scholarly journals A surrogate-based generic classifier for Chinese TV series reviews

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-74
Author(s):  
Yufeng Ma ◽  
Long Xia ◽  
Wenqi Shen ◽  
Mi Zhou ◽  
Weiguo Fan
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Category Labels ◽  
Information Supply Chain ◽  
Feature Selection Techniques ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is automatic classification of TV series reviews based on generic categories. Design/methodology/approach What the authors mainly applied is using surrogate instead of specific roles or actors’ name in reviews to make reviews more generic. Besides, feature selection techniques and different kinds of classifiers are incorporated. Findings With roles’ and actors’ names replaced by generic tags, the experimental result showed that it can generalize well to agnostic TV series as compared with reviews keeping the original names. Research limitations/implications The model presented in this paper must be built on top of an already existed knowledge base like Baidu Encyclopedia. Such database takes lots of work. Practical implications Like in digital information supply chain, if reviews are part of the information to be transported or exchanged, then the model presented in this paper can help automatically identify individual review according to different requirements and help the information sharing. Originality/value One originality is that the authors proposed the surrogate-based approach to make reviews more generic. Besides, they also built a review data set of hot Chinese TV series, which includes eight generic category labels for each review.

Students' perceptions of education for sustainable development

2014 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yvonne Zeegers ◽  
Ian Francis Clark
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Pedagogical Approach ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tertiary Institutions ◽  
Reflective Journal ◽  
Reflective Journals ◽  
The Social ◽  
Perceptions Of Education ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This study investigated whether a course which focused on raising students' awareness of sustainability, from a balanced perspective, that is, one which gives equal consideration to the social and economic aspects as well as the environmental would produce graduates with the knowledge and commitment required to drive the sustainability agenda forward. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – An analysis of students' final entries in their reflective journal was used to explore whether their views on sustainability reflected a balanced view. Findings – The findings of this research confirmed previous studies showed that initially students do have an enviro-centric bias. It also showed that despite experiencing a pedagogical approach which challenged views by encouraging discussion, debate, and reflection and which provided what was considered to be a balanced view of sustainability, many of the students still leaned towards an environmentally focused perspective of sustainability. Research limitations/implications – The conclusions are based on one data set but are supported by other data described in the paper. Practical implications – The finding led the authors to conclude that a concerted holistic effort within and across courses is needed within tertiary institutions if students' views about sustainability are to be challenged. Originality/value – The outcomes demonstrate that students' reflective journals can be used to gather information about the change in students' perceptions about sustainability.

Too tied to fail: a multidimensional approach to social capital in crowdfunding campaigns. Evidences from Italian agri-food businesses

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulpiana Kocollari ◽  
Alessia Pedrazzoli ◽  
Maddalena Cavicchioli ◽  
Andrea Girardi
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Multidimensional Approach ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Linear Regressions ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe authors investigate the contributions of social capital (SC) dimensions (bridging, bonding and linking) in crowdfunding campaigns by comparing the dynamics of agri-food businesses with those of two other sectors – cultural and technological.Design/methodology/approachThe authors develop linear regressions on a proprietary data set of 5,290 projects launched on the Italian platform “Produzionidalbasso.com”, from 2014 to 2020.FindingsThe authors’ findings suggest that combining the three social capital dimensions (bridging, bonding and linking) has a more substantial overall effect on the number of backers involved in agri-food projects than in cultural and technological projects. Agri-food entrepreneurs effectively mobilize all resources embedded in the SC dimensions and therefore create the conditions to develop new ties that financially support the project.Practical implicationsAgri-food entrepreneurs may benefit from those results improving their funding strategies. Therefore, agri-food entrepreneurs can explore and exploit the instruments available on the CFD platform – video and rewards associated with the campaign – gaining more benefit from the backers involved compared with other project categories.Originality/valueThe study proposes a broader perspective regarding SC that encompasses the proponent, the company and the campaign with three different types of ties: bonding, bridging and linking. These SC dimensions can differently shape diverse sectors and this eclectic configuration can differentiate the effects of SC in crowdfunding campaigns. This study pinpoints how crowdfunding determinants change, based on project categories.

Can non-CEO inside directors add value? Evidence from unplanned CEO turnovers

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 456-482
Author(s):  
Laurie Krigman ◽  
Mia L. Rivolta
Keyword(s):  
Succession Planning ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Leadership Transition ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Matching Process ◽  
Inside Directors ◽  
Transfer Of Information ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the roles of non-CEO inside directors (NCIDs) in the new CEO-firm matching process using the context of unplanned CEO departures when immediate CEO succession planning becomes a sole board responsibility. Although critics argue that inside directors decrease the monitoring effectiveness of a board, inside directors arguably possess superior firm-specific experience and knowledge that can be beneficial during the leadership transition. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a comprehensive, manually collected data set of unplanned CEO departures from 1993 to 2012. Findings The authors find that NCIDs play an important role in the CEO transitioning process. They help firms identify qualified inside replacements and provide stability as the new permanent or interim CEO. In addition, NCIDs facilitate the transfer of information and help the new external CEOs succeed. They show that the longer the NCID stays with the company, the longer the tenure of the new CEO. They also document that the presence of NCIDs improves operating and stock performance; especially when the new CEO is hired from outside of the firm. Practical implications The impact of NCIDs is particularly important when the firm hires an outsider as the new CEO. These results suggest that board composition affects frictions in the CEO labor market. Originality/value The literature has predominantly focused on the downside of having inside directors. Too many inside directors on a firm’s board is often associated with ineffective boards and entrenchment. To the contrary, the authors focus on a potential benefit of having inside directors.

The impact of the prison environment on behavioral changes of inmates: a study of inmates in Kosovo and Finland

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
Ferid Azemi
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Behavioral Changes ◽  
Criminal Sanction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
Prison Environment ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to focus on understanding the prison environment, inmates’ behavior and perceptions of the prison environment, analyzing the degree of awareness, rehabilitation and the programs that apply to prisons in both countries. It is assumed that the data that emerge from this research will contribute to a better understanding of the prisoner’s world of their perception about the prison environment in Kosovo and Finland. The study focused on inmates’ perception about the prison environment and their attitudes toward their sentences. Design/methodology/approach Qualitative study through in-depth interviews. Findings The results of this study indicated that inmates in Kosovo perceived the prison environment in a very negative light. The main reasons for this were the dissatisfaction with their status of being inmates and also lack of an appropriate classification of inmates. However, even though inmates in Finland perceived prison environment in a positive light, they still think that more educative programs are needed. Practical implications The results of this study indicated that Kosovo Correctional Service should implement more rehabilitative programs and improve its classification system. Criminal Sanction Agency in Finland as per results should increase efforts for implementation of new programs and aftercare action plans. Originality/value To the best of the author’s knowledge, it is the first research on inmates in two countries Kosovo and Finland, and this added new knowledge to the existing information about the prison environment in Kosovo and Finland. The results of this research gave an idea to respective institutions to add new rehabilitative and aftercare programs.

The impact of smart specialization strategies on sub-cluster efficiency: simulation exercise for the case of Mexico

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviana Elizabeth Zárate-Mirón ◽  
Rosina Moreno Serrano
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Smart Specialization ◽  
Cluster Efficiency ◽  
Technological Intensity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Different Levels

Purpose This paper aims to evaluate whether the integration of smart specialization strategies (S3) into clusters significantly impacts their efficiency for countries that still do not implement this policy. This study tests three effects: whether the kind of policies envisaged through an S3 strategy impacts cluster’s efficiency; whether this impact changes with the technological intensity of the clusters; to determine which S3 is more suitable for sub-clusters at different levels of technological intensity. Design/methodology/approach The Mexican economy is taken as case of study because it has a proper classification of its industries intro Porter’s cluster’s definition but still does not adopt the S3 policy. Through data envelopment analysis (DEA), this study evaluates the cluster’s efficiency increment when variables representing the S3 elements are included. Findings The results show that strategies following the S3 had a significant impact in all clusters, but when clusters were classified by technological intensity, the impact on efficiency is higher in clusters in the medium low-tech group. Practical implications According to the results in the DEA, it can be concluded that these S3 strategies have the potential to increase the clusters’ productivity significantly. These results make convenient the adoption of the S3 policy by countries that already count with a properly cluster definition. Originality/value These findings contribute to the lack of studies that analyze the join implementation of S3 on clusters.

The world is our lobster

2014 ◽  
Vol 115 (5/6) ◽  
pp. 200-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Law
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Digital Information ◽  
Personal View ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Skill Sets ◽  
Operating Environments ◽  
The Future ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explore the changing skill sets, operating environments and community engagement activities which can create a robust and valued future for libraries and librarians. It is easy to paint a doom-laden picture of the future of libraries against a background of library cuts, professional deskilling and the relentless advance of ever more powerful digital information systems. However, these self-same threats offer new challenges for information management. Design/methodology/approach – Personal view of the future based on current literature. Findings – It is better to seek forgiveness than permission. Seize the day. Research limitations/implications – Just one point of view among many. Practical implications – Librarians need to act. Social implications – The library can remain core to civilised societies. Originality/value – Others must judge that.

Improving US real estate returns with cost segregation

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 334-344
Author(s):  
Ivan C. Roten ◽  
Jarrod G. Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Real Estate Investments ◽  
Accelerated Depreciation ◽  
Investor Returns ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose US taxing authorities allow property investment to be separated into components. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how the classification of property affects the amount and timing of depreciation. Increased and accelerated depreciation increases after-tax cash flows and investor returns. Design/methodology/approach This paper explains traditional methods to analyze real estate investments and introduces modified methods that include the effect of taxes to improve the estimate of the potential return to the investor. Commonly used property classification methods are evaluated and projections are used to demonstrate the impact on investor returns. Findings Modified methods may improve return estimates and appropriately classifying property improves investor returns. Practical implications After-tax cash flows should be used to analyze potential real estate investments and properties should be accurately classified to maximize returns. Originality/value This paper demonstrates how to analyze real estate investments and maximize returns.

scholarly journals Identification of organisational pathologies

Kybernetes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Pablo Cardoso Castro ◽  
Angela Espinosa
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Combined Use ◽  
Participative Methods ◽  
Viable System ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this is to explore the potential of the combined use of the viable system model (VSM) and social network analysis (SNA) to identify organizational pathologies. Design/methodology/approach Using a well-documented case study based on an academic consultancy intervention and Action Research Project, participative methods for the diagnostic of the VSM and questionnaires for the collection of connectivity data for the SNA were used to develop a heuristic to integrate these two tools and identify organizational pathologies. Findings This study provides empirical evidence of the benefits of the combined use of SNA to enhance the identification of organizational pathologies in VSM interventions, by providing an additional qualitative and quantitative framework for the interpretation of findings coming from VSM organizational diagnostics. Research limitations/implications This work explores some analytic routines of SNA frequently used in management. The validation is constrained to the nature of the data set from a case study. The document invites to a discussion of further and more advanced applications on the integration of the VSM and SNA. Practical implications The enhanced identification of organizational pathologies can contribute to the emerging new interest in applications of the VSM in management, providing robustness to the structural analysis of organizations. Originality/value This paper proposes a guideline to exploit the potential of the combined use of SNA and VSM. It opens new avenues for the study of organizational pathologies.

scholarly journals A longitudinal study of the textual characteristics in the chairman’s statements of Guinness

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1714-1741 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alonso Moreno ◽  
Michael John Jones ◽  
Martin Quinn
Keyword(s):  
Impression Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Financial Reporting Quality ◽  
Quantitative Character ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Exposure ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to longitudinally analyse the evolution of multiple narrative textual characteristics in the chairman’s statements of Guinness from 1948 to 1996, with the aim of studying impression management influences. It attempts to contribute insights on impression management over time. Design/methodology/approach The paper attempts to contribute to external accounting communication literature, by building on the socio-psychological tradition within the functionalist-behavioural transmission perspective. The paper analyses multiple textual characteristics (positive, negative, tentative, future and external references, length, numeric references and first person pronouns) over 49 years and their potential relationship to profitability. Other possible disclosure drivers are also controlled. Findings The findings show that Guinness consistently used qualitative textual characteristics with a self-serving bias, but did not use those with a more quantitative character. Continual profits achieved by the company, and the high corporate/personal reputation of the company/chairpersons, inter alia, may well explain limited evidence of impression management associated with quantitative textual characteristics. The context appears related to the evolution of the broad communication pattern. Practical implications Impression management is likely to be present in some form in corporate disclosures of most companies, not only those companies with losses. If successful, financial reporting quality may be undermined and capital misallocations may result. Companies with a high public exposure such as those with a high reputation or profitability may use impression management in a different way. Originality/value Studies analysing multiple textual characteristics in corporate narratives tend to focus on different companies in a single year, or in two consecutive years. This study analyses multiple textual characteristics over many consecutive years. It also gives an original historical perspective, by studying how impression management relates to its context, as demonstrated by a unique data set. In addition, by using the same company, the possibility that different corporate characteristics between companies will affect results is removed. Moreover, Guinness, a well-known international company, was somewhat unique as it achieved continual profits.

Escape the “Hockey stick” trap: five potent strategic moves that spur growth

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
Brian Leavy
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Trigger Points ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hockey Stick ◽  
Economic Profit ◽  
Strategy Process ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This interview with the authors of Strategy – Beyond the Hockey Stick offers their insights into a major problem which has bedevilled the strategy process in too many companies over the years - the combination of bold but delusional “hockey-stick” forecasts and timid strategic moves – a coupling that severely limits the impact of any strategy. Design/methodology/approach The McKinsey authors examined publicly available information on the world’s 2,393 largest companies, and plotted their average annual economic profit Findings They found that the curve is extremely steep at the both ends: those in the top quintile average some 30 times as much economic profit as those in the middle three quintiles. Practical implications One of the biggest pitfalls in the strategy process is this very human propensity for bold forecasts and timid actions. Strategy requires confronting uncertainly head-on by embracing the notion of probability by calibrating the odds of a strategy succeeding, building in explicit trigger points to re-examine decisions as we learn more. 10; Originality/value What has been largely missing from the literature is a study of the average-to-top transition based on an extensive data set, one that encompasses a greater range of performance profiles and average-to-top transition trajectories. This is the knowledge gap that Strategy Beyond the Hockey Stick: People, Probabilities, and Big Moves to Beat the Odds fills.

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