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Predicting wine preference: testing the premises of the vinotype theory
Authors: Borchgrevink Carl Peter , Sherwin Allan Lewis 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to outline Tim Hanni’s vinotype theory and to test some of the theories foundational propositions. Specifically, this paper tests whether the wine preferences of novice wine consumers can be predicted using novice consumers’ historic and current food and beverage consumption patterns and preferences.

Design/methodology/approach
The sample consists of college students at a large Midwest University in the USA with an average age of 21.5 years. Data are collected via focus group (n = 4), a web-based survey (n = 231) and via recorded hedonic responses to food and wines in a controlled lab setting (n = 75). Correlation, regression and factor analyses are performed.

Findings
The findings support the vinotype theory. Predicted order and structure was found and near-past consumer consumption patterns and preferences predicted the consumer wine preferences of novice wine consumers.

Research limitations/implications
The use of a convenience sample of college-student wine drinkers from a single university in Midwestern USA limits the paper. While the paper provides support for the vinotype theory, the results are not generalizable to other countries, regions or populations with a different wine-consumption culture. Additional research is necessary to further test and validate the vinotype theory and model.

Practical implications
The support for the foundational propositions of the vinotype theory suggests that it is reasonable to consider adopting the vinotypic approach. Businesses that sell wine can have their sales and service staff use the vinotypic approach to assist consumers in selecting wines the consumer will find delicious. This should lead to customer satisfaction and possible repeat sales/visits. Consumers can use the vinotype theory to develop an understanding of which wines they like and the reason for liking such. Researchers should use this foundational support to test the model outright.

Originality/value
This is a first academic review of the vinotype theory and a first test of the theory’s foundational propositions independent of the theory’s author. This paper is important, as it provides some independent support for the vinotype theory. The vinotype theory provides a basis for increased understanding and clarity in the realm of wine choice and preference.
“School banding”
Authors: Lee Daphnee Hui Lin , Chiu Chi Shing 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore how principals’ leadership approaches to teacher professional development arise from school banding and may impact upon teacher professional capital and student achievement.

Design/methodology/approach
The case study is situated within the context of school-based management, comprising reflective accounts of nine school principals selected by stratified sampling from a sample of 56 Hong Kong schools to represent Bands One, Two, and Three schools. The reflective accounts were triangulated with observations of teachers and analysis of school websites.

Findings
First, under school-based management, principals remain obliged to recognize the power of state-defined examinations in determining the schools’ future priorities. Second, the exercise of school autonomy in response to this obligation varies, depending upon the competitive advantage schools have in the school banding system. Ideally, effective school-based management is dependent upon the principal’s capacity to facilitate good instructional practices. However, principals need to adjust their leadership practices to school contextual demands. Third, adaptations to contexts result in the varied developments of teacher capacities in schools, corresponding with the types of principal leadership adopted.

Originality/value
While statistical studies have identified attributes of exemplary principal leadership, few studies have examined the qualitative reasons for the exemplification of these attributes, and the influence of the school context in shaping these attributes. Departing from assumptions that leadership attributes are intrinsic to individuals, this paper considers how principals contextualize leadership in teacher professional development to the schools’ student academic achievement.
The implications of the school’s cultural attributes in the relationships between participative leadership and teacher job satisfaction and burnout
Authors: Benoliel Pascale , Barth Anat 
Published: July 2017

PurposeAs a result of continuous reforms, increased emphasis has been placed on participative leadership as a means to improving school and teacher outcomes. However, along with the benefits of participative leadership comes the potential for strain and burnout, which stem from work intensification. Applying the implicit leadership theory and the conservation of resources theory, the purpose of this paper is to propose that differences in school’s cultural attributes will influence the emergence of participative leaders and their influence on teachers’ outcomes of job satisfaction and burnout.Design/methodology/approachData were collected by survey from a sample of 367 teachers in Israel.FindingsFirst, the results of general linear model (GLM) analysis indicated significant differences in the teachers’ perceptions of participative leadership between schools characterized by different cultural attributes. Second, the results of GLM indicated significant differences in the effects of participative leadership on teacher burnout across schools characterized by different cultural attributes.Originality/valueThis study has implications for policies involving the design and implementation of leadership tools for school management. Although research has emphasized the relationship between stressful job conditions associated with shared decision making and teachers’ well-being and job satisfaction, the volume of comparative work in the educational field shedding light on the impact of school’s cultural attributes on this question is limited. This study may assist principals in making their schools both more effective and more responsive to teacher expectations.
Whistleblowing propensity in power distance societies
Authors: Puni Albert , Anlesinya Alex 
Published: July 2017

PurposeThis study aims to examine the link between power distance culture and whistleblowing intention or propensity in the African context.Design/methodology/approachThe study achieves its aim by reviewing literature on power distance culture and whistleblowing, and it draws on the outcomes of relevant previous studies. It then reflects on some cultural practices in Africa in relation to the topic and uses examples from Ghana to exemplify the discussions.FindingsIt is considered unacceptable and disrespectful for subordinates to challenge or question their superior’s actions and decisions in high power distance societies. High power distance culture increases the perception of the negative consequences of whistleblowing, as whistle-blowers are regarded as traitors instead of civic heroes. These issues consequently provide major disincentives to subordinates engaging in whistleblowing, leading to low whistleblowing propensity in high power distance societies and implications for the increasing rate of corruption in Africa.Practical/implicationsThe study findings imply that high power distance culture creates a “culture of silence”, which in turn provides fertile grounds for corporate crimes and unethical conducts. Authorities in high power distance societies should therefore institute adequate incentive schemes and shields to encourage and safeguard the safety of whistle-blowers.Originality/valueIn this era, where corporate scandals have become the order of the day and indeed a global canker, this study brings to the fore the destructive and limiting roles of culture, specifically power distance culture on the global war against unethical corporate practices and scandals.
Women in the boardroom and corporate decisions of Italian listed companies
Authors: Rossi Fabrizio , Hu Chengru , Foley Maggie 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between women in the board of directors, firm performance and corporate decisions as well as the risk of the firm, debt level, and research and development (R&D).

Design/methodology/approach
This study investigates a sample of 41 Italian listed companies. In particular, using a panel data of 369 firm-year observations, during the period 2005-2013, through a generalized method of moment, the relationship between women in the board of directors and corporate decisions has been investigated.

Findings
The results suggest that female representation in the board of directors affects corporate decisions. Women in the boardroom affect both financing and investment decisions. In particular, the presence of women seems to take on a complementary role to debt; it has a negative effect on risk and appears to have a positive impact on investment in R&D The results also suggest a strong relationship between female directors and firm value, especially when certain multicultural factors are considered. Finally, considering the concept of “critical mass,” in line with the arguments of Kanter (1977), the results seem to emphasize a greater influence of women with respect to corporate decisions, moving from “tokenism” to a “critical mass” scenario.

Practical implications
The outcomes of the application, besides improving the current knowledge on the relationship between female representation in the board of directors, innovation, financial, and accounting decisions, intend to reveal if the governance of Italian listed companies is efficient in determining company results and in pursuing optimal decisions. Moreover, the results could be useful for both policy makers for the regulation of corporate governance and the board of directors and as a suggestion to companies that regularly appoint the members of the board of directors.

Originality/value
The work is not limited to examining the relationship between female representation and the performance of firms but instead uses a series of indicators of corporate decisions and multicultural, such as, the nationality of women in board of directors, the educational level, the past experience, and their interaction with the variables concerning the decision-making process. To the best knowledge of authors, this is the first study that investigates the relationship between women and corporate decisions in a single civil law country.
A brand-based perspective on differentiation of green brand positioning
Authors: Wang Hui-Ju 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to offer a perspective of brand-based analysis on green brand positioning differentiation through a network analysis approach.

Design/methodology/approach
This study employs centrality and distinctiveness as bases to develop a matrix framework of green brand positioning differentiation. The two dimensions are measured from the techniques of network analysis, including analysis of the core-periphery structure and adjacency matrix.

Findings
The results yield four clusters with different positions in a 2×2 matrix, including 23 core brands with high-positioning distinctiveness, ten core brands with low-positioning distinctiveness, ten peripheral brands with high-positioning distinctiveness, and seven peripheral brands with low-positioning distinctiveness.

Research limitations/implications
The results contribute to providing brand researchers with different analytical perspectives on the existing knowledge about green brand positioning and offer strategic positioning information for green brand practitioners.

Originality/value
This research contributes to the literature in three ways. First, this research is a first attempt to offer a brand-based perspective on differentiation of green brand positioning. Second, this research advances the existing knowledge that uses network analysis on green brand positioning by offering different techniques for brand differentiation analysis. Finally, this research complements the strategic positioning information of the current business environment in the context of green branding.
Who is shaping entrepreneurial experience? A multiple case study of Chinese entrepreneurial learning
Authors: Zheng Wenzhi , Xu Miaomaio , Chen Xiaochen , Dong Yan 
Published: July 2017

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the institutions involved in providing experience to entrepreneurs in China and analyzed the types of experience they provide. Moreover, the abilities of related organizations to shape experience were analyzed.

Design/methodology/approach
By using a multiple case study method, this qualitative study examined various entrepreneurial experience providers (namely incubator, entrepreneurship training institution, franchise store, entrepreneurship training network, and family business experience transfer) to understand the experience types and their supplying competencies.

Findings
On the basis of the types of entrepreneurial experience and the criteria for entrepreneurial competency assessment, the study results showed that the primary providers in China are the Start Your Business (SYB) program, incubators, and family businesses. Furthermore, for-profit social training organizations provided less experience than did governmental or private ones. The five providers mainly provided “know-what” entrepreneurial experience. Among the providers, family businesses and SYB offered experience that was conducive to entrepreneurial learning.

Research limitations/implications
Entrepreneurs are the subjects of entrepreneurship education, while this study mainly focused on analyzing the experience supplying competencies. Thus, future studies should explore the required abilities that are developed during entrepreneurship for various learners.

Practical implications
This study interpreted how to achieve Chinese mass entrepreneurship and innovation strategy in the context of the low development of entrepreneurship higher education. To improve their competencies in providing experience, providers must focus on developing proper curricula, effective transfer methods and teacher resources, and incorporating entrepreneurship education.

Originality/value
On the basis of social learning theory and human capital theory, this study developed a set of criteria for the assessment of the ability of entrepreneurial experience providers. This study analyzed how related institutions enhanced entrepreneurial experience, thereby expanding the relevant learning channels and providing options for entrepreneurs to accumulate experience in China.
The performance of a resazurin chromogenic agar plate with a combined disc method for rapid screening of extended‐spectrum‐β‐lactamases, AmpC β‐lactamases and co‐β‐lactamases in Enterobacteriaceae
Authors: Teethaisong Yothin , Evans Katie , Nakouti Ismini , Tiamyom Kanokwan , Ketudat‐Cairns James R. , Hobbs Glyn , Eumkeb Griangsak 
Published: July 2017

ABSTRACTA promising means of rapid screening of extended‐spectrum‐β‐lactamase (ESBL), AmpC β‐lactamase, and co‐production of ESBL and AmpC that combines resazurin chromogenic agar (RCA) with a combined disc method is here reported. Cefpodoxime (CPD) discs with and without clavulanic acid (CA), cloxacillin (CX) and CA+CX were evaluated against 86 molecularly confirmed β‐lactamase‐producing Enterobacteriaceae, including 15 ESBLs, 32 AmpCs, nine co‐producers of ESBL and AmpC and 30 carbapenemase producers. The CA and CX synergy test successfully detected all ESBL producers (100% sensitivity and 98.6% specificity) and all AmpC producers (100% sensitivity and 96.36% specificity). This assay also performed well in screening for co‐existence of ESBL and AmpC (88.89% sensitivity and 100% specificity). The RCA assay is simple and inexpensive and provides results within 7 hr. It can be performed in any microbiological laboratory, in particular, in geographic regions in which ESBL, AmpC or co‐β‐lactamase‐producing Enterobacteriaceae are endemic.
Predatory birds and ants partition caterpillar prey by body size and diet breadth
Authors: Singer Michael S. , Clark Robert E. , Lichter‐Marck Issac H. , Johnson Emily R. , Mooney Kailen A. 
Published: July 2017

Abstract

The effects of predator assemblages on herbivores are predicted to depend critically on predator–predator interactions and the extent to which predators partition prey resources. The role of prey heterogeneity in generating such multiple predator effects has received limited attention.

Vertebrate and arthropod insectivores constitute two co‐dominant predatory taxa in many ecosystems, and the emergent properties of their joint effects on insect herbivores inform theory on multiple predator effects as well as biological control of insect herbivores.

Here we use a large‐scale factorial manipulation to assess the extent to which birds and ants engage in antagonistic predator–predator interactions and the consequences of heterogeneity in herbivore body size and diet breadth (i.e. the diversity of host plants used) for prey partitioning. We excluded birds and reduced ant density (by 60%) in the canopies of eight northeastern USA deciduous tree species during two consecutive years and measured the community composition and traits of lepidopteran larvae (caterpillars).

Birds did not affect ant density, implying limited intraguild predation between these taxa in this system. Birds preyed selectively upon large‐bodied caterpillars (reducing mean caterpillar length by 12%) and ants preyed selectively upon small‐bodied caterpillars (increasing mean caterpillar length by 6%). Birds and ants also partitioned caterpillar prey by diet breadth. Birds reduced the frequency dietary generalist caterpillars by 24%, while ants had no effect. In contrast, ants reduced the frequency of dietary specialists by 20%, while birds had no effect, but these effects were non‐additive; under bird exclusion, ants had no detectable effect, while in the presence of birds, they reduced the frequency of specialists by 40%. As a likely result of prey partitioning by body size and diet breadth, the combined effects of birds and ants on total caterpillar density were additive, with birds and ants reducing caterpillar density by 44% and 20% respectively.

These results show evidence for the role of prey heterogeneity in driving functional complementarity among predators and enhanced top‐down control. Heterogeneity in herbivore body size and diet breadth, as well as other prey traits, may represent key predictors of the strength of top‐down control from predator communities.
Invasive pathogen drives host population collapse: Effects of a travelling wave of sarcoptic mange on bare‐nosed wombats
Authors: Martin Alynn M. , Burridge Christopher P. , Ingram Janeane , Fraser Tamieka A. , Carver Scott 
Published: July 2017

Abstract

Emerging and invasive pathogens can have long‐lasting impacts on susceptible wildlife populations, including localized collapse and extirpation. Management of threatening disease is of widespread interest and requires knowledge of spatiotemporal patterns of pathogen spread.

Theory suggests disease spread often occurs via two patterns: homogenous mixing and travelling waves. However, high‐resolution empirical data demonstrating localized (within population) disease spread patterns are rare.

This study examined the spread of sarcoptic mange (aetiological agent Sarcoptes scabiei) in a population of bare‐nosed wombats (Vombatus ursinus), and investigated whether pathogen spread occurred by homogenous mixing or a travelling wave.

Using 7 years of population surveys and 4 years of disease severity surveys, we show that mange was first detected in the east of a wombat population in northern Tasmania, and progressed westward as a travelling wave. Wombat mortality rates reached 100% behind the wave, with a 94% decline in overall wombat abundance within the park.

Synthesis and applications. Globally distributed pathogens may have severe impacts on susceptible host species. This is the first study to quantify population‐level impacts of sarcoptic mange upon bare‐nosed wombats, showing a wave of mange disease which resulted in a dramatic population decline. Successful management of the spread of this and similar pathogens may hinge on the capacity to establish transmission barriers at local or between‐population scales.
Evaluation of the safety of iron dextran with parenteral nutrition in the paediatric inpatient setting
Authors: Lee Dale , Barsky Diane , Hughes Rachel , Driggers Julia , Poupard Nicole , Mascarenhas Maria 
Published: July 2017

AimPractitioners often avoid administering iron dextran in parenteral nutrition (PN) for hospitalised children because of the concern for anaphylaxis. The primary aim of the present study was to determine the risk of anaphylaxis associated with exposure to PN containing iron dextran in the inpatient setting.MethodsCharts were reviewed for all children admitted to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from January 1, 2011 to December 30, 2013 who received PN containing low molecular weight (LMW) iron dextran. Subject characteristics, primary diagnoses and PN orders were evaluated. The pharmacy adverse events database was queried for adverse drug reactions.ResultsOver three years, 89 subjects received PN containing a maintenance dose of LMW iron dextran with a total of 2774 days of exposure. Subjects ranged from two months to 21 years of age and received between 1 and 196 days of PN containing iron dextran. The mean dose of iron dextran in children decreased as the weight category increased from <5 kg (0.21 ± 0.05 mg/kg/day) to ≥40 kg (1.9 ± 0.5 mg/day; P‐value for trend <0.005). No anaphylactic reactions occurred in any subjects.Conclusions
PN containing a maintenance dose of LMW iron dextran can be safely administered to hospitalised children, and further studies are need to evaluate the potential to prevent iron deficiency anaemia and the need for additional IV iron infusions.