Antecedents and consequences of corporate communication management (CCM): an agenda for future research

Purpose This paper aims to provide a degree of clarity on the corporate communication management (CCM) concept, by building a conceptual framework that uncovers its underlying antecedents and consequences. Although it is consolidated that corporate communication and information together plays an important role in strategic management planning due to the high relevance of managing positive relationships with multiple stakeholder that have a strong impact on corporate survival, extant literature suggests that there have been few empirical studies so far assessing the contribution of CCM to organisational performance. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual and a model is developed as a result of an extensive critical multidisciplinary literature review. Findings Findings of this study identify three antecedents of CCM, namely culture, information and communication technology (ICT) innovation diffusion and corporate leadership. In addition, the study highlights a potential positive relationship between CCM, financial performance and corporate mission achievement. An integrative conceptual framework and a detailed summary table are presented in the paper. Originality/value This study provides a comprehensive critical insight into a growing body of corporate communication and information business literature that offers the basis for a thorough assessment of CCM contribution to organisational performance. By doing so, it advances the body of applicable knowledge of corporate communication meant as a strategic management lever. Moreover, the managerial and policy implications provided in this paper may help corporate communication and information practitioners to identify the key guidelines for the design and implementation of an appropriate CCM program

Mobile financial services at the base of the pyramid : a systemic view for cross-sector governance and embedded innovation

Mobile financial services is one of the uprising movements to bank the unbanked by integrating philanthropic and business approaches for financial inclusion. In this paper, we address how a systemic view help integrate the Philanthropic Initiatives (PI) and the Commercial Initiatives (CI) to get a sustainable impact on the unbanked micro-entrepreneurs. However, each approach has pros and cons as they go along the stages of design, deployment, and sustainability. Using the soft system thinking we theorise the Base of the Pyramid (BoP) as a business system to mix-up the relatively high start-up capabilities of the PI with the relatively sustainable impact of CI. Our mobile money case shows that donors, local private enterprises, and multinational corporations follow the BoP strategy to develop an online grid that offers a reconciled balanced scorecard for economic returns, social benefits and local impact. Such a strategy guarantees flexible, long-term investments and facilitate developing innovative financial services

Model Regresi Cox Stratified Pada Data Ketahanan

Stratified Cox model on the events are not identical is a modification of the Cox Proportional Hazard models when there are individuals who experienced more than one incident. This study aims to form a stratified Cox regression models for repeated occurrences of data are not identical and their application to cases of hemorrhagic stroke disease recurrence and to determine the factors that affect the case. Parameter Estimation in Stratified Cox models using Partial Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MPLE). Stratified Cox model building procedure consists of six stages: (1) identification data, which specify the variables that will be used in the Cox models. (2) Estimated Cox Proportional Hazard model parameters. (3) The test parameters for each variable using the Wald test. (4) Testing Proportional Hazard assumptions. (5) stratification variables. (6) Interpretation Stratified Cox models. This study uses data of patients who experienced a hemorrhagic stroke unspecified with 7 independent variables such as age, sex, blood pressure, blood sugar, triglycerides, cholesterol and replications. Based on the testing parameters obtained three variables that influence such as age, cholesterol levels and repeat. Furthermore, in assuming Proportional Hazard showed that replicates variable Proportional Hazard did not meet the assumptions that need to be stratified. Unspecified hemorrhagic stroke patients aged over 50 years admitted to 3.230 times longer than the patients were under 50 years old. Unspecified hemorrhagic stroke patients with high cholesterol levels are treated 0.182 times faster than patients with normal cholesterol levels

Rare squid, Thysanoteuthis rhombus Troschel from the Gulf of Mannar, India

The occurrence of a rare oceanic squid, Thysanoteuthis rhbmbus, off Veerapandiaapetnam in Gulf of Mannar on the east coast of India is reported

Distinct coordination geometries in bis[N,N-bis(2-methoxyethyl)dithiocarbamato-κ2S,S′]diphenyltin(IV) and bis[N-(2-methoxyethyl)-N-methyldithiocarbamato-κ2S,S′]diphenyltin(IV): crystal structures and Hirshfeld surface analysis

The crystal and mol­ecular structures of two di­phenyl­tin bis­(di­thio­carbamate)s, [Sn(C6H5)2(C5H10NOS2)2], (I), and [Sn(C6H5)2(C7H14NO2S2)2], (II), are described. In (I), in which the metal atom lies on a twofold rotation axis, the di­thio­carbamate ligand coordinates with approximately equal Sn-S bond lengths and the ipso-C atoms of the Sn-bound phenyl groups occupy cis-positions in the resulting octa­hedral C2S4 donor set. A quite distinct coordination geometry is noted in (II), arising as a result of quite disparate Sn-S bond lengths. Here, the four S-donors define a trapezoidal plane with the ipso-C atoms lying over the weaker of the Sn-S bonds so that the C2S4 donor set defines a skewed trapezoidal bipyramid. The packing of (I) features supra­molecular layers in the ab plane sustained by methyl­ene-C-H...[pi](Sn-ar­yl) inter­actions; these stack along the c-axis direction with no specific inter­actions between them. In (II), supra­molecular chains along the b-axis direction are formed by methyl­ene-C-O(ether) inter­actions; these pack with no directional inter­actions between them. A Hirshfeld surface analysis was conducted on both (I) and (II) and revealed the dominance of H...H inter­actions contributing to the respective surfaces, i.e. >60% in each case, and other features consistent with the description of the mol­ecular packing above

Anticonvulsant treatments of dysphoric mania: a trial of gabapentin, lamotrigine and carbamazepine in Iran

The treatment of dysphoric mania is challenging given the need to treat symptoms of both depression and mania simultaneously without provoking any clinical exacerbation. The newer antiepileptic drugs such as gabapentin, lamotrogine, and carbamazepine are often used as adjuncts to either lithium or valproic acid in the treatment of bipolar disorder. We decided to undertake a monotherapy trial because previous evidence suggested mixed states may be more responsive to anticonvulsants than more traditional antimanic agents. 51 patients with a DSM IV diagnosis of dysphoric mania were randomized to three groups comprising gapbapentin, lamotrogine or carbamazepine and followed for 8 weeks. Psychiatric diagnosis was verified by the structural clinical interview for the DSM-IV (SCID). The MMPI-2 in full was used to assess symptoms at baseline and 8 weeks. All three groups showed significant changes in MMPI-2 scores for depression and mania subscales. Gabapentin showed the greatest change in depression symptom improvement relative to lamotrogine and carbamazepine, respectively. Although manic symptoms improved overall, here were no differences between groups in the degree of manic symptom improvement

Fate and Transport of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) at Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) Discharge Sites: A Review

Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) are an environmentally persistent group of chemicals that can pose an imminent threat to human health through groundwater and surface water contamination. In this review, we evaluate the subsurface behavior of a variety of PFAS chemicals with a focus on aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) discharge sites. AFFF is the primary PFAS contamination risk at sites such as airports and military bases due to use as a fire extinguisher. Understanding the fate and transport of PFAS in the subsurface environment is a multifaceted issue. This review focuses on the role of adsorbent, adsorbate, and aqueous solution in the fate and transport of PFAS chemicals. Additionally, other hydrogeological, geochemical, ecological factors such as accumulation at air–water interfaces, subsurface heterogeneity, polyfluorinated PFAS degradation pathways, and plant interactions are discussed. This review also examines several case studies at AFFF discharge sites in order to examine if the findings are consistent with the broader PFAS literature. We present the most crucial future research directions and trends regarding PFAS and provide valuable insights into understanding PFAS fate and transport at AFFF discharge sites. We suggest a more comprehensive approach to PFAS research endeavors that accounts for the wide variety of environmental variables that have been shown to impact PFAS fate and transport

Di-n-butylbis[N-(2-methoxyethyl)-N-methyldithiocarbamato-κ2S,S′]tin(IV): crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis

The complete molecule of the title compound, [Sn(C4H9)2(C5H10NOS2)2], is generated by a crystallographic mirror plane, with the SnIV atom and the two inner methylene C atoms of the butyl ligands lying on the mirror plane; statistical disorder is noted in the two terminal ethyl groups, which deviate from mirror symmetry. The dithiocarbamate ligand coordinates to the metal atom in an asymmetric mode with the resulting C2S4 donor set defining a skew trapezoidal bipyramidal geometry; the n-butyl groups are disposed to lie over the longer Sn—S bonds. Supramolecular chains aligned along the a-axis direction and sustained by methylene-C—H...S(weakly coordinating) interactions feature in the molecular packing. A Hirshfeld surface analysis reveals the dominance of H...H contacts in the crystal