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Development of an assessment tool for team integration in alliance projects
Authors: Che Ibrahim Che Khairil Izam , Costello Seosamh B. , Wilkinson Suzanne 
Published: October 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to report on a doctoral thesis that developed an Alliance Team Integration Performance Index (ATIPI), an assessment tool for measuring team integration performance in alliance projects. It provides a summary of the thesis findings, shares the candidate’s doctoral journey and discusses both the thesis “with publication” format and the doctoral programme at the University of Auckland.

Design/methodology/approach
– This study employed a qualitative and quantitative research methodology (mixed methods research). Research methods applied as reported in this thesis include the Delphi questionnaire survey, interviews and empirical questionnaire surveys with the alliance experts involved in road infrastructure projects.

Findings
– Results from the thesis indicate that the ATIPI is characterized by three elements: first, the most significant Key Indicators (KIs), signifying their dominant influence; second, the suitable quantitative measures for each of the KIs, to promote objective assessment over time; and third, the performance-level boundaries for each KI, to reduce the subjectivity of assessment and promote consistency. The assessment tool was found to be both practical and applicable based on a validation interview and subsequent testing with alliance experts on real life alliance infrastructure projects.

Practical implications
– As team integration is the central tenet of alliance projects, the ATIPI is an ideal assessment tool to facilitate the measurement of team integration performance consistently and objectively over the life cycle of alliance projects. Also, the ATIPI is expected to make a fundamental and positive difference towards improving the integration practice of alliance teams.

Originality/value
– This study extends the team integration literature by providing significant insights into the practical evaluation of team integration performance, specifically in alliance projects.
Relevance: a framework to address preconceptions that limit perceptions of what is relevant
Authors: Fox Stephen 
Published: October 2015

Purpose– Erroneous perceptions of relevance contribute to business projects not being successful. Although the importance of relevance is recognized in the project management literature, thus far there has not been a formal framework for addressing erroneous perceptions of relevance. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a framework for identifying and counteracting erroneous perceptions of relevance.Design/methodology/approach– The research comprised review of the literature relating to factors that contribute to, and methods that counteract, erroneous perceptions of relevance.Findings– Contributory factors to erroneous perceptions of relevance include cultural cognition, path dependencies, lock-ins, fads, and hype. Mediating factors include priming and questioning, counterfactual reasoning, and optimal stopping.Research limitations/implications– A classification of erroneous perceptions of relevance is introduced Type III (inept positive) errors, Type II (false negative) errors, and Type I (false positive) errors. This terminology has the advantage of already being known to academics through statistical hypothesis testing, and to practitioners through process capability studies.Practical implications– The introduction of a framework for identifying and counteracting erroneous perceptions of relevance can better enable practitioners to make the selection of relevant concepts and technologies for projects – a capable process.Originality/value– The originality of this research note is that it provides a framework that can be applied to increase objectivity in perceptions of relevance. The value of this research note is that it introduces a framework for identifying and counteracting erroneous perceptions of relevance before the application of methods such as cost-benefit analysis.
Unspread wings
Authors: Cwikla Malgorzata , Jalocha Beata 
Published: October 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to show the potential of cultural projects which could become a source of inspiration in terms of refreshing and adjusting traditional project management to modern times and making it more flexible. However, as research indicates, this potential is limited by cultural policies forcing artists and cultural managers to implement project-related techniques which have been already identified as inefficient and faulty in the progressive discourses on project management, mainly in the for-profit area.

Design/methodology/approach
– The analysis is based on three case studies of Polish and Polish-German theatrical co-productions. The research was conducted in Poland and Germany in 2012-2014. It involved 21 individual in-depth interviews with artists, managers and administrative staff working on projects as well as an analysis of project documentation.

Findings
– It has been found that project management could draw a lot of inspiration from cultural projects in terms of, e.g. the processual nature of activities, motivating project teams and inclusive leadership. Based on the research, the authors also argue that it is worth considering spectators/other stakeholders as part of project teams, which will help build a non-oppressive social mechanism of control.

Originality/value
– Advantages of replacing the just-in-time approach to project management with the work-in-progress approach; increased motivation and commitment of project teams to their work; building a unique team spirit; inclusive leadership based on passion.
From measuring overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) to overall resource effectiveness (ORE)
Authors: Garza-Reyes Jose Arturo 
Published: October 2015

Purpose
– Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) provides a quantitative metric based on the elements availability, performance and quality for measuring the performance effectiveness of individual equipment or entire processes. Although these elements are important, other performance factors such as the efficient use of raw materials and the production environment (e.g. production system, logistics, labour, etc.) in which the equipment or process operates may also have a significant contribution to process performance. The purpose of this paper is to present an alternative measure derived from OEE, overall resource effectiveness (ORE), which considers these factors.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper reviews the OEE’s background and explores its limitations. Then, it shows the conceptual and mathematical development of the ORE measure and the formulas used for its calculation. Empirical and simulation-based investigations and applications of ORE are carried out through two cases study for its validation.

Findings
– The results derived from both the empirical and simulation-based investigations demonstrate that OEE may not be an appropriate measure for some specific processes and that ORE may offer a more complete perspective on and information of key performance indicators.

Practical implications
– ORE can provide production managers with more complete information concerning the performance of their processes. This will allow them to take better decisions regarding the management and actions needed to improve their processes.

Originality/value
– This paper presents a novel and alterative approach to measure the performance of manufacturing equipment and processes.
Multi-criteria classification of spare parts inventories – a web based approach
Authors: Sarmah S. P. , Moharana U. C. 
Published: October 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present a fuzzy-rule-based model to classify spare parts inventories considering multiple criteria for better management of maintenance activities to overcome production down situation.

Design/methodology/approach
– Fuzzy-rule-based approach for multi-criteria decision making is used to classify the spare parts inventories. Total cost is computed for each group considering suitable inventory policies and compared with other existing models.

Findings
– Fuzzy-rule-based multi-criteria classification model provides better results as compared to aggregate scoring and traditional ABC classification. This model offers the flexibility for inventory management experts to provide their subjective inputs.

Practical implications
– The web-based model developed in this paper can be implemented in various industries such as manufacturing, chemical plants, and mining, etc., which deal with large number of spares. This method classifies the spares into three categories A, B and C considering multiple criteria and relationships among those criteria. The framework is flexible enough to add additional criteria and to modify fuzzy-rule-base at any point of time by the decision makers. This model can be easily integrated to any customized Enterprise Resource Planning applications.

Originality/value
– The value of this paper is in applying Fuzzy-rule-based approach for Multi-criteria Inventory Classification of spare parts. This rule-based approach considering multiple criteria is not very common in classification of spare parts inventories. Total cost comparison is made to compare the performance of proposed model with the traditional classifications and the result shows that proposed fuzzy-rule-based classification approach performs better than the traditional ABC and gives almost the same cost as aggregate scoring model. Hence, this method is valid and adds a new value to spare parts classification for better management decisions.
Availability centred maintenance for offshore wind farms
Authors: Dai Lijuan , Rausand Marvin , Utne Ingrid Bouwer 
Published: October 2015

Purpose
– Maintenance planning is a complicated decision-making process that involves the major stakeholders and the main life-cycle phases of an engineering system. The purpose of this paper is to propose an availability-centred maintenance planning approach for offshore wind farms, with special focus on the early system design phase.

Design/methodology/approach
– The proposed approach is based on a stepwise procedure that integrates logistics consideration into reliability-centred maintenance. For each step, the essential methods for systematic analysis and documentation are introduced.

Findings
– Practical information from current offshore wind farms and lessons learned from relevant industries are included to exemplify and justify the implementation of the proposed approach. In a general way, the approach shows that valuable input can be provided to decision making about maintainability and maintenance planning. Furthermore, the approach facilitates the initial maintenance plan to be adjusted and improved upon as additional operating experience becomes available.

Research limitations/implications
– Offshore wind energy is still an industry in its infancy with an attendant high degree of confidentiality. There is scarcely any detailed practical information available for the production of a case study on this topic. However, the current paper’s theoretical basis may be applied to identify current and future knowledge gaps, for the development of more detailed guidelines as established in the further research.

Originality/value
– Maintenance planning of offshore wind farms is an area of current interest, although often the focus is on achieving cost reductions and not on the formal development of such a systematic approach as conceived in this paper.
Business models and the diffusion of eco-innovations in the eco-mobility sector
Authors: Nicolai Isabelle , Faucheux Sylvie 
Published: October 2015

Purpose– This paper aims to identify and to characterize the current evolution of “sustainable mobility” solutions. After considering this trend as an expression of eco-innovation, the authors look at the impacts of the emerging business models for the introduction of these eco-innovations, on the wider “eco-system” of mobility.Design/methodology/approach– This paper uses both an abductive as well as a inductive approach of responsible innovation. To assume contextualization of responsible innovation, the authors choose eco-innovation in the mobility sector that impacts as much on business models as on industrial organizations and as a global value chain.Findings– Eco-mobility is defined as a disruptive innovation that must be understood as a responsible innovation. The importance of social and institutional dimensions defining acceptance and uptake of the innovation is integrated in innovation characterization. Modifying the perception of eco-innovation, the e-mobility business model has to be reinvented. Doing this, impacts on global value chain of the mobility sector organization have to be analysed.Research limitations/implications– If the academic literature proposes a satisfactory analysis of the determinants of eco-innovation, the presentation of the “smart mobility” ecosystem as an open and shared innovation remains limited, compared with the question of value creation. The business models which are at present under development will deepen these questions.Practical implications– This paper discusses inputs for decision-makers in climate change policy and insights for reorganization of the global value chain in the car manufacturing sector.Social implications– This paper presents solutions to reduce the negative externalities (social and environmental) of the car manufacturing sector with good possibilities of mobility, inputs to accelerate new markets and new jobs in mobility sector and adequation of mobility services to social demand.Originality/value– Mixed analyses of sustainable development economics, innovation economics and organization management, and elements to build new business models in eco-mobility as a first step for the question of the adequate business models for “Smart Cities” – an application sector of functionality or service economy – have been presented.
Changing paradigms in corporate governance: new cycles and new responsibilities
Authors: Clarke Thomas 
Published: October 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to trace the evolution of corporate governance through a series of changing paradigms in response to wider transformations in the political economy, business and society. The different eras of governance, and the dominant theoretical and practical paradigms are highlighted. In a context where the adequacy of the dominant paradigms of corporate governance is increasingly challenged, the search for coherent new paradigms is a vital task in corporate governance.Design/methodology/approach– This paper is a conceptual analysis of evolving paradigms in corporate governance.Findings– To meet the imminent challenge of social and environmental sustainability in a post-carbon economy, further rethinking of corporate purpose, corporate governance and directors duties will be essential. This sustainability revolution has only just commenced, but in the course of the twenty-first century, it will transform both business and society.Research limitations/implications– The implications of the research concern the importance of conceptualising corporate governance through different eras and paradigms, and appreciating that further paradigm shifts will occur in response to transformations in the political economy and ecology.Practical implications– This paper informs on the importance of the transformation of business purpose and objectives in response to the imminent dangers of environmental and social collapse.Social implications– This paper emphasises the social and environmental dimensions of corporate activity, and how these must be considered in the definition of wealth generation.Originality/value– The contribution of this paper is to focus upon the increasing integration of corporate governance and corporate sustainability, and how this is essential for the reformulation of corporate purpose and objectives.
“African management”: concept, content and usability
Authors: Seny Kan Konan Anderson , Apitsa Suzanne Marie , Adegbite Emmanuel 
Published: October 2015

Purpose– This paper aims to scrutinise the concept of “African Management” that increasingly fuels the debate on the management research of African organizations. Indeed, while management research in African context is all but invisible in management literature, the notion of “African management” emerges through a piecemeal corpus of literature that has arisen in response to the exclusion and marginalisation of Africa in the broad field of management literature. The idea underlying this reasoning is that the Western management model prevailing so far in Africa is inadequate because of cultural considerations. However, what is meant by “African management” still remains unfamiliar to both researchers and practitioners.Design/methodology/approach– The authors conduct a selective review of the fragmented “African management” literature to identify directions it follows. This is carried out through an analytical framework aiming at investigating the usability of the “African management”.Findings– The paper identifies the key elements underlying the “African management” narrative. It also articulates these elements within a frame which represents an unprecedented attempt to render advocacy of “African management” more insightful.Originality/value– The vibrant economic trends of Africa and its forthcoming dynamics are on the spotlight. At the same time, this upturn raises again a central concern about African societies’ development in which organisations are expected to play a pivotal role. Yet the paucity and fragmented nature of the current state of “African management” research do not enable either practitioners or academics to get a deep understanding of African organisations. This article constitutes a major contribution by setting up a scheme of identifying convincingly the analytical parameters that really count in African organisations.
10 years later, why is an academic journal about society and business more relevant than ever?
Authors: Bazin Yoann 
Published: October 2015

Purpose
– The aim of this paper is to give an account of how the author aims to engage with his new appointment as co-editor-in-chief of the Society and Business Review (SBR) and to reflect on why an academic journal like the SBR is relevant – if not absolutely necessary.

Design/methodology/approach
– By drawing on a synthesis of past publications in the journal, academic roots and editorial trends of the SBR are presented.

Findings
– Three promising areas of research in the “business
&
society” field are identified for the future: monitoring the expansion of managerialism, analysing the role and impact of management education in society and conceptualising the politicisation of corporations.

Research limitations/implications
– Although these trends are promising and subjectively identified, the journal will obviously not restrict its scope to these three topics alone and will continue to welcome all submissions that fall into its mission statement.

Originality/value
– This paper provides insights into how the editors evaluate not only articles but also special issue proposals and book reviews that are submitted to the SBR.
The effect of lactic acid bacterial starter culture and chemical additives on wilted rice straw silage
Authors: Wang Yan‐Su , Shi Wei , Huang Lin‐Ting , Ding Cheng‐Long , Dai Chuan‐Chao 
Published: October 2015

AbstractLactic acid bacteria (LAB) are suitable for rice straw silage fermentation, but have been studied rarely, and rice straw as raw material for ensiling is difficult because of its disadvantages, such as low nutrition for microbial activities and low abundances of natural populations of LAB. So we investigated the effect of application of LAB and chemical additives on the fermentation quality and microbial community of wilted rice straw silage. Treatment with chemical additives increased the concentrations of crude protein (CP), water soluble carbohydrate (WSC), acetic acid and lactic acid, reduced the concentrations of acid detergent fiber (ADF) and neutral detergent fiber (NDF), but did not effectively inhibit the growth of spoilage organisms. Inoculation with LABs did not improve the nutritional value of the silage because of poor growth of LABs in wilted rice straw. Inoculation with LAB and addition of chemical materials improved the quality of silage similar to the effects of addition of chemical materials alone. Growth of aerobic and facultatively anaerobic bacteria was inhibited by this mixed treatment and the LAB gradually dominated the microbial community. In summary, the fermentation quality of wilted rice straw silage had improved by addition of LAB and chemical materials.
CD30 expression and its correlation with MYC rearrangement in de novo diffuse large B‐cell lymphoma
Authors: Wang Xuan J. , Seegmiller Adam C. , Reddy Nishitha M. , Li Shaoying 
Published: October 2015

AbstractObjectiveDLBCL is a heterogeneous disease with 40% of patients presenting as refractory/relapsing disease following R‐CHOP treatment. Few recent studies investigating CD30 expression in DLBCL reported various prognostic effects. This study aimed to evaluate CD30 expression and its correlation with MYC rearrangement and to clarify its prognostic significance in DLBCL.MethodsIn 98 patients with de novoDLBCL, we studied CD30 expression by immunohistochemistry using different cutoff values (>0%, ≥20%, and ≥40% lymphoma cells, respectively) and correlated with the corresponding MYC rearrangement status by FISH.ResultsThe clinicopathologic features were very similar between the CD30+ and CD30‐ groups. The only major difference was that CD30 expression was nearly exclusively seen in cases without MYC rearrangement. CD30 expression was not predictive of overall survival irrespective of therapy regimens, cell of origin, or MYC rearrangement status (P > 0.05). In the 27 patients receiving aggressive regimens, CD30 expression was associated with better OS (P = 0.008) when all patients were included while the survival advantage was lost (P = 0.21) if MYC rearranged cases were excluded.ConclusionsCD30 expression was not associated with prognosis in our cohort of de novoDLBCL, including in patients who received aggressive chemotherapy. CD30 expression and MYC rearrangement were mutually exclusive in de novoDLBCL.
Regional Transformation and Port Cluster Competition: The Case of the Pearl River Delta in South China
Authors: Homosombat Winai , Ng Adolf K. Y. , Fu Xiaowen 
Published: October 2015

AbstractWith substantial increases in labor and operational costs in the Pearl River Delta (PRD), many firms in China have started to relocate their production plants to inland provinces. This change will not only affect the PRD ports, including Hong Kong and Shenzhen, but also ports in other regions, such as Shanghai in the Yangtze River Delta. However, systematic studies on regional transformation and port cluster competition have been found wanting. This paper undertakes an economic analysis on the implications of such a relocation process. Important features such as demand differentiation among ports and port clusters, hinterland access costs, intra‐ and inter‐port cluster competition are considered in the economic model, and this allows us to identify market equilibrium and the effects of possible market dynamics related to the relocation process. Our analysis suggests that relocation of production plants away from the PRD would pose negative effects on ports within the region, and may favor other ports with more convenient hinterland access. Improvements in hinterland access would likely to benefit the port of Hong Kong, but it would be a mixed blessing to Shenzhen due to inter‐port competition. A more competitive port of Hong Kong would certainly be in a better position to cooperate with port of Shenzhen.