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- Advertising
- Advertising agencies
- Advertising control
- Advertising effectiveness
- Advertising media
- Brand management
- Customer relations
- Customer requirements
- Customer satisfaction
- Customer services quality
- Customers
- Food industry
- Internet marketing
- Marketing models
- Marketing philosophy
- Marketing planning
- Marketing strategy
- Marketing theory
- Organizations
- Product information
- Strategic marketing
Mangesti Sri and Solimun Solimun
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect between audit quality and risk taking on value creation.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effect between audit quality and risk taking on value creation.
Design/methodology/approach
Population under study is companies on the Jakarta Stock Exchange from 2004 to 2015. Considering the limitations, 145 companies studied in this research, which made a sample containing 1,740 company-years. This study is based on the panel data and multivariate regression method. This research uses fixed and random effects to estimate the regression. In this paper, five components of audit quality, including auditor specialization, tenure, audit firm size, ownership concentration and the percentage of unbounded members of the board, are studied.
Findings
The results of this study indicate that among these five components as well as the risk factor, only tenure and ownership concentration have a significant effect on value creation of companies. In other words, both ownership concentration and tenure are positively effective in value creation and other variables have no significant effect on value creation. Besides, none of them could affect the risk taking on value creation.
Originality/value
The outcomes of the current study help audit market and capital market in developing nations.
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André Manoel Correia-Santos, Gabriela Câmara Vicente and Gilson Teles Boaventura
The purpose of this review of the literature is to provide data about flaxseed intake during pregnancy and/or lactation and its effects in the offspring from birth to adulthood.
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Purpose
The purpose of this review of the literature is to provide data about flaxseed intake during pregnancy and/or lactation and its effects in the offspring from birth to adulthood.
Design/methodology/approach
This review includes up-to-date information from evidence-based sources on flaxseed intake and its by-products, during pregnancy and lactation and its effects on male and female offspring, from post-weaning until adulthood. Topics included are effects on body mass; glycaemic metabolism; lipid profile; blood pressure and aortic structure; reproductive system and brain tissue.
Findings
The main effects of flaxseed or its by-products were observed in the cardiovascular system, where a lipid profile improvement and minor aortic remodelling were noticed, and in the cerebral development, where greater n-3 PUFA incorporation in the brain was detected.
Originality/value
The research done in this study, to understand the offspring response that were early exposed to the flaxseed components during pregnancy and lactation, may be the first step toward guiding future strategies for recommending the use of this seed during the offspring’s perinatal period.
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Michael R. Smith and Rhys Hester
The purpose of this paper is to analyze an important new US Supreme Court decision on automobile searches, Arizona v. Gant, and to discuss its implications for police policy and…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to analyze an important new US Supreme Court decision on automobile searches, Arizona v. Gant, and to discuss its implications for police policy and practice.
Design/methodology/approach
Using legal analysis and comparative methods, the paper illustrates how Gant changed settled case law on searches of automobiles incident to arrest, while at the same time leaving important questions unanswered in its wake.
Findings
In Arizona v. Gant (2009), the US Supreme Court held that police may search a motor vehicle incident to arrest, only if the arrestee is unsecured and within reaching distance of the vehicle when the search takes place, or when it is reasonable to believe that officers may find evidence in the vehicle related to the offense for which the arrest was made. This new rule places limitations on police who previously had broad authority to search the passenger compartment of a vehicle whenever the driver or a recent occupant was arrested.
Practical implications
In the wake of Gant, police must adapt their search policies and practices to reflect the new Gant restrictions. Officers should resist the temptation to leave arrestees unsecured while searching a vehicle. At the same time, the seizure of vehicles and subsequent use of inventory searches following an arrest likely will increase.
Originality/value
Police scholars and policy makers will find the analysis of Gant useful in illuminating the legal issues left unresolved by the decision, and the decision's implications for policy and practice.
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Stewart Clegg, Michael Grothe-Hammer and Kathia Serrano Velarde
Valsaraj Payini, Badrinarayan Srirangam Ramaprasad, Jyothi Mallya, Megha Sanil and Vidya Patwardhan
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of two personality traits (i.e. food neophobia (FN) and domain-specific innovativeness (DSI)) on revisit intentions of…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of two personality traits (i.e. food neophobia (FN) and domain-specific innovativeness (DSI)) on revisit intentions of consumers in the food festival context.
Design/methodology/approach
The study adopted a FN scale, DSI scale and food festival revisit intention scale to capture the study constructs. Furthermore, data were collected from 265 food festival attendees in the town of Udupi (State of Karnataka, India). Furthermore, the study adopted structural equating modeling to investigate the relationship between the three study constructs.
Findings
The findings of this study reveals that DSI seems to exercise significant positive influence on consumers revisit intentions for the food festival. On the contrary, FN seems to exercise a negative influence on consumers revisit intentions. This relation, however, is found to be non-significant.
Practical implications
The findings of this study are expected to help food festival event managers, organizers and practitioners outline and delineate marketing strategies so as to increase the revisit intentions of consumers for the food festivals.
Originality/value
FN and DSI have been extensively studied in the context of consumers’ food consumption and related behaviors. On the contrary, majority of the studies that relate to festival revisit intentions situate consumers’ experiential values and satisfaction with attributes of the festival itself (e.g. location, affordability, quality of food, infrastructure, venue ambiance, service quality, entertainment avenues, timing and duration and size of the festival) as key precursors to their revisit propensity. This research endeavor, however, attempts to investigate whether, notwithstanding other food festival attributes, personality traits of individuals (i.e. FN and DSI) exercise any influence on food festival revisit intentions.
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Helmi Hentati, Maha Khemakhem Jardak and Neila Boulila
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of contingency factors, namely, strategy and the technological environment, on the degree of digitalization and on operational…
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of contingency factors, namely, strategy and the technological environment, on the degree of digitalization and on operational performance in accounting firms.
Design/methodology/approach
The methodology used in this research relies on the utilization of a structural equation model. Data was collected from the perspectives of 128 directors and managers from various accounting firms. We try to test the moderator effect of strategy and technological environment affecting the digitalization level and the operational performance in accounting firms.
Findings
The study confirmed the contingency theory in the digital transformation process, impacting operational performance. Accounting firms have demonstrated that the adoption of digital strategies contributes to enhancing the relationship between digitalization levels and operational performance. However, the risky technological environment poses a challenge, as it has a negative moderating influence on the degree of digitization and the performance of accounting firms.
Research limitations/implications
The study adds a valuable nuance to the understanding of digitalization and technological transitions in accounting firms. The research enriches the existing literature by highlighting the consistency of contingency theory explaining the success or failure of the digital transformation of accounting firms.
Practical implications
This research encourages managers to proactively adopt technological advances and provides recommendations on aligning strategies with technology, considering the technological environment. Managers must be aware that the success of the digital transformation process in accounting firms depends on two important factors: actively engaging in the development of clear digital strategies and encouraging technology adoption within their teams. By equipping themselves with an environment that accounts for financial, resistance, regulatory, dependency and security risks, managers can better manage the risks associated with digitization to optimize operational performance.
Originality/value
The added value of this research lies in its significant contribution to the understanding of digital transformation within accounting firms, particularly by highlighting the relevance of contingency theory in this specific context. It confirms how accounting firms can optimize their performance by crucially aligning their contingency variables: strategy and environment.
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Erik Cateriano-Arévalo, Ross Gordon, Jorge Javier Soria Gonzáles (Pene Beso), Richard Manuel Soria Gonzáles (Xawan Nita), Néstor Paiva Pinedo (Sanken Bea), Maria Amalia Pesantes and Lisa Schuster
In marketing and consumer research, the study of Indigenous ideas and rituals remains limited. The authors present an Indigenous-informed study of consumption rituals co-produced…
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Purpose
In marketing and consumer research, the study of Indigenous ideas and rituals remains limited. The authors present an Indigenous-informed study of consumption rituals co-produced with members of the Shipibo–Konibo Indigenous group of the Peruvian Amazon. Specifically, the authors worked with the Comando Matico, a group of Shipibos from Pucallpa, Peru. This study aims to investigate how Indigenous spiritual beliefs shape health-related consumption rituals by focusing on the experience of the Shipibos and their response to COVID-19.
Design/methodology/approach
Drawing upon the principles of Indigenous research, the authors co-produced this study with the Comando Matico. The authors collaboratively discussed the research project’s design, analysed and interpreted data and co-authored this study with members of the Comando Matico. This study uses discourse analyses. The corpus of discourse is speech and text produced by the Comando Matico in webinars and online interviews during the COVID-19 pandemic. The full and active participation of the Comando Matico informed the discourse analysis by ensuring Indigenous knowledge, and worldviews were infused throughout the process.
Findings
The authors foreground how Indigenous spiritual beliefs act as a force that imbues the knowledge and practice of health, wellbeing and illness, and this process shapes the performance of rituals. In Indigenous contexts, multiple spirits coexist with consumers, who adhere to specific rituals to respond to and relate to these spirits. Indigenous consumption rituals involve the participation of non-human beings (called rao, ibo, yoshin and chaikoni by the Shipibos) and this aspect challenges the traditional notion of rituals and ritual elements in marketing.
Originality/value
The authors demonstrate how Indigenous spiritual beliefs shape consumption rituals in the context of health and draw attention to how the acknowledgement of alternative ontologies and epistemologies can help address dominant hierarchies of knowledge in marketing theory.
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Avijit Mahala and Rajesh Singh
The present study aims to trace out the science research output of top Indian universities from 2015 to 2019, as reflected in the Web of Science (WOS) database.
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Purpose
The present study aims to trace out the science research output of top Indian universities from 2015 to 2019, as reflected in the Web of Science (WOS) database.
Design/methodology/approach
The present study has selected the Science Citation Index (SCI) of WOS core collection for selecting top Indian universities in terms of total publications in the last five years (2015–2019). The University of Delhi (DU), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Anna University (AU), Jadavpur University (JU) and Punjab University (PU) have been selected. The study identified the most prolific authors, collaborating countries, collaborating institutions and the impact of their output in terms of citations per paper (CPP) and relative citation impact (RCI). For visualizing purposes, VOSviewer was used. The study also identified frequently used keywords and channels used for communicating research results.
Findings
The authors retrieved 26,173 documents consisting of journal articles, review papers and proceeding papers. The consistent growth of science research output has been observed. The University of Delhi (DU) has the maximum science publications. The study reflects that multi-authored papers have more research impact in terms of citation received. The USA, South Korea and Germany are the most collaborating countries. The top Indian Universities have a major collaboration with Anna University, Indian Institute of Technology, Center for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of India.
Originality/value
The present study reveals how the science research output of top Indian universities has grown in the last few years. The findings of the study can be used for identifying specific science research areas where special attention can be given.