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Strategic analysis process at academic libraries in Oman
Authors: Al Hijji Khalfan 
Published: May 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate methods that are used for analyzing strategically various aspects of academic libraries in Oman.Design/methodology/approachA research framework was designed to explore various steps of conceptualizing, collecting, analyzing data, and reporting results. Data gathered through in‐depth interviews with participants represented different management levels of academic libraries in the country. The analysis process utilized content analysis to shape the relationship between categories that were subjected to formulate knowledge.FindingsThe results indicate that strategic analysis process has been practiced in 40 percent of academic libraries in Oman, utilizing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats (SWOT) analysis technique. However, all respondents identified strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of their libraries under one or more of the following factors: information resources; administrative support; human resources; financial resources; building and space; facilities and equipment; and cooperation and communication. Yet, the priority and importance of each issue to each library varies from one institution to another, according to size and history of each university.Research limitations/implicationsThe great differences in history, size, and infrastructure between the institutions investigated had affected the selection of the research population. Moreover, reports, statistics, existed in some libraries found unable to provide the necessary data, which forced the researcher to depend on the data gathered from respondents in building the research knowledge.Originality/valueThis research fills part of the gap that exists in the strategic management of information services. It is the first study shedding light on the application of strategic analysis in academic libraries in Oman.
A little planning beats a lot of firefighting
Authors: O'Connell Fergus 
Published: May 2012

PurposeTo encourage more careful planning and discourage the idea that “we don't have time to plan it, just go do it.”Design/methodology/approachThe opinions are based on more than 35 years working with, and consulting to, over 500 organizations.FindingsMany projects are not planned properly and most organizations do not do enough planning when it comes to how the organization goes about achieving its objectives.Originality/valueThe picture of how most organizations are run is new. If the people who ran organizations did more planning they would be far more successful with far less stress and waste.
The problem of addressing culture in workplace strategies
Authors: Heeroma Daphne M. , Melissen Frans W. , Stierand Marc B. 
Published: May 2012

PurposeThis conceptual paper explores the problems associated with trying to address culture as one of the key aspects in effective workplace strategies.Design/methodology/approachThis paper critically addresses the relationship between workplace strategies and the behavioural components of locality. It reviews the role that the concept of culture has, so far, played in trying to predict these behavioural consequences as part of (literature discussing) efforts to design appropriate workplace strategies.FindingsThe discussion reveals the need to further address this relation through dedicated research. What is more, it is argued that there is a clear need to focus explicitly on work patterns, and how these can be accounted for in workplace strategies, instead of continuing to focus on the concept of culture as a predictor for successfulness. It is argued that the latter does not allow for practical application, whereas the former could help us to better understand and predict the effectiveness of specific workplace strategies in specific (local) circumstances.Practical implicationsThe outcome of the discussion suggests that organisations consisting of multiple locations could benefit from explicitly accounting for (local) work patterns in setting up workplace strategies for the organisation as a whole.Originality/valueThis paper reveals a relevant research gap in current literature on workplace strategies and suggests a shift in focus from culture to work patterns as one of the key aspects to address.
Innovativeness, empowerment and IT capability: evidence from SMEs
Authors: Kmieciak Roman , Michna Anna , Meczynska Anna 
Published: May 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore two basic research questions: what are the effects of information technology (IT) capability and employee empowerment on the innovativeness of small to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), and what are the effects of innovativeness and IT capability on firm performance in SMEs?Design/methodology/approachData from 109 Polish SMEs were collected. In order to identify empirical dimensions of innovativeness, empowerment and IT capability, a factor analysis was carried out. Multiple regression analysis was employed to examine the effects of IT capability and employee empowerment on innovativeness, and the effects of IT capability and innovativeness on firm performance.FindingsThe following results are offered: innovation activity of SMEs is positively related to technological turbulence, climate for innovation, investments in innovation and use of IT in internal communications; innovation activity and IT knowledge have a positive effect on subjective measures of firm performance; and subjective measures of firm performance are significantly correlated with objective ones. The results of this study do not confirm that IT capability has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between innovativeness and firm performance.Practical implicationsThe findings identify the factors that are significantly related to innovation activity and the dimensions of the constructs under study that contribute to firm performance in SMEs.Originality/valueTo the knowledge of the authors, no previous studies conducted with regards to SMEs have examined the relationships between innovativeness, empowerment, IT capability and firm performance in an integrated way. The findings suggest some direct and indirect relationships between different dimensions of these constructs.
Technology adoption and performance impact in innovation domains
Authors: Plewa Carolin , Troshani Indrit , Francis Anthony , Rampersad Giselle 
Published: May 2012

PurposeDespite the growing prominence of innovation, limited studies examine the adoption of applications that support innovation processes. The purpose of this study is to investigate the adoption of innovation management applications (IMAs).Design/methodology/approachThe paper draws on qualitative and quantitative evidence sourced from innovation development and commercialization functions including R&D, marketing, and administration at a university and technology transfer office.FindingsThe paper contributes to literature by isolating determinants that affect the adoption of IMAs and their link to innovation process performance, confirming the importance of perceived usefulness and compatibility of IMAs to user's work styles.Originality/valueThere is paucity of research concerning the adoption of IMAs which present unique challenges due to their idiosyncrasies. This study contributes by proposing an adoption model and validating it. It also links IMA adoption to innovation process performance, thereby filling a gap in extant technology adoption research.
HathiTrust: digital access at the intersection of interlibrary lending potential and the protection of intellectual property rights
Authors: Eden Kristina , K. Beaubien Anne 
Published: May 2012

Purpose
– The aim is to provide an overview of the HathiTrust digital repository and assess the impact that intellectual property rights may have on its utility for ILL operations.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors use a case study approach based on their professional experience.

Findings
– In order to make digital repositories such as HathiTrust useful for international ILL purposes, librarians need to know more about users
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e-book preferences for delivery speed, cost, and format, and under what circumstances users prefer print or electronic copies.

Originality/value
– HathiTrust is one of the newest and yet largest digital repositories in the world. The impact of such digital collections upon ILL is still unknown. The authors present highly original work that is sure to help ILL professionals navigate what is as yet uncharted territory.
Fear and loathing in cooperative collection development
Authors: Collins Peter 
Published: May 2012

Purpose
– The paper
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s aim is to demonstrate how research libraries might overcome their reluctance to enter into cooperative collection development ventures by devising resource sharing partnerships and streamlining ILL operations to the extent that they can replace significant portions of local collections. The data obtained from these and other library services can be used to identify collection areas that are ripe for cooperative collecting.

Design/methodology/approach
– The author uses data from the Borrow Direct cooperative to illustrate how efficient and effective ILL services have become, and identifies a number of data types that might be collected in a data repository and used to inform the construction of a successful cooperative collection development program.

Findings
– A data repository consisting of the following data types will prove useful in outlining the parameters of a cooperative collection development program: ILL and circulation transactions, database usage statistics, online catalog searches, electronic resource access logs, courseware usage and resources, user demographics course offerings and enrollment, and funding sources.

Originality/value
– Library managers and administrators interested in levels of library cooperation much deeper than the traditional ILL and consortial borrowing operations will find this article especially useful. The discussion of Metridoc and its application in building data repositories is also helpful.
CALIS: interlibrary loan and document delivery services in China
Authors: Yao Xiaoxia , Zeng Lijun 
Published: May 2012

Purpose
– This paper aims to describe the China Academic Library and Information System (CALIS), an academic library consortium which promotes resource sharing among Chinese academic libraries.

Design/methodology/approach
– The authors use a case study approach based on their professional experience at the CALIS Administrative Center in Beijing.

Findings
– CALIS has a bright future and it is hoped that CALIS ILL and document delivery services will be expanded to all kinds of academic libraries in China, and help them meet their users
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information needs.

Originality/value
– The paper provides insights into the current state of interlending in China.
The ethics of library resource sharing in the digital age
Authors: Posner Beth 
Published: May 2012

Purpose– The purpose of this paper is to outline ethical implications of the practical challenges facing resource sharing practitioners in the digital age.Design/methodology/approach– The author presents an overview of major ethical challenges related to digital resource sharing using a framework of four key ethical theories: justice as fairness; utilitarianism; rights theory; and common good theory.Findings– When administrators, publishers, lawmakers, or the public dictate policies and rules that are inconsistent with librarian values and norms, librarians should turn to ethical reasoning in defense of their work.Social implications– Resource sharing practitioners everywhere will find the ethical theories useful when presented with questions related to user access to information.Originality/value– Library managers charged with development and assessment of resource sharing policies and practices will benefit from this paper.
Interlending and document supply: a review of the recent literature: 78
Authors: McGrath Mike 
Published: May 2012

Purpose
– The aim is to provide a review of the literature concerning interlending and document supply and related matters.

Design/methodology/approach
– The paper is based on the reading of over 150 journals, as well as monographs, reports and websites.

Findings
– It is found that open access (OA) continues to grow in importance and may well be approaching a tipping point where it becomes the norm rather than a minority and patronised channel. The UK government has signalled support for author mandates to publish in open access journals. However in the US – the publishers are once again attempting to block OA mandates. Patron driven acquisition has clearly arrived and is deeply embedded in the US although less so elsewhere in the world. Significant resistance to Big Deals has resulted in an excellent settlement by UK universities.

Originality/value
– The paper represents a useful source for librarians and others interested in interlending and document supply as well as such related matters as resource sharing and open access.
On‐line temperature measurement of a micro drill bit
Authors: Fu Lianyu , Guo Qiang 
Published: May 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to present a method and a system for measuring drill bit temperature on‐line in the micro drilling process and to characterize drilling processes via drill bit temperature.Design/methodology/approachThe drill bit temperature measurement system was first established by the utilization of an infrared camera. Then the drill bit temperature in a drilling cycle was characterized. The temperatures of an ultra‐small micro drill bit and a coated drill bit were measured and compared.FindingsThe temperature of an ultra‐small drill bit can be measured on‐line via the proposed temperature measurement system. The drilling process can be characterized by the drill bit temperature. The drill bit temperature decreased when a coated drill bit was used.Originality/valueThe paper highlights key points for measuring the drill bit temperature on‐line by an infrared camera and characterizes PCB drilling processes by measuring the drill bit temperature.
Nickel‐gold plating of copper PCB traces and signal losses
Authors: Gaudion Martyn 
Published: May 2012

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to discuss nickel gold plating of PCB traces and its adverse effects on signal integrity, and to explore the other key drivers in optimising yields and controlling PCB processes that impinge on signal integrity.Design/methodology/approachThe paper is a response to requests from PCB fabricators to explain why the losses on impedance controlled traces on PCBs were sometimes higher than expected.FindingsWhile nickel is acceptable on short lengths of pad to accommodate gold plating, plating the whole trace length is generally not good practice from a digital signal integrity perspective. In addition, with the fastest serial transmission rates in the 10 to 20 GHz region and long serial words in some situations designers may need to consider both the associated high and low frequency performance.Originality/valueWith the development of ultra high speed digital bus architectures, PCB fabricators will appreciate the need to add an understanding of the drivers of insertion loss (base material loss tangent data, foil roughness and copper cross sectional areas) to their existing experience of architectures with minimal losses.
Groups and information disclosure: evidence on the Olson and Putnam hypotheses in Japan
Authors: Yamamura Eiji 
Published: May 2012

PurposeThere is controversy between Putnam and Olson concerning the role of groups. Putnam argued that small groups contribute to economic growth, whereas Olson asserted that small groups hamper economic growth through rent‐seeking behavior. Since the end of the 1990s in Japan, there has been a remarkable rise in the rate of enactment of public information‐disclosure ordinances by local governments. This paper aims to use the panel data of Japan to compare the effects of Putnam‐type horizontally structured groups and Olson‐type vertically structured groups on government information disclosures.Design/methodology/approachThe Arellano‐Bond type dynamic panel model is employed to control for unobserved fixed effects and endogeneity bias.FindingsThe major findings are as follows: the Putnam‐type group has a positive influence on information disclosure; and the Olson‐type group has a detrimental effect on information disclosure.Originality/valueThese findings support both the Putnam and Olson hypotheses. The characteristics of a particular group should be considered carefully when the influence of that group is examined.
The unemployment rate, unemployment volatility, and crime
Authors: Fallahi Firouz , Pourtaghi Hamed , Rodríguez Gabriel 
Published: May 2012

PurposeThe paper aims to study the effect of the unemployment rate and its volatility on crime in the USA. It proposes that not only the unemployment rate, but also its volatility affect the crime.Design/methodology/approachFirst, the volatility of the unemployment rate is calculated using ARCH models. Next, using the results from the first stage the ARDL approach to cointegration is used to examine the link between the unemployment rate and its volatility on the crime.FindingsThe cointegrated or long‐run relationships are found only for burglary and motor‐vehicle theft. The results indicate that the unemployment rate has a significant effect on burglary and motor‐vehicle theft only in the short run and the unemployment volatility has a negative effect on motor‐vehicle theft regardless of time span. However, it has a positive effect on burglary in the short run and no effect in the long run.Originality/valueThe effect of unemployment rate on crime is documented in the literature. However, to the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper that emphasizes the importance of unemployment rate volatility on the crime.
A multilevel investigation of relationships among brand‐centered HRM, brand psychological ownership, brand citizenship behaviors, and customer satisfaction
Authors: Chang Aihwa , Chiang Hsu‐Hsin , Han Tzu‐Shian 
Published: May 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the process of internal brand management that makes employees identify with the corporate brand and produce positive attitudes and behaviors, thus contributing to customer satisfaction. Three constructs, brand‐centered HRM, brand psychological ownership, and brand citizenship behaviors, are utilized to examine the process of internal brand management. The first construct, brand‐centered human resource management (HRM), represents managerial practices that improve brand cognitions and brand attitude of employees. The second construct, brand psychological ownership, explains the psychological experiences that make employees feel brand ownership and then express altruistic spirit of the brand. The third construct, brand citizenship behaviors, shows that employees live the brand.Design/methodology/approachThis multilevel research of collecting data from 453 employees, 172 supervisors, and 933 customers from 26 hotels demonstrates the results of different levels. Hierarchical linear modeling is utilized to investigate the relationships among these constructs.FindingsResults at the individual level show that brand psychological ownership of employees has positive effects on brand citizenship behaviors, and all factors of these two constructs are also correlated positively. Results at the cross level demonstrate that brand‐centered HRM has positive effects on brand psychological ownership and brand citizenship behaviors. Organizational‐level brand citizenship behaviors positively affect customer satisfaction. Furthermore, brand psychological ownership partially mediates the relationship between brand‐centered HRM and brand citizenship behaviors.Practical implicationsAn organization can adopt brand‐centered HR practices to make employees produce brand psychological ownership and brand citizenship behaviors, thus contributing to customer satisfaction. HR managers can strengthen employees' brand citizenship behaviors by fostering their brand psychological ownership feelings.Originality/valueThis paper explores the conception, measurement, and explanatory power of the new research construct (i.e. brand psychological ownership) on the effectiveness of internal brand management.
Corporate branding: an interdisciplinary literature review
Authors: Fetscherin Marc , Usunier Jean‐Claude 
Published: May 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to examine how scholarly research on corporate branding has evolved using bibliometric author co‐citation analysis of articles published between 1969 and 2008 on corporate branding.Design/methodology/approachThe bibliography was compiled using the ISI Web of Science database. The authors searched articles published between 1969 and 2008 that used terms in their title related to their research scope. Then they used citation mapping to visualize the relationships between and among key works in the field.FindingsThe search resulted in 264 papers by 412 authors in 150 journals. The field is notably interdisciplinary, with articles published mainly in business, management, architecture, arts and communications disciplines. The authors found three main approaches to corporate branding research (internal, transactional, external) with seven core research streams: product, service and sponsorship evaluation; corporate and visual identity; employment image and application; corporate crime; financial performance; brand extension; and corporate image. They also identified emerging fields such as corporate branding combined with corporate social responsibility.Research limitations/implicationsThis research is limited by the database and the terms used for the search. Self‐citations were also included. The authors used citation mapping and content analysis to identify core research streams.Originality/valueThe article is singular in using bibliometrics by means of author co‐citation analyses to identify, analyze and visualize key articles about corporate branding in the last 40 years. The results demonstrate the impact of selected institutions, journals, and key articles and authors on the research field.
Shaping the research agenda for corporate branding: avenues for future research
Authors: Melewar T.C. , Gotsi Manto , Andriopoulos Constantine 
Published: May 2012

PurposeThis paper aims to explore three central tensions in the debate on corporate branding. Is a normative or a social constructionist approach more appropriate in conceptualising and managing corporate brands? Should the focus be on the organizational or the individual level? Must organizations take a static (focusing on continuity) or a more dynamic (focusing on change) perspective on corporate branding?Design/methodology/approachThis is a conceptual paper based on a critical review of relevant literature and the papers included in this special issue.FindingsAvenues for future research in corporate branding are highlighted.Originality/valueSeveral issues fundamental to the corporate branding debate remain controversial. This paper sheds light on three key tensions in managing corporate brands and shapes the research agenda for future studies.