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Board gender diversity, quotas and critical mass theory
Authors: Lefley Frank , Janeček Václav 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThe corporate communications literature recently focused on corporate board gender diversity, specifically looking at two central aspects: gender quotas and equitable target percentages for women on corporate boards. This paper extends the debate by focusing on board gender diversity and critical mass theory.Design/methodology/approachThe paper gives a conceptual viewpoint on the issues raised in the literature on board gender diversity through a critical mass theory lens.FindingsFollowing the 2022 European Union (EU) directive, all EU member states will have to attain a 40% women representation on large corporate boards to achieve board gender diversity and what has been termed a “critical mass”. However, the literature indicates that gender diversity benefits may not be achieved if a critical mass is not composed of independent women directors who create a voice that produces a collective action. The authors highlight why a critical mass may not be achieved. The inconsistency in prior research linking corporate board gender diversity to economic performance may result from the critical mass of women directors not reflecting an independent collective action. However, as gender-diverse boards evolve, the authors argue that women will not just be seen as female directors but will be accepted on equal terms with their male counterparts and have an equal voice; gender will no longer be an issue and critical mass theory may then become irrelevant.Practical implicationsFrom a corporate communications perspective, this study will focus the minds of human resources (HR) professionals on the importance of the composition of women on corporate boards if the HR professionals wish to obtain the full potential benefits of board gender diversity. Theoretically, this study highlights the importance of critical mass and collective action when researching the economic benefits of corporate board gender diversity. Investment analysts may wish to look more closely at the structure of corporate boards and not just the numbers.Originality/valueThis paper gives a conceptual viewpoint on the critical mass theory and corporate board gender diversity, identifying that it is not just the numbers that are important but also the issue of minority independence and collective action, and this is, therefore, unique in this respect. Future research should identify if a critical mass (not just numbers) of women on corporate boards has been achieved. Only then that the linkage, based on critical mass theory, between board gender diversity and corporate performance/profitability can be made. Knowing whether board sizes are being increased to accommodate the added female directors would be also interesting, or will the new female directors replace existing male directors? However, the most important research question, once gender diversity has been achieved, could be: Is critical mass theory relevant with respect to board gender diversity?
Effect of equity checks and balances on corporate social responsibility: A moderated mediating effect
Authors: Yang Ya-ru , Wang Jianqiong , Lou Wentao 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to analyze the interaction between internal factors of corporate governance, especially the relationship between equity checks and balances and corporate social responsibility (CSR), and further analyze the mediating of green innovation performance and the moderating role of environmental uncertainty.Design/methodology/approachThis study adopts a sample of Chinese A-share listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from 2012 to 2020 constructed a regulated mediation effect model, empirically tests the impact of equity checks and balances on CSR and the mediation and mediator roles of green innovation performance and environmental uncertainty.Findings(1) Equity checks and balances among shareholders have a significant positive impact on CSR. (2) Equity checks and balances have a positive impact on green innovation performance, green innovation performance has a positive impact on CSR and green innovation performance plays a partial mediation effect between equity checks and balances and CSR. (3) Additionally, environmental uncertainty not only moderates the relationship between Green Innovation Performance and CSR but also moderates the direct effect between equity balance and CSR, which verifies the existence of a moderated mediation effect.Research limitations/implicationsThe study only considers listed companies on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets as the research sample and does not include unlisted and gem enterprises.Practical implicationsThe present research can offer some managerial implications about implementing equity checks and balances among shareholders, actively fulfilling CSR and developing new products.Social implicationsThis study complements previous studies on the role of green innovation in corporate governance by exploring the impact of green innovation on equity checks and balances and CSR. And this study explores the dynamic moderating of environmental uncertainty within enterprises and provides another explanation for the mixed results of equity checks and balances, green innovation performance and CSR.Originality/valueBy demonstrating the influence of the ownership structure of A-shares listed companies on CSR, this paper provides a new and comprehensive theoretical framework to examine the interaction between equity checks and balances, green innovation performance, environmental uncertainty and CSR. The results can be used as a reference for corporate governance, improving innovation performance and fulfilling CSR.
Move to innovation: place-based industrial relocation policy and firm innovation in China
Authors: Zheng Xian , Huang Jinchuan , Yuan Ziqing 
Published: April 2023

PurposeThis study investigates whether and how place-based industrial relocation policy affects firm innovation.Design/methodology/approachBy exploiting the establishment of China's National Industrial Relocation Demonstration Zones (NIRDZs) as a quasi-natural experiment in a difference-in-differences design, the authors examine the externalities of industrial policies that support sustainable development and growth from the perspectives of firms' patenting activities.FindingsThe study consistently finds that the NIRDZs policy significantly boosts local firm innovation, translating into a 60.46% increase in the patent applications of treated firms. The estimation results remain robust to a series of alternative specifications. Moreover, heterogeneity analysis suggests that the firms that benefited most were state-owned enterprises, firms with higher productivity, or firms in non-high-tech industries. Further, the authors find that the NIRDZs policy stimulates firm innovation mainly in the form of utility model patents, followed by designs and invention patents.Research limitations/implicationsThe results provide suggestions and implications for policymakers to improve the efficiency of state-led industrial policies and avoid “government failure” in policy implementation.Social implicationsThis study provides suggestions and implications for policymakers to improve the efficiency of state-led industrial policies and avoid “government failure” in the policy implementation.Originality/valueThis study fills the research gap by exploiting quasi-experiments to assess the effectiveness of state-led industrial policies for emerging economies. (2) The analysis sheds empirical light on how corporate innovation is motivated and financed by selective and functional industrial policies. (3) Theoretically, the results rationalize why state-led industrial relocation fuel innovation capabilities of localities from Marshall externalities and competition crowding-out effects.
Twitter sentiment and stock market: a COVID-19 analysis
Authors: Katsafados Apostolos G. , Nikoloutsopoulos Sotirios , Leledakis George N. 
Published: April 2023

PurposeUsing textual analysis the authors study the relationship between social media sentiments and stock markets during the COVID-19 pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThe study analysis is based on a sample of 1,616,007 tweets over the period January to June 2021 for seven countries. The authors process the tweets via the VADER analyzer thereby producing both positive and negative sentiment measures.FindingsParticularly, the authors prove that higher positivism is associated with a short-term increase in stock prices. On the other side, negativism relates inversely to stock prices with long-term impact, in the case of English-spoken countries. Notably, the study results remain robust to the inclusion of various control variables, including virtual fear and Google vaccine indexes. Finally, the authors prove that positivism is associated with higher returns and lower volatility in the short-run, while negativism is linked with lower returns in the short run.Practical implicationsThe study analysis also has significant policy implications for researchers, investors and policymakers. First, researchers can employ our measures to quantify market sentiments and expand their research arsenal to incorporate social media trends, thus providing better explanatory power. Second, during times of severe uncertainty such as in a pandemic period, investors could beneficially take into account our textual measures and empirical results when using asset pricing models or constructing their portfolios. Third, the finding that the stock market is heavily governed by sentimental behaviors, especially during crisis periods, implies that policymakers including central banks, governments and capital market commissions must consider these sentiments before exerting their policies. In this regard, governments can effectively develop policy tools and approaches to manage recovery from the pandemic, which translates to greater long-term economic resilience. Moreover, central banks should accordingly adjust their monetary policy measures in order to stabilize financial markets, and by extension, to stop the pandemic from turning into a renewed financial crisis. For example, asset purchase program is considered the main instrument of this kind of intervention.Originality/valueThe authors confirm that this work is original and has not been published elsewhere, nor is it currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. The paper should be of interest to readers in the areas of finance.
Linking CSR and organizational performance: the intervening role of sustainability risk management and organizational reputation
Authors: Singh Kuldeep , Abraham Rebecca , Yadav Jitendra , Agrawal Amit Kumar , Kolar Prasanna 
Published: April 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to look at the multifaceted relationship mechanism between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and organizational performance (OP) via sustainability risk management (SRM) and organizational reputation (OR).

Design/methodology/approach
This research connects CSR to OP via SRM and OR. Based on a sample of 325 managers of multinational firms in India, a theoretical model was proposed and analyzed through sequential mediation regressions analysis.

Findings
The findings indicate that CSR is positively and appreciably associated with OP. Furthermore, SRM and OR have been found to have a sequentially mediating effect on the interrelationship between CSR and OP. The study recognizes that organizations with a proactive approach to CSR tend to manage sustainability risk more actively, which helps to improve OR and ultimately results in better OP.

Originality/value
The research advances understanding of the triple bottom line and offers a platform for building strategic and successful CSR policies by offering valuable insights on the link between CSR and OP.
Palynology and mycology as biological evidence in a homicide case
Authors: Povilauskas Leticia Karina , Tranchida María Cecilia 
Published: April 2023

AbstractCriminal cases are studied from several disciplines to link a suspect with a criminal act. In this case, a man was reported missing in a coastal area in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The victim's relatives pointed to a possible suspect, and the local police carried out the investigation. We contributed to this research by applying palynological and mycological techniques. Palynomorphs and fungal spores offer valuable trace evidence, as they can be easily transferred between objects and crime scenes due to their minute size and persist on them for a long time. The victim was found 25 days later, lying on sandy soil, which partially covered the body, 35 km from where the suspect was arrested. Comparative samples were collected from the crime scene and the suspect's home and belongings (clothes, footwear, and seized vehicle). The palynological associations obtained from the crime scene and the defendant's belongings were dominated by diatoms and acritarchs (Acantomorphitae), all elements of marine origin, and a high CFU number of Bipolaris cynodontis, which allowed the defendant's clothing to be related to the place of corpse discovery. Soil from the defendant's home had an entirely continental composition, and the fungal biota was characteristic of prairie areas which were different from those of the crime scene.
Neighborhoods of last resort: How landlord strategies concentrate violent crime
Authors: Gomory Henry , Desmond Matthew 
Published: April 2023

AbstractStudies of crime hot spots have argued that landlords’ management styles, specifically their tenant screening and property monitoring techniques, affect crime. These studies, however, have rarely considered the political–economic contexts in which these actions take place: specifically, how landlords’ behaviors are shaped by, and themselves reproduce, larger rental market structures. Drawing on data pertaining to eviction rates, criminal incidents, housing code violations, and landlord behavior in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this study documents how extractive rental management strategies, such as weak tenant screening, frequent eviction filings, and property disinvestment, concentrate crime at particular properties. In turn, high rates of crime in a neighborhood incentivize these extractive landlord strategies. By showing how landlords’ economic strategies are central to urban crime geographies, this study contributes to our understanding of third‐party policing by revealing the limits of market‐based solutions to place management dilemmas.
Porous‐nanozyme‐based colorimetric sensor for rapid detection of kanamycin in foods under neutral condition
Authors: Zou Wenying , Wang Junjun , Yang Siyi , Tang Yue , Niu Xiaojuan , Wu Yuangen 
Published: April 2023

AbstractMost colorimetric methods based on nanozymes need to have excellent performance under acidic condition, so they are currently facing some challenges in the field of food hazard detection. Herein, a facile and rapid colorimetric sensor for kanamycin (KAN) detection in foods under neutral condition has been designed using the peroxidase‐mimic activity of porous nanozyme like Co3O4 nanodisk. Further investigations showed that the interaction mechanism between porous Co3O4 nanodisk and substrates belongs to a ping–pong model, and the inhibition type of KAN on the peroxidase‐mimic activity is noncompetitive inhibition. The constructed sensor has good sensitivity for KAN with the limit of 57 nM, and the color changes can be discerned visually when KAN exceeds 0.5 µM. Besides, the colorimetric sensor obtains excellent recovery results in chicken serum, milk, honey, and pork, which shows that the proposed sensing strategy can provide a rapid and convenient detection method for KAN in foods under neutral condition.Practical ApplicationThe established sensing strategy can rapidly distinguish whether KAN residue exceeds the permissible level within 10 min, which meets the requirement for on‐site monitoring of antibiotics in foods, and also open up a new idea for other hazards detection under neutral condition.
How does environmental corporate social responsibility contribute to the development of a green corporate image? The sequential mediating roles of employees' environmental passion and pro‐environmental behavior
Authors: Ali Muhammad Asghar , Khan Abdul Zahid , Azeem Muhammad Umer , Inam ul Haq 
Published: April 2023

AbstractDrawing on social cognitive theory and social information processing theory, this study investigated how organizations' efforts to embody environmental corporate social responsibility (ECSR) shape consumer perception of a green corporate image through employees' environmental passion and pro‐environmental behavior (PEB). To test our hypotheses, we collected multisource time‐lagged data from 214 employee–customer dyads from hotel and banking sector organizations in Pakistan. The findings show that organizations' green corporate image is a function of their efforts to engage in ECSR activities as demonstrated through employees' environmental passion and PEB. These findings have important implications in the environment and management domains because it can help organizations draft useful strategies to counter environmental degradation and generate a green corporate image in customers' minds through employees' green behavior.
The role of learning theory in multimodal learning analytics
Authors: Giannakos Michail , Cukurova Mutlu 
Published: April 2023

AbstractThis study presents the outcomes of a semi‐systematic literature review on the role of learning theory in multimodal learning analytics (MMLA) research. Based on previous systematic literature reviews in MMLA and an additional new search, 35 MMLA works were identified that use theory. The results show that MMLA studies do not always discuss their findings within an established theoretical framework. Most of the theory‐driven MMLA studies are positioned in the cognitive and affective domains, and the three most frequently used theories are embodied cognition, cognitive load theory and control–value theory of achievement emotions. Often, the theories are only used to inform the study design, but there is a relationship between the most frequently used theories and the data modalities used to operationalize those theories. Although studies such as these are rare, the findings indicate that MMLA affordances can, indeed, lead to theoretical contributions to learning sciences. In this work, we discuss methods of accelerating theory‐driven MMLA research and how this acceleration can extend or even create new theoretical knowledge.
Practitioner notesWhat is already known about this topic
Multimodal learning analytics (MMLA) is an emerging field of research with inherent connections to advanced computational analyses of social phenomena.
MMLA can help us monitor learning activity at the micro‐level and model cognitive, affective and social factors associated with learning using data from both physical and digital spaces.
MMLA provide new opportunities to support students' learning.

What this paper adds
Some MMLA works use theory, but, overall, the role of theory is currently limited.
The three theories dominating MMLA research are embodied cognition, control–value theory of achievement emotions and cognitive load theory.
Most of the theory‐driven MMLA papers use theory ‘as is’ and do not consider the analytical and synthetic role of theory or aim to contribute to it.

Implications for practice and/or policy
If the ultimate goal of MMLA, and AI in Education in general, research is to understand and support human learning, these studies should be expected to align their findings (or not) with established relevant theories.
MMLA research is mature enough to contribute to learning theory, and more research should aim to do so.
MMLA researchers and practitioners, including technology designers, developers, educators and policy‐makers, can use this review as an overview of the current state of theory‐driven MMLA.
The identification and management of people with an at‐risk mental state (ARMS) for psychosis in primary and secondary care services: A qualitative interview study
Authors: Strelchuk Daniela , Wiles Nicola , Derrick Catherine , Zammit Stan , Turner Katrina 
Published: April 2023

AbstractAimsEarly intervention in people with an at‐risk mental state (ARMS) for psychosis can prevent the onset of psychosis. Clinical guidelines recommend that ARMS are referred to triage services, and then to Early Intervention (EI) teams in secondary care for assessment and treatment. However, little is known about how ARMS patients are identified and managed in UK primary and secondary care. This study explored patients' and clinicians' views of ARMS patients' care pathways.MethodsEleven patients, 20 GPs, 11 clinicians from the triaging Primary Care Liaison Services (PCLS) and 10 EI clinicians were interviewed. Data were analysed thematically.ResultsMost patients said their symptoms started in adolescence with depression and anxiety. Before being referred to EI teams, most patients were referred by their GP to well‐being services for talking therapies, which they had not found helpful. Some GPs said secondary care‘s high acceptance thresholds and scarce treatment availability made them reluctant to refer to EI teams. Triage in PCLS was influenced by patients’ risk of self‐harm, and formulation of psychotic symptoms; only those without clear evidence of other pathology and not at high risk of self‐harm were referred to EI teams, the others being referred to Recovery/Crisis services. Although patients referred to EI teams were offered an assessment, only some EI teams were commissioned to treat ARMS.ConclusionsIndividuals meeting ARMS criteria might not receive early intervention due to high treatment thresholds and limited treatment availability in secondary care, suggesting clinical guidelines are not being met for this patient group.
Selenium suppressed the LPS‐induced inflammation of bovine endometrial epithelial cells through NF‐κB and MAPK pathways under high cortisol background
Authors: Cui Luying , Zhang Jiaqi , Guo Jing , Zhang Min , Li Wenjie , Dong Junsheng , Liu Kangjun , Guo Long , Li Jun , Wang Heng , Li Jianji 
Published: April 2023

AbstractThe bovine uterus is susceptible to infection, and the elevated cortisol level due to stress are common in cows after delivery. The essential trace element selenium plays a pivotal role in the antioxidant and anti‐inflammatory defence system of body. This study investigated whether selenium supplementation protected endometrial cells from inflammation in the presence of high‐level cortisol. The primary bovine endometrial epithelial cells were subjected to Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide to establish cellular inflammation model. The gene expression of inflammatory mediators and proinflammatory cytokines was measured by quantitative PCR. The key proteins of NF‐κB and MAPK signalling pathways were detected by Western blot and immunofluorescence. The result showed that pre‐treatment of Na2SeO3 (1, 2 and 4 μΜ) decreased the mRNA expression of proinflammatory genes, inhibited the activation of NF‐κB and suppressed the phosphorylation of extracellular signal‐regulated kinase, P38MAPK and c‐Jun N‐terminal kinase. This inhibition of inflammation was more apparent in the presence of high‐level cortisol (30 ng/mL). These results indicated that selenium has an anti‐inflammatory effect, which is mediated via NF‐κB and MAPK signalling pathways and is augmented by cortisol in bovine endometrial epithelial cells.