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Ownership, governance and regulation of payment systems
Authors: Manning Mark , Nier Erlend , Schanz Jochen 
Published: October 2023

Abstract
The likely existence of market failures in payment and settlement systems, discussed in Chapter 7, implies that some form of public-sector intervention may be needed. But the optimal intensity of such intervention is considerably less certain. In this chapter, we discuss the alternative governance and regulatory models that might be brought to bear to address market failures in the provision of payment services. We interpret the term ‘governance’ relatively widely as the distribution of rights and responsibilities of the board, managers, shareholders and other stakeholders, including the rules and procedures for making decisions on organizational matters.
Characterization of dynamic patterns of human fetal to neonatal brain asymmetry with deformation-based morphometry
Authors: Steger Céline , Moatti Charles , Payette Kelly , Alexandra De Silvestro , Nguyen Thi Dao , Coraj Seline , Yakoub Ninib , Natalucci Giancarlo , Kottke Raimund , Tuura Ruth , Knirsch Walter , Jakab Andras 
Published: October 2023

AbstractDespite established knowledge on the morphological and functional asymmetries in the human brain, the understanding of how brain asymmetry patterns change during late fetal to neonatal life remains incomplete. The goal of this study was to characterize the dynamic patterns of inter-hemispheric brain asymmetry over this critically important developmental stage using longitudinally acquired MRI scans. Super-resolution reconstructed T2-weighted MRI of 20 neurotypically developing participants were used, and for each participant fetal and neonatal MRI was acquired. To quantify brain morphological changes, deformation-based morphometry (DBM) on the longitudinal MRI scans was utilized. Two registration frameworks were evaluated and used in our study: (A) fetal to neonatal image registration and (B) registration through a mid-time template. Developmental changes of cerebral asymmetry were characterized as (A) the inter-hemispheric differences of the Jacobian determinant (JD) of fetal to neonatal morphometry change and the (B) time-dependent change of the JD capturing left-right differences at fetal or neonatal time points. Left-right and fetal-neonatal differences were statistically tested using multivariate linear models, corrected for participants’ age and sex and using threshold-free cluster enhancement. Fetal to neonatal morphometry changes demonstrated asymmetry in the temporal pole and left-right asymmetry differences between fetal and neonatal timepoints revealed temporal changes in the temporal pole, likely to go from right dominant in fetal to a bilateral morphology in neonatal timepoint. Furthermore, the analysis revealed right-dominant subcortical grey matter in neonates and three clusters of increased JD values in the left hemisphere from fetal to neonatal timepoints. While these findings provide evidence that morphological asymmetry gradually emerges during development, discrepancies between registration frameworks require careful considerations when using DBM for longitudinal data of early brain development.
Bounce: competing in bike rental market
Authors: Ghosh Dastidar Surajit 
Published: October 2023

Learning outcomes
The learning outcome of this case study is to help students identify issues of the electric two-wheeler industry in India, revisiting conventional business models and transitioning toward sustainable business models. Eventually, this case study will enhance students’ analytical, qualitative analysis, multidisciplinary approach and strategic decision-making skills.
This case study can be used to discuss Michael Porter’s five forces model, TOWS matrix and Michael Porter’s generic strategies for competitive advantage.

Case overview/synopsis
Bounce was established in 2014 by Vivekananda Halkere, Anil G. and Varun Agni. The startup was an on-demand service provider of scooters. It also claimed to be the world’s fastest-growing scooter rental startup. As of March 2020, Bounce operated in 12 Indian cities, namely, Bengaluru, Jaipur, Hassan, Kolar, Mysore, Bhuj, Udaipur, Belgavi, Hyderabad, Ahmadabad, Hampi and Delhi. Bounce’s revenue grew to INR 1,000m in the fiscal year (FY) 2020 compared to INR 160m in FY 2019. Halkere was happy and proud of what his friends and he had achieved in the past two years. However, he was concerned about competition. What plan of action was needed to help thwart competition. What would be the best strategy to achieve growth and monetize operations? and How would Bounce address these major challenges to capture market share?

Complexity academic level
This case study can be taught in advanced undergraduate, MBA or executive-level programs dealing with strategic management. This case study helps students in dealing with issues pertaining to a given market sector where a firm is operating and the strategies to thwart competition.

Supplementary material
Teaching notes are available for educators only.

Subject code
CSS11: Strategy.
Flexible work arrangements for work-life balance: a cross-national policy evaluation from a capabilities perspective
Authors: Brega Carla , Briones Samuel , Javornik Jana , León Margarita , Yerkes Mara 
Published: October 2023

PurposeThis paper aims to assess the design of national-level flexible work arrangement (FWA) policies, evaluating their potential to serve as an effective resource for employees to work flexibly depending on how they set the stage for flexibility claims that will be subject to industrial and workplace dynamics.Design/methodology/approachUsing a capability approach, the authors conceptualize and operationalize two aspects of FWA policy design, namely accessibility and availability. The authors' analysis allows for an understanding of how the availability and accessibility of national FWA policies explicitly and implicitly restrict or facilitate flexible working in a structural manner. The study focuses on countries with differing working time regimes and gender norms on work and care: the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia.FindingsThe authors' findings highlight how FWA accessibility is broader when national policy is specified and FWA availability is not conditional to care. In Spain and Slovenia, access to FWAs depends on whether employees have care responsibilities, which reduces accessibility and reinforces gender imbalances in care provision. In contrast, the Netherlands provides FWAs universally, resulting in wider availability and accessibility of FWAs for employees regardless of their care responsibilities. Despite this universal provision, gender imbalances remain.Originality/valueThe originality of this paper lies in its conceptualization and operationalization of FWAs at the national level using a capability approach. The study adds to the existing literature on flexible working and provides insights for policymakers to design more effective FWAs.
A multinomial modeling approach to assess supplier delivery performance for buyer-supplier alignment
Authors: Bhattacharyya Kuntal , Guiffrida Alfred L. , Soto-Ferrari Milton Rene , Schikora Paul 
Published: October 2023

Purpose
Untimely delivery of goods and services, especially in a post-COVID landscape, is a critical harbinger of end-to-end fulfillment. Existing literature in supplier delivery modeling is focused on penalizing suppliers for late deliveries built into a contractual transaction, which eventually erodes trust. As such, a holistic modeling technique focused on long-term relationship building is missing. This study aims to design a supplier evaluation model that analytically equates supplier delivery performance to cost realization while replicating a core attribute of successful supply chains – alignment, leading to long-term supplier relationships.

Design/methodology/approach
The supplier evaluation model designed in this paper uses delivery deviation as a unit of measure as opposed to delivery duration to enhance consistency with enterprise resource planning protocols. A one-sided modified Taguchi-type quality loss function (QLF) models delivery lateness to construct a multinomial probability penalty cost function for untimely delivery. Prescriptive analytics using simulation and optimization of the proposed mathematical model supports buyer–supplier alignment.

Findings
The supplier evaluation model designed herein not only optimizes likelihood parameters for early and late deliveries for competing suppliers to enhance total landed cost comparisons for on-shore, near-shore and off-shore suppliers but also allows for the creation of an efficient frontier toward supply base optimization.

Research limitations/implications
At a time of systemic disruptions such as the COVID pandemic, global supply chains are at risk of business continuity. Supplier evaluation models need to focus on long-term relationship modeling as opposed to short-term contractual penalty-based modeling to enhance business continuity. The model offered in this paper is grounded in alignment – a cornerstone of successful supply chain integration, and offers an interesting departure from traditional modeling techniques in this genre.

Practical implications
The results from this analytical approach offer flexibility to a supply manager toward building redundancies in the supply chain using an efficient frontier within the supply landscape, which also helps to manage disruption and maintain end-to-end fulfillment.

Originality/value
The model offered in this paper is grounded in alignment – a cornerstone of successful supply chain integration, and offers an interesting departure from traditional modeling techniques in this genre. The authors offer a rational solution by creating an evaluation model that uses penalty cost modeling as an internal quality measure to rate suppliers and uses the outcome as a yardstick for negotiations instead of imposing penalties within contracts.
Drivers of consumer protection practices: implications for operational performance
Authors: Awaysheh Amrou , Klassen Robert D. , Shafiq Asad , Johnson P. Fraser 
Published: October 2023

Purpose
Globalization and increased outsourcing have contributed to increased supply chain complexity, exposing firms to greater vulnerability in the areas of product safety and supply chain security. Meanwhile, stakeholders pressure firms to ensure that their products are safe, and their supply chains are secure. Drawing from stakeholder theory, this paper aims to explore how the supply chain characteristics of distance and power affect the adoption of consumer protection (CP) practices, which ensure product safety and supply chain security.

Design/methodology/approach
Using primary survey data from a sample of Canadian manufacturing firms, this research examines the relationships among supply chain characteristics, adoption of CP practices and firm performance.

Findings
Analysis supported the use of two practices related to product safety (consumer education and product design) and three practices for supply chain security (packaging, tracking and authenticity). Greater cultural distance between the focal firm and its suppliers was positively associated with investments in safer design practices, while increased geographical distance between the focal firm and the customer was significantly related to increased consumer education. Moreover, as power of a focal firm relative to its suppliers increased, so too did investments in supply chain security. Finally, CP practices were related to improved operational performance along multiple dimensions.

Originality/value
This research focuses on the critical role of two key stakeholder groups in improving product safety and supply chain security: suppliers and customers. The authors add to the theoretical discussion of product safety and supply chain security by identifying critical differences between suppliers and customers for the focal firm. Second, the research informs the managerial community of the potential benefits of investments in CP practices.
Provincialising Early Feminism: A View from the Middle East
Authors: Roded Ruth 
Published: October 2023

Abstract‘Provincializing Europe’, derived from Dipesh Chakrabarty's work of that name, argued that an imagined ‘Europe’ was a founding myth for modernity. While not mentioning feminism, this analysis is a valuable starting point for tracing the path of the term ‘féminism’ from France to Britain to the Ottoman Empire and from the USA to the Arab world – in the contexts of each venue. This article provides a firm basis for comparing the advancement of women in the West and the Middle East. Some factors were similar, such as the influence of religious gender values, others differed, such as industrialisation.
H‐ETC2: Design of a CPU‐GPU Hybrid ETC2 Encoder
Authors: Lee H. , Nah J.‐H. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThis paper proposes a novel CPU‐GPU hybrid encoding method based on the ETC2 format, commonly used on mobile platforms. Traditional texture compression techniques often face a trade‐off between encoding speed and quality. For a better trade‐off, our approach utilizes both the CPU and GPU. In a pipeline we designed, the CPU encoder identifies problematic pixel blocks during the encoding process, and the GPU encoder re‐encodes them. Additionally, we carefully improve the base CPU and GPU encoders regarding encoding speed and quality. As a result, our encoder minimizes compression artifacts, increases encoding speed, or achieves both of these goals compared to previous high‐quality offline ETC2 encoders.
Fast Grayscale Morphology for Circular Window
Authors: Moroto Yuji , Umetani Nobuyuki 
Published: October 2023

AbstractMorphological operations are among the most popular classic image filters. The filter assumes the maximum or minimum value within a window and is often used for light object thickening and thinning operations, which are important components of various workflows, such as object recognition and stylization. Circular windows are preferred over rectangular windows for obtaining isotropic filter results. However, the existing efficient algorithms focus on rectangular or binary input images. Efficient morphological operations with circular windows for grayscale images remain challenging. In this study, we present a fast grayscale morphology heuristic computation algorithm that decomposes circular windows using the convex hull of circles. We significantly accelerate traditional methods based on Minkowski addition by introducing new decomposition rules specialized for circular windows. As our morphological operation using a convex hull can be computed independently for each pixel, the algorithm is efficient for modern multithreaded hardware.
Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach
Authors: Monk David , Walton Elizabeth , Madziva Roda , Opio George , Kruisselbrink Annemaaike , Openjuru George Ladaah 
Published: October 2023

AbstractThis paper draws on empirical evidence from a 3‐year research project in Northern Uganda examining the educational experiences of refugees with disabilities. The authors present the compounded and interrelated challenges children with disabilities and their families face as they navigate their educational experiences and seek out opportunities to live well. The authors seek to make a contribution towards improving educational experiences by first highlighting compounding challenges faced by refugee children living with disabilities and their families and related policy gaps that have ramifications for refugee children's access to education in particular, and second by expanding discourse about refugee children with disabilities agency in relation to these liminal gaps and the impact the gaps have for accessing education. The authors use Powell and McGrath's (in Skills for human development: Transforming vocational education and training, Routledge, 2019; Handbook of vocational education and training, Springer, 2019) concept of critical capabilities and relationality, to expand Klocker's (in Global perspectives on rural childhood and youth: Young rural lives, Routledge, 2007) notions of thick and thin agency and to interrogate refugee children living with disabilities' agency in relation to education opportunities and rights.
Sophistication gap between countries: The effect of research and development expenditure
Authors: Kamguia Brice , Keneck‐Massil Joseph , Njangang Henri , Tadadjeu Sosson 
Published: October 2023

AbstractA recent strand of the literature suggests that economic sophistication is a strong predictor of economic development. Given that this branch of literature is relatively young, the determinants of economic sophistication have not yet been fully explored. This study contributes to this literature by examining the effect of research and development (R&D) investments on economic complexity. By applying a dynamic panel model to a panel of 67 countries, the following results are established: First, the results showed that research and development investments are associated with greater economic complexity. Second, when analyzing R&D by sector, the results highlight the importance of research spending by higher education, business, public sector and private non‐profit sector in improving economic complexity. In the same vein, investments in different R&D activities, including basic research, applied research and experimental research, increase economic complexity. In addition, we provided evidence that R&D spending in several fields, including medicine, engineering, natural sciences, social sciences and arts, also increases economic complexity. Third, we further analyze the heterogeneity of the results, highlighting the role of natural resource endowment and income level. However, investments in research and development remain associated with higher levels of economic complexity in resource‐poor countries in contrast to resource‐rich countries, where they have no effect. Based on these results, policy implications were discussed.
Economic impact of resident and nonresident marine anglers to the local economy in Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania, Germany
Authors: Strehlow Harry V. , Korzhenevych Artem , Lucas Jorrit , Lewin Wolf‐Christian , Weltersbach Marc Simon , Riepe Carsten , Arlinghaus Robert 
Published: October 2023

AbstractRecreational fisheries catches are increasingly considered in the assessment and management of mixed recreational‐commercial marine fisheries, while the contribution of recreational fisheries to the economy is often overlooked. Using a telephone diary survey targeting marine recreational anglers in Germany, we estimated the number of anglers and their expenditures over the course of 1 year (2014–2015). About 197,000 marine anglers spent €248 million in Germany. We then constructed regional input–output models and contrasted the economic impacts of resident and nonresident anglers fishing in coastal and transitional brackish waters of the state of Mecklenburg‐Western Pomerania in north‐eastern Germany. On a regional scale, the total economic impact was €210 million supporting 2044 jobs, nonresident anglers were responsible for eight times greater economic impact than resident anglers. Maintaining attractive fishing opportunities for the recreational fishing sector, specifically angling tourism, is critical for maintaining resource flows to local and regional economies.
First report of Diaporthe caryae causing stem blight of chilli pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.) in China
Authors: Zhu Qi‐Han , He Jian‐Peng , Cheng Shu‐Yuan , Yuan Xin‐En , Liu Bing , Song Shui‐Lin , Jiang Jun‐Xi , Xiong Gui‐Hong 
Published: October 2023

AbstractChilli pepper is one of the most important and widely cultivated pepper types in China. It has high nutritional and economic value. Capsicum frutescens L. is one of the chilli pepper types in production. In October 2022, a new disease showing blight of the entire chilli pepper plant was observed in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province. The fungal isolates consistently obtained from the diseased samples were identified as Diaporthe caryae C. M. Tian & Qin Yang based on morphological characteristics, pathogenicity test and phylogenetic analysis of four genes, including internal transcribed spacer region (rDNA‐ITS), translation elongation factor 1‐alpha gene (TEF1), beta‐tubulin gene (TUB2), and calmodulin (CAL). Although other Diaporthe species have been reported as pathogens of peppers previously, to our knowledge, this is the first report of D. caryae causing stem blight of pepper in the world. D. caryae was reported to be able to infect various fruit trees such as kiwifruit, peach, pear, and pecan, resulting in kiwifruit rot, peach constriction canker, pear shoot canker, and pecan dieback, respectively. The host range of D. caryae has expanded from fruit trees to vegetable crops.
Generalized myokymia, or neuromyotonia, or both in dogs with or without spinocerebellar ataxia
Authors: Vanhaesebrouck An , Van Poucke Mario , Stee Kimberley , Granger Nicolas , Ives Edward , Van Soens Iris , Cornelis Ine , Bossens Kenny , Peelman Luc , Van Ham Luc , Bhatti Sofie F. M. 
Published: October 2023

AbstractBackgroundKCNJ10 and CAPN1 variants cause “spinocerebellar” ataxia in dogs, but their association with generalized myokymia and neuromyotonia remains unclear.ObjectiveTo investigate the association between KCNJ10 and CAPN1 and myokymia or neuromyotonia, with or without concurrent spinocerebellar ataxia.AnimalsThirty‐three client‐owned dogs with spinocerebellar ataxia, myokymia neuromytonia, or a combination of these signs.MethodsGenetic analysis of a cohort of dogs clinically diagnosed with spinocerebellar ataxia, myokymia or neuromyotonia. KCNJ10 c.627C>G and CAPN1 c.344G>A variants and the coding sequence of KCNA1, KCNA2, KCNA6, KCNJ10 and HINT1 were sequenced using DNA extracted from blood samples.ResultsTwenty‐four Jack Russell terriers, 1 Jack Russell terrier cross, 1 Dachshund and 1 mixed breed with spinocerebellar ataxia were biallelic (homozygous) for the KCNJ10 c.627C>G variant. Twenty‐one of those dogs had myokymia, neuromyotonia, or both. One Parson Russell terrier with spinocerebellar ataxia alone was biallelic for the CAPN1 c.344G>A variant. Neither variant was found in 1 Jack Russell terrier with ataxia alone, nor in 3 Jack Russell terriers and 1 Yorkshire terrier with myokymia and neuromyotonia alone. No other causal variants were found in the coding sequence of the investigated candidate genes in these latter 5 dogs.ConclusionThe KCNJ10 c.627C>G variant, or rarely the CAPN1 c.344G>A variant, was confirmed to be the causal variant of spinocerebellar ataxia. We also report the presence of the KCNJ10 c.627C>G variant in the Dachshund breed. In dogs with myokymia and neuromyotonia alone the reported gene variants were not found. Other genetic or immune‐mediated causes should be investigated to explain the clinical signs of these cases.