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The transcriptional changes underlying the flowering phenology shift in response to climate warming
Authors: Komoto Hideyuki , Hata Yuki , Kyozuka Junko , Kajita Yui , Toyama Hironori , Nagahama Ai , Satake Akiko 
Published: January 2023

AbstractClimate warming is causing shifts in key life-history events, such as flowering time. To assess the impacts of climate warming on flowering phenology, it is crucial to understand the transcriptional changes of genes underlying the phenological shifts. Here, we comprehensively explore genes that contribute to the flowering phenology shifts under climate warming by monitoring the latitudinal gradient of seasonal expression dynamics of 293 flowering-time genes in a perennial herb,Arabidopsis halleri. Through transplant experiments conducted at northern, southern, and subtropical study sites in Japan, we have demonstrated that the flowering period was shortened with decreasing latitude and ultimately, the plants lost the opportunity to flower in subtropical climates. The key transcriptional changes underlying the shift in flowering phenology and the loss of flowering opportunity were the diminished expression of floral pathway integrator genes and genes in the gibberellin synthesis and aging pathways, all of which are suppressed by increased expression ofFLOWERING LOCUS C, a central repressor of flowering. These results suggest that the upper-temperature threshold beyond which plants cannot reproduce in response to warming is governed by a relatively small number of genes that suppress reproduction in the absence of winter cold.
Cell-free Chromatin Immunoprecipitation to detect molecular pathways in Physiological and Disease States
Authors: Jang Moon K. , Markowitz Tovah E. , Andargie Temesgen E. , Apalara Zainab , Kuhn Skyler , Agbor-Enoh Sean 
Published: January 2023

AbstractPatient monitoring is a cornerstone in clinical practice to define disease phenotypes and guide clinical management. Unfortunately, this is often reliant on invasive and/or less sensitive methods that do not provide deep phenotype assessments of disease state to guide treatment. This paper examined plasma cell-free DNA chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (cfChIP-seq) to define molecular gene sets in physiological and heart transplant patients taking immunosuppression medications. We show cfChIP-seq reliably detect gene signals that correlate with gene expression. In healthy controls and in heart transplant patients, cfChIP-seq reliably detected housekeeping genes. cfChIP-seq identified differential gene signals of the relevant immune and non-immune molecular pathways that were predominantly downregulated in immunosuppressed heart transplant patients compared to healthy controls. cfChIP-seq also identified tissue sources of cfDNA, detecting greater cell-free DNA from cardiac, hematopoietic, and other non-hematopoietic tissues such as the pulmonary, digestive, and neurological tissues in transplant patients than healthy controls. cfChIP-seq gene signals were reproducible between patient populations and blood collection methods. cfChIP-seq may therefore be a reliable approach to provide dynamic assessments of molecular pathways and tissue injury associated to disease.
Corrosion behavior of a five-layer Al alloy composite plate in NaCl solution
Authors: Zhou Dejing , Wang Mingyang , Ji Yuanyuan , Liu Zhe , Gao Zhiming , Hu Wenbin , Guo Yuhua 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to investigate the electrochemical corrosion behavior of a five-layer Al alloy composites (4343/4047/3003/4047/4343) with a thickness of 0.2 mm in NaCl solution.

Design/methodology/approach
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, polarization curve and morphology analyses were used to study the corrosion behavior of the Al alloy composites from cross-sectional and plane directions.

Findings
The corrosion resistance of the surface from the plane direction was higher than that from the cross sections. Si-enrich particles were observed in the outer 4047/4343 layer, and AlFeCuMnBi phases were identified in the core 3003 layer. The galvanic coupling between the Si-enrich particle and the Al matrix accelerated the dissolution Al matrix.

Originality/value
This work lays the experimental foundation for corrosion mechanism of the Al alloy composite plate.
Beverley-Anne Joseph: cheers to the perseverance of an entrepreneur
Authors: Urban Boris , Townsend Stephanie Althea 
Published: January 2023

Learning outcomes
The learning outcomes of this study are as follows:▪ evaluate the difficulties of entry-level women entrepreneurs in the South African farming industry;▪ appreciate the entrepreneurial journey of a women entrepreneur in the farming industry;▪ assess the role of networking and support programmes in prompting women entrepreneurs in South Africa;▪ understand the role of diversification in building a sustainable business in today’s COVID-19-affected economic environment;▪ make an informed decision regarding how COVID-19 had negatively affected the farming industry; and▪ critically evaluate which options are available for women entrepreneurs to overcome the negative effects of COVID-19 and remain sustainable businesses.

Case overview/synopsis
In April 2021, managing director and co-owner Beverley-Anne Joseph, was considering the long-term business strategy options for Zelpy, her hop farm business outside George, a town in the Western Cape, South Africa. As the first black woman hop farmer in Africa, she had run a successful business supplying hops to South African Breweries (SAB), a subsidiary of the global conglomerate Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev). To date, her hop farming business had not been impacted by the South African Government’s COVID-19 lockdowns that impacted the sale of alcoholic beverages. However, it had given her a wake-up call as to the risk of having most of her eggs in one basket. She now had to consider how to diversify her farming business to minimise risk.

Complexity academic level
MBA, Masters in Management, Postgraduate Diploma in Business and Executive Education short courses.

Supplementary materials
Teaching notes are available for educators only.

Subject code
CSS 3: Entrepreneurship.
A discussion of digital transition impact on facility management of hospital buildings
Authors: Pedral Sampaio Rodrigo , Aguiar Costa António , Flores-Colen Inês 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
This paper aims to contribute to the discussion of the following questions: How can the digital transition improve the management of the operation and maintenance of infrastructure in health-care facilities? What is the legacy for facility management (FM) teams in this post-COVID-19 management of hospital buildings?

Design/methodology/approach
Based on a literature review, this paper analyses and categorises existing research on the digital challenges for FM from 2011 until 2021 by conducting a qualitative and quantitative method of bibliometric analysis and discussing the status of digital transition impact on FM of the hospital buildings.

Findings
The trends and challenges of building information modelling, artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things identified and discussed in this paper aim to be as comprehensive as possible to grasp the situation of digital transition in the FM industry in the hospital buildings context. Regarding digital maturity, the limited number of publications highlights that control and management systems cannot fully manage the entire operational phase of hospital buildings. Giving intelligence to buildings will undoubtedly be the future. So making buildings reactive, interactive and immersive is an inevitable transformation for intelligent hospital building systems. Thus, the added value of digitalisation will help facility managers to overcome the issues pointed out in this paper to deal with the growing health demands and enable them to mitigate the impacts of a new and future pandemic.

Originality/value
The novelty of this paper is classifying and unifying facility managers' tendencies regarding high-level information management issues, which are lacking in the literature, with a focus on the approaches with potential and higher impact on FM in the hospital building context and the related steps that should be considered regarding data collection and data structures. These tendencies provide a set of new intelligent approaches and tools, which will increase the efficiency of processes, significantly impacting the potential of optimisation. Also, these trends can improve planning and management of scope, costs, environment and safety in the value chain of projects and assets, thus creating a more resilient and sustainable industry for facility managers in this post-COVID-19 management for hospital buildings.
Corporate social responsibility, corporate reputation and intention to apply for a job: evidence from students in an emerging economy
Authors: Tien Thanh Pham , Thu Ha Nguyen , Thi Hong Ngoc Pham , Thuy Ha Le Thi 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
High-quality workforce is the most important source for competitive advantage, and thus all organizations attempt to attract and recruit young talents. This study aims to examine the relationships between corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporate reputation and intention to apply for a job in young individuals.

Design/methodology/approach
For empirical analysis, this study uses data collected from final-year students and fresh graduates in a developing city. This study uses structural equation modelling (SEM) to test the research model.

Findings
CSR is found to be positively and directly associated with intention to apply for a job. CSR is also positively and indirectly associated with intention to apply through the mediation of corporate reputation.

Practical implications
This study underscores the importance of CSR practices in enhancing corporate reputation and attracting talented young candidates. Accordingly, organizations can gain their competitive edge in a highly competitive environment.

Social implications
This study suggests that organizations should be more concerned about CSR practices for the sake of corporate reputation as well as community development.

Originality/value
This study is among the early attempts to examine the direct and indirect relationships between CSR, corporate reputation and intention to apply for a job in a developing city. The findings add to the growing literature suggesting that CSR may help organizations achieve competitive advantage regarding the attraction of prospective young talents.
Can sports-based corporate social responsibility performance reflect firms' market values and risks? Intertemporal evidence from Taiwan iSports corporate award-winning firms
Authors: Lu Huei-Fu 
Published: January 2023

PurposeWith the growing popularity of sports in Taiwan, the Sports Administration under the Ministry of Education introduced the Taiwan iSports Corporate Award campaign. This emphasised sports for employees and assisted in developing and supporting corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities in the sports industry through collaboration with firms, thereby enhancing their corporate image, facilitating the recruitment of high-quality employees and highlighting healthy human resources and brand value. Can sports-based CSR performance reflect firms' market values and reduce their market risks? This study regards Taiwan iSports Corporate Award announcements as important sports-based CSR disclosures and incorporates financial econometrics to examine the relationship between the announcement of sports-based CSR performance and firms' market values and risks.Design/methodology/approachAn event study is conducted to clarify the reactions of the Taiwan iSports Corporate Award announcement event on the abnormal returns of award-winning firms during the 2016–2021 period, and a regression discontinuity design (RDD) model is employed to verify the robustness of the empirical results using the event study method.FindingsTaiwan iSports Corporate Award announcements are not significantly reflected in the positive abnormal returns of award-winning firms. No causal relationship is found between the two. However, there are signs of relatively less systematic risks when investing in award-winning firms than in the market.Originality/valueThis study provides empirical evidence and managerial implications for Taiwan iSports Corporate Award-winning firms. It effectively enables business operators, sponsors or investors to understand the reactions of announcing sports-based CSR performance on the financial market and provides references for corporate organizations' CSR and sustainable development.
Organizational flexibility and pioneering behavior: the indirect effect of market dynamism in tourism firms
Authors: De la Gala-Velasquez Bernardo Ramón Dante , Hurtado-Palomino Americo , Chavez Zirena Elbia Myreyle 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to understand the moderating role of market dynamism in the relationship between organizational flexibility and pioneering behavior in tourism firms in Arequipa, Peru. This study aims to delve into the antecedents of pioneering orientation understood as a strategic stance that favors the creation and launch of new products in the market.

Design/methodology/approach
This empirical study involved the analysis, using partial least squares regression, of 306 surveys administered to mangers of tourism enterprises. Mediation has also been examined using the bootstrapping method.

Findings
The results show that organizational flexibility has a positive impact on pioneering behavior, while market dynamism positively mediates this relationship.

Practical implications
This work provides interesting theoretical and empirical contributions for the management of firms in the tourism sector. Firms should develop capabilities to reconfigure their processes and products to adequately implement and exploit innovations generated in their organizations. In addition, tourism enterprises should improve their performance by creating new products and/or services, aligned with changes in customers' purchasing and consumption habits.

Originality/value
This study aims to elaborate on the background of pioneering orientation understood as a strategic stance that favors the creation and launch of new products in the market. This study also proposes that market dynamism is a factor to be considered in improving this relationship.
Working in a smart home environment: examining the impact on productivity, well-being and future use intention
Authors: Marikyan Davit , Papagiannidis Savvas , F. Rana Omer , Ranjan Rajiv 
Published: January 2023

PurposeThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a big impact on organisations globally, leaving organisations with no choice but to adapt to the new reality of remote work to ensure business continuity. Such an unexpected reality created the conditions for testing new applications of smart home technology whilst working from home. Given the potential implications of such applications to improve the working environment, and a lack of research on that front, this paper pursued two objectives. First, the paper explored the impact of smart home applications by examining the factors that could contribute to perceived productivity and well-being whilst working from home. Second, the study investigated the role of productivity and well-being in motivating the intention of remote workers to use smart home technologies in a home-work environment in the future.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a cross-sectional research design. For data collection, 528 smart home users working from home during the pandemic were recruited. Collected data were analysed using a structural equation modelling approach.FindingsThe results of the research confirmed that perceived productivity is dependent on service relevance, perceived usefulness, innovativeness, hedonic beliefs and control over environmental conditions. Perceived well-being correlates with task-technology fit, service relevance, perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use, attitude to smart homes, innovativeness, hedonic beliefs and control over environmental conditions. Intention to work from a smart home-office in the future is dependent on perceived well-being.Originality/valueThe findings of the research contribute to the organisational and smart home literature, by providing missing evidence about the implications of the application of smart home technologies for employees' perceived productivity and well-being. The paper considers the conditions that facilitate better outcomes during remote work and could potentially be used to improve the work environment in offices after the pandemic. Also, the findings inform smart home developers about the features of technology which could improve the developers' application in contexts beyond home settings.
Pandemic sociomaterial bricolage: how vulnerable communities used social media to tackle the COVID-19 crisis
Authors: Pinto Fernando , Macadar Marie Anne , Pereira Gabriela Viale 
Published: January 2023

PurposeThis research was conducted to understand how vulnerable communities used social media (SM) tools to face the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Affected by the lack of information and the absence of effective public policies, residents from slums in the city of Rio de Janeiro displayed new and unexpected uses to SM tools to tackle the health and socio-economic impacts of the pandemic.Design/methodology/approachThe research methodology consisted of a qualitative, exploratory study, combining a series of in-depth interviews with the analysis of various posts, containing videos and texts, extracted from SM during the first six months of the pandemic. The data were collected in the context of 10 different communities in Rio de Janeiro city.FindingsIn the context of the pandemic, people combined different uses of SM not only to inform themselves and communicate with others but also to articulate and execute fundraising and food donation strategies within vulnerable communities. Accordingly, this SM use is characterized by improvisation, learning by doing and building resilience, which are all constructs related to the concept of bricolage. Users had no specific SM knowledge, and adjusted these technological tools to emergent new activities in practice, which is characteristic of sociomaterial process. In addition to emphasizing the importance of context for the emergence of the phenomenon, this work also highlights reliability, validity and authority as characteristics related to the citizen-led participation approach that was observed.Research limitations/implicationsFuture research can develop approaches based on pandemic sociomaterial bricolage (PSB) aspects, which could guide governments and practitioners on building innovative solutions for the use of SM by the population, especially in emergency situations.Originality/valueThis study proposes a framework, termed PSB, to represent SM usage promoted by the pandemic context, which emerged from the triangulation of empirical data and an analysis based on the concepts of bricolage and sociomateriality.
Knowledge co-creation with multiple stakeholders: the case of SMEs in China
Authors: Zhang Yue , Wang Shanshan , Akram Tayyaba , Hong Yuxiang 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China leverage their strengths to engage stakeholders in knowledge co-creation processes and get mutual benefit via knowledge-based view (KBV).

Design/methodology/approach
Based on KBV, the authors conduct a multiple-case study of five SMEs in China to embrace the knowledge co-creation practice using semi-structured interview, organizational documents and onsite observation.

Findings
This study highlights how SMEs leverage their strengths to engage stakeholder to co-create knowledge and practice for the better capturing and utilization of external and internal knowledge. The authors identify three processes of knowledge co-creation for SMEs based on knowledge sharing, knowledge integration and knowledge application in the B2B context. This study finds that SMEs engage their stakeholders in knowledge sharing by building and maintaining trust. The knowledge integration process was driven by the owner’s openness. Mutual learning facilitates the knowledge application process of SMEs.

Research limitations/implications
This study relies on a limited number of case studies and considers only firms’ perspective to analyze the SMEs co-create knowledge with their stakeholders. Further studies could examine the challenge of knowledge co-creation in multiple stakeholders’ relationships in B2B contexts, i.e. in relation to product and service innovation with complexity and uncertainly.

Practical implications
Managers need to make choices when designing knowledge co-creation process in collaborative product development activities. The use of online and offline approaches can help balance requirements in terms of joint problem-solving across firms, the efficiency of knowledge co-creation and effective of knowledge leakage.

Originality/value
The conceptualization of knowledge co-creation as knowledge sharing and knowledge integration and knowledge application extends existing perspective on knowledge co-creation as either a transfer of knowledge or as revealing the novel situation of pertinent knowledge with entirely assimilate it. The findings point to the complexity of knowledge co-creation as a process influenced by stakeholder engagement, perspectives on knowledge, trust of multiple stakeholders, openness of firm boundaries and mutual learning of SMEs with their stakeholders.
The effect of state-level corruption on performance and risk of financial institutions
Authors: Murdock Maryna , Ngo Thanh , Richie Nivine 
Published: January 2023

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the effect of public corruption on the performance and risk of financial institutions domiciled in the USA..

Design/methodology/approach
This study uses the US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Public Integrity Section Reports to proxy corruption. The analysis is performed by bank size and includes robustness checks for omitted variables and endogeneity concerns.

Findings
The results show that a corrupt environment is associated with lower bank performance without a reduction in risk. Larger banks tend to underestimate the increase in credit risk. Small- and medium-size banks seek to “re-capture” returns in corrupt districts by reducing their liquidity.

Research limitations/implications
The implication of this research is that financial institutions do not thrive in corrupt environments and are unlikely to participate in corrupt practices. Overall, this study documents the tangible harm inflicted by corrupt practices.

Practical implications
A practical implication is that banks may attempt to re-capture lower returns resulting from corrupt environments by extending more risky loans, specifically, commercial real estate loans.

Social implications
This study demonstrates the costly impact of corruption on large and small banks. While larger banks report higher share of non-performing loans, smaller banks show an increase in the provision for loan and lease losses, suggesting that smaller banks may be more risk averse.

Originality/value
Prior studies investigate corruption in US firms while excluding financial institutions. This study fills this gap by investigating the effect of public corruption on the performance and risk of financial institutions domiciled in the USA.