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- Destinationscape: an integrated and holistic conceptualizationPublication . Bender, Ana Carolina; Agapito, Dora Lúcia Miguel; Martins Guerreiro, Maria ManuelaDestinations are growingly acknowledged as dynamic entities requiring strategic resource management to provide value for stakeholders. In this sense, to be recognized as desirable places to visit, to live or to invest in, with a harmonious integration among the stakeholders, it is imperative to frame destinations’ distinctiveness using the experience marketing perspective. Through a combination of an integrative literature review and an academic panel with diverse expertise, this conceptual research aims to conceptualize and depict the environmental features composing destinationscape as a construct, considering the dynamic interplay of multiple ‘scapes’. As a result, the proposed conceptual framework comprises five second-order and 17 first-order dimensions. This research is expected to contribute to the theory around destination experience and experiencescape by offering a comprehensive view, where destinationscape emerges from continuous interactions between the destination’s external environment and its stakeholders. Consequently, this research contributes to destination competitiveness and governance by conceptualizing and providing a framework around destinationscape.
- Modelling of childbearing progression among women living with HIV in Ibadan, NigeriaPublication . Akinyemi, Joshua O.; Afolabi, Rotimi; Awolude, Olutosin A.; OLAGUNJU, AHMEDBackground Childbearing is a major concern for women living with HIV especially in low-middle income countries. There are fears about access to care, risk of vertical transmission, health challenges, maternal and child morbidity/ mortality. Investigation of childbearing progression and its associated factors among these women will be useful for design of reproductive healthcare services of these women and ultimately address their multifaceted concerns. This study examined childbearing progression and its correlates another among women living with HIV in Ibadan. Method The study used a dataset from a cross-sectional study on childbearing progression among 933 respondents aged (18–49) receiving HIV care at the University College Hospital, Ibadan. Synthetic Relational Gompertz method was used to estimate fertility rate in the study population while a multistate model was developed to identify the factors associated with progression from one birth to the next. Results The average age of participants was 38 years, with majority being Yoruba tribe (80.5%). Nearly all had at least basic education (93%), and about half had 1–2 children at the time of their HIV diagnosis (47.6%). The likelihood of progressing from the first to a second birth was 77%, though no specific factors were statistically significant. However, progression to a third birth was significantly less likely (86% lower), and associated with factors such as: Having 1–2 children at HIV diagnosis (59% less likely to progress). Having more than 2 children at HIV diagnosis (94% more likely to progress), marital status (widowed women were 36% more likely to progress), partner’s education (secondary education increased the likelihood by 23%), partner’s employment status (unemployed partners increased the likelihood by 40%), desire for more children, partner’s HIV-negative status. Progression to fourth and subsequent births showed a continued decline, with the likelihood of a fourth birth being 82% lower and a fifth or sixth birth 85% lower. Women with secondary education were significantly less likely to progress to fifth births. Conclusion Overall, the corrected total fertility rate is 3.54, it’s below the national estimates and Southwest region which implies fertility is declining among women living with HIV in Ibadan. The findings revealed the relevance of socio-economic and demographic factors in childbearing progression among women living with HIV. Focused interventions should aim to provide better family planning support and integrate reproductive health counseling into HIV care programs.
- From host's descriptions to guests' reviews: semantic similaritiesPublication . Cavique, Mariana; Ribeiro, Ricardo; Batista, Fernando; Correia, AntóniaThis study investigates the semantic alignment between Airbnb property descriptions and guest reviews. Word2Vec embeddings and affinity propagation clustering are used to identify granular semantic concepts, enabling a detailed comparison of the two text types. A new metric, concept coverage ratio, is introduced to measure the extent to which the guest review content is reflected in property descriptions. Results show that a higher concept coverage ratio is generally associated with more positive sentiment in reviews, suggesting that better alignment between host and guest perspectives contributes to guest satisfaction. However, longer and detailed descriptions may limit the potential for pleasantly surprising guests, as it reduces the chance for positive disconfirmation. These findings offer practical insights for improving communication in peer-to-peer accommodation.
- Factors influencing access to finance among jordanian SMEs: examining the role of P2P lending fintech, information asymmetry, transaction cost, and financial literacyPublication . Doumi, Ammar Fakhri; Begum, Halima; Doumi, Fakhri Bani; Alam, A. S. A. FerdousThe aim of this research is to examine the correlation between Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending financial technology (Fintech), information asymmetry, transaction cost, financial literacy, and access to finance among Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Jordan. The study used Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) to analyze data collected from a sample of 335 SMEs in Jordan. The study’s findings indicate that information asymmetry and transaction cost have a notable and adverse impact on access to finance. On the other hand, P2P lending Fintech has no direct effect on access to finance. Additionally, financial literacy significantly moderates the relationship between P2P lending and access to finance among SMEs. In conclusion, P2P lending Fintech has been proven to help Jordanian SMEs’ access financing when financial literacy interacts as a moderator. This study contributes to the extant literature on how financial literacy moderates the relationship between P2P lending and SMEs’ access to finance. Finally, the results of this research benefit SMEs’ owners/managers by providing them with empirically validated insights into the factors that affect their ability to access financing. Additional research should investigate many categories of Fintech tools, such as crowdfunding, blockchain, and other related technologies. Furthermore, it is necessary to examine additional factors that impact the ability to get financial resources, such as collateral and management risk, and it is important to assess the influence of financial management regulations on these factors.
- 30th journal of management and organization birthday: valuable advice for management researchersPublication . Ratten, Vanessa; Hibbert, Paul; Ng, Eddy; Almeida, Shamika; Jayaweerage, Niluka; Scaringella, Laurent; Nguyen, Huong; Presbitero, Alfred; Kumar, Rajkhush; Ferrigno, Giulio; Pinto, Hugo; Guan, BichenAs part of the Journal of Management and Organization’s 30th birthday celebration it is important to reflect and consider what is valuable advice. This perspective article is coauthored by a number of academics and brings together their thoughts about value in management practice. An international array of management teachers and researchers provide their advice in the hope of inspiring future generations of management researchers.
- Institutional ownership, free float, and systematic riskPublication . Francisco, Paulo MoraisThis study investigates how institutional ownership (IO) and free float (FF) jointly affect firms’systematic risks. It contends that larger institutional stakes increase the dollar imbalance subject tocommon flows, whereas a greater tradable float broadens the set of funds that can tradesynchronously. Both channels should increase the stock market beta. Using a cross-section of12,655 non-financial firms from 93 countries, unconditional, downside (β−), and upside (β+) capitalasset pricing model betas over two-, three-, and five-year windows are analysed. The resultsconfirm that IO and FF are positively and significantly associated with unconditional and downsidebetas. These relationships remain robust after controlling for firm size, valuation, profitability,leverage, liquidity, and industry fixed effects, indicating that the ownership and tradability chan-nels explain systematic risk beyond standard fundamentals. The impact of IO is pronounced forupside beta. Two-stage least squares regressions corroborate the baseline results while addressingendogeneity concerns. Additional tests show that the IO effect is concentrated in advancedeconomies, while the FF effect remains robust across geography, development status, and firmsize. This study evinces the trading flow hypothesis that ownership concentration and tradabilityare the additive drivers of systematic risk.
- Recovering a lost ISO 9001 certification: what is the economic impact?Publication . Candido, Carlos Joaquim Farias; Serra Coelho, Luís Miguel; Peixinho, RúbenThis study assesses the economic impact of ISO 9001 certification recovery following a medium-term period of withdrawal. Data from the Amadeus database is used to implement an event study that matches a sample of Portuguese companies that recover their ISO 9001 certification after operating a full year without such certification with a set of similar but, non-event, counterpart firms. Results show no statistically significant differences in the economic performance of the two groups of companies as measured by the return-on-assets, return-on-sales, and sales growth ratios. Contrary to the predictions of the current theory, this study suggests that certification recovery under ISO 9001 is neither beneficial nor detrimental to firm performance since such an event has no significant impact on the economic performance of the sample companies. This suggests that the decision to recover a lost certification is economically irrelevant for firms that experienced a one-year lag without being certified. This is one of the first studies to assess the impact of ISO 9001 certification recovery after a period of certification withdrawal, and the first to do so exclusively from a financial perspective. The study contributes to understand why only a small proportion of decertified companies (17%) subsequently recover their certification.
- Impression management, government agencies' regulation and analyst forecasts: empirical evidence from an emerging marketPublication . Castro, Lívia Arruda; Ponte, Vera; Viana Junior, Dante Baiardo C.Purpose- This study aims to investigate the relationship between government agencies' regulation and analyst forecasts in an emerging market and whether this relationship is mediated by impression management in earnings press releases.Design/methodology/approachThe sample consists of 1,816 quarterly observations of Brazilian listed firms from 2003 to 2021, based on data from Thomson Reuters (R). The impression management of the sample firms is obtained by analyzing their earnings releases using the Watson Natural Language Understanding (NLU) platform developed by IBM (R). We employ a manual firm-level classification procedure to detect regulated and non-regulated firms by government agencies.FindingsBased on structural equation modeling, the findings suggest that firms regulated by government agencies present, on average, lower levels of impression management in earnings press releases. Additionally, we find that the level of firms' impression management, in turn, is negatively related to analyst forecast errors. These empirical results indicate that impression management in earnings press releases is a crucial mediating channel between government agencies' regulation and analyst forecast errors. Moreover, we find that government agencies' regulation has a positive and direct effect on analyst forecast errors, possibly due to its impact on other firm-level incentives and market dynamics, which may be positively or negatively associated with analyst forecasts.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the previous literature on the relationship between government agencies' regulation and analyst forecasts by theoretically discussing and empirically analyzing the mediating role of impression management as an important factor in this relationship, exploring the various facets through which state regulation ends up changing the structure of the informational environment in which companies are located. An important debate for the emerging markets literature is also provided, and policy discussions are featured.
- Can sudden fluctuations in tourism demand influence the earnings management practices of the hotel industry? Evidence from PortugalPublication . Gonçalves, Beatriz; Serra Coelho, Luís Miguel; Pinto, PatríciaThis study examines how sudden shifts in tourism demand affect the Earnings Management (EM) strategies of hotel firms, using Portuguese companies as the study context. This paper uses accounting data from 490 non-listed Portuguese hotel firms collected from the ORBIS database over the 2016-2021 period. The presence of EM practices is investigated using the methodology developed by Burgstahler and Dichev (1997), while panel data regression is used to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the sample firms' EM practices. Portuguese hotel firms use EM practices upward or downward depending on their starting position. In general, these firms tend to manipulate results in order to avoid reporting losses, a practice they intensify when faced with a sharp decline in demand. In particular, this paper finds that, during the recent pandemic period, such companies have aggressively used the discretionary component of accruals to disclose higher results. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first article exploring how a sudden decline in tourism demand affects the EM behaviour of firms operating in the hospitality sector. Our findings have important implications for such companies' stakeholders, especially investors and regulators.
- Stakeholders’ engagement on nature-based solutions: a systematic literature reviewPublication . Ferreira, Vera; Barreira, Ana Paula; Loures, Luís; Estêvão, Maria Dulce da Mota Antunes de Oliveira ; Panagopoulos, ThomasCities are facing a broad range of social and environmental challenges due to the current pressure of global urbanization. Nature-based solutions aim to utilize green infrastructure to improve people’s health and wellbeing. The design of urban environments must embrace the individual ideals of citizens and stakeholders which can only be achieved if effective methods of communication, involvement, and feedback are ensured. Such a procedure creates trust during its implementation, helping to take ownership and stewardship of processes and sites. This systematic literature review explores the current state of the art regarding citizen and stakeholder participation in nature-based solutions (NBS). The search on the SCOPUS database identified 142 papers in total that met the inclusion criteria. The participation analysis was separated in two areas: (a) analysis of perceptions, preferences, and perspectives of citizens and stakeholders, and (b) analysis of the participation process, including challenges and opportunities, motivations, methods and frameworks, and collaborative governance. The results revealed that stakeholder and citizen participation or collaboration in nature-based solutions is increasingly recognized as promising; however, research in several related domains is still lacking.