bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025_split huggingface dataset:
Business cycles: looking beyond the downside for competitive advantages
Authors: Lorange Peter , Datson Edwin 
Published: January 2014

Purpose
– How can one better manage risk in situations with a lot of business cycles exposure? This article offers practical approaches to this.

Design/methodology/approach
– The article is derived from field studies that lead to the authors' prescriptives.

Findings
– The paper presents several concrete ways to better cope with risk exposure, for example optionality, in/out, long/short.

Originality/value
– This piece is original. The authors have not seen similar documentations/articles elsewhere.
Ethnocentrism and country of origin effects among immigrant consumers
Authors: Zolfagharian Mohammadali , Saldivar Roberto , Sun Qin 
Published: January 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to examine how country of origin and consumer ethnocentrism pertain to first-generation immigrants, who often identify with two or more countries.

Design/methodology/approach
– After a pretest to validate the modified consumer ethnocentrism scale, the main study used a series of scenario-based experiments and compiled data from 419 members of four distinct first-generation immigrant communities.

Findings
– Non-ethnocentric immigrants favor the products of economically advanced countries. Ethnocentric immigrants favor the products of their home and host countries relative to foreign products, regardless of the economic standing of foreign countries. When home and host countries represent significantly different degrees of economic advancement, both ethnocentric and non-ethnocentric immigrants favor the products of the more advanced country.

Research limitations/implications
– Apart from the individual effects of country of origin and consumer ethnocentrism, the interplay between the two effects can yield important insights. There are other ways to operationalize multicultural identity beyond studying first-generation immigrants. Researchers should go beyond nationality and incorporate other forces of cultural diversity.

Practical implications
– For both ethnocentric and non-ethnocentric immigrants, the product that benefits from both effects is the most preferred, and the product that benefits from neither of the two effects is the least preferred. Where the product benefits from one but not the other effect, the two effects hold roughly equal power for ethnocentric consumers, but COO dominates CE for non-ethnocentric consumers.

Originality/value
– The paper presents a critical evaluation and extension of the respective literatures investigating familiar constructs in multicultural settings.
Family Lovemap, intimacies, and Sexually Related Abuse Risk Variables
Authors: Miccio-Fonseca L.C. 
Published: January 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to present an empirically anchored, practical clinical approach that simultaneously considers risk factors for the individual and family, when assessing sexually abusive individuals of all ages and genders.

Design/methodology/approach
– Identified were specific, empirically based variables on sizable validation and cross-validation samples (i.e. combined total of over 2,000 male and female youth, ages 4-19) that were directly related to risk for coarse sexual improprieties and/or sexually abusive behaviors.

Findings
– Clinical considerations are offered regarding developmental domains not often considered and/or studied when working with sexually abusive individuals of all ages and genders. That is, attention is focussed on incorporating assessment of sexual development, erotic development, and romantic development and interventions to decrease intimacy deficits and thus improve skills in relationships. Specific strategies for utilizing the approach in assessment and treatment are described.

Practical implications
– Overall the paper synthesizes the importance of the individual and family history with regard to those elements related to family history, sexual abuse, and intimacy deficits. The paper provides clinical, practice application with regard to assessment and risk variables in sexual abuse cases.

Originality/value
– The manuscript introduces an original concept, the Family Lovemap with empirical data to support its underpinnings. The overall family system is viewed as a living sexual organism with its history that formulates the individual's unique Family Lovemap. The family is seen as a changing and evolving psycho-sexual system. Discussed is the impact of Family Lovemap onto the individual, providing an avenue of consideration in assessment and treatment, specifically, with issues related to bonding, attachment, and sexual development. On a broader scope, it offers more a “collective view” of a sexually abusive individual when doing a risk assessment.
The roles of victim symptomology, victim resistance and respondent gender on perceptions of a hypothetical child sexual abuse case
Authors: Rogers Paul , Lowe Michelle , Boardman Matthew 
Published: January 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact victim symptomology, victim resistance and respondent gender have on attributions of blame, credibility and perceived assault severity in a hypothetical child sexual abuse case.Design/methodology/approach– In total, 356 respondents read a hypothetical child sexual abuse scenario in which victim symptomology (negative vs none vs positive) and victim resistance (resistant vs non-resistant) were manipulated before completing six childhood sexual abuse (CSA) attribution items. The impact these manipulations plus respondent gender differences had on attributions ratings was explored via a series of AN(C)OVA.Findings– Overall, respondents judged the victim more truthful if she displayed negative – as opposed to either no or positive (i.e. life affirming) – symptomology and a resistant victim to be more truthful than one who offered no resistance. Finally, men deemed a 14-year-old female victim of sexual assault less reliable and more culpable for her own abuse than women. Men were particularly mistrustful of the girl if she was non-resistant and later failed to display negative, post-abuse symptomology.Practical implications– Findings highlight the need for greater awareness of the fact that not all CSA survivors display stereotypically negative post-abuse symptoms. The current study also extends knowledge of the role victim resistant and respondent gender play in this growing research field.Originality/value– The current study is the first to explore attributions of CSA blame and credibility across negative (i.e. typical) verses no or positive/life affirming (i.e. atypical) post-abuse symptomology.
The development and preliminary evaluation of a thinking skills programme for adults with learning disabilities at risk of offending
Authors: Kelly Julia 
Published: January 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to outline and evaluate the development of a thinking skills programme for adults with learning disabilities at risk of offending.Design/methodology/approach– The programme was evaluated over three years using self-report clinical measures related to treatment targets and feedback from participants.Findings– Results showed a statistically significant improvement in general empathy (t=1.800, df=15,p=<0.05) and perspective taking (t=1.898, df=15,p=<0.05). Improvement in impulsivity and locus of control was not significant. Feedback from service users was positive.Practical implications– Findings suggest that thinking skills programmes can be of benefit to adults with learning disabilities at risk of offending.Originality/value– There is a need to provide opportunities for adults with learning disabilities to address generic deficits and factors supporting offending behaviour and to increase readiness for offence-specific treatment.
Value creation through cross-border mergers and acquisitions by the Indian pharmaceutical firms
Authors: Srivastava Ritu , Prakash Ajai 
Published: January 2014

Purpose
– Cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have given the opportunity to the emerging market multinationals to add value while implementing the strategy of internationalization. The Indian pharmaceutical firms are also adopting this strategy and the purpose of this paper is to determine the evidence of value creation for their international M&A activity.

Design/methodology/approach
– In total, 30 cross-border M&A are examined for value addition through accounting (PAT as percentage of net worth, PAT as percentage of capital employed, research and development (R&D) expenses as percentage of operating expenses) and shareholder return (cumulative abnormal returns) measures of the acquirer firm ex-ante and ex-post M&A. The difference in mean values of the variables after the M&A event is determined through Student's t-test. The time horizon selected for accounting variables was five years and the abnormal stock market returns were calculated using domestic market model with the event window being 40 days.

Findings
– The results indicate no statistically significant difference in the mean values of all the measures except R&D expenses as percentage of operating expenses for the acquirer Indian firms before and after the M&A event. The mean values of abnormal returns were less than those before the M&A activity.

Research limitations/implications
– The study does not include a control group of Indian firms engaged wholly in domestic M&A activity or those firms who have not merged or acquired at all.

Practical implications
– The study may point out toward no significant ex-ante value creation in terms of the selected profit measures but it suggests the probability of the strategy being adopted as a solution to problems like the transfer of tacit knowledge in case of technology led competitive advantages in the pharmaceutical industry and the rise of R&D activity.

Originality/value
– The Indian pharmaceutical industry has been experiencing waves of international M&A activity since 2005 after the implementation of Product patent Act, 2005. However, little research has been done on the sector to understand the value creating implications of such corporate strategic decisions.
Interactive effects of consideration leadership on the association of injury with training among home health aides
Authors: Lee Doohee , Jun Kwak Won 
Published: January 2014

Purpose
– Performance of home health aides remains imperative in the medical community, but understanding the potential role of consideration leadership (CL) in improving performance of home health aides in the literature has gone undetected. This paper seeks to address these issues.

Design/methodology/approach
– The present study, using the 2007 National Home Health Aides Survey (n=3,308), aims to investigate the moderating role of consideration leadership (CL) in the relationship between injury and training among home health aides at the national level. Descriptive statistics and a hierarchical logistic regression analysis were performed.

Findings
– Not all consideration practices play a positive role in the relationship between training and injury. The authors found only employee-focused consideration leadership practices, when introduced together with training, may benefit home health aides in reducing injury.

Research limitations/implications
– To maximize training effectiveness, leaders may need to understand the importance of their own role in training transfer processes and attempt to demonstrate adequate influence behaviors such as consideration.

Originality/value
– This research is the first of its kind to explore the role of consideration leadership in the relationship with injury and training among home health aides.
From the centralized national collection policy towards a decentralized collection management and resource sharing co-operation – Finnish experiences
Authors: Muhonen Ari , Saarti Jarmo , Vattulainen Pentti 
Published: January 2014

Purpose
– Finland had a legislation-based centralized collection policy until the mid-1990s. The main components were national resource centers (selected higher education libraries) and provincial libraries (selected public libraries). This paradigm changed during the recession of the 1990s when new public management ideologies were adopted by the government. This ended the centralized model and a new policy favoring a decentralized collection management which demanded resource sharing. The models designated for the print-only age became obsolete also when the digital dissemination of especially scientific documents began to be the norm. The Finnish libraries have started to implement a new strategy consisting of different elements including a new model of library automation systems, the National Repository which is the hub for the resource sharing of print materials, digitization projects (to be especially implemented by the National Library) and with new policies defining the roles and responsibilities of each of the libraries involved. This article aims to describe the history of the Finnish centralized collection policy, its shift to the modern management of the collection as well as the philosophy and tools used in this work.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper describes the evolution of the Finnish national collection policy and its main trends.

Findings
– The National Repository Library has enabled Finnish university libraries to focus their collection policies and to make savings in the cost of premises. A new business model for the digital era is needed for document sharing between libraries.

Research limitations/implications
– The paper is based on Finnish experiences.

Practical implications
– Models for national and international collection and preservation policies are presented.

Originality/value
– The paper provides proposals for the building of global division of work in the long-tail management of documents.
Consumers’ susceptibility to interpersonal influence as a determining factor of ecologically conscious behaviour
Authors: Khare Arpita 
Published: January 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to examine affect of consumer susceptibility to interpersonal influence (CSII) and demographics on ecologically conscious consumer behaviour (ECCB).Design/methodology/approach– Data were collected through mall intercept technique in six cities across India.Findings– ECCB and CSII scales were applicable in Indian context. Factor analysis revealed two factors for ECCB scale: ecologically conscious purchase behaviour and green product attitudes. Normative, informative influence of CSII and income were predictors to ecologically conscious purchase behaviour. Normative influence emerged as predictor to green attitudes.Research limitations/implications– The study focuses itself only on CSII factors. It does not examine influence of variables like personal values, risk perception, and personality on ECCB. It does not examine role of consumers’ attitude towards conservation of energy and natural resources.Practical implications– The findings can be of immense use to firms marketing green brands in India. Social group acceptance and conformance is important for Indian consumers; advertising and promotional campaigns should use social groups for marketing green products. Consumer involvement and engagement can be created through social networking web sites. Ecologically concerns should be rewarded in order to encourage consumers to adopt green attitudes.Originality/value– Green marketing and ecologically conscious behaviour are upcoming research areas in India. There is limited research to understand Indian consumers’ concerns about environment. ECCB and CSII scales were used as it was assumed that using scales which have been tested and validated in other cultures would give reliable results.
Students’ perceptions of an internationalised learning environment
Authors: Quintal Vanessa , Phau Ian 
Published: January 2014

Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to explore student perceptions of the internationalised learning environment across a particular university's home and offshore campuses. It addresses three research questions namely: what constitutes the internationalised learning environment for students? Can a university offer an internationalised learning environment that is equitable for students across its home and offshore campuses? And what differences exist in the internationalised learning environment for students in a university's home and offshore campuses?

Design/methodology/approach
– In total, 484 completed responses were collected from the university's six campuses in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.

Findings
– Findings suggested significant differences in the way students perceived of teaching reputation, context-specific curriculum, resources, student-support staff interaction and their attitude towards their university.

Practical implications
– These insights could help a university's teaching staff and administrators to focus on specific attributes in marketing the internationalised learning environments of each of its campuses. This could give the university better opportunity for improving the learning process and its outcomes for students.

Originality/value
– This paper sets out to define the parameters of the internationalised learning environment and conducts an audit of this environment from the student perspective. Findings suggested significant differences in the way students perceived of teaching reputation, context-specific curriculum, resources, student-support staff interaction and their attitude towards their university. In the market of fierce competition for international students, it is crucial that these positive attributes be part of the marketing messages in any promotion campaigns for universities.
The emotional dimension of the consumption of luxury counterfeit goods: an empirical taxonomy
Authors: A. Zampetakis Leonidas 
Published: January 2014

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to develop a consumer taxonomy based on experienced emotions during non-deceptive counterfeit consumption situations, which could be useful for public policy makers, marketers, and anti-counterfeiting service providers trying to devise strategies so as to inhibit the problem of counterfeit consumption.Design/methodology/approach– The paper is based on a questionnaire survey/analysis of a sample of 312 randomly selected consumers. Surveys were administrated individually to consumers, through personal contact by the study authors. Data analysis was conducted in three steps: first, descriptive analyses; second, analysis of variance; and third, hierarchical cluster analysis.Findings– Results suggest that during non-deceptive counterfeit consumption situations, consumers experience complex emotions including both positive and negative affect. Furthermore, four different subgroups of consumers experienced relative specific but different emotional reactions.Research limitations/implications– The reported research relied on self-reports and on a sample from Greek consumers. Moreover, data were cross-sectional and alternatives relationships may exist. Future research should be multinational and longitudinal to test the assumptions of the present study and should encompass variables of actual emotions felt during non-deceptive counterfeit consumption situations.Practical implications– Results suggested that four different subgroups of consumers experienced relative specific but different emotional reactions. As a result, the study may help marketers and anti-counterfeiting service providers to establish more refined and more effective marketing strategies.Originality/value– Results of the present research are original and unique and provide new insights for marketing managers in their efforts to decrease counterfeit consumption of their products.
Discrimination of blue ballpoint pen inks in Chinese market with confocal Raman microscope
Authors: Liu Shuo , Feng Jimin , Lv Jungang , Zhang Wen 
Published: January 2014

Purpose– Ballpoint pen ink analysis is important for forensic scientist which can collect valuable information on questioned document. Inks widely used now constitute many substances to improve needed ink characteristics, including the coloring material (dyes or pigments), inks, solvents and resins. The complex components of the inks confront forensic ink chemists with a big challenge to carry out this analysis. However, because of the great importance of determining whether two pieces of written text originated from the same ink, therefore, comparison of different writing inks on a document to forensic scientist, many techniques have been tentatively employed in the ink analysis. In this study, Raman microscope was employed successfully in the analysis of inks. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approach– Damped or wet samples cannot be analyzed by IR if dehydration is not carried out FTIR observation, because of the extremely strong absorbance of water. Raman spectroscopy can cover the shortage of FTIR spectroscopy because water has weak absorbance in Raman spectroscopy. Raman shifts can give extra peak information because it usually has different positions with FTIR spectroscopy. A Renishaw inVia confocal Raman microscope system with two lasers emitting at 532/633 nm, charge-coupled device detector was employed collecting the Raman spectrum. Laser was chosen for emission in 1-100 percent power depending on the proper energy to get signal strong enough and protect the samples from burning. At least triple-tests were performed for each sample.Findings– The result indicated that Raman spectroscopy could easily remove the interference caused by the paper which could hardly be removed with infrared spectroscopy. No sample preparation was required and only 30 s was needed for each sample in the optimized method. The method proved to be fast, accurate, non-destructive and could be easily applied to the real cases. The primary survey on inks from different market indicated five kinds of inks could be identified. The indicative peaks of each kind of ink (693, 1,150-1,210, 1,280-1,300, 1,360-1,400 and 1,531 cm−1) were summarized. The distributions of the inks in markets were also illustrated. Ink using alkyd resin as connecting materials or copper phthalocyanine as pigment decreased significantly. The data in this study would be helpful for the forensic scientists to identify these inks and examine the questioned document.Originality/value– No previous studies on the analysis of inks in China market were found to the authors’ best, so the forensic scientists have no idea about the method using Raman for discrimination which proved to be effective, accurate and fast, the indicative peaks of each inks, the distributions in the markets, and therefore, the possibility to encounter specific ink in cases The data in this study would be helpful for the forensic scientists to identify these inks and examine the questioned document.