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Fostering risk management in healthcare units using grey systems theory
Authors: Delcea Camelia , Ioana-Alexandra Bradea 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
– The identification of the main risk triggers is essential for the hospital’s survival and performance with direct effects on its patients’ health and well-being. For this reason, in this paper some of the most important risk categories have been determined. While in a previous research a qualitative analysis has been done for determining which are the most important risks felt by the patient that are believed to affect their health through the usage of a questionnaire and through conducting a confirmatory factor analysis, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the quantitative side of these risks’ presence in a hospital.

Design/methodology/approach
– On this purpose, four main categories of risks have been considered (the same as in the qualitative research) and they have been analyzed from the hospital’s point of view – through the usage of the hospital financial and internal documents. Therefore, a series of indicators have been determined for each risk category. After that, a representative indicator has been selected and the grey incidence analysis has been conducted.

Findings
– By comparing the results gathered form this study with the qualitative analysis conducted among the patients (Delcea et al., 2016) it can be said that there can be seen a difference among the way a hospital and a patient perceive the risks within a medical activity. While for the hospital, the most affecting risk is the technological and hospital conditions risk, for the patients the most affecting risk seems to be the human resources and clinical risk. The mismanagement risk and inability to treat patients is the second in intensity for both the hospital and patients, with a smaller value in the patients’ case.

Practical implications
– From here, the research can be extended for capturing the risks that are considered to be important for the medical stuff, which will permit us to have a global image over the healthcare risks. After that, a comparative analysis among the hospitals with different financial performance can be conducted in order to see how these risks are affecting their performance and to determine which can be the decisions that can fostering the reduction of these risks.

Originality/value
– The present paper offers a quantitative analysis from the hospital’s point of view using the advantages offered by the grey systems theory. Combining this analysis with a qualitative one conducted on the patients, the managers of the hospital can a have a more adequate view over the risks that they are facing with. In this context, grey systems theory offers the needed methods for dealing with such situations.
Characteristics of cross-functional integration processes
Authors: Pimenta Marcio Lopes , da Silva Andrea Lago , Tate Wendy L 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to characterize the cross-functional integration processes between marketing and logistics, while considering five basic elements: boundary spanning activities, integration factors, level of integration, formality/informality and impacts of integration.

Design/methodology/approach
– After an extensive literature review, five case studies were performed and in-depth interviews conducted. Both within-case and cross-case analysis was performed to better understand the cross-functional integration processes between marketing and logistics.

Findings
– A characterization of cross-functional integration in the form of a managerial framework was proposed. This framework presents the elements in a process view, instead of disconnected parts of the integration processes. The framework and process perspective helps to explain the integration process, the roles and impacts of integration within organizations, while considering cultural formality and informality.

Research limitations/implications
– Qualitative data collection and analysis methods cannot achieve amplitude with respect to sampling nor generalize results. In spite of this, the implications revealed by the propositions may be applied not only to Brazilian companies, but organizations in other countries as well, due to the high level of heterogeneity of the sample, and the fact that they represent multinational organizations. Therefore, further research using broad-based survey data could test the correlations between the elements of cross-functional integration processes.

Practical implications
– The identification of the cross-functional integration processes within organizations can help managers to facilitate the efforts of integration between marketing and logistics, reducing conflicts and improving business performance.

Originality/value
– Case studies focussing specifically on five Brazilian organizations help provide evidence for an initial definition of cross-functional integration processes by analyzing five key elements according to their characteristics and respective roles. This research provides a strong foundation for future broad-based survey research.
Remanufacturing of electronic products in bonded port area across home and foreign markets
Authors: Chen Hong , Liu Nan , He Yuxuan 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
– This study proposes a process for remanufacturing waste electrical and electronic equipment, and exporting part of the remanufactured products, which are processed in bonded port areas, to less developed countries by using a closed-loop supply chain (CLSC). The purpose of this paper is to verify the profitability of remanufacturing and to find conditions under which exporting remanufactured products can increase and maximize the home manufacturer’s total profit while performing his environmental responsibility.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors use the CLSC approach to construct the model, which involves two different markets where a Stackelberg game exists. The study derives an equilibrium under which an optimal quantity for exporting increases and maximizes the home manufacturer’s profits.

Findings
– The authors discuss the influences of seven factors, and three are determinant parameters on whether the home manufacturer should export its remanufactured products: the privileges of the bonded port area, the home market consumers’ green awareness, and the degree of competence in products in the foreign market. If the market conditions at home and abroad meet the requirements of these three determinant parameters, entering the foreign market can always help the home manufacturer make more profits regardless of whether its home market increases or decreases, how many used products can be collected, and whether the foreign local manufacturer is technically competitive.

Originality/value
– The authors expand previous studies on CLSC by considering two different markets that allow the home manufacturer to either sell remanufactured products to the home market or export to the foreign market.
Impact of external integration capabilities of third-party logistics providers on their financial performance
Authors: Liu Chiung-Lin , Lai Pei-Yu 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
– Outsourcing by corporations is increasing the demand for complex services (such as customization) from third-party logistics providers (3PLs). Effective integration between 3PLs and their customers, known as the external integration of 3PLs, not only allows 3PLs to respond rapidly to shippers’ needs but also to increase customer satisfaction and the effective allocation of resources while increasing operational efficiency (such as by proposing comprehensive plans for future logistics services to meet shippers’ demands). The purpose of this paper is to investigate the causal relationships among the external integration capabilities, cost advantages, and the financial performance of 3PLs.

Design/methodology/approach
– A survey of 3PLs in Taiwan and China was performed. The research model was tested using a structural equation modeling technique along with the partial least square (PLS-SEM/PLS) approach.

Findings
– The results herein demonstrated a positive relationship between 3PLs’ external integration capabilities and resource efficiency. The results also suggested that cost competitiveness positively affected the financial performance of 3PLs. Although the external integration capabilities of 3PLs were not found to directly affect their financial performance, the results in this study indicated that external integration capabilities enable a firm to improve financial performance by capturing cost advantages.

Originality/value
– This study provides useful information about the effects of external integration capabilities on the financial performance of 3PLs in a bi-regional context. The sample in this study was drawn from the 3PL industry in Taiwan and China, enabling a comparative analysis of these two countries of similar cultural backgrounds but different degrees of development of their logistics industry and different related demands.
Model (my) neighbourhood – a bottom-up collective approach for crime-prevention in Portugal and Lithuania
Authors: Saraiva Miguel , Matijosaitiene Irina , Diniz Mónica , Velicka Vilius 
Published: July 2016

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to respond to the need for comparative studies on methodologies for implementing Crime Prevention through Urban Design and Planning (CP-UDP) at the local level, particularly in peripheral Europe where CP-UDP’s top-down standards have poor dissemination and acceptance. This paper debates how local partnerships can help reduce crime and how a CP-UDP-based model can be introduced into municipal planning.Design/methodology/approachThe paper discusses the challenge of CP-UDP in the framework of a post-crisis Europe and Europe 2020. Because there is a large gap between theory and practice, lack of a shared holistic approach, and scepticism, or lack of knowledge, of public authorities, at local-level planning professionals and the police have devised bottom-up initiatives based on interdisciplinary partnerships with the community. The paper describes, discusses and compares the implementation of such approaches in Lisbon (Portugal) and Vilnius (Lithuania).FindingsThe paper addresses the processes and challenges of establishing synergies and working relationships between police officers, public officials and the community, and it discusses six main causes for its (un)success. When these conditions were met, crime and social constraints reduced.Practical implicationsLessons learned are deemed crucial to disseminate knowledge and best practices, paving the way for proper top-down policies and planning legislations in these and other countries.Originality/valueThis paper analyses the potentialities and shortcomings of local-level implementation of CP-UDP strategies as an alternative to failed top-down strategies in two realities mostly unknown of the international scientific community. The case study material is previously unpublished internationally.
Integrating crime prevention into urban design and planning
Authors: Davey Caroline L. , Wootton Andrew B. 
Published: July 2016

PurposeThis paper aims to understand the delivery of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) across Europe – from European-wide procedures through national schemes to effective local strategies.Design/methodology/approachThe findings come from a review of published literature and reports, case studies and site visits conducted primarily during COST Action TU1203 (2013-2016).FindingsInnovative approaches and methods to integrate crime prevention into urban design, planning and management have been generated by multi-agency partnerships and collaborations at European, national and city levels. Methods and procedures developed by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Working Group on “Crime Prevention through Urban Planning and Building Design” are pioneering. However, findings show that implementation is best achieved at a local level using methods and procedures tailored to the specific context.Research limitations/implicationsIn-depth research is required to appreciate subtle differences between local approaches and conceptual models developed to better understand approaches and methods.Practical implicationsPractitioners and academics working to prevent crime benefit from participation in focused, multi-agency collaborations that, importantly, facilitate visits to urban developments, discussions with local stakeholders responsible for delivery “on the ground” and structured and sustained exploration of innovations and challenges.Originality/valueThe authors hope that this paper will contribute to developing a new direction for CPTED practice and research that builds on significant progress in creating safer environments over previous decades.
Investigation of maintenance performance for a gasification process unit using Weibull analysis
Authors: Zulkafli Nur Izyan , Mat Dan Reduan 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate maintenance performance of a gasification process unit by identifying reliability, failure and hazard rate. The prediction on the number of preventive maintenance (PM) activities and size of labour are being analysed.

Design/methodology/approach
– The study collects maintenance data for 4,000 hours operation to perform Weibull analysis in order to determine two key factors which are beta shape factor, β and characteristic life, η.

Findings
– The results for estimation of failure, reliability and hazard rate show that the pump was most likely contributed to the biggest failure. On the other hand, reaction chamber was able to maintain the longest operation among other components. It is estimated that the total PM activities should be within 20-50 activities per month for whole processing plant. Meanwhile, the estimation of size of labour should be within the range of 60-130 numbers of workers per month for all components.

Originality/value
– The method of Weibull analysis for investigating current maintenance performance has been analysed using real case study data. The data collection is obtained from a typical gasification process unit.
Interest-bearing checking policies at single-market banks, 2008-2012
Authors: Kashian Russ , Drago Robert 
Published: July 2016

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to analyze interest-bearing checking (IC) account policies, including the monthly fee, and minima to avoid the fee or to earn interest, as shrouded equilibria in the sense that low-income depositors subsidize higher income depositors. The authors ask whether behavior is consistent with low-income depositors being myopic, and analyze the role of competition and bank size.Design/methodology/approach– IC policy data from RateWatch cover more than 600 single-market banks from 2008-2012, and are matched to FDIC SOD data and call report data for testing. Hypotheses assuming low-income depositors are myopic are tested, as are the effects of bank size and competition with local market and multi-market banks.Findings– IC policies represent locally shrouded equilibria, with low-income depositors subsidizing higher income depositors up to a well-defined threshold, with depositors above that threshold subsiding all other customers. IC policy patterns are consistent with low-income customers being myopic, with banks generally avoiding drawing their attention, attempting to confuse them, and with policies consistent with a present orientation among low-income depositors. Local market competition does not meet the traditional expectation of favoring consumers. Additionally, larger banks report higher fees and minima, with the difference growing during the period.Social implications– IC policies have not received regulatory attention, yet the fees likely fall mainly on low-income individuals, and may continue to grow.Originality/value– The analysis of IC policies is novel, as is the locally shrouded equilibrium model, and findings regarding competition.
Reexamining fund manager skill from a new angle
Authors: Bu Qiang , Lacey Nelson 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine managerial skill of US equity mutual funds in the context of both abnormal return and risk.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors evaluate manager skill based on the outperforming probability and cumulative distribution function of the actual funds and the bootstrapped funds. And the authors recognize the role of fund life cycle and use different evaluation horizons to control for fund age and the overall state of the market.

Findings
– The authors find that a small percentage of equity funds can beat the market, and the percentage is overall higher than what the control group would predict. The authors find no evidence of persistence. The authors also document that the chance of underperformance is much higher than what the authors had expect from the control group. Taking the risk-return tradeoff into account, any performance advantage of actual funds over bootstrapped funds is correlated with tail risk, and a robustness check confirms this finding.

Originality/value
– The authors find that the outperforming probability itself is not enough to confirm the existence of manager skill. The complete story of mutual fund alpha, should it exist, would not be complete without incorporating both risk and luck.
Capturing qualitatively different healthfulness images of food products
Authors: Puska Petteri , Luomala Harri T. 
Published: July 2016

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to establish whether food products carry qualitatively different healthfulness images in consumers’ minds. The images explored in this paper go beyond the conventional healthful vs unhealthful dichotomy. The limitations of mainstream healthfulness perception research were pinpointed and a multi-dimensional conception of food product healthfulness images was introduced in an attempt to extend current theorizing.

Design/methodology/approach
– A pilot test (n=17) was conducted to develop a tool for measuring multi-dimensional healthfulness images of food products. The main study (n=1,081) comprised of an internet survey exposing respondents to pictures of various commercial food products.

Findings
– Empirical support for the existence of qualitatively different healthfulness images in consumers’ minds for food products was found. First, a food product perceived in overall as more unhealthful than its counterpart was still viewed as more healthful in certain specific way. Second, respondents reported to yield dissimilar health benefits (e.g. energy and appearance vs emotional well-being and self-management) from consuming two food products that were in overall perceived as equally healthful.

Practical implications
– In their communication, food marketers should emphasize those healthfulness image dimensions that consumers strongly perceive to characterize their food product. Second, companies can learn from analyzing the role of their own and competitors’ branding and packaging solutions in shaping consumers’ food product healthfulness image experiences. Third, consumer target group understanding is helpful in managing these experiences.

Social implications
– The results can assist in the fight against obesity. It is possible that the wider use of more emotionally evocative and cognitively effortless food-related communication enabled by uncovering of qualitative healthfulness images can produce more healthy food choices in the long run due to their higher persuasive power in certain consumer groups.

Originality/value
– This study was the first to show that food products can carry qualitatively different healthfulness images in consumers’ minds. It developed and introduced an easy measuring technique, based on the health-related motive orientation theory, for capturing them. It propagated for a multi-dimensional conception of food product healthfulness images and for the need to acknowledge the role holistic information processing and peripheral cues in their genesis.
Autologous platelet rich plasma in the management of non‐healing vasculitic ulcers
Authors: Sriram Sankaran , Sankaralingam Rajeswari , Mani Madeshwaran , Tamilselvam Tiruchengode Natesan 
Published: July 2016

AbstractAimTo determine the role and efficacy of platelet rich plasma (PRP) in the healing of recalcitrant vasculitic ulcers and to study the rapidity of ulcer healing with respect to platelet concentration in the prepared PRP.MethodsThis is a pilot study which included 20 patients with biopsy‐proven vasculitic ulcers after excluding human immunodeficiency virus, uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, hypertension, obesity, active smoking and platelet abnormalities in peripheral smear. PRP was prepared from whole blood by centrifugation and activated using 10% calcium chloride. Activated PRP was applied over the ulcer by spraying using a syringe. Weekly dressing was done until the ulcer healed and healing was monitored using the Leg Ulcer Measurement Tool (LUMT).ResultsThe total number of patients were 20 (male four; female 16). The mean age was 34.5 ± 15.36 years (2.0 SD). Mean duration of illness was 8.6 ± 2.9 months(2.0 SD). Ulcers were located in the lower third of the leg (n = 13), ankle (n = 4) and foot (n = 3) in the descending order of frequency. On average, epithelization of the wound occurred at 4.4 weeks. Faster healing was seen in mixed connective tissue disease (average 3.5 weeks) and delayed healing in systemic lupus erythematosus (average 4.7 weeks). Average platelet count obtained in the PRP was 5.52 lakhs/mm3 to 18.6 lakhs/mm3 with an increase in platelet count of 3.4‐ to 6‐fold, respectively. Duration of healing corresponded with the platelet concentration in the prepared PRP. All the 20 patients showed complete healing within 6 weeks.ConclusionPRP is a safe, effective, outpatient procedure for the treatment of chronic recalcitrant vasculitic ulcers which improves the quality of life of patients and reduces their financial burden.
Efficacy and safety of golimumab in Indian patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Subgroup data from GO‐MORE study
Authors: Pal Sarvajeet , Veeravalli Sarath Chandra Mouli , Das Siddharth Kumar , Shobha Vineeta , Uppuluri Ramakrishna Rao , Dharmanand B G , Nadkar Milind , Hsia Elizabeth , Fei Kaiyin , Yao Ruji , Khalifa Ahmed 
Published: July 2016

AbstractAimTo conduct a subgroup analysis of GO‐MORE trial Part 1, comparing efficacy and safety of add‐on subcutaneous golimumab therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients enrolled from and outside India.MethodsGO‐MORE was an open‐label, multicenter, prospective trial of add‐on golimumab in biologic‐naïve RA patients, having active disease despite being on conventional DMARD regimen(s). Part 1 of the study was chosen as the focus of this subgroup analysis because a substantial number of Indian patients (106) were enrolled compared to no Indian patients in Part 2. The primary efficacy outcome was proportion of patients achieving good to moderate DAS28‐ESR (Disease Activity Score of 28 joints calculated using erythrocyte sedimentation rate) European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) response at month 6.ResultsEfficacy evaluable population comprised of 105 and 3175 patients from India and outside India, respectively. Safety analysis included 106 patients enrolled from India and 3251 from outside India. A higher proportion of Indian patients had a high disease activity as measured by DAS28 ESR than outside India patients. At month 6, the proportion of Indian and non‐Indian patients achieving DAS28‐ESR, DAS28 – C‐reactive protein, simplified disease activity index (SDAI) remission, and EuroQoL Quality‐of‐Life Questionnaire (EQ‐5D) scores were comparable. Incidence of all adverse events was lower in Indian patients. There were no deaths, cases of tuberculosis or malignancy reported in the patients from India at month 6.ConclusionsThe efficacy and safety results with add‐on golimumab were consistent between RA patients from India and outside India, despite high baseline disease activity in the Indian patients.