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Impact of support from social network on entrepreneurial intention of fresh business graduates
Authors: Farooq Muhammad Shoaib , Salam Maimoona , ur Rehman Saif , Fayolle Alain , Jaafar Norizan , Ayupp Kartinah 
Published: March 2018

PurposeDeveloping on the base of theory of planned behaviour (TPB), the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between perceived social support (SS) from one’s social network and entrepreneurial intention (EI). Moreover, mediating effect of other constructs of TPB, i.e., attitude towards entrepreneurship (ATE), subjective norms (SN) and perceived behavioural control (PBC) is also examined in this study.Design/methodology/approachThis study involves a variance-based partial least square-structural equation modelling approach for analysing responses from 381 fresh business graduates.FindingsFindings of this study revealed that SS positively influences EI and also that this relationship is fully mediated by ATE, SN and PBC.Research limitations/implicationsDue to limited resources, cross cultural comparison and multi-group analysis were not performed, which are considered as a limitation of this study.Practical implicationsIt is expected that the findings of this study can help policy makers, researchers and academicians in better understanding of critical role of SS for understanding the intentions of nascent entrepreneurs.Social implicationsFurther, findings of this study suggest that academicians and policy makers need to take heed towards relatively less explored phenomenon of SS to enhance the attractiveness of entrepreneurial career in fresh business graduates.Originality/valueThis study has proposed a model for assessing impact of SS on EI. By doing so, this study extends TPB in the context of EI. Moreover, findings of this study are a unique step forward, and offer a new insight towards better understanding of the determinants of EI in fresh business graduates.
Mapping touchpoint exposure in retailing
Authors: Ieva Marco , Ziliani Cristina 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to identify the patterns of customer exposure to touchpoints by segmenting consumers based on the frequency of their exposure, and to understand the relationship of patterns of exposure with customer loyalty intentions (relationship commitment, self-disclosure and positive word-of-mouth) and demographic characteristics.

Design/methodology/approach
An online survey of almost 4,000 customers was employed in a supermarket retail setting. Customers were segmented based on their frequency of recalled exposure to multiple touchpoints, by means of a latent class cluster analysis, while considering the role of demographic characteristics. Afterwards, loyalty intentions variables were regressed on the resulting customer segments.

Findings
Based on the touchpoint exposure, six customer segments emerge. The main differences across segments relate to the intensity of frequency of exposure and the types of touchpoints customers have been exposed to. Sex, age, shopping role and geographic area of residence are related to segment membership. The identified patterns of exposure explain relationship commitment, self-disclosure and positive word-of-mouth: clusters displaying higher exposure to touchpoints display higher loyalty intentions than clusters displaying lower exposure.

Practical implications
The study offers actionable implications for brands and retailers on how to manage touchpoints for implementing omnichannel strategies.

Originality/value
As far as the authors know, this study is the first to identify exposure to multiple touchpoints and understand the role of demographics as far as touchpoint exposure is concerned. It also provides interesting findings on the relationship of different combinations of touchpoints with customer loyalty.
Factors contributing to financial literacy levels among a migrant group
Authors: Natoli Riccardo 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine whether differences in the characteristics, financial knowledge and financial attitudes of a migrant group exert significant influence on the likelihood of their financial literacy level.

Design/methodology/approach
A multiple discriminant analysis incorporating post-estimation analyses is employed, where the financial literacy level is used to identify a priori clusters.

Findings
The results showed that a significant discriminant function could be estimated to classify the study cohort into three financial literacy groupings. The paper concludes with recommendations for future research to address financial literacy, taking into account differences in characteristics, financial attitudes and financial knowledge of different cohort groups.

Research limitations/implications
Although the research targets Vietnamese migrants, no claims can be made regarding the representation of other migrant groups as a whole. The research has implications with respect to programs to improve financial literacy levels of those most at need. This paper provides recommendations for future research in this area.

Originality/value
The paper provides one of the few studies of an Australian migrant cohort with respect to financial literacy. The study utilises a multiple discriminant analysis incorporating post-estimation analysis to examine, and compare, the factors that influence a person’s financial literacy level.
Plymouth, Montserrat: apocalyptic dark tourism at the Pompeii of the Caribbean
Authors: Skinner Jonathan 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present contrasting approaches to the descriptive case study of tourism to the buried city of Plymouth, Montserrat, an example of the marketing and burying – the supply and demand – of apocalyptic dark tourism on the island.

Design/methodology/approach
A case study mixed-methods methodology is adopted, and findings are derived from tour guiding fieldwork, guide and tourist interviews, and an analysis of travel writing and tourism marketing campaigns.

Findings
Dark tourism is viewed as a contentious and problematic concept: it attracts and repels tourism to the former capital Plymouth, Montserrat. After 20 years of the volcano crisis, the islanders, government and Tourist Board are commemorating resilience living with the volcano and regeneration in a disaster scenario. Marketing and consumption approaches to dark tourism elucidate different facets to the case study of “the buried city” of Plymouth, Montserrat, and the Montserrat Springs Hotel overlooking Plymouth. The disjunct between these two types of approach to dark tourism, as well as the different criteria attached to working definitions of dark tourism – and the range of interests in apocalyptic dark tourism into the city and its surrounds – show some of the problems and limitations with theoretical and scalar discussions on dark tourism.

Research limitations/implications
The paper’s implications are that both supply and demand approaches to dark tourism are needed to fully understand a dark tourism destination and to reconcile the disjunct between these two approaches and the perspectives of tourist industry and tourism users.

Originality/value
This is a descriptive dark tourism case study of a former capital city examined from both supply and demand perspectives. It introduces the apocalyptic to dark tourism destination analysis.
Tribological study of castor oil with surface-modified CuO nanoparticles in boundary lubrication
Authors: Gupta Rajeev Nayan , A.P. Harsha 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The present work aims to formulate nanolubricants and improve antiwear, antifriction and extreme pressure (EP) performances of castor oil (CO) with surface-modified CuO nanoparticles as an additive in the boundary lubrication regime.

Design/methodology/approach
In this study, CuO nanoparticles are modified with a surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) by means of a chemical method. These modified nanoparticles with varying concentrations of 0.1, 0.25, 0.5 and 1.0%w/v were used to formulate the nanolubricants. The tribological properties of non-formulated and formulated CO were examined using a four-ball tester. The tribological test results were compared with paraffin oil (PO) for similar compositions.

Findings
The nanoparticle concentrations in base oils were optimized by wear scar diameter (WSD) and load carrying capacity during antiwear and EP tests, respectively. In the antiwear test, the maximum reductions in WSD were 28.3 and 22.2 per cent; however, the coefficient of friction was reduced by 34.6 and 17.3 per cent at optimum nanoparticle concentrations in CO and PO, respectively. A significant improvement in the weld load was observed for both nanolubricants.

Originality/value
This work indicates that nanoparticle-based CO in industrial applications provides on par or better results than mineral oil. Also, it has a negligible hazardous impact on our eco-system.
Polymer mechanics and tribology
Authors: Myshkin Nikolai K. , Kovalev Alexander 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to review the advances in mechanics and tribology of polymers and polymer-based materials. It is focused on the understanding of the correlation of contact mechanics and the tribological behavior of polymers and polymer composites by taking account of surface forces and adhesion in the contact.

Design/methodology/approach
Mechanical behavior of polymers is considered a viscoelasticity. Tribological performance is estimated while considering the parts of deformation and adhesion in friction arising in the contact. Surface energy, roughness, load and temperature effects on the tribological behavior of polymers are evaluated. Polymer composites produced by reinforcing and by the addition of functional additives are considered as materials for various applications in tribology. Particular attention is given to polymer-based nanocomposites.

Findings
A review of studies in tribology has shown that polymer-based materials can be most successfully used as self-lubricating components of sliding bearings. The use of the fillers provides changes in the tribological performance of neat polymers and widens their areas of application in the industry. Thin polymer films were found to be prospective lubricants for memory storage devices, micro-electro-mechanical systems and precision mechanisms. Further progress in polymer tribology should be achieved on solving the problems of contact mechanics, surface physics and tribochemistry by taking account of the scale factor.

Originality/value
The review is based on the experience of the authors in polymer mechanics and tribology, their research data and on data of many other literature sources published in this area. It can be useful for specialists in polymer research and industrial engineers working in tribology and industrial lubrication.
Film formation in EHL contacts with oil-impregnated sintered materials
Authors: Omasta Milan , Ebner Martin , Šperka Petr , Lohner Thomas , Krupka Ivan , Hartl Martin , Hoehn Bernd-Robert , Stahl Karsten 
Published: March 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to investigate lubricant film-forming capability of oil-impregnated sintered material in highly loaded non-conformal contacts. This self-lubrication mechanism is well described in lightly loaded conformal contacts such as journal bearings; however, only a little has been published about the application to highly loaded contacts under elastohydrodynamic lubrication regime (EHL).Design/methodology/approachThin film colorimetric interferometry is used to describe the effect of different operating conditions on lubricant film formation in line contacts.FindingsUnder fully flooded conditions, the effect of porous structure can be mainly traced back to the different elastic properties. When the contact is lubricated only by oil bleeding from the oil-impregnated sintered material, starvation is likely to occur. It is indicated that lubricant film thickness is mainly governed by oil bleeding capacity. The relationship between oil starvation parameters corresponds well with classic starved EHL theory.Practical implicationsTo show practical, relevant limitations of the considered self-lubrication system, time tests were conducted. The findings indicate that EHL contact with oil-impregnated sintered material may provide about 40 per cent of fully flooded film thickness.Originality/valueFor the first time, the paper presents results on the EHL film-forming capability of oil-impregnated sintered material by measuring the lubricant film thickness directly. The present paper identifies the phenomena involved, which is necessary for the understanding of the behavior of this complex tribological system.
Effects of country-of-origin stereotypes on consumer responses to product-harm crises
Authors: Barbarossa Camilla , De Pelsmacker Patrick , Moons Ingrid 
Published: March 2018

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate “how” and “when” the stereotypes of competence and warmth, that are evoked by a foreign company’s country-of-origin (COO), affect blame attributions and/or attitudes toward a company’s products when a company is involved in a product-harm crisis.Design/methodology/approachStudy 1 (n=883) analyzes the psychological mechanisms through which perceived COO competence and warmth differently affect blame attributions and evaluative responses. Study 2 (n=1,640) replicates Study 1’s findings, and it also investigates how consumer ethnocentrism, animosity toward a country, and product category characteristics moderate the hypothesized COO’s effects.FindingsCOO competence leads to more favorable attitudes toward the involved company’s products. This effect increases when the company sells high-involvement or utilitarian products. COO warmth leads to more favorable attitudes toward the involved company’s products directly as well as indirectly by diminishing blame attributions. These effects increase when consumers are highly ethnocentric, or the animosity toward a foreign country is high.Originality/valueThis paper frames the investigation of COO stereotypes in a new theoretical and empirical setting, specifically, a product-harm crisis. It demonstrates that consumers differently evaluate a potential wrongdoing company and its harmful products in a product-harm crisis based on their perceptions of a company’s COO competence and warmth. Finally, it defines the moderating effects of individual, consumer-country-related and product characteristics on the hypothesized COO effects.
Heterogeneity of luxury value perception: a generational comparison in China
Authors: Jiang Ling , Shan Juan 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
Despite the growing research regarding consumer luxury value perception and their influence on luxury consumption behavior in different cultural contexts, there is little research investigating the cultural variation toward luxury within different generations in a given society. The purpose of this paper is to assess the relationships among Confucian propriety, luxury value perception, and purchase intention of luxury brands, and especially how these relationships differ between young and older consumers in a Chinese context.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected through a questionnaire survey in China. A multi-group structural equation model was used to test the conceptual model and research hypotheses.

Findings
The results show that the effects of functional value and social value on purchase intention of luxury brands are stronger for older generations than younger ones, while the effects of self-identity and hedonic value on purchase intention are stronger for younger generations than older ones. The Confucian propriety relates positively to the functional value and social value; however, these effects are more salient for older consumers.

Originality/value
The results of this study reveal the evolution of luxury consumption values and behaviors of Chinese consumers, suggesting that marketers should no longer label Chinese luxury consumers with common behaviors. It is also recommended that marketers of luxury brands in China should adapt this shifting attitude and respond actively to the expectations of different generations.
Through the lens of self-construal
Authors: Haberstroh Kristina , Orth Ulrich R. , Bouzdine-Chameeva Tatiana , Cohen Justin , Maria Corsi Armando , Crouch Roberta , De Marchi Renata 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
Extending research on cultural differences in aesthetic appreciation, the purpose of this paper is to show how a more interdependent self-construal, a cultural and individual difference variable related to one’s social self, impacts the influence of visual harmony on consumer evaluations of marketing artifacts’ attractiveness.

Design/methodology/approach
Data were obtained via three studies from a total of 1,498 consumers in Australia, Brazil, China, France, Germany, and Italy. Marketing visuals included the design of products, packages, typefaces, and logos. Self-construal was both measured and manipulated.

Findings
The results indicate that a person’s self-construal moderates the effect of visual harmony on attractiveness. Specifically, the positive effect of visual harmony on attractiveness – through self-congruity – is more pronounced with consumers possessing a more interdependent self-construal, and with products that are more hedonic than utilitarian.

Practical implications
Given the pivotal role attractiveness has in influencing consumer behavior, understanding what differences, at the individual and cultural levels, impact the harmony-attractiveness relationship helps marketers to better match the visual design of marketing stimuli to target audiences.

Originality/value
This study is among the first to show how the social-self impacts consumer response to marketing visuals. Further, value stems from adopting a holistic perspective on design, clarifying the process mechanism, and identifying boundary conditions.
The use of efficiency measures to compute welfare improving: an application for competition policy
Authors: Ferro Gustavo , León Sonia 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
Merger approving focuses on both market power and welfare gains. In general, the approval process does not include a comparative efficiency analysis. This paper aims to introduce this dimension and show its potential.

Design/methodology/approach
Based on the analysis of past bank mergers, the authors examine expected and actual efficiency gains. This paper measures the potential (ex ante) and ex post efficiency gains of bank mergers by using data envelopment analysis (DEA).

Findings
The authors find some (approved) mergers were promised and yielded efficiency gains while others did not.

Research limitations/implications
DEA does not allow testing statistically the significance of the presumed relationship between variables.

Practical implications
The authors conclude that some mergers that took place would not have been approved had an efficiency analysis been made.

Social implications
Regulators and/or competition authorities could approve mergers which do not increase efficiency.

Originality/value
To date, efficiency frontier analysis has not been performed for merger approval. It implies that the regulator or competition authority could allow mergers with no clear social gains.
Global financial regulatory reforms and sovereign’s exemption
Authors: Oldani Chiara 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to underline the (hidden) risks posed after the crisis by the exemption of non-financial operators, especially sovereigns, from the regulatory reforms of over the counter (OTC) derivatives undertaken by G20 countries in the absence of accounting data on trading.

Design/methodology/approach
Recent financial regulatory improvements are reported to underline that the trading of OTC derivatives by sovereigns and local administrations does not take place under the new regulatory umbrella, because of the relative size of the institution, the lack of incentives to adhere to Centralized Counterparty Systems (CCPs) and most of all, the absence of proper accounting rules. Sovereigns and local administrations have the potential to undermine global financial stability.

Findings
The limited availability of accounting data on derivatives’ use by public administrations constitutes a barrier towards a full comprehension of risks involved. Sovereigns should be compelled to adhere to the CCPs and the collateralized system of trading; the short-term costs of adhering to CCPs are worth $20bn.

Research limitations/implications
The new regulatory system failed to explicitly consider the trading of sovereigns and this can reduce the effectiveness of regulation itself and can have negative impact on financial stability; in fact, omitting sovereigns from these regulations represent a significant risk oversight because they are systemically important players, although with a special political power.

Originality/value
Despite progress made in improving the transparency and resilience of OTC derivative markets after the subprime crisis, sovereigns and public administrations are exempted from the new regulation, posing severe risks to financial stability.
Metrics of product modularity: lessons learned from case companies
Authors: Shamsuzzoha Ahm , Piya Sujan , Al-Kindi Mahmood , Al-Hinai Nasr 
Published: March 2018

Purpose
Modular product development is a turning table concept in terms of benefits and impact in manufacturing companies. It offers added benefits to the companies with respect to reduce lead-time, improve assemble ability and agility in supply chain management, promote product family and enhance customer satisfaction. This paper aims to identify the patterns of modular product development strategy by using measurement techniques.

Design/methodology/approach
Both quantitative and qualitative approaches are considered. In the qualitative section, relevant data on product design are collected from six case companies. On the other hand, in the quantitative section, collected data are analyzed to measure the product modularity level with the case companies.

Findings
This research identifies potential metrics which can be used successfully to measure product modularity level or index in manufacturing industries. Selection of such metrics also depends on individual company’s objectives to measure modularity index.

Originality/value
This research contributes to the development of modular product design that supports product family design with lean and agile (leagile) supply chain process. It also provided a parsimonious framework to mapping modules within a product, which is ultimately used to measure modularity index.