{"title":"Circular Economy Financial Performance: Sustainability (ESGUI), and Tourism Uncertainty (TUI)","authors":"Cem Işık, Moslem Ansarinasab, Serdar Ongan","doi":"10.1002/bse.71656","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.71656","url":null,"abstract":"Although circular economy investments are seen as an important tool for achieving the SDGs, studies that examine the different sources of uncertainty affecting these investments within a nonlinear framework remain limited. The current literature largely focuses only on traditional uncertainty indices such as EPU, GPR, and pandemic‐related uncertainty. This study fills this gap in literature by including, for the first time in the circular economy literature, two newly developed uncertainty indices, the ESG‐related sustainability uncertainty indices (ESGUI) and the Tourism Uncertainty Index (TUI), alongside traditional uncertainty indicators, and examining their associations with circular economy financial performance. In this study, wavelet power spectrum (WPS), wavelet quantile regression (WQR), wavelet quantile‐on‐quantile regression (WQQR), and Baruník–Křehlík frequency‐domain connectedness (BKFSC) methods were used. The findings show that the relationships between uncertainty and circular economy financial performance differ across investment horizons and market regimes. WQQR results show that the relationships between ESGUI and TUI and circular economy financial performance are nonlinear and vary by market regime. Similarly, the relationships between EPU, GPR, PNDMC, the S&P 500, and circular economy financial performance also differ by market conditions. These findings highlight the importance of considering different sources of uncertainty and general market conditions together when evaluating circular economy financial performance.","PeriodicalId":9518,"journal":{"name":"Business Strategy and The Environment","volume":"73 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From data to knowledge: how DPP startups span boundaries across stakeholder divides","authors":"Serdar Temiz,Ayse Ege Palaz,Anders Brantnell","doi":"10.1108/jkm-04-2026-0710","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jkm-04-2026-0710","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose Digital Product Passports (DPPs) aim to increase product transparency and enable circular economy practices. However, transforming DPP data into actionable knowledge across diverse stakeholder groups remains a key challenge. This study aims to investigate how startups span syntactic and semantic knowledge boundaries to make DPPs understandable, drawing on knowledge management theory to examine the communicative mechanisms through which product data is translated into shared knowledge across organizational boundaries. Design/methodology/approach Using Carlile’s (2004) boundary-spanning theory alongside constructs from absorptive capacity, knowledge integration and knowledge governance, this qualitative study analyzes digital materials from 12 European startups and interviews with 10 industry practitioners. The analysis identifies strategies used to communicate DPP systems across different media and stakeholder contexts. Findings Extending sequential accounts of knowledge boundary management, startups deploy syntactic and semantic strategies simultaneously through a bundled boundary-spanning approach. Syntactic strategies include standardized terminology, visual schemas and role definitions, while semantic strategies encompass narrative framing, technical metaphors, contextual use cases and ESG-aligned messaging. These bundles vary systematically across communication channels, stakeholder types and stages of DPP adoption, with web pages prioritizing semantic appeals and whitepapers emphasizing syntactic formalization. Research limitations/implications The study is limited to early-stage ventures, publicly available materials and EU-based contexts. Further research could explore stakeholder reception, cross-cultural comparisons and pragmatic boundary dynamics involving interest-based negotiations. Practical implications Startups can benefit from intentionally designed communication frameworks that bundle structural clarity with interpretive scaffolding when engaging stakeholders in emerging regulatory contexts. Policymakers should consider providing communication support tools alongside technical requirements. Social implications Effective communication of DPPs supports transparency, regulatory compliance and wider public understanding of sustainable product systems. Originality/value This study offers three contributions to boundary-spanning scholarship: first, by demonstrating that syntactic and semantic strategies are bundled rather than sequenced in pre-regulatory contexts; second, by introducing the concept of startups as “trust translators” who convert cryptographic guarantees into accessible narratives; and third, by revealing a temporal dimension to boundary-spanning in anticipatory regulatory environments where both technical infrastructure and interpretive frameworks must be constructed simultaneously.","PeriodicalId":48368,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Knowledge Management","volume":"12 1","pages":"589-615"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149210737","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paolo Esposito, Massimiliano Tufo, Emanuele Doronzo
{"title":"From Stakeholder Pressure to Public Value: The Role of Non‐Financial Reporting in the Waste Management Sector","authors":"Paolo Esposito, Massimiliano Tufo, Emanuele Doronzo","doi":"10.1002/bse.71623","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.71623","url":null,"abstract":"The research investigates the creation and destruction of public value in the Italian waste management sector through stakeholder engagement and the quality of nonfinancial reporting (NFR). Drawing on stakeholder theory and public service logic, public value is conceptualized as the result of dynamic relational processes, where stakeholder salience mediates the impact of external pressure on organizational priorities. A structural model is developed and empirically tested using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS‐SEM) on a sample of 69 Italian waste management firms disclosing nonfinancial information. The analysis shows that stakeholder pressure (especially from customers and governments) affects the quality and inclusiveness of NFR. High‐quality NFR enhances stakeholder salience by absorbing environmental and social claims into governance and reporting practices, promoting a more responsive and accountable service delivery. Public value is measured by using a hybrid set of indicators combining financial performance (ROI and ROE) with socio‐environmental outcomes (e.g., recycling rates and waste reduction). The findings highlight the strategic importance of participatory, materiality‐driven reporting in fostering public value creation.","PeriodicalId":9518,"journal":{"name":"Business Strategy and The Environment","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149221370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jinfeng Wu, Ramiz ur Rehman, Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad, Riccardo Torelli
{"title":"ESG‐linked Executive Compensation and Firm Value: The Mediating Role of Environmental Innovation and Moderating Role of ESG Training","authors":"Jinfeng Wu, Ramiz ur Rehman, Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad, Riccardo Torelli","doi":"10.1002/bse.71682","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.71682","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines whether environmental, social, and governance (ESG)‐linked executive compensation influences firm value and the channels through which its effects emerge. Using panel data of listed firms from STOXX Europe 600 during 2015–2023, the study employs Tobin's Q and price‐to‐book value to assess firm value and robustness, respectively. The empirical analysis uses firm‐ and year‐fixed–effects models complemented by system‐generalized method of moments (GMM) and an event‐study difference‐in‐differences design to address endogeneity. The results show that ESG‐linked compensation is positively associated with environmental innovation. In the baseline fixed‐effects estimates, moving from no ESG‐linked pay to ESG‐linked pay is associated with a 7.6‐point increase in the environmental innovation score, equivalent to approximately 14% of its sample mean, and approximately 5.2% higher firm value. However, the association with firm value is not robust under system‐GMM and event‐study specifications. ESG‐related training conditions the ESG‐linked pay–environmental innovation relation; governance variables do not show consistent moderating effects. The mediation analysis does not support a statistically significant indirect effect. Overall, ESG‐linked pay appears to influence firm behavior more consistently compared with immediate financial outcomes.","PeriodicalId":9518,"journal":{"name":"Business Strategy and The Environment","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.4,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sof Thrane, Ulrik Christiansen, Torben Juul Andersen, Giulio Zichella
{"title":"Balancing risk communication and accountability concerns in risk management: A study of major public project investments","authors":"Sof Thrane, Ulrik Christiansen, Torben Juul Andersen, Giulio Zichella","doi":"10.1093/jopart/muag031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muag031","url":null,"abstract":"Effective administration of public organizations requires timely responses to emerging risks, yet communicating those risks up the hierarchy can expose operational managers to blame in politicized accountability environments. This study examines how public managers navigated that tension in an analysis of 130 risk reports filed over a seven-year period associated with two major procurement and maintenance projects in the Danish Defence. Using an abductive qualitative approach, we develop a dynamic model of risk management with four phases: (1) risk as an operational concern, (2) turning risk into an organizational problem, (3) assigning blame and accountability, and (4) initiating mitigation and response. We find that risk and accountability communication are interdependent processes rather than independent sequential processes. Operational managers attempt to raise awareness of emerging risks while simultaneously deflecting potential blame and catering to higher-level concerns about public scrutiny. This tension generates pressure to only report when it is absolutely necessary, while higher-level managers often postpone action to avoid political exposure. These practices contribute to delays, projects not meeting specifications, and significant budget overruns. The study advances a dynamic theory of public sector risk management and explains how hierarchical communication practices influence whether, when, and how emerging risks are addressed.","PeriodicalId":48366,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory","volume":"43 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149218354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brandon Randolph-Seng,Amanda S. Hinojosa,Alejandra Marin,Angela F. Randolph
{"title":"Acting in complexity: knowledge dispersion challenges in high-level teams","authors":"Brandon Randolph-Seng,Amanda S. Hinojosa,Alejandra Marin,Angela F. Randolph","doi":"10.1108/jkm-10-2025-1467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/jkm-10-2025-1467","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical model for how high-level teams composed of capable, skilled and motivated knowledge experts can still act in ways that lead to significant failures. Design/methodology/approach Using a socio-cognitive view on the relationship between action and mind and work on social contagion, the authors explore the mechanisms that link members’ knowledge expertise, team processes and shared cognitions to team action. Findings The proposed team action identification framework provides a new perspective that brings clarity to the mechanisms through which cognitions and actions evolve at the team level by specifying how to optimally arrange knowledge expertise and team shared cognitions in contexts with high amounts of complexity and competition. Originality/value The framework extends beyond current theoretical frameworks by explaining how high-level teams that have the proper expertise, motivation and coordination for effective action may still fail to devise plans and implement needed actions when faced with complex challenges.","PeriodicalId":48368,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Knowledge Management","volume":"97 1","pages":"1-25"},"PeriodicalIF":7.0,"publicationDate":"2026-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149210739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R J Waken, Sunny S Lou, Mackenzie Hofford, Elise Eiden, Carrie Burk, Seunghwan Kim, Jared Esker, Linying Zhang, Thomas M Maddox, Joanna Abraham, Albert M Lai, Sam Bhayani, Deborah O'Dell, Jennifer Schmidt, Kayla Paynter, Michele Thomas, Matthew Gerling, Philip R O Payne, Thomas Kannampallil
{"title":"Longitudinal effects of ambient artificial intelligence scribe use on documentation burden and financial productivity in primary care: a quasi-experimental study.","authors":"R J Waken, Sunny S Lou, Mackenzie Hofford, Elise Eiden, Carrie Burk, Seunghwan Kim, Jared Esker, Linying Zhang, Thomas M Maddox, Joanna Abraham, Albert M Lai, Sam Bhayani, Deborah O'Dell, Jennifer Schmidt, Kayla Paynter, Michele Thomas, Matthew Gerling, Philip R O Payne, Thomas Kannampallil","doi":"10.1093/jamia/ocag151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocag151","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate the longitudinal effects of an ambient artificial intelligence (AI) scribe use in primary care on outcomes related to documentation time, note writing patterns, and clinician financial productivity.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We conducted a quasi-experimental study with an interrupted time-series design to ascertain the effect of AI scribe use on note writing time, time outside of scheduled hours (TOSH), pajama time (5:30PM-7:00aM), note length, note closure <24 h, and work relative value units (wRVU). For each primary care clinician (physician, advanced practice provider), date of initial access was day 0; each measure was calculated for 150 days prior (pre-period) and after (post-period) day zero.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Two hundred and twenty clinicians (mean age = 43.7, 70.9% females; 56.4% physicians) from 36 clinics, conducting 314 845 patient encounters were included. Compared to the pre-period, there was 7% decrease in note writing time at day 0 (incidence rate ratio [IRR] 0.93, 95% credible interval [CI] [0.89, 0.98]), increasing to 16% decrease by day 150 (IRR 0.84, 95% CI [0.82, 0.87]). There was no change in pajama time, TOSH, or wRVU at day 0; however, at day 150, there was a 19% decrease in pajama time (0.81, 95% CI [0.73, 0.90]), 13% decrease in TOSH (0.87, 95% CI [0.77, 0.98]), and a 2% increase in wRVU (1.02, 95% CI [1.01, 1.04]). At day 0, there was a 5% increase in note closures (1.05, 95% CI [1.02, 1.08]), with no difference to pre-period levels by day 150. There were no changes in note length at day 0 or day 150.</p><p><strong>Discussion and conclusion: </strong>There were persistent changes in AI scribe use measures over time as clinicians situated these tools within their workflows.</p>","PeriodicalId":50016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149220981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Youjia Wang, Khushboo Thaker, Vivian Hui, Peter Brusilovsky, Daqing He, Heidi Donovan, Young Ji Lee
{"title":"From data to personas: a multi-source approach to tailored online health information recommendation for ovarian cancer patients and caregivers.","authors":"Youjia Wang, Khushboo Thaker, Vivian Hui, Peter Brusilovsky, Daqing He, Heidi Donovan, Young Ji Lee","doi":"10.1093/jamia/ocag169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocag169","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Ovarian cancer (OvCa) patients and caregivers face complex, evolving information needs, yet digital health platforms often lack tailoring. This study developed and validated computational personas to support a tailored recommender system (Health E-Librarian with Personalized Recommendations [HELPeR]) and address the cold-start problem, in which limited information about new users reduces the system's ability to generate relevant recommendations.</p><p><strong>Materials and methods: </strong>We used a mixed-methods design integrating 4 data sources: (1) online OvCa forum posts (n = 457; 60 users), (2) semi-structured interviews with patients and caregivers (n = 20), (3) clinical case notes from a caregiver support program, and (4) expert input from gynecologic oncology nurses. Forum data were manually annotated and analyzed using k-modes clustering to identify user subgroups. Qualitative data were analyzed using thematic analysis, and findings were integrated to construct and refine personas.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five distinct user clusters were identified from forum data. Integration of multi-source data yielded 15 personas (9 patients, 6 caregivers) representing trajectories from diagnosis to end-of-life care. Patient personas captured needs related to symptom management, treatment decision-making, financial concerns, and psychosocial support, while caregiver personas emphasized communication, emotional burden, self-care, and care coordination. Personas reflected dynamic, context-dependent needs and were validated for clinical realism through expert review.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Persona-based modeling provides an interpretable framework for tailored recommendation and approximates digital twin approaches, helping mitigate cold-start limitations.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Multi-source persona development is a feasible strategy for enabling tailored digital health interventions and improving tailored information delivery in oncology care.</p>","PeriodicalId":50016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149220885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Any old Tom, Dick, or Harry: The citation impact of author first name genderedness","authors":"Maxime Holmberg Sainte-Marie, Vincent Larivière","doi":"10.1002/asi.70115","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.70115","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper examines the relationship between the genderedness of authors' first names and citation distributions in US-affiliated scholarly production from 2010 to 2019. Merging a first name genderedness table derived from Wikidata with Web of Science publication data, we develop a relative distributional framework that compares first name, article, and citation distributions by both disciplinary group and author role along a continuous genderedness spectrum. The lexical structure of the corpus proves stable across author roles, while productivity diverges substantially by disciplinary group: physical sciences show a consistent masculine lean, social sciences a feminine one, with amplitude remaining stable across groups despite these directional differences. Once productivity is controlled for, citation analyses net of publication volume reveal a pervasive deficit across disciplinary groups and author roles: only unambiguously masculine names accumulate citations in excess of their publication volume, while feminine, neutral, and moderately masculine names all fall short of it. This asymmetry is strongest in the life sciences and weakest in the physical sciences except among middle authors, where the pattern reflects the gender composition of large collaborative teams rather than evaluative bias in citing behavior. Taken together, these results are consistent with the hypothesis that first name genderedness shapes citation recognition through implicit bias operating in low-deliberation evaluative contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":48810,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"77 11","pages":"1418-1437"},"PeriodicalIF":5.1,"publicationDate":"2026-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/asi.70115","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149205435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clustering nodes in Internet of Things environments with time and energy constraints: a multiobjective optimization formulation for the gateway placement problem in LoRaWAN® networks","authors":"Javier Marenco, Matias Micheletto, Rodrigo Santos","doi":"10.1111/itor.70078","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/itor.70078","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Internet of Things (IoT) has become the leading technology to support smart environments, with a growing set of applications being devised to provide intelligence in different scenarios. Precision agriculture, Industry 4.0, sustainable smart cities, and smart homes are just some of the more active areas in which the IoT is gaining space. The use of hierarchical networks in which the last mile is used to interconnect end-devices with gateways in charge of routing messages to and from the Internet is the most accepted network architecture. When messages have time constraints and nodes operate on batteries, the network organization should consider the cost of gateways, the total energy demand, the bandwidth utilization, and the satisfaction of time constraints. Planning the operation of such a network gives rise to a multi-objective optimization problem, which is considered in this work. This paper presents three main contributions: (i) a proof of the NP-hardness of this problem, (ii) an integer linear programming formulation for this problem, and (iii) a greedy heuristic and a multi-objective genetic framework for this problem. An extensive computational experimentation is presented, including an analysis of the Pareto front, a comparison between the proposed methods, and a performance evaluation of the greedy heuristic for large instances. According to our computational experiments, the greedy heuristic is able to approximate the Pareto front with small running times and memory footprints.</p>","PeriodicalId":49176,"journal":{"name":"International Transactions in Operational Research","volume":"34 2","pages":"1097-1137"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2026-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149206065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}