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Flavia Ribeiro Machado - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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quality improvement initiatives in sepsis in an Emerging Country does the institution s main source of income influence the results an analysis of 21 103 patients
Critical Care Medicine, 2017Co-Authors: Flavia Ribeiro Machado, Elaine Maria Ferreira, Juliana Lubarino Sousa, Carla Silva, Pierre Schippers, Adriano Jose Pereira, Ilusca M Cardoso, Reinaldo Salomao, Andre M Japiassu, Nelson AkamineAbstract:Objective:We aimed to assess the results of a quality improvement initiative in sepsis in an Emerging setting and to analyze it according to the institutions’ main source of income (public or private).Design:Retrospective analysis of the Latin American Sepsis Institute database from 2005 to 2014.Set
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implementation of a multifaceted sepsis education program in an Emerging Country setting clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness in a long term follow up study
Intensive Care Medicine, 2014Co-Authors: Danilo Teixeira Noritomi, Otavio T Ranzani, Mariana Barbosa Monteiro, Elaine Maria Ferreira, Sergio Ricardo Santos, Fernando Leibel, Flavia Ribeiro MachadoAbstract:Purpose To evaluate whether a multifaceted, centrally coordinated quality improvement program in a network of hospitals can increase compliance with the resuscitation bundle and improve clinical and economic outcomes in an Emerging Country setting.
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implementation of a multifaceted sepsis education program in an Emerging Country setting clinical outcomes and cost effectiveness in a long term follow up study
Intensive Care Medicine, 2014Co-Authors: Danilo Teixeira Noritomi, Otavio T Ranzani, Mariana Barbosa Monteiro, Elaine Maria Ferreira, Sergio Ricardo Santos, Fernando Leibel, Flavia Ribeiro MachadoAbstract:To evaluate whether a multifaceted, centrally coordinated quality improvement program in a network of hospitals can increase compliance with the resuscitation bundle and improve clinical and economic outcomes in an Emerging Country setting. This was a pre- and post-intervention study in ten private hospitals (1,650 beds) in Brazil (from May 2010 to January 2012), enrolling 2,120 patients with severe sepsis or septic shock. The program used a multifaceted approach: screening strategies, multidisciplinary educational sessions, case management, and continuous performance assessment. The network administration and an external consultant provided performance feedback and benchmarking within the network. The primary outcome was compliance with the resuscitation bundle. The secondary outcomes were hospital mortality, hospital and ICU length of stay, quality-adjusted life year (QALY) gain, and cost-effectiveness. The proportion of patients who received all the required items for the resuscitation bundle improved from 13 % [95 % confidence interval (CI) 8–18 %] at baseline to 62 % (95 % CI 54–69 %) in the last trimester (p < 0.001). Hospital mortality decreased from 55 % (95 % CI 48–62 %) to 26 % (95 % CI 19–32 %, p < 0.001). Full compliance with the resuscitation bundle was associated with lower risk of hospital mortality (propensity weighted corrected risk ratio 0.74; 95 % CI 0.56–0.94, p = 0.02). There was a reduction in the total cost per patient from 29.3 (95 % CI 23.9–35.4) to 17.5 (95 % CI 14.3–21.1) thousand US dollars from baseline to the last 3 months (mean difference −11,815; 95 % CI −18,604 to −5,338). The mean QALY increased from 2.63 (95 % CI 2.15–3.14) to 4.06 (95 % CI 3.58–4.57). For each QALY, the full compliance saves US$5,383. A multifaceted approach to severe sepsis and septic shock patients in an Emerging Country setting led to high compliance with the resuscitation bundle. The intervention was cost-effective and associated with a reduction in mortality.
Gaston Ares - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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household food waste in an Emerging Country and the reasons why consumer s own accounts and how it differs for target groups
Resources Conservation and Recycling, 2019Co-Authors: Jessica Aschemannwitzel, Ana Gimenez, Gaston AresAbstract:Abstract A major share of food waste is caused in consumer households. Globally, this share is expected to increase with growing middle classes in Emerging countries. Consumer behaviour factors causing food waste differ across the various food handling stages from purchase to use, as well as for the individual and the specific situation in question. In order to tackle food waste in the household, knowledge on the type of food wasted, the cause of waste, and the situation in which it occurs is needed for different target groups. Little research so far has studied household consumer related food waste in Emerging countries. This study explored food waste in consumer´s own accounts of a recent food waste incident in 540 Uruguayan households. It used a mixed-method approach composed of open-ended questions, which were analysed using content analysis. Differences in the frequency of mention of the identified categories between socioeconomic and sociodemographic groups were analysed. Results showed that leftovers and fresh vegetable and fruit were the categories most consumers recall wasting, and indicated that sub-optimality and prolonged storage were major reasons for discarding food. The higher the socioeconomic group, the greater the likelihood of wasting fresh produce, and the more often due to sub-optimality. Findings imply that avoidable food waste might increase with affluence levels. Public policies or collaborative public-private information or intervention campaigns directed at consumer households can more effectively contribute to decreasing food waste if targeted at the most relevant categories and causes of food waste.
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convenience or price orientation consumer characteristics influencing food waste behaviour in the context of an Emerging Country and the impact on future sustainability of the global food sector
Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions, 2018Co-Authors: Jessica Aschemannwitzel, Ana Gimenez, Gaston AresAbstract:Abstract The extent of food waste raises concern about its effect on natural resource use, food security and future sustainability of the international food sector. It is expected that Emerging countries with a growing middle class will exhibit a similar extent and pattern of consumer-related food waste, which is disturbing given that food waste coexists with food insecurity. However, the topic is yet under-researched, as are potential actions against food waste. Through an experimental survey, individual consumer characteristics explaining self-reported food waste at home and choice of price-reduced suboptimal food otherwise wasted in stores were explored among a sample of 1124 Uruguayan consumers. Results showed that food waste was higher among price and convenience-oriented, but lower for value conscious consumers. Choice of suboptimal food was more likely for price-oriented consumers and less likely for convenience-oriented ones. Gender and age explained wastage and choice of suboptimal food. Perceived norms did not play any role, but perceived quality of suboptimal food had a major effect. For packaged foods, value consciousness decreased suboptimal food choice likelihood, while convenience orientation decreased the latter for fresh foods. Consumer price orientation impacted food waste when related to eating food waste incidents more than to storage food waste incidents. The findings show that convenience orientation is a driver of food waste behaviours both when shopping and at home. However, findings imply that tackling food waste requires context-specific consumer-targeted strategies: food market stakeholders should appeal to value consciousness in the household, and perceived quality and price orientation in the store.
Elisa Giuliani - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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overcoming the liability of origin by doing no harm Emerging Country firms social irresponsibility as they go global
Journal of World Business, 2017Co-Authors: Davide Fiaschi, Elisa Giuliani, Federica NieriAbstract:Abstract As Emerging (and developing) Country firms internationalize, they often need to build legitimacy to overcome home-Country liabilities. We argue that international legitimacy is at risk if these firms do harm in the conduct of their business, and we investigate the extent to which host countries’ speech and press freedoms influence corporate social irresponsibility (CSIR) for a sample of Multilatinas, observed during the period 2003–2012. We do find evidence of lower CSIR among Multilatinas which have adopted explicit CSR policies and have higher levels of investment in countries characterized by strong speech and press freedoms.
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is co invention expediting technological catch up a study of collaboration between Emerging Country firms and eu inventors
World Development, 2016Co-Authors: Elisa Giuliani, Arianna Martinelli, Roberta RabellottiAbstract:Firms from Emerging countries are going global, and Europe is attracting around one-third of their direct outward investments. Growing internationalization constitutes an opportunity for technological catch up. In this paper we analyze Brazilian, Indian, and Chinese cross-border inventions with European Union (EU-27) inventors, during the period 1990-2012. Our results suggest that these inventions represent an opportunity for Emerging Country firms to accumulate technological capabilities, access frontier knowledge, and appropriate the property rights of co-inventions. This paper contributes to understanding catching up by Emerging Country firms. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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is co invention expediting technological catch up a study of collaboration between Emerging Country firms and eu inventors
Research Papers in Economics, 2014Co-Authors: Elisa Giuliani, Arianna Martinelli, Roberta RabellottiAbstract:Firms from Emerging countries such as Brazil, India, and China (BIC) are going global, and Europe is attracting around one-third of their direct outward investments. Growing internationalization constitutes an opportunity for technological catch up. In this paper we analyze BIC firms' cross-border inventions with European Union (EU-27) actors, during the period 1990-2012. Our results suggest that cross-border inventions represent an opportunity for BIC firms to accumulate technological capabilities, access frontier knowledge, and appropriate the property rights of co-inventions. This paper contributes to the understanding of the catching up process by Emerging Country firms, and offers some policy recommendations.
Mehmet Demirbag - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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how do supply chain management and information systems practices influence operational performance evidence from Emerging Country smes
International Journal of Logistics-research and Applications, 2016Co-Authors: Ekrem Tatoglu, Erkan Bayraktar, Ismail Golgeci, S Lenny C Koh, Mehmet Demirbag, Selim ZaimAbstract:This study first provides a comparative analysis of the impact of supply chain management (SCM) and information systems (IS) practices on operational performance (OPER) of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) operating in two neighbouring Emerging Country markets of Turkey and Bulgaria. Then, we investigate moderating effects of both SCM–IS-linked enablers and inhibitors on the links between SCM and IS practices and OPER of SMEs. To this end, we first empirically identify the underlying dimensions of SCM and IS practices, and SCM–IS-related enabling and inhibiting factors. Second, a series of regression analyses are undertaken to estimate the impact of the study's constructs on OPER of SMEs. The results are discussed comparatively within the contexts of both Turkish and Bulgarian SMEs and beyond. The study makes a significant contribution to the extant literature through obtaining and analysing cross-national survey data of SCM and IS practices in Emerging Country markets.
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perceptions of institutional environment and entry mode fdi from an Emerging Country
Management International Review, 2010Co-Authors: Mehmet Demirbag, Martina Mcguinness, Huseyin AltayAbstract:Multinational companies from Emerging and developing economies (EMNCs) are becoming major players in the globalized world economy and are likely to wield growing influence on economic dynamics in OECD, Emerging, and developing countries alike. This paper presents data gathered from Turkish firms investing in the transitional economies of the Central Asian Republics. Using an integrated risk management framework (Miller 1992) as a platform for investigating executives' perceptions of environmental uncertainty in entry mode decisions, we extend the framework through the addition of variables, such as corruption, which synthesise institutional level factors. The findings indicate that greater ethical-societal uncertainties result in a preference for joint venture over wholly owned subsidiary. There is a strong correlation between the perceived risk of intervention and joint venture entry mode. We find only limited support for the Uppsala internationalisation model.
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equity based entry modes of Emerging Country multinationals lessons from turkey
Journal of World Business, 2009Co-Authors: Mehmet Demirbag, Ekrem Tatoglu, Keith W GlaisterAbstract:Based on a sample of 522 foreign affiliates of Turkish multinational enterprises (MNEs) with varying levels of Turkish equity ownership, this study provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of equity-based entry mode strategies in host Country markets. A number of hypotheses are developed to examine the impact of institutional, transaction specific and firm level variables on Turkish MNEs' choice of equity ownership mode in their foreign affiliates. The results reveal that institutional variables are important in explaining the equity composition of foreign affiliates of Turkish MNEs. Particularly important in determining equity ownership mode were found to be political constraints, linguistic distance, knowledge infrastructure and the extent of parent diversity. Results concerning the influences of the size of the affiliate are contrary to expectations and contradict the findings of previous research. No support was found for the impact of cultural distance on the equity ownership mode of Turkish MNEs in their foreign affiliates. Apart from political constraints, equity ownership choice and its underlying determinants do not vary between Emerging and developed host Country markets.
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a causal analysis of formal strategic planning and firm performance evidence from an Emerging Country
Management Decision, 2008Co-Authors: Keith W Glaister, Ekrem Tatoglu, Mehmet Demirbag, Omer Dincer, Selim ZaimAbstract:Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of the strategic planning‐performance relationship by drawing on data from a sample of Turkish firms.Design/methodology/approach – The sample frame for the study was derived from the database of the Istanbul Chamber of Industry's 500 largest Turkish manufacturing companies and the database of companies quoted on the Istanbul Stock Exchange. Based on a postal survey, 135 usable questionnaires were returned. Using LISREL causal modeling the moderating effects of a set of contingency factors on the relationship between formal strategic planning and firm performance were investigated.Findings – The findings show that there is a good deal of support for the study's hypotheses. A strong and positive relationship was formed between formal strategic planning and firm performance, which tends to confirm the arguments of the prescriptive strategic management literature. The test results also verify the moderating roles of environmental turbulence, organiz...
Jessica Aschemannwitzel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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household food waste in an Emerging Country and the reasons why consumer s own accounts and how it differs for target groups
Resources Conservation and Recycling, 2019Co-Authors: Jessica Aschemannwitzel, Ana Gimenez, Gaston AresAbstract:Abstract A major share of food waste is caused in consumer households. Globally, this share is expected to increase with growing middle classes in Emerging countries. Consumer behaviour factors causing food waste differ across the various food handling stages from purchase to use, as well as for the individual and the specific situation in question. In order to tackle food waste in the household, knowledge on the type of food wasted, the cause of waste, and the situation in which it occurs is needed for different target groups. Little research so far has studied household consumer related food waste in Emerging countries. This study explored food waste in consumer´s own accounts of a recent food waste incident in 540 Uruguayan households. It used a mixed-method approach composed of open-ended questions, which were analysed using content analysis. Differences in the frequency of mention of the identified categories between socioeconomic and sociodemographic groups were analysed. Results showed that leftovers and fresh vegetable and fruit were the categories most consumers recall wasting, and indicated that sub-optimality and prolonged storage were major reasons for discarding food. The higher the socioeconomic group, the greater the likelihood of wasting fresh produce, and the more often due to sub-optimality. Findings imply that avoidable food waste might increase with affluence levels. Public policies or collaborative public-private information or intervention campaigns directed at consumer households can more effectively contribute to decreasing food waste if targeted at the most relevant categories and causes of food waste.
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convenience or price orientation consumer characteristics influencing food waste behaviour in the context of an Emerging Country and the impact on future sustainability of the global food sector
Global Environmental Change-human and Policy Dimensions, 2018Co-Authors: Jessica Aschemannwitzel, Ana Gimenez, Gaston AresAbstract:Abstract The extent of food waste raises concern about its effect on natural resource use, food security and future sustainability of the international food sector. It is expected that Emerging countries with a growing middle class will exhibit a similar extent and pattern of consumer-related food waste, which is disturbing given that food waste coexists with food insecurity. However, the topic is yet under-researched, as are potential actions against food waste. Through an experimental survey, individual consumer characteristics explaining self-reported food waste at home and choice of price-reduced suboptimal food otherwise wasted in stores were explored among a sample of 1124 Uruguayan consumers. Results showed that food waste was higher among price and convenience-oriented, but lower for value conscious consumers. Choice of suboptimal food was more likely for price-oriented consumers and less likely for convenience-oriented ones. Gender and age explained wastage and choice of suboptimal food. Perceived norms did not play any role, but perceived quality of suboptimal food had a major effect. For packaged foods, value consciousness decreased suboptimal food choice likelihood, while convenience orientation decreased the latter for fresh foods. Consumer price orientation impacted food waste when related to eating food waste incidents more than to storage food waste incidents. The findings show that convenience orientation is a driver of food waste behaviours both when shopping and at home. However, findings imply that tackling food waste requires context-specific consumer-targeted strategies: food market stakeholders should appeal to value consciousness in the household, and perceived quality and price orientation in the store.