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Women entrepreneurs in emerging Saudi Arabia: exploring the impact of innovation, risk and perseverance
Authors: Iqbal Tahir , Ahmad Shabir 
Published: January 2025

PurposeSaudi Vision 2030 is centred around innovation, entrepreneurship and women’s empowerment to foster economic growth and bring about social change. In this context, this study examines the impact of product innovation on the success of women entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia, who constitute around 42% of the population and experience empowerment through recent reforms. Additionally, the study explores the moderating effect of risk-taking behaviour and the mediating role of perseverance.Design/methodology/approachEmploying a quantitative design, this study collected data from 256 Saudi women entrepreneurs from five major cities using a snowball sampling technique. The data were gathered through a survey questionnaire and analysed in SmartPLS 4.FindingsThe results revealed that product innovation positively impacts both entrepreneurial perseverance and women’s entrepreneurial success. Furthermore, the moderating role of risk-taking behaviour and the mediating role of perseverance were found to be statistically significant in the relationship between product innovation and women’s entrepreneurial success.Practical implicationsThe research findings help policymakers to focus on important factors that can harness women’s entrepreneurship. The Saudi government and society should offer increased financial, regulatory and moral support to women entrepreneurs to achieve the National Vision 2030.Originality/valueThis research provides empirical evidence on the crucial topic of women’s entrepreneurship in the context of Saudi Arabia, specifically from the perspective of product innovation, risk-taking behaviour and perseverance. The findings provide important practical, social and regulatory implications for various stakeholders.
Economic winners and losers of the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from New Zealand
Authors: Ameer Rashid 
Published: January 2025

PurposeThis study investigates the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the primary, manufacturing, and services industries in New Zealand.Design/methodology/approachThis study uses quantitative research design and quarterly panel data at industry level. It uses macroeconomic data and novel contextual variables capturing the impacts of the social restrictions and lockdowns in a linear regression model which is estimated using Two Stage Least square and Difference-in-Difference approach.FindingsThe findings reveal a stark contrast between services and primary industry sectors, while the Information, Media, and Telecom sector experienced a substantial 2.8% GDP gain, driven by increased online activity and remote work, the Forestry and Logging sectors suffered significant losses of 5.5%. Furthermore, using a Difference-in-Difference estimation approach, the study provides evidence of asymmetric impacts on essential and non-essentials industry sectors. These disparities highlight the role of government policies, particularly in designating certain sectors as essential services, in shaping the pandemic's winners and losers.Research limitations/implicationsThis study focuses only on five macroeconomic variables such as GDP at industry level, unemployment, inflation, immigration and retail spending.Practical implicationsThe main findings are of particular importance to business strategist, managers and policymakers in New Zealand and other developed countries, as understanding the drivers that transmitted supply and demand shocks will enable better quantification and comprehension of the pandemic’s impacts that are still being felt globally.Originality/valueThis study provides new empirical evidence using macro and microeconomic level indicators that have not been studies empirically in the COVID-19 pandemic context.
Cultivating sustainability practices through intellectual capital: a qualitative inquiry of medium and large manufacturing firms within an emerging economy
Authors: Alinda Kassim , Wakibi Aziz 
Published: January 2025

PurposeThis paper undertakes a qualitative investigation into the cultivation of sustainability practices within medium and large manufacturing firms through the utilization of intellectual capital, aimed at effectively addressing environmental challenges. The study seeks to identify the challenges encountered by manufacturing firms and examine the mechanisms employed to implement sustainable practices.Design/methodology/approachEmploying a phenomenological paradigm through conversational discourse, this study delves into the nuanced cultivation of sustainability practices. Drawing from 12 rich case studies, the research utilizes direct quotes, a causal-effect matrix and evocative vignettes for interpretive analysis.FindingsThere are diverse phenomenological perspectives on intellectual capital, such as human, relational and structural capital, as strategies to address specific sustainability challenges identified within manufacturing firms. The research provides insights into various sustainability practices adopted by these firms.Research limitations/implicationsThis study is constrained by several limitations, including a convenience sampling method, potential interview subjectivity and a narrow scope focusing on a subset of manufacturing firms.Practical implicationsMoreover, acknowledging the limitations of convenience sampling and potential interview biases encourages researchers and practitioners to consider broader sampling strategies and mitigate subjective influences in future studies.Originality/valueThis study contributes original insights by employing a phenomenological approach to investigate how intellectual capital perspectives – human, relational and structural – are leveraged by manufacturing firms to address specific sustainability challenges. By exploring diverse sustainability practices within a focused subset of firms, the research enhances understanding of how intellectual capital can be harnessed strategically.
Whistleblowing allegations and auditor resignation: should I stay or should I go?
Authors: Duong Hong Kim , Lazerson Danielle S. , Sequeira Emmanuel 
Published: January 2025

Purpose
Although regulations to prevent financial wrongdoing exist in the USA, whistleblowing (WB) remains important in deterring unethical corporate behavior. The purpose of this study is to address the tension in the audit continuance literature by examining auditor resignations following a WB allegation.

Design/methodology/approach
WB allegation data is obtained from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration and through manually collecting media-reported WB allegations. The authors use a difference-in-difference research design to examine auditor resignations around WB allegations. The test sample is compared against a propensity-score-matched (PSM) sample of control firms.

Findings
Auditors are significantly less likely to resign from an engagement following a WB allegation. Auditors prefer to increase their fees and continue with the engagement rather than resign, even when faced with the heightened risks posed by WB allegations. These findings suggest that auditors value the ability to earn a consistent stream of increased revenue from their clients, in agreement with the risk-spreading theory of audit continuance literature.

Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study that examines auditor resignations following a WB allegation. These findings contribute to the existing WB and auditing literature and add to the auditor acceptance/continuance literature. The findings are meaningful to shareholders, managers, researchers and especially to standard setters who are tasked with ensuring that auditors provide assurances about the accuracy of financial statements.
An automatic approach for adapting open government data to linked OD with enhanced visualization and user-friendly query composer
Authors: Bouchelouche Khadidja , Zemmouchi-Ghomari Leila , Ghomari Abdessamed Réda 
Published: January 2025

Purpose
This study aims to introduce a fully automatic process for publishing and leveraging open government data (OGD) as linked OD (LOD), called the LOD-GePEx for LOD generation, publication and exploitation. It empowers developers to harness open-source data, creating practical and beneficial citizen applications.

Design/methodology/approach
The LOD-GePEx approach is a three-step process. First, it transforms OGD into LOD, adhering to the four LD principles. Second, it publishes the generated LOD in the OGD portal, following accessibility best practices. Third, it exploits the published LOD through an interface that offers multiple services. In addition, this paper carried out functional and performance tests to prove the proposed approach’s effectiveness and performance.

Findings
The evaluation phase demonstrated that the LOD-GePEx approach is effective and efficient. It transforms OGD into LOD with exploitation services to enable insightful data analysis for stakeholders without intensive human workloads. Besides, it is generic; it can be used for several data sets and any case study.

Research limitations/implications
The approach struggles with speed index and interactivity time in resource description framework and LOD publication generation, particularly with large government data sets. However, this work has prioritized the comprehensive exploration of the end-to-end process and handling of diverse data domains. This work implies that adopting this approach will facilitate the publication and exploitation of OGD.

Originality/value
The proposed approach surpasses the limitations of related works, mainly focusing on particular use cases and manual data linking, which require intensive human workloads and few or no data insights. Besides, the proposed approach is the only approach that addresses the end-to-end process of transforming, publishing and exploiting OGDs as LODs.
Integrative Analyses of Biomarkers and Pathways in Oxidative Stress‐Related Genes for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
Authors: Chen Yunyan , Qian Fuchu , Chen Yingying 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACTProblemOxidative stress (OS) plays a key role in the pathogenesis of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), but it was not well understood. We aimed to investigate the biomarkers and underlying mechanisms of OS‐related genes in GDM.Method of StudyThe GSE103552 and GSE70493 datasets of GDM were acquired from the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database. Then, oxidative stress‐related differentially expressed genes (OSDEGs) were screened between GDM and normal samples from these two datasets. Further analyses were conducted by gene ontology (GO), Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG), and Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) for these OSDEGs. Subsequently, protein‐protein interaction (PPI) network analyses of these OSDEGs were carried out to screen the hub genes. Eventually, we used single‐sample Gene‐set enrichment analysis (ssGSEA) to compare the immune cell infiltration between GDM and normal samples.ResultsWe identified 26 OSDEGs. Enrichment analysis suggested that the OSDEGs enriched in OS and diabetes‐related pathways. GSEA revealed that these OSDEGs enriched in sensory perception of taste and negative regulation of notch4 signaling pathways. Moreover, PPI analysis showed that 15 OSDEGs were the hub gene in GDM. A total of 14 hub genes were highly expressed in GDM and might be used as diagnosis biomarkers. Moreover, many potential agents might target 10 hub genes for GDM treatment. In addition, immune infiltrate analyses revealed that expression of 14 hub genes was positively correlated to immune infiltrates in GDM.ConclusionOSDEGs are significant in GDM and may provide potential diagnostic biomarkers and treatment targets for GDM.
Robotic versus laparoscopic colorectal surgery for patients with obesity: an updated systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: McKechnie Tyler , Khamar Jigish , Chu Christopher , Hatamnejad Amin , Jessani Ghazal , Lee Yung , Doumouras Aristithes , Amin Nalin , Hong Dennis , Eskicioglu Cagla 
Published: January 2025

AbstractBackgroundObesity poses significant challenges in colorectal surgery, affecting operative difficulty and postoperative recovery. The choice of minimally invasive approach for this patient population remains a challenge during preoperative planning. This review aims to provide an updated synthesis of studies comparing laparoscopic and robotic approaches for adult patients with obesity undergoing colorectal surgery.MethodsMEDLINE, Embase and CENTRAL were searched up to August 2023. Articles were included if they compared laparoscopic and robotic colorectal surgery outcomes in adults with obesity (BMI ≥30 kg/m2). Outcomes included overall postoperative morbidity, conversion to laparotomy, and operative time. Inverse variance random‐effects meta‐analyses were used to pool effect estimates.ResultsAfter screening 2187 citations, 10 observational studies were included with 3281 patients with obesity undergoing robotic surgery (mean age: 58.1 years, female: 43.9%) and 11 369 patients with obesity undergoing laparoscopic surgery (mean age: 58 years, female: 53.2%). Robotic surgery resulted in longer operative times (MD 46.71 min, 95% CI 33.50–59.92, p < 0.01, I2 = 93.79%) with statistically significant reductions in conversions to laparotomy (RR 0.50, 95% CI 0.39–0.65, p < 0.01, I2 = 67.15%). No significant differences were seen in postoperative morbidity (RR 0.94, 95% CI 0.82–1.08, p = 0.40, I2 = 36.08%).ConclusionThese data suggest that robotic colorectal surgery in patients with obesity may reduce the risk for conversion to laparotomy, but at the expense of increased operative times and with no overt benefits in postoperative outcomes. Further high quality randomized controlled trials assessing the utility of robotic surgery in patients with obesity undergoing colorectal surgery are warranted.
Proximal humerus fracture dislocations: outcomes of management
Authors: Cosic Filip , Kirzner Nathan , Edwards Elton , Page Richard , Kimmel Lara , Gabbe Belinda 
Published: January 2025

AbstractPurposeProximal humerus fracture dislocations are amongst the most severe proximal humerus injuries, presenting a challenging management problem. The aim of this study was to report on long‐term outcomes of management of proximal humerus fracture dislocations.MethodsPatients with a proximal humerus fracture dislocation managed at a Level 1 trauma centre from January 2010 to December 2018 were included. Patients with isolated tuberosity fracture dislocations or pathological fractures were excluded. Outcome measures were the Oxford Shoulder Score (OSS), EQ‐5D‐5L, return to work and radiological outcomes. Complications recorded included further surgery, loss of position/fixation, non‐union/malunion and avascular necrosis.ResultsSixty‐nine patients were included with a proximal humerus fracture dislocation in the study period; 48 underwent surgical management and 21 were managed successfully with closed reduction alone. The mean (SD) age of the cohort was 59.7 (±20.4), and 54% were male. Overall patients reported a mean OSS of 39.8 (±10.3), a mean EQ‐5D utility score of 0.73 (±0.20), and 78% were able to return to work at a median of 1.2 months. There was a high prevalence of complications in both patients managed operatively or with closed reduction (25% and 38% respectively). In patients undergoing surgical management, 21% required subsequent surgery.ConclusionPatient reported outcome measures post proximal humerus fracture dislocations do not return to normal population levels. Further, these injuries are associated with a high prevalence of complications. Appropriate patient counselling should be undertaken before embarking on definitive management.
Labor onset and delivery mode in women with congenital heart disease—A nationwide cohort study
Authors: Sandberg Marit , Fomina Tatiana , Macsali Ferenc , Greve Gottfried , Øyen Nina , Leirgul Elisabeth 
Published: January 2025

AbstractIntroductionMore women with congenital heart disease (CHD) are pursuing pregnancy. Their cardiac condition may impact the pregnancy and necessitate interventions during childbirth. We aimed to investigate labor onset and delivery mode in women with CHD relative to women without heart disease and explore the time trends of induced labor and cesarean deliveries.Material and MethodsIn a nationwide cohort in Norway from 1994 to 2014, we compared childbirths of women with mild, moderate/severe, or other CHD to childbirths of women without heart disease. Associations between maternal CHD and labor onset and delivery mode were estimated using log‐binomial regression. Time trends were assessed using Joinpoint regression.ResultsAmong 1 218 452 childbirths, 2425 (20 per 10 000) had mild maternal CHD, 603 (5 per 10 000) moderate/severe maternal CHD, and 522 (4 per 10 000) other maternal CHD. Mild maternal CHD was associated with induced labor (aRR 1.11, 95% CI 1.01–1.22) and cesarean delivery (aRR 1.27, 95% CI 1.18–1.39), and the associations were stronger with moderate/severe CHD (induced labor: aRR 1.34, 95% CI 1.13–1.58; cesarean delivery: aRR 1.80, 95% CI 1.57–2.05) and other CHD (induced labor: aRR 1.39, 95% CI 1.17–1.66; cesarean delivery: aRR 1.62, 95% CI 1.39–1.89). From the first seven years (1994–2000) to the last (2008–2014), the cesarean delivery occurrence rose about 2% per year in childbirths without maternal heart disease and with mild maternal CHD (from 12.4% to 16.4% and from 14.2% to 21.2%, respectively), but remained stable in childbirths with moderate/severe maternal CHD (23.3% to 25.6%). For induced labor, there was a 2% increase per year in childbirths without maternal heart disease, contrasting a 3%–4% increase in those with mild and moderate/severe maternal CHD.ConclusionsMaternal CHD was associated with higher risks of induced labor and cesarean delivery. From 1994 to 2014, the increase in induced labor was steeper in childbirths of women with CHD than in those of women without heart disease. The occurrence of cesarean deliveries rose in childbirths of women with mild CHD but was stable in childbirths of women with moderate/severe CHD.
Racial Disparities in Soccer Player Share Prices: Evidence From an Online Gambling Platform
Authors: Bajaj Anuja , Jena Farai , Reilly Barry 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACTThis paper exploits data from a now‐defunct online gambling platform to investigate the extent to which the virtual demand for soccer players, as reflected in a player's share price quoted online, is related to race. The data are drawn from soccer players employed in the highest tier of the top five European leagues and contain a rich array of player‐level productivity and other attributes. The study finds that the skin tone of the player matters with the darker the shade, the lower the player's online purchase price. The statistically significant negative effects are generally found to be concentrated within the bottom part of the unconditional price distribution. In addition, decomposition methods using players classified unambiguously as either “White” or “Black” confirms the presence of an unequal treatment for the latter with the statistically significant effects again detected below the median of the unconditional price distribution. These effects are generally found to be robust to the use of both unweighted and weighted decomposition techniques.
Attitudes of Israeli Early Childhood Educators Who Work in Kibbutz, Rural Villages and Cities Towards Their Community and Its Significance for Children
Authors: Achituv Sigal , Dror Orit , Brody David 
Published: January 2025

ABSTRACTThe societal context of community is of critical importance in understanding its effect on pedagogic practice in ECEC, and yet, the role of community in ECEC is taken for granted by both scholars and practitioners. Little is known about the attitudes of ECEC educators towards their communities and how they affect children. This research examines the perspectives of Israeli ECEC educators from three ecologies: Urban, village and kibbutz and the way in which they are expressed in their practice. Semi‐structured interviews with 24 educators were conducted and analysed thematically. Israeli educators from all three ecologies were characterised as viewing community focused on children yet moving beyond the kindergarten itself, standing in contrast to the commonplace among teachers elsewhere in the world, where community involvement is limited to parents helping their children with academic tasks. Other findings reveal two central themes: Family involvement and the overall conception of community which point to differences among educators in the three ecologies. Regarding family involvement, urban educators limited and controlled parent participation, while their village and kibbutz colleagues were more inclusive by integrating children into the life of the wider community. Regarding concepts of community, urban educators understood community in a utilitarian sense while village and kibbutz educators understood community as an essential building block of the kindergarten program for the benefit of children with mutual support and obligation between the ECEC setting and the surrounding community. The research findings shed light on the significance of the interplay between the wider community and ECEC and the importance of developing educational models that are sensitive to local cultural contexts.
Coexisting with large carnivores based on the Volterra principle
Authors: Boyce Mark S. , Carpentier Cecile A. E. , Linnell John D. C. 
Published: January 2025

AbstractCoexistence with large carnivores represents one of the world's highest profile conservation challenges. Ecologists have identified ecological benefits derived from large carnivores (and large herbivores), yet livestock depredation, perceived competition for shared game, risks to pets and humans, and social conflicts often lead to demands for reduction of predator numbers from a range of stakeholder groups. Nearly 100 years ago, Vito Volterra predicted that increased mortality on both prey and predators results in increased abundance of prey and decreased abundance of predators. This principle appears to be robust and often consistent with the objectives of wildlife management. Although seldom recognized, and rarely tested in the field, the Volterra principle is a fundamental outcome of ecological theory with important implications for conservation.