bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Preferring green and rejecting “unethical” hotels
Authors: Tilikidou Irene , Delistavrou Antonia 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine simultaneously all types of ethical tourism and investigate some of the factors able to affect it; and to explore the number and the size of green hotels’ customers segments.Design/methodology/approach– A survey in the urban area Thessaloniki, Greece. Probability, large enough household sample. “Intentions to visit a green hotel”, “Boycotting” and “Discursive Activities” towards unethical hotels were investigated. External (EC)/Internal controls (IC) and past experience served as potential antecedents of behavioural intentions.Findings– Intentions to visit a green hotel were found to correlate strongly both with other people’s impact (EC) and with respondents’ perceptions about their own means (IC); intentions are moderately influenced by previous experience. Clustering indicated that the “Willing” segment (26.6 per cent) gathered consumers, who obtained higher scores than their counterparts in the other two segments, namely “Hesitant” (40.4 per cent) and “Reluctant” (33 per cent).Research limitations/implications– Incomplete demographical analysis, limited geographical area, social desirability. Future research might consider the employment of Theory of Planned Behaviour.Practical implications– Communication strategy of green hotels should utilize important people’s suggestions. Targets should be persuaded that green hotels are neither more expensive nor more difficult to find. Travel searching engines should include the green key attribute. Need to create and promote the image of an ethical hotel being a concept beyond a green hotel.Originality/value– All types of ethical tourism simultaneously examined. EC/IC provided significant evidence of impact on intentions. Cluster analysis of the ethical tourism market.
Strategic framework showcasing Greece in the Chinese tourism market
Authors: Kapiki Soultana Tania , Fu Jing , Mou Lei 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to take a holistic view of the body of knowledge of the second wave of Chinese outbound tourists so as to develop a strategic framework towards positioning Greece in the China outbound tourism market.

Design/methodology/approach
– The survey adopted a perspective from knowledge management, investigating a deeper understanding of the knowledge about, from and for the Chinese tourists, and Greece was taken as a case study. An online survey with quantitative aspects was conducted from October 2013 to January 2014.

Findings
– The knowledge about the Chinese tourists depicts a young, well-educated segment with a predominance of female and western China residents. The knowledge from the Chinese tourists reveals that they prefer: visiting islands and heritage sites; safety while travelling; a faster visa process; a direct flight between China and Greece; and making a trip combined with other Schengen countries. The knowledge for the Chinese tourists indicates that purchasing tourism products/services online provides better price, is enjoyable, convenient and time-saving; and the top five digital platforms often used are Ctrip, Qunar, QQ, Weibo and WeChat, which could be effective tools for the promotion of Greek tourism in China.

Originality/value
– This research offers a first step to investigate the knowledge of Chinese tourists for the destination of Greece. The findings help to propose a strategic knowledge framework for the Greek tourism authorities so that Greece can become a more active player in the Chinese outbound tourism market.
The growth-profitability nexus among Swedish SMEs
Authors: Yazdanfar Darush , Öhman Peter 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine the growth-profitability nexus among small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).Design/methodology/approach– The data comprise 106,884 observations covering 26,721 Swedish SMEs in six industry sectors over the 2008-2011 period. The data were analysed using several statistical techniques, including two-stage least squares regression, fixed-effects and random regressions, and bootstrapped quantile regression.Findings– Consistent with the hypotheses derived from the resource-based approach, the results indicate that current profitability significantly and positively affects firm growth. The firm-level control variable size significantly and positively affects firm growth, though firm age significantly and negatively affects growth. Firm industry affiliation also affects firm growth.Research limitations/implications– Since SME performance is commonly equated with access to knowledge, consultancy services or business training programmes sponsored by governmental organizations can help SMEs improve their management skills and thereby their performance. Moreover, adopting advanced financial management practices can improve the use of financial resources, leading to higher profitability and thereby sustainable growth. This implies that managers should change their strategy from “growth now, profitability later” to “profitable growth now”.Originality/value– Unlike most previous studies, this study employs several multivariate methods to analyse a comprehensive, cross-sectoral sample comprising non-financial, independent, and active SMEs in several industries. This study focuses explicitly on SMEs, which play a fundamental role in the Swedish economy.
Intraday analysis of currency ETFs
Authors: Ivanov Stoyu I. 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to find if erosion of value exists in grantor trust structured exchange traded funds. The author examines the performance of six currency exchange traded funds’ tracking errors and pricing deviations on intradaily-one-minute interval basis. All of these exchange traded funds are grantor trusts. The author also studies which metric is of more importance to investors in these exchange traded funds by examining how these performance metrics are related to the exchange traded funds’ arbitrage mechanism.

Design/methodology/approach
– The Australian Dollar ETF (FXA) is designed to be 100 times the US Dollar (USD) value of the Australian Dollar, the British Pound ETF (FXB) is designed to be 100 times the USD value of the British Pound, the Canadian Dollar ETF (FXC) is designed to be 100 times the USD value of the Canadian Dollar, the Euro ETF (FXE) is designed to be 100 times the USD value of the Euro, the Swiss Franc ETF (FXF) is designed to be 100 times the USD value of the Swiss Franc and the Japanese Yen ETF (FXY) is designed to be 10,000 times the USD value of the Japanese Yen. The author uses these proportions to estimate pricing deviations. The author uses a moving average model based on an Elton et al. (2002) to estimate if tracking error or pricing deviation are more relevant in ETF arbitrage and thus to investors.

Findings
– The author documents that the average intradaily tracking errors for the six currency ETFs are relatively small and stable. The tracking errors are highest for the FXF, 0.000311 percent and smallest for FXB, −0.000014 percent. FXB is the only ETF with a negative tracking error. All six ETFs average intradaily pricing deviations are negative with the exception of the FXA pricing deviation which is a positive $0.17; the rest of the ETFs pricing deviations are −0.3778 for FXB, −0.3231 for FXC, −0.2697 for FXC, −0.2697 for FXE, −0.6484 for FXF and −0.9273 for FXY. All exhibit skewness, kurtosis, very high levels of positive autocorrelation and negative trends, which suggests erosion of value. The author also found that these exchange traded funds’ arbitrage mechanism is more closely related to the exchange traded funds’ pricing deviation than tracking error.

Research limitations/implications
– The paper uses high-frequency one-minute interval data in the analysis of pricing deviation which might be artificially deflating standard errors and thus inflating the t-test significance values.

Originality/value
– The paper is relevant to ETF investors and contributes to the continuing search in the finance literature of better ETF performance metric.
The relationship between recognised intangible assets and voluntary intellectual capital disclosure
Authors: Schiemann Frank , Richter Kai , Günther Thomas 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– The capitalisation of intangible investments is discussed controversially in the financial accounting literature. International accounting standards are concerned with this issue and generally demand more intellectual capital to be recognised on the face of the balance sheet. If investors and analysts already gather monetary information about intangible assets from the financial report and find such information useful, then the necessity to complement such information with voluntary intellectual capital disclosure will diminish. Accordingly, there should be an association between recognised intangible assets and voluntary intellectual capital disclosure. The paper aims to discuss these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors analyse the voluntary disclosure of 264 investor conference and roadshow presentations of German DAX 30 firms in the year 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2007. The authors apply regression models to analyse the association between recognition of intangible assets and voluntary intellectual capital disclosure and control for other determinants of voluntary disclosure.

Findings
– The authors find that the magnitude of recognised intangible assets is significantly and negatively associated with the quantity and quality of voluntary intellectual capital disclosure. The authors show that this association is mainly driven by goodwill accounting. In more detailed analyses we find different directions (positive, negative and insignificant) of this relationship for different categories of intellectual capital.

Research limitations/implications
– Future studies on voluntary intellectual capital disclosure need to consider recognised intangible assets as a determinant to avoid omitted variable problems.

Practical implications
– The authors provide descriptive evidence about voluntary intellectual capital disclosure practice of Germany’s largest firms.

Originality/value
– The paper provides primary evidence on the association between recognised intangible assets and voluntary intellectual capital disclosure.
Semantic web, ubiquitous computing, or internet of things? A macro-analysis of scholarly publications
Authors: Olson Nasrine , Nolin Jan Michael , Nelhans Gustaf 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate concepts that are used in depicting future visions of society, as afforded by technology, to map the extent of their use, examine the level of their dominance in different research areas and geographic boundaries, identify potential overlaps, analyse their longitudinal growth, and examine whether any of the identified concepts has assumed an overarching position.Design/methodology/approach– In total, 14 concepts, each of which is used to depict visions of future information infrastructures, were identified. More than 20,000 scholarly documents related to 11 of these concepts (those with 20 or more documents) are analysed by various qualitative/quantitative methods.Findings– The concepts most referred to aresemantic webandubiquitous computing(all years), andinternet of things(Year 2013). Publications on some newer concepts (e.g.digital living,real world internet) are minimal. There are variations in the extent of use and preferred concepts based on geographic and disciplinary boundaries. The overlap in the use of these terms is minimal and none of these terms has assumed an overarching umbrella position.Research limitations/implications– This study is limited to scholarly publications; it would be relevant to also study the pattern of usage in governmental communications and policy documents.Social implications– By mapping multiplicity of concepts and the dispersion of discussions, the authors highlight the need for, and facilitate, a broader discussion of related social and societal implications.Originality/value– This paper is the first to present a collective of these related concepts and map the pattern of their occurrence and growth.
Stranger in a strange land; enabling information resilience in resettlement landscapes
Authors: Lloyd Annemaree 
Published: September 2015

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to introduce and explore the concept of information resilience.Design/methodology/approach– The concept of information resilience emerges from a qualitative study that explored the health information experience and information practices of resettling refugees. Semi-structured face-to-face interviews were employed and the data collected were analysed using an grounded theory approach.Findings– The present study describes information resilience as an outcome of information literacy practice. As an emerging concept information resilience has the potential to focus research attention towards the critical role that information and information practices such as information literacy have in supporting people whose knowledge bases, social networks and information landscapes have become disrupted during transition.Practical implications– Public libraries role in support the development of information resilience is considered.Social implications– The paper draws from a study of the health information experiences of refugees during resettlement (Lloyd, 2014). The concept of information resilience emerges as an outcome of information literacy practice, for people whose knowledge base has become disrupted; and, who because of this disruption, must engage with new information environments and construct new information landscapes to rebuild social capital and bridge the transition into a new community.Originality/value– Introduces the concept of information resilience as a focal point for investigating transition from an information studies perspective.
Design and implementation of a capacity development program – experience with combating money laundering and financing of terrorism in Mongolia
Authors: Png Cheong-Ann , DeFeo Michael , Hicks Tristram 
Published: September 2015

Purpose
– This paper aims to share experience in the design and implementation of a two-year capacity development program for combating money laundering and financing of terrorism in Mongolia.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper reflects the experience of the authors in the design and implementation of the program with inputs from their counterparts in Mongolia.

Findings
– The program outcomes and the level of collaboration are generally positive, and the authorities and the Asian Development Bank agreed on a two-year extension of the program to further the progress made.

Originality/value
– The authors hope to share key reflections from the program for the purpose of other similar programs or studies in the field of combating money laundering and financing of terrorism.
New therapies for controlling atopic itch
Authors: Furue Masutaka , Kadono Takafumi 
Published: September 2015

AbstractChronic itch in atopic dermatitis markedly diminishes the quality of life of affected individuals. Sleep disturbance and impaired productivity in work due to chronic itch impose a socioeconomic burden. Conventional therapies for atopic dermatitis are capable of reducing atopic itch. However, the majority of patients are not satisfied with the antipruritic capacity of conventional treatments. In this review, we summarize recent progress in itch signaling in the skin, dorsal root ganglion and spinal cord. New therapies for controlling atopic itch are also discussed.
Effects of management on aquatic tree‐hole communities in temperate forests are mediated by detritus amount and water chemistry
Authors: Gossner Martin M. , Lade Peggy , Rohland Anja , Sichardt Nora , Kahl Tiemo , Bauhus Jürgen , Weisser Wolfgang W. , Petermann Jana S. 
Published: September 2015

Summary

Arthropod communities in water‐filled tree holes may be sensitive to impacts of forest management, for example via changes in environmental conditions such as resource input.

We hypothesized that increasing forest management intensity (ForMI) negatively affects arthropod abundance and richness and shifts community composition and trophic structure of tree hole communities. We predicted that this shift is caused by reduced habitat and resource availability at the forest stand scale as well as reduced tree hole size, detritus amount and changed water chemistry at the tree holes scale.

We mapped 910 water‐filled tree holes in two regions in Germany and studied 199 tree hole inhabiting arthropod communities.

We found that increasing ForMI indeed significantly reduced arthropod abundance and richness in water‐filled tree holes. The most important indirect effects of management intensity on tree hole community structure were the reduced amounts of detritus for the tree hole inhabiting organisms and changed water chemistry at the tree hole scale, both of which seem to act as a habitat filter. Although habitat availability at the forest stand scale decreased with increasing management intensity, this unexpectedly increased local arthropod abundance in individual tree holes. However, regional species richness in tree holes significantly decreased with increasing management intensity, most likely due to decreased habitat diversity. We did not find that the management‐driven increase in plant diversity at the forest stand scale affected communities of individual tree holes, for example via resource availability for adults.

Our results suggest that management of temperate forests has to target a number of factors at different scales to conserve diverse arthropod communities in water‐filled tree holes.
Cold‐seeking behaviour mitigates reproductive losses from fungal infection in Drosophila
Authors: Hunt Vicky L. , Zhong Weihao , McClure Colin D. , Mlynski David T. , Duxbury Elizabeth M.L. , Keith Charnley A. , Priest Nicholas K. 
Published: September 2015

Summary

Animals must tailor their life‐history strategies to suit the prevailing conditions and respond to hazards in the environment. Animals with lethal infections are faced with a difficult choice: to allocate more resources to reproduction and suffer higher mortality or to reduce reproduction with the expectation of enhanced immunity and late‐age reproduction. However, the strategies employed to mediate shifts in life‐history traits are largely unknown.

Here, we investigate the temperature preference of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, during infection with the fungal pathogen, Metarhizium robertsii, and the consequence of temperature preference on life‐history traits.

We have measured the temperature preference of fruit flies under different pathogen conditions. We conducted multiple fitness assays of the host and the pathogen under different thermal conditions. From these data, we estimated standard measures of fitness and used age‐specific methodologies to test for the fitness trade‐offs that are thought to underlie differences in life‐history strategy.

We found that fungus‐infected fruit flies seek out cooler temperatures, which facilitates an adaptive shift in their life‐history strategy. The colder temperatures preferred by infected animals were detrimental to the pathogen because it increased resistance to infection. But, it did not provide net benefits that were specific to infected animals, as cooler temperatures increased lifetime reproductive success and survival whether or not the animals were infected. Instead, we find that cold‐seeking benefits infected animals by increasing their late‐age reproductive output, at a cost to their early‐age reproductive output. In contrast, naive control flies prefer warmer temperatures that optimize early‐age reproductive, at a cost to reproductive output at late ages.

These findings show that infected animals exhibit fundamentally different reproductive strategies than their healthy counterparts. Temperature preference can facilitate shifts in strategy, but not without inevitable trade‐offs.
Contrasting the roles of section length and instream habitat enhancement for river restoration success: a field study of 20 European restoration projects
Authors: Hering Daniel , Aroviita Jukka , Baattrup‐Pedersen Annette , Brabec Karel , Buijse Tom , Ecke Frauke , Friberg Nikolai , Gielczewski Marek , Januschke Kathrin , Köhler Jan , Kupilas Benjamin , Lorenz Armin W. , Muhar Susanne , Paillex Amael , Poppe Michaela , Schmidt Torsten , Schmutz Stefan , Vermaat Jan , Verdonschot Piet F. M. , Verdonschot Ralf C. M. , Wolter Christian , Kail Jochem 
Published: September 2015

Summary

Restoration of river hydromorphology often has limited detected effects on river biota. One frequently discussed reason is that the restored river length is insufficient to allow populations to develop and give the room for geomorphological processes to occur.

We investigated ten pairs of restored river sections of which one was a large project involving a long, intensively restored river section and one represented a smaller restoration effort. The restoration effect was quantified by comparing each restored river section to an upstream non‐restored section. We sampled the following response variables: habitat composition in the river and its floodplain, three aquatic organism groups (aquatic macrophytes, benthic invertebrates and fish), two floodplain‐inhabiting organism groups (floodplain vegetation, ground beetles), as well as food web composition and land–water interactions reflected by stable isotopes.

For each response variable, we compared the difference in dissimilarity of the restored and nearby non‐restored section between the larger and the smaller restoration projects. In a second step, we regrouped the pairs and compared restored sections with large changes in substrate composition to those with small changes.

When comparing all restored to all non‐restored sections, ground beetles were most strongly responding to restoration, followed by fish, floodplain vegetation, benthic invertebrates and aquatic macrophytes. Aquatic habitats and stable isotope signatures responded less strongly.

When grouping the restored sections by project size, there was no difference in the response to restoration between the projects targeting long and short river sections with regard to any of the measured response variables except nitrogen isotopic composition. In contrast, when grouping the restored sections by substrate composition, the responses of fish, benthic invertebrates, aquatic macrophytes, floodplain vegetation and nitrogen isotopic composition were greater in sections with larger changes in substrate composition as compared to those with smaller changes.

Synthesis and applications. The effects of hydromorphological restoration measures on aquatic and floodplain biota strongly depend on the creation of habitat for aquatic organisms, which were limited or not present prior to restoration. These positive effects on habitats are not necessarily related to the restored river length. Therefore, we recommend a focus on habitat enhancement in river restoration projects.