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Dynamic capabilities and their impact on research organizations’ R&D and innovation performance
Authors: Babelytė-Labanauskė Kristina , Nedzinskas Šarunas 
Published: September 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to reveal and justify influential factors of dynamic capabilities on research organizations’ R&D and innovation performance.

Design/methodology/approach
Adoption of seminal D. Teece’s (1997) concept of dynamic capabilities and operationalized matrix of key performance indicators in the area of R&D and innovation allowed the construction of the strategic management model for research organizations, consequently tested by methods of statistical analysis.

Findings
The empirical findings reveal that there exists positive influence of the dynamic capabilities on research organizations’ R&D and innovation performance. Explicitly, sensing, seizing and re-configuring dimensions of dynamic capabilities have positive impact on R&D and innovation results; consequently, the peculiarities of their inter-dependencies are identified.

Research limitations/implications
Delivered research is based on the investigation of Lithuanian research organizations’ dynamic capabilities and their impact on their R&D and innovation performance. Therefore, further research could be extended to foreign countries.

Practical implications
The model on management of research organization’s dynamic capabilities with the aim for better R&D and innovation performance is conceptualized and specified hereinafter. In the course of the research, constructed toolkit to eventually measure research organization’s R&D and innovation performance or use it as the set of key performance indicators in the benchmarking exercise is suggested.

Originality/value
The paper is one of the first to suggest novel application of dynamic capabilities’ view within the domain of research organizations.
Prioritizing the solutions of lean implementation in SMEs to overcome its barriers
Authors: Belhadi Amine , Touriki Fatima Ezahra , El fezazi Said 
Published: September 2017

PurposeThe implementation of lean production in small manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) harbors a great deal of barriers on practical, theoretical, financial and organizational sides. In view of this, the purpose of this paper is to explore and prioritize the solutions to overcome these barriers and pitfalls in order to identify a list of the most feasible and efficient solutions on which SMEs must focus to success their lean journey.Design/methodology/approachFirst, a review of the published articles along with the interview of some lean experts have allowed to identify 20 barriers grouped into five categories along with 17 solutions proposed to overcome these barriers. Afterwards, an integrated fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process-Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (AHP-TOPSIS) was proposed to evaluate and rank the solutions of lean implementation in SMEs and overcome its barriers. The AHP is used to determine weights of the barriers as criteria, and the fuzzy TOPSIS method is used to determine the final ranking of the solutions of lean adoption in SMEs.FindingsThe top five barriers of lean implementation in SMEs were found to be: lack of management involvement, lack of adapted methodology of lean implementation, short-term vision, fear and resistance to change and lack of understanding of lean. Moreover, the top five solutions to overcome the barriers of lean adoption in SMEs are as follows: commitment and participation of management, adoption of simple measurement and KPIs, development of organizational learning culture, early deployment of lean culture through training and allocation of sufficient time and resources for change.Originality/valueThe findings of this study can provide a basis for researchers and practitioners in order to understand the real reasons of lean failure in SMEs and develop improvement plans to increase its success rate. Moreover, it proposes a more reliable, robust and systematic decision support tool for stepwise implementation of the solutions of lean adoption in SMEs since they lack sufficient resources to address all the solutions simultaneously.
Servitization of manufacturing: the effect of economic context
Authors: Szász Levente , Demeter Krisztina , Boer Harry , Cheng Yang 
Published: September 2017

PurposeFollowing the identified need for more explicit contextual studies in servitization research, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationships between and among economic context, service provision and service return, including the service paradox.Design/methodology/approachFirm-level and macroeconomic (country competitiveness) data are combined to operationalize the constructs considered in the study. Structural equation modeling and cluster analysis are used to investigate the direct relationships between economic context, service provision and service return, and the negative association between the development of economic context and the service paradox.FindingsThe analyses confirm the general assumption that service provision has a positive direct effect on service return. Economic context seems to have no direct effect on service return and, contrary to what was expected, it has a negative impact on the intensity of service provision. Thus, service provision fully mediates the negative impact of context on service return. Finally, the service paradox occurs more frequently in less-developed economic contexts, where the probability of a relatively low service return coupled with high service provision is significantly higher.Practical implicationsThe study identifies five key elements of economic context that have to be incorporated into the strategic decision-making process regarding product-related services offered by manufacturers.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the contextual research of services offered by manufacturers. Subject to future empirical testing, it is proposed that a more favorable economic context offers more possibilities for manufacturers to cooperate with other business actors to provide services.
Ex-citable accounting and the development of pervasive innovation
Authors: Revellino Silvana , Mouritsen Jan 
Published: September 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explain the role of the performativity theory for understanding how the calculative instruments of accounting provoke innovation and participate in the generation of values by activating processes that pervade everything rather than being limited to categorical spaces.Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws on Judith Butler’s work and her notion of excitability to explain how multiple values may arise when accounting interacts with innovation. Through this lens, accounting, as a language based on signs, can be theorised as an ex-citable force involved in provoking and transforming innovation and its associated values, notably beyond innovators’ initial intentions. Thus, innovation is not a stable object but a pervasive movement diffusing multiple values.FindingsBy introducing the notion of pervasiveness, the paper argues that even if values can be imagined ab origine, they may not be contractible to a plan. The calculative instruments of accounting provoke innovation and participate in the generation of value(s) by activating processes that pervade everything rather than being limited to categorical spaces. In the course of this pervasive process, innovations, which are born to develop private interests, can possibly generate public goods.Originality/valueThe notion of pervasiveness the paper advances is used to challenge the division between business and social innovation. It well expresses the effects that ex-citable calculative practices put in place when interacting with innovation. It suggests that it is only possible to create productions – to assemble things – in ongoing processes, and the value(s) produced in such movements are always evolving and multiple. However, in this sense, they are social.
New public management a re-packaging of extant techniques?
Authors: Quinn Martin , Warren Liz 
Published: September 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore, if, similar to other management initiatives, new public management may be a repackaging of already existent concepts. Emerging in the 1970s and 1980s as an innovative way to manage public sector elements, new public management affected both the ownership and management of public sector companies, services and utilities. Minimal research has been undertaken previously, using historic archival sources of public entities, to explore if elements of the concept originated prior to the 1970s.

Design/methodology/approach
This research draws on archival records from a publicly owned electricity company, covering about three decades from 1946, during which a large investment project was undertaken by the company. This study draws on key tenets of what is today called new public management, examining prior research to ascertain if similar elements were present in the case organisation.

Findings
When reviewing the progress of the investment project, many of the key elements of new public management emerged, even during the early part of the project.

Originality/value
There is little historical research on the origins of new public management, and the findings here suggest that it may not be entirely new. While this does not at all invalidate existing research, it suggests that new public management may be to an extent a repackaging of previously extant techniques. This opens up possibilities for future historic research in terms of how and why it was repackaged, and also what was/was not repackaged.
Diffraction imaging by prestack reverse‐time migration in the dip‐angle domain
Authors: Dafni Raanan , Symes William W. 
Published: September 2017

ABSTRACTPrestack image volumes may be decomposed into specular and non‐specular parts by filters defined in the dip‐angle domain. For space‐shift extended image volumes, the dip‐angle decomposition is derived via local Radon transform in depth and midpoint coordinates, followed by an averaging over space‐shifts. We propose to employ prestack space‐shift extended reverse‐time migration and dip‐angle decomposition for imaging small‐scale structural elements, considered as seismic diffractors, in models with arbitrary complexity. A suitable design of a specularity filter in the dip‐angle domain rejects the dominant reflectors and enhances diffractors and other non‐specular image content. The filter exploits a clear discrimination in dip between specular reflections and diffractions. The former are stationary at the specular dip, whereas the latter are non‐stationary without a preferred dip direction. While the filtered image volume features other than the diffractor images (for example, noise and truncation artefacts are also present), synthetic and field data examples suggest that diffractors tend to dominate and are readily recognisable. Averaging over space‐shifts in the filter construction makes the reflectors‧ rejection robust against migration velocity errors. Another consequence of the space‐shift extension and its angle‐domain transforms is the possibility of exploring the image in a multiple set of common‐image gathers. The filtered diffractions may be analysed simultaneously in space‐shift, scattering‐angle, and dip‐angle image gathers by means of a single migration job. The deliverables of our method obviously enrich the processed material on the interpreter's desk. We expect them to further supplement our understanding of the Earth's interior.
Controversial Suicide Case Using a Submachine Gun with a Sound Suppressor—The Need of Team Work of Forensic Chemistry and Firearm Examiners
Authors: Brożek‐Mucha Zuzanna , Zdeb Krzysztof 
Published: September 2017

AbstractEvidence materials in a presumed suicide case were studied by a firearm examiner and a forensic chemist. The victim's body with double gunshot wounding in his forehead, a machine gun in the sustained fire mode with a silencer, and four cartridge cases were found. Examinations of the evidence, the case file studies, and experiments dedicated to the case were carried out. Relationships between the placement of cartridge cases and the gun were established using a fast camera. The distributions of gunshot residues on the evidence materials and within the comparative gunshot patterns were studied by means of optical and electron microscopy, X‐ray microanalysis, and infrared spectroscopy. The shooting distance was assessed to be 30 cm or more, whereas the greatest distance that could have been achieved by the victim himself was about 11–13 cm. The obtained results supported the version of homicide rather than suicide.
Using Named Entities for Computer‐Automated Verbal Deception Detection
Authors: Kleinberg Bennett , Mozes Maximilian , Arntz Arnoud , Verschuere Bruno 
Published: September 2017

AbstractThere is an increasing demand for automated verbal deception detection systems. We propose named entity recognition (NER; i.e., the automatic identification and extraction of information from text) to model three established theoretical principles: (i) truth tellers provide accounts that are richer in detail, (ii) contain more contextual references (specific persons, locations, and times), and (iii) deceivers tend to withhold potentially checkable information. We test whether NER captures these theoretical concepts and can automatically identify truthful versus deceptive hotel reviews. We extracted the proportion of named entities with two NER tools (spaCy and Stanford's NER) and compared the discriminative ability to a lexicon word count approach (LIWC) and a measure of sentence specificity (speciteller). Named entities discriminated truthful from deceptive hotel reviews above chance level, and outperformed the lexicon approach and sentence specificity. This investigation suggests that named entities may be a useful addition to existing automated verbal deception detection approaches.
Ebstein Anomaly and Sudden Childhood Death
Authors: Freeman Amanda , Byard Roger W. 
Published: September 2017

AbstractA 13‐year‐old girl is reported who died suddenly and unexpectedly in her sleep from previously undiagnosed Ebstein anomaly. At autopsy, there was dilatation of the right atrium with marked dilatation of the right auricle and apical displacement of the tricuspid valve into the right ventricular cavity with atrialization of the upper portion of the right ventricle. There were also prominent dysplastic changes in both the septal and posterior leaflets of the tricuspid valve with thickening of the valve and fusion of leaflets to the wall of the ventricle. Histology of the myocardium showed focal, minor microscopic areas of interstitial fibrosis with marked fibrous dysplasia and thickening of the tricuspid valve. Lethal arrhythmias occur in this condition because of the geographical relationship of the conduction system to the abnormal anatomical structures. As adolescents who died suddenly are often minimally symptomatic, cases will rarely present de novo to forensic autopsy.
Maternal Alcohol Use and Nutrition During Pregnancy: Diet and Anthropometry
Authors: Carter R. Colin , Senekal Marjanne , Dodge Neil C. , Bechard Lori J. , Meintjes Ernesta M. , Molteno Christopher D. , Duggan Christopher P. , Jacobson Joseph L. , Jacobson Sandra W. 
Published: September 2017

BackgroundDespite known risks of prenatal nutritional deficiencies and studies documenting increased prevalence of poor dietary intake among nonpregnant alcohol abusers, the nutritional status of heavy drinking pregnant women remains largely unstudied. Animal models have found interactions between prenatal ethanol exposure and micronutrients, such as choline, folate, B12, and iron, and human studies have reported that lower maternal weight and body mass confer increased fetal alcohol‐related risk.MethodsOne hundred and twenty‐three heavy drinking Cape Coloured pregnant women and 83 abstaining controls were recruited at their first antenatal clinic visit. At 3 prenatal study visits, each gravida was interviewed about alcohol, smoking, and drug use and weight, height, and arm skinfolds were measured. Dietary intakes of energy, protein, fat, and major micronutrients were assessed from three 24‐hour recall interviews.ResultsThe majority of women gained less than the recommended 0.42 kg/wk during pregnancy. Whereas methamphetamine use was associated with smaller biceps skinfolds, an indicator of body fat, alcohol consumption was not related to any anthropometric indicator. Alcohol was related to higher intake of phosphorus, choline, and vitamins B12 and D. Alcohol, cigarette, and methamphetamine use were related to lower vitamin C intake. Insufficient intake was reported by >85% of women for 10 of 22 key nutrients, and >50% for an additional 3 nutrients.ConclusionsAlcohol consumption during pregnancy was not associated with meaningful changes in diet or anthropometric measures in this population, suggesting that poor nutrition among drinkers does not confound the extensively reported effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on growth and neurobehavior. The poor gestational weight gain and high rates of insufficient intake for several nutrients in both the alcohol‐exposed and control groups are also of public health importance.
Documenting the functional form of dynamic risk‐taking behaviour in a real options context using sporting contests
Authors: Easton Stephen , Pinder Sean , Stern Steven 
Published: September 2017

AbstractChanges in risk‐taking behaviour based on interim performance are examined in high‐stakes competition. A real options framework is used to provide a richer characterisation of risk‐taking behaviour than examined in extant studies. This framework is applied to an examination of ball‐by‐ball data from 1207 cricket matches. Consistent with modelled expectations, risk taking is found to increase (decrease) at a decreasing rate following below par (above par) interim performance. This result is especially strong in situations where the resources remaining are low, a result predicted by the real options model.
CEO/CFO turnover and subsequent remediation of information technology material weaknesses
Authors: Li Wanyun , Phang Soon‐Yeow , Ho Shuk Ying 
Published: September 2017

AbstractAdding to prior research on internal control material weaknesses (ICMW), our study investigates whether information technology material weaknesses (ITMWs) are associated with CEO/CFO turnover, and whether their turnover will promote subsequent remediation. We find that disclosures of ITMW are positively associated with CEO/CFO turnover; however, only CEO turnover promotes subsequent remediation. Our findings on ITMW are different from the prior findings on ICMW – aligned with prior research on ICMW, ITMWs are associated with CEO/CFO turnover; however, unlike prior research on ICMW suggests, dismissals of CFOs do not promote subsequent remediation of ITMW. Thus, future research should consider ICMW and ITMW separately in the examination of their consequences and remediation.
A Single Nucleotide Polymorphism of DNA methyltransferase 3B gene is a risk factor for recurrent spontaneous abortion
Authors: Barišić Anita , Pereza Nina , Hodžić Alenka , Ostojić Saša , Peterlin Borut 
Published: September 2017

ProblemAberrant DNA methylation has been suggested as a potential cause of recurrent spontaneous abortion (RSA). Considering the growing evidence on the important roles of DNA methylation in gametogenesis and early pregnancy, we investigated the potential association of DNA methyltransferase gene polymorphisms (DNMT1 rs2228611, DNMT3A rs1550117, DNMT3B rs1569686) with RSA in Slovenian reproductive couples.Method of studyA total of 146 couples with ≥3 consecutive spontaneous abortions and 149 control women and men with ≥2 normal pregnancies were included. Genotyping was performed using PCR‐RFLP methods.ResultsWe found a statistically significant higher frequency of the DNMT3B rs1569686 GG genotype (X2=7.37;P = .025) and G allele (X2 = 6.33;P = .012) in RSA women compared with controls. Moreover, the odds for RSA in women were increased under the recessive genetic model (GGvsTG+TT: OR=1.92; 95% CI=1.18‐3.09; P = .008).ConclusionDNMT3B rs1569686 gene polymorphism in women might be a genetic marker for the susceptibility to RSA.
Postimplantation ventricular ectopic burden and clinical outcomes in cardiac resynchronization therapy‐defibrillator patients: a MADIT‐CRT substudy
Authors: Ruwald Anne‐Christine , Aktas Mehmet K. , Ruwald Martin H. , Kutyifa Valentina , McNitt Scott , Jons Christian , Mittal Suneet , Steinberg Jonathan S. , Daubert James P. , Moss Arthur J. , Zareba Wojciech 
Published: September 2017

BackgroundFrequent ventricular ectopy on preimplantation Holter has been associated with attenuated benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). However, it is unclear whether ectopic burden measured post‐CRT implantation can be utilized to evaluate long‐term prognosis. We aimed to describe the association between post‐CRT implantation ectopic burden and subsequent risk of clinical outcomes.MethodsAt the 12‐month follow‐up visit, 24‐hour Holter recordings were performed in 698 CRT‐D patients from the MADIT‐CRT study. The mean number of ventricular premature complexes (VPCs/hour) was calculated. High ectopic burden was defined as >10 VPCs/hour and low burden as ≤10 VPCs/hour. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards models were utilized to assess the association between 12‐month ectopic burden and the risk of the end points of heart failure (HF) or death and ventricular tachyarrhythmias (VT/VF).ResultsAt 12 months, 282 (40%) patients presented with low ectopic burden and 416 (60%) patients presented with high ectopic burden. The 3‐year risk of HF/death and VT/VF was lower in patients with a low burden (7% and 8%) and significantly higher (25% and 24%) in patients with high burden. In multivariate analyses, patients with a high ectopic burden had approximately threefold increased risk of both HF/death (HR=2.76 [1.62–4.70], p < .001) and VT/VF (HR=2.79 [1.69–4.58], p < .001).ConclusionIn CRT‐D patients with mild heart failure, high ectopic burden at 12‐month follow‐up was associated with a high 3‐year risk of HF/death and VT/VF and threefold increased risk as compared to patients with low burden. Ectopic burden at 12 months may be a valuable approach for evaluating long‐term prognosis.
Follow‐up protocol was useful for children whose parents attended emergency departments after partner violence, substance abuse or a suicide attempt
Authors: Hoytema van Konijnenburg Eva M. M. , Gigengack Maj , Teeuw Arianne H. , Sieswerda‐Hoogendoorn Tessa , Brilleslijper‐Kater Sonja N. , Flapper Boudien C. , Lindauer Ramón J. L. , van Goudoever Johannes B. , van der Lee Johanna H. ,   the aftERcare group
Published: September 2017

AbstractAimThis was a one‐year follow‐up of families referred to support services after the parents visited the emergency department due to intimate partner violence, substance abuse or a suicide attempt. Its aim was to evaluate the well‐being of any children.MethodsData on families identified a year earlier by the Amsterdam protocol were gathered from child protective services and parent and child self‐reports in two Dutch regions from 2012‐2015.ResultsWe included 399 children (52%) boys with a median age of eight years (range 1–18) in the study using child protective services data. Of the 101 families who participated in the first measurement, 67 responded one year after the parent's emergency department visit. The results showed that 20% of the children had no or minor problems, voluntary support services were involved in 60% of cases and child protective services were involved in 20%. Compared to their first assessment a year earlier, the children's psychosocial problems had not increased, but this could have been an underestimation due to selective responses.ConclusionThe Amsterdam protocol was valuable in referring families to voluntary support services, but given the ongoing problems in some families, professionals need to carefully monitor whether support services are sufficiently effective.