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Legal systems, internationalization and corporate sustainability. An empirical analysis of the influence of national and international authorities
Authors: Hörisch Jacob , Burritt Roger Leonard , Christ Katherine L. , Schaltegger Stefan 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
This paper aims to compare the influence of different legal systems on corporate sustainability management practices. Against the background of growing internationalization of business activities, it additionally considers whether internationalization allows companies to circumvent the influence of national authorities.

Design/methodology/approach
Three legal systems are compared using regression analyses of more than 200 large corporations in five countries: common law (USA and Australia), German code law (Germany) and French code law (France and Spain).

Findings
The impact of national and international authorities is found to be strongest in French code law countries. In addition, the influence of international authorities is stronger for corporations with higher shares of international sales. For both national and international authorities, the degree of internationalization is found to moderate the influence of the legal system on corporate sustainability practices.

Practical implications
The legal system in place influences the relative effectiveness of national and international authorities over company sustainability practices and needs to be taken into account in policymaking. To be effective, international authorities need to work with or substitute for national authorities in promoting corporate sustainability practices in countries depending on their legal systems.

Originality/value
This research applies and quantitatively tests La Porta’s (1998) framework on legal systems in the new context of corporate sustainability.
Can board gender diversity promote corporate social performance?
Authors: Kyaw Khine , Olugbode Mojisola , Petracci Barbara 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
This paper examines if gender diversity on corporate boards promotes corporate social performance (CSP) across industries and across countries.

Design/methodology/approach
Fixed-effect panel models are estimated using Europe-wide data from 2002 through 2013. Instrumental variable estimation and propensity score matching are also used to control for potential endogeneity.

Findings
Board gender diversity (BGD) improves environmental and social performance and consequently the CSP. Although the positive effect of gender diversity is prevalent across industries, the effect is more pronounced for firms in emerging markets.

Practical implications
The findings suggest that gender law that fosters gender diversity can promote CSP in firms, and the benefit can be enjoyed with just an introduction of one female director to the board. Promotion of gender diversity in Europe is most beneficial in emerging markets.

Originality/value
The results provide new insights to the literature, as we find that a critical mass of female directors on boards is not required to promote CSP. The research also highlights that BGD enhances CSP irrespective of the industry, and the effect on CSP is more pronounced in emerging markets where regulations regarding CSR are not so clear-cut.
DoesMusharakah Mutanaqisahconverge withBai Bithamin Ajiland conventional loans?
Authors: Kashi Aghilasse , Mohamad Azhar 
Published: July 2017

PurposeThis study aims to examine the disputableShari’ahand the technical issues underlying the implementation of theMusharakah Mutanaqisahpartnership (MMP) model in home financing by Islamic banks in Malaysia. It assesses whether this much-lauded facility is in line withShari’ahrules and whether it diverges from or converges to the Bay’ Bithaman Ajil (BBA) and conventional loan models.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses a qualitative methodology based on in-depth interviews to achieve these objectives.FindingsWith regard to the issue of convergence, it is obvious from the interviewees’ perceptions that the MMP model is converging with the BBA and conventional housing loans.Originality/valueMany factors were mentioned as the reasons for this convergence, with the most important being that Islamic banks are not operating in a fully fledged Islamic financial system, reducing the risk weightage and regulatory restrictions. As forShari’ahcompliance, controversy may result from the enhanced features that structure this facility. Though these enhanced features areShari’ahcompliant, it transforms the MMP model into a debt rather than a partnership contract.
European NPLs through the crisis: a policy review
Authors: Jassaud Nadege , Vidon Edouard 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The unfolding of the financial crisis in parts of Europe has highlighted a number of challenges which can be analysed through the prism of NPLs. These included the discrepancies across supervisory regimes, the limitations of macro-prudential supervision and the diversity of NPL resolution approaches.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors review policy lessons from the crisis in dealing with the NPL problem.

Findings
The paper highlights some key recommendations – the need for intrusive supervision, strong macro-financial surveillance and NPL resolution approaches that provide the right incentives.

Originality/value
These recommendations can help inform the current debate regarding regulatory and structural initiatives to tackle NPLs.
“That was a good shift”
Authors: Johnson Anya , Nguyen Helena , Parker Sharon K. , Groth Markus , Coote Steven , Perry Lin , Way Bruce 
Published: July 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate a boundary spanning, interprofessional collaboration between advanced practice nurses (APNs) and junior doctors to support junior doctors’ learning and improve patient management during the overtime shift.Design/methodology/approachA mixed methods evaluation of an intervention in an adult tertiary referral hospital, to enhance interprofessional collaboration on overtime shifts. Phase 1 compared tasks and ward rounds on 86 intervention shifts with 106 “regular” shifts, and examined the effect on junior doctor patient management testing a model using regression techniques. Phase 2 explored the experience of the intervention for stakeholders. 91 junior doctors participated (89 percent response rate) on 192 overtime shifts. Junior doctors, APNs and senior medical professionals/administrators participated in interviews.FindingsThe intervention was associated with an increase in self-initiated ward rounds by junior doctors, partially explained by junior doctors completing fewer tasks skilled nurses could also complete. The intervention significantly reduced doctors’ engagement in tasks carried over from day shifts as well as first year (but not more experienced) junior doctors’ total tasks. Interviews suggested the initiative reduced junior doctors’ work pressure and promoted a safe team climate, situation awareness, skills, confidence, and well-being.Originality/valueJunior doctors overtime shifts (5 p.m. to 11 p.m.) are important, both for hospitals to maintain patient care after hours and for junior doctors to learn and develop independent clinical decision making skills. However, junior doctors frequently report finding overtime shifts challenging and stressful. Redesigning overtime shifts to facilitate interprofessional collaboration can improve patient management and junior doctors’ learning and well-being.
Bricks-and-mortar and patient safety culture
Authors: Brandis Susan , Schleimer Stephanie , Rice John 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
Building a new hospital requires a major investment in capital infrastructure. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of bricks-and-mortar on patient safety culture before and two years after the move of a large tertiary hospital to a greenfield site. The difference in patient safety perceptions between clinical and non-clinical staff is also explored.

Design/methodology/approach
This research uses data collected from the same workforce across two time periods (2013 and 2015) in a large Australian healthcare service. Validated surveys of patient safety culture (n=306 and 246) were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Findings
Using two-way analysis of variance, the authors found that perceived patient safety culture remains unchanged for staff despite a major relocation and upgrade of services and different perceptions of patient safety culture between staff groups remains the same throughout change.

Practical implications
A dramatic change in physical context, such as moving an entire hospital, made no measurable impact on perceived patient safety culture by major groups of staff. Improving patient safety culture requires more than investment in buildings and infrastructure. Understanding differences in professional perspectives of patient safety culture may inform organisational management approaches, and enhance the targeting of specific strategies.

Originality/value
The authors believe this to be the first empirically based paper that investigates the impact of a large investment into hospital capital and a subsequent relocation of services on clinical and non-clinical staff perceptions of patient safety culture.
Key factors in developing transit trade corridors in Northeast Asia
Authors: Lim Sang-Won , Suthiwartnarueput Kamonchanok , Abareshi Ahmad , Lee Paul Tae-Woo , Duval Yann 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate key critical factors for developing transit trade corridors (TTCs) in optimizing trade and logistics performance, taking into account economic, geographic and political concerns among countries in the Northeast Asia region, which have been dynamically developing TTCs to optimize trade and logistics performance in association with development of transport infrastructure in the Greater Tumen Region located in the Northeast Asia.

Design/methodology/approach
This research explores key factors affecting the TTC through a comprehensive literature review in tandem with expert survey. Factor analysis, both exploratory and confirmatory, is employed to further investigate the underlying factors affecting more efficient development of a TTC.

Findings
This research has drawn eight underlying factors affecting the design of a TTC: development and policy implications; safety, security and political concerns; environmental protection; financing and investment; soft infrastructure; hard infrastructure; geography and landscape; and corridor performance.

Research limitations/implications
This paper has a limited geographical scope of the Northeast Asia. Therefore, more primary data collection would be useful in future work. Development of International trade corridor and TTC is critical in northeast Asia for moving goods through designated geographical paths. The key factors drawn in this paper contributes not only to promoting its related services and information (across borders) with the provision of policy support and related facilities for TTC but also to lowering logistics costs and improving trades in the northeast Asian region. As a result, the countries in the region will accelerate their regional economies in collaboration with international bodies and framework, such as UNDP, Greater Tumen Initiative and One Belt One Road Initiative.

Practical implications
The eight underlying factors the authors identified in this research will be valuable for policy-makers to design TTCs and consequently the research will contribute to regional economies in northeast Asia by establishing efficient trade and transport routes among the countries in the region.

Social implications
Developing TTCs is a kind of platform and infrastructure to accelerate cargo movements and people movements in the northeast Asia. Users of TTCs will benefit their businesses thanks to an efficient logistics system and lower logistics costs, which result in promoting international and regional trade in the region.

Originality/value
There has not been any research done on factors to consider in developing TTCs in the world, whose consequence is no readily available reference that can support a systematic assessment and decision-making in development of TTCs. The findings of this research provide a helpful reference for policy-makers, potential users and developers of TTCs to refer in planning and developing them.
Formation of contracts for the international sale of goods under Korean law and the CISG
Authors: Lee Byung Mun 
Published: July 2017

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze the rules on the formation of contracts under Korean law and the Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) in a comparative way and introduce the relevant proposed rules under the Amendment Draft of the Korean Civil Code (KCC). In addition, it attempts to compare and evaluate them in light of the discipline of comparative law.Design/methodology/approachIn order to achieve the purposes of the study, it executes a comparative study of the rules as to the formation of contracts of the CISG, Korean law and the Amendment Draft of the KCC. The basic question for this comparative study is placed on whether a solution from one jurisdiction is more logical than the others and to what extent each jurisdiction has responded to protect the reasonable expectations of the parties in the rules as to the formation of contracts.FindingsThe comparative study finds that most of the rules under the CISG are quite plausible and logical and they are more or less well reflected in the proposals advanced by the KCC amendment committee. On the other hand, the other rules under the CISG which have brought criticisms in terms of their complexity and inconsistent case law invite us their revision or consistent interpretation. The drawbacks of the CISG have also been well responded in the Amendment Draft of the KCC. Nevertheless, it is quite unfortunate that the Amendment Draft of the KCC still has a rule that regards any purported performance with non-material alteration of the terms of an offer as an acceptance.Originality/valueThis study may provide legal and practical advice to both the seller and the buyer when they enter into a contract for international sales of goods. In addition, it may render us an insight into newly developed or developing rules in this area and show us how they interact with each other. Furthermore, it may be particularly useful in Korea where there is an ongoing discussion for revision of the KCC.
A service research contribution to the global challenge of sustainability
Authors: Saviano Marialuisa , Barile Sergio , Spohrer James Clinton , Caputo Francesco 
Published: July 2017

PurposePoverty, hunger, inequalities, diseases, unsustainable use of resources, etc., in spite of scientific progress, still remains unsolved worldwide issues. All these issues relate to the challenges of sustainability and sustainable development that now call for urgent answers. The purpose of this paper is to explore how the service research community can respond to this call and to identify key areas of potential contribution.Design/methodology/approachAfter a brief review of selected service literature aimed at exploring its interest in the topics of sustainability and sustainable development, the authors develop the interpretative proposal identifying the key requirements of a global engagement in the challenge of sustainability and sustainable development and highlighting the potential contribution of service research.FindingsFindings highlight the potential contribution of service research to the global challenge of sustainability and suggest acting upon education by considering the “T-Shaped” professional model as a possible reference for embedding sustainability in the education of future managers and addressing the need of interdisciplinary thinking through the systems approach.Research limitations/implicationsThe proposed study of service literature is only an exploratory analysis of main contributions that does not aim to identify gaps but only to highlight the potential of a greater engagement of service research in the global call for a more sustainable and inclusive development.Practical implicationsA trans-disciplinary approach is also required. This implies the involvement of the business and the social real world.Originality/valueThis paper represents a novel call for engaging the service research community in a boundary-crossing collaboration with the aim of contributing to address the challenge of sustainability.
An ISM approach for the barrier analysis in implementing sustainable supply chain management
Authors: Movahedipour Mahmood , Zeng Jianqiu , Yang Mengke , Wu Xiankang 
Published: July 2017

PurposeSustainability has been on the executive agenda for years and it is now one of the fastest growing supply chain management trends. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the barriers for the adoption and implementation of the sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) concept.Design/methodology/approachThis study has been divided into two phases such as identification of barriers and qualitative analysis. First, to identify the most influential barriers, the authors offer a systematic literature review, taking 188 papers published from 2010 to November 2016 into account. The investigation phase led to the selection of 15 barriers based on the literature in consultation with industrial experts and academicians. Second, the interpretive structural modeling qualitative analysis was used to find out the mutual influences between the 15 barriers by a survey.FindingsFurther, the authors propose and illustrate the cross-impact matrix multiplication applied to classification analysis to test a framework that extrapolates SSCM barriers and their relationships. “Inadequate information technology implementation” has been identified as the most important barrier that may force organizations to implement SSCM practices to ensure their business sustainability.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors presented some limitations in their research in some fields which could allow new researchers and practitioners to conduct the future research to grow in different dimensions.Practical implicationsPractitioners or policymakers usually are not familiar with these types of research works; that is why most of these surveys remain theoretical and conceptual. Future investigation needs to be done in practical application domain instead of merely giving opinions.Originality/valueBased on the authors’ research, the researchers have more attention to work in conceptual analysis due to other fields, but the authors believe that even with the implementation of SSCM, many remarkable areas still exist for future research which could help in development. The authors also provide more details in this paper.
Simultaneous instance and feature selection for improving prediction in special education data
Authors: Villuendas-Rey Yenny , Rey-Benguría Carmen , Lytras Miltiadis , Yáñez-Márquez Cornelio , Camacho-Nieto Oscar 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to improve the classification of families having children with affective-behavioral maladies, and thus giving the families a suitable orientation.

Design/methodology/approach
The proposed methodology includes three steps. Step 1 addresses initial data preprocessing, by noise filtering or data condensation. Step 2 performs a multiple feature sets selection, by using genetic algorithms and rough sets. Finally, Step 3 merges the candidate solutions and obtains the selected features and instances.

Findings
The new proposal show very good results on the family data (with 100 percent of correct classifications). It also obtained accurate results over a variety of repository data sets. The proposed approach is suitable for dealing with non-symmetric similarity functions, as well as with high-dimensionality mixed and incomplete data.

Originality/value
Previous work in the state of the art only considers instance selection to preprocess the schools for children with affective-behavioral maladies data. This paper explores using a new combined instance and feature selection technique to select relevant instances and features, leading to better classification, and to a simplification of the data.
Identity change in a drug-free Therapeutic Community: a Lacanian interpretation of former residents’ perspectives on treatment process and outcome
Authors: Debaere Virginie , Verhaeghe Paul , Vanheule Stijn 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
In drug-free Therapeutic Communities (TCs), people with addictions live together in order to achieve recovery in terms of a modified drug-free lifestyle. Central to the TC approach is the assumption that this shift is only achievable when “identity change” has taken place. However, this claim has rarely been addressed in TC research. Further insight into the nature and realization of such identity change might help to understand how this community approach contributes to long-term recovery. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
The present qualitative interview study explores the perspectives of ten former TC residents on their treatment and their process of change. To organize the interview data, Lacanian psychoanalytic theory on identity formation/change is used as a framework.

Findings
The common thread in the participants’ process of change is presented in three parts: their life before, in and after the TC. The substeps within these parts are illustrated with several quotes.

Originality/value
The findings highlight the value of innovative qualitative research designs to address the many challenges to addiction treatment research. A Lacanian reading of the data makes it possible to describe the subjective logic of the process of change in the TC, focusing on how substance (mis)use functions as an attempted solution in dealing with identity issues. By linking crucial TC ingredients such as the TC law and TC tools to the process of the identity change, a new reading of this long-term group approach is achieved.
Du choc des idées jaillit la lumière: thinking with Eric Broekaert’s integrated and holistic paradigm of education
Authors: Roets Griet , Smeyers Paul , Vandenbroeck Michel , De Bie Maria , Derluyn Ilse , Roose Rudi , Vanobbergen Bruno , Bradt Lieve , Van Gorp Angelo 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on how Eric Broekaert perceived “Ortho-pedagogy” as an academic discipline.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors try to get a grasp on Broekaert’s point of view while cross-reading three central articles in which he explains his integrated and holistic paradigm of education.

Findings
One could argue that, while claiming that the different epistemological, ontological and methodological approaches underlying Eric Broekaert’s paradigm of holistic education are not easily integrated, the potential paradoxes he produced in this claim also enabled a “choc des idées” and challenged and enlightened a wide diversity of researchers and practitioners in taking a partial, locatable, critical, reflexive and temporary stance in educational praxis (Lather, 1991).

Originality/value
The authors discuss how Broekaert, as a companion in life, enabled them to cautiously embrace tensions, paradoxes and complexities in the development of an educational praxis.