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Mediating role of green marketing orientation in stakeholder risk and new product success relationship among European multinational enterprises in Ghana
Authors: Borah Prasad Siba , Pomegbe Wisdom Wise Kwabla , Dogbe Courage Simon Kofi 
Published: February 2022

Purpose
This study aims to assess the mediating role of green marketing orientation (GMO) dimensions in the relationship between stakeholder risk and new product success among European multinational enterprises (EMNEs) in Ghana.

Design/methodology/approach
The study was based on primary data gathered from 302 EMNEs in Ghana. After various validity and reliability checks, structural equation modeling in Amos (v.23) was performed to estimate the various relationships hypothesized in the study.

Findings
The study finds that stakeholder risk had a significant negative effect on the success of EMNEs’ new products. This negative effect is, however, nullified by the positive mediating effects of strategic green marketing orientation, tactical green marketing orientation and internal green marketing orientation.

Research limitations/implications
GMO is highly regarded as context-specific, with unique characteristics. Implying that the interpretation of results from the GMO framework should be on the backdrop of the social, cultural political and economic environment.

Practical implications
Stakeholder risk posed a significant challenge to the success of EMNEs, whose operations are monitored not just by domestic stakeholders but also international stakeholders. The actions and inactions of these EMNEs affect the overall image of the mother firm and are, therefore, expected to operate within acceptable norms.

Social implications
The adoption of GMOs increases the success of new products, as firms receive a social license for their environmentally friendly operations. GMO also helps in solving societal concerns for environmental protection, which is very paramount in this 21st century.

Originality/value
Past studies have largely focused on stakeholder pressure; however, this study focuses on the risks associated with those pressures and how these risks influence the success of new products.
Private Equity and Bank Capital Requirements: Evidence from European Firms
Authors: Lavery Paul , Spaliara Marina‐Eliza , Tsoukas Serafeim 
Published: February 2022

AbstractUsing firm‐level data from 16 euro‐area countries over 2008–2014, we investigate how the performance of bank‐affiliated private equity‐backed companies evolves after the European Banking Authority increased capital requirements for their parent banks. We find that portfolio companies connected to exposed banks reduce their level of investment and experience weaker asset growth, employment growth and profitability following the capital exercise. We further show that the effect is stronger for companies likely to face financial constraints. Finally, the findings indicate that the negative effect of the capital exercise is muted when the private equity sponsor is more experienced.
Harnessing Customer Mindset Metrics to Boost Consumer Spending: A Cross‐Country Study on Routes to Economic and Business Growth
Authors: Shaalan Ahmed , Agag Gomaa , Tourky Marwa 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe relationship between customer mindset metrics (CMMs) and consumer spending has been extensively investigated at the consumer and firm level, but little is known about it at the national level, nor about how it differs between countries. Drawing on five publicly available datasets gathered in 10 European countries over 20 years, our study traces the connections between three CMMs – customer satisfaction, perceived service quality and loyalty intentions – and consumer spending, as well as examining the moderating cross‐country effects of culture, socioeconomic factors, economic structure and political–economic elements. The results show that the CMMs significantly influence consumer spending in all the countries studied, with the effects most pronounced in societies with relatively low education levels, a dominant service sector, fewer barriers to business and international trade and a foundation of survival values rather than self‐expressive values. Our findings suggest that CMMs can be used to boost not just business performance but also economic growth, and therefore have significant implications for policymakers as well as practitioners and companies.
History and Public Memory in Tobago: Opportunities and Obstacles
Authors: Joseph O'Neil 
Published: February 2022

AbstractSince the 1980s, policymakers on the island of Tobago positioned public history as one of the main pillars for sustainable economic and social development. As such, from the early 1980s public history became central to the island's development policy and planning. Locals, researchers and tourists consume and experience public history at sites of memory throughout the island. This article contends that while sites of memory in Tobago provide unprecedented opportunities for Tobagonians, the heritage and tourism sectors and researchers; these sites are complicated by government policies, tropical tourism narratives, emotional investments and competing groups aims, all of which pose major obstacles.
epcc: An R package to assess and simulate the vulnerability of ectothermic populations when facing climate change
Authors: Saldaña‐Núñez Víctor , Córdova‐Lepe Fernando , Moreno‐Gómez Felipe N. 
Published: February 2022

Abstract

An established framework to evaluate vulnerability to global warming is to associate the expected temperature trends with thermal performance curves, which indicate how fitness changes as a function of body temperature.

Mathematical modelling approaches allow synthesizing the mechanistic understanding of ecological processes, enabling the assessment of the potential impacts of global warming on populations.

epcc allows to model and simulate the effects of thermal sensitivity and the exposition to different trends in environmental temperature on the abundance dynamics of ectothermic populations.

epcc allows a synthesis of the possible consequences of global‐ and local‐scale warming, constituting a useful tool for understanding the risk of extinction of populations.
Predation of the critically endangered Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) by the swamp harrier (Circus approximans)
Authors: Harlow Peter S. , Biciloa Pita , Taylor Jennifer E. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThe Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) is the largest extant lizard in Fiji, where it enjoys life in the absence of any mammalian predators. On the only island where this iguana is abundant, the only predator appears to be the swamp harrier (Circus approximans), which is non‐selective in its iguana prey, catching individuals in a similar proportion to their size availability. Here we report on the first observation of a reptile being the major prey item of the swamp harrier.
Influence of tomato plants nutritional status on the fitness and damage of Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
Authors: Queiroz Renan B. , Lopes Mayara C. , Costa Thiago L. , da Silva Ricardo S. , Galdino Tarcísio V. S. , Gontijo Pablo da C. , Martinez Hermínia Emília P. , Picanço Marcelo C. 
Published: February 2022

Abstract1. Fertilization input is required to improve productivity and attend the market demand for tomatoes. However, providing crops with nutrients can affect plant–insect interactions via bottom‐up effects. The South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), is a main pest of tomato crops worldwide but little is known about the effects of macro‐elements fertilization inputs on its biological traits.2. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of low, high and normal fertilization levels calcium, sulphur, nitrogen and potassium to tomato plants on T. absoluta development, survival and crop damage.3. Larval mortality was lower in tomato plants fertilized with high sulphur fertilization level. The number of mines per leaf was not affected by calcium, sulphur and potassium fertilization, but low nitrogen input resulted in higher crop damage. Overall, our results indicate that nutritionally unbalanced tomato plants improve the biological performance of T. absoluta in comparison with balanced plants.4. The results provide useful information that can be used in fertilization programmes of tomato and planning of strategies and tactics to reduce tomato suitability to T. absoluta.5. In addition, the obtained findings provide an insight into the basic understanding of the interactions between crop fertilization and the performance T. absoluta.
Inhabiting a transforming delta
Authors: KRAUSE FRANZ 
Published: February 2022

ABSTRACTGwich'in and Inuvialuit inhabitants of the Mackenzie Delta, in Canada's Northwest Territories, have witnessed an eventful history in relation to colonialism and environmental transformation. Their current lives are characterized by mobility, mixing, and melting as they negotiate new and old livelihoods, continuity in traditions, and thawing landscapes. Approaching these lives in terms of volatility opens up an experience‐near understanding of people's relations with perpetual, uncertain transformations. Differently situated delta inhabitants have different ways of dealing with these uncertain dynamics, but all are characterized by an improvisation that carries forth reputable activities and attitudes by new means. Dispositions like curiosity, playfulness, and risk‐taking must not be seen as lacking resolve to confront transformations, but should be appreciated as skills for inhabiting a volatile world. [volatility,improvisation,Gwich'in,Inuvialuit, Arctic]Gwich'in ts’àt Ineekaii kat Canada gwizhìt Northwest Territories, Nagwichoo Njik gwa’àn gugwich'in ts’àt yi'eenoo nits’òo gugwiindài’ ejùk natr'igwiłtsaii aii geeghee ts’àt gwiinlit guunagoo'ee ejùk t'igwinjii gugwinah’ình. Jùk gweendoo nagahdidal, nihtat ejùk gugwahtsii ts’àt nan nagwaaghaii guuzhik ejùk gwinjik gugwindaii ts’àt yi'eenoo nits’òo tr'igwiindài’ gwinjik gugwindaii guuzhik guunan nagwaaghaih. Ejùk t'igwinjii gwizhìt tr'igwich'in kat nits’òo gugwindaii gwiinlit ejùk guuvah gweedhaa jii gwinyaa'in jì’ nits’òo gugwindaii gwiiyeendoo gahiidandaih. Ehdii tat gwa’àn nihłinehch'i’ t'angiinch'uu kat guunagoo'ee gwa’àn ejùk t'igwinjii k'iighè’ k'eejit gwinjik gugwiheendaii gugwahtsih. Geenjit gahvidandai’ giiniindhan, vàh tsiigidi'ii ts’àt gaoguunuu gwizhìt gwitr'it gugwahtsii k'iighè’ guunan ejùk t'igwinjii guuzhik tth'aih ezhik t'igiinch'uh. [khanh ejùk t'igwinjii,ejùk t'igwinjii gwizhìt nits’òo gugwiheendaii gahgidandaii,Gwich'in,Ineekaii,Arctic]Itkililu, Inuvialuit, inuniaktut umaagimii atautchimi, Canadum nunanga. Tautuguakgikput kafini ukiunii, qanukhilimaat ukauhich nuna allungnuktuk. Inunia ahvikput allungnuk piluni, ingilagaatun inunaniaqugut, uvaptigun inunialakugut, nunakput auktualikuk. Kaiviluting kilamik inuniuhikput, hunaliimarak kilamik allanga nuktuaniakuk.
Flow assessment as a function of pump timing of tubular pulsatile pump for use as a ventricular assist device in a left heart simulator
Authors: Sharifi Alireza , Bark David 
Published: February 2022

AbstractIntroductionAlthough mechanical circulatory support saved many lives during the last decade, clinical observations have shown that the continuous flow pumps are associated with a much higher incidence of gastrointestinal bleeding and kidney problems, among others, compared with the earlier generation pulsatile pumps. However, the presence of several moving mechanical components made pulsatile pumps less durable, bulky, and prone to malfunction, ultimately leading to bias in favor of continuous flow designs.ObjectiveThe aim of the current work is to create a prototype tubular pulsatile pump and to test the timing of the pump in a left heart simulator.MethodsA left heart simulator to mimic pumping from a failing heart was created. This was used to experimentally test the output of a prototype ventricular assist device relative to a failing heart in the form of flow and pressure. The effect of pulsation timing was quantified.ResultsA failing heart was simulated with an average flow rate of 1.1 L/min and a systolic pressure of 47 mm Hg. With the pump, the flow rate increases to 4.8 L/min and a systolic pressure of 110 mm Hg, in a copulsation mode, while activating for 300–400 ms. If the activation time is reduced, or increased, the pump becomes less effective. Load on the heart is reduced when the pump operates in a counterpulsation mode.ConclusionA pulsatile pump, like the one proposed, provides adequate output for mechanical circulatory support, while minimizing the number of moving parts that could otherwise lead to tribological wear.
Comparing the outcomes of bedside percutaneous VA‐ECMO decannulation by ProGlide and Manta in a high‐ECMO‐volume center in Hong Kong
Authors: Au Shek‐yin , Chan Kwong‐Shun , Fong Ka‐man , Wong Hoi‐mei Ruby , Fong Yan‐Hang , Chui Shing‐Fung , Chan Kam‐Tim , Lee Kang‐Yin Michael , Ng Wing‐yiu George , So Sheung‐on , Leung Kit‐hung Anne 
Published: February 2022

AbstractBackgroundThe use of veno–arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA‐ECMO) decannulation with different percutaneous closure devices has been increasing. At our center, ProGlide devices have been used since November 2018, and Manta devices became an alternative since March 2020. This study aimed to compare the success and complication rates and the clinical outcomes of ProGlide and Manta devices for VA‐ECMO decannulation after arteriotomy wound closure.MethodsWe retrospectively reviewed the results of bedside VA‐ECMO decannulation between November 2018 and June 2021. Patients with VA‐ECMO who could be bridged to recovery were recruited and divided into the ProGlide or Manta group based on the closure device used. Procedure time, amount of blood loss, amount of blood products transfused, and use of vasoactive medications during the procedure were documented. Clinical examination and Doppler ultrasound were performed to detect any complications.ResultsAfter the closure technique, ProGlide was used in 44 patients and Manta was used in 13. There was no significant difference in the success rate between the ProGlide and Manta groups (86.4% vs. 100%). Amount of blood loss was greater in the ProGlide group than in the Manta group (290 [100–400] ml vs. 50 [50–100] ml), and more patients in the ProGlide group required an increased dose of inotropes during the procedure (59.1% vs. 15.4%), but the transfusion requirement was similar between the two groups.ConclusionsThe success rate of hemostasis using arteriotomy wound closure during VA‐ECMO decannulation was similar between the two devices.
Libertarian approaches to the COVID‐19 pandemic
Authors: Cato Susumu , Inoue Akira 
Published: February 2022

AbstractThis study examines the practical implications of libertarian theories of justice in the context of the COVID‐19 pandemic. First, we show that the libertarian central value of freedom does not just include economic and political autonomy but also one's right to life. Secondly, we demonstrate that lockdown measures are acceptable to libertarianism if they are appropriately implemented. Nevertheless, in contrast to a utilitarian approach, libertarians reject excessive interventions, such as contact‐tracing mobile apps, even if these promote people's welfare. Thirdly, we show that there is a broad spectrum of lockdown implementation methods based on differing interpretations of Lockean property rights. By comparing three kinds of libertarianism, we outline a set of libertarian proposals that use markets for the exchange of permission slips to go out during a lockdown. We then show that libertarianism offers a reasonable and non‐conflicting resolution for the trade‐off between health and people's freedom, thereby illustrating the suitability and legitimacy of a libertarian response to the current crisis.
Corporate governance, product innovation, and competition
Authors: Stenbacka Rune 
Published: February 2022

AbstractWe show that duopolistic innovation competition between identical firms may lead to an equilibrium with asymmetric corporate governance modes with one firm being shareholder oriented and its rival stakeholder oriented. This happens if the benefit associated with innovation success faced by the stakeholders falls short of an endogenously determined threshold. Above this threshold, the corporate governance equilibrium is symmetric with both firms oriented toward maximization of shareholder value.
Polanyi's Double Movement and Capitalism Today
Authors: Sandbrook Richard 
Published: February 2022

ABSTRACTWhat is the most fruitful conceptualization of Karl Polanyi's ‘double movement’ in contemporary capitalist studies? For Polanyi, it is a conceptual device for explaining a particular historical sequence leading to the collapse of Western civilization in the 1930s and 1940s. For his current followers, the double movement is of broader and longer‐term significance. Some conceive it as representing a continuous and inherent contradiction within capitalism that can only be resolved, and the economy embedded in society, with the end of capitalism. Others conceive of the double movement as representing an oscillating imbalance between the liberal movement and the countermovement of societal protection, with the former's ascendancy impelling a disembedding tendency and the latter's a re‐embedding tendency. This article argues that the most fruitful approach is to treat the double movement as a two‐phase conceptual model that has a real, though limited, heuristic value in understanding liberal‐democratic capitalist development.
Association of the prevalence and severity of untreated traumatic dental injuries with body mass index among Brazilian preschool children
Authors: Motta‐Rego Thiago , Soares Maria Eliza Consolação , Souto‐Souza Debora , Souza Esther Aranda , Paiva Saul Martins , Ramos‐Jorge Maria Letícia , Ramos‐Jorge Joana 
Published: February 2022

AbstractBackground/AimChildren with excess weight may be more predisposed to traumatic dental injuries (TDI). The aim of this study was to investigate the association between overweight/obesity and TDI presence and severity in Brazilian preschool children.Material and MethodsA cross‐sectional study was conducted of 347 children aged three to five years. The main exposure was evaluated based on the body mass index (BMI). Socioeconomic‐demographic characteristics and harmful oral habits were investigated using a questionnaire sent to the parents/guardians. Oral clinical examinations were performed to determine overjet (criteria proposed by Foster and Hamilton), and the presence and severity of TDI (criteria proposed by Andreassen). Descriptive statistics were performed. Univariate and multivariate Poisson regression analyses were conducted for each outcome.ResultsThe prevalence of TDI in the sample was 41.5% and 16% of the children had enamel and dentin fractures. In the multivariate analysis, BMI and overjet were associated with the presence and severity of TDI (PR: 2.04 and 1.78, respectively) of TDI (PR: 2.27 and 2.24, respectively) (p < .001 for all associations).ConclusionOverweight/obesity was associated with both the presence and severity of TDI in early childhood.
Rich resource environment of fish farms facilitates phenotypic variation and virulence in an opportunistic fish pathogen
Authors: Pulkkinen Katja , Ketola Tarmo , Laakso Jouni , Mappes Johanna , Sundberg Lotta‐Riina 
Published: February 2022

AbstractPhenotypic variation is suggested to facilitate the persistence of environmentally growing pathogens under environmental change. Here, we hypothesized that the intensive farming environment induces higher phenotypic variation in microbial pathogens than natural environment, because of high stochasticity for growth and stronger survival selection compared to the natural environment. We tested the hypothesis with an opportunistic fish pathogen Flavobacterium columnare isolated either from fish farms or from natural waters. We measured growth parameters of two morphotypes from all isolates in different resource concentrations and two temperatures relevant for the occurrence of disease epidemics at farms and tested their virulence using a zebrafish (Danio rerio) infection model. According to our hypothesis, isolates originating from the fish farms had higher phenotypic variation in growth between the morphotypes than the isolates from natural waters. The difference was more pronounced in higher resource concentrations and the higher temperature, suggesting that phenotypic variation is driven by the exploitation of increased outside‐host resources at farms. Phenotypic variation of virulence was not observed based on isolate origin but only based on morphotype. However, when in contact with the larger fish, the less virulent morphotype of some of the isolates also had high virulence. As the less virulent morphotype also had higher growth rate in outside‐host resources, the results suggest that both morphotypes can contribute to F. columnare epidemics at fish farms, especially with current prospects of warming temperatures. Our results suggest that higher phenotypic variation per se does not lead to higher virulence, but that environmental conditions at fish farms could select isolates with high phenotypic variation in bacterial population and hence affect evolution in F. columnare at fish farms. Our results highlight the multifaceted effects of human‐induced environmental alterations in shaping epidemiology and evolution in microbial pathogens.
Coupled changes in pH, temperature, and dissolved oxygen impact the physiology and ecology of herbivorous kelp forest grazers
Authors: Donham Emily M. , Strope Lauren T. , Hamilton Scott L. , Kroeker Kristy J. 
Published: February 2022

AbstractUnderstanding species’ responses to upwelling may be especially important in light of ongoing environmental change. Upwelling frequency and intensity are expected to increase in the future, while ocean acidification and deoxygenation are expected to decrease the pH and dissolved oxygen (DO) of upwelled waters. However, the acute effects of a single upwelling event and the integrated effects of multiple upwelling events on marine organisms are poorly understood. Here, we use in situ measurements of pH, temperature, and DO to characterize the covariance of environmental conditions within upwelling‐dominated kelp forest ecosystems. We then test the effects of acute (0–3 days) and chronic (1–3 months) upwelling on the performance of two species of kelp forest grazers, the echinoderm, Mesocentrotus franciscanus, and the gastropod, Promartynia pulligo. We exposed organisms to static conditions in a regression design to determine the shape of the relationship between upwelling and performance and provide insights into the potential effects in a variable environment. We found that respiration, grazing, growth, and net calcification decline linearly with increasing upwelling intensity for M. francicanus over both acute and chronic timescales. Promartynia pulligo exhibited decreased respiration, grazing, and net calcification with increased upwelling intensity after chronic exposure, but we did not detect an effect over acute timescales or on growth after chronic exposure. Given the highly correlated nature of pH, temperature, and DO in the California Current, our results suggest the relationship between upwelling intensity and growth in the 3‐month trial could potentially be used to estimate growth integrated over long‐term dynamic oceanographic conditions for M. franciscanus. Together, these results indicate current exposure to upwelling may reduce species performance and predicted future increases in upwelling frequency and intensity could affect ecosystem function by modifying the ecological roles of key species.