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Interdependence of economic policy uncertainty and business cycles in selected emerging market economies
Authors: Adjei Abigail Naa Korkor , Tweneboah George , Owusu Junior Peterson 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the interdependence between economic policy uncertainty (EPU) and business cycles within and among six emerging market economies (EMEs) from January 1999 to December 2018.

Design/methodology/approach
This study adopts the wavelet multiple correlations and wavelet multiple cross-correlation (WMCC) based on the maximal overlap discrete transform estimator. This methodology simultaneously investigates how two or more time series variables move together continuously at both time and frequency domains.

Findings
The empirical results show that business cycles comove with EPU for both intra- and inter-country analysis, with the long term showing the greatest degree of interdependence. In intra-country comparisons, EPU has a positive correlation with consumer price index and a negative correlation with share price index. According to the WMCC results, EPU does not have any leading or lagging power within each EME, but rather import has both lead and lag power. The inter-country WMCC results are all significant, with Korea’s EPU leading/following all EMEs across all scales.

Originality/value
This study contributes to the ongoing debate about what causes business cycles to comove by investigating business cycle indicators (leader/follower) using a robust wavelet methodology. The authors propose new variables that can clearly reflect the outcome of economic policy actions and translate information about EPU shocks. The inclusion of the variables has altered the understanding of the relationship between EPU and business cycle fluctuations. Policymakers also gain new insights into the trends and patterns of EPU and business cycles, which will help them formulate and implement fiscal and monetary policies more effectively.
The impact of Industry 4.0 on the relationship between TPM and maintenance performance
Authors: Tortorella Guilherme , Saurin Tarcisio Abreu , Fogliatto Flavio Sanson , Tlapa Diego , Moyano-Fuentes José , Gaiardelli Paolo , Seyedghorban Zahra , Vassolo Roberto , Mac Cawley Alejandro Francisco , Sunder M Vijaya , Sreedharan V. Raja , Sena Santiago Alfredo , Forstner Friedrich Franz 
Published: January 2022

PurposeIn this paper, the authors examine the impact of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) technologies on the relationship between total productive maintenance (TPM) practices and maintenance performance.Design/methodology/approachData collection was carried out through a multinational survey with 318 respondents from different manufacturing companies located in 15 countries. Multivariate data techniques were applied to analyze the collected data. Diffusion of innovations theory (DIT) was the adopted theoretical lens for our research.FindingsThe authors’ findings indicate that I4.0 technologies that aim to process information to support decision-making and action-taking directly affect maintenance performance. Technologies oriented to sensing and communicating data among machines, people, and products seem to moderate the relationship between TPM practices and maintenance performance. However, the extent of such moderation varies according to the practices involved, sometimes leading to negative effects.Originality/valueWith the advances of I4.0, there is an expectation that several maintenance practices and performance may be affected. Our study provides empirical evidence of these relationships, unveiling the role of I4.0 for maintenance performance improvement.
Using brands to reconnect with our shared past: brand nostalgia in romantic relationships
Authors: Vredeveld Anna , Kara Selcan 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the behavioral and emotional outcomes of nostalgic brand meanings derived from brand use that occurs in the early stages of a romantic relationship.

Design/methodology/approach
This research uses survey data (n = 656) and relies on structural equation modeling to test the hypotheses.

Findings
Relationship brand nostalgia has implications for how the relationship partners use the brand together as part of celebrating special occasions, how connected the brand is to their relational identity and how upset they would be if the brand was discontinued. Additionally, interpersonal relationship characteristics (relationship satisfaction and relationship power) influence these outcomes of relationship brand nostalgia.

Research limitations/implications
The findings from this research show that it is important to account for real (experienced) brand nostalgia when considering behavioral and emotional implications of nostalgia in consumer–brand relationships. Specifically, brand use as part of early romantic relationship milestones influences the creation of nostalgic brand meanings, which in turn influence shared brand use, relational brand connections and brand separation distress.

Practical implications
Brand managers can increase relational brand connections and brand separation distress by encouraging shared brand use as part of romantic relationships milestones.

Originality/value
This research addresses gaps in extant research by examining the outcomes of relationship brand nostalgia, which is defined as brand nostalgia anchored in shared brand use that occurred as part of early relationship milestones.
Deficiencies in China’s innovation systems for coal-bed methane development: comparison with the USA
Authors: Andrews-Speed Philip , Xu Xiangyang , Jie Dingfei , Chen Siyuan , Zia Mohammad Usman 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
This paper aims to identify the factors that are constraining technological innovation to support the development of coalbed methane in China.

Design/methodology/approach
The analysis applies ideas relating to national and sector systems of innovation to explain why China’s strategies to support research and technological innovation have failed to stimulate the desired progress in coalbed methane production. It also provides a counter-example of the USA that implemented a number of measures in the 1970s that proved very effective.

Findings
The deficiencies of China’s research and development strategies in support of coalbed methane development reflect the national and sectoral systems of innovation. They are exacerbated by the structure of the national oil and gas industry. Key constraints include the excessively top-down management of the national R&D agenda, insufficient support for basic research, limited collaboration networks between companies, research institutes and universities and weak mechanisms for diffusion of knowledge. The success of the USA was based on entirely different systems for innovation and in quite a different industrial setting.

Originality/value
The originality of this analysis lies in placing the challenges facing research and innovation for China’s coalbed methane development in the context of the national and sectoral systems for innovation and comparing with the approach and success of the USA.
Distributed assembly permutation flow-shop scheduling problem with non-identical factories and considering budget constraints
Authors: Hosseini Seyed Mohammad Hassan 
Published: January 2022

PurposeThis paper aims to address a distributed assembly permutation flow-shop scheduling problem (DAPFSP) considering budget constraints and factory eligibility. The first stage of the considered production system is composed of several non-identical factories with different technology levels and so the factories' performance is different in terms of processing time and cost. The second stage is an assembly stage wherein there are some parallel work stations to assemble the ready parts into the products. The objective function is to minimize the maximum completion time of products (makespan).Design/methodology/approachFirst, the problem is formulated as mixed-integer linear programing (MIP) model. In view of the nondeterministic polynomial (NP)-hard nature, three approximate algorithms are adopted based on variable neighborhood search (VNS) and the Johnsons' rule to solve the problem on the practical scales. The proposed algorithms are applied to solve some test instances in different sizes.FindingsComparison result to mathematical model validates the performance accuracy and efficiency of three proposed methods. In addition, the result demonstrated that the proposed two-level self-adaptive variable neighborhood search (TLSAVNS) algorithm outperforms the other two proposed methods. Moreover, the proposed model highlighted the effects of budget constraints and factory eligibility on the makespan. Supplementary analysis was presented by adjusting different amounts of the budget for controlling the makespan and total expected costs. The proposed solution approach can provide proper alternatives for managers to make a trade-off in different various situations.Originality/valueThe problem of distributed assembly permutation flow-shop scheduling is traditionally studied considering identical factories. However, processing factories as an important element in the supply chain use different technology levels in the real world. The current paper is the first study that investigates that problem under non-identical factories condition. In addition, the impact of different technology levels is investigated in terms of operational costs, quality levels and processing times.
Can entrepreneurial knowledge boost the entrepreneurial intent of French students? The mediation role of behavioral antecedents
Authors: Alkhalaf Taher , Durrah Omar , Almohammad Dawoud , Ahmed Faisal 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
Entrepreneurial knowledge occupies a significant place in policy discourse and practice, especially in developed economies. This study aims to examine the effect of entrepreneurial knowledge on the components of entrepreneurial intent of undergraduate students. The authors seek to decipher a deeper understanding of their orientation for engaging in new ventures. In addition, we analyze the mediating role of behavioral antecedents between entrepreneurial knowledge and entrepreneurial intent.

Design/methodology/approach
The authors collected the primary data of 400 undergraduate students from French universities and used structural equation modeling through Smart PLS software for testing several pertinent hypotheses.

Findings
The study’s results revealed that entrepreneurial knowledge negatively affects students’ attitudes in choosing entrepreneurship in favor of a corporate job. In addition, entrepreneurial knowledge does not affect the social norms and self-efficacy that shape entrepreneurial intent. Interestingly, our study also revealed no mediating role between entrepreneurial knowledge and students’ self-efficacy.

Originality/value
The findings of this study will contribute to the academic discourse on the role of entrepreneurial knowledge and its potential effect in promoting entrepreneurship. Furthermore, this study has policy implications and solicits developing entrepreneurship programs to enhance entrepreneurial intent among young people.
Integrated reporting quality and corporate tax avoidance practices in South Africa’s listed companies
Authors: Donkor Augustine , Djajadikerta Hadrian Geri , Mat Roni Saiyidi , Trireksani Terri 
Published: January 2022

Purpose
This study aims to examine the relationship between integrated reporting (IR) quality and corporate tax avoidance (CTA). IR is an emerging reporting mechanism, while CTA practices are considered a hindrance to inclusive and sustainable growth. The study also assesses the moderating role of firm complexity on the IR-CTA relationship. Additionally, this study also envisages that CTA practices are not static. Hence, it also analyses the IR-CTA relationship across different intensity levels of CTA practices. The study focusses on listed companies in South Africa, the only country that has mandated IR practice so far.

Design/methodology/approach
Ordinary least square and quantile regressions are used to analyse archival and content analysis data for firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange from 2011 to 2017.

Findings
This study finds that IR quality negatively associates firms CTA practices. It further concludes that although firms’ transparency level increases due to IR quality, firm complexity reduces the significant negative relationship between IR and CTA practices. The findings also indicate that the IR-CTA relationship is not constant but instead differs across the CTA quantiles. At aggressive levels of CTA, no relationship is established between IR quality and firms’ CTA practices.

Practical implications
The findings provide a useful and more detailed description of the relationship between information quality and CTA practice, focussing on IR, an emerging reporting mechanism that is considered innovative and transparent.

Social implications
Considering the IR-CTA relationship found in this study, IR quality implementation may indirectly contribute to attaining sustainable development goals by reducing CTA practices.

Originality/value
This study examines the relationship between reporting quality and firms’ CTA practices from the perspectives of an emerging reporting mechanism, with a focus on South Africa, the only country that has mandated IR practice. Furthermore, the distributional mean effects of IR quality on firms’ CTA practices explored in this study extend beyond the usual IR-CTA relationship.
Board characteristics and sustainability performance: empirical evidence from emerging markets
Authors: Disli Mustafa , Yilmaz Mustafa Kemal , Mohamed Farah Finn Mohamud 
Published: January 2022

PurposeThis study aims to investigate the effects of board attributes, i.e. board independence, gender diversity, board size and board activity, on the sustainability performance of 439 publicly-listed non-financial companies across 20 emerging countries over the period of 2010–2019.Design/methodology/approachWe use Refinitiv environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance scores and board attributes variables derived from Thomson Reuters Eikon database. We examined the relationship between board features and sustainability performance by using the dynamic panel two-step system generalized method of moments estimator.FindingsOverall, our findings suggest that smaller, gender diverse and independent boards that convene frequently achieve better sustainability performance. The authors document a positive relationship between board gender diversity and sustainability performance across a broad spectrum of sustainability indicators. The authors also find evidence that board independence has a positive impact on two sustainability performance measures, i.e. environmental and governance performance. Although board size does not influence aggregate sustainability measures (ESG score, ESG controversies, and ESG combined score), the authors find a negative relation between board size and governance performance. Finally, board activity seems only relevant in explaining ESG controversies, i.e. other things being equal frequently held board meetings significantly reduce sustainability issues (ESG controversies).Practical implicationsThe authors’ findings provide implications to support regulators and emerging market companies on how to improve sustainability performance through the design and use of specific governance mechanisms. These interventions will help resolve agency problems among different stakeholders and, in turn, benefit sustainability.Social implicationsThis study also has social implications because it sheds light on how companies may change their attitudes towards sustainable practices through adjusting their corporate governance structures to increase the welfare of the society.Originality/valueThis study examines the behaviour of companies in emerging markets on sustainability performance by discussing a broad range of board characteristics and covering a large sample of emerging markets. Thus, it provides valuable insights to the companies for further growth opportunities in emerging markets.
Does corporate social responsibility yield financial returns in Islamic banking?
Authors: Zafar Muhammad Bilal , Sulaiman Ahmad Azam , Nawaz Muhammad 
Published: January 2022

PurposeThis study aims to examine whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) of Islamic banking is delivering financial returns or otherwise enhancing the cost.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology of this study includes the content-analysis approach with aid of the CSR disclosure index, and it deploys the partial least squares regression to examine the CSR-financial performance relationship. Regarding CSR disclosure and financial measures, this study takes the data from the annual reports of Islamic banking of Pakistan, from the year 2003 to 2017.FindingsThe results of this study indicate that there is a significant positive relationship exists between CSR and financial performance of Islamic banks, consistent with the instrumental-stakeholder theory. These results imply that Islamic banks, which ensure that CSR is practiced extensively, and aim to positively affect their stakeholders, perform well. Hence, the CSR engagement by Islamic banks yields instrumental returns rather it is a cost.Practical implicationsIslamic banks of Pakistan must work on a better CSR policy, it would enhance the reputation of Islamic banks, on the other hand, it would also increase their capabilities to cope with future reputation damage and negative news, thus it would protect and secure the financial results. In addition to these, investors of Islamic banks must also look at the social and ethical engagements of Islamic banks of Pakistan, while making investment decisions.Originality/valueIn general, there is a dearth of research in the domain of CSR-financial performance regarding Islamic banking. This is one of the studies which contributes to this area.
The genetic basis and adult reproductive consequences of developmental thermal plasticity
Authors: Rodrigues Leonor R. , Zwoinska Martyna K. , Wiberg R. Axel W. , Snook Rhonda R. 
Published: January 2022

Abstract

Increasing temperature and thermal variability generate profound selection on populations. Given the fast rate of environmental change, understanding the role of plasticity and genetic adaptation in response to increasing temperatures is critical. This may be especially true for thermal effects on reproductive traits in which thermal fertility limits at high temperatures may be lower than for survival traits. Consequences of changing environments during development on adult phenotypes may be particularly problematic for core traits such as reproduction that begin early in development. Here we examine the consequences of developmental thermal plasticity on subsequent adult reproductive traits and its genetic basis.

We used a panel of Drosophila melanogaster (the Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel; DGRP) in which male fertility performance was previously defined as either showing relatively little (status = ‘high’‐performing lines) or substantial (‘low’‐performing lines) decline when exposed to increasing developmental temperatures. We used a thermal reaction norm approach to quantify variation in the consequences of developmental thermal plasticity on multiple adult reproductive traits, including sex‐specific responses, and to identify candidate genes underlying such variation.

Developmental thermal stress impacted the means and thermal reaction norms of all reproductive traits except offspring sex ratio. Mating success declined as temperature increased with no difference between high and low lines, whereas increasing temperature resulted in declines for both male and female fertility and productivity but depended on line status. Fertility and offspring number were positively correlated within and between the sexes across lines, but males were more affected than females.

We identified 933 SNPs with significant evolved genetic differentiation between high and low lines. In all, 54 of these lie within genomic windows of overall high differentiation, have significant effects of genotype on the male thermal reaction norm for productivity and are associated with 16 genes enriched for phenotypes affecting reproduction, stress responses and autophagy in Drosophila and other organisms.

Our results illustrate considerable plasticity in male thermal limits on several reproductive traits following development at high temperature, and we identify differentiated loci with relevant phenotypic effects that may contribute to this population variation. While our work is on a single population, phenotypic results align with an increasing number of studies demonstrating the potential for stronger selection of thermal stress on reproductive traits, particularly in males. Such large fitness costs may have both short‐ and long‐term consequences for the evolution of populations in response to a warming world.
Efficacy of adding pain neuroscience education to a multimodal treatment in fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Authors: Saracoglu Ismail , Akin Esra , Aydin Dincer Gökce Basak 
Published: January 2022

AbstractThe aim of this study was to investigate whether adding pain neuroscience education (PNE) to a multimodal approach has additional benefits in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). The methodology of this study was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta‐Analyses guidelines. The methods and strategies applied in the study were registered in PROSPERO (CRD42021272246). A systematic search with related search terms in the PubMed, Ebsco (Academic Search Ultimate), Cochrane Library, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), Medline (Ebsco), Cinahl (Ebsco), Scopus and Web of Science was conducted up to June 2021. Statistical analysis was performed with Comprehensive Meta‐Analysis (CMA) software Version 3 (CMA V3, Biostat Inc) comparing before and after values of mean ± standard deviation (SD) data in both groups. The primary outcome of interest was severity of FM (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire), whereas secondary outcomes were pain intensity (visual analog scale, numeric pain rating scale), catastrophizing (Pain Catastrophizing Scale), depression (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS]) and anxiety (HADS). The initial search strategy based on the range and language yielded 274 relevant studies and 4 of these studies met the final eligibility criteria for this study. A total of 612 patients were enrolled in the included studies. The meta‐analysis showed that PNE groups were statistically more effective than the interventions applied in the control groups on severity of FM (standard mean difference [SMD] = −1.051; 95% CI = −1.309, −0.793; P < .000), pain intensity (SMD = −1.049; 95% CI = −1.400, −0.698; P < .000), catastrophizing (SMD = −0.893; 95% CI = −1.437, −0.348; P = .001), depression (SMD = −0.686; 95% CI = −0.849, −0.523; P < .000) and anxiety (SMD = −0.711; 95% CI = −0.869, −0.552; P < .000). This review demonstrates that adding PNE to a multimodal treatment including exercise therapy might be an effective approach for improving functional status, pain‐related symptoms, anxiety and depression for patients with FM. There is a need for further studies, especially on the optimum duration and dosage of PNE sessions in FM.