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Political economy of financial development: empirical evidence from Ethiopia
Authors: Bedemo Beyene Amsalu 
Published: June 2023

Purpose
The main purpose of this study is to examine the political economy of financial development in Ethiopia, specifically, to test the empirical relevance of the interest group theory of financial development in the context of Ethiopia.

Design/methodology/approach
The autoregressive distributive lag model to co-integration is applied to Ethiopia’s time series data from 1990 to 2020 to identify the long- and short-run effects of the political regime characteristics on financial development of the country.

Findings
The findings reveal that the degree of democracy in the political system (a proxy for narrow elites) was found to have a significant positive effect on financial development in the long run but has negatively affected financial development in the short run. Similarly, the political regime durability indicator shows a positive and statistically significant effect both in the long run and short run. The macroeconomic policy indicators which are used as control variables in this study reveal significant effects on the financial development of Ethiopia. Generally, the finding supports the interest group theory of financial development.

Originality/value
This paper is the original work on the effect of political regime characteristics on financial development in Ethiopia. Thus, it brings substantial value to studying determinants of financial development as it goes beyond the conventional determinants by considering the role of political power in the process of financial development.
Influence of social and spatial embeddedness on rural entrepreneurship in the Amazon: a study with a Brazilian tribe' enterprising Indians
Authors: Corrêa Victor Silva , Abreu Ana Paula Pricila Costa , Vivaldini Mauro , Cruz Marina de Almeida 
Published: June 2023

Purpose
This study aims to investigate the influence of social and spatial embeddedness on indigenous rural entrepreneurship in Amazon/Brazil. Rural entrepreneurship has increased in recent years. Some studies have focused on the relevance of spatial embeddedness in understanding this phenomenon, whereas others have highlighted the importance of social embeddedness. Although some scholars have associated both construct dimensions to understand rural entrepreneurship in developed economies, such an association remains scarce when considering both emerging and developing contexts.

Design/methodology/approach
The strategy was qualitative, using the integrated case study method. The case was the Paiter-Suruí indigenous tribe in the Amazon region, Brazil, recognized for the entrepreneurship of their community. Fourteen indigenous rural entrepreneurs participated in the study.

Findings
Field data show that entrepreneurs embed themselves in dense social networks that influence their decisions, including those involving the creation of enterprises. In addition, entrepreneurs are deeply embedded in rural territoriality (spatial), impacting how they create and seek to develop their own ventures.

Originality/value
The study of an empirical context that is still poorly explored has made two main contributions to the social and spatial embeddedness literature. First, evidence shows social influence on spatial embeddedness and vice versa, suggesting the need to integrate both perspectives. Second, this study contributes to the literature on rural entrepreneurship by shedding light on novel strategies for developing such enterprises. In addition, this study emphasizes the relevance of investigating the challenges that hinder rural entrepreneurial development in emerging and developing contexts.
Exhibiting entrepreneurial behavior at work: a lived experience of a millennial entrepreneur
Authors: Yiga Sirajje , Abaho Ernest , Nsereko Isa , Ngoma Muhammed , Balunywa Waswa , Basalirwa Edith Mwebaza 
Published: June 2023

PurposeThis paper offers a story-based/narrative inquiry rooted in qualitative methodology, portraying a millennial entrepreneur in Uganda, a low-developed country that has successfully demonstrated entrepreneurial behaviors at work. The study of entrepreneurial behavior at workplaces by millennial entrepreneurs formed the basis for the real-life trials that entrepreneurs go through in their businesses. Besides, the produced empirical content gives a solid linkage between the story and the enterprise's work setting.Design/methodology/approachIn this study, the authors used storytelling to get a clear view of reality and obtain a real-life experience of entrepreneurial behavior at work. The experiences and perceptions of the millennial entrepreneur were assessed by conducting in-depth interviews while focusing on the context, actions, results and lessons to generate a coherent story.FindingsThis paper reports that demonstrating entrepreneurial behavior at work by the millennial entrepreneur resulted in better performance that ultimately benefited the enterprise. Additionally, findings reveal that story-based narrative inquiry is appropriate for demonstrating the true reality at workplaces, especially in the context of exhibiting the behaviors of entrepreneurs. Other entrepreneurs can emulate what the actor did and benchmark on the findings to improve their performance and that of their enterprises.Originality/valueThis study is unique in its use of a positive story showing a real-life experience of how entrepreneurial behaviors are exhibited at workplaces in micro and small enterprises in a low-developed country like Uganda. The paper also offers evidence and insights into the use of a positive story to demonstrate a practical experience of how millennial entrepreneurs demonstrate entrepreneurial behaviors at work. Additionally, the study used multiple theories that best explained the current practice of entrepreneurial behavior among millennials at workplaces in micro and small enterprises.
Examining differences in perceived usability of Google Drive among public library users
Authors: Taqi Farwa , Batool Syeda Hina , Arshad Alia 
Published: June 2023

PurposeThis study aims to explore differences in the usability of the Google Drive application based on demographic characteristics, computer skills and use frequency of Google Drive among public library users of Lahore.Design/methodology/approachThe study adopted a quantitative approach and survey-based research method to achieve the study's objectives. The cloud usability model (user perspective) has been used as a theoretical lens to guide the study objectives. It comprises five dimensions of usability – capable, personal, reliable, valuable and secure.FindingsThe findings of the study revealed that the usability of Google Drive varied statistically significantly on the basis of depending on the respondents gender, age, academic qualification, computer skills and Google Drive use frequency.Practical implicationsIt is a valuable study since it and adds knowledge to existing literature and has implications for practice.Originality/valueThe findings might be helpful for cloud support teams including Google Drive as they can notice the demographic and other differences among users' perceived usability of Google Drive and can enhance certain features of usability which leads attributes to increase its usage among users.
Smarthub for supervising system for resource exploration and pollution control in deep-water and coastal areas based on ICT technologies
Authors: Reiskarts Vladimirs , Savenkovs Konstantins 
Published: June 2023

PurposeThis study aims to explore the need for highly technological complexes for control and monitoring, as well as, new concepts and methodologies for maritime resource exploration and exploitation, which are in great demand nowadays.Design/methodology/approachThis paper provides an analysis of demand, means of creation and development of the methodology and infrastructure for global monitoring, pollution control and supervision of smart systems for activities in exploration, future resource exploitation in deep-water and coastal areas based on Smarthub architecture, Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle Support (CALS) and Blockchain technologies.FindingsObservational, experimental, simulation, derivational, hybrid descriptive and analytical models, as well as, surrogate models were created, analyzed and implemented for assigned tasks realization. Concept of distributed system for marine environmental monitoring, control and supervising as pilot technology in the context of Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 3–5 was designed and evaluated.Originality/valueThe activities described in this article should be realized in the design and development of a complex, reliable, robust and sustainable monitoring and inspection system for the control and evaluation of the impact and risk assessment of the exploration and future exploitation of maritime resources.
Performance of cross-border acquirers from India and China: its sustainability in the long-run?
Authors: Jain Samta , Kashiramka Smita , Jain P.K. 
Published: June 2023

Purpose
Emerging market multinational companies have been vigorous in pursuing inorganic growth through cross-border acquisitions (CBAs). The fundamental studies till now have portrayed that rapid internationalization through CBAs tends to create value for these emerging market firms (EMFs) in the short term. However, there is an ambiguity about whether these firms endure better performance in the long term. The purpose of this study is to assess the long-term (ex-post) financial and operating performance of EMFs involved in overseas acquisitions before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world economy.

Design/methodology/approach
CBAs completed by Indian and Chinese companies constitute the sample of the study. The performance has been analysed during the pre-COVID period spanning 17 years from 2001 to 2017. A comprehensive set of 14 financial ratios has been used to represent change (improvement/decline) in enterprises’ post-acquisition operating performance; these ratios have been divided into four broad groups: profitability, efficiency, solvency and liquidity ratios.

Findings
The performance of Indian companies has deteriorated significantly after the acquisition. However, there has been no change (deterioration/improvement), subsequent to CBAs, in the profitability of Chinese firms.

Practical implications
The findings of the study support that firms from emerging economies exploit CBAs as a “springboard” to obtain strategic assets including intangible resources and brands rather than to achieve synergies through economies of scale and scope. Apparently, outbound acquisitions by emerging economy firms are not driven by cost-reduction or revenue-generation activities.

Originality/value
None of the studies, to the best knowledge of the authors, has carried out performance analysis using a comprehensive set of financial ratios. The comparative study of two emerging economies is another valuable addition to the existing literature. The study holds the potential to serve as the benchmark to assess the performance of CBAs executed after COVID-19.
Using PRPP‐Assessment for measuring change in everyday activities by home‐based videos: An exploratory case series study in children with multiple disabilities
Authors: Rothuizen‐Lindenschot Marieke , Graff Maud J. L. , de Boer Lonneke , de Groot Imelda J. M. , Nijhuis‐van der Sanden Maria W. G. , Steultjens Esther M. J. , Koene Saskia 
Published: June 2023

AbstractBackgroundCurrently, paediatric health care aims to use a child‐centred tailor‐made approach. In order to design tailored occupational therapy, the implementation of personalised occupation‐based measurements that guide and evaluate goal setting and are responsive to change is necessary.PurposePrimarily, this study explored the potential of the Perceive, Recall, Plan, and Perform (PRPP) assessment to measure the change in the performance of children with multiple disabilities. As a secondary evaluation, the feasibility of the PRPP‐Intervention in a home‐based program to enable activities was described. The overall aim is to show the potential of the PRPP‐Assessment as an outcome measure to use as a base for designing tailor‐made person‐centred care.MethodsAn exploratory longitudinal multiple case series mixed‐methods design was used. The PRPP‐Assessment, scored by multiple raters, was conducted based on parent‐provided videos. The assessed activities were chosen by the child and/or parents. Responsiveness was evaluated by hypotheses formulated a priori and by comparing measured change with change on concurrent measures: Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) and Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (COPM). Over a 6‐week period, children and their parents (or caregivers) participated in an online home‐based video coaching program where parents were coached in the implementation of the training, based on the PRPP‐Intervention, by paediatric occupational therapists on a weekly basis. The feasibility of the intervention was explored using semi‐structured interviews with children, parents, and the treating occupational therapists and was analysed by directed content analysis.ResultsThree out of 17 eligible children agreed to participate and completed post‐intervention measurement, of which two completed the intervention. Quantitative results showed that eight out of nine activities improved on the PRPP‐Assessment and the COPM, and nine improved on the GAS. In total, 13 out of 15 hypotheses for responsiveness were accepted. Participants experienced the intervention as successful and acceptable. Facilitators and concerns over demand, implementation, practicality, integration, and adaptation were shared.ConclusionThe PRPP‐Assessment showed the potential to measure change in a heterogeneous group of children. The results indicated a positive tendency for the intervention and also provide directions for further development.
Examining organisational subcultures: Machinery of Government mergers and emerging organisational microcultures
Authors: Kiaos Theaanna 
Published: June 2023

AbstractMachinery of Government restructures—transformations that create or abolish departments or move functions between agencies—often result in the misalignment of cultures and subcultures that impact business operations and customer service levels. An understanding of how subcultures are impacted during restructures is vital as they can reveal diffused microcultural boundaries that reflect highly problematic cultural tensions. This study provides rare ethnographic insights into how Machinery of Government restructures destabilise the delivery of optimal customer service by disrupting Business as Usual operations. Based on 74 interviews and ethnographic methods, the integrationist ‘DNA’ culture, subcultures, and emerging microcultures within Service NSW, a public sector agency in New South Wales (Australia), were examined during and after its merger with the Department of Customer Service. Microcultures were shown to function in a way that preserved Business as Usual activities and responsibilities to secure task independence, highlighting the importance of developing a conceptual framework for the detection and resolution of cultural resistance. Scholars and practitioners may adopt the framework used in this study to determine how, when, and where cultural resistance is likely to emerge.Points for practitioners
This study critically analyses the ‘DNA’ culture of a service delivery agency in New South Wales during and after its merger with the Department of Customer Service.
Service NSW's ‘DNA’ integrationist culture, the broader subculture of its ‘Support Office’, and various microcultures were detected.
Microcultures were shown to preserve Business as Usual activities and secure task independence as reflected in backstage sites of enactment. The degree of intra‐ and interpersonal tensions experienced by Service NSW employees was opaque to senior leaders responsible for the restructure.
Leaders and practitioners responsible for mergers should fully understand the changing nature of employee language and behaviour. It is advisable they act on the assumption that employees are experiencing tensions resulting from the organisation's disturbed social reality.
Scholars and practitioners may adopt the conceptual framework and this case study's methodological approach to analyse a public service agency's various cultures, before, during, and after Machinery of Government (MoG) mergers or restructures, to pre‐empt, identify, and reduce cultural tensions, and should consider the feasibility of appointing a Workplace Change Committee.
Workplace Change Committee Members act like first responders across impacted departments and divisions within subcultures. Workplace Change Committee Members manage emerging issues, specifically cultural disparities to ensure both the intra‐ and interpersonal safety of employees impacted by MoG mergers.
Review article: Accuracy of emergency physician performed point‐of‐care ultrasound of the thoracic aorta: A systematic review and narrative synthesis of the literature
Authors: Thomas William , Henry Jonathan , Chew Jay Ee , Premaratne Manuja , Blecher Gabriel , Haji Darsim L 
Published: June 2023

AbstractPoint‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) is becoming ubiquitous in emergency medicine. POCUS for abdominal aortic aneurysm is well established in practice. The thoracic aorta can also be assessed by POCUS for dissection and aneurysm and transthoracic echocardiography is endorsed by international guidelines as an initial test for thoracic aortic pathologies. A systematic search of Ovid Medline, PubMed, EMBASE, SCOPUS and Web of Science from January 2000 to August 2022 identified four studies evaluating diagnostic accuracy of emergency physician POCUS for thoracic aortic dissection (TAD) and five studies for thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA). Study designs were heterogeneous including differing diagnostic criteria for aortic pathology. Convenience recruitment was frequent in prospective studies. Sensitivity and specificity ranges for studies of TAD were 41–91% and 94–100%, respectively when an intimal flap was seen. Sensitivity and specificity ranges for studies of thoracic aorta dilation >40 mm were 50–100% and 93–100%, respectively; for >45 mm ranges were 64–65% and 95–99%. Literature review identified that POCUS is specific for TAD and TAA. POCUS reduces the time to diagnosis of thoracic aortic pathology; however, it remains insensitive and cannot be recommended as a stand‐alone rule‐out test. We suggest that detection of thoracic aorta dilation >40 mm by POCUS at any site increases the suspicion of serious aortic pathology. Studies incorporating algorithmic use of POCUS, Aortic Dissection Detection Risk Score and D‐dimer as decision tools are promising and may improve current ED practices. Further research is warranted in this rapidly evolving field.
Glutamate infusion associated with reduced rises of p‐Copeptin after coronary surgery: Substudy of GLUTAMICS II
Authors: Svedjeholm Rolf , Ferrari Gabriele , Vanky Farkas , Friberg Örjan , Holm Jonas 
Published: June 2023

AbstractBackgroundGlutamate plays a key role for post‐ischaemic recovery of myocardial metabolism. According to post hoc analyses of the two GLUTAMICS trials, patients without diabetes benefit from glutamate with less myocardial dysfunction after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG). Copeptin reflects activation of the Arginine Vasopressin system and is a reliable marker of heart failure but available studies in cardiac surgery are limited. We investigated whether glutamate infusion is associated with reduced postoperative rises of plasma Copeptin (p‐Copeptin) after CABG.MethodsA prespecified randomised double‐blind substudy of GLUTAMICS II. Patients had left ventricular ejection fraction ≤0.30 or EuroSCORE II ≥3.0 and underwent CABG ± valve procedure. Intravenous infusion of 0.125 M L‐glutamic acid or saline at 1.65 mL/kg/h was commenced 10–20 min before the release of the aortic cross‐clamp and then continued for another 150 min P‐Copeptin was measured preoperatively and postoperatively on day one (POD1) and day three. The primary endpoint was an increase in p‐Copeptin from the preoperative level to POD1. Postoperative stroke ≤24 h and mortality ≤30 days were safety outcomes.ResultsWe included 181 patients of whom 48% had diabetes. The incidence of postoperative mortality ≤30 days (0% vs. 2.1%; p = .50) and stroke ≤24 h (0% vs. 3.2%; p = .25) did not differ between the glutamate group and controls. P‐Copeptin increased postoperatively with the highest values recorded on POD1 without significant inter‐group differences. Among patients without diabetes, p‐Copeptin did not differ preoperatively but postoperative rise from preoperative level to POD1 was significantly reduced in the glutamate group (73 ± 66 vs. 115 ± 102 pmol/L; p = .02). P‐Copeptin was significantly lower in the Glutamate group on POD1 (p = .02) and POD 3 (p = .02).ConclusionsGlutamate did not reduce rises of p‐Copeptin significantly after moderate to high‐risk CABG. However, glutamate was associated with reduced rises of p‐Copeptin among patients without diabetes. These results agree with previous observations suggesting that glutamate mitigates myocardial dysfunction after CABG in patients without diabetes. Given the exploratory nature of these findings, they need to be confirmed in future studies.
‘We country women need advocacy’: Birthing narratives from the Western Australian Wheatbelt region
Authors: Shackleton Esther , Fisher Colleen , Bosco Anna , Slack‐Smith Linda 
Published: June 2023

AbstractIntroductionThis study describes the experiences of eight mothers from the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia who shared their stories of travelling and/or temporarily relocating for birth.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to describe rural and remote Western Australian mothers’ experiences of travelling long distances and/or relocating to give birth.DesignThis study was based on Crotty's four elements of qualitative research. This study was underpinned by a constructivist epistemology, a feminist theoretical lens and a narrative approach using semistructured, story‐based interviews. Participants narrated their stories of birthing away from home by telephone interview.FindingsFive major themes were identified utilising thematic analysis. These were (1) feeling forgotten in the system, (2) accessibility and choice, (3) compounded social isolation, (4) doing it hard: financial and logistical challenges and (5) building strength: advocating for myself and baby.DiscussionMothers’ stories were reflective of current and historical failures of rural maternal health policy, including widespread closures of rural birthing hospitals. Mothers described the logistical barriers they faced with little support and suggested multiple solutions that would improve their experiences.ConclusionMothers faced significant obstacles which impeded their access to equitable maternal healthcare. This study highlights the complexities of birthing as a rural mother and the need to address maternal health inequities between rural and metropolitan women.