Supply Relational Risk: What Role Does Guanxi Play?

The Size Premium: What Role Does Macroeconomic Risk Play?

The role of Guanxi in supply management practices

Guanxi has been identified as having an important influence on business behavior. This paper investigates the influence of guanxi on three elements of supply chain management: strategic purchasing, outsourcing, and supplier development. Survey data was collected from 175 companies in the electronics sector of Hong Kong. The results indicate that guanxi has a significant influence on these three...

What Role Does (Should) Lithium Play in Suicide Treatment/Prevention?

Suicide is a global phenomenon, and on September 4, 2014, the World Health Organization published the first report on suicide prevention.1 The report indicates that more than 800,000 people die by suicide every year—almost 1 person every 40 seconds. Although suicide occurs all over the world, approximately 75% of all suicides occur in lowand middle-income countries. It occurs in all age-groups;...

What Role Does Heritable Epigenetic Variation Play in Phenotypic Evolution?

To explore the potential evolutionary relevance of heritable epigenetic variation, the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center recently hosted a catalysis meeting that brought together molecular epigeneticists, experimental evolutionary ecologists, and theoretical population and quantitative geneticists working across a wide variety of systems. The group discussed the methods available to invest...

Weight gain with antipsychotics: What role does leptin play?

Clinical studies indicate that clozapine and olanzapine carry a high risk of treatment-related metabolic dysfunction—including weight gain, hyperlipidemia, and glucose intolerance—but certain patients with high metabolic liabilities who take atypical antipsychotics do not necessarily develop these adverse effects. Though the underlying mechanism for atypical antipsychotic-related weight gain is...