bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
An agent based model for the subsidized LPG with a closed distribution system
Authors: Cahyaningrum Asri , M. Simatupang Togar 
Published: August 2013

Purpose
– This paper aims to explore major causes of the failure of the existing subsidized liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distribution system and recommends alternative strategies.

Design/methodology/approach
– The analysis of subsidized LPG with a closed distribution system was carried out based on preliminary study, secondary data collection, and in-depth interviews to identify the root causes of the failure in achieving the desired service levels. In this research, agent based modeling and simulation was used to explain the phenomena occurred in the closed distribution system represented by three types of agents, namely selling agents, sub-selling agents, and end-users.

Findings
– Agent based modeling and simulation was successfully applied to describe the undesired symptoms in the closed distribution system. The simulation shows that the distribution system provides a service level of 81.61 percent by selling agents and 97.38 percent by sub-selling agents. The root cause analysis indicates that service and inventory levels in the LPG distribution system are strongly influenced by end-users demand variations, rationing system, and the occurrence of inventory leakage. To enhance the system quality, the Indonesian Government needs to implement the LPG with a closed distribution system using control card in real practice so that monitoring system can be significantly improved and ensure well-targeted subsidy.

Research limitations/implications
– This research is limited to the discussion of inventory level and availability. It does not include the issue of pricing, speculation, and targeting accuracy, because of the limitation of the existing data.

Practical implications
– This research will assist stakeholders involved in the distribution system such as selling agents and retailers to better understand the true potential of the LPG closed distribution system in preventing shortages.

Originality/value
– This paper describes that agent based modeling and simulation is very useful, especially to gain insights for improving the LPG closed distribution system.
Relations with stakeholders in Turkey: the sample of ISE‐50 Index
Authors: Cüneyt Arslantaş Cem , Afacan Fındıklı Mine 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is twofold: to examine to what extent the companies could adapt the corporate governance principles of the Capital Markets Board (CMB) to their own structures in terms of stakeholder relations; and second, to raise awareness of the deficiencies related to these relations.Design/methodology/approachThe companies listed in ISE‐50 Index in the fourth quarter of 2010 were examined. The corporate governance principles compliance reports, activity reports and articles of associations of the companies that should be issued were examined to obtain the data. The research findings have been studied under five subtitles: company policies relating to stakeholders; promoting the participation of stakeholders in the management; human resources policies; relations with the customers and suppliers; ethical rules and social responsibility.FindingsIt is found that the companies have not taken any action for the representation of the employees in the board of directors. Also, it is seen that most of the companies, when any interest group is privileged, do not make the confidential business information obtained due to such privilege used so as to violate the equal opportunity principle. There are difficulties in paying attention to the confidentiality of the confidential business information related to the customers and suppliers.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study can indicate that, effective handling of applications reflecting the perception related with the stakeholders of the corporate governance could only be probable if CMB corporate governance principles “practice and specify what you do not practice” have become compulsory.Originality/valueThe paper provides useful information on the relationships of the companies listed in the ISE‐50 Index with stakeholders.
Re‐examining and empirically validating the End User Computing Satisfaction models for satisfaction measurement in the internet banking context
Authors: Marakarkandy Bijith , Yajnik Nilay 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThe main focus of the study was to validate the End User Computing Satisfaction (EUCS) model in the context of internet banking and to determine the major factors which contribute to level of satisfaction of internet banking users in India.Design/methodology/approachA survey questionnaire was administered on internet banking users and a total of 387 responses were collected. A factor analysis on the 12 items used in the EUCS model with oblique (non‐orthogonal) rotation and five fixed factors revealed the existence of the same latent constructs hypothesized in the original EUCS model. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was then used to test and validate the four hypothesized models for model fit.FindingsThe current study confirms the evidence found in extant literature that EUCS is a second‐order construct. In this study the factor “Format” was found to have the highest loading and the factor “Content” had the lowest factor loading among all the five latent constructs in the EUCS model for internet banking. The factor “Accuracy” had the highest mean score and the factor “Content” had the lowest mean scores indicating that bank customers were satisfied with the accuracy of the information on the banks web site but were not comparatively satisfied by the information content on the web site.Research limitations/implicationsThis study was done based on a call by Pikkarainen et al. (2006) to validate the EUCS instrument for internet banking satisfaction in different countries to enhance the generalizability of the findings. This research is limited to samples from India and results of other countries need to be considered before a generalization of the findings can be made. This study will be useful to policy makers and banks to devise strategies for increasing the use of internet banking.Originality valueThere is a myriad of literature on factors which lead to adoption of internet banking but extant literature on internet banking user satisfaction is limited particularly pertaining to banks operating in India. This study attempts to fill this gap in the literature.
A comparative study on static properties of a three‐main‐truss and three‐cable‐plane cable‐stayed bridge
Authors: Zheng Pengfei , Dai Gonglian 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThis paper aims to obtain the further and overall generation about the static characteristics of the structure for the better application of the structure.Design/methodology/approachThrough nonlinear finite element simulation, serials of comparative analyses are performed on this structure and other three assumed structures, which illustrate the effect of the main part of the structure on the structural static properties. Meanwhile, adopting the first order method, spatial cable force optimization makes the structural mechanic more rational.FindingsUnder same level stress, this three‐main‐truss and three‐cable‐plane bridge could save almost 38.8 percent vertical chords materials consumption at least. In contrast, this bridge has a lower lateral torsional stiffness, considering the key to raise the lateral and torsional stiffness is enhancing axial stiffness of plane bracing, the suitable plane bracing members area is twice as the original area. After rational optimization, the cable tension ratio between the mid‐cable plane and the two side‐cable planes ranges from 1.09 to 1.14.Originality/valueThe work in this paper of the comparative analysis could give other engineers a way to a deep analysis method for the structural analysis, especially in civil engineering. The conclusions would provide other designers some applied advice.
Pauline Arnold (1894‐1974): pioneer in market research
Authors: Brian Jones D.G. 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a biographical sketch of Pauline Arnold focusing on her pioneering contributions to the field of market research.Design/methodology/approachArchival source material included the Pauline Arnold Collection at the University of Minnesota and the Lucy Sallick Papers including correspondence, unpublished documents, and the transcript of a 1995 oral history interview with Matilda White Riley, who was Pauline Arnold's stepdaughter. Primary historical source material includes the scholarship, both published and unpublished, of the subject. An important primary, published source for this study is the periodical, Market Research, to which Arnold contributed under the auspices of the Market Research Corporation of America from 1934 through to 1938.FindingsPauline Arnold's contributions to the field of market research are documented.Originality/valuePauline Arnold has been cited as having made important but neglected contributions to market research, including her advocating an understanding of customers' motives, needs, and wants. However, there is no published account of Arnold's life and work.
Lillian Gilbreth's psychologically enriched scientific management of women consumers
Authors: Graham Laurel D. 
Published: August 2013

PurposeLillian Moller Gilbreth (1878‐1972) extended scientific management into marketing practice in the late 1920s. This paper aims to illuminate several of these practical extensions.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is an historical case study.FindingsGilbreth brought her psychologically enlightened brand of scientific management to Macy's Department Store in New York City in the mid‐1920s; she accomplished early marketing research for Johnson & Johnson in 1926; and she designed model kitchens in the late 1920s and 1930s which showed homemakers how to minimize wasted motion and unnecessary fatigue in housework while maximizing the psychological well‐being of their families.Practical implicationsGilbreth's accomplishments show that marketing research has a longer history than was once assumed, offering further support for the revision of Keith's 1960 periodization of this history.Originality/valueThis paper is the first to reveal how Gilbreth's unique mix of psychology and scientific management entered the field of marketing in the interwar period.
Beyond “caste‐typing”?
Authors: Foster Davis Judy 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a biographical review of the career of the late Caroline Robinson Jones (1942‐2001) in order to understand her challenges and contributions to the advertising profession. Prior to her death, she was considered the foremost African‐American woman in the advertising business. She was the first black woman to serve as a vice president of a major mainstream advertising agency and also established a respected agency bearing her own name. This paper focuses on Jones' contributions to marketing practice and her experiences as a woman of color in the advertising industry.Design/methodology/approachThis paper uses a traditional historical narrative approach largely based on archival materials housed in the Caroline Jones Collection at the Archives Center of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution. Relevant secondary literature was also employed to provide appropriate context.FindingsWhile the advertising industry has historically been noted for its lack of diversity among its professional ranks, Jones made significant contributions to the industry. Yet, despite her trailblazing accomplishments, findings suggest her efforts were constrained by structural oppression in the industry concerning gender and race.Originality/valueScholarly literature reflecting the contributions and experiences of women of color in the advertising business is nearly non‐existent. This paper provides an analysis using sources which are valuable in understanding career opportunities and challenges for women of color in advertising professions.
Martha Van Rensselaer and the Delineator's homemaking department
Authors: Ellen Zuckerman Mary 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to look at the role played by home economists in providing information to consumers about household products. The work of home economist and educator Martha Van Rensselaer is reviewed, specifically her time as editor of the homemaking department of women's magazine Delineator from 1921‐1926.Design/methodology/approachThe paper used qualitative analysis of the content of the homemaking department under Van Rensselaer as well as quantitative analysis of the advertising during those years. Documents from several manuscript collections were used as well.FindingsContent analysis showed a shift over the years from 1921‐1926 from broader social themes to greater emphasis on specific homemaking tasks. Ads were regularly placed next to related editorial content, but under Van Rensselaer no brand names were mentioned editorially.Research limitations/implicationsSince this research focused on one magazine, comparison with homemaking departments in other women's journals at this time would provide useful context.Originality/valueThe specific example provided illuminates the evolving relationship between advertisers, home economists, media and consumers.
Helen Woodward and Hazel Kyrk
Authors: Tadajewski Mark 
Published: August 2013

PurposeWomen and marketing have had a complicated relationship for a considerable time. They have often been involved with marketing‐type practices for longer than we have appreciated to date. Against considerable odds, some have carved out careers in academia and practice that have to be admired. The purpose of this paper is to explore the work of two pioneer contributors to marketing.Design/methodology/approachThis paper engages in a close reading of the work of two female contributors. Their writing is placed in historical context which helps reveal the obstacles they had to overcome to succeed.FindingsFemale teachers, lecturers and practitioners had an important role to play in theorising consumer practice and helping people to successfully negotiate a complex marketplace replete with new challenges, difficulties and sometimes mendacious marketers seeking to profit from the limited knowledge consumers possessed.Originality/valueThis paper explores the writings of a practitioner and scholar respectively whose work has merited only limited attention previously. More than this, it links the arguments that are made to the papers that appear in the rest of the special issue.
Integrating “education for entrepreneurship” in multiple faculties in “half‐the‐time” to enhance graduate entrepreneurship
Authors: Lourenço Fernando , Taylor Tony G. , Taylor David W. 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThis paper seeks to highlight the role of entrepreneurship education in encouraging the growth of graduate entrepreneurship in the UK to help overcome the over‐supply of university graduates in a very difficult employment market. This paper aims to discuss the design principle for entrepreneurship education that facilitates graduate entrepreneurship, and the design methodology that allows multi‐faculty collaboration in the provision of entrepreneurship programmes.Design/methodology/approachThis paper begins with the conceptualisation of design principles and frameworks based on current concepts found in the literature, followed by practitioner‐based reflection to shed insights into the process of developing entrepreneurship education in higher education institutions (HEIs).FindingsThe authors have developed the “30/70 methodology” to guide the future design of entrepreneurship education, and the “80/20 methodology” to support cross‐faculty entrepreneurship programmes to serve non‐business students. Factors that impede or support academic entrepreneurship and effective integration of entrepreneurship programmes in HEIs are discussed.Originality/valueThis paper shares the authors' experiences, and their unique design principles and methodology to support the development of education for entrepreneurship.
Growth expectations for side activities in rural areas
Authors: Markantoni Marianna , Strijker Dirk , Koster Sierdjan 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to examine growth expectations and factors influencing growth of side activities in rural areas.Design/methodology/approachData were collected in the rural areas of 36 Dutch municipalities by means of a detailed survey. This resulted in 260 response cases. The analysis consists of a descriptive account of respondents' intentions to expand a side activity and a logistic regression explaining growth expectations of these activities.FindingsThe main conclusion is that although growth is not expected in a large number of side activities, there is a group of owners who clearly aspire to expand the scale of their activities. Their personal aspirations and aspirations for economic well‐being are the most common motivations. These characteristics also have a bearing on the future growth of side activities and consequently their impact on rural development.Research limitations/implicationsSince this article examines growth expectations and not actual growth, the findings cannot be interpreted directly in terms of economic impact on rural development.Originality/valueScholars and policy makers have paid little attention to side activities in rural areas and specifically to their growth potential. This article enhances our understanding of the growth expectations of those who carry out side activities and shows the potential of such activities in diversifying and revitalizing rural areas.
Beyond being a student
Authors: Culkin Nigel 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore, evaluate and share the motivations and behaviours of student and graduate entrepreneurs (referred to as SGSUs) operating from university incubators. The study aims to understand the behaviours and motivations of SGSUs to build on the existing literature and contribute towards a discussion around support services for university incubation centres.Design/methodology/approachEmpirical evidence is presented from an online survey of 100 SGSUs from a sample of university incubators across the UK. The results were analysed using the data analysis software package SPSS. The results of open‐ended questions were analysed manually.FindingsThe current research reveals a series of contrasting engagements towards and within the university incubator space. A better understanding of user expectations and motivations is needed in order to develop better services and support system within which SGSUs can develop.Practical implicationsThe outcomes could have practical significance and managerial implications based on a greater understanding and awareness of the needs of SGSUs when allocating scarce resources in order to improve incubator performance, entrepreneurial support and new venture creation funding in HEIs.Originality/valueThe paper provides a unique insight into the needs of SGSUs and identifies the key issues that contribute to their early successes and some of the “known” and “unknown” reasons behind why they may not fulfil their ambitions. The findings present thinking of SGSUs and their outlook to the future challenges and relative entrepreneurial support in context of institutional support.
Responsibility matters: putting illness back into the picture
Authors: Kilminster Sue , Zukas Miriam 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore specific instances of junior doctors' responsibility. Learning is often understood to be a prerequisite for managing responsibility and risk but this paper aims to argue that this is insufficient because learning is integral to the management of responsibility and risk.Design/methodology/approachThis is a “collective” case study of doctors designed to focus on the interrelationships between individual professionals and complex work settings. The authors focussed on two key points of transition: the transition to beginning clinical practice which is the move from medical student to foundation training (F1) and the transition from generalist to specialist clinical practice.FindingsResponsibility in clinical settings is immediate, concrete, demands response and (in) action has an effect. Responsibility is learnt and is not always apparent; it shifts depending on time of day/night and who else is present. Responsibility does not necessarily increase incrementally and can decrease; it can be perceived differently by different actors. Responsibility is experienced as personal although it is distributed.Originality/valueThis detailed examination of practice has enabled the authors to foreground the particularities, urgency and fluidity of everyday clinical practice. It recasts their understandings of responsibility – and managing risk – as involving learning in practice. This is a critical insight because it suggests that the theoretical basis for the current approach to managing risk and responsibility is insufficient. This has significant implications for policy, employment, education and practice of new doctors and for the management of responsibility and risk.
Complex transition and uncertain trajectories
Authors: Fyfe Nicholas R. 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThe paper focuses on current debates about police professionalism. It explores the nature and meaning of what has been termed “old” professionalism, which focuses on the role of the police as “professional crime fighters”, and then assesses the extent to which there has been a transition to a “new” professionalism centred on enhanced accountability, legitimacy and evidence‐based practice. The paper aims to show how the recent attempt to embed this “new” professionalism within policing in England and Wales is likely to be compromised by the broader political and economic context of police reform.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is based on a review of key contributions to the debates about police professionalism in the USA and the UK.FindingsThe paper provides important insights into the way in which there are competing and conflicting meanings attached to police professionalism and argues that claims that there have been significant transitions from one form of professionalism to another need to be treated with caution. The paper also emphasises the uncertain trajectory of the development of police professionalism in England and Wales in the future as a result of the complex interplay between the different elements of the coalition government's police reform programme.Originality/valueThe paper demonstrates the multiple meanings of the term “police professionalism” and the challenges that surround developing professional policing.
Can't we all just get along? Tension mounts between publishers and librarians
Authors: Medeiros Norm 
Published: August 2013

PurposeThis article aims to describe legal and political maneuvers that have occurred recently between librarians and publishers.Design/methodology/approachThe article focuses on three events: two concerning actual and threatened legal action from publishers against librarians; another involving the resignation of librarians from an editorial board over a dispute with the journal's publisher.FindingsThe article exposes a growing tension between librarians and publishers in areas regarding free speech and copyright.Originality/valueThe article provides succinct overviews of these related events.