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Gauging potential demand for new events
Authors: Hudson Simon , Meng Fang , Cárdenas David 
Published: June 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to gauge potential interest in equestrian events for a proposed multi-use international horse park.

Design/methodology/approach
– Multi-stage, mixed methods were employed, including interviews with industry professionals at competing horse parks, a survey of potential visitors and an economic impact analysis.

Findings
– Both industry professionals and equine tourists felt that the proposed facility had the potential to succeed with an international horse park especially as it already has a strong equine culture. Potential visitors already possess a high awareness of city as an equestrian tourist destination, and the majority said they would visit the new facility to take part in, or watch equine events. At medium utilization, the facility has the potential to attract 225 events to the park annually, attracting approximately 428,000 attendees. This would have an annual spending impact of about US$38 million, generating 575 full-time jobs.

Practical implications
– Based on the results, a number of recommendations were made to the local chamber of commerce by the researchers, but the key suggestion was that stakeholders in Aiken proceed cautiously with a phased approach to development.

Originality/value
– Despite the growing body of literature related to measuring the impacts of events, very few researchers have looked at the feasibility of new events, and the need to measure potential demand for a new facility. This paper is therefore unique and of great value to both researchers and practitioners.
Shopping orientations and patronage preferences for internet auctions
Authors: Korgaonkar Pradeep , Petrescu Maria , Becerra Enrique 
Published: June 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effect of consumers’ shopping orientations and income on online auction patronage intentions.

Design/methodology/approach
– The study collected data using a national sample of 3,000 online auction consumers over the age of 18, who had purchased from internet auction sites eBay, Yahoo, or Bargain Hunter in the previous six months and used structural equation modelling for data analysis.

Findings
– The results suggest that consumers’ price consciousness shopping orientation, which increases shopping in online stores, decreases patronage intentions towards the online auction site. In addition, the findings indicate that consumers’ search orientation, convenience orientation and income level increase patronage intentions towards the online auction site.

Originality/value
– The key theoretical and academic contribution of this study focuses on testing and integrating the shopping orientations literature in the more modern area of online auction retailing. Practitioners also benefit from the findings of the online auction customer motivations captured by this study.
The hot spot transformation in the research evolution of internationalization of innovation
Authors: Xu Yusen , Hua Xiaofang 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– With the development of economic globalization and the growth of cross-border technology flow, the internationalization of innovation has become an important strategy for enterprises in global competition for both investment optimization and technological advancement. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the research evolution in internationalization of innovation, investigate the hot spot transformation, and predict the future research trends.Design/methodology/approach– The main research approaches in this study are literature co-citation analysis and keyword co-occurrence analysis. Co-citation is applied as a semantic similarity measure for related papers that makes use of citation relationships. Co-occurrence frequency analysis of keywords is also carried out to reveal the hot spots in research of internationalization of innovation. With the data downloaded from Web of Science, Citespace was used as a tool of scientometrics to visualize the node papers, knowledge mapping and keyword co-occurrence ranking in different stages of research evolution. The literature being analyzed in this study come from paper collection by searching the titles, abstracts and keywords, for terms that include “international innovation”, “international R&D”, “international technology”, “globalizational innovation”, “globalizational R&D”, “globalizational technology”, “multinational innovation”, “multinational R&D” and “multinational technology”.Findings– The investigation reveals that there are two distinct stages in research evolution of the internationalization of innovation. The direction of innovation diffusion has turned from “one-way trickle down from developed countries” to “two-way interaction between developed countries and emerging countries”. Meanwhile, the research hotspots have been transformed since 2000 from “detail and operation-focused” to “profound and strategy-focused”.Originality/value– The paper gives an insight into the internationalization of innovation field using literature from the Web of Science as an illustration.
Open access to scientific information: comparative study in DOAJ
Authors: Stoyanova Trencheva Tereza , Yordanova Todorova Tania 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– The purpose of the paper is to provide a comparative retrospective analysis of Bulgarian, Turkish and Croatian Open Access (OA) journals added in Directory of Open Access journals (DOAJ) in the period 2002-2013.Design/methodology/approach– First of all, the study is focussed on brief review of definitions and descriptions of the OA as a global movement. In the study were analyzed the three main OA initiatives and was shown the difference between Golden Road and Green Road. Second of all, the authors used the comparative approach and made a comparative study of the OA journals in Bulgaria, Turkey and Croatia and present the evaluation results and findings.Findings– Qualitative and quantitative data for the study are collected by the DOAJ. The data are analyzed in terms of quantity and period, and the results are presented graphically and tabular and finally there are made major specific conclusions and recommendations.Originality/value– The paper shows that OA in the digital space has an important position in scientific research. There are many discussion issues related to the problems of OA, but overall study of OA to scientific information, and in particular comparative study of Bulgarian, Turkish and Croatian journals in the DOAJ does not exist at the moment.
Uncovering customer service experiences with Twitter: the case of airline industry
Authors: Misopoulos Fotis , Mitic Miljana , Kapoulas Alexandros , Karapiperis Christos 
Published: June 2014

Purpose
– In this paper the authors present a study that uses Twitter to identify critical elements of customer service in the airline industry. The goal of the study was to uncover customer opinions about services by monitoring and analyzing public Twitter commentaries. The purpose of this paper is to identify elements of customer service that provide positive experiences to customers as well as to identify service processed and features that require further improvements.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors employed the approach of sentiment analysis as part of the netnography study. The authors processed 67,953 publicly shared tweets to identify customer sentiments about services of four airline companies. Sentiment analysis was conducted using the lexicon approach and vector-space model for assessing the polarity of Twitter posts.

Findings
– By analyzing Twitter posts for their sentiment polarity the authors were able to identify areas of customer service that caused customer satisfaction, dissatisfaction as well as delight. Positive sentiments were linked mostly to online and mobile check-in services, favorable prices, and flight experiences. Negative sentiments revealed problems with usability of companies’ web sites, flight delays and lost luggage. Evidence of delightful experiences was recorded among services provided in airport lounges.

Originality/value
– Paper demonstrates how sentiment analysis of Twitter feeds can be used in research on customer service experiences, as an alternative to Kano and SERVQUAL models.
Hybrid analysis of textual data
Authors: Raich Margit , Müller Julia , Abfalter Dagmar 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to provide insightful evidence of phenomena in organization and management theory. Textual data sets consist of two different elements, namely qualitative and quantitative aspects. Researchers often combine methods to harness both aspects. However, they frequently do this in a comparative, convergent, or sequential way.Design/methodology/approach– The paper illustrates and discusses a hybrid textual data analysis approach employing the qualitative software application GABEK-WinRelan in a case study of an Austrian retail bank.Findings– The paper argues that a hybrid analysis method, fully intertwining qualitative and quantitative analysis simultaneously on the same textual data set, can deliver new insight into more facets of a data set.Originality/value– A hybrid approach is not a universally applicable solution to approaching research and management problems. Rather, this paper aims at triggering and intensifying scientific discussion about stronger integration of qualitative and quantitative data and analysis methods in management research.
The strategic implication of knowledge attributes
Authors: Victer Rogerio 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to refine the resource-based theory of the firm. It intends to deal with key theoretical issues affecting the development of a model that empirically captures the relevance of knowledge to performance. The research task is not only to look inside the firm in search of candidates for a strategic resource, but also to better understand how a resource becomes strategic as the consequence of specific attributes. This approach has the potential of providing a relevant insight into the characteristics that resources must possess as well as a more effective way to compare their relative relevance to competitive advantage.Design/methodology/approach– Hypotheses are tested by a comprehensive panel data of 29 AIDS/HIV drugs from 1997 to 2010, covering the performance trajectory of more than 90 percent of all branded products in this segment.Findings– Based on the VRIO framework (Barney 1991, 2001a), which asserts that resources need to be valuable, rare, inimitable, and difficult to organize in order to become a source of sustainable competitive advantage, the paper derives seven empirical constructs of technological knowledge. Five of these constructs are statistically significant, explaining up to 36 percent of the variance in sales outcomes. Results show that the most important resource attributes are value and organizational capabilities. Inimitability is partially relevant, but rarity is not.Practical implications– Results suggest that the best way to generate competitive advantage is through continuous improvement of technological knowledge. This conclusion shows that knowledge heterogeneity is more strategically relevant to performance than knowledge immobility.Originality/value– Differently from previous papers, instead of measuring how much a resource (or its accumulated stock) influences competitive advantage, this paper identifies and measures the attributes through which the resource matters to market outcomes. It is not the resource itself, but its strategic attributes which actually generate differential benefits to firms.
Franchisor resources, spousal resources, entrepreneurial orientation, and performance in a couple-owned franchise outlet
Authors: Chien Shih-Yi 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– Franchise outlets owned by entrepreneurial married couples are gradually increasing. Based upon prior research in resource-based view, entrepreneurial orientation (EO), franchising, and family business, the purpose of this paper is to analyze franchisor resources, spousal resources, and EO are critical to the development of franchisees’ performance.Design/methodology/approach–The author conducted a survey of 99 franchisees in couple-owned convenience store franchise outlets in Taiwan using the partial least squares technique.Findings– It was found that franchisor resources, spousal resources, and EO directly affect franchisee performance. In addition, franchisor resources also have an indirect effect on performance through EO, but spousal resources do not have an indirect effect.Practical implications– The franchisor should pay attention to the development of their resources and a franchisee's EO and the interaction between the franchisee and the spouse. Furthermore, a franchisee's EO facilitates the manipulation of the franchisor's resources.Originality/value– This study highlights the possession of franchisor and spousal resources, and the importance of EO to foster and develop the franchisee performance in a couple-owned franchise outlet. These findings also suggest that franchisor resources have indirect effect on performance through EO.
The moderated relationship between job burnout and organizational cynicism
Authors: Simha Aditya , F. Elloy David , Huang Han-Chung 
Published: June 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between two components of job burnout (emotional exhaustion and depersonalization) and organizational cynicism. Another aim of this research was to examine the role of moderating variables such as role conflict, work-family conflict, perceived fairness, and trust in coworkers on the relationship between burnout and organizational cynicism.Design/methodology/approach– The methodology was a survey-based quantitative method. Totally, 172 nurses in a Taiwanese hospital were surveyed, and 169 completed responses were obtained. The nurses filled out self-report surveys that measured their levels of burnout, organizational cynicism, and various other variables including demographic variables.Findings– The results indicate that several variables acted as moderators in the relationship between emotional exhaustion and organizational cynicism, and in the relationship between depersonalization and organizational cynicism. Trust in coworker, perceived fairness, and role conflict all were found to negatively influence the relationship between a burnout component and cynicism, whereas work-family conflict had a positive influence on the relationship between depersonalization and cynicism.Research limitations/implications– The limitations of this research are that the study is cross-sectional in nature, and is based on a Taiwanese sample. Future research should aim to study these variables in a longitudinal fashion and in different contexts.Practical implications– The practical implications from this study include managers being able to harness various variables (such as perceived fairness and trust in coworkers) in order to reduce cynicism.Originality/value– The value of this study is that it connects burnout and organizational cynicism together. It also uncovers several moderating variables that influence the relationship between burnout and organizational cynicism. This is also one of the first studies that have obtained a positive effect of role conflict.
New qualitative research methodologies in management
Authors: Guercini Simone 
Published: June 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to deliver an introduction to the Special Issue on new qualitative research methodologies in management.

Design/methodology/approach
– The reasons of interest for the object of this Special Issue are explained through the discussion of a selected literature. Technological and sociological changes are considered as a source of new problem and new opportunities for management and management research. The traditional methods are put under strain by these changes and epistemological implications are considered.

Findings
– New qualitative methodologies analyzed in the Special Issue are characterized by drivers including hybridization with others methods, both qualitative and quantitative. New methods can contribute to reduce distance between researcher's and practitioner's context.

Originality/value
– A frame to analyze the new qualitative management research through the papers published in the Special Issue.
Rounding-up in reported income numbers
Authors: Shette Rachappa , Kuntluru Sudershan 
Published: June 2014

Purpose
– This paper aims to investigate the rounding-up in reported income numbers of Indian companies by examining the evidence of unusual occurrence of zero and nine in reported income numbers such as profit after tax and earnings per share (EPS). It also examines such rounding-up patterns under different scenarios such as companies varying across different time periods, income size, market capitalization, industries, initial public offering and earnings news.

Design/methodology/approach
– All 1,707 companies listed on National Stock Exchange of India were considered for analysis. This study covered a period of 21 years from 1991-1992 to 2011-2012. Data were collected from PROWESS database.

Findings
– In Indian companies, the rounding-up pattern in reported income numbers is in conformity with existing studies (Carslaw, 1988; Thomas, 1989). In case of income numbers, the observed proportionate occurrence of zero and nine is significantly different from the expected proportionate occurrence. The study found that anomalies in reported earnings vary across industry. Further, it is found that the per cent deviations are more in case of companies having high income levels, high market capitalization and with positive news.

Research limitations/implications
– In future studies, it will be interesting to develop a model reflecting the causes for such rounding-up of income numbers.

Practical implications
– The paper provides an insight analysis on the rounding-up behavior of Indian companies and facilitates the understanding of occurrence of such anomalies under various scenarios. This paper may be useful to all the users of accounting information.

Originality/value
– First study on examining the rounding-up of reported income numbers and EPS by companies in India.
The therapeutic alliance with involuntary clients: how does it work?
Authors: Sotero Luciana , Major Sofia , Escudero Valentín , Relvas Ana Paula 
Published: June 2014

This study aimed to compare involuntary and voluntary clients in the establishment of the therapeutic alliance in the context of family therapy. The system for observing family therapy alliances was used to rate the alliance in sessions 1 and 4 from videotapes of 40 families seen in brief family therapy. This instrument has four alliance dimensions. In the first session, results showed that the clients who sought therapy voluntarily demonstrated more alliance‐related behaviour than did involuntary clients in all alliance dimensions. In the fourth session, however, only the Engagement dimension showed group differences. Notably, there also were group differences in the evolution of the alliance from the first to the fourth session in the Safety dimension, with the voluntary clients developing this dimension more negatively. The results are discussed in terms of the specific characteristics of involuntary clients, as well as the implications for practice.Practitioner points
Be aware of differing motives, motivations, and degrees of readiness for therapy within the family
Inquire about the amount of pressure experienced by clients, and the source of that pressure, early in the family therapy
Promote and monitor the therapeutic alliance with involuntary clients
Promote a safe context, providing structure and guidelines for safety and confidentiality and helping clients to talk truthfully
Colours and Cocktails: Compositional Data Analysis 2013 Lancaster Lecture
Authors: Scealy J. L. , Welsh A. H. 
Published: June 2014

SummaryThe different constituents of physical mixtures such as coloured paint, cocktails, geological and other samples can be represented byd‐dimensional vectors called compositions with non‐negative components that sum to one. Data in which the observations are compositions are called compositional data. There are a number of different ways of thinking about and consequently analysing compositional data. The log‐ratio methods proposed by Aitchison in the 1980s have become the dominant methods in the field. One reason for this is the development of normative arguments converting the properties of log‐ratio methods to ‘essential requirements’ or Principles for any method of analysis to satisfy. We discuss different ways of thinking about compositional data and interpret the development of the Principles in terms of these different viewpoints. We illustrate the properties on which the Principles are based, focussing particularly on the key subcompositional coherence property. We show that this Principle is based on implicit assumptions and beliefs that do not always hold. Moreover, it is applied selectively because it is not actually satisfied by the log‐ratio methods it is intended to justify. This implies that a more open statistical approach to compositional data analysis should be adopted.
The serum‐ & glucocorticoid‐inducible kinase in the regulation of platelet function
Authors: Lang F. , Gawaz M. , Borst O. 
Published: June 2014

AbstractThe serum‐ and glucocorticoid‐inducible kinase 1 (SGK1) is expressed in megakaryocytes and circulating platelets. In megakaryocytes, SGK1 activates transcription factor nuclear factor kappa‐B (NF‐κB), which in turn stimulates expression of Orai1, a Ca2+ channel protein accomplishing store‐operated Ca2+ enrty (SOCE). SGK1 enhances SOCE and several Ca2+‐sensitive platelet functions, including degranulation, integrin αIIbβ3 activation, phosphatidylserine exposure, aggregation and thrombus formation. As shown in other cell types, stimulators of SGK1 expression include ischaemia, oxidative stress, hyperglycaemia, advanced glycation end products (AGEs) and a variety of hormones such as glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ), interleukin 6 (IL‐6), platelet‐derived growth factor (PDGF), thrombin and endothelin. Thus, SGK1‐sensitive Ca2+ signalling may contribute to altered platelet function in several clinical conditions including inflammation, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus and chronic renal failure. Nevertheless, further studies are needed defining the contribution of altered SGK1 expression and activity to physiology and pathophysiology of platelets.
PDGF, Pericytes and the Pathogenesis of Idiopathic Basal Ganglia Calcification (IBGC)
Authors: Betsholtz Christer , Keller Annika 
Published: June 2014

AbstractPlatelet‐derived growth factors (PDGFs) are important mitogens for various types of mesenchymal cells, and as such, they exert critical functions during organogenesis in mammalian embryonic and early postnatal development. Increased or ectopic PDGF activity may also cause or contribute to diseases such as cancer and tissue fibrosis. Until recently, no loss‐of‐function (LOF) mutations in PDGF or PDGF receptor genes were reported as causally linked to a human disease. This changed in 2013 when reports appeared on presumed LOF mutations in the genes encoding PDGF‐B and its receptor PDGF receptor‐beta (PDGF‐Rβ) in familial idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC), a brain disease characterized by anatomically localized calcifications in or near the blood microvessels. Here, we review PDGF‐B and PDGF‐Rβ biology with special reference to their functions in brain–blood vessel development, pericyte recruitment and the regulation of the blood–brain barrier. We also discuss various scenarios for IBGC pathogenesis suggested by observations in patients and genetically engineered animal models of the disease.