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Data inspiring action – getting to the heart of women's career progression
Authors: Wichert Ines , Steele Peta 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThis article aims to introduce a three‐level, 11‐factor framework for women's career progression. The framework summarizes the factors that genuinely do make a difference when it comes to women's career progression.Design/methodology/approachThe article combines the introduction of a theoretical framework based on a review of academic literature with a real life client case study to illustrate the power for using a structured, research based and data driven approach to identifying career barriers for women's career progression.FindingsThe article shares high‐level findings from the organizational audit and highlights the main lessons learnt during this process.Practical implicationsThe article sets out the key areas for consideration when trying to boost the number of senior women in an organization and outlines the reasons for failure of many programs. Furthermore, it points to best practice in designing interventions to increase the number of women in senior roles.Originality/valueThe article introduces a new, research‐driven framework for women's career advancement and provides a client case study that illustrates how a rigorous, research and data‐driven approach to identifying career barriers for women helps to provide and defend recommendations for increasing the number of women in senior roles.
Leveraging a women's network to attract, develop and retain high potential female talent
Authors: Joseph Carole 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThis paper aims to describe the benefits of delivering a strategically driven women's network that encourages a pipeline of female talent.Design/methodology/approachA case study illustrates a strategy for employee engagement with talent development and retention.FindingsThe paper presents practical case study evidence that links a strategic company affinity network and its commitment to developing high potential women.Originality/valueThe paper outlines in practical terms how a diverse talent strategy can be developed that is fundamentally based deep in the business strategy. It demonstrates several practical approaches that companies can take to align the objectives of their women's networks with their HR talent strategy.
FINRA Rule 5123 requires filings for certain private placements sold by broker‐dealers
Authors: Miller Martin R. 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of the article is to inform the various securities market participants about new Rule 5123 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), its specifics and the requirements it may impose.Design/methodology/approachThe author outlines the requirements of the Rule, exemptions to its application, additional background information and some clarifications based on the FINRA adopting notice.FindingsRule 5123, which became effective December 3, 2012, requires FINRA member broker‐dealer firms that sell an issuer's securities in a private placement, subject to a number of exemptions, either to file with FINRA a copy of any private placement memorandum, term sheet or other offering document the member firm used or to indicate that they did not use any such offering documents. Member firms must make this filing within 15 calendar days of the date of the first sale and file materially amended versions of any documents previously filed.Practical implicationsThe author hopes the discussion in the article will enable affected market participants, which include US‐registered broker‐dealers as well as issuers of securities in private placements using the services of FINRA member broker‐dealers, to be informed about and to comply with the Rule.Originality/valueThe paper provides practical guidance from experienced securities lawyers.
CFTC sets the clock ticking for mandatory clearing of interest rate and credit default swaps
Authors: Koster Evan M. , Cohn David , Meade Daniel 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explain the rule recently published by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission that establishes a timetable for the mandatory clearing of interest rate and credit default swaps through a clearinghouse.Design/methodology/approachThe paper discusses the structure of cleared trades in swaps, the classes of interest rate and credit default swaps that are subject to mandatory clearing under the CFTC's new rule and the affirmative and negative specifications for each class, the phased approach adopted by the CFTC for the mandatory clearing compliance schedule, and the end‐user and inter‐affiliate exemptions from the mandatory clearing requirement.Findings“Centralized clearing,” a process in which bilaterally negotiated trades of derivatives have to be given up to a centralized clearinghouse, is a cornerstone of the new global regulatory system for derivatives. Its proponents argue that centralized clearing will help to mitigate systemic risk by helping counterparties identify and net positions. The paper outlines the clearing rules in the USA for interest rate and credit default swaps.Originality/valueThe paper provides expert guidance from experienced financial services lawyers.
Investigating the mediating role of organizational politics between leadership style and followers' behavioral outcomes
Authors: Islam Talat , ur Rehman Saif , Ahmed Ishfaq 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediating role of perceptions of organizational politics between leadership style, on the one hand and performance, commitment and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) on other hand.Design/methodology/approachA multifactor questionnaire was distributed among public employees of Pakistan (n=271). They were asked about their head of department's leadership style and perception of politics in the organization. In addition to this in‐role performance, commitment and OCB were also examined. The confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was analyzed with structure equation modeling and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were analyzed for intra structure of the leadership variables. Two models were examined: first, with the mediation role and second,without the mediation role.FindingsA partial mediation of leadership style was found with commitment and OCB. Organizational politics was found to be negatively related with the behavioral outcomes (i.e. commitment, in‐role performance and OCB).Research limitations/implicationsThe models do not show clear results of mediation or the direct effect of politics between leadership styles on one hand and commitment, performance and OCB on other hand.Practical implicationsManagers and heads of departments should know about the merits and demerits of leadership styles, as these may affect the political behavior which ultimately damages the performance, commitment and OCB.Originality/valueThe findings of the present study will contribute to existing literature regarding leadership and politics.
Using choice‐based‐experiments to support real estate design decisions
Authors: Marmolejo‐Duarte Carlos , Ruiz‐Lineros Manuel 
Published: April 2013

PurposeIn the real estate industry, as well as in other mature markets, producers seek to improve their comparative advantage by correctly addressing the needs and expectations of future users; when projects involve public financial investment (e.g. public/private partnerships), such participation may help to legitimate resource allocation. In this respect few quantitative approaches, affiliated to the study of demand, are able to evaluate the trade‐off that is given between the preferences of individuals when they are faced to choose a single alternative, as is usual in real estate and urban projects. The purpose of this paper is to report the initial results of a research study with the objective of investigating the extent to which techniques used in the design of goods and services could be used to consider future users' preferences on the design processes of real estate developments, such as those promoted by public‐private partnerships in which the inclusion of people's opinion become central for commercial and political reasons.Design/methodology/approachThis article seeks to evaluate the extent to which conjoint analysis, a technique affiliated with designing goods and services through future user/consumer participation, may be used as a support tool in making real estate decisions. This method, born out of the field of marketing analysis, is based on choice experiments and the results are analyzed with conventional multinomial regression models, and can be rooted in “characteristics theory of value” and “behaviorism”.FindingsThe results suggest that although this method is helpful in finding the relative relevance of each of the attributes in the projects evaluated, it is not sufficiently clear to: determine the attributes to evaluate; understand the deep reasons motivating preferences; or anticipate future needs that go unnoticed by potential users/buyers in their everyday perceptions. Therefore, this technique is far superior to typical evaluation surveys on independent attributes. However, it is insufficient in the context of intrinsically complex processes.Originality/valueAlthough intensively used in the design of short‐life consumption services and products, conjoint analysis has been scarcely used on long‐life goods such as urban premises; in this article this technique is used for first time in the framework of a type of public/private brownfield redevelopment project in Catalonia.
Time to completion liquidity in UK commercial real estate investment: 2000‐2008
Authors: Scofield David 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide new insights into asset liquidity in direct commercial real estate investment in the UK. Transaction data provided by four institutional investors of commercial real estate are used to test for changes in asset liquidity as manifest in recorded times from price agreement to deal completion. Median times to completion by stage of the transaction are presented alongside industry estimates.Design/methodology/approachStages of the transaction process are modelled and median times per stage calculated to track changes in asset liquidity over, and between, the two periods of the study (2000‐2002 and 2005‐2008). Real times to completion are considered in conjunction with estimated times compiled through interviews with senior level investment professionals. This paper applies the Wilcoxon rank‐sum test to determine the significance of variation in median times across the two study periods.FindingsThis paper provides empirical evidence that liquidity increased from 2000 to 2008. Median times from price agreement to completion decreased significantly (p=0.015) from 2000‐2002 to 2005‐2008, indicating an increase in asset liquidity in step with an overall increase in transaction volume. Furthermore, senior investment actors were found to persistently over‐estimate transaction efficiency and underestimate liquidity risk when acquiring and disposing of commercial properties.Research limitations/implicationsThis work offers new insights into the changing nature of asset liquidity over the last decade based on a limited number of transactions. Additional studies involving larger samples of transactions would provide still greater insight into commercial real estate liquidity dimensions.Practical implicationsThe paper presents evidence of pro‐cyclicality; asset liquidity varies positively with overall transaction volumes, and investment actors were found to overestimate asset liquidity suggesting a persistent underestimation of liquidity risk.Originality/valueThis paper addresses a gap in the extant literature offering real time on market‐time to completion observations alongside investor estimates. Median times to completion have been modelled and presented, together with time estimates provided by industry experts. Also, for first time in real estate research, median times to completion are shown to shorten significantly in‐line with increasing transaction volumes.
Do high and low‐ranked sustainability stocks perform differently?
Authors: Lee Darren D. , Faff Robert W. , Rekker Saphira A.C. 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine whether portfolios comprising high‐ranked corporate social performance (CSP) firms out/underperform portfolios comprised of low‐ranked CSP firms. The authors employed a US sample covering the period 1998‐2007.Design/methodology/approachIn the context of the Fama and French model augmented by momentum and industry factors, the authors test the significance of the alpha for a CSP difference portfolio, defined as high‐ranked minus low‐ranked CSP stocks.FindingsThe results are consistent with the “no‐linkage” hypothesis, which argues that no significant difference in the risk‐adjusted performance is expected between high‐ and low‐ranked CSP‐formed portfolios. Furthermore, little evidence was found that high‐ or low‐ranked CSP‐formed portfolios, irrespective of the portfolio formation type, systematically differ with regard to performance, size, book‐to‐market or momentum factors.Originality/valueThe authors employ sustainability CSP rankings that focus on environmental, social and governance (ESG) materiality factors, in contrast to many prior studies that solely use KLD ratings or just focus on a subarea of CSP. Moreover, the authors' dataset considerably improves upon previous studies employing similar data in which individual company rankings are not available.
Who extends the extensible?
Authors: Rao Yanchao , Guo Ken , Hou Jing 
Published: April 2013

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which Chinese firms voluntarily extend the standard XBRL taxonomy to disclose more detailed financial information; and second, to identify and test corporate governance factors that may be associated with voluntary taxonomy extensions in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)‐based reporting.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 114 firms that are listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchanges, the authors compared their XBRL‐based financial reports of 2008 and 2009 with the standard XBRL taxonomy. Multiple regression tests were performed to examine the effects of corporate governance factors and firm characteristics on XBRL taxonomy extensions.FindingsThe results indicate a high level of voluntary taxonomy extension in Chinese firms' XBRL reports. The extent of such extension is associated with the percentage of independent directors, combined CEO/chair of the board position, and firm size. It is also associated with audit firm size, in that companies audited by Big Four firms tend to have lower level of taxonomy extension. However, the direction of the result is opposite to what the authors expected.Research limitations/implicationsThis paper highlights the effects of corporate governance factors on Chinese firms' decisions to extend XBRL standard taxonomy and, in doing so, to disclose more financial information. Future research may consider using longitudinal data and alternative corporate governance factors to validate and extend the results.Originality/valueIt is an unanswered question as to whether and why firms extend standard XBRL taxonomies and disclose additional voluntary information. This paper fills the gap by investigating this issue in the context of the Chinese capital market.
Tiered model of learning disability forensic service provision
Authors: Devapriam John , Alexander Regi T. 
Published: April 2013

PurposeTraditionally, services for people with learning disabilities (LD) and forensic needs are underdeveloped. This paper aims to describe the setting up of a tiered model of LD forensic service provision in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, facilitated and driven by a core team of professionals who have the skills and expertise in this area.Design/methodology/approachWith no dedicated funding, this team is virtual in nature and provides support for the community and in‐patient teams in the assessment and management of offenders with LD. A care pathway including a process map is included to represent a visual idea of the referral, assessment, intervention and disposal strategies across the four tiers of service delivery. The service has a unique partnership arrangement with the independent sector that allows for staff training in order to deliver quality outcomes. The virtual team can support patients with learning disabilities and forensic needs in the community and in‐patient settings, both by avoiding unnecessary in‐patient admissions and by improving the treatment outcomes of those discharged from in‐patient settings.FindingsFurther research is required to demonstrate the clinical and social outcomes for offenders with LD using the tiered model of care and care‐pathway.Originality/valueThe virtual team and the LD forensic care pathway were developed because of a gap in service that was identified as part of a mapping exercise and stakeholder discussion. In the current economic climate, additional resources to address this gap in service may not be readily available; therefore, an innovative way of addressing this gap in service was by developing a care pathway for use by community LD teams based on lean principles and evidence‐based medicine and the pooling of specialist skills to develop the virtual team to enable and support the implementation of the care pathway.
The clinical profiles of forensic inpatients with intellectual disabilities in a specialized unit
Authors: Palucka Anna M. , Raina Poonam , Liu Shi‐Kai , Lunsky Yona 
Published: April 2013

PurposeIndividuals with intellectual disability (ID), mental health needs and criminal justice system involvement are likely to be admitted to forensic units; however, not all of those individuals are served in that system. It is, therefore, important to understand the profile of those admitted to non‐forensic specialized units for individuals with ID and mental health issues. This paper aims to address this issue.Design/methodology/approachDemographic, clinical and criminal profiles of individuals discharged over nine years from a specialized dual diagnosis program were reviewed to delineate clinical subgroups.FindingsA total of 20 out of 84 total discharges were identified as having past or current criminal justice system involvement. The most common offence was assault and 60 per cent of these individuals had admissions longer than one year. Subgroups by psychiatric diagnosis differed in their age, legal status, offence history, and length of hospital stay, as well as in therapeutic interventions and discharge process.Research limitations/implicationsThe results suggest that inpatients with ID and criminal justice system involvement present with unique treatment, support and risk management needs based on psychiatric diagnosis. The number of individuals in clinical subgroups was low, thus further research is needed to determine if the observed patterns hold true in bigger samples.Originality/valueThe study delineates the complexity and heterogeneity of treatment and supports needs of individuals with intellectual disabilities and offending behaviour.
Histidine biosynthesis, its regulation and biotechnological application in Corynebacterium glutamicum
Authors: Kulis‐Horn Robert K. , Persicke Marcus , Kalinowski Jörn 
Published: April 2013

Summaryl‐Histidine biosynthesis is an ancient metabolic pathway present in bacteria, archaea, lower eukaryotes, and plants. For decades l‐histidine biosynthesis has been studied mainly in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium, revealing fundamental regulatory processes in bacteria. Furthermore, in the last 15 years this pathway has been also investigated intensively in the industrial amino acid‐producing bacterium Corynebacterium glutamicum, revealing similarities to E. coli and S. typhimurium, as well as differences. This review summarizes the current knowledge of l‐histidine biosynthesis in C. glutamicum. The genes involved and corresponding enzymes are described, in particular focusing on the imidazoleglycerol‐phosphate synthase (HisFH) and the histidinol‐phosphate phosphatase (HisN). The transcriptional organization of his genes in C. glutamicum is also reported, including the four histidine operons and their promoters. Knowledge of transcriptional regulation during stringent response and by histidine itself is summarized and a translational regulation mechanism is discussed, as well as clues about a histidine transport system. Finally, we discuss the potential of using this knowledge to create or improve C. glutamicum strains for the industrial l‐histidine production.
Bioremediation: a genuine technology to remediate radionuclides from the environment
Authors: Prakash Dhan , Gabani Prashant , Chandel Anuj K. , Ronen Zeev , Singh Om V. 
Published: April 2013

SummaryRadionuclides in the environment are a major human and environmental health concern. Like the Chernobyl disaster of 1986, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011 is once again causing damage to the environment: a large quantity of radioactive waste is being generated and dumped into the environment, and if the general population is exposed to it, may cause serious life‐threatening disorders. Bioremediation has been viewed as the ecologically responsible alternative to environmentally destructive physical remediation. Microorganisms carry endogenous genetic, biochemical and physiological properties that make them ideal agents for pollutant remediation in soil and groundwater. Attempts have been made to develop native or genetically engineered (GE) microbes for the remediation of environmental contaminants including radionuclides. Microorganism‐mediated bioremediation can affect the solubility, bioavailability and mobility of radionuclides. Therefore, we aim to unveil the microbial‐mediated mechanisms for biotransformation of radionuclides under various environmental conditions as developing strategies for waste management of radionuclides. A discussion follows of ‘‐omics’‐integrated genomics and proteomics technologies, which can be used to trace the genes and proteins of interest in a given microorganism towards a cell‐free bioremediation strategy.
Reducing errors in emergency surgery
Authors: Watters David A. K. , Truskett Philip G. 
Published: April 2013

AbstractBackgroundErrors are to be expected in health care. Adverse events occur in around 10% of surgical patients and may be even more common in emergency surgery. There is little formal teaching on surgical error in surgical education and training programmes despite their frequency.MethodsThis paper reviews surgical error and provides a classification system, to facilitate learning. The approach and language used to enable teaching about surgical error was developed through a review of key literature and consensus by the founding faculty of the Management of Surgical Emergencies course, currently delivered by General Surgeons Australia.ResultsErrors may be classified as being the result of commission, omission or inition. An error of inition is a failure of effort or will and is a failure of professionalism. The risk of error can be minimized by good situational awareness, matching perception to reality, and, during treatment, reassessing the patient, team and plan. It is important to recognize and acknowledge an error when it occurs and then to respond appropriately. The response will involve rectifying the error where possible but also disclosing, reporting and reviewing at a system level all the root causes. This should be done without shaming or blaming. However, the individual surgeon still needs to reflect on their own contribution and performance.ConclusionA classification of surgical error has been developed that promotes understanding of how the error was generated, and utilizes a language that encourages reflection, reporting and response by surgeons and their teams.