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Cover -- Guest editorial Rethinking international manufacturing in times of global turbulence -- Manufacturing network integration and culture: an institution-based view -- The influence of IIoT on manufacturing network coordination -- Using plant leaders' perspectives to overcome barriers to inter-plant exchange -- Lean manufacturing implementation and performance: the role of economic volatility in an emerging economy -- Proactive risk mitigation strategies and supply chain risk management performance: an empirical analysis for manufacturing firms in Turkey -- Relationship follows technology! How Industry 4.0 reshapes future buyer-supplier relationships -- Does plant role moderate relationship between internal manufacturing network integration, external supply chain integration, operational performance in manufacturing network? -- Global manufacturing value networks: assessing the critical roles of platform ecosystems and Industry 4.0 -- Value chains of the world's top manufacturing corporations: moving from tangible to intangible activities? -- Capability mapping to improve manufacturing network performance: or how a factory can target growth -- Interdependency in coordinating networked maintenance and modification operations.

The purpose of this evaluation was to carry out an overall analysis of the impact of the financed actions and the performance of Handicap International in Mozambique in order to assure better quality of similar actions for future beneficiaries with respect to identification, design, relevance, efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of these actions. Close attention was to be paid to the evolution of the political and socio-economic context in Mozambique, as well as the evolution of the policies and approaches of various actors involved in the sector. Meeting with the direct beneficiaries was emphasised and the use of participatory methods strongly encouraged.

Humans are creatures of habit, and the use of judicial precedents is one of the most perfect examples to explain why. There is an air of peculiarity around them. They can be construed as the thoughts and the point of view of old, seemingly wise men or the community. But the core objective to utilize this tool as a source of law lies not in philosophy or common sense. Neither is its aim rooted in the fact that it is right, nor in the fact that it had ought to be done. Its driving force lies in the fact that it has been done. Judicial precedents are not as old as customs as a source of law, nor it is as binding as a piece of legislature. Even then, there is a strange appeal to it which attracts judges time and time again.

AbstractDisclosing positive experiences to others (i.e., "capitalization") is associated with personal and interpersonal benefits (Gable & Reis, 2010). Unfortunately, people who perceive low self‐esteem (LSE) in close others are reluctant to capitalize, holding back from those they expect will be unsupportive (MacGregor & Holmes, 2011). In Study 1, we extend previous findings by demonstrating the importance of the type of experience disclosed; participants capitalized less positively with an (ostensibly) LSE friend when disclosing an accomplishment, not a positive experience attributed to happenstance. In Study 2, we demonstrate the external validity of the phenomenon by examining real discussions between romantic partners. Participants capitalized less positively with their LSE partner, behavior associated with lower relationship satisfaction 6 weeks later (particularly for women).

In this article we examine a number of properties having to do with Schneider's Law in Inuktitut, also referred to as the Law of Double Consonants. This phonological rule simplifies a consonant cluster from two to one when there is an immediately preceding consonant cluster. We argue that although the rule is often characterized as targeting mixed clusters, consonant assimilation in Labrador Inuttut results in the fact that it only targets geminate clusters. The same is true in Northern Quebec dialects (Massenet 1986). This description of the rule shows eastern dialects (Labrador and Northern Quebec) to be similar to Siglit, a western dialect without extensive consonant assimilation, where the rule targets only geminates and not mixed clusters (Lowe 1985). We review a number of possible explanations of Schneider's Law, and propose an account based on syllable government of codas.