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Knowledge absorption pathways for eco-innovation: an empirical analysis of small and medium-sized enterprises in the European Union
Authors: Yoshino Miyana , Sadlek Benjamin , Yarime Masaru , Ali Adnan 
Published: July 2023

PurposeThis study contributes to the literature on eco-innovation (EI) and the circular economy (CE) by providing insights into the factors of external knowledge absorption that facilitate the adoption of a subset of EIss called proactive-EIs. Proactive-EIs involve collaborations among multiple stakeholders, the use of technical knowledge and a greater level of investment than other innovations. In this study, the environmental actions taken by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in resource-intensive sectors in the European Union (EU) were observed, and elements related to the national context were compared.Design/methodology/approachThe national innovation system (NIS) perspective was adopted using a multilevel framework to assess the determinants of proactive-EIs among SMEs in the EU. The framework involves three levels: micro- (environmental awareness), meso- (external collaboration and intra-industry agglomeration) and macro- (economic complexity, trade openness and government research and development [R&D]). The survey data of 6,188 SMEs in resource-intensive sectors were analysed using a binary logistic regression.FindingsThe results showed that public awareness, economic complexity and public sector R&D positively influenced SMEs' adoption of proactive-EIs, whereas external collaboration and sectoral agglomeration negatively influenced adoption.Originality/valueAmong the existing empirical studies on EI, areas related to external knowledge-based innovations and systematic assessments of heterogeneity among EU member states remain underexplored. This study contributed to the literature by assessing the conditions surrounding external knowledge absorption. The findings contribute to the green entrepreneurship literature in the context of developed economies and offer insights for managers and policymakers seeking to promote EIs.
Do corruption and inequality shape sustainable development? Evidence from the post-soviet countries
Authors: Badur M. Mesut , Yılmaz Ekrem , Sensoy Fatma 
Published: July 2023

PurposeThis paper aims to investigate the role of corruption and income inequality in three-dimensional sustainable development in the post-Soviet countries.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology is based on dynamic panel regression with the fixed effects approach.FindingsThe authors' findings depict that increasing corruption and income inequality undermine sustainable development. Specifically, increasing corruption and income inequality negatively affect sustainable development. Moreover, unemployment and trade liberalization negatively impact sustainable development, whereas foreign direct investments (FDIs) positively affect sustainable development.Practical implicationsPolicy implications enclose galvanizing strong institutions and redistributive policy mechanisms that the bottom income groups enjoy in promoting sustainable development to keep away the distressful phase of corruption and income inequality.Originality/valueThis is the first paper on corruption, income inequality and sustainable development in the post-Soviet countries employing a sustainable development index (SDI), which is calculated by considering three factors including economic, social and environmental development.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-01-2023-0065
Unboxing the paradox of social media user-generated content (UGC) information qualities and tourist behaviour: moderating effect of perceived travel risk
Authors: Asyraff Muhammad Aliff , Hanafiah Mohd Hafiz , Zain Nur Adilah Md , Hariani Dina 
Published: July 2023

PurposeThis study utilised Mehrabian and Russel's stimulus-organism-response (SOR) model to investigate the inter-relationship between perceived social media information qualities (IQ) of online UGC, destination image, perceived travel risk and behavioural intentions.Design/methodology/approachA total of 255 responses from international tourists were collected. The data collection via an online survey was performed from October 2020 to February 2021. The study model and hypotheses were examined using partial least squares-structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM).FindingsThe result indicated that social media intrinsic, representational, and social IQ significantly influenced tourists perceived cognitive image, while only contextual and social IQ significantly predicted the perceived affective image. This study also confirms the significant effect of cognitive image on the affective image. In addition, the authors found that both destination image components, cognitive and affective, significantly affect tourists' behavioural intentions. However, surprisingly, tourists' perceived travel risk did not moderate the effect of destination image components on behavioural intentions.Research limitations/implicationsThis study contributes to the body of knowledge by extending Mehrabian and Russel's SOR model in the tourism behaviour context.Practical implicationsFrom a practical perspective, this study proves that UGC significantly affects destination image and plays an integral part in luring tourists to visit a destination.Originality/valuePrevious research in this area is limited, making this study particularly novel. This study represents one of the initial attempts to evaluate the dimensions of information quality in UGC on social media and online review platforms, particularly within the field of tourism. Treating online travel UGC seriously could assist organisations in leveraging tourist behaviour and enhancing destination image.
How do consumers interact with social media influencers in extraordinary times?
Authors: Saldanha Natalya , Mulye Rajendra , Japutra Arnold 
Published: July 2023

PurposeConsumers are increasingly spending more time on social media platforms to cope with anxiety and loneliness resulting from the recent pandemic. The extraordinary times, characterised by isolation and lockdown, has placed increasing dependence on online technology as a coping mechanism in which social media influencers (SMIs) served as the human face of brands, helping both consumers and brands maintain human connection. How should practitioners navigate their social media campaigns in this changing environment?Design/methodology/approachTo answer this question, the Source Connectedness Pyramid is proposed to help explain and compare the interactions between consumers and SMIs in ordinary and extraordinary times.FindingsIn their interactions with influencers during ordinary times, consumers are satiated with influencer source characteristics of attractiveness, trustworthiness and expertise. However, during extraordinary times, consumers substitute their usual preference to focus on connectedness, characterised by relatedness, belongingness and attachment.Originality/valueThe empirical study within this paper lends support to this proposition and offers additional insights. The proposed Source Connectedness Pyramid contributes to influencer communication theoretically and has strategic implications for practitioners when navigating their social media campaigns in these extraordinary times.
Corporate strategic positioning and environmental information disclosure under circular economy: evidence from China
Authors: Gu Yiyang , Wu Peng , Du Ruixue 
Published: July 2023

PurposeThe authors intend to investigate the relations between corporate strategic positioning and environmental information disclosure (EID) behaviors in the context of the circular economy. The authors argue that the development of the circular economy is crucial to address environmental issues and achieve sustainable development, and companies play a vital role in this process as micro-entities. By examining corporate EID behaviors, the authors could understand their adoption of circular practices to a certain extent.Design/methodology/approachThe authors conduct a content analysis of companies' annual fiscal reports, social responsibility reports and environmental reports and develop text-based proxies for both strategic positioning and EID quality to explore the relationship between them.FindingsThe authors find that corporate strategic positioning does affect corporate EID behaviors. Specifically, firms that implement a prospector strategy are more likely to engage in high-quality EID. Furthermore, the results suggest that green innovation is one of the mediators through which strategic positioning affects EID. Compared with defenders, prospectors are more likely to engage in green innovation, which, in turn, leads to higher-quality EID and demonstrates a more active approach to the circular economy.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on strategic positioning and corporate EID by providing empirical evidence on the impact of corporate strategic positioning on EID behaviors. Moreover, the study employs a textual analysis approach to measure corporate strategy and EID, which is a relatively new research method in this field.
The development and validation of the Indian social media addiction scale
Authors: Saqib Natasha , Amin Faseeh 
Published: July 2023

PurposeMillions of social media users over the last two decades have become dependent on social media that has negatively affected their lives, both physically and mentally. Earlier attempts on social media addiction (SMA) scale development have not been made in India which makes it essential to undertake such a study in this region. One of the objectives of this study was to explore and identify the relevant dimensions of the SMA in the literature. The main study objective was to develop and validate a scale on SMA in India.Design/methodology/approachThe research design applied in this work was both qualitative and quantitative. Based on the literature review, some themes of SMA were recognized that were used to conduct semi-structured interviews with the concerned subjects. The interviews conducted were then transcribed, and using NVivo software application, content analysis was carried out. This helped in the identification of relevant themes that were used for preparing the questionnaire. After that an exploratory study was conducted to explore the factors of SMA. This was followed by a confirmatory analysis on a different sample that validated the instrument.FindingsThis work developed and validated a six-factor measure of SMA. The total numbers of items in the final instrument are 22. Salience, Tolerance, Mood Modification, Relapse, Withdrawal and Conflict are the six factors of the final scale.Practical implicationsThe current designed instrument can be exceptionally functional for evaluating the occurrence and level of the SMA. This can also serve to assist in the handling and management of such online addictive behavior. A lot of productivity is lost due to the unwarranted time spent on the social media. By better understanding the dimensions of SMA, one can limit one's time on such networks.Social implicationsThis work can provide valuable insight into this domain and help in understanding and treatment of this malaise. It can also help parents and other stakeholders at large to comprehend the danger linked with the excessive social media use and therefore, contribute towards the society. These dimensions can also help counsellors and psychologists to better understand the addiction behavior and accordingly counsel the concerned individual.Originality/valueAlthough many instruments have been developed in the past by researchers to measure SMA,still some aspects of the concept remain under-researched. Moreover, most of such research has been confined to the developed world regions.
Examination of stress–turnover relationship through perceived employee's exploitation at workplace
Authors: Bhat Mohd Abass , Tariq Shagufta , Rainayee Riyaz Ahmad 
Published: July 2023

PurposeIn the purview of stress–turnover relationship, the present study aims to explore the endogenous and exogenous aspects of stress and employees' turnover intentions. Further, it also intends to evaluate the mediating role of perceived employee's exploitation between stressors and employee turnover intentions. For that matter, antecedents of stressors were identified and classified into endogenous and exogenous stressors: endogenous stressors relate to the employees' negative psychological contact within an organization and exogenous stressors are various macro-economic factors which have a considerable influence on employees' workplace behavior.Design/methodology/approachFor the purpose of this study, this study choses private school teachers as respondents working in the economically depressed state of India. Thus, data for the present study has been collected from 628 private school teachers of J&K (India) which were randomly selected. In order to ensure valid and reliable statistical inferences from the study, data collected has been validated using confirmatory factor analysis and hypothesis testing has been carried out through structural equation modeling.FindingsIt was found that both types of stressors were contributing negatively toward employee's psychological state resulting in undesirable employee organizational relationships manifested as turnover intentions among employees. Moreover, perceived employee's exploitation was found to intensify the relationship of employee turnover as a dependent variable regressed on endogenous, exogenous and occupational stress by fully mediating the stress–turnover intricacies.Research limitations/implicationsThe implications of the study include the identification of employees' stressor needs in order to gauge the understanding of the mechanism by which employees react to their environment and develop attitudes toward their jobs. The present study includes a small sample size obtained from private educational institutions only. Therefore, there is a need to take a geographically diverse sample that is inevitable for universal inferences and validity.Originality/valueVery little research has been conducted to explore endogenous, exogenous and unique stressors such as economic stress and perceived external opportunities which constitute the overall stress. Moreover, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study which tests the model empirically that examines the effect of stress–turnover relationship through perceived employee's exploitation in the teaching and educational sector.
The effect of household corrosive substances on latent fingermark development in the context of deliberate corrosive substance attacks
Authors: Croxton Ruth , Joyce Holly 
Published: July 2023

AbstractCorrosive substance attacks (CSA) are a prevalent issue in the UK with 525 offenses involving a corrosive substance reported to the police in the year ending March 2022. Easy availability, low cost, and concealability in public are common reasons for choosing a corrosive substance as a weapon. The Metropolitan Police revealed that 68% of 1849 CSA cases resulted in no suspect identified or evidential difficulties. There is limited research into the effect of corrosive substances on latent fingermarks. This study aimed to determine the potential for fingermarks to be recovered from surfaces exposed to a household corrosive substance within the context of a deliberate CSA. Natural and sebaceous‐loaded fingermarks were exposed to Domestos bleach, Harpic limescale remover (hydrochloric acid‐based) and lemon juice. Harpic limescale remover had the most detrimental effect, with only 7.1% of fingermarks (n = 378) exposed being identifiable (defined as sufficient clear ridge detail for identification) after enhancement, followed by bleach with only 10.3% of fingermarks (n = 378) identifiable. Lemon juice had the least detrimental effect on fingermarks, with 40.5% fingermarks (n = 378) identifiable compared to 53.4% for the controls (not exposed to any substance; n = 378). Throughout the study, fewer natural fingermarks were identifiable after exposure to corrosive substances compared to sebaceous fingermarks which was as expected. Overall, this study demonstrated that there is potential to recover latent fingermarks, depending on their composition, following exposure to a household corrosive substance. This area warrants further research to establish best practice to maximize the potential to recover identifiable fingermarks.
Use of coconut sugar as an alternative agent in osmotic dehydration of strawberries
Authors: Macedo Leandro Levate , Corrêa Jefferson Luiz Gomes , Araújo Cintia da Silva , Oliveira Daniela da Silva , Teixeira Luciano José Quintão 
Published: July 2023

AbstractThis study aimed to evaluate coconut sugar (CS) as an alternative osmotic agent to sucrose for the osmotic dehydration (OD) of strawberries. OD was performed by immersing strawberries cut into 13.6 ± 0.4 mm edge cubes in osmotic solutions of CS or sucrose, at two different concentrations (40% and 60%, w/w), with and without application of vacuum (AV) in the first 20 min of the process. The total OD time was 300 min. Evaluations of the kinetics of solid gain (SG), water loss (WL), and weight reduction (WR) were performed at 30, 60, 120, 180, 240, and 300 min. SG, WL, and WR increased over the OD time and showed values of up to 7.94%, 63.40%, and 55.94%, respectively. AV increased WL, WR, shrinkage, pH, and total color difference and decreased anthocyanin, ascorbic acid (AA), phenolic, and antioxidant contents. The higher concentration led to higher SG, WL, WR, shrinkage, hardness, and lower moisture content, water activity, anthocyanin, AA, phenolic, and antioxidant contents. The use of CS instead of sucrose had little influence on strawberry properties, except pH and color responses. The optimal treatment was using a 60% CS solution without AV, showing a very distinct color change, hardness increased by approximately 4.5 times and maintenance of acidity, anthocyanins, AA, total phenolics, and antioxidants of 38.0%, 39.6%, 11.8%, 30.0%, 31.1%, and 30.3%, respectively, compared to fresh strawberries.Practical ApplicationOsmotic dehydration of fruit is a process traditionally carried out using sucrose. However, increasing health concerns have made consumers seek alternative sugars to sucrose. The use of coconut sugar made it possible to produce osmo‐dehydrated strawberries different from the traditional one, maintaining product quality and process efficiency.
Persistence of monoclonal B‐cell expansion and intraclonal diversification despite virus eradication in patients affected by hepatitis C virus‐associated lymphoproliferative disorders
Authors: Mazzaro Cesare , Visentini Marcella , Gragnani Laura , Vit Filippo , Tissino Erika , Pozzo Federico , Papotti Robel , Casato Milvia , Zignego Anna Linda , Bittolo Tamara , Zucchetto Antonella , Degan Massimo , Bomben Riccardo , Gattei Valter 
Published: July 2023

SummaryWe investigated 23 hepatitis C virus (HCV)‐infected patients with overt lymphoproliferative diseases (15 cases) or monoclonal B lymphocytosis (8 cases) treated with direct agent antiviral (DAAs) per clinical practice. DAA therapy yielded undetectable HCV‐RNA, the complete response of cryoglobulinemia vasculitis and related signs, whilst the presence of B‐cell clones (evaluated by flow cytometry, IGHV, and BCL2‐IGH rearrangements), detected in 19/23 cases at baseline, was maintained (17/19). Similarly, IGHV intraclonal diversification, supporting an antigen‐driven selection mechanism, was identified in B‐cell clones at baseline and end of follow‐up. DAA therapy alone, despite HCV eradication and good immunological responses, was less effective on the pathological B‐cell clones.
ModalNeRF: Neural Modal Analysis and Synthesis for Free‐Viewpoint Navigation in Dynamically Vibrating Scenes
Authors: Petitjean Automne , Poirier‐Ginter Yohan , Tewari Ayush , Cordonnier Guillaume , Drettakis George 
Published: July 2023

AbstractRecent advances in Neural Radiance Fields enable the capture of scenes with motion. However, editing the motion is hard; no existing method allows editing beyond the space of motion existing in the original video, nor editing based on physics. We present the first approach that allows physically‐based editing of motion in a scene captured with a single hand‐held video camera, containing vibrating or periodic motion. We first introduce a Lagrangian representation, representing motion as the displacement of particles, which is learned while training a radiance field. We use these particles to create a continuous representation of motion over the sequence, which is then used to perform a modal analysis of the motion thanks to a Fourier transform on the particle displacement over time. The resulting extracted modes allow motion synthesis, and easy editing of the motion, while inheriting the ability for free‐viewpoint synthesis in the captured 3D scene from the radiance field. We demonstrate our new method on synthetic and real captured scenes.
Associations of lipoprotein subclasses with risk of all‐cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes: A prospective cohort study
Authors: Li Rui , Chen Jun‐Xiang , Lu Qi , Geng Ting‐Ting , Xia Peng‐Fei , Wang Yi , Chen Liang‐Kai , Shan Zhi‐Lei , Pan An , Liu Gang 
Published: July 2023

AbstractAimAlthough lipoproteins are well‐established risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, conventional measurements failed to identify lipoprotein particle sizes. This study aimed to investigate associations of lipoprotein subclasses categorized by particle sizes with risk of all‐cause and CVD mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes.MethodsThis study included 6575 individuals with type 2 diabetes from the UK Biobank. Concentrations of very low‐, low‐, intermediate‐ and high‐density lipoprotein [very‐low‐density lipoprotein (VLDL), low‐density lipoprotein (LDL), intermediate‐density lipoprotein and high‐density lipoprotein (HDL)] particles in 14 subclasses and lipid constituents within each subclass were measured by quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance. Multivariable‐adjusted Cox proportional‐hazard regression models were used to estimate the hazard ratio (HR) for per standard deviation increment of log‐transformed lipoprotein subclasses with risk of mortality. Allp‐values were adjusted by the false discovery rate method.ResultsDuring a median follow‐up of 11.4 years, 943 deaths were documented, including 310 CVD deaths. Small HDL particles were inversely associated with CVD mortality, with HR (95% CI) of 0.78 (0.69, 0.87), whereas very large and large HDL particles were positively associated with CVD mortality with HR (95% CI) of 1.28 (1.12, 1.45) and 1.19 (1.05, 1.35), respectively. A similar pattern was observed for all‐cause mortality [small HDL particle (HR, 95% CI): 0.79, 0.74‐0.85; large HDL particle: 1.15, 1.07‐1.24; very large HDL particle: 1.26, 1.17‐1.36]. For VLDL and LDL, very small VLDL particle was positively, while medium LDL particle was inversely associated with all‐cause mortality, but not associated with CVD mortality. The pattern of association with all‐cause and CVD mortality for cholesterol and triglyceride within lipoprotein particles was similar to those for lipoprotein particles themselves.ConclusionsThe associations between lipoprotein particles, particularly HDL particles, with all‐cause and CVD mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes were significantly varied by particle sizes, highlighting the importance of particle size as a lipoprotein metric in mortality risk discrimination.