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• Cost parametric analysis of linear programming problems with fuzzy cost coefficients based on ranking functions
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• Adaptive and modified adaptive control for pressure regulation in a hypersonic wind tunnel
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• Modelling of aerodynamic interference of three-DOF GyroWheel rotor
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• Identification of multi-model LPV model with two scheduling variables using transition test
• Fault diagnosis and fault tolerant control for the non-Gaussian nonlinear stochastic distribution control system using Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model
• Sparse parameter estimation of LTI models with lp sparsity using genetic algorithm
• Robust path tracking control for quadrotors with experimental validation

Special issue published: "Innovation in Non-Smooth Interactions Systems for Sustainable Development"

Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal 12(3) 2018

• Influence of water absorptivity on kenaf fibre reinforced recycled-polymer composite properties
• Machining-induced microstructure of Inconel 718 in cryogenic environment
• Static and dynamic analysis of FDM printed lattice structures for sustainable lightweight material application
• A review on future implementation of cryogenic machining in manufacturing industry
• Optimisation of hybrid energy harvesting using finite element method based on vibration excitation
• A comparison on untreated and alkaline treated rubberwood flour on physical and mechanical properties of wood plastic composites
• Modelling of the temperature distribution of resistance-spot-welded dissimilar metals using the finite element method
• Synthesis and analysis of photonic crystal and Zn(II) complex bearing thiosemicarbazide moiety

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• Watermarking medical images with patient identification to verify authenticity
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• Analysis of polycystic kidney disease in medical ultrasound images
• Advancements in EEG source localisation methods
• Grove: an auxiliary device for sympathetic assessment via EDA measurement of neutral, stress, and anger emotions during simulated driving conditions
• Scaling-up spatiotemporal dynamics of HIV/AIDS prevalence rates of Sub-Saharan African countries

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• Intellectual property as a key driver of business performance: the case of Singapore and its implications for innovation in a knowledge-based economy
• Retention of old-aged human capital in the Thai automotive industry
• Identification of intellectual capital (IC) within micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs): a case study of Cibuntu Tofu Industrial Center in Bandung, Indonesia
• The role of social capital in job burnout rate among physical education teachers of Mashhad
• Intellectual capital and organisational performance in Malaysian knowledge-intensive SMEs
• Determinants of intellectual capital disclosure in the IPOs and its impact on underpricing: evidence from Indonesia

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• Analysis of a standby redundant system with controlled arrival of failed machines
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• Prioritising factors for manufacturing growth in India: an analytic network process approach
• Solving stochastic dynamic facility layout problems using proposed hybrid AC-CS-SA meta-heuristic algorithm

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• Time series analysis of Earth's Northern Hemisphere temperature reconstructions using non-linear tools and statistical tests
• Lack of commitment of Brazilian federal institutions to ethanol competitiveness
• Production vs. consumption management for sustainable agricultural resources
• Universities as role models for sustainability: a case study on implementation of University of Gothenburg climate strategy, results and experiences from 2011 to 2015
• What are the preferences in the development process of a sustainable urban mobility plan? New methodology for experts involvement
• Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Index for policy learning in cities
• Appropriate environmental-friendly energy technologies for sustainable rehabilitation and cross-border development
• Turkey's energy system development: linking an energy supply model with an industrial simulation model and solving it iteratively
• Sustainability and ethics as attraction factor and talent retaining, the case of the companies in Brazil
• A new education model in sustainable energy
• Sustainable development as a driver for innovation and employment

Special issue published: "Leveraging Talent Management for Stakeholder Engagement, Leadership Development, and Organisational Effectiveness"

International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management 19(1) 2019

• Stakeholder engagement in a non-profit organisation: an issue-based perspective
• The effects of leadership development on women's career success
• Candidate experience in recruitment cycle facilitating employer brand: a case study of Idea Cellular Limited in the Delhi and NCR circle
• Managerial autonomy and control at a retail chain store
• Where does it lead to? Nowhere! Problematic sensemaking concerning commercialisation
• We do get terribly enthusiastic about everything! Performing emotion rules through parody
• Cross-culture management: an empirical examination on task and relationship orientations of Japanese and Omani working adults

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• Development of an efficient classifier using proposed sensitivity-based feature selection technique for intrusion detection system
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• Reliable and secure communication using fundamental cut-sets and fundamental circuits
• Modelling a secure support vector machine classifier for private data
• Performance analysis of image steganalysis techniques and future research directives

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• Experience-centric leadership development process: challenges and way forward for organisations in India
• Factors contributing to female educators' underrepresentation in school management positions in Lulekani Circuit, Limpopo Province, South Africa
• CSR disclosures and transparency among top Indian companies
• Capital expenditure and persistence of firm performance: an empirical study for the Indian automobiles industry
• Impact assessment of supply chain constraints over performance of public distribution system
• Effective leadership traits from Bhagavad Gita

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology

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• Equations for potential water savings through rainwater harvesting for different climatic conditions in Adelaide (Australia)
• Modelling surface runoff in a large-scale paddy field in Malaysia
• Multivariate statistical analysis for estimating surface water quality in reservoirs
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• Dynamic variability examination of frontogenesis: teleconnection of fronts and flood 2010
• Performance evaluation of linear and nonlinear models for the estimation of reference evapotranspiration

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• A study on the use of propane (R-290) in vending machines as a substitute for R-134a to minimise the global warming potential
• Evaluation of wind energy potential in a university campus
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• A review on characteristics, advantages and limitations of palm oil biofuel
• Green sports supporting a low-carbon society: inspiration from Japan
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• An evaluation of neat biodiesel/diesel performance, emission pattern of NOx and CO in compression ignition engine
• Regional climate model simulation for temperature and precipitation over South Asia using different physical parameterisation schemes

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• Workplace gender discrimination among curing workers of India
• The relevance of matrimonial gifts in Kenya. Whose laws are they anyway?
• Gender inequality in corporate Mexico: analysis of cognitive dissonance impeding social growth and development
• Perceptions of undergraduate students on the prevalence and factors that influence gender-based violence at the University of Botswana
• Professional status of women in female-concentrated industries in the City of Yaoundé - Cameroon
• Do legal empowerment activities of NGOs reduce gender-based violence in Bangladesh?

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• Influence of transformational-servant leadership styles and justice perceptions on employee burnout: a moderated mediation model
• Hesitation to adoption in the e-grocery retailing in an emerging market
• What drives SME explorative-exploitative alliance formation: an integrated perspective
• Predicting online buying behaviour - a comparative study using three classifying methods
• Network structure and open innovation: the role of trust in product development
• Co-existence of social media and work productivity?
• Performance outcomes of interaction, balance, and alignment between exploration and exploitation in the technological innovation domain
• Multi-dimensional nature of innovation at Amazon

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• Metallic and composite cables: a brief review
• LCA modelling for natural fibre composites
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• Three dimensional numerical investigation of forced convection heat transfer from offset square cylinders placed in a confined channel
• A survey on cloud-based solutions for cloud manufacturing
• Machine cell formation using simulated annealing algorithm in cellular manufacturing system
• Investigation on mechanical properties and chemical treatment of litterous fibre reinforced polymer composites
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• A numerical simulation on the flow field and the heat transfer of water jet impingement on a solid block
• Effect of vortex finder dimension on holdup mass and heat transfer rate in cyclone heat exchanger-CFD approach
• Surface modification of mild steel: investigation of basic mechanical properties
• Polyester-based redmud reinforced banana fibre composites: impact and flexural property studies
• The preparation and mechanical properties of Al metal matrix composites by in-situ method
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• Study on mechanical properties of glass wool/epoxy reinforced composite
• Reduction of blind spots in heavy transport vehicles through the optimisation of driver seat design

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• Technology in its context - a literature review of the macro and micro levels of business intelligence
• Multiple object tracking by employing shaped-based features and Kalman filter
• Understanding urban development types and drivers in Wallonia: a multi-density approach
• An improved incremental algorithm for mining weighted class-association rules
• Proposal and examination of the FLAP algorithm
• Epsilon-fuzzy dominance sort-based composite discrete artificial bee colony optimisation for multi-objective cloud task scheduling problem
• Frequent pattern sub-space clustering optimisation algorithm for data mining from large database
• A Tabu Search strategy to solve cell formation problem with ratio level data
• Efficient hardware architecture for integer implementation of multi-alphabet arithmetic coding for data mining
• An empirical approach for complexity reduction and fault prediction for software quality attribute
• Recognition of sign language using image processing
• Data mining of unstructured big data in cloud computing
• Detecting and ranking events in Twitter using diversity analysis
• Developed global biotic cross pollination algorithm for CIS
• Semantic web service discovery for mobile web services
• FIRA: focused information retrieval algorithm
• UPFC damping controller design using multi-objective evolutionary algorithms
• Survey of various methods for diagnostic signatures for cutaneous melanoma from genetic and imaging data
• Students search interest model over an organisation based on web log data
• Performance amelioration of MANETs using cooperative routing with cross-layer design
• Risk assessment and management in enterprise resource planning by advanced system engineering theory

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Business Excellence

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• Embrace, before it is too late! Prediction of future studies on value co-creation
• The role of workforce skills development for entrepreneurship: an Emiratisation perspective
• Improving performance of construction projects: multi-cultural perspective
• Linking soft and hard total quality management practices: evidence from Jordan
• Modelling supply chain coordination for performance improvement using analytical network process-based approach
• Attitude towards celebrity endorsement - a case study of adolescent students using personal care products

Special issue published: "Application of Additive and Subtractive Manufacturing for Industrial Challenges"

International Journal of Rapid Manufacturing 8(1/2) 2019

• Trajectory tracking control of two-link industrial robot manipulator based on C++
• Studies on mechanical properties of the sintered bronze-graphite composites
• Preparation and testing of fibre reinforced Zea mays and Calotropis gigantea concrete material under various testing conditions
• Mechanical properties of 7075-t6 aluminium alloy surface hybrid composites synthesised by friction stir processing
• Optimisation of free vibration analysis on structural plates of fibre reinforced laminated composites
• Agility in small sized pump manufacturing companies - an exploration in an Indian scenario
• A study on machinability evaluation of Al-Gr-B4C MMC using response surface methodology-based desirability analysis and artificial neural network technique
• Optimisation of identical parallel machine scheduling problem
• Investigation of mathematical model to optimise the mechanical properties of friction stir processed AA6082
• Parametric advancement of numerical model to predict the mechanical properties of friction stir processed AA5052

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology

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• Motor imagery classification from human EEG signatures
• Efficient speech recognition system for hearing impaired children in classical Tamil language
• A non-invasive approach for the diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes using HRV parameters
• Feature level fusion using physical biometric traits
• ECG beat classification using machine learning techniques
• Greyscale and colour medical image compressed using hybrid contourlet biorthogonal CDF lifting scheme, bandelet and quincunx wavelet transforms: a comparative study
• Statistical method for ECG analysis and diagnostic

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• An analysis of the firms-specific determinants influencing the voluntary IFRS adoption: evidence from Italian private firms
• Agency costs, ownership structure and corporate governance mechanisms in Ghana
• Earnings quality of Indonesian firms surrounding initial public offerings
• Organisational culture's impact on management accounting and control practices in the United Arab Emirates
• Do covenant violations affect audit report timeliness?

Special issue published: "Advances in Renewable Energy Systems"

International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology 10(1/2) 2019

• The effect of non-uniformities in temperature on the performance parameters of an isolated cell photovoltaic module with a compound parabolic concentrator
• Optimal placement and sizing of DSTATCOM using firefly algorithm in the distribution system
• Analysis of a heat pump assisted solar water heating system using TRNSYS program
• General situation of wind energy source in Turkey and wind turbine technologies
• Theoretical and experimental analysis of glazed serpentine tube flat plate collector for effluent evaporation
• Power electronic converters without electrolytic capacitors
• Design and implementation of a prototype hybrid micro grid model for available weather conditions
• Bioethanol production from sawdust of Colombian pine: conditions and efficiency

Additional papers

• Modelling and analysis of solar dryer cum water heater through CFD and analytical methods
• Predictive control of variable speed wind energy conversion chain-based multilevel converters with balanced voltages

Free sample articles newly available from Global Business and Economics Review

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• Stochastic frontier models with flexible random coefficients
• The causality of dollarisation, interest rate and exchange rate: evidence from Laos
• Financial sector development and income inequality in ASEAN-5 countries: does financial Kuznets curve exists?
• Evaluating the effects of cultural and psychic distance on multinational corporate performance: a meta-analysis
• Investment policy and economic performance of Italian listed companies: a multivariate analysis
• Modelling and forecasting volatility of the Botswana and Namibia stock market returns: evidence using GARCH models with different distribution densities
• Foreign divestment in the integration development path of Greece

Free sample articles newly available from Afro-Asian Journal of Finance and Accounting

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• Random walk model and asymmetric effect in Korean composite stock price index
• Changes in the value relevance of accounting information before and after the adoption of K-IFRS: evidence from Korea
• Investor sentiment and asset returns: the case of Indian stock market
• An analysis of diversification benefits of commodity futures using Markov regime-switching approach
• Determinants of forward-looking disclosure: evidence from Bahraini capital market

Special issue published: "Green Mobile Computing for Energy-Efficient Next-Generation Wireless Communication – Part I"

International Journal of Advanced Intelligence Paradigms 12(1/2) 2019

• VANET routing protocol with traffic aware approach
• Real time MAF-based multi level access restriction approach for collaborative environment using ontology
• Reconfigurable communication wrapper for QoS demand for network on chip
• MMSI: a multi-mode service invocation algorithm to improve the connectivity in accessing cloud services in heterogeneous mobile cloud
• Malicious node detection through run time self-healing algorithm in WSN
• Classification of neonatal epileptic seizures using support vector machine
• A novel approach for secured transmission of DICOM images
• Preserving security using crisscross AES and FCFS scheduling in cloud computing
• Binary honey bee mating partial transmit sequence to improve OFDM
• A survey on internet of vehicles: applications, technologies, challenges and opportunities
• Radio spectrum collision avoidness in cluster cognitive network through gazer nodes
• Intelligent intrusion detection techniques for secure communications in wireless networks: a survey
• Perlustration on existing techniques and applications in cloud computing for smart buildings using IoT
• Fuzzy rule selection using artificial bee colony optimisation algorithm
• Image encryption techniques for data transmission in networks: a survey
• Detecting near-duplicate images using segmented minhash algorithm

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Services Technology and Management

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• IT governance from the operational perspective - a study of IT governance strategies applied within maintenance management
• Application of project quality management to increase the successful rate of car project: a case study in China
• Design and development of multi-tenant web framework
• The construction and application of a standard system of in-home aged-care community service - based on an empirical analysis of Shaanxi
• What influence the choice of host country in Chinese firm cross-border M&As on culture distance, institution and tax
• The impact and spatial difference of agricultural producer services industry on agricultural development: an empirical analysis based on provincial panel data
• How does dynamic capability affect logistics service integrator's growth performance
• How the LSSC networks affect the growth of logistics service integrator
• The mediating role of mental health in the relationship between psychological capital and job burnout: an exploratory study
• An investigation of the relationship between workplace practices and firm performance: evidence from hotel industry, China
• Dual commitment to company and union: a latent profile analysis
• Impact of mentoring relationship on career satisfaction of young college teachers - the moderating effect of the type of mentoring relationship and the gender of mentee
• Effects of organisational learning on service innovation performance: the mediating effect of supply chain collaboration and the moderating role of interpersonal trust
• A two-period pricing model for perishable items
• Building supply chain quality management theory from case study in China

Special issue published: "Smart Everything"

International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering 18(1) 2019

• A new wolf colony search algorithm based on search strategy for solving travelling salesman problem
• New intelligent interface study based on K-means gaze tracking
• The wisdom of the few: a provable approach
• Robust and graph regularised non-negative matrix factorisation for heterogeneous co-transfer clustering
• A risk analysis and prediction model of electric power GIS based on deep learning
• CDLB: a cross-domain load balancing mechanism for software defined networks in cloud data centre
• Logistic regression for imbalanced learning based on clustering
• Chinese entity attributes extraction based on bidirectional LSTM networks

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• Distributed diagnosis based on distributed probability propagation nets
• Novel automatic seed selection approach for mass detection in mammograms
• A dynamic cold-start recommendation method based on incremental graph pattern matching

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

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• Risk Leveling - an organised risk management approach
• Reputation aspects in investment decision making: contribution to corporate security
• Hybrid logical and probabilistic models for management of socioeconomic safety
• Top-economics: management of socioeconomic safety
• Mathematics for management of socio-economic system safety
• Logical and probabilistic analysis of the reliability of the metallurgical complex electric supply
• Analysis of approaches to modelling of attitude to risk in normative decision making methods
• Quantitative examples of safety assessment using logical-probabilistic methods

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management

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• Measuring demonetisation: a path towards the cashless India
• The role of perceived risk in influencing online shopping attitude among women in India
• An efficiency analysis of grant awarded research projects: a case study of a Malaysian public university
• Study on factors influencing employee retention in companies
• A study on CRM effectiveness in public and private sector banks
• A path model of antecedents of green purchase behaviour among Indian consumers
• The effect of perceived security on consumer purchase intensions in electronic commerce

New Editor for International Journal of Collaborative Engineering

Prof. Andrew Thomas from Cardiff Metropolitan University in the UK has been appointed to take over editorship of the International Journal of Collaborative Engineering.

Research pick: A wandering minstrel, I - "Deciphering movement and stasis: touring musicians and their ambivalent imaginings of home and belonging"

Throughout human history, certain professions have been commonly peripatetic – the wandering minstrel perhaps a case in point. Musical entertainers who travelled the lands performing for the peasants in return for food and drink and a bed for the night. The modern “minstrel”, more frequently known as a pop star might still travel the world, although the remunerative rewards are often grander than a couple of pints and a bunk-up…but not always.

Researchers in Germany have investigated the ambivalent imaginings that perpetually touring musicians have when contemplating their home and their sense of belong. Writing in the International Journal of Tourism Anthropology, Anna Lisa Ramella of the University of Siegen has looked at touring musicians who spend much of their time “on the road”. She has determined that the conventional notions of immobility and mobility are not to be framed as home and away for such people. Instead, they can be more realistically conceptualised as familiar and alien, depending on the individual and their particular circumstances. “The very blurring of the boundaries of movement and stasis enables a shifting of perspectives in which ‘home’ and ‘tour’ may be experienced as either a source of stability or transience,” she says.

The findings may well be obvious to the musicians themselves, particularly when one considers the 20th-century songbook and the folk, blues, and rock traditions that tell tales of life on the endless road and finding no place like home. Musicians have always been travellers that “need to do the road” and from ancient times to today, that urge to travel has been driven by culture and economic necessity.

Of course, throughout the latter years of the 20th Century, the notion of musicians touring to promote their recorded offerings became commonplace. Now in the age of streaming, digital downloads, and file sharing, the money to be made from recordings has dwindled for many musicians and touring and merchandise has become the revenue-generating vehicle rather than the marketing manoeuvres.

Ramella, A.L. (2018) ‘Deciphering movement and stasis: touring musicians and their ambivalent imaginings of home and belonging‘, Int. J. Tourism Anthropology, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp.323-339.

Special issue published: "Sports Entrepreneurship and Innovation"

International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing 19(1/2) 2019

• Intellectual capital assets and brand value of English football clubs
• Motivation and high performance sports events: an exploratory investigation of the motives underlying repeated participation
• Like it or not? The differences between and success factors of sports providers' use of social networking sites
• Explicating professional boxers' narrative dynamics towards competitive aggressiveness and potential market entry
• Psychological contract fulfilment and innovative work behaviours of employees in sport-based SBEs: the mediating role of organisational citizenship
• Topics and research trends of health clubs management: will innovation be part of the fitness industry research interests?

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Process Systems Engineering

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• An energy evaluation for thermal conversion of thermoplastic waste to refined oil products using pyrolysis reaction process system
• Design of intelligent load frequency control strategy using optimal fuzzy-PID controller
• Distributed generation long-term planning in smart distribution systems considering daily optimal operation
• Optimal planning of a biofuel supply chain using a multi-criteria optimisation model

Special issue published: "Engineering Design for Safety and Reliability"

International Journal of Reliability and Safety 13(1/2) 2019

• Topology optimisation design of mechanical tee backsheet
• The probabilistic analysis of fatigue crack effect based on magnetic flux leakage
• Reliability assessment of pressure vessel design methods
• Multi-state system reliability analysis methods based on Bayesian networks merging dynamic and fuzzy fault information
• Reliability allocation technique for complex system of systems
• New component-based reliability model to predict the reliability of component-based software
• Risk-energy aware service level agreement assessment for computing quickest path in computer networks
• Emergency braking mechanism for an elevator using hydraulic and pneumatic actuation
• A hybrid fault tolerance framework for SaaS services based on hidden Markov model

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

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• The application of analytic hierarchy process and fuzzy comprehensive evaluation in the evaluation of ecological security in coal mine areas
• Virtual resource pricing scheme in cloud platforms
• Examining users' switch from online banking to mobile banking
• Data analysis to uncover critical parameters for performance appraisal of students in higher education
• The co-evolution of IT competence, organisational agility and entrepreneurial action: a case study of entrepreneurial e-tailers

Press release: Getting social at the uni library - "Utilising social media to improve relationship quality: the case of the university library"

The library continues to play a critical role in academic life, as one would hope! However, in today’s connected world, there is pressure to update the conventional paradigms and an urgency for librarians to embrace online social media for the benefit of their users. Writing in International Journal of Electronic Customer Relationship Management, Melissa Clark and Scott Bacon of Coastal Carolina University, in Conway, South Carolina, USA, point out that the library is not only the repository of information sources for students but represents a hub that connects those students to the university.

The team has now investigated student perception of the role of the modern university library and whether or not following the social media account, or accounts, of their university library improves this perception or otherwise. Fundamentally, they found that “following the library on social media is positively related to a student’s perception of their relationship quality with the university; students interested in multiple library services are likely to report the perception of a higher quality relationship with the university.”

One might consider that today’s young students are almost all “digital natives” and use multiple social media platforms regularly and very much on a daily basis. Concomitant with that is the notion that education must be marketed in the modern environment in a way that it perhaps was not in the past: “By tapping into this channel, higher education marketers have a viable outlet that could be used to build a long-lasting relationship with their audience,” the team reports.

The team adds that “Engagement on university social networks is cyclical by nature, as students enter the university, build networks and then graduate.” They point out that there is natural attrition and so the university library’s social media content strategy must be constantly tweaked to seek out the “freshers”, the new students at the beginning of each academic year and to find ways to serve them better while they study and maybe even after they graduate, especially as alumni are often the greatest marketers for an academic institution.

Clark, M.N. and Bacon, S.D. (2018) ‘Utilising social media to improve relationship quality: the case of the university library‘, Int. J. Electronic Customer Relationship Management, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp.384-410.

Special issue published: "Entrepreneurship, Migration, and Family in Peripheral Contexts – Avenues for Growth and Internationalisation"

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 36(1/2) 2019

• Linking periphery with centre: the liability and usefulness of returnee entrepreneurial firm in home country context
• Social ties, prior experience, and venture creation by transnational entrepreneurs
• The role of diaspora entrepreneurs in start-up ecosystem development - a Berlin case study
• Transnational intrapreneurship: opportunity development in transnational teams in the Nordic periphery
• The immigrant effect from employer and employee perspectives in a Swedish context
• Practices in operating a small business in a host community: a social capital perspective of Chinese immigrant entrepreneurship within the South African business context
• The role of family social capital in immigrants' entrepreneurial opportunity creation processes
• From the periphery to the centre: start-up and growth strategies for minority diaspora entrepreneurs
• Refugee entrepreneurship: taking a social network view on immigrants with refugee backgrounds starting transnational businesses in Sweden

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Management Practice

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• Cooperation process: what motivates individuals to participate in a cooperative?
• Business strategies for managing legislative requirements: a case study of legislative sustainability requirements for biofuels in the EU
• The comparative analysis of employee engagement measures: a theoretical perspective
• Intention to implement green hotel practices: evidence from Indian hotel industry
• Perceived managerial and leadership effectiveness in Argentina and Mexico: a comparative study of effective and ineffective managerial behaviour

Special issue published: "Big Data Issues: Firms, Industries and Government"

Global Business and Economics Review 21(1) 2019

• Understanding the invisible hands of incentives
• Crafting a web-unique value proposition using the concept analysis technique
• Impacts of information quality on decision-making
• Performance measurement indicators in the healthcare industry: a systematic review
• Big data: ethical issues
• The romance of modern accounting education: an impact from positivism and materialism

Additional papers

• Developing sustainable competitive advantage of a firm through human resource management practices: a competence-based approach
• Service quality and attitudinal loyalty: the mediating effect of delight on retail banking relationships

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• Top management teams: a bibliometric research from 2005 to 2015
• Multi-criteria decision-making methods for project portfolio management: a literature review
• Automatic clustering by elitism-based multi-objective differential evolution
• Maintenance strategy design in a sintering plant based on a multicriteria approach
• Comparative analysis of multi-criteria decision making methods in choosing contract type for highway construction in Greece

Research pick: Ischaemic stroke assessment - "A promising method for early detection of ischemic stroke area on brain CT images"

Non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT) is a low-cost medical imaging technology that is used widely in investigating damage to a patient’s brain caused by ischaemic stroke. However, writing in the International Journal of Image Mining, researchers from Algeria explain that it is not without limitations. As such, they are developing an algorithm that can automatically detect ischaemic areas of the brain from CT images within hours of the onset of symptoms using a comparison of the two brain hemispheres.

Yahiaoui Amina Fatima Zahra and Bessaid Abdelhafid of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, at the University of Tlemcen, explain how subtle changes in ischaemia are difficult to visualise and to extract and although there are techniques that allow radiologists to “score” the damage and to make diagnostic decisions regarding thrombolytic treatment there is always room for improvement. Moreover, commonly only patients with a high baseline score benefit from endovascular revascularisation therapy. This could change if there were a better way to assess the CT images quickly.

The team reports that their algorithm has five steps: pre-processing, segmentation of regions of interest, elimination of old infarcts and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) space, feature extraction and ASPECTS scoring. They have tested it on 25 patients and found it to be effective in comparison with methods previously reported in the scientific literature and it shows high sensitivity at almost 91%.

Zahra, Y.A.F. and Abdelhafid, B. (2018) ‘A promising method for early detection of ischemic stroke area on brain CT images‘, Int. J. Image Mining, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp.139-151.

Special issue published: "An Italian Contribution to the Analysis of Masonry Structures"

International Journal of Masonry Research and Innovation 4(1/2) 2019

• Some laser-scanner applications in structural analysis
• The model of Heyman and the statical and kinematical problems for masonry structures
• Thrust evaluations of masonry domes. An application to the St. Peter's dome
• On the analysis of masonry arches
• Thrust network analysis of masonry vaults
• On the shape optimisation of the force networks of masonry structures
• A 2D finite element based on an enriched kinematics for nonlinear analysis of masonry walls
• Wall structure finite-element by BEM coupling
• The spandrel of masonry buildings: experimental tests and numerical analysis
• Lateral torsional buckling of compressed open thin walled beams: experimental confirmations
• Palazzo Ducale in Parete: remarks on code provisions
• Seismic vulnerability assessment of churches at regional scale after the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Internet Manufacturing and Services

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• Naïve Bayes regression model and its application in collaborative filtering recommendation algorithm
• A novel improvement on rank reversal in TOPSIS based on the efficacy coefficient method
• Enabling cutting tool services based on in-process machining condition monitoring
• The production strategy for two products considering stochastic demand under cap-and-trade regulation
• Research on the development of agricultural products logistics in China based on ISM model
• The equilibrium model of dual channel closed-loop supply chain network based on carbon trading and carbon tax

Special issue published: "Power Electronics, Industrial Electronics and Their Applications"

International Journal of Power Electronics 10(1/2) 2019

• LMI based stability analysis of non-linearly perturbed DC motor speed control system with constant and time-varying delays
• A comparative study of universal fuzzy logic and PI speed controllers for four switch BLDC motor drive
• Relevance of adaptive protection scheme using phasor measurement unit in Indian power grid
• A new multi-level inverter with reduced number of switches based on modified H-bridge
• Three phase PWM converter using PI and fuzzy with hysteresis current controller
• Design and simulation of bi-directional DC-DC converter with dual switch forward snubber
• An experimental investigation of scalar control-based induction motor drive using digital signal processor
• A novel three-phase multilevel inverter structure using switched capacitor basic unit for renewable energy conversion systems
• Harmonic injection technique-based grid impedance estimation for an LCL-filtered grid connected inverter - an investigation
• Simulated topology of doubly powered asynchronous motor with diode clamped inverter

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Information and Decision Sciences

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• Decision framework for selecting last mile delivery performance in Indian e-commerce companies
• A new non-parametric classifier to predict small-business failures in Italy via performance ratios
• Communication features in a DSS for conflict resolution based on the graph model
• Data normalisation techniques in decision making: case study with TOPSIS method
• RAID-B2K, transforming BPMN conceptual schemas into Kettle execution primitives

Research pick: Fake news and fake reviews - "Online social networking services and spam detection approaches in opinion mining – a review"

Consumers have the opportunity to express their views about the products and services they use in ways that were simply not technologically possible a decade ago. Social media and social networks allow them to opine wildly to fellow users and also directly and in public to the companies that provide those products and services.

Of course, with any system involving subjectivity and more critically, money, there is likely to be gaming of that system on both sides. An unscrupulous company may attempt to spam the system and improve its ratings artificially. Conversely, an individual or pressure group with a particular grudge might wish to sabotage that company’s ranking.

Writing in the International Journal of Web Based Communities, Meesala Shobha Rani and S. Sumathy of the School of Computer Science and Engineering, at Vellore Institute of Technology, in Vellore, India, have looked to nature for inspiration to find the best way to root out opinion spam. They have reviewed algorithms that use the notions of “a moth to a flame”, “grey wolf hunting”, or “flower pollination by insects”. Their review looks at how well different approaches are able to detect fake opinions on social media. The same approaches might also be useful in spotting fake political opinion and even fake news.

Customers depend on e-commerce sites to save them shopping time and they require accurate and honest reviews on those sites to help them in their decision making, the team reports. However, spammers, often in exchange for payment can post a fake opinion, good or bad and so degrade the quality of the reviews. In their assessment of the different approaches, the team found that “grey wolf” is the more effective and might well be adopted by organizations and companies hoping to detect and delete fake opinion on their systems.

Rani, M.S. and Sumathy, S. (2018) ‘Online social networking services and spam detection approaches in opinion mining – a review‘, Int. J. Web Based Communities, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp.353-378.

Special issue published: "Advanced Modelling and Control for Electrical-Mechanical Systems"

International Journal of Modelling, Identification and Control 31(1) 2019

• A model-based implementation of an MPPT technique and a control system for a variable speed wind turbine PMSG
• Kinematic calibration for industrial robots using articulated arm coordinate machines
• Modelling and fault tolerance analysis of triplex redundancy servo valve
• A recursive discrete Kalman filter for the generation of reference signal to UPQC with unbalanced and distorted supply conditions
• Combining recursive projection and dynamic programming technique in multi UAVs formation anomaly detection
• Attitude tracking control of rigid spacecraft with disturbance compensation
• Optimal storage sizing of energy storage for peak shaving in presence of uncertainties in distributed energy management systems
• Modelling and attitude control of novel multi-ducted-fan aerial vehicle in forward flight
• Monitoring the lack of grease condition of rolling bearing using acoustic emission

Additional paper

• Self-adaptative multi-kernel algorithm for switched linear systems identification

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Information and Communication Technology

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• Mimir: a term-distributed retrieval system for secret documents
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• A review: The effects of imperfect data on incremental decision tree
• Performance overhead analysis of virtualisation on ARM
• Frequent failure monitoring and reporting in virtualisation environment using backing algorithm technique
• S2PAD: secure self-certified public auditing for data integrity in cloud storage and its extension
• Grey neural network prediction model based on fruit fly optimisation algorithm and its application
• Effective and secure data storage in multi-cloud storage architectures
• Intelligent phishing detection system using similarity matching algorithms
• An efficient speech perceptual hashing authentication algorithm based on DWT and symmetric ternary string
• A novel identity-based anonymous authentication scheme from multilinear maps
• Quantum information exchange protocol associated with the quantum cloud

Special issue published: "Applied Soft Computing Strategies for Effective Business Data Analytics"

International Journal of Business Intelligence and Data Mining 14(1/2) 2019

• Effective optimisation of Honda algorithm for rear end collision avoidance system with genetic algorithm
• Comparison between optimised genetic-based Honda algorithm and Honda algorithm for collision avoidance system
• A novel multi-class ensemble model based on feature selection using Hadoop framework for classifying imbalanced biomedical data
• Network affinity aware energy efficient virtual machine placement algorithm
• Dynamic runtime protection technique against the file system injecting malwares
• An efficient clustering approach for fair semantic web content retrieval via tri-level ontology construction model with hybrid dragonfly algorithm
• Knowledge transfer for efficient cross domain ranking using AdaRank algorithm
• Enhanced R package-based cluster analysis fault identification models for three phase power system network
• Probabilistic variable precision fuzzy rough set technique for discovering optimal learning patterns in e-learning
• Enhancing the JPEG image steganography security by RSA and attaining high payload using advanced DCT replacement method and modified quantisation table
• A fuzzy approach to prioritise DEA ranked association rules
• BAIT: behaviour aided intruder testimony technique for attacker intention prediction in business data handling
• A secured best data centre selection in cloud computing using encryption technique
• Minimal constraint based cuckoo search algorithm for removing transmission congestion and rescheduling the generator units
• Modelling economic choice under radical uncertainty: machine learning approaches
• OLAP technology and machine learning as the tools for validation of the numerical models of convective clouds
• Data cubes retrieval and design in OLAP systems: from query analysis to visualisation tool

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• Liquidity volatility and spillover effects: evidence from the UK-USA and East Asian countries
• Mutual fund performance benchmarking using a quadratic directional distance function approach
• Computational intelligence for gas imports forecasting
• Interest rate forecasting and the financial crisis: a turning point in more than just one way

Inderscience journals to invite expanded papers from Scientia Academia Conference on Management, Entrepreneurship, and Social Sciences for potential publication

Extended versions of papers presented at the Scientia Academia Conference on Management, Entrepreneurship, and Social Sciences (SAC-MESS 2019) (6-7 Apri 2019, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) will be invited for review and potential publication by the following journals:

• Int. J. of Business and Globalisation
• Int. J. of Business Continuity and Risk Management
• Int. J. of Public Sector Performance Management
• Middle East J. of Management

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

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• 'Think big' or 'small is beautiful'? An empirical analysis of characteristics and determinants of success of sustainable crowdfunding projects
• University support systems for sustainable entrepreneurship: insights from explorative case studies
• Exploring the role of entrepreneurial orientation in clean technology ventures
• It's getting better all the time (can't get no worse): the why, how and when of environmental entrepreneurship
• Sustainable entrepreneurship: creating environmental solutions in light of planetary boundaries

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• Residential electricity use effects of population in Kazakhstan
• Intra-regional accessibility and take-up of grid extended electricity among rural households: case of Meru-South Sub-County in Kenya
• Comparative analysis of sustainable electric energy generation technologies using a multi-criteria decision methodology
• Experimental studies on the performance of dehumidifier using calcium chloride as a liquid desiccant
• Experimental study on triple pass solar air heater with thermal energy storage for drying mint leaves
• Conversion of cotton residues to bio-oil and chemicals through flash pyrolysis in a fluidised bed reactor
• Production, performance and emission analysis of Tamanu oil - diesel blends along with biogas in a diesel engine in dual cycle mode

Special issue published: Computational Techniques, Simulation and Optimisation Applied to Engineering Problems"

International Journal of Computer Aided Engineering and Technology 11(1) 2019

• Artificial neural networks and genetic algorithm modelling and identification of arc parameter in insulators flashover voltage and leakage current
• Robust load angle direct torque control with SVM for sensorless induction motor using sliding mode controller and observer
• Multiple description image coding using contourlet transform
• Channel shortening equaliser through energy concentration for TH-UWB systems
• Optimisation of brake pedal linkage: a comparative analysis towards material saving using CAE tools
• Reliability and safety analysis using fault tree and Bayesian networks
• Finite element analysis of implant design used in elbow arthroplasty process
• PR-LRU: partial random LRU technique for performance improvement of last level cache
• Selection of the optimal manufacturing process of CAD/CAM/CNC and conventional machining through engineering workshop experimentation

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• The determinants and consequences of website credibility in e-retailing: examining the roles of ethical issues
• Online sales promotion in hedonic versus utilitarian product categories
• The role of communication channel in delivering service recovery in online shopping environment
• Classifying customer 'wow', 'aha', and 'cool' affect through arousal: a study on mobile users
• Consumers' perceptions on green and smart furniture innovation
• Understanding the role of web-benefits in cross-buying

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies

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• Estimating the time of a step change in the multivariate-attribute process mean using ANN and MLE
• An efficient method for batch updates in OPTICS cluster ordering
• Identifying and prioritisation entrepreneurial behaviour factors using fuzzy AHP approach
• The consumer choice between the private doctors and the healthcare clinics
• When will the 2015 millennium development goal of infant mortality rate be finally realised? - Projections for 21 OECD countries through 2050

Special issue published: "The Criminalisation of Migration and Asylum: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Consequences and Human Rights Impact"

International Journal of Migration and Border Studies 4(4) 2018

• The good, the bad and the ugly: images of the foreigner in contemporary criminal law
• Does crimmigration theory rest on a mistake?
• Immigration detention and the problem of time: lessons from solitary confinement
• Playing with lives under the guise of fair play: the safe country of origin policy in the EU and Canada
• Crime, migration and data extraction: the Trump travel bans
• The human rights implications of Australian and Indonesian anti-smuggling laws
• Beyond the criminalisation of migration: a non-western perspective

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• Emergency preparedness in fitness facilities: bridging the gap between policy and practice
• Examining users' intention to continue using business intelligence systems from the perspectives of end-user computing satisfaction and individual performance
• Evaluation of fraud examinations: a principal-agent study of private internal investigations
• Reengineering business information systems to support business continuity
• An initial assessment of small business risk management approaches for cyber security threats

Special issue published: "Developments in Tribology of Composite Materials"

International Journal of Surface Science and Engineering 12(5/6) 2018

• Tribological properties of bronze filled PTFE under dry sliding conditions and aqueous environments (distilled water and sea water)
• The effect of polymeric biomaterial binder content on corrosion behaviour, magnetic and tribological properties of the magnetic composite based on RE-M-B powder
• A comparative study of tribological and mechanical properties of composite polymer coatings on bearing steel
• Effect of Al2O3 nanoparticles on tribological behaviour of Mg-6Al alloy-based nanocomposites
• Wear and friction behaviour of aluminium metal composite reinforced with graphite particles
• Effect of mechanical milling of fly ash on friction and wear response of brake friction composites
• Tribological study on hybrid reinforced aluminium-based metal matrix composites
• A comparative study for the leverage of micro and nano SiC fillers on thermo-mechanical and erosion wear peculiarity of woven glass fibre-based vinyl ester composites
• Characterisation of electroless Ni-P and electroless composite coatings Ni-P/Ni-PTFE

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• Price timing in new markets with strategic consumers
• Healthcare decision support tool: multi-agent system for bed management
• Multi-criteria approach for assessing the logistics performance of industrial purchase: empirical study of Tunisian manufacturing company
• Examination of importance and range of comprehensive service for refrigerated containers in seaports
• Personalised information services for bikers

 

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Autonomous and Adaptive Communications Systems

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• Sparse representation for kernel function selection of support vector machine
• Simulation-based efficient analysis of radio propagation model using on-demand routing protocols in the Indian automotive networks
• A new intelligent self-service express delivery system based on mobile cloud computing and WeChat
• A method of determining maximum transmission rate in wireless sensor network
• Systematic survey on evolution of cloud architectures
• Cloud-enabled web services for wireless sensor and actuator networks

New Editor for International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing

Nivedita Agarwal from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg in Germany has been appointed to take over joint editorship of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, together with Terrence Brown from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, from 1 January, 2019. She is succeeding Alexander Brem, whom the publisher wants to thank for his four years of dedication to the further development of the journal.

Research pick: Work-family balance - "Work-family conflict and intention to quit: the mediating role of emotional dissonance"

The work-life balance and juggling family can lead to emotional turmoil for those who find themselves unable to resolve the conflicting demands of work and family. A research team in India has now looked surveyed 346 employees from 93 organisations in order to ascertain whether “emotional dissonance” caused by work-family conflicts correlates with a person’s intention to quit their employment.

Subhash Kundu and Nidhi Gaba of the Haryana School of Business, at Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, in Hisar, Haryana, India, explain how they used multiple regression analysis on the data to test their hypothesis. Writing in the International Journal of Business and Globalisation, they describe how the analysis shows that the conflict between work and family life has a positive and statistically significant influence on a person’s intention to quit. Critically, they showed that emotional dissonance is a key mediating factor in this regard.

Longer working hours, more rigid targets, mobile computing, and other factors and the change in the structure of families from single earners to dual-career couples as well as increased pressure from urbanization and longer-lived older family members are putting many people under new kinds of pressure and stress. There is even specifically on those in employment not only to perform well in their jobs but also to be successful in terms of a family too. But work demands and family demands are very different and pull people in two different directions commonly leading to conflict and what psychologists might refer to as emotional dissonance that a lay person might simply perceive as stress.

New insights into how emotional dissonance arises because of this almost ubiquitous work-family conflict could help policymakers and managers cope better with a changing world and to help retain a happy and less conflicted workforce.

Kundu, S.C. and Gaba, N. (2018) ‘Work-family conflict and intention to quit: the mediating role of emotional dissonance’, Int. J. Business and Globalisation, Vol. 21, No. 4, pp.464–483.

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Economics and Business Research

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• Islamic financial investments and economic growth evidence from emerging economy, United Arab Emirates
• Impact of restaurant owners'/managers' handling of customers' unexpected incidents on customers' revisit intention
• Audit committee effectiveness: reflections from the UAE
• Enhancing internal communication in organisations using enterprise social networking
• FAHP-based to-do-list for eCommerce websites the case of SMEs in Abu Dhabi
• Entrepreneurial opportunity issues
• A diamond-quality teaching modelling in higher education: an AAU perspective
• Further evidence on Middle East and North Africa financial markets integration

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Web and Grid Services

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• Data integrity checking with reliable data transfer for secure cloud storage
• Compromising location privacies for vehicles cloud computing
• Searchable symmetric encryption based on the inner product for cloud storage
• PRE+: dual of proxy re-encryption for secure cloud data sharing service
• Key-aggregate searchable encryption under multi-owner setting for group data sharing in the cloud
• Lattice-based searchable public-key encryption scheme for secure cloud storage

Special issue published: "Cloud Computing Projects and Initiatives"

International Journal of High Performance Computing and Networking 12(4) 2018

• Enabling and monitoring platform for cloud-based applications
• Exploring the complete data path for data interoperability in cyber-physical systems
• Monitoring and management of a cloud application within a federation of cloud providers
• New architecture for virtual appliance deployment in the cloud
• From business process models to the cloud: a semantic approach
• Migrating mission-critical applications in federated cloud: a case study
• Intelligent medical record management: a diagnosis support system
• Semi-supervised PSO clustering algorithm based on self-adaptive parameter optimisation
• Scalable bootstrap attribute reduction for massive data
• Transaction management across data stores

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Value Chain Management

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• An integrated model of the adoption of radio frequency identification technology in the hotel industry
• Leanness assessment in automotive industry: case study approach
• Development of an ant colony optimisation-based heuristic for a location-routing problem in a two-stage supply chain
• Customer care excellence in the new product development process: a case study
• Characteristics of self-managing teams in rapid product development projects

Research pick: Setting international standards - "The strategy of repeated ‘open’ and ‘narrow’ approaches for standardised media"

Haruo Awano of Sugimura & Partners and Koji Tanabe of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan, have looked at the strategy of repeated ‘open’ and ‘narrow’ approaches for standardised media in the context of market expansion where markets utilise international standards. Standardisation leads to the faster spread of a given technology and allows easy entry for many competitors into the market. Of course, this has a detrimental effect on the bottom line of the pioneering companies that invent a given technology as competition means price erosion. It is no surprise that so many electronics companies devise device-specific proprietary and patented peripherals, connectors, and power supplies for the products to help them retain a niche in the market and ward off those companies that would seek to use the existence of standards to circumvent the patents legitimately.

The team points out that there are still opportunities for innovators and inventors. They have now looked at the case of Sony and its 130 mm magneto-optical (MO) media and how the company could take advantage of its intellectual property even in the face of competition using the same technical standards to create rival products.

Fundamentally, one approach that can be taken is to build an entry barrier by creating a market in demand for highly reliable media, so that cheap competitors are ignored in the face of the more well-known product with a greater reputation. A second strategy is to simply update the pioneering product, with new innovation. In the case of MO media, doubling capacity periodically, for instance, while continuing to standardise. Competitors must then play catchup while the pioneer continues to reap the rewards of its intellectual property in new sales to the market. A market that is at once open to competition through standardisation is thus once more narrowed by innovating anew within the same format and niche.

Awano, H. and Tanabe, K. (2018) ‘The strategy of repeated ‘open’ and ‘narrow’ approaches for standardised media’, Int. J. Technology Management, Vol. 78, No. 4, pp.261–279.

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Technology Management

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• Conduit versus content: a model of the firm's market involvement and organisational competitiveness
• European business venturing in times of digitisation - an analysis of for-profit business incubators in a triple helix context
• Industry-university collaboration and absorptive capacity: an empirical study in a Swedish context
• A benefit segmentation approach for innovation-oriented university-business collaboration
• Which firms use universities as cooperation partners? - A comparative view in Europe
• Universities, innovation and competitiveness in regional economies

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• Consumer surveys and the EU statistics on income and living conditions: friends or foes?
• An empirical study on measures relating to impact investing in South Africa
• Institutional approach to debt determination: the Nigerian case
• The effect of external shocks on macroeconomic performance and monetary policy in a small open economy: evidence from Zambia
• Nonlinear impact of inflation on economic growth in South Africa: a smooth transition regression analysis

Special issue published: "Behavioural Finance and Decision-Making in Financial Markets"

International Journal of Financial Engineering and Risk Management 3(1) 2019

• Trading the stock market using Google search volumes: a long short-term memory approach
• Towards an improved credit scoring system: the Greek case
• Racial discrimination in TARP investments
• Determinants of mortgage arrears: the case of buy to let
• The dividend policy of tourist firms pre and during the economic crisis in Greece
• Quantitative easing and government bonds: evidence from the EU
• Trading CSR/CSE leveraged inefficiency

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• Upgrading service quality of mobile banking
• Exploring smartphone social networking services for mobile tourism
• Understanding the critical factors for successful M-commerce adoption
• Solving the mystery of mobile learning adoption in higher education
• Product attributes and purchase intention for smartphones: a moderated mediation model

Research pick: A little give and take in China - "The knowledge protection paradox: imitation and innovation through knowledge sharing"

In order to trade with markets in China, multinational corporations in the “West” have to share knowledge with their Chinese partners. This, warns a Norwegian team writing in the International Journal of Technology Management, leaves those corporations open to their products being copied. The corporations must share knowledge within a realm in which the familiar copyright and trademark laws that protect them in the West are not applicable.

Kim Van Oorschot and Jan Terje Karlsen of the BI Norwegian Business School, Hans Solli-Sæther of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, in Oslo, have analysed the strategic paradox of knowledge sharing and knowledge security. They have taken the ship-building industry as a case model for their research and looked at the long-term effects of a protection-based and a sharing-based knowledge strategy.

Fundamentally, while sharing knowledge leads to more illicit imitation, the long-term success of protecting knowledge from the Chinese markets is more detrimental as it simply undercuts trust of the multinationals among the Chinese suppliers. Moreover, the team found that protection irreparably reduces innovation rates. By contrast, sharing knowledge with Chinese partners encourages continuous reciprocity between those partners and the Western companies in a way that simply does not happen if trust is lost. “Innovation boosts the potential to keep sharing new and interesting knowledge in the future, thereby feeding this continuous reciprocity phenomenon,” the team reports.
The team adds that, “Our simulation shows that giving is a better strategy than taking, which appears counterintuitive, especially in the context of the competitive Chinese market, with its reputation for active imitation.” However, they suggest that Western management style wherein “giving” is a rare action, must be modernized to allow both sides to engage positively in the growing Chinese markets.

Van Oorschot, K.E., Solli-Sæther, H. and Karlsen, J.T. (2018) ‘The knowledge protection paradox: imitation and innovation through knowledge sharing’, Int. J. Technology Management, Vol. 78, No. 4, pp.310-342.

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Innovation and Learning

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• Automatic exercise sequencing-based algorithmic skills
• Topic-aware staff learning material generation in complaint management systems
• Modelling second language learners for learning task recommendation
• An architecture for e-learning infrastructures on a national level: a case study of the Afghanistan Research and Education Network
• A gender-based investigation of the determinants for information sharing in an open learner model environment
• Assessment of student competency for personalised online learning using objective distance
• eALGO: an automated assessment tool of flowchart programs for novices

Special issue published: "Applications of Intelligent Control and Nonlinear Dynamics"

International Journal of Process Systems Engineering 5(1) 2019

• Optimal placement of TCSC for congestion management in deregulated power system using firefly algorithm
• Chaotic inertia weight and constriction factor-based PSO algorithm for BLDC motor drive control
• Operation state classification of power system using fuzzy logic techniques
• Analytical structures and stability analysis of the simplest Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy two-term controllers

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

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• Same material different recycling standards: comparing the municipal solid waste standards of the European Union, South Korea and the USA
• Enrichment of epoxy coating system with modified shell ash
• Biodegradation of petroleum industry oily sludge and its application in land farming: a review
• Detecting spams in social networks using ML algorithms - a review
• WhaleRank: an optimisation based ranking approach for software requirements prioritisation

Special issue published: "The Infusion of Business Management Practices in the Public Sector: Trends, Innovations and Challenges in the Sub-Saharan African Region"

International Journal of Management Practice 12(1) 2019

• Progress made towards achieving Rwanda's Vision 2020 key indicators' targets
• Managerial strategies to promote interorganisational and multisectoral collaboration in the South African public sector: a case study approach
• Risk management in the South African local government and its impact on service delivery
• The role of leadership in fostering public service motivation in post-conflict states
• Challenges and dilemmas in implementing the child support grant policy in South Africa
• Supply chain - a service delivery enhancement or an impediment
• Non-governmental organisations as alternatives for service delivery in contemporary states

Research pick: Medical waste - "Scenario-based risk assessment model for infectious medical waste collection and transportation system"

We need safe, secure, and sustainable ways to collect and transport infectious medical waste, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management. A.R. Tembhurkar and Radhika Deshpande of the Department of Civil Engineering, at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, explain that risk assessment is critical to understanding how we can develop new approaches to the infectious medical waste problem. This is not something that has yet been addressed properly in India, they add.

Rapid urbanisation and improved access to medical facilities has come at a price in terms of increased levels of medical waste. Such waste has to be handled carefully given its obvious risks to human health and the environment. Earlier research has looked at how to improve handling through better awareness, training of personnel handling medical waste management, and through quantifying the amount of waste that is being generated. Risk cannot be avoided entirely, but it can be minimized.

The current work looks at developing a scenario-based risk assessment approach to analyse and assess the various risks and confounding factors associated with the collection and transportation of infectious medical waste. The fundamental conclusion from the work is that secure transportation is critical to reducing risk. “The risk assessment model developed in this study is based upon the primary data collected for IMWCT system in India and thus, this will aid in analysing the risk in IMWCT system for Indian conditions,” the team reports. They add that the same model might be adapted for other parts of the world.

Tembhurkar, A.R. and Deshpande, R. (2018) ‘Scenario-basedrisk assessment model for infectious medical waste collection andtransportation system’, Int. J. Risk Assessment and Management, Vol. 21, No. 4,pp.271–282.

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics

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• Novel image watermarking method based on FRWT and SVD
• Exploring robust and blind watermarking approach of colour images in DWT-DCT-SVD domain for copyright protection
• Information hiding: Arabic text steganography by using Unicode characters to hide secret data
• An information system risk assessment model: a case study in online banking system
• Efficient multi-receiver identity-based signcryption from lattice assumption
• A novel chaotic hash-based attribute-based encryption and decryption on cloud computing

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management

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• The ambivalent influence of a business developer's social ties in a multinational company
• Strategy and professional identity of VSE owner-managers
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• Initial and further business development: highlights from business model, open innovation, and knowledge management perspectives
• Innovation propensity and international development of small and medium firms: the moderating effects of corporate governance structure
• Firm characteristics, financial variables and types of innovation: influence in Spanish firms' survival
• Making planning work: insights from business development
• It's all about growth - an empirical status report of business development

Special issue published: "Conceptualising Government Personnel Capability"

International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management 5(1) 2019

• Strategic workforce planning for Thailand public sector
• Development of employees' evaluation and motivation systems in Czech NGO
• Leadership, empowerment, and trust on affective commitment to change in state-owned organisations
• Examining the impact of voluntary patrol unit on social capital development in Malaysia
• Adoption of competency frameworks - comparative analysis of public and private sector organisations in India
• Does digitised internal communication develop citizenship behaviour? Case study of an Indian government organisation

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Data Mining, Modelling and Management

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• An adaptive and interactive recommendation model for consumers' behaviours prediction
• Association rules mining using cuckoo search algorithm
• A social network analysis based approach to extracting knowledge patterns about innovation geography from patent databases
• Interval graph mining

Special issue published: "Service Innovations and Technology Management in Emerging Economies"

International Journal of Services Technology and Management 25(1) 2019

• Rethinking the old residential sector in the UAE: a methodology for sustainable retrofitting
• Segmenting Indian shoppers on mall attractiveness factors
• Relationship between ethics and buying: a study of the beauty and healthcare sector in the Middle East
• Radical improvement of e-government services in Dubai
• Implementing lean thinking in software development - a case study from India

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems

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• Hierarchical routing technique for traffic control in future internet architecture
• Achieving a high throughput and a low latency through a modular packet scheduler
• Multipath routing protocols for wireless multimedia sensor networks: a survey
• Multiple order-preserving hash functions for load balancing in P2P networks
• IntersectionCast: approximation algorithm for multi-directional broadcast storm in VANETs
• A secure and decentralised SIP for mobile ad hoc networks

Free sample articles newly available from International Journal of Critical Infrastructures

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• A deterministic approach for systems-of-systems resilience quantification
• Developing a model and instrument to measure the resilience of critical infrastructure sector organisations
• Exploring the effect of national policies on the safety level of tunnels that belong to the trans-European road network: a comparative analysis
• Design and validation of the Medusa supply chain risk assessment methodology and system

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• A novel fingerprint classification system using BPNN with local binary pattern and weighted PCA
• An authentication system using keystroke dynamics
• On the potential of EEG for biometrics: combining power spectral density with a statistical test
• GSI: efficient spatio-temporal template for human gait recognition
• Palmprint identification and verification with minimal number of features
• Signature recognition using binary features and KNN