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Implementation of a local authority workspace strategy in the UK
Authors: Giddings Bob , Ladinski Vladimir 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
This paper aims to examine the implementation of a workspace strategy within Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council. It identifies the efficiencies that were achieved through the increase in office workspace numbers, as well as the associated advantages of locating more people within the Civic Centre. Equally, this study examines the users’ perspective.

Design/methodology/approach
A survey was carried out in 2013, with Property and Design Services as a sample Council Department, to identify employees’ level of satisfaction with the implementation of the strategy. A paper-based questionnaire was handed to all participants. The primary comparison was their experience before and after changes to the workplace.

Findings
The results show that government targets for office space utilisation have been exceeded, thus supporting more efficient property asset management. The research has also established that the employees are generally satisfied with their new workspace.

Research limitations/implications
The issues are whether the reduced space per person can be mitigated by the design, and whether efficiency gains can be introduced without adversely affecting the users’ perception of their workplace.

Practical implications
The findings can guide future trends within the Council, as well as informing the implementation of similar workspace strategies in other organisations.

Originality/value
The originality of the study lies in a workspace strategy where the responses of users were taken seriously. Despite some concerns about distractions and lack of privacy, the employees responded that their overall satisfaction, and perceived productivity were unaffected by the strategy and reduced space per person.
The role of formal and informal surveillance in creating a safe and entertaining retail environment
Authors: Kajalo Sami , Lindblom Arto 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
A key question for shopping malls is to create a retail environment that is at the same time safe and entertaining. The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into this process by examining how consumers view various formal and informal surveillance practices in the context of shopping malls. The classification of surveillance practices into formal and informal surveillance is based on crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) theory. The paper also studies how consumers can be grouped according to their views on these surveillance practices.

Design/methodology/approach
The paper uses the CPTED theory as a theoretical lens and studies the consumers’ views of formal and informal surveillance using data gathered from a survey of 200 shopping mall visitors. The data are analyzed using principal components analysis and cluster analysis.

Findings
The results show that customer experience of safe retail environments reflects the distinction between informal and formal surveillance in the CPTED theory. The paper also shows that consumers have several different preferences towards surveillance practices and consumers can be grouped according to their preferences for surveillance methods.

Originality/value
This paper has provided new insights regarding the use of CPTED theory in research into formal and informal surveillance practices in shopping malls. The findings provide tools that help mall managers focus on the different needs of consumers in their quest to create safe and entertaining retail environment.
Social movements in crisis? From the 15-M movement to the electoral shift in Spain
Authors: Díaz-Parra Ibán , Jover-Báez Jaime 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
Social left-wing political contestation and activism in Spain have undergone great changes over the past four years. First, there has been a shift from the 15-M movement that took over public plazas with its ambiguous claims basically related to radical democracy and rejection of institutional politics, to a new focus on social problems generated by the crisis, highlighting issues such as housing and cutbacks in social rights. Second, there has been a shift towards institutional politics in 2014. How should this recent whirlwind evolution in political contestation to status quo be understood? What is the relation between the changing material conditions of the population and the extremely shifting shape of left-wing militancy in Spain? The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
The arguments put forward here are based on the authors’ involvement in social movements in the city of Seville between 2011 and the current time. They have been complemented with in-depth interviews of social activists who have taken part in the movements: 15-M assemblies, the housing movement, general strikes and, in more recent times, electoral initiatives (Podemos and Ganemos). The interviews were done between 2012 and 2014. The fieldwork has been complemented with an exploration of documentary sources: the manifests and writings of the various organisations that are being addressed.

Findings
In the transition from 15-M assemblies to the recent shift in electoral initiatives, social protest have turned from direct democracy demands and the rejection of institutionalised politics to a progressively pragmatic and short-term position where institutions are targeted. This paper argues that the generalised impoverishment of the population, increased numbers of evictions and consistently high unemployment rates have broadened the social framework for the action of social movements. The political and ideological crisis, rooted in the majority of the population’s crumbling expectations of social progress has enabled the array of possibilities to be opened up to emancipatory politics.

Originality/value
It is argued that massive deprivation provoked by the economic crisis has been a fundamental factor in the movements’ new orientation, what as a consequence, and until certain extent, throws the New Social Movements discourses into crisis itself, at least with regard to its post-materialistic nature and its opposition to institutions of the State.
Artifacts in knowledge management research: a systematic literature review and future research directions
Authors: Mariano Stefania , Awazu Yukika 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to assess the role of artifacts in the knowledge management field in the past 18 years (1997-2015) and to identify directions for future research.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors conducted a systematic literature review of 101 articles published in seven journals retrieved from EBSCO and Google Scholar online research databases. The framework for analysis included 13 codes, i.e. author(s), title, year of publication, typology, theoretical lens, categorizations, methods for empirical work, relevancy, level of analysis, keywords, findings, research themes and future research directions. Codes were analyzed using qualitative and quantitative methods.

Findings
The findings lacked cumulativeness and consistency in the current knowledge management debate. Empirical works outnumbered conceptual contributions by two to one, and the majority of papers focused at the organizational level of analysis. Knowledge management systems, knowledge sharing and digital archives were the major research themes connected to artifacts, together with other closely aligned concepts such as learning and online learning, knowledge transfer and knowledge creation.

Research limitations/implications
This study has temporal and contextual limitations related to covered time span (18 years) and journals’ subscription restrictions.

Originality/value
This paper is a first attempt to systematically review the role of artifacts in knowledge management research and therefore it represents a primary reference in the knowledge management field. It provides directions to future theoretical and empirical studies and suggestions to managerial practices.
Knowledge management and business performance: global experts’ views on future research needs
Authors: Heisig Peter , Suraj Olunifesi Adekunle , Kianto Aino , Kemboi Cosmas , Perez Arrau Gregorio , Fathi Easa Nasser 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
This paper aims to examine the views of the global knowledge management (KM) community on the research area of KM and business performance and identify key future research themes.

Design/methodology/approach
An interview study spanning 222 informants in 38 countries was launched to collect data on KM expert views concerning the future research needs of the KM field.

Findings
The value contribution of KM requires more research despite experts agreeing on the complexities involved in solving this challenge. Further research areas identified were related to the influence of KM to support business strategy, intellectual capital, decision-making, knowledge sharing, organizational learning, innovation performance, productivity and competitive advantage.

Research limitations/implications
The sample is dominated by European-based KM experts and the self-selecting sampling approach that was used by relying on the networks of each partner could have biased the structure of this sample.

Practical implications
The recognition of the complexity to demonstrate the value contribution of KM could prevent practitioners from using over-simplified approaches and encourage them to use more advanced measurement approaches.

Originality/value
The paper is unique, in that it reports on the views of 222 KM experts from 38 countries representing both academia and practice, on the issue of future research needs in terms of KM and business outcomes. As such it provides valuable guidance for future studies in the KM field and related subjects.
Valuing specialised property: cost vs profits method uncertainty
Authors: Jansen van Vuuren David 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to compare the value outcomes of the cost approach to the DCF profits method when valuing specialised property under different scenarios as a test for choice of method or model uncertainty; and to quantify valuation uncertainty under each scenario and to argue for an increasing adoption of the profits method of valuation.

Design/methodology/approach
A qualitative case study approach was used to analyse four physical valuations performed in practice under four specific scenarios, namely, a business-as-usual scenario, an underperforming business scenario, an expanding capacity scenario and a combined business-as-usual funding a start-up joint venture scenario.

Findings
The cost approach relative to the DCF profits approach consistently under-values specialised property under business-as-usual and business expanding scenarios while it over-values in instances of underperforming business scenario.

Practical implications
Financial institutions that predominantly uses or accepts the cost approach for valuing specialised property should consider adopting the DCF profits approach as the default approach when valuing for mortgage lending purposes. Business owners of specialised properties should contract practitioners knowledgeable and skilled in the application of the DCF profits method.

Originality/value
This paper quantifies choice of method or model uncertainty of four different scenarios of specialised properties where both the cost approach and DCF profits methods of valuation were employed. It suggests the adoption of the DCF profits method as the default method of valuation for specialised property.
A nearest-neighbor algorithm for targeted interaction design in social outreach campaigns
Authors: Garcia Christopher 
Published: October 2016

PurposeOrganizations rely on social outreach campaigns to raise financial support, recruit volunteers, and increase public awareness. In order to maximize response rates, organizations face the challenging problem of designing appropriately tailored interactions for each user. An interaction consists of a specific combination of message, media channel, sender, tone, and possibly many other attributes. The purpose of this paper is to address the problem of how to design tailored interactions for each user to maximize the probability of a desired response.Design/methodology/approachA nearest-neighbor (NN) algorithm is developed for interaction design. Simulation-based experiments are then conducted to compare positive response rates obtained by two forms of this algorithm against that of several control interaction design strategies. A factorial experimental design is employed which varies three user population factors in a combinatorial manner, allowing the methods to be compared across eight distinct scenarios.FindingsThe NN algorithms significantly outperformed all three controls in seven out of the eight scenarios. Increases in response rates ranging from approximately 20 to 400 percent were observed.Practical implicationsThis work proposes a data-oriented method for designing tailored interactions for individual users in social outreach campaigns which can enable significant increases in positive response rates. Additionally, the proposed algorithm is relatively easy to implement.Originality/valueThe problem of optimal interaction design in social outreach campaigns is scarcely addressed in the literature. This work proposes an effective and easy to implement solution approach for this problem.
Culture, desire and consumer culture in America in the new age of social media
Authors: Maschio Thomas Joseph 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to consider the role that consumer desire plays in the creation of new culture forms.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper is an opinion piece based on the author’s reflections on hundreds of in-depth ethnographic interviews, each generally of three to four hours length, carried out over the past 20 years, concerning a range of product categories and services, on behalf of a wide range of business clients.

Findings
The most significant finding is that a desire for new forms of sociality is driving the creation of new forms of commercial culture and of communication in culture.

Originality/value
This paper takes the novel approach of considering consumer desire as an engine of culture creation and of culture change.
Conceptions of value as family resemblances
Authors: Fisher Ron , Francis Mark , Thomas Andrew , Burgess Kevin , Mutter Katherine 
Published: October 2016

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to consider value as individual and experiential, based on the relationships between conceptions of value, rather than attempting to identify a common factor. The authors use the term “family” to represent the relationships between conceptions of value and provide a philosophical basis that underpins this. The authors also propose an appropriate method for researching value as family resemblances.Design/methodology/approachIn this conceptual paper, the authors propose a new approach to understanding the nature of value in terms of family resemblances. In many marketing studies, value is described as being phenomenologically based, with an increasing number also emphasizing its experiential nature. Attempts to conceptualize value phenomenologically lead to tension between the search for an essence and the qualitatively different ways in which value is experienced by individuals. The authors propose phenomenography as a research approach that accommodates value based on differences rather than essences.FindingsRecognizing that there is no necessary condition or essence by which value may be defined resolves the tension that has arisen from the simultaneous search for a common feature and the assertion that value is experientially created by individuals. The research also highlights that the nature of value may differ between people, time and place or some aspects of it may be the same. Regarding value in terms of family resemblances accommodates actors’ different conceptions of value. Phenomenography is an appropriate approach to operationalize conceptions of value in terms of family membership.Research limitations/implicationsUnderstanding value as a family, and using phenomenography as method, provides methodological clarity to a long-standing research issue. Using the approaches outlined in this study will enable empirical studies of the nature of value in any context to be conducted soundly and relatively quickly. It will also provide a more inclusive and holistic set of values based on the experiences of individuals.Practical implicationsThe research provides important insights for practitioners through clearer conceptions of value. These include the ability to plan and deliver business outcomes that are more closely aligned with customer values. Understanding the conceptions of value experienced by actors in marketing, as determined through family resemblances, has clear implications for researchers and practitioners.Originality/valueUnderstanding actors’ conceptions of value through the lens of family resemblances resolves a long-standing research issue. Using phenomenography as method is an approach seldom used in marketing that addresses the need for increased use of qualitative research in marketing.
Simulation study on evolutionary cycle to cycle time control of exposure controlled projection lithography
Authors: Zhao Xiayun , Rosen David W. 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
Exposure controlled projection lithography (ECPL) is an additive manufacturing process based on controlled UV photopolymerization. This paper aims to explore an advanced closed-loop control methodology to ECPL.

Design/methodology/approach
This paper proposes an evolutionary cycle to cycle (EC2C) control method, and started with a reduced order EC2C time control to control only the exposure time for given DMD bitmaps, which correspond to target 3D part cross-sections. A preliminary EC2C time control scheme was developed and followed by two types of EC2C time controllers based on two different parameter estimation methods, recursive least squares and L1 norm minimization (L1Min). Both algorithms were in an exponential weighted form, resulting in EWRLS and EWL1Min, to weight more on recent data to reflect the current process dynamics.

Findings
EWRLS was found to outperform EWL1Min in terms of computation speed and stability. The simulation study demonstrated that the proposed EC2C time control method was capable of adaptively tracking the ECPL process dynamics and updating online the model parameters with real-time measurements. It could control perfectly the exposure time for each bitmap, achieving the desired height for each layer and resulting in a total cured height conforming to the target 3D part height.

Research limitations/implications
The accuracy of EC2C time control method relies heavily on fast and accurate measurement, and this research assumes availability of an adequate real-time metrology. Measurement errors are not considered in this paper and will be explored in future. Only simulation study was performed without physical experiments to verify the EC2C controller.

Practical implications
For implementation, a real-time measurement system needs to be developed and the EC2C control software needs to be programmed and interfaced with the physical system.

Originality/value
It concludes that EC2C control method is very promising for a physical implementation, and could be extended for the development of a more comprehensive closed-loop controller for both exposure time and intensity to improve the ECPL process precision and robustness.
Effect of processing parameters of electron beam melting machine on properties of Ti-6Al-4V parts
Authors: Abdeen Dana H. , Palmer Bruce R. 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
This paper aims to study the effect of processing parameters of an electron beam melting (EBM) machine on the surface roughness, critical pitting temperature and density of Ti-6Al-4V parts produced from the EBM machine.

Design/methodology/approach
In this study, statistically designed experiments were used to manufacture Ti-6Al-4V samples in the EBM machine under different process parameters of beam current, beam speed and offset focus. Surface roughness was measured for as-built samples using a 3D profilometer. Then, a potentiostatic test was conducted under 2.40 V vs saturated calomel electrode to determine the critical pitting temperature (CPT) in 3.5 per cent mass NaCl solution for the samples of different processing parameters. Next, density was measured for these samples. Finally, model equations were established to relate EBM’s process parameters to measured properties of surface roughness, CPT and density.

Findings
Results showed that offset focus had the main influence on surface roughness more than the beam current and the beam speed. Changing processing parameters did not affect corrosion behavior of EBM Ti-6Al-4V as CPT did not vary widely, although a slight effect on CPT values obtained from the beam current and the beam speed. Density was greatly affected by the offset focus more than the other parameters. It can be concluded that uniform and precise measurements of roughness and density are not achievable through this machine; only a range of these properties can be attained.

Originality/value
EBM machine produces 3D parts in a layer-based building process under high temperature and vacuum atmosphere. Due to the manufacturing technique and conditions, the resulting object has irregularities on the exterior surface and voids that are formed within the part, both of which affect samples’ properties like surface roughness, CPT and density. This study established model equations that can relate parts’ properties to processing parameters so that parts of specific properties are obtained to fit the application they are used for. For each property, ANOVA fits vs linear energy were also obtained.
Custom fabrication of try-in wax complete denture
Authors: Yuan Fusong , lv Peijun , Wang Pengfei , Wang Yuguang , Wang Yong , Sun Yuchun 
Published: October 2016

Purpose
The use of removable complete dentures is a selectable restorative procedure for edentulous patients. To improve the fabrication quality and efficiency of removable complete dentures, this paper aims to introduce a new method to fabricate customized wax complete dentures with additive manufacturing. This process uses complementary digital technologies, and allows faster and better manufacture of complete dentures.

Design/methodology/approach
In the study, a dental scanner was used to obtain surface data from edentulous casts and rims made by the dentist. A parameterized three-dimensional graphic database of artificial teeth was pre-established. Specialized computer-aided design software was used to set up the artificial dentition and design the esthetic gingiva and base plate. A selective laser sintering machine was used to transfer the data from stereolithography files into a wax base plate with location holes for each artificial tooth.

Findings
Under this method, a set of wax base plates with 28 location holes available for the placement of the artificial teeth were designed and fabricated within 6 h. The try-in wax dentures fitted the patient’s mouth well, besides occlusion relationships. Then, the occlusion relationships can be adjusted manually to achieve a balanced centric occlusion.

Originality/value
This method can be used to design and fabricate wax try-in removable complete dentures semi-automatically and rapidly; however, the algorithm for the occlusion contact design needs to be improved.