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PurposeThe current paper aims to provide an overview of the Stepping Stones Group Therapy Programme. Stepping Stones is an innovative 42‐week programme that comprehensively addresses the emotion regulation needs of offenders with an intellectual disability.Design/methodology/approachThe paper discusses the process of implementing a group treatment programme in a secure forensic intellectual disability service.FindingsSince the inception of the programme, there has been a reduction in both the frequency of aggression and the need for physical and chemical de‐escalation. In addition, clients have demonstrated a greater understanding of their emotional responses and an improved ability to use functional means of managing distress and solving life problems.Originality/valueThis paper shows that, although implementing group therapy programmes for clients with intellectual disabilities and co‐morbid emotion regulation difficulties can be daunting, treatment with this group of clients can be successful and rewarding.

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Part I: Risky Business: Multinationals, Governments and Political Risk -- 1: Legitimacy and Institutional Governance Infrastructure: Understanding Political Risk from a Chinese MNE Perspective -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background and Hypotheses -- Hypotheses Development -- Direct Effect of Host-Country Institutional Governance Infrastructure -- The Moderating Role of Legitimacy -- Chinese MNEs' Legitimacy with Host-Country Government -- Chinese MNEs' Legitimacy with Host-Country Industrial Agencies -- Chinese MNEs' Legitimacy with Host-Country General Public -- Sample and Data -- Measurements -- Chinese MNEs' Perceived Level of Host-Country Political Risk -- Host-Country Institutional Governance Infrastructure -- Chinese MNEs' Legitimacy with the Host-Country Government -- Chinese MNEs' Legitimacy in Host-Country Regulated Industries -- Chinese MNEs' Legitimacy with the Host-Country General Public -- Control Variables -- Results -- Common Method Bias -- Construct's Reliability and Validity -- Hypotheses Tests and Results -- Discussion -- Contributions -- Implications -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- References -- 2: Applying Theory to Understand How Multinational Firms Address Brexit -- Introduction -- Firm-Specific Assets, Competitive Advantages, Dynamic Capabilities and Ownership-Location-Internalization (OLI) Eclectic Paradigm of MNE Activity -- FSAs, Competitive Advantages, and Dynamic Capabilities -- OLI Eclectic Paradigm of MNE Activity -- Ownership-Specific Advantages (O) -- Location-Specific Advantages (L) -- Internalization-Specific Advantages (I) -- Relational Assets -- Relationship-Specific Competitive Advantages -- Social Capital -- Competitive Advantage Theoretical Frameworks -- Social Capital Theory -- Discussion of a Dynamic Framework.

Agri-environment schemes are programmes where landholders enter into voluntary agreements (typically with governments) to manage agricultural land for environmental protection and nature conservation objectives. Previous work at local scale has shown that these features can provide additional floral and nesting resources to support wild pollinators, which may indirectly increase floral visitation to nearby crops. However, the effect of entire schemes on this important ecosystem service has never previously been studied at national scale. Focusing on four wild pollinator guilds (ground-nesting bumblebees, tree-nesting bumblebees, ground-nesting solitary bees, and cavity-nesting solitary bees), we used a state-of-the-art, process-based spatial model to examine the relationship between participation in agri-environment schemes across England during 2016 and the predicted abundances of these guilds and their visitation rates to four pollinator dependent crops (oilseed rape, field beans, orchard fruit and strawberries). Our modelling predicts that significant increases in national populations of ground-nesting bumblebees and ground-nesting solitary bees have occurred in response to the schemes. Lack of significant population increases for other guilds likely reflects specialist nesting resource requirements not well-catered for in schemes. We do not predict statistically significant increases in visitation to pollinator-dependent crops at national level as a result of scheme interventions but do predict some localised areas of significant increase in bumblebee visitation to crops flowering in late spring. Lack of any significant change in visitation to crops which flower outside this season is likely due to a combination of low provision of nesting resource relative to floral resource by scheme interventions and low overall participation in more intensively farmed landscapes. We recommend future schemes place greater importance on nesting resource provision alongside floral resource provision, better cater for the needs of specialised species and promote more contiguous patches of semi-natural habitat to better support solitary bee visitation.

Agri-environment schemes are programmes where landholders enter into voluntary agreements (typically with governments) to manage agricultural land for environmental protection and nature conservation objectives. Previous work at local scale has shown that these features can provide additional floral and nesting resources to support wild pollinators, which may indirectly increase floral visitation to nearby crops. However, the effect of entire schemes on this important ecosystem service has never previously been studied at national scale. Focusing on four wild pollinator guilds (ground-nesting bumblebees, tree-nesting bumblebees, ground-nesting solitary bees, and cavity-nesting solitary bees), we used a state-of-the-art, process-based spatial model to examine the relationship between participation in agri-environment schemes across England during 2016 and the predicted abundances of these guilds and their visitation rates to four pollinator dependent crops (oilseed rape, field beans, orchard fruit and strawberries). Our modelling predicts that significant increases in national populations of ground-nesting bumblebees and ground-nesting solitary bees have occurred in response to the schemes. Lack of significant population increases for other guilds likely reflects specialist nesting resource requirements not wellcatered for in schemes. We do not predict statistically significant increases in visitation to pollinator-dependent crops at national level as a result of scheme interventions but do predict some localised areas of significant increase in bumblebee visitation to crops flowering in late spring. Lack of any significant change in visitation to crops which flower outside this season is likely due to a combination of low provision of nesting resource relative to floral resource by scheme interventions and low overall participation in more intensively farmed landscapes. We recommend future schemes place greater importance on nesting resource provision alongside floral resource provision, better cater for the ...