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Complementary and contingent value of SMEs' data capability and supply chain capability in the competitive environment
Authors: Hautala-Kankaanpää Tuire 
Published: July 2023

PurposeScholars and practitioners increasingly recognize data as an important source of business opportunities, but research on the effect on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is limited. This paper empirically examines the complementary impact of SMEs' data capability and supply chain capability (SCC) and further tests the mediation effect of SCC between data capability and operational performance. The mediated effect of data capability is also moderated by competition.Design/methodology/approachThis paper analyzes longitudinal data collected from 122 manufacturing SMEs in Finland. Hypotheses were tested by using structural equation modeling (SEM).FindingsThe results show that to benefit from the data capability, SMEs require a certain level of SCC to extract the value from the SMEs' data capability and support operational performance. Additionally, competition affects how SMEs benefit from data capability, as competitor turbulence moderates the complementary effect of data capability and SCC on operational performance.Originality/valueThis is one of the first studies examining the longitudinal effect of SMEs' data and SCC on operational performance in the current competitive environment.
Tayyiban in halal food production: a systematic literature review
Authors: Abdul Mokti Hawwa , Kamri Nor Azzah , Mohd Balwi Mohd Abd Wahab Fatoni 
Published: July 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine and review tayyiban indicators in the context of halal food production. In Islam, food produced or manufactured must be halal and tayyiban. Even though both halal and tayyiban are always mentioned together in the Quran, the halal aspect is highlighted more than tayyiban. The discussion of tayyiban’s indicators is still vague.

Design/methodology/approach
The study was adopted based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses for the review of the current research which used two main journal databases, namely, Web of Science and Scopus. Accordingly, the search resulted in a total of 40 articles that can be systematically examined.

Findings
The results of review of these articles formulated five main themes: safety, nutrition, cleanliness, quality and authenticity. These five indicators are considered relevant enough in the context of halal food production to build a comprehensive tayyiban concept.

Originality/value
This study enriches the field of halal food research. The concept of tayyiban as a whole has been given limited attention in academic literature. At the end of this study, a number of recommendations are suggested for the reference of future scholars.
Learning through playing: appreciating the role of gamification in business management education during and after the COVID-19 pandemic
Authors: Skritsovali Konstantina 
Published: July 2023

PurposeThrough active learning and experiential learning theoretical perspectives, this paper explores the role of gamification on the student experience and student learning of undergraduate business management students in the UK.Design/methodology/approachTo capture the impact of gamification on student experience and student learning during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, data were collected through online surveys with L6 undergraduate students studying during the academic years 2020–2021, 2021–2022 and 2022–2023.FindingsThe analysis of the data revealed three core themes: a) gaining practical experience through gamification b) opportunities for peer engagement and active participation and c) development of soft skills and hard skills.Practical implicationsBased on the lessons learnt, the paper proposes actions and guidelines for integrating gamification into business management curricula that prepare future business managers and leaders to respond to unforeseen challenges and changes.Originality/valueThis study contributes to a series of design suggestions for fellow tutors and practitioners seeking to advance their pedagogical approach to developing agile and resilient future managers and leaders.
Business process reengineering leadership: princes of Machiavelli
Authors: Mertens Dan , Villegas Salvador G. , Ware Marlon G. , Vengrouskie Edward F. , Lloyd Robert 
Published: July 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to establish a supported and validated reference point for Machiavellianism as an antecedent to the contemporary management philosophy of business process reengineering (BPR).

Design/methodology/approach
This paper analyzes BPR and Machiavellianism by using the seminal work of Hammer and Champy (1993) on BPR and the original writings of Machiavelli coupled with the personal correspondence of Machiavelli with his contemporaries.

Findings
The findings of this research indicate that the constructs of Machiavellian thought transcend the five centuries since the publication of The Prince, and can be found in the contemporary managerial framework of BPR. This comparison of historical leadership frameworks demonstrates how recent management decisions in companies show the rise of Machiavellian as BPR. In an analysis of these theories, the authors show similarities in five significant tenets of business leadership and argue how these repackaged ideas and prescriptions undermine employee-centric advances.

Research limitations/implications
This comparison reviews the managerial frameworks presented in Machiavelli’s The Prince and Hammer and Champy’s book Reengineering the Corporation through the theoretical tenets of leadership.

Practical implications
Employment of Machiavellianism and BPR results in an expendable utilization of followers and employees. Implications abound for modern managers, as the authors emphasize the elements and outcomes which lead to deleterious organizational outcomes.

Social implications
In an analysis of these theories, the authors argue how these strategies undermine employee-centric advances within human relations by embracing these repackaged ideas and concepts.

Originality/value
This research leverages historical perspective to provide a qualitative understanding of the follies of recycled versions of Machiavelli’s ideas. The overall study and inquiry of BPR from a leadership perspective is not robust and leaves antecedents and influences critically unevaluated.
Understanding and implementing environmental management in small entrepreneurial ventures: supply chain management, production and design
Authors: Amorim Paula Gonçalves , Mathias Maria Augusta Siqueira , Rocha Aglaé Baptista Torres da , Oliveira Otávio José de 
Published: July 2023

PurposeThis work aims to propose guidelines for small industrial businesses to take their first steps toward implementing systems, programs and tools (SPTs) for environmental management in a structured way.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conducted case studies in large companies certificated ISO 14001. They ran tests for construct validity, external validity and reliability. Cross-analysis of the information collected led to identifying patterns and strategies adopted by these companies to implement environmental management. Based on the literature on environmental management in small businesses and the author's experience, the practices learned from large companies were adapted to the reality of small ones, thus resulting in the proposed guidelines.FindingsThese guidelines enable small companies to develop their environmental management following the logical evolution of SPTs: ISO 14001, green supply chain management (GSCM), cleaner production (CP) and green design (GD). The implementation should happen gradually, through the PDCA cycle, according to three specific levels of environmental evolution.Research limitations/implicationsSince the guidelines focused on small industrial companies, future studies should consider other sectors, such as services, to benefit from the solutions presented. As for the implications, besides improving the small company's performance and enhancing its image, implementing the guidelines creates a green synergy along the supply chain, thus benefiting society beyond the company's borders.Originality/valueThe main theoretical-scientific contribution of this work is to deepen a block of knowledge that articulates environmental management and small businesses, creating a basis for further research and a reference for analyzing and discussing empirical studies in small companies. As an applied-management contribution, the guidelines allow small companies to effectively develop SPTs to move toward environmental sustainability.
The influence of corona pandemic on stock returns of companies listed on the Palestine Stock Exchange
Authors: Badwan Nemer , Awad Azmi Wasfi 
Published: July 2023

Purpose
This study aims to explore and verify the influence of the corona pandemic on the stock returns of the Palestinian companies listed on the Palestine Exchange during the period 2020–2021.

Design/methodology/approach
The research makes use of secondary financial data from 52 companies in the industrial, investment, services, banking and insurance sectors. Many financial ratios are calculated to assess stock returns: current ratio, cash ratio and average collection time as liquidity measures; debt-to-equity ratio as an indication of leverage or solvency; and net profit margin as an indicator of profitability. The research examines ratios between the (2020 and 2021) precorona outbreak using the Wilcoxon signed rank test and financial ratio analysis during the corona pandemic.

Findings
The findings show that liquidity in the investment, banking, insurance and industrial sectors has decreased significantly, whereas liquidity in the service sector has improved. The statistics reveal a considerable growth in debt in the service sector, while it stays unchanged in the other sectors. However, there is no discernible change in profitability during and after the corona outbreak.

Research limitations/implications
The present research faced many limitations, such as the approach to gathering primary data, which depended heavily on disclosures, financial reports and secondary data, as well as only analyzing one context and one country.

Practical implications
The findings of this study can guide the Palestinian government and decision-makers to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak and must act quickly because strong short-term policies are more functional than long-term policy measures. In addition, the temporal discrepancy between their policy actions and financial regulations regarding the stage of the outbreak, integrating monetary treatment methods, strengthening their control over exchange rate fluctuations and extending the duration of financial participation measures that ensure stable exchange rates, such as attempting to restrict trade of the monetary system between countries was assessed to reduce the important monetary stimulation policy.

Originality/value
This study presents important facts and results for regulators and decision-makers regarding the investment, industry, banking, insurance and services sectors as sectors that are most affected by the corona pandemic as a sample for this study from the Palestinian companies listed in Palestine Stock Exchange due to the corona pandemic.
Too hot and too close. Bitcoin and gold dynamics during COVID times
Authors: Agnese Pablo 
Published: July 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to analyze the connectedness between bitcoin (BTC) and other traditional assets (e.g. metals) in times of financial turbulence like the COVID pandemic. The purpose is to see to what extent BTC is mimicking the role precious metals are known for, that of being a reliable store of value.

Design/methodology/approach
The author relies on vector autoregressive modeling, as it yields a very flexible framework for forecasting and interpreting the interdependencies among variables, while providing a very intuitive framework when the underlying structural model is unknown. The author performs the analysis first for the whole sample and then for a “COVID-19 subsample.”

Findings
The author finds evidence supporting a stronger link between BTC and gold in COVID-19 times, with BTC the main driving force. The author quantifies the contribution of BTC to the surge in gold’s price during those early months of COVID-19 in the order of 28%, thus lending support to the idea of intrinsic or fundamental value in BTC.

Practical implications
Investors might consider including BTC in their portfolios as a long-term investment, very much like they do with gold.

Social implications
Cryptos at large represent an important check on the ever-expanding monetary policy pursued by central banks in recent times.

Originality/value
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on the world economy. It is thus timely to reevaluate the relationship between BTC and other assets such as gold and silver, which are traditionally seen as safe havens against uncertainty.
Clinical benefit of switching from paclitaxel to docetaxel or vice versa in cutaneous angiosarcoma patients resistant to first taxane chemotherapy
Authors: Yonekura Satoru , Endo Yuichiro , Fujii Hiroko , Ishikawa Makiko , Egawa Gyohei , Kabashima Kenji 
Published: July 2023

AbstractCutaneous angiosarcoma (CAS) is a rare soft‐tissue sarcoma of vascular endothelial origin. Paclitaxel (PTX) and docetaxel (DTX) are used as systemic chemotherapy; however, chemoresistance often occurs in CAS. Switching one taxane to the other (i.e., PTX to DTX, or vice versa) is an option when the first taxane is no longer effective in malignant cancers such as ovarian or breast cancer. However, the efficacy of the same strategy in CAS has not been reported. Herein, we report the clinical response of switching one taxane‐based chemotherapy to the other in CAS patients with resistance to the first taxane. Twelve CAS patients were included for analyses. In all patients, the median overall survival from the start of the first taxane treatment was 29.0 months (range, 6.47–58.5). During the first taxane, the median PFS for all patients was 5.96 months (1.81–47.1). Similarly, the median (range) PFS for all patients during the second taxane was 5.87 months (1.60–18.2). Furthermore, the median OS was 22.7 months (PTX to DTX) and 39.5 months (DTX to PTX) (p = 0.307). The median PFS during the first taxane was 5.14 (PTX to DTX) and 12.5 months (DTX to PTX), respectively (p = 0.380). The median PFS during the second taxane was 3.5 (PTX to DTX) and 7.1 months (DTX to PTX), respectively (p = 0.906). The objective response rate, defined as the sum of complete response (CR) and partial response (PR) rates, was 16.7%. The disease control rate, defined as the sum of CR, PR, and stable disease rates, was 50%. The frequency of adverse events during the second taxane was the same between the two groups (p > 0.999). Our report suggests that CAS patients could benefit from the second taxane treatment if the tumor is resistant to the first taxane.
Managerial short‐termism and financial statement comparability
Authors: Zhang Zhichao , Wang Fangjun 
Published: July 2023

AbstractThis study examines the association between managerial short‐termism and financial statement comparability. Using a short‐termism measure constructed through textual analysis and machine learning based on a Chinese language setting in management discussion and analysis (MD&A), we find that firms with higher short‐termism produce financial statements with lower comparability and that this effect disappears in short‐horizon industries. We further find that the increased comparability is associated with an improvement in analysts' forecasts only in non‐short‐horizon industries. Overall, our findings suggest that firms with greater managerial short‐termism are more likely to have unusual corporate behaviours, thus having worse comparability with other firms.
In natura heart rate variability predicts subsequent alcohol use in individuals in early recovery from alcohol use disorder
Authors: Eddie David , Wieman Sarah , Pietrzak Agata , Zhai Xiadi 
Published: July 2023

AbstractImpairment in autonomic self‐regulatory functioning reflected by reduced heart rate variability (HRV) is a common feature of alcohol use disorder (AUD) and is believed to heighten AUD relapse risk. However, to date, no study has explored associations between in natura HRV and subsequent alcohol use among individuals seeking AUD recovery. In this study, 42 adults in the first year of a current AUD recovery attempt were monitored for 4 days using ambulatory electrocardiogram, followed by 90 days of alcohol use monitoring using timeline follow‐back. HRV indices (independent variables) reflecting autonomic neurocardiac engagement were calculated from electrocardiogram recordings. Alcohol use (dependent variable) was calculated from timeline follow‐back and expressed as per cent days abstinent (PDA). The sample was 73.81% White/European American, 19.05% Black/African American, 4.76% Asian, and 2.38% Other race/Mixed race. As predicted, higher parasympathetically mediated HRV and lower heart rate were associated with greater PDA over 90‐day follow‐up. Additionally, interactions between these measures and baseline PDA indicated higher parasympathetically mediated HRV and lower heart rate mitigated the deleterious positive association between baseline and follow‐up alcohol use. Including factors known to influence alcohol use and/or HRV in the models did not meaningfully alter their results. Findings are consistent with psychophysiological theories implicating autonomic self‐regulatory functioning in AUD treatment outcomes and suggest that select HRV indices may have utility as indicants of risk for alcohol use lapse in individuals in early AUD recovery. Findings provide theoretical support for HRV Biofeedback for this population, which exercises the psychophysiological systems that support self‐regulation.
Economic impact of polyphagous shot hole borer Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) in Western Australia
Authors: Cook David C. , Broughton Sonya 
Published: July 2023

Abstract
Following the discovery of polyphagous shot hole borer Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff) in Western Australia in September 2021, we estimated the likely economic damage that will result in the coming decades and the return on investment in eradication.
A bioeconomic model was used to simulate the insect's spread and economic impact based on additional urban and commercial tree management costs. Two scenarios were examined, one in which an eradication policy response was initiated, and one in which it was not.
With no eradication response, results indicated that median costs would reach A$6.8 million per annum in 30 years, with 98% of these costs relating to management in urban forests.
We conclude that the eradication funding currently proposed, involving an investment of A$45.0 million over 3 years, will not generate sufficient benefits to offset costs in the short‐term, but may produce net benefits in the longer term.
Anti‐Prostitution Politics and Militarised Urban Prosperity in the US Military Camptown in Korea
Authors: Martin Bridget 
Published: July 2023

AbstractCamptowns (kijich'on) are neighbourhoods located near US military bases in Korea that are organised around the military service economy, especially the sex industry. While most studies of Korean camptowns point to the US military's involvement with the camptown sex industry as evidence of US military imperialism, this article argues that since 2004 anti‐prostitution polices have been essential to stabilising American militarisation in Korea's urban realm. Focusing on Anjeong‐ri, a camptown located adjacent to Camp Humphreys, the largest overseas US military base on the planet, the article examines how Korean development actors invoke hierarchies of race, gender, sexuality, and class to distance the camptown from the sex industry and to construct the camptown as a space of militarised urban prosperity. By showing emerging ways in which US military empire works through anti‐prostitution policies and through the urban system in Korea, the argument poses a challenge to anti‐prostitution feminists who have long located evidence of American empire in the sex industry itself.
The impact of body mass index on oncological and surgical outcomes of patients undergoing nephrectomy: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Ong Chloe S.H. , Law Terence Y.X. , Mok Alex , Ho Kenny S.C. , Wang Ziting , Chiong Edmund , Tiong Ho Yee , Teoh Jeremy Y.C. 
Published: July 2023

ObjectiveTo perform a systematic review and meta‐analysis to evaluate the impact of body mass index (BMI) on oncological (primary) and surgical (secondary) outcomes of patients who underwent nephrectomy, as obesity or high BMI is a known risk factor for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and predictor of poorer outcomes.MethodsStudies were identified from four electronic databases from database inception to 2 June 2021, according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta‐analysis statement. The review protocol was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews with the identification number: CRD42021275124.ResultsA total of 18 studies containing 13 865 patients were identified for the final meta‐analysis. Regarding oncological outcomes, higher BMI predicted higher overall survival (BMI >25 vs BMI <25 kg/m2: hazard ratio [HR] 0.70, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.58–0.85), cancer‐specific survival (BMI >25 vs BMI <25 kg/m2: HR 0.60, 95% CI 0.50–0.73; BMI 25–30 vs BMI <25 kg/m2: HR 0.46, 95% CI 0.23–0.95; BMI >30 vs BMI <25 kg/m2: HR 0.50, 95% CI 0.36–0.69), and recurrence‐free survival rates (BMI >25 vs BMI <25 kg/m2: HR 0.72, 95% CI 0.63–0.82; BMI 25–30 vs BMI <25 kg/m2: HR 0.59, 95% CI 0.42–0.82). Those with a lower BMI fared better in surgical outcomes, such as operation time and warm ischaemic time, although the absolute difference was minimal and unlikely to be clinically significant. There was no difference between groups for length of hospital stay, intraoperative or postoperative complications, blood transfusion requirements, and conversion to open surgery.ConclusionOur study suggests that a higher BMI is associated with improved long‐term oncological survival and similar perioperative outcomes as a lower BMI. More research into the underlying biological and physiological mechanisms will enable better understanding of the effect of BMI, beyond mere association, on post‐nephrectomy outcomes.