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How does home government influence the internationalization of emerging market firms? The mediating role of strategic intents to internationalize
Authors: Angulo-Ruiz Fernando , Pergelova Albena , Wei William X. 
Published: December 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to focus on the differential impact of government promotional measures and government ownership on two internationalization variables: location and speed of internationalization of emerging market multinationals (EMNEs). Central to the authors’ study is the mediating role of strategic intents to internationalize. In particular, we study how government impacts the resource-seeking, market-seeking and technology-seeking motives to internationalize.Design/methodology/approachThe empirical setting for the paper is Chinese companies that have internationalized via an equity based entry mode. The authors employ 672 firm responses collected by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada and the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.FindingsThe empirical results demonstrate that different home government measures have differential impact on internationalization outcomes. Government promotional measures (such as direct incentives and bilateral agreements to support internationalization) have only an indirect effect on international location and speed through the effect they have on the strategic motives to internationalize; while government ownership in the company has a direct impact on international location.Research limitations/implicationsThe study highlights that home governments are shaping EMNEs strategic intent. Home government can influence EMNEs internationalization choices by providing resource flows through financial resources and state ownership or through asset-accumulation mechanisms via promotional measures.Practical implicationsPolicy makers in emerging markets need to develop policies focused on the specific motivations that firms have when internationalizing. EMNEs are suggested to take advantage of government policies more intentionally.Originality/valueThe theoretical contribution centers on identifying important mediating mechanisms pointing to the interplay between government policies and international location and speed of firms. The authors contribute to the growing stream of research on internationalization of emerging market firms by building a sound theoretical model and examining empirically the role of home government in the internationalization of EMNEs.
Open-mindedness and adaptive business style
Authors: Alteren Gro , Tudoran Ana Alina 
Published: December 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of relational competences, such as open-mindedness and the ability to adapt business style, in developing trustworthy relationships through communication in the export markets in different cultural contexts.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis is performed on survey-based data from a sample consisting of 39.9 percent of the total population of Norwegian seafood companies involved in exporting, including 108 business relationships.FindingsThe findings reveal that adaptive business style and communication mediate the overall effect of open-mindedness on trust building between partners in the export markets. The adaptive business style fully explains the effect of open-mindedness on communication. Open-minded persons are better prepared to achieve communication on a high level because they are more likely to adapt to a new business style. Performing adaptive business style improves communication, particularly when the importer belongs to a dissimilar culture. For trust building, communication is equally important, irrespective of cultural differences.Practical implicationsExporter should aim at recruiting open-minded people because they have the advantage that they are capable of performing a variety of negotiation styles and business approaches, depending on the situation.Originality/valueThis paper develops a model that integrates key constructs from the relational paradigm with constructs rooted in different research streams, extending our knowledge regarding salespeople competences that are important in order to develop business relationships in export markets.
Strategic information disclosure, integrated reporting and the role of intellectual capital
Authors: Camodeca Renato , Almici Alex , Sagliaschi Umberto 
Published: December 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to use a theoretical and empirical model to investigate the adoption of the integrated reporting (IR) framework as a strategic choice to signal intellectual capital (IC) to equity investors, with specific reference to the pharmaceutical industry.Design/methodology/approachThe choice of drafting an integrated report is modelled as a means for managers to strategically disclose price-relevant information related to IC. The voluntary disclosure model developed by Verrecchia (1983) is used, also introducing the role of financial analysts to derive a directly reproducible empirical equation.FindingsTheoretically, as IR requires managers to exert an effort in reporting activity, this work shows that in equilibrium, only firms with sufficient IC have decided to adopt IR, resulting in rational investors’ willingness to pay more only for the forecasted earnings of integrated reporters. This theory is tested in the pharmaceutical sector, where the modelling choice is probably more valid, with mixed results.Research limitations/implicationsWhen compliant with the International Integrated Reporting Council’s (IIRC) standards, IR provides the means to disclose IC in a perfectly verifiable way. Furthermore, since the IIRC has only recently been established, the conclusions have only been tested on a limited data set.Originality/valueThis work connects the value relevance of IR to IC by adopting an equilibrium approach, which, in turn, provides specific indications of how to build a consistent empirical test of the theory.
Do human rights issues matter? An empirical analysis of Indonesian companies’ reporting
Authors: Cahaya Fitra Roman , Hervina Rizka 
Published: December 2018

PurposeThis paper aims to examine the Indonesian Stock Exchange-listed (IDX-listed) companies’ human rights disclosures.Design/methodology/approachThe year-ending 2012 annual report disclosures of 75 IDX-listed companies are analyzed. The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines are used as the disclosure index checklist.FindingsThe results show a low level of voluntary human rights disclosure (36.74 per cent). The highest level of communication is for assessment issues. Very few companies disclosed information about child labor and forced and compulsory labor. Statistical analysis reveals that board size significantly influences “human rights” communication in a positive direction. Company size, one of the control variables in this study, is also found to be positively significant. The managerial stakeholder theory partially explains the variability of these disclosures.Research limitations/implicationsThe main implication of the findings is that key stakeholders do not see the importance of human rights issues to be disclosed, except for commissioners. It seems that commissioners have the spirit of the United Nation Guiding Principles (UNGPs), requiring companies to respect human rights in daily business operations. Another implication is that companies may attempt to hide certain information regarding child labor and forced and compulsory labor.Originality/valueThis paper provides insights into the disclosure practices of human rights issues in Indonesia. The paper also investigates the key determinants of human rights disclosures, an empirical test which is largely ignored in previous human rights reporting studies. This paper highlights the potency of commissioners in campaigning and promoting the importance of social responsibility on human rights for corporate sustainability.
‘A transforming sentiment in this country’: The Whitlam government and Indigenous self‐determination
Authors: Hocking Jenny 
Published: December 2018

AbstractGough Whitlam's Labor government came to office in December 1972 with a vast and transformative reform agenda, at the heart of which was a fundamental policy shift in Aboriginal affairs away from assimilation and toward self‐determination, described by Whitlam as; ‘Aboriginal communities deciding the pace and nature of their future development as significant components within a diverse Australia’. Whitlam's commitment to self‐determination reflected the United Nation's International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which refers to the right of all peoples to ‘freely determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development’. Whitlam made it clear that Aboriginal Affairs would be a priority of his government with the establishment of the first separate Ministry for Aboriginal Affairs and his government introduced a suite of path‐breaking policies for Aboriginal people. Pat Dodson, the inaugural chairperson of the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, later described the change in policy and intent under Whitlam as, ‘a transforming sentiment in this country for Aboriginal people’. This article explores the key features of Whitlam's Indigenous policy and argues that Whitlam's commitment to self‐determination was a unique and radical policy reframing in Indigenous affairs not seen before or since. These advances were wound back by the conservative government of Malcolm Fraser and the ‘transforming sentiment’ soon reverted to one of ‘self‐management’ and unarticulated assimilation.
Whitlam and Aboriginal self‐determination in Redfern
Authors: Perheentupa Johanna 
Published: December 2018

AbstractThe Whitlam government played a significant role in introducing progressive new policies in Aboriginal Affairs following the 1972 election. Yet, Aboriginal activists based in Redfern soon expressed disappointment with and criticism of the direction of these policies. They challenged the meaning and administration of the newly introduced self‐determination policy and the limits it placed on Aboriginal control of their organisations. These organisations, including the Aboriginal Legal and Medical Services, had been established in Redfern before the Labor government came to power. Even though they benefited under the self‐determination policy, their ability to achieve Aboriginal control was not because Whitlam and his government agreed with the activists’ aims and understanding of self‐determination. Rather the generous funding under the Labor government, together with some weaknesses in its management, allowed the organisations to push the limits of self‐determination as defined by the government. Thus, even though the Whitlam government was supportive of improved Aboriginal controlled services, it had not anticipated the development towards Aboriginal self‐determination pursued by the activists in Redfern.
Primary Health Networks’ impact on Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services
Authors: Coombs David 
Published: December 2018

AbstractThe Abbott government's creation of Primary Health Networks in 2015 has substantially affected the way that primary healthcare funding is administered at the Commonwealth level. Primary Health Networks control a significant amount of Indigenous‐specific health funding, which Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services have historically relied upon. These Indigenous sector organisations have been delivering holistic and culturally appropriate healthcare to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for decades. They are run by and for Aboriginal Communities themselves, enacting Indigenous self‐determination at a local level. The Primary Health Networks promote contestable funding and competitive service markets, destabilising the Indigenous health funding environment. This new funding model does not account for the distinguishing feature of Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: self‐determination. Additionally, Primary Health Networks possess limited knowledge of Indigenous health contexts and have been resistant to engagement with Aboriginal organisations. All of this limits Indigenous self‐determination and threatens Indigenous health.
Receiving the final report of the referendum council: A challenge in public law
Authors: Yeatman Anna 
Published: December 2018

AbstractThe Final Report of the Referendum Council, which includes the Uluru Statement from the Heart, is a formal claim on the Australian people and its governing institutions. The claim is for a new conception of the unity of the Australian people so that for the first time historically it includes the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first sovereign nations of Australia. This is the significance of the recommendation that a First Nations Voice to Parliament be established in the Australian Constitution. This is not just a claim on the Australian constitution; it is a claim in public law that offers a new political‐constitutional horizon of intelligibility for the Australian constitution. In the current reception of the Final Report, this has not been properly understood.
Monitoring the sleep patterns of people with dementia and their family carers in the community
Authors: Gibson Rosemary Helen , Gander Philippa Helen 
Published: December 2018

ObjectivesGold‐standard overnight polysomnography does not reliably capture highly variable sleep patterns across the 24‐hour day that are common with dementia and often problematic for carers. We evaluated the reliability of automatically scored actigraphy data as an alternative.MethodsActigraphy recordings were analysed from 15 community‐dwelling people with dementia (135 days total) and 14 of their family carers (124 days total). Manual scoring used participant sleep diaries to identify sleep periods. Automated scoring used the manufacturer's algorithm to score entire records.ResultsFor people with dementia, automated scoring identified more sleep fragmentation at night and increased sleep during the day, with comparable sensitivity but lower specificity than for carers.ConclusionsAutomated scoring offers reasonable agreement with manual scoring and may better describe the fragmented nature of dementia‐related sleep, which can be challenging to record accurately in a sleep diary. Automated scoring reduces participant burden and could improve research and treatment protocols.
Effects of a high energy and low protein diet on hepatic and plasma characteristics and Cidea and Cidec mRNA expression in liver and adipose tissue of laying hens with fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome
Authors: Peng Gang , Huang Enfu , Ruan Jiming , Huang Liumei , Liang Haiping , Wei Qing , Xie Xianhua , Zeng Qingjie , Huang Jianzhen 
Published: December 2018

AbstractCidea and Cidec are two members of Cell death‐inducing DNA fragmentation factor‐alpha‐like effector family proteins, which could be involved in lipid or fat metabolism. To better understand the roles of Cidea and Cidec in fatty liver hemorrhagic syndrome (FLHS), 150 healthy 155‐day‐old Hyline Brown laying hens were randomly divided into control group (fed with basic diet) and experimental group (fed with high‐energy low‐protein [HELP] diet). Analysis of the liver by tissue sectioning and hematoxylin and eosin staining showed that the HELP diet induced micro‐vesicular steatosis in laying hens. Subsequently, based on the liver color scores and the range of lipid accumulation observed in histological examination, we classified livers with <50% vacuolization as mild FLHS and >50% as severe FLHS. The results showed that the levels of Cidea and Cidec mRNA expression were markedly elevated in the liver and adipose tissues with FLHS and the levels of Cidea and Cidec mRNA expression in the liver with severe FLHS were significantly higher than that in the liver with mild FLHS. Thus, the present study revealed that the Cidea and Cidec genes may be involved in pathways of FLHS formation.
A Modified Partial Likelihood Score Method for Cox Regression with Covariate Error Under the Internal Validation Design
Authors: Zucker David M. , Zhou Xin , Liao Xiaomei , Li Yi , Spiegelman Donna 
Published: December 2018

AbstractWe develop a new method for covariate error correction in the Cox survival regression model, given a modest sample of internal validation data. Unlike most previous methods for this setting, our method can handle covariate error of arbitrary form. Asymptotic properties of the estimator are derived. In a simulation study, the method was found to perform very well in terms of bias reduction and confidence interval coverage. The method is applied to data from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study (HPFS) on the effect of diet on incidence of Type II diabetes.
Role of pyroptosis in cardiovascular disease
Authors: Zhaolin Zeng , Guohua Li , Shiyuan Wu , Zuo Wang 
Published: December 2018

AbstractCardiac function is determined by the dynamic equilibrium of various cell types and the extracellular matrix that composes the heart. Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), especially atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction, are often accompanied by cell death and acute/chronic inflammatory reactions. Caspase‐dependent pyroptosis is characterized by the activation of pathways leading to the activation of NOD‐like receptors, especially the NLRP3 inflammasome and its downstream effector inflammatory factors interleukin (IL)‐1β and IL‐18. Many studies in the past decade have investigated the role of pyroptosis in CVDs. The findings of these studies have led to the development of therapeutic approaches based on the regulation of pyroptosis, and some of these approaches are in clinical trials. This review summarizes the molecular mechanisms, regulation and cellular effects of pyroptosis briefly and then discusses the current pyroptosis studies in CVD research.
Epistemic normativity in Kant's “Second Analogy”
Authors: Hutton James 
Published: December 2018

AbstractIn the “Second Analogy,” Kant argues that, unless mental contents involve the concept of causation, they cannot represent an objective temporal sequence. According to Kant, deploying the concept of causation renders a certain temporal ordering of representations necessary, thus enabling objective representational purport. One exegetical question that remains controversial is this: how, and in what sense, does deploying the concept of cause render a certain ordering of representationsnecessary? I argue that this necessitation is a matter of epistemic normativity: with certain causal presuppositions in place, the individual is obliged to make a judgment with certain temporal contents, on pain of irrationality. To make this normatively obligatory judgment, the subject must place her perceptual representations in a certain order. This interpretation fits Kant's text, his argumentative aims, and his broader views about causal inference, better than rival interpretations can. This result has important consequences for the ongoing debate over the role of normativity in Kant's philosophy of mind.
Winter hardiness of Miscanthus (I): Overwintering ability and yield of new Miscanthus ×giganteus genotypes in Illinois and Arkansas
Authors: Dong Hongxu , Green Steven V. , Nishiwaki Aya , Yamada Toshihiko , Stewart J. Ryan , Deuter Martin , Sacks Erik J. 
Published: December 2018

AbstractMiscanthus ×giganteus (M×g) is an important bioenergy feedstock crop. However, biomass production of Miscanthus has been largely limited to one sterile triploid cultivar, M×g ‘1993‐1780’, which we demonstrate can have insufficient overwintering ability in temperate regions with cold winters. Key objectives for Miscanthus breeding include greater biomass yield and better adaptation to different production environments than M×g ‘1993‐1780’. In this study, we evaluated 13 M×g genotypes, including ‘1993‐1780’, in replicated field trials conducted for three years at Urbana, IL; Dixon Springs, IL; and Jonesboro, AR. Entries were phenotyped for first‐winter overwintering ability and plant hardiness (ratio of new tillers to old), yield in years 2 and 3, and first heading date, plant height, and culm number in years 1 and 2. We observed substantial variation for overwintering ability and biomass yield among the M×g genotypes tested and identified ones with better overwintering ability and/or higher biomass yield than ‘1993‐1780’. Most entries at Urbana were damaged during the first winter, whereas few or no entries were damaged at Dixon Springs or Jonesboro. However, M×g ‘Nagara’ was entirely undamaged during the first winter and produced high biomass yields at Urbana (19.7 Mg/ha in year 2 and 20.9 Mg/ha in year 3), whereas M×g ‘1993‐1780’ exhibited an overwintering loss of 29%, had severely damaged survivors (hardiness score of 25%), and reduced biomass yield (8.1 Mg/ha in year 2 and 16.2 Mg/ha in year 3), indicating that M×g ‘Nagara’ could be a better choice in hardiness zone 5 (average annual minimum air temperature of −23.3 to −28.9°C) or lower. In Dixon Springs, where M×g ‘1993‐1780’ was undamaged by the first winter, it yielded highest among all the entries (21.6 Mg/ha in year 3), though not significantly higher than M×g ‘Nagara’ (18.2 Mg/ha in year 3).
More Practical Methods for the Inversion of Matrices
Authors: Fox L. , Hayes J. G. 
Published: December 2018

Summary
Two methods are illustrated for the inversion of matrices, with special attention to the arrangement of the work on the computing sheet, and the application of frequent and powerful checks. The necessity for checking cannot be overemphasized, and if the checks are too widely spaced an early mistake may cause a lot of unnecessary work.
This paper, like the earlier one (Fox, 1950) has been written for the computer, and the methods given in the two papers provide him with methods for the solution of equations and the inversion of matrices which are among the fastest and most convenient available, for use with ordinary desk calculating machines.
The Theory of Position Finding
Authors: Daniels H. E. 
Published: December 2018

Summary
The position of an object on the earth’s surface is usually estimated from observed position lines which would pass through the true position if free from error. The statistical aspects of this problem are discussed. Alternative systems of point and region estimation are considered, graphical procedures for least squares estimation are described, and methods are given for the estimation of variance and bias of position lines from accumulated data.
Some Properties of the Asymptotic Power Functions of Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Linear Autoregressive Schemes
Authors: Walker A. M. 
Published: December 2018

Summary
Quenouille (1947), and Bartlett and Diananda (1950), have given large sample goodness-of-fit tests of the hypothesis that a time series can be represented by a linear autoregressive scheme with independent residuals. Asymptotic power functions of these tests are derived for alternative hypotheses specified by linear autoregressive schemes of higher order with independent residuals, and of the same or higher order with residuals among which there exists dependence of finite extent. On the null hypothesis, the constants of the scheme may either be given a priori, or be unspecified, having to be estimated from the data. Both these cases are considered in a detailed comparison of the asymptotic power functions for the two types of test. It is shown how, in the first case, the Quenouille tests may be conveniently modified to give greater power. A discussion is given of the application of the likelihood-ratio method for obtaining large sample tests, and of its relation to the Quenouille tests when the residuals are normally distributed.