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Military leadership development strategies: implications for training in non-military organizations
Authors: Kirchner Michael , Akdere Mesut 
Published: October 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore how branches of the USA military conduct leadership development of their members to build on existing knowledge of effective approaches. The military, often credited for its ability to develop leadership competencies, has been overlooked and offers a new context for consideration in training. Training strategies presented may offer organization leaders new insight into enhancing current leadership development programs.

Design/methodology/approach
A review of accessible military doctrine in recent decades was conducted to determine leadership development methodology for possible transferability into industry.

Findings
The military’s diverse perspectives on service member leadership development offered insightful methods for application in commercial training. Four development strategies were identified and are discussed.

Research limitations/implications
The purpose of the military is unique from non-military organizations and, as such, each of the leadership development training approaches may not be applicable or feasible for traditional employees. Further exploration of leadership development in the US military is required to better understand the impact of the training.

Originality/value
A review of existing literature revealed little evidence of examining the military’s approach to developing leaders, even though employers claim to hire veterans because of their leadership abilities. Each of the identified development components are distinguishable from traditional leadership programs and present readers a series of opportunities to consider.
Measuring flood resilience: a fuzzy logic approach
Authors: Oladokun Victor Oluwasina , Proverbs David G. , Lamond Jessica 
Published: October 2017

Purpose
Flood resilience is emerging as a major component of an integrated strategic approach to flood risk management. This approach recognizes that some flooding is inevitable and aligns with the concept of “living with water.” Resilience measurement is a key in making business case for investments in resilient retrofits/adaptations, and could potentially be used to inform the design of new developments in flood prone areas. The literature is, however, sparse on frameworks for measuring flood resilience. The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a fuzzy logic (FL)-based resilience measuring model, drawing on a synthesis of extant flood resilience and FL literature.

Design/methodology/approach
An abstraction of the flood resilience system followed by identification and characterization of systems’ variables and parameters were carried out. The resulting model was transformed into a fuzzy inference system (FIS) using three input factors: inherent resilience, supportive facilities (SF) and resident capacity.

Findings
The resulting FIS generates resilience index for households with a wide range of techno-economic and socio-environmental features.

Originality/value
It is concluded that the FL-based model provides a veritable tool for the measurement of flood resilience at the level of the individual property, and with the potential to be further developed for larger scale applications, i.e. at the community or regional levels.
Freedom, competition and bank efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa
Authors: Sarpong-Kumankoma Emmanuel , Abor Joshua , Aboagye Anthony Q.Q. , Amidu Mohammed 
Published: October 2017

PurposeThis study aims to consider the effect of financial (banking) freedom and competition on bank efficiency.Design/methodology/approachWith data from 11 Sub-Saharan African countries over the period 2006-2012, the study estimates both competition (market power) and bank cost efficiency using the same stochastic frontier framework. Subsequently, Tobit models, including instrumental variable Tobit regression, are used to assess how financial freedom affects the relationship between competition and bank efficiency.FindingsThe results show that increase in market power (less competition) leads to greater bank cost efficiency, but the effect is weaker with higher levels of financial freedom. This is not consistent with the quiet life hypothesis.Practical implicationsPolicymakers usually take the view that opening up banking markets to greater competition may lead to higher efficiency. However, the results have shown that allowing banks to maintain some level of market power may be necessary to ensure banking system efficiency.Originality/valueThis study deepens the understanding of the inconsistent relationship between competition and bank efficiency, by using the same framework to measure both competition and efficiency, and by providing new empirical evidence on how the level of financial freedom affects this relationship.
Workplace energy conservation at Michigan State University
Authors: Allen Summer , Marquart-Pyatt Sandra T. 
Published: October 2017

Purpose
This research contributes to the literature on workplace energy conservation by examining the predictors of individual employee behaviors and policy support in a university. The purpose of this research is to better understand what factors influence energy conservation behaviors in this setting to inform programs and interventions.

Design/methodology/approach
This project gathered survey data from employee-occupants of three campus buildings. Ordinary least squares regression analyses were used to investigate the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and attitudes-behavior-constraints (ABC) models examining what drives energy behaviors.

Findings
This study finds a large proportion of respondents would support energy use reduction policies, more technology-based interventions and increased use of renewable sources. Respondents report positive attitudes toward individual energy conservation behavior but mild agreement with the influence of social norms. Self-efficacy reports also are positive. Although the TPB model is not fully supported in this group, the ABC model appears to perform well.

Originality/value
In addition to adding to the relatively limited data on employee energy-saving behaviors in the university workplace, this study provides initial evidence that the ABC model is pertinent to this behavioral context. It also provides specific, usable data about policies and actions that campus community members might deem feasible and acceptable to relevant university offices.
Variation of greenness across China’s universities: motivations and resources
Authors: Zhao Wanxia , Zou Yonghua 
Published: October 2017

PurposeThis study aims to examine the cross-institutional variation in university greenness and analyze its underlying dynamics.Design/methodology/approachThis study constructs a University Greenness Index (UGI) and conducts multivariate regression.FindingsThis study finds variation within two dimensions; in the vertical dimension, top-tier universities have significantly higher UGIs than tier-2 universities, and in the horizontal dimension, agricultural and forest, engineering and technology and generalist universities have significantly higher UGIs than other specialist universities. The dynamics underlying the greenness variation lies in different universities’ motivations and resources, which are associated with China’s higher education administrative system, especially the mechanism by which funding is allocated.Research limitations/implicationsThe Internet-search-based greenness index has some inherent limitations. First, there exists a gap between green information expression and real green achievement. Second, this research may be difficult to apply to other countries, because of the specific characteristics of China’s higher education system.Practical implicationsBased on the empirical results, two policy implications can be generated. First, for the problem of the vertical dimension variation, related institutional transformation should be launched to promote university greenness. Second, for the problem of the horizon dimension variation, specialist universities can take advantage of an interdisciplinary approach to promote greenness.Originality/valueThis research helps scholars and administrators to better understand the progress being made and the achievements realized with regard to green university initiatives in China.
Analyzing the response to epidemics: concept of evidence-based Haddon matrix
Authors: Anparasan Azrah , Lejeune Miguel 
Published: October 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to propose a novel evidence-based Haddon matrix that identifies intervention options for organizations and governments responding to an epidemic in a developing economy.

Design/methodology/approach
A literature review of articles published within a year of the cholera outbreak in Haiti. Two separate types of literature sources are used – academic and non-academic – to apprehend the value and role of interventions implemented and/or identified.

Findings
The Haddon matrix helps break down the challenges involved in the containment of an epidemic into smaller, manageable components. This research shows that the matrix enables visualization of past evidence, help dissect various informational sources, and increase collaboration across humanitarian organizations. It will also serve as a building block for academics to identify new research directions to respond to epidemic outbreaks.

Research limitations/implications
The analysis focuses on the cholera epidemic in Haiti. Future work will be directed to generalize the identified recommendations and insights to a broader context.

Originality/value
This paper presents an evidence-based Haddon matrix that infers recommendations and insights based on past evidence for each phase (pre-event, response, and post-event) and factor (agent, host, physical environment, and socio-cultural environment) of an epidemic and for various stakeholders (humanitarian organizations, governments, and academics). The matrix provides a structured framework to identify interventions and best practices to address challenges during an epidemic outbreak.
How social entrepreneurship can be useful in long-term recovery following disasters
Authors: Ibrahim Sherwat Elwan , El Ebrashi Raghda 
Published: October 2017

PurposeThis paper supports the call for using a separate research stream for long-term recovery vs disaster relief in humanitarian studies. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the thematic shift towards service operations during this developmental phase and explores the role of social entrepreneurial organizations. It builds from the literature on service operations management and social entrepreneurship to promote theory in humanitarian operations management.Design/methodology/approachThis exploratory study uses literature concepts and field data from multiple development case studies of social entrepreneurial organizations and social enterprises in Africa and the Middle East to analyze service operations.FindingsClear contributions to the role of social entrepreneurship in providing humanitarian and development services were identified and categorized according to service operations management stages.Practical implicationsThis paper has important practical implications. The positioning of social entrepreneurial organizations as humanitarian service providers would open opportunities for new collaborations between donors and social organizations. Mainstream NGOs dominate the scene of servicing local communities; leaving aside social entrepreneurial organizations with substantial room for innovation that they might bring to the sector. In addition, social entrepreneurial organizations’ ability to build business models and design sustainability and scalability aspects for their operations may bring long-term development to impoverished communities. Global NGOs as well as government actors who carry out the first three stages of humanitarian operations could plan on working with (or even help creating) social entrepreneurial organizations to help with long-term recovery.Originality/valueThis study examines the implications of two bodies of literature; service operations management and social entrepreneurship on humanitarian operations management research. It concludes with a conceptual framework emphasizing the contributions of social entrepreneurship in planning, development, delivery, and distribution of services in the long-term recovery humanitarian and development operations.
Decision support framework for location selection and disaster relief network design
Authors: Timperio Giuseppe , Panchal Gajanan Bhanudas , Samvedi Avinash , Goh Mark , De Souza Robert 
Published: October 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide a decision support framework for locations identification to address network design in the domain of disaster relief supply chains. The solution approach is then applied to a real-life case about Indonesia.

Design/methodology/approach
An approach integrating geographic information system technology and fuzzy analytical hierarchy process has been used.

Findings
For the Indonesian case, distribution centers should be located in Pekanbaru, Surabaya, Banjarmasin, Ambon, Timika, and Manado.

Research limitations/implications
The main limitation of this work is that facilities being sited are incapacitated. Inclusion of constraints over capacity would elevate the framework to a further level of sophistication, enabling virtual pool of inventory that can be used to adsorb fluctuation in the demand due to disasters.

Practical implications
The use case provided in this paper shows a practical example of applicability for the proposed framework. This study is able to support worldwide decision makers facing challenges related with disaster relief chains resilience. In order to achieve efficiency and effectiveness in relief operations, strategic logistics planning in preparedness is key. Hence, initiatives in disaster preparedness should be enhanced.

Originality/value
It adds value to the previous literature on humanitarian logistics by providing a real-life case study as use case for the proposed methodology. It can guide decision makers in designing resilient humanitarian response, worldwide. Moreover, a combination of recommendations from humanitarian logistics practitioners with established models in facility location sciences provides an interdisciplinary solution to this complex exercise.
Clay montmorillonite-poly(e-caprolactone) electrospun microfiber/epoxy composites with triple shape memory effect
Authors: Dong Yubing , Qian Chen , Lu Jian , Fu Yaqin 
Published: October 2017

Purpose
Epoxy (EP) and polye-caprolactone (PCL) are typical dual-shape memory polymer (DSMP). To get excellent triple-shape memory effect (TSME) polymer composites which are made from EP and PCL. Miscible PCL/EP blend composites have been investigated and compared to the TSMEs with electrospun PCL microfiber membranes/EP composites. Clay montmorillonite (MMT)-modified electrospun PCL microfiber membranes were prepared to improve the shape memory fixities of electrospun PCL microfiber membranes/EP composites.

Design/methodology/approach
The morphologies of electrospun PCL microfiber membranes and the cross section of PCL/EP composites were studied using a field emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), and the existence of MMT was confirmed by a transmission electron microscope. Thermal mechanical properties were observed by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and a dynamic thermomechanical analysis machine, and the TSMEs were also determined through dynamic mechanical analysis.

Findings
Results indicate that the TSMEs of electrospun PCL microfiber membranes/EP composites were excellent, whereas the TSMEs of PCL/EP blend composites were poor. The TSMEs of PCL electrospun microfiber membranes/EP composites significantly improved with the addition of the PCL electrospun microfiber modified with moderate MMT.

Research limitations/implications
Adding a moderate content of MMT into the electrospun PCL fibers, could improve the TSME of the PCL fiber membranes/EP composites. This study was to create a simple and effective method that can be applied to improve the performance of other SMP.

Originality/value
A novel triple-shape memory composite were made from dual-shape memory EP and electrospun PCL fiber membranes.
A bifunctional smart material: the synthesis of a metal-free black pigment for optoelectronic applications from an organic semiconducting molecular rod
Authors: Jones Leighton , Luo Xujun , Kazlauciunas Algy , Lin Long 
Published: October 2017

Purpose
This paper aims to synthesise and evaluate the properties of a novel smart material consisting of a metal-free organic black pigment with a unique chromophore for bifunctional applications in optoelectronics.

Design/methodology/approach
A robust and highly efficient organic reaction, namely, a double [2 + 2] cycloaddition, was deployed to transform a rod-like structure for charge-transfer applications to a strongly conjugated light-absorbing molecule for both optical and electronic applications.

Findings
The synthesis and characterisation of an air-stable metal-free black pigment is reported, which contains an unconventional donor–acceptor panchromatic chromophore with an absorption window spanning 600 nm; the compound was synthetically converted from an organic semiconducting molecular rod and retains strong charge-transfer properties. The chromophore comprises tetracyanoquinodimethane adduct on either side of a dithienothiophenyl core, capped with hexyl thiophenes that ensure solubility in common organic solvents. Its propensity to form excellent thin films on different substrates such as glass and paper, with a total opacity in organic solvent, gives it the potential for wide-ranging applications in organic optoelectronics.

Research limitations/implications
The synthetic chemistry and fundamental properties are investigated in the present study, with more detailed treatments and analysis to be soon developed. One leading smart material is presented, with further derivatives under investigation.

Practical implications
The work presented shows the possibility of converting structures from one application to another with relative ease, but how they retain properties for both, using well-known and facile conditions.

Originality/value
The structures are novel and an enhanced air-stable organic panchromatic chromophore is reported for processing in common organic solvents.
Preparation of graphene-TiO2 nanocomposite films and its photocatalytic performances on degradation of Rhodamine B
Authors: Qin Pei , Yi Guobin , Zu Xihong , Wang Huan , Luo Hongsheng , Tan Miao 
Published: October 2017

Purpose
The aim of this paper is to synthesize graphene-modified titanium dioxide (GR-TiO2) nanorod arrays nanocomposite films, so that these can enhance the photocatalytic properties of titanium dioxide and overcome the problem of difficult separation and recovery of photocatalysts.

Design/methodology/approach
The GR-TiO2 nanocomposite films were synthesized via hydrothermal method and spin-coating. The obtained samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), ultraviolet–visible (UV-Vis) diffuse reflectance spectrum and Raman spectrum. The photocatalytic performance of the GR-TiO2 nanocomposite films for degrading Rhodamin B under ultraviolet (UV) was studied by a UV-Vis spectrophotometer. The photocatalytic enhancement mechanism of graphene was studied by photoelectrochemical analysis.

Findings
The introduction of graphene expanded the range of the optical response of TiO2 nanorod arrays, improving the separation efficiency of the photogenerated electron-hole pairs, and thus dramatically increasing its photocatalytic performance.

Research limitations/implications
A simple and novel way for synthesizing GR-TiO2 nanocomposite films has enhanced the photocatalytic performance of TiO2.

Originality/value
The photocatalyst synthesized is easy to separate and recycle in the process of photocatalytic reaction, so it is possible to achieve industrialization.
Linear inversion via the discrete wavelet transform pseudoinverse
Authors: Fernández‐Muñiz M.Z. , Cernea A. , Fernández‐Martínez J.L. 
Published: October 2017

ABSTRACTClassical least‐squares techniques (Moore–Penrose pseudoinverse) are covariance based and are therefore unsuitable for the solution of very large‐scale linear systems in geophysical inversion due to the need of diagonalisation. In this paper, we present a methodology to perform the geophysical inversion of large‐scale linear systems via the discrete wavelet transform. The methodology consists of compressing the linear system matrix using the interesting properties of covariance‐free orthogonal transformations, to design an approximation of the Moore–Penrose pseudoinverse. We show the application of the discrete wavelet transform pseudoinverse to well‐conditioned and ill‐conditioned linear systems. We applied the methodology to a general‐purpose linear problem where the system matrix has been generated using geostatistical simulation techniques and also to a synthetic 2D gravimetric problem with two different geological set‐ups, in the noise‐free and noisy cases. In both cases, the discrete wavelet transform pseudoinverse can be applied to the original linear system and also to the linear systems of normal equations and minimum norm. The results are compared with those obtained via the Moore–Penrose and the discrete cosine transform pseudoinverses. The discrete wavelet transform and the discrete cosine transform pseudoinverses provide similar results and outperform the Moore–Penrose pseudoinverse, mainly in the presence of noise. In the case of well‐conditioned linear systems, this methodology is more efficient when applied to the least‐squares system and minimum norm system due to their higher condition number that allows for a more efficient compression of the system matrix. Also, in the case of ill‐conditioned systems with very high underdetermined character, the application of the discrete cosine transform to the minimum norm solution provides very good results. Both solutions might differ on their regularity, depending on the wavelet family that is adopted. These methods have a general character and can be applied to solve any linear inverse problem arising in technology, particularly in geophysics, and also to non‐linear inversion by linearisation of the forward operator.