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Malaria research in India during 2003-2012: a bibliometric analysis
Authors: K. Maharana Rabindra 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– The aim of this paper is to analyze Indian researchers' publications on malaria research and to serve as a guide to libraries needing to collect information on malaria. It also seeks to compare malaria affected Asian countries global rank with their publication and death rates.Design/methodology/approach– For the purpose of the study Indian researchers' publication data which were indexed in Thomson Reuters Web of Science (WoS) were used. Various statistical techniques and bibliometric measures have been employed for further analysis.Findings– The present study found out 2,020 documents with h-index of 48, published by Indian researchers which were indexed in WoS during 2003 to 2012 and the majority of them were articles (81.43 percent).Malaria Journalis the most favored research journal among the Indian research community which covers 97 papers. A.P. Dash contributed maximum number of 136 (6.74 percent) papers. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is the largest Indian funding agency with 184 (9.11 percent) research grants.Research limitations/implications– Limitation by geographical area and time, i.e. the study only focuses the research publication of Indian researchers on malaria research during 2003 to 2012.Originality/value– This is the first attempt to apply bibliometric techniques to analyze malaria research by Indian researchers, and, more generally for a country which is very badly affected by the disease.
Building digital collections in a public university library in Ghana: priority-setting and user needs assessment
Authors: Yaa Anima Adzobu Nesba 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– Although user needs assessment is an intrinsic element of service quality delivery in digital libraries (DLs), not much has been written on this topic in the context of African universities. This is understandable as academic digital libraries in Africa are rather nascent. Even so, the most frequently-used needs assessment methods do not directly involve the users. This study aims to assess priority setting by academic library administrators and the needs of patrons of digital collections of a public university library in Ghana.

Design/methodology/approach
– Analysis of official university documents and interviews with digital library patrons at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana were carried out between September, 2011 and January, 2012. Five research questions were asked: what are the current conditions of the UCC digital library project, the user communities and their needs, what are the priorities set by the university administrators and library leaders at the UCC and the state of technological readiness in place and what are needed by the UCCDL. Also, what is the extent of collaboration by interested parties in the UCCDL?

Findings
– Three general digital library user communities were identified, that is, UCCDL staff- this community was composed of experts in both digital library systems and content, characterized as heavy users of the existing systems, as knowledgeable about articulated (formalized) user needs, and able to devote short (usually less than two hours) amounts of time to individual's needs. Next, are scholars and other visitors to the UCCDL – this community was characterized as having high levels of domain expertise and knowledge of library systems. They are also able to devote large but specific amounts of time (days or weeks) to their individual information needs. Visitors/Prospective users- this community was characterized as having varied levels of domain expertise and low levels of library systems knowledge. They are able to devote only short periods of time to their information needs or explorations. These user communities are influenced by diverse preferences, experiences, and knowledge structures.

Practical implications
– Academic libraries are increasingly advocating local user studies as a way to provide the digital library services that are relevant to the culture and user population of the academic institution. Replicating digital library user studies at the local level can provide information for improving existing services or developing new ones.

Originality/value
– In African public universities, there is little earlier research on digital library user needs assessments or DL priority-setting by academic library administrators.
Bringing anime to academic libraries: a recommended core collection
Authors: Pope Robbins Laura 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– This paper aims to provide reasons for developing an anime collection within academic libraries as well as providing guidance in starting such a collection.Design/methodology/approach– This paper is based upon research of literature and anime-related websites, as well as familiarity gained through viewing anime.Findings– Anime is a medium that can be used to explore all genres, as well as universal themes, and provide a glimpse of Japanese life. The study of film has been accepted for decades and the study of animation has grown from that but has been restricted to primarily American animation. Anime is animation specific to Japan which can inspire students and faculty to explore another culture. Libraries should provide classic anime that can support cross-cultural and interdisciplinary studies. By creating an anime collection, a library will provide their community with engaging materials that can be used for enjoyment as well as study. A list of core titles is included.Originality/value– This paper reflects recent trends toward increased interest in Japanese popular culture, specifically anime, and offers academic libraries a rationale for including such materials within their collection to connect with their students and faculty. There are no articles on the topic of collecting anime in academic libraries.
On the role and importance of core assumptions in the field of entrepreneurship research
Authors: Scherdin Mikael , Zander Ivo 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– Entrepreneurship researchers have recently engaged in discussions on the boundaries and legitimacy of the field of entrepreneurship research but have overlooked the significance and implications of core assumptions. The purpose of this paper is to invite a more focussed discussion on the role of assumptions in the field of entrepreneurship research and how such assumptions may contribute to the formation of a more distinctive, legitimate, and rapidly advancing field of research.Design/methodology/approach– The paper draws upon the neurophilosophy literature to delineate one possible set of core assumptions about the individual and her engagement with the environment, which the paper suggests could serve as a starting point for continued and more explicit discussions about the nature and role of assumptions than existed in the past.Findings– Implications for theory development, knowledge accumulation, and the distinctiveness of the field of entrepreneurship research are discussed.Originality/value– The paper develops the connection between neurophilosophy and entrepreneurship research and focuses attention on an underemphasized element in the debate on the boundaries and legitimacy of the field of entrepreneurship research.
Measuring the effectiveness of an alternative education collaboration
Authors: Genao Soribel 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– Program efficacy and outcomes can often be determined through an examination of collaborative activities between and among inner city school districts with high dropout rates and private, public, and nonprofit organizations. Kettl (2004) adeptly describes additional collaborative practice trends that not only transform governance structures, but blurs the line between and among sectors. These trends illuminate the need for governmental agencies to collaborate with nonprofit and for-profit organizations to address “wicked problems” where no single organization has sufficient resources and the consequences are enormous. The paper aims to discuss theses issues.Design/methodology/approach– Utilizing a quantitative approach, this research compares the efficacy of a newly developed collaborative alternative education program to existing programs in New Jersey's Newark Public Schools during 2008-2009.Findings– The results indicate that the overall performance of the students enrolled in the new research models is significantly higher than in the existing program due to incentives and not administrative collaboration.Research limitations/implications– Implications for future research include: first, the need for studies to reveal enduring, universal effects of collaboration; second, longitudinal studies of the effects of collaboration on alternative education issues; and third, an evaluation of the effectiveness of collaborative training.Originality/value– This research intends to contribute to the literature concerning these distinctive types of partnerships – specifically the integration of three very different systems into a collaborative service. This single case study presents support of how these services subsist within four settings and what force they have on special services for students in alternative education in the public schools.
Focusing on dilemmas challenging reputation management in higher education
Authors: Suomi Kati , Kuoppakangas Päivikki , Hytti Ulla , Hampden-Turner Charles , Kangaslahti Jukka 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to explore the dilemmas that challenge reputation management in the context of higher education (HE).Design/methodology/approach– The paper introduces one Finnish multidisciplinary master's degree programme as a case in point. The empirical data comprises a student survey and semi-structured interviews with internal and external stakeholders whose work relates to the master's degree programme in question.Findings– The findings identify different types of dilemmas arising from collaboration between stakeholders of HE.Practical implications– The paper demonstrates how the dilemma-reconciliation method can be used to enhance reputation management in HE.Originality/value– The novelty of the paper is in applying dilemma theory (Hampden-Turner and Trompenaars, 2000) in parallel with reputation theories. Dilemma theory attributes reputation risks to conflicting aims.
The functions, attributes and challenges of academic leadership in New Zealand polytechnics
Authors: Cardno Carol 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– Leadership in educational settings has been established as a key factor that impacts student learning outcomes, consequently it is important to understand how academic leadership is conceptualised and enacted. The paper aims to discuss this issue.Design/methodology/approach– This qualitative study investigated the nature and demands of academic leadership in the New Zealand polytechnic sector by analysing documentary evidence and investigating the perceptions held of the role by 15 academic leaders in four institutions who were interviewed.Findings– Findings of the study highlight the four roles of organisational leadership, curriculum leadership, academic management and academic currency. Participants confirmed that they struggle with ambiguity and tensions. The importance of teams, collaboration and communication are established and the study concludes that an understanding of role complexity to reduce ambiguity and provision of support to perform the role should be key institutional concerns.Originality/value– This is one of very few research studies into conceptualising and researching the enactment of academic leadership in a polytechnic setting. The findings could impact the design of future leadership development.
Pigeon-inspired optimization: a new swarm intelligence optimizer for air robot path planning
Authors: Duan Haibin , Qiao Peixin 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present a novel swarm intelligence optimizer — pigeon-inspired optimization (PIO) — and describe how this algorithm was applied to solve air robot path planning problems.

Design/methodology/approach
– The formulation of threat resources and objective function in air robot path planning is given. The mathematical model and detailed implementation process of PIO is presented. Comparative experiments with standard differential evolution (DE) algorithm are also conducted.

Findings
– The feasibility, effectiveness and robustness of the proposed PIO algorithm are shown by a series of comparative experiments with standard DE algorithm. The computational results also show that the proposed PIO algorithm can effectively improve the convergence speed, and the superiority of global search is also verified in various cases.

Originality/value
– In this paper, the authors first presented a PIO algorithm. In this newly presented algorithm, map and compass operator model is presented based on magnetic field and sun, while landmark operator model is designed based on landmarks. The authors also applied this newly proposed PIO algorithm for solving air robot path planning problems.
Parallelization and sustainability of distributed genetic algorithms on many-core processors
Authors: Sato Yuji , Sato Mikiko 
Published: April 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to propose a fault-tolerant technology for increasing the durability of application programs when evolutionary computation is performed by fast parallel processing on many-core processors such as graphics processing units (GPUs) and multi-core processors (MCPs).

Design/methodology/approach
– For distributed genetic algorithm (GA) models, the paper proposes a method where an island's ID number is added to the header of data transferred by this island for use in fault detection.

Findings
– The paper has shown that the processing time of the proposed idea is practically negligible in applications and also shown that an optimal solution can be obtained even with a single stuck-at fault or a transient fault, and that increasing the number of parallel threads makes the system less susceptible to faults.

Originality/value
– The study described in this paper is a new approach to increase the sustainability of application program using distributed GA on GPUs and MCPs.
Innovation adoption and diffusion in business-to-business marketing
Authors: Sakari Makkonen Hannu , J. Johnston Wesley 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– The current knowledge concerning how organizations adopt innovations is considerably less than the sum of its parts. The aim of this paper is to review the innovation adoption and diffusion approach and connect it with the main related theoretical fields within business-to-business marketing.Design/methodology/approach– The paper provides a conceptual discussion, the aim being to develop an integrative conceptual framework.Findings– The adoption and diffusion approach gives little indication of the effects on adoption of the established relationships and the wider relational setting comprising the direct and indirect influences between the network actors. It is rather the innovation and the related communication that are in focus. As a result, the innovation and its adoption and diffusion are considered unique phenomena, the actors are assigned the static roles of opinion leaders and change agents, social system can be defined, and there is no competition. The current theoretical approaches within the business-to-business marketing could provide support in building a more realistic view of adoption and diffusion in industrial context.Originality/value– The contribution of the proposed conceptual model lies in its capacity to take into account organizational behavior in the form of individual-level actions that underpin the adoption process and relate this intra-firm behavior to its wider network context, thereby facilitating the production of a system-level account and a holistic understanding of the phenomenon of adoption.
Understanding the characteristics of the growth of SMEs in B-to-B markets in emerging economies: an organizational ecology approach
Authors: R. Todd Patricia , G. Javalgi Raj , Grossman David 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– The aim of this paper is to focus on the determinants that impact the growth of SMEs in B-to-B markets in emerging economies. The objective is to apply the classic model of organizational ecology to examine the characteristics of growth patterns in the B-to-B environment for SMEs in emerging markets, specifically India and China. Application of the model can guide SMEs owners/managers in their effort to successfully expand internationally in turbulent markets characterized by competitive and technological intensity.Design/methodology/approach– An overview of the basics of the organizational ecology model is presented, followed by the description of various economic drivers of B-to-B markets in India and China. The integration of the organizational ecology model and the strategic development of methods to deal with specific challenges of entering international markets are discussed. The paper concludes with managerial implications and suggestions for future research.Findings– Businesses operating in emerging markets face many of the same roadblocks concerning efficiencies, increasing competition, and the need for capital, that are experienced by businesses throughout the world, however, they also face challenges unique to the developmental nature of the country environment. Ecological models can be used to understand the dynamics between resource utilization and growth.Practical implications– The ecology-based view evaluates the utilization of resources with a focus on how changes in resource availability impact the international growth strategy of the B-to-B firm in India and China. These two economies represent a large business environment, generally underdeveloped with regards to taking advantage of potential resource availability.Originality/value– While the significant economic contribution of SMEs is well understood, their business practices in emerging economies have not been extensively studied, especially in the B-to-B arena. The goal here is to stimulate the development of new insights for managing the complex relationships between the B-to-B SMEs, organizational ecology, and the international environment in emerging markets. This study extends the literature concerning factors that impact business success in important emerging markets such as India and China.
Family business internationalisation through a digital entry mode
Authors: Plakoyiannaki Emmanuella , Pavlos Kampouri Aikaterini , Stavraki Georgia , Kotzaivazoglou Iordanis 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the emerging literature stream of family business (FB) internationalisation. Its purpose is twofold: first, to provide empirical evidence on the motives, facilitators and obstacles and second, to understand different pathways and entry modes of FB internationalisation.Design/methodology/approach– The authors employ a multiple case study design that draws on various sources of data and examines eight Greek companies in the apiculture sector.Findings– The case study evidence brings to the fore the existence of various motives, facilitators and obstacles to FB internationalisation in Greece. Moreover, it fleshes out the “e-born global” FB that employs a digital entry mode and heavily relies on new technologies in order to identify international opportunities and reduce information asymmetries in foreign markets. Such an entry mode allowed the investigated firms to achieve a speedy entry to foreign countries and compete in geographically distant markets.Practical implications– Understanding FB internationalisation may assist governments in adopting policies for stimulating outward activities of domestic firms.Originality/value– The results provide important insights into how FBs enter foreign markets and use technology in their internationalisation efforts.
Damaging brands through market research
Authors: Franz Horn Christian , Brem Alexander , Ivens Björn 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possibility of using the new marketing research tool of prediction markets (PMs), which integrates customers to into the marketing research process. The research questions are: does taking part in PMs influence customers’ brand perception? Is there a danger of damaging a brand through this tool?Design/methodology/approach– The paper uses a series of five short-term (less than one hour) and five long-term (three weeks) experimental online PMs where customers are integrated into marketing research and apply a series of online-surveys before and after taking part as virtual stock market traders. Subjects of research are taken from the sporting goods industry.Findings– The paper shows that PMs can be used by marketing researchers without the danger of damaging the brand of the products that are subject of the PMs, although customers are being integrated to improve the markets’ forecasting accuracy.Research limitations/implications– The study's subject are medium priced sporting goods only. Possibly in other product fields, results may differ. Thus, the authors see a field for further research in this limitation.Practical implications– Managers for marketing intelligence have more reason to make use of the efficient and rather new tool, PMs. Marketers can potentially improve their forecasting accuracy by integrating customer information into their reports. In addition, the authors see a high potential in the area of innovation management as well.Originality/value– There has been no research on perceptions of PMs and brands at all so far.
IT can matter: co-evolution fostering IT competitive advantage
Authors: Luse Andy , Mennecke Brian 
Published: April 2014

Purpose– This article revisits Nicolas Carr's popular Harvard Review articleIT Doesn't Matteron its ten-year anniversary. The purpose is to analyze Carr's argument by analyzing the development of the argument itself as opposed to finding exceptions to the argument, which has been done in the past.Design/methodology/approach– The authors use co-evolutionary theory as a case against Carr's argument by showing that Carr has only looked at the growth of IT from a population ecology perspective and has failed to anticipate the adaptive nature of IT within the organization.Findings– The authors show that Carr's new rules for IT management may not be applicable if viewed through the lens of the three principles of self-renewing organizations espoused by co-evolutionary theory.Research limitations/implications– The authors provide a new basis for evaluating the strategic nature of IT and offer a background for future research and case studies into evaluating IT strategic competitive advantage within the organization.Practical implications– The research provides guidelines for organizations to better decide how to strategically implement IT to more fully utilize its capabilities.Originality/value– The paper provides a new method for refuting a popular article by attacking the argument as opposed to finding exceptions to the argument. This is valuable to those who wish to evangelize the strategic capacity of IT within the organization.