being a doctoral student and beyond, in academic or other jobs. This longitudinal work explores professional and social impact from doctoral research and transformational changes experienced and reported by graduates in two projects. Based on narrative interviewing turned into case studies, it asks fundamental questions about the purpose and impact of postgraduate knowledge.

Findings
Respondents emphasised change in their sense of personal, academic and professional identity; immediate impact on professional practice leading to job change, status, changes in practices and longer-term impacts of further influences on professional practice, some international in reach.

Research limitations/implications
This small-scale study has widespread implications for understanding the impact of postgraduate knowledge on professional practice and personal development.

Practical implications
The work could influence doctoral student intentions and the focus of doctoral programmes.

Social implications
Postgraduate knowledge is seen as crucial in theorised and practical contributions to social development.

Originality/value
This longitudinal work generates new knowledge, answering questions: What is the purpose of postgraduate knowledge? Who benefits from results? What is the impact from the research? How are outcomes put into professional practice? It found significant developments in professional practice and personal development.
Exploring undergraduates’ money-management life: insight from an emerging economy
Authors: Sachitra Vilani , Wijesinghe Dinushi , Gunasena Wajira 
Published: July 2019

PurposeUndergraduates are expected to be future leaders responsible for business and nations. Given that sound financial decision-making is critical to their success in their careers and lives, it is important to understand the money-management behaviour of undergraduates. In the context of developing countries, the body of knowledge on money-management behaviour is dominated by functional financial literature and there is little research on factors beyond this. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring economic, social and psychological factors that influence money-management behaviour of undergraduates in a developing nation (Sri Lanka) and how undergraduates respond to these influences.Design/methodology/approachThe study used a qualitative exploratory approach. Data collection was carried out using focus group discussions and individual interviews amongst undergraduates in a leading Sri Lankan state university.FindingsThe results indicate that undergraduates adopted both careful and risky money-management approaches. The subthemes, specifically identified under economic, social and psychological factors, revealed how undergraduates responded to each of these factors and the influence of contextual and cultural differences in their money-management behaviour.Research limitations/implicationsFindings of the study revealed the importance of promoting innovative educational strategies to change the dependability mindset of undergraduates and to promote stress-management strategies that will assist them to enhance their personalities and creativity in making financial decisions. Theoretical and practical implications and future research directions are provided.Originality/valueThe literature scores in developing context are limited to exploring the existing pattern and the levels of the functional financial literacy. This study has deepened the authors’ understanding of how the developing context affects undergraduates’ response to the factors relating to their money-management behaviour. The findings from this study will be useful to government, financial institutions, educational institutions, parents and those who have a keen interest in encouraging healthy money-management behaviour in undergraduates.
Distinct telomere differences within a reproductively bimodal common lizard population
Authors: McLennan Darryl , Recknagel Hans , Elmer Kathryn R. , Monaghan Pat 
Published: July 2019

AbstractDifferent strategies of reproductive mode, either oviparity (egg‐laying) or viviparity (live‐bearing), will be associated with a range of other life‐history differences that are expected to affect patterns of ageing and longevity. It is usually difficult to compare the effects of alternative reproductive modes because of evolutionary and ecological divergence. However, the very rare exemplars of reproductive bimodality, in which different modes exist within a single species, offer an opportunity for robust and controlled comparisons.One trait of interest that could be associated with life history, ageing and longevity is the length of the telomeres, which form protective caps at the chromosome ends and are generally considered a good indicator of cellular health. The shortening of these telomeres has been linked to stressful conditions; therefore, it is possible that differing reproductive costs will influence patterns of telomere loss. This is important because a number of studies have linked a shorter telomere length to reduced survival.Here, we have studied maternal and offspring telomere dynamics in the common lizard (Zootoca vivipara). Our study has focused on a population where oviparous and viviparous individuals co‐occur in the same habitat and occasionally interbreed to form admixed individuals.While viviparity confers many advantages for offspring, it might also incur substantial costs for the mother, for example require more energy. Therefore, we predicted that viviparous mothers would have relatively shorter telomeres than oviparous mothers, with admixed mothers having intermediate telomere lengths. There is thought to be a heritable component to telomere length; therefore, we also hypothesized that offspring would follow the same pattern as the mothers.Contrary to our predictions, the viviparous mothers and offspring had the longest telomeres, and the oviparous mothers and offspring had the shortest telomeres. The differing telomere lengths may have evolved as an effect of the life‐history divergence between the reproductive modes, for example due to the increased growth rate that viviparous individuals may undergo to reach a similar size at reproduction.A freePlain Language Summarycan be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
Ethyl Glucuronide Concentration in Hair of Detainees: A Preliminary Study
Authors: Pascali Jennifer Paola , Palumbo Diego , Umani Ronchi Federica , Mari Francesco , Fioravanti Alessia , Bertol Elisabetta 
Published: July 2019

AbstractThrough the measurement of ethyl glucuronide in hair (hETG), it is possible to assess chronic alcohol abuse over time. In this paper, we present a study on hETG in Italian prison inmates. Analyses were performed by LC‐MS according to a previously published method. Results were evaluated using the cut‐offs established by the Society of Hair Testing. Positives samples (ETG > 30 pg/mg) accounted for 6% of all subjects, with concentrations ranging from 42 pg/mg up to 270 pg/mg, abstinent subjects (ETG < 7 pg/mg) accounted for 88%, and moderate alcohol consumption (7 < ETG < 30 pg/mg) for 6% of the subjects. No females displayed ETG values above 30 pg/mg. Among positive samples, only two subjects did not declare heavy alcohol consumption and were found strongly positive at 210 and 270 pg/mg. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the first study on ETG hair concentration on prison inmates.
The Leap of the Tiger: Escaping the Middle‐income Trap to the Technological Frontier
Authors: Cherif Reda , Hasanov Fuad 
Published: July 2019

AbstractThe Asian miracles along with a handful of European economies and oil exporters are the few countries that reached high‐income status during 1960–2014. In contrast, many good‐performing countries such as Malaysia have been middle‐income countries for several decades despite relatively strong growth and a substantial improvement in education and export sophistication. We argue that the key factor differentiating the Asian miracles from economies like Malaysia is the creation of technologies by domestic firms and leapfrogging to the technological frontier at an early stage of development.
‘Real interest’? Understanding the 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean
Authors: Dodds Klaus 
Published: July 2019

AbstractThe 2018 Agreement to Prevent Unregulated High Seas Fisheries in the Central Arctic Ocean (Agreement) is a notable intervention in living resources management. The Agreement seeks to anticipate future fisheries management and serves as a reminder as how international legal frameworks such as UNCLOS ‘regionalise’ seas and oceans. But thus far analyses of the Agreement have tended to focus on its legal and managerial qualities and implications. This paper offers a different reading of the Agreement, informed by critical geopolitics, which focuses on how the Agreement actively produces ‘the Central Arctic Ocean’ (CAO) which it then seeks to manage. The Agreement will shape not only the future geopolitics of the Arctic Ocean but also the diverse array of interests held by Arctic Ocean coastal states, indigenous peoples, environmental groups and extra‐territorial parties such as China.
Optimality in prioritizing conservation projects
Authors: Hanson Jeffrey O. , Schuster Richard , Strimas‐Mackey Matthew , Bennett Joseph R. 
Published: July 2019

AbstractThe resources available to safeguard biodiversity are limited, and so funding must be allocated cost‐effectively. To achieve this, conservation projects—such as threatened species recovery projects, or pest management projects—are often prioritized using algorithms. Conventionally, prioritizations have been generated by ranking projects according to their cost‐effectiveness and selecting the top projects within a budget, or using backwards heuristic algorithms which iteratively remove projects until a budget is met. Yet such algorithms may not deliver optimal solutions.We investigated the performance of exact algorithms, a class of algorithms that guarantee optimality, compared with conventional algorithms for project prioritization. Specifically, we conducted a simulation study, involving 40 conservation projects, 50 species, and 80 management actions, and a case study involving recovery projects for 62 of New Zealand’s threatened bird species. In each of these studies, we generated prioritizations by (i) exact algorithms, (ii) ranking projects using cost‐effectiveness, (iii) a backwards heuristic algorithm, and (iv) randomly funding projects. After generating the prioritizations, we evaluated their performance.We found that exact algorithms outperform conventional algorithms for project prioritization. In the simulation study, both the ranking and backwards heuristic algorithms returned solutions that were highly suboptimal when compared with solutions by exact algorithms. In the case study, both conventional algorithms returned solutions that would be expected to result in the needless loss of millions of years of avian evolutionary history due to poor planning. Furthermore, conventional algorithms returned solutions with large amounts of unallocated funding—providing little guidance for decision makers. Despite concerns that exact algorithm solvers require an inordinate amount of time, the longest run in either study took less than three minutes.Our results suggest that conservation agencies could benefit enormously from exact algorithms. To help make exact algorithms more accessible, we developed theoppr Rpackage (https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=oppr) which can use open‐source and commercial exact algorithm solvers to identify optimal solutions for a range of objectives and constraints. Our findings suggest that conservation plans could be substantially improved using exact algorithms, which could potentially save millions of dollars and lead to more species being saved from extinction.
Changes in presynaptic calcium signalling accompany age‐related deficits in hippocampal LTP and cognitive impairment
Authors: Pereda Daniel , Al‐Osta Ibrahim , Okorocha Albert E. , Easton Alexander , Hartell Nicholas A. 
Published: July 2019

AbstractThe loss of cognitive function accompanying healthy aging is not associated with extensive or characteristic patterns of cell death, suggesting it is caused by more subtle changes in synaptic properties. In the hippocampal CA1 region, long‐term potentiation requires stronger stimulation for induction in aged rats and mice and long‐term depression becomes more prevalent. An age‐dependent impairment of postsynaptic calcium homeostasis may underpin these effects. We have examined changes in presynaptic calcium signalling in aged mice using a transgenic mouse line (SyG37) that expresses a genetically encoded calcium sensor in presynaptic terminals. SyG37 mice showed an age‐dependent decline in cognitive abilities in behavioural tasks that require hippocampal processing including the Barnes maze, T‐maze and object location but not recognition tests. The incidence of LTP was significantly impaired in animals over 18 months of age. These effects of aging were accompanied by a persistent increase in resting presynaptic calcium, an increase in the presynaptic calcium signal following Schaffer collateral fibre stimulation, an increase in postsynaptic fEPSP slope and a reduction in paired‐pulse facilitation. These effects were not caused by synapse proliferation and were of presynaptic origin since they were evident in single presynaptic boutons. Aged synapses behaved like younger ones when the extracellular calcium concentration was reduced. Raising extracellular calcium had little effect on aged synapses but altered the properties of young synapses into those of their aged counterparts. These effects can be readily explained by an age‐dependent change in the properties or numbers of presynaptic calcium channels.