Announcing the 26th International Conference on Multicriteria Decision-making

We are very pleased to announce that the 26th International Conference on Multiple Criteria Decision Making will be held at the University of Portsmouth from June 26 - July 1, 2022. There will be an AHP/ANP track co-chaired by Enrique Mu and Rozann Saaty which will be sponsored, as in previous years, by the Creative Decisions Foundation. This is an opportunity for AHP/ANP scholars to submit their research. Abstract submissions (with a maximum of 600 characters) will be opened in early December with a submission deadline of March 1, 2022.

Engaging with Aging: A Qualitative Study of Age-Related Changes and Adaptations

Engaging with Aging is an emerging framework proposed by Carnevali which provides a new lens to understand an active, conscious daily living process of coping with age-related changes (ARCs) taken on by older adults. Study aims were to 1) describe the ARCs experienced by community-dwelling older adults; 2) identify the strategies and resources used by older adults to accommodate the daily living challenges caused by the associated ARCs; and 3) evaluate the framework of EWA based on findings from aims 1 and 2. We conducted semi-structured interviews with 29 participants aged 64 to 98 online due to COVID-19 restrictions. We used a virtual card sort to assist data gathering. Fifteen ARCs (e.g., changes in hearing, changes in stability, changes in sleep, etc.) were mentioned by participants and their corresponding adaptations were discussed. We found that older adults linked their adaptations to their ARCs based on their changing capacities and needs. Commonly used adaptations included conserving energy, utilizing tools or technology, and being more conscious before and while taking actions. The challenges caused by COVID-19 in implementing the adaptations were also discussed (e.g., increased difficulty in understanding others due to mask-wearing). Our study substantiates the EWA framework by showing the commonality among older adults in linking ARCs with adaptations. Implications for clinicians and researchers include using EWA to help older adults identify personalized solutions that fit their capacities. Our study is late-breaking as we recently finished data analysis and the information included was not yet available by the previous submission deadline.

Apelācija un ar to saistītie procesuālie jautājumi

The article reflects upon an issue concerning the different situation of the appellants and the cross-appellants in the submission deadline. This issue is addressed through the prism of procedural equality of the parties. Although the importance of procedural equality of the parties is emphasized in court practice, the legislator has ignored the issue under consideration. The accuracy of the factual analysis in the appeal is also emphasized, which allows the court to better assess the positions of the parties in the particular case.

Call for Papers: Empowering Systems for Mutual Aid and Care: Institution Building in the Commons Sector

The Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies will publish a themed issue in Fall 2021: Institution Building in the Commons Sector. The guest editors of this issue invite researchers, scholars, activists, and authors to submit original writing for publication in its Fall/Winter 2021 issue (Vol. 8 No. 2). The submission deadline is August 15, 2021.

Corporate Governance Characteristics of Private SMEs’ Annual Report Submission Violations

Managers are, by law, responsible for the timely disclosure of financial information through annual reports, but despite that, it is usual that they are engaged in the unethical behaviour of not meeting the submission deadlines set in law. This paper sheds light on the afore-given issue by aiming to find out how corporate governance characteristics are associated with annual report deadline violations in private micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). We use the population of SMEs from Estonia, in total 77,212 unique firms, in logistic regression analysis with the delay of presenting an annual report over the legal deadline as the dependent and relevant corporate governance characteristics as the independent variables. Our results indicate that the presence of woman on the board, higher manager’s age, longer tenure and a larger proportion of stock owned by board members lead to less likely violation of the annual report submission deadline, but in turn, the presence of more business ties and existence of a majority owner behave in the opposite way. The likelihood of violation does not depend on board size. We also check the robustness of the obtained results with respect to the severity of delay, firm age and size, which all indicate a varying importance of the explanatory corporate governance characteristics.

Call for Papers: "Partnership-Based Models of Government Programs"

There has been a growing sense of polarization worldwide over the issue of the role of governments in the lives of their citizens: which services governments should provide, to whom, the extent of those services, and how to pay for them. A better question could be, “Do government services always orient toward hierarchies of domination, or are there positive examples of partnership-based government programs?” The theme for the fall 2020 issue of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies is “Partnership-Based Models of Government Programs.” Please consider submitting reports of research, reports of projects, or examples of current or historical models of successful government-supported partnership-based programs. It takes a vision to launch a movement. The submission deadline is September 15, 2020.

Special Issue “Human Picornaviruses”

The Special Issue “Human Picornaviruses” in “Viruses” (Submission Deadline 30 September 2019, https://www [...]