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Voices passed
Authors: Davies Andrea 
Published: November 2011

PurposeThe paper's aim are to: review the value and credibility of oral history for historical research in marketing; and conceptualize oral history as more than a data source in historical research but also a subject to investigate memory and a conceptual approach for understanding historical events.Design/methodology/approachThe paper comprises an international historical review of oral history theory and practice linked to an examination of oral history methods in marketing.FindingsOral history is perceived as an “essentially contested concept”; a lack of consensus on universal principles has been sustained over a long time and has led to incredible diversity in theory and practice but has also made it difficult to grasp and manage. It is shown to be perspectival with analytical reach beyond individuals' recollected experiences and actions. Memory is identified as the subject as well as the source for oral history and a misconception that oral history can provide literal expressions of what experience and events were like is clarified. Oral history has been under‐utilized in marketing history and this is presented as a methodological paradox given the ubiquity of the interview in the marketing discipline more generally.Originality/valueCentral to oral history are a range of questions around issues of memory and remembering that have been largely unacknowledged in marketing and the oral history approach is perhaps uniquely placed to address some of these. Oral history critically examines the making of history and the paper highlights some of the issues this presents for historical research. Disciplinary efforts to standardize oral history are queried.
On biography in marketing
Authors: Savitt Ronald 
Published: November 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this article is to advance biographical work in marketing, to summarize the status of biography in marketing, and to illustrate the process with an example of a developing study.Design/methodology/approachThe article is based on a literature review of biography and a brief review of biography in marketing; the article illustrates biographical research and writing.FindingsThe discussion introduces approaches for undertaking marketing biography, especially the challenges of developing information, assessing its quality, as well as methods for telling the story.Research limitations/implicationsBiography is a “flawed process”. It is difficult to fully elaborate the scope of biography in a journal length article let alone apply the principles. Some topics are shortened, others are hinted at, and others are omitted but the discussion points the way to undertaking biography.Originality/valueThis article introduces contemporary elements for the development of marketing biography illustrated with elements from the life of E.T. Grether.
The subsiding sizzle of advertising history
Authors: Schwarzkopf Stefan 
Published: November 2011

PurposeThis paper aims to provide an overview over the development of historical research into advertising from the early twentieth century. Its main purposes are to interest marketing scholars and business historians in the history of advertising, help scholars that are unfamiliar with the field in choosing an appropriate theoretical and methodological angle, and provide a critique of a range of methods and theoretical approaches being applied in advertising historical research.Design/methodology/approachThe research design of this paper is based on historiographical analysis and method critique. It surveys the advertising historical literature of the three decades between 1980 and 2010, and it compares and contrasts dominant research methodologies and theoretical paradigms that have been used by historians and advertising researchers.FindingsMuch advertising historical research is based on a specific set of theoretical paradigms (“Modernization”, “Americanization”, and “Semiotics”), without being aware of the manifest impact they have on the narratives and understandings that historians create. Identifying these paradigms and outlining their impact will help marketing historians and advertising researchers to avoid the pitfalls associated with particular paradigms.Originality/valueThis paper subjects the modern historiography of advertising to a methodological and narratological analysis. It uses this analysis to propose new and somewhat more critical directions in advertising historical research.
Producing historical critical marketing studies: theory, method and politics
Authors: Tadajewski Mark 
Published: November 2011

PurposeThis paper calls attention to the importance of historical research within “critical marketing studies”. It seeks to articulate a historical perspective based on the work of Michel Foucault.Design/methodology/approachThis paper is based on a close reading of relevant Foucaultian primary and secondary texts.FindingsFoucault's scholarship provides a useful counterpoint to the calls for critical theory to form the central paradigm in critical marketing studies, revealing a complex constellation of power/knowledge relations underpinning marketing theory, thought and pedagogy.Originality/valueThis is a close reading and examination of a theoretically sophisticated, rigorous scholar who remains largely underexplored in relation to marketing theory and the history of marketing thought.
Strategic management accounting and the strategising mindset in an English higher education institutional context
Authors: Hutaibat Khaled , von Alberti‐Alhtaybat Larissa , Al‐Htaybat Khaldoon 
Published: November 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of strategic management accounting (SMA) in an English university. It is in search of and investigates SMA practices and processes, and their meaning to participants in an English university context. The higher education (HE) institution under research had gone through a major change a couple of years prior to this study, including implementation of new strategic management and management accounting practices.Design/methodology/approachThe approach taken is an interpretive one and the adopted methodology is grounded theory according to Glaser's evolved approach. Data collection took place largely through interviews and, where possible, participant observation.FindingsThe main findings of the research concern the core concept of the strategising mindset, which encapsulates the institutional, divisional and individual stance towards strategy and SMA. The strategising mindset is understood as the belief system that is adopted with regard to SMA, which is divided into a bureaucratic and an entrepreneurial mindset. According to the respective mindset, accounting for strategic management is dealt with and institutional members' perceptions of SMA are shaped. The particular mindset adopted depends on the context members were and are functioning, which reflects Bourdieu's theory of practice.Originality/valueThe main contributions are the emergent theoretical framework on SMA in HE, the concept of the strategising mindset and resulting views and conclusions on what SMA actually means in practice. To the authors' knowledge, no such theoretical framework has been published to date.
Exploring a local council's change to an outcome measurement regime
Authors: Yie Tan Chia , Lord Beverley R. , Craig Russell , Ball Amanda 
Published: November 2011

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the experience of a New Zealand (NZ) local council in changing from output‐based to outcome‐oriented performance measures, thereby, seeking to enhance understanding of how institutional pressures affect managers in a local government body.Design/methodology/approachBy means of semi‐structured interviews with four managers and a councillor at a major city council in NZ, the authors elicit a better understanding of the process of changing to outcome‐oriented performance measures. The six‐stage model of institutional change proposed by Greenwood et al. provides a useful analytical lens. The authors report the thoughts and attitudes of interviewees regarding the effects of the change on the council's performance management, and particularly on its process of Long‐Term Council Community Planning.FindingsInstitutionalisation of the new outcome‐oriented performance measurement system was neither complete nor automatic. Conformity with it was harder where outputs and/or outcomes of activities were less easily definable. Decoupling was evident. Community consultation was regarded to be beneficial because it encouraged managers to be people‐oriented and reduced information asymmetry between managers and councillors.Originality/valueThe paper provides fresh case‐based insights to the process of institutionalising change in the performance measurement system of a local council.
Further evidence on relative and incremental information content of EVA and traditional performance measures from select Indian companies
Authors: Kumar Satish , Sharma A.K. 
Published: November 2011

PurposeThe main objective of this study is to examine the claim of economic value added (EVA) proponents about its superiority as a financial performance measure compared to five traditional performance measures, i.e. net operating profit after tax (NOPAT), cash flow from operations (OCF), earnings per share (EPS), return on capital employed (ROCE) and return on equity (ROE) in Indian manufacturing sector, and simultaneously provide its empirical evidences. To achieve this, relative and incremental information content of various performance measures and their relationship with market value added (MVA) is tested and examined.Design/methodology/approachPrincipal component analysis (PCA) is one of the important multivariate methods utilized in business research for data reduction, latent variable modeling, multicollinearity resolution, etc. The present sample consists of 608 firm‐year observations from the Indian manufacturing sector for the period 2000‐2007. Firstly, principal component analysis (PCA) is employed to determine the important variables that explain market value. Secondly, alongside PCA, multiple regression models (OLS) are used to examine the relative and incremental information content of EVA and traditional performance measures.FindingsThese results about PCA reveal that variables like NOPAT, OCF, ROE, ROCE and EVA have maximum influence on the market value (MVA) of the sample companies, whereas EPS has a negative loading, so, EPS is discarded for further analysis. Further, the PCA loading matrix reveals that NOPAT, OCF, ROE and ROCE outscore EVA. The regression results regarding the relative information content test reveal that NOAPT and OCF outperform EVA in explaining the market value of Indian companies. The incremental information content test shows that EVA makes a marginal contribution to information content beyond NOPAT, OCF, ROCE and ROE. Overall, these empirical results about Indian companies do not support the Stern Stewart hypothesis that EVA is superior to traditional accounting‐based measures in association with market value of the firm.Originality/valueThe study concludes that along with financial variables, other non‐financial variables such as employees, product quality, etc., should be considered in order to capture the unexplained variation in the market value of Indian companies.
The effect of the board structure on earnings management: evidence from Portugal
Authors: Geraldes Alves Sandra Maria 
Published: November 2011

PurposeThis study aims to extend previous research by examining empirically how board structure affects the magnitude of earnings management for companies listed in Portugal. In particular, the paper focuses on the main characteristics of the board structure that are highlighted by the Portuguese Securities Market Supervisory Authority recommendations, i.e. board size, board composition and board's monitoring committees.Design/methodology/approachThe OLS regression model is used to examine the effect of the board structure on earnings management for a sample of 34 non‐financial listed Portuguese companies for the years 2002 to 2007.FindingsThe results support the predicted non‐linear relationship between board size and earnings management. It is also found that discretionary accruals are negatively related to board composition. However, no evidence is found that the existence of an audit committee affects the levels of earnings management.Practical implicationsThe findings based on this study provide useful information for regulators in other countries. The results also provide useful information for investors in evaluating the impact of board structure on earnings quality, especially under concentrated ownership.Originality/valueThe major contribution of the current study is that, in contrast to similar studies, it does not assume that the two views on how board size associates with firms' earnings management behaviour are mutually exclusive. In addition, this paper is the first empirical study to investigate the effect of the board structure on earnings management in Portugal.
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a lifespan genetic perspective
Authors: Merwood Andrew , Asherson Philip 
Published: November 2011

Purpose
– Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common disorder that is highly prevalent in children and frequently persists into adulthood. The purpose of this paper is to consider the need for practitioners to be aware of the disorder.

Design/methodology/approach
– This paper reviews quantitative genetic findings in ADHD, primarily focussing on twin studies that describe the role of genetic influences throughout the lifespan and the associated overlap between ADHD and other syndromes, disorders and traits.

Findings
– This paper concludes that ADHD is a lifespan condition that shares genetic risk factors with other psychiatric, neurodevelopmental disorders and intellectual disabilities.

Originality/value
– This paper makes the case that clinicians working in the area of intellectual disability should be fully aware of the potential impact of ADHD and its associated impairments.
Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of hereditary spherocytosis – 2011 update
Authors: Bolton‐Maggs Paula H. B. , Langer Jacob C. , Iolascon Achille , Tittensor Paul , King May‐Jean 
Published: November 2011

SummaryGuidelines on hereditary spherocytosis (HS) published in 2004 (Bolton‐Maggs et al, 2004) are here replaced to reflect changes in current opinion on the surgical management, (particularly the indications for concomitant splenectomy with cholecystectomy in children with mild HS, and concomitant cholecystectomy with splenectomy in those with asymptomatic gallstones). Further potential long term hazards of splenectomy are now recognised. Advances have been made in our understanding of the biochemistry of the red cell membrane which underpins the choice of tests. Biochemical assays of membranes proteins and genetic analysis may be indicated (rarely) to diagnose atypical cases. The diagnostic value of the eosin‐5‐maleimide (EMA) binding test has been validated in a number of studies with understanding of its limitations.
Some (worms) like it hot: fish parasites grow faster in warmer water, and alter host thermal preferences
Authors: Macnab Vicki , Barber Iain 
Published: November 2011

AbstractElevated environmental temperatures associated with anthropogenic warming have the potential to impact host‐parasite interactions, with consequences for population health and ecosystem functioning. One way that elevated temperatures might influence parasite prevalence and intensity is by increasing life cycle completion rates. Here, we investigate how elevated temperatures impact a critical phase of the life cycle of the bird tapewormSchistocephalus solidus– the growth of plerocercoid larvae in host fish (three‐spined sticklebacksGasterosteus aculeatus). By 8 weeks post‐infection, plerocercoids recovered from experimentally infected sticklebacks held at 20 °C weighed on average 104.9 mg, with all exceeding 50 mg, the mass considered consistently infective to definitive hosts. In contrast, plerocercoids from sticklebacks held at 15 °C weighed on average 26.5 mg, with none exceeding 50 mg. As small increases in plerocercoid mass affect adult fecundity disproportionately in this species, enhanced plerocercoid growth at higher temperatures predicts dramatically increased output of infective parasite stages. Subsequent screening of thermal preferences of sticklebacks from a population with endemicS. solidusinfection demonstrated that fish harbouring infective plerocercoids show significant preferences for warmer temperatures. Our results therefore indicate that parasite transmission might be affected in at least two ways under anthropogenic warming; by enhancing rates of parasite growth and development, and by increasing the likelihood of hosts being able to seek out proliferating warmer microhabitats. Furthermore, our results suggest the potential for positive feedback between parasite growth and host thermal preferences, which could dramatically increase the effects of even small temperature increases. We discuss the possible mechanisms underpinning our results, their likely ecological consequences and highlight key areas for further research.
The 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Authors: Volchenkov Roman , Sprater Florian , Vogelsang Petra , Appel Silke 
Published: November 2011

AbstractThe 2011 Noble Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann and Ralph M. Steinman for their groundbreaking research within immunology. Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann were recognized for their discoveries on Toll and Toll‐like receptor activation of innate immunity in fruit fly and mammals, respectively. Ralph M. Steinman received the award for the discovery of dendritic cells, a cell type bridging innate and adaptive immunity, and how these cells orchestrate immune responses.
Cross‐reactions vs co‐sensitization evaluated by in silico motifs and in vitro IgE microarray testing
Authors: Pfiffner P. , Stadler B. M. , Rasi C. , Scala E. , Mari A. 
Published: November 2011

To cite this article: Pfiffner P, Stadler BM, Rasi C, Scala E, Mari A. Cross‐reactions vs co‐sensitization evaluated by in silico motifs and in vitro IgE microarray testing. Allergy 2012; 67: 210–216.Abstract
Background and objective:  Using an in silico allergen clustering method, we have recently shown that allergen extracts are highly cross‐reactive. Here we used serological data from a multi‐array IgE test based on recombinant or highly purified natural allergens to evaluate whether co‐reactions are true cross‐reactions or co‐sensitizations by allergens with the same motifs.
Methods:  The serum database consisted of 3142 samples, each tested against 103 highly purified natural or recombinant allergens. Cross‐reactivity was predicted by an iterative motif‐finding algorithm through sequence motifs identified in 2708 known allergens.
Results:  Allergen proteins containing the same motifs cross‐reacted as predicted. However, proteins with identical motifs revealed a hierarchy in the degree of cross‐reaction: The more frequent an allergen was positive in the allergic population, the less frequently it was cross‐reacting and vice versa. Co‐sensitization was analyzed by splitting the dataset into patient groups that were most likely sensitized through geographical occurrence of allergens. Interestingly, most co‐reactions are cross‐reactions but not co‐sensitizations.
Conclusions:  The observed hierarchy of cross‐reactivity may play an important role for the future management of allergic diseases.
Long‐term results of stapled haemorrhoidopexy in a prospective single centre study of 153 patients with 1–6 years’ follow‐up
Authors: Gerjy R. , Derwinger K. , Lindhoff‐Larson A. , Nyström P.‐O. 
Published: November 2011

AbstractAim  The long‐term results of stapled haemorrhoidopexy for prolapsed haemorrhoids were assessed using uniform methods to acquire data and pre‐set definitions of failure, recurrence, residual symptoms and impaired continence.Method  From October 1999 to May 2005, 153 patients underwent a stapled haemorrhoidopexy and were enrolled prospectively. They were assessed preoperatively, postoperatively and at the end of the study from replies to a questionnaire about symptoms and continence. Preoperatively, manual reduction of prolapse was required in 103 patients, skin tags were found in 115 patients (circumferential in 22) and impaired continence in 63.Results  In all, 145 patients completed preoperative and long‐term protocols and were analysed as paired data, at a mean follow‐up of 32 months. Failure to control the prolapse or recurrence was seen in 19 (13%) patients including nine reoperations for prolapse. Symptoms improved from 8.1 to 2.5 points on a 15‐point scale (P = 0.001). Symptoms were not controlled in 25 (17%) patients. Continence improved from 4.7 to 2.9 points on a 15‐point scale (P = 0.001). Twenty‐five (17%) patients still had a continence disturbance. Altogether 51 (35%) patients had a deficient outcome with respect to prolapse, symptoms or continence. There were no major adverse events.Conclusion  Restoration of the anal anatomy by stapled haemorrhoidopexy resulted in a significant improvement in haemorrhoid‐associated symptoms and continence but a third of patients had poor symptom control including 13% with persisting prolapse.
A 5‐year prospective study of predictors for disability pension among patients with major depressive disorder
Authors: Holma I. A. K. , Holma K. M. , Melartin T. K. , Rytsälä H. J. , Isometsä E. T. 
Published: November 2011

Holma IAK, Holma KM, Melartin TK, Rytsälä HJ, Isometsä ET. A 5‐year prospective study of predictors for disability pension among patients with major depressive disorder.Objective:  There is a scarcity of prospective long‐term studies on work disability caused by depression. We investigated predictors for disability pension among psychiatric patients with MDD.Method:  The Vantaa Depression Study followed up prospectively 269 psychiatric in‐ and out‐patients with DSM‐IV MDD for 5 years with a life chart, including 230 (91.3%) patients belonging to labour force. Information on disability pensions was obtained from interviews, patient records and registers.Results:  Within 5 years, 20% of the patients belonging to labour force at baseline were granted a disability pension. In multivariate analyses, the significant baseline predictors for granted disability pension were age ≥50 years (HR = 3.91, P < 0.001), subjective inability to work (HR = 2.14, P = 0.008) and introversion (HR = 1.08, P = 0.049). When follow‐up variables were included, the predictors were age more than 50 (OR = 6.25, P < 0.001), proportion of time spent depressed (OR = 14.6, P < 0.001), number of comorbid somatic disorders (OR = 1.47, P = 0.013) and lack of vocational education (OR = 2.38, P = 0.032).Conclusion:  Of psychiatric patients with depression, one‐fifth were granted a disability pension within 5 years. Future disability pension can be predicted by baseline older age, personality factors, functional disability, lack of vocational education and comorbid somatic disorders. Longitudinally, accumulation of time spent depressed appears decisive for pensioning.