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The impact of human resource disclosure on corporate image
Authors: Alvarez Dominguez América 
Published: December 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of human resource disclosure on corporate image.Design/methodology/approachThe information about human resources presented in their annual reports by 105 Spanish listed companies was grouped in three categories, previously defined in literature. We distinguish information about human capital (items usually included as human capital in Intellectual Capital reports), social information about employees and information about ethics questions relative to employees. A content analysis of these 105 annual reports was conducted to measure human resource disclosure and a regression analysis was carried out to study the impact of this information on company image.FindingsThe findings reflect the significant effect of the three categories of human resource disclosure on corporate image.Practical implicationsThis study might encourage firms to improve their disclosure policy on issues related to human capital, such as training, and on social and ethical aspects of employees, such as health and safety at work and working rights.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to research on human resources by confirming the impact not only of information about human capital, which is mainly oriented to shareholders, but of social and ethical information about employees, oriented as well as to stakeholders, on corporate reputation.
Is intellectual capital‐based strategy market‐based or resource‐based?
Authors: Galabova Lidia , Ahonen Guy 
Published: December 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to construct a strategy model based on Intellectual Capital (IC) theory and to demonstrate that it is not purely resource‐based (RBV), but includes many elements that are rooted in the market based view (MBV). The authors' analysis indicates that only strategies which lead to both tangible and intangible revenues are sustainable in a knowledge‐based economy.Design/methodology/approachThe paper takes the form of an extensive review of IC and strategy literature, and in‐depth comparative analysis of IC concept and the strategy management frameworks, particularly Porter's framework.FindingsIt is found that the IC‐based view (ICBV) is much closer to the MBV than what one would expect and the ICBV is more appropriate for a knowledge‐based economy than both the MBV and the RBV in general.Originality/valueIt is widely assumed that IC theory is strongly related to resource‐based strategy. The authors question this simple view and maintain that the IC‐based view relates to both MBV and RBV.
Measuring Dhaka University students' perceptions of ease‐of‐use and their satisfaction with University Library's online public access catalogue
Authors: Islam Maidul , Zabed Ahmed S.M. 
Published: December 2011

PurposeThe main aim of this paper is to assess Dhaka University students' perceptions of ease‐of‐use and their satisfaction with University Library's online public access catalogue (DUL OPAC).Design/methodology/approachA survey questionnaire was developed and used to collect data on students' demographics, online catalogue use and their perceptions of ease‐of‐use and satisfaction with OPAC. In order to analyze the influence of students' demographic and individual characteristics on their perceptions and satisfaction, Mann‐Whitney and Kruskal‐Wallis tests were carried out.FindingsThe results showed that students are overwhelmingly satisfied with the DUL OPAC. Although there are some differences in students' perceptions of and satisfaction with the university OPAC, a formal task‐based usability testing and adopting a user‐centered design can ensure the usability of the OPAC in the future. The paper suggested some heuristic guidelines for designing interfaces for online catalogues.Originality/valueThis is the first time an effort has been made to assess students' perceptions of and satisfaction with a library OPAC in Bangladesh. The authors feel this study may encourage more such research on usability evaluation of OPACs in Bangladesh and beyond.
Measuring user satisfaction with a library system according to ISO/IEC TR 9126‐4
Authors: Borbely Maria 
Published: December 2011

PurposeThe primary goal of this paper was to find out how task effectiveness, completion, efficiency and task time affect the general user satisfaction with a specific software product, and which factors, mentioned above, have the biggest effect on user satisfaction. The secondary goal of this examination was to try out how the metrics of ISO/IEC TR 9126‐4 standard can be applied for measuring quality in use of the software product in a real library environment.Design/methodology/approachThis study introduces the results of research which focused on the measurement of user satisfaction using ISO/IEC TR 9126‐4. Data of the examination was gained from the logfiles of Web OPAC used at the University and National Library of University of Debrecen. Based on this data the study was seeking the relation between quality of task solution with the software product and user satisfaction. To carry out the examinations the University and National Library of University of Debrecen permitted access of its Web OPAC with four unique URL numbers. In this way it was possible to separate the logfiles of participants in the examination from those of other library users and analyse each separately. Measuring users' effectiveness, completion and efficiency was based on the relevant metrics of ISO/IEC TR 9126‐4‐ Quality in use metrics standard. The study measured the satisfaction after using the software with the questionnaire.FindingsThe study could not assess every potential user satisfaction influential factor, but focused on gaining data from log‐files, and converted them into metrics according to the ISO/IEC TR 9126‐4 standard. Of the examined factors, the effectiveness of task solution had the greatest influence on user satisfaction: among the four detailed factors effectiveness‐satisfaction variables, it possessed the highest calculated correlation coefficient value. Another important statement of this study was that during the satisfaction examinations it was necessary to be attentive to the satisfaction structure of well definable user groups, who used library information systems, and who showed special features.Originality/valueMeasuring user's effectiveness, completion and efficiency was based on the relevant metrics of ISO/IEC TR 9126‐4‐ Quality in use metrics standard.
Effects of budgeting and funding on the provision of library and information services in the University of Malawi Libraries
Authors: Mapulanga Patrick 
Published: December 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to look at effects of budgeting and financing of the University of Malawi Libraries (UML) on the provision of library and information services.Design/methodology/approachA multi‐case study methodological design approach was used, coupled with annual acquisition statistics and University Budget Estimates from 2003/2004 to 2010/2011 financial years. Interviews were conducted with library staff in all the five college libraries. Questionnaires were distributed to students and academic staff in the constituent colleges of the university.FindingsThe results of the study have indicated that library and information resources in UML deteriorated despite increased material budgets. Most of the essential books were outdated and not found in UML libraries. Print periodicals were inconsistent and unsubscribed to. Most of the electronic journals were inaccessible and irrelevant to users' needs. Internet was slow due to low bandwidth. Indirectly, library and information services were negatively affected. Reference services in UML deteriorated. Compact Read Only Memory (CD‐ROM) services were overtaken by users' preference for the internet, e‐journals and online databases. Document delivery services were mostly disconnected because of non‐payment of subscription fees. Current awareness services were choked by low levels of acquisitions. Low levels of acquisitions for local materials crippled exchange programme services. Interlibrary loan services were affected by inability to return loaned materials.Practical implicationsThe study recommends that college librarians should lobby for increased budgets for library and information resources. Donors should be approached to assist in paying for the internet and postage charges.Originality/valueImproved budgets for library and information resources will directly revamp library and information services. The services include reference services, current awareness, document delivery, interlibrary loans and exchange programmes.
A bibliometric study on Ghoshal's Managing across Borders
Authors: Portugal Ferreira Manuel 
Published: December 2011

PurposeSome scholars imprint an academic discipline by their contribution to the manner in which people think and research, namely, by putting forward novel concepts and insights. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of Sumantra Ghoshal's work on the study of subsidiaries and multinational enterprises and organizational formats for foreign operations.Design/methodology/approachA bibliometric study focused on Bartlett and Ghoshal's well‐known book Managing across Borders: The Transnational Solution is performed to assess its impact in international business (IB) research. The entire record of publications in the top leading IB journal, Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS ), is examined.FindingsTheoretically supported, Ghoshal's work was keenly influenced by his corporate experiences and his constant questioning of the dominant theories and assumptions. The analyses in this paper show the impact of the work on the “transnational solution”, namely, on the understanding of multinationals and subsidiaries, thus being one of the most notable contributions for IB research over the past 20 years.Research limitations/implicationsThe empirical analysis is limited to one, albeit the leading, journal, and to articles published, not including books, theses and other documents, perhaps under‐representing Ghoshal's full impact.Practical implicationsUseful for graduate students and in writing a literature review, this paper presents an interesting manner to examine a scholar's and a theory's impact on a discipline.Originality/valueThis paper presents an extensive bibliometric analysis of research published over a time‐span of 22 years in international business studies.
Russia: insider trading law virtually here
Authors: Anichkin Alexander , Prudnikova Yulia 
Published: December 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss the enactment and implementation of Russian Federal Law No. 224‐FZ dated 27 July 2010 “On Prevention of Illegitimate Use of Inside Information and Market Manipulation and on Amendments to Certain Laws of the Russian Federation”.Design/methodology/approachThe paper discusses the current status of the legislation and certain issues that have yet to be resolved.FindingsThe Insider Trading Law came into effect on July 31, 2011, but a number of statutory duties of the insiders are postponed. The Federal Service for Financial Markets (FSFM) has almost accomplished the task of making the Law operational; the only missing piece of regulation is the procedure for professional participants of the securities market (PPSMs) and banks on notifying the FSFM about “suspicious” transactions of their clients. The key characteristic of the Insider Trading Law differentiating it from similar regulation in many other jurisdictions is that, as far as issuers are concerned, it operates an exhaustive list of facts, information on which qualifies as inside information.Originality/valueThe paper provides practical guidance from experienced Russian financial services lawyers.
Focus on implementation: a framework for lean product development
Authors: Wang L. , Ming X.G. , Kong F.B. , Li D. , Wang P.P. 
Published: December 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to introduce a step‐by‐step implementation framework for lean product development (LPD), from the marketing research on product development process, product design to the launch of final production.Design/methodology/approachThe research approach taken in this paper is built around the primary industry cases, practical approaches and partial solutions available within the existing literature.FindingsThe most recent improvement of LPD, from the authors' perspective, focuses on tools and implementation for LPD. In this paper, a detailed step‐by‐step implementation is given after the framework is introduced. Led by value and waste analysis in product development, different tools and techniques which can be used to eliminate wastes were discussed briefly, and then the implementation from Doing the Right Thing to Doing the Right Thing for company transition to lean were proposed elaborately.Research limitations/implicationsDue to time and economic environment limitations, the authors have not covered and implemented this approach in all existing different environments to ensure that it is robust.Originality/valueThe approach described here seeks to overcome other frameworks' weaknesses in terms of the realistic aspect and feasibility, and combines more existing best practice from industry, consultancy and academia into a step‐by‐step framework for the achievement of effective LPD.
Spatially distributed cellular neural networks
Authors: Bhambhani Varsha , Valbuena‐Reyes Luis , Tanner Herbert 
Published: December 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to develop a methodology for the design of cellular neural networks with interconnection topologies optimized and suitable for spatially distributed implementation.Design/methodology/approachThe authors perform combinatorial optimization on the neural network's topology to obtain a sparser network, in which the links between the components of the network that reside in different physical locations are minimized. The approach builds on existing computationally efficient tools for the design of cellular neural networks and uses the concept of the network's stability parameters to assess the performance of the network prior to testing.FindingsIt turns out that the sparser cellular neural networks thus produced exhibit performance that can be on par with that of networks with full connectivity, and that for implementations of modest size, communication delays are not that significant to affect the stability of the dynamical system.Originality/valueThe novelty of the proposed approach lies in the formulation of the combinatorial optimization problem in a way that trades‐off network performance for communication overhead, and the use of this method for the physical implementation of associative memories across different interconnected processors.
Design of a smart leading edge device for low speed wind tunnel tests in the European project SADE
Authors: Kintscher Markus , Wiedemann Martin , Monner Hans Peter , Heintze Olaf , Kühn Timo 
Published: December 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to describe the pre‐design and sizing of a smart leading edge section which is developed in the project SADE (Smart High Lift Devices for Next Generation Wings), which is part of the seventh framework program of the EU.Design/methodology/approachThe development of morphing technologies in SADE concentrates on the leading and trailing edge high‐lift devices. At the leading edge a smart gap and step‐less droop nose device is developed. For the landing flap a smart trailing edge of the flap is in the focus of the research activities. The main path in SADE follows the development of the leading edge section and the subsequent wind tunnel testing of a five meter span full‐scale section with a chord length of three meters in the wind tunnel T‐101 at the Russian central aero‐hydrodynamic institute (TsAGI) in Moscow.FindingsThe presented paper gives an overview over the desired performance and requirements of a smart leading edge device, its aerodynamic design for the wind tunnel tests and the structural pre‐design and sizing of the full‐scale leading edge section which will be tested in the wind tunnel.Originality/valueSADE aims at a major step forward in the development and evaluation of the potential of morphing airframe technologies.
PHLDA2 is an imprinted gene in cattle
Authors: Sikora K. M. , Magee D. A. , Berkowicz E. W. , Lonergan P. , Evans A. C. O. , Carter F. , Comte A. , Waters S. M. , MacHugh D. E. , Spillane C. 
Published: December 2011

SummaryGenomic imprinting is an epigenetic non‐Mendelian phenomenon found predominantly in placental mammals. Imprinted genes display differential expression in the offspring depending on whether the gene is maternally or paternally inherited. Currently, some 100 imprinted genes have been reported in mammals, and while some of these genes are imprinted across most mammalian species, others have been shown to be imprinted in only a few species. The PHLDA2 gene that codes for a pleckstrin homology‐like domain, family A (member 2), protein has to date been shown to be a maternally expressed imprinted gene in humans, mice and pigs. Genes subject to imprinting can have major effects on mammalian growth, development and disease. For instance, disruption of imprinted genes can lead to aberrant growth syndromes in cloned domestic mammals, and it has been demonstrated that PHLDA2 mRNA expression levels are aberrant in the placenta of somatic clones of cattle. In this study, we demonstrate that PHLDA2 is expressed across a range of cattle foetal tissues and stages and provide the first evidence that PHLDA2 is a monoallelically expressed imprinted gene in cattle foetal tissues, and also in the bovine placenta.
Differential effect of oral dehydroepiandrosterone‐sulphate on metabolic syndrome features in pre‐ and postmenopausal obese women
Authors: Gómez‐Santos Cecilia , Hernández‐Morante Juan José , Tébar Francisco Javier , Granero Esteban , Garaulet Marta 
Published: December 2011

SummaryObjective  To analyze the effect in obese pre‐ and postmenopausal women of a daily dose of 100 mg dehydroepiandrosterone‐sulphate (DHEA‐S) provided over a period of 3 months as replacement therapy against metabolic syndrome.Context  Although DHEA‐S appears to be effective against certain features of metabolic syndrome, its usefulness against this syndrome as a whole has not been evaluated to date.Design/Patients  A randomized, double‐blind placebo‐controlled trial was conducted involving 61 postmenopausal women, who received DHEA‐S (n = 41) or placebo (n = 20) for 3 months. The effect of DHEA‐S treatment on the same postmenopausal women was compared with the effects observed in a group of premenopausal women (n = 20).Measurements  Anthropometric measurements were taken at the beginning and at the end of the treatment. Similarly, different parameters that define metabolic syndrome and other cardiometabolic variables were determined.Results  Dehydroepiandrosterone‐sulphate replacement produced weight loss in the obese women studied. Moreover, waist circumference, glucose and systolic and diastolic blood pressure, among other metabolic syndrome parameters, improved in the postmenopausal group, who showed a significant reduction in the total metabolic syndrome score (P < 0·05). In contrast, in premenopausal women, the effect of DHEA‐S was limited to obesity parameters, and no effect was observed on metabolic syndrome components. No significant changes were evident in the placebo group.Conclusions  An oral dose of DHEA‐S is useful for weight loss. In obese postmenopausal women, the hormone significantly improves plasma biochemical levels and anthropometric characteristics, leading to a better metabolic profile, which highlights the usefulness of this therapy against metabolic syndrome in this group of women.
Exploring the value of apoB48 as a marker for atherosclerosis in clinical practice
Authors: Alipour Arash , Valdivielso Pedro , Elte Jan Willem F. , Janssen Hans W. , Rioja Jose , van der Meulen Noëlle , van Mechelen Rob , Njo Tjin L. , González‐Santos Pedro , Rietveld Arie P. , Cabezas Manuel Castro 
Published: December 2011

Eur J Clin Invest 2012; 42 (7): 702–708AbstractBackground  Postprandial accumulation of atherogenic remnants has been described in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), familial combined hyperlipidaemia (FCH), familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) and coronary artery disease (CAD). Scarce data are available on fasting plasma apolipoprotein (apo) B48 levels in relation to these conditions and atherosclerosis.Design  Treated patients with FCH (18), FH (20), T2DM (26), CAD (65), T2DM with CAD (T2DM/CAD) (28) and 33 healthy controls were included. Intima‐media thickness (IMT) measurements were carried out to investigate subclinical atherosclerosis.Results  LDL‐C and total apoB were lowest in patients with T2DM/CAD owing to the more frequent use of lipid‐lowering medication. Fasting plasma apoB48 was elevated in patients with FCH (11·38 ± 1·50 mg/L) and T2DM/CAD (9·65 ± 1·14 mg/L) compared with the other groups (anova, P < 0·01). CAD patients (8·09 ± 0·57 mg/L) had higher apoB48 levels than controls (5·74 ± 0·55 mg/L) and FH patients (5·40 ± 0·51 mg/L) (P = 0·02). IMT was highest in subjects with T2DM/CAD (0·77 ± 0·03 mm) (P < 0·01). The lowest IMT was measured in controls (0·56 ± 0·02 mm) and FCH patients (0·60 ± 0·03 mm). In the total group, the best association for apoB48 was found with fasting triglyceride (Pearson’s r = 0·72, P < 0·001). In the subjects not using statins (n = 74), the best correlation was found with IMT (r = 0·52; P < 0·001), whereas total apoB was not associated with IMT (r = 0·20, P = 0·12).Conclusions  ApoB48 concentrations are highest in patients with FCH and in atherosclerotic subjects with T2DM. In patients not using statins, the surrogate atherosclerosis marker IMT correlates best with apoB48, suggesting that fasting apoB48 may help to detect subjects at risk.
Plant extinction risk under climate change: are forecast range shifts alone a good indicator of species vulnerability to global warming?
Authors: Fordham Damien A. , Resit Akçakaya H. , Araújo Miguel B. , Elith Jane , Keith David A. , Pearson Richard , Auld Tony D. , Mellin Camille , Morgan John W. , Regan Tracey J. , Tozer Mark , Watts Michael J. , White Matthew , Wintle Brendan A. , Yates Colin , Brook Barry W. 
Published: December 2011

AbstractModels that couple habitat suitability with demographic processes offer a potentially improved approach for estimating spatial distributional shifts and extinction risk under climate change. Applying such an approach to five species of Australian plants with contrasting demographic traits, we show that: (i) predicted climate‐driven changes in range area are sensitive to the underlying habitat model, regardless of whether demographic traits and their interaction with habitat patch configuration are modeled explicitly; and (ii) caution should be exercised when using predicted changes in total habitat suitability or geographic extent to infer extinction risk, because the relationship between these metrics is often weak. Measures of extinction risk, which quantify threats to population persistence, are particularly sensitive to life‐history traits, such as recruitment response to fire, which explained approximately 60% of the deviance in expected minimum abundance. Dispersal dynamics and habitat patch structure have the strongest influence on the amount of movement of the trailing and leading edge of the range margin, explaining roughly 40% of modeled structural deviance. These results underscore the need to consider direct measures of extinction risk (population declines and other measures of stochastic viability), as well as measures of change in habitat area, when assessing climate change impacts on biodiversity. Furthermore, direct estimation of extinction risk incorporates important demographic and ecosystem processes, which potentially influence species’ vulnerability to extinction due to climate change.