The December 2017 issue (Issue 4) of Decision-the last issue of this volume for this year-we have put together five interesting research articles. The article by Thürer and Avittathur titled 'How do Indian firms source from China? Implications on cross-border supply chain management' addresses the important question of cross-border processes in an increasingly globalized economy specifically from the perspectives of how small and medium enterprises manage their cross-border supply chains. Unlike previous studies, this study focuses on smaller firms and the supply chain between India and China. This study bases its finding on 15 firms, and the result suggests that information technology and third-party agents are widely applied for executing the logistic and bureaucratic process involved. The findings are important in the light of the emphasis given to the development of long-term relationships in the literature.The article by Priyanka Garg titled 'Development of sustainability reporting index (SRI) with special reference to companies in India' attempts to develop an index on sustainability reporting practices, considering economic, environment as well as social factors, in context of companies in India. While earlier studies have developed reporting index considering either environmental or social factors, these indexes do not cover all dimensions of reporting applicable to all industries. This study attempts to fill this gap and is dedicated to research procedure adopted to formulate a sustainability reporting index for companies in India. The paper by Arora, Sharma and Vashisht on the 'Impact of managerial ability and firm-specific variables on insider's abnormal returns' examines whether the ability of managers has any relation to abnormal gains on insider trades and attempts to identify firmspecific variables that impact the abnormal returns on insider trades. After using a sample of 1101 insider transactions over 197 companies and data envelopment analysis to measure managerial ability, the study concludes that the volume of trade, riskiness of security and managerial ability of insiders positively impact the abnormal return on insider trades.The paper 'Overcoming the effect of low selfesteem on public speaking anxiety with mindfulnessbased interventions' by Kumar et al. examines the effect of mindfulness-based interventions on public speaking anxiety (PSA). The paper attempts to shed light on this relationship and proposes a model examining the mediating effect of self-esteem in explaining this link. Based on a quantitative approach, the study demonstrates that the effect of mindfulnessbased interventions on public speaking anxiety could be better understood by taking into account the

The use of the internet to recruit and research non-clinical samples of people who hear voices is supported. This study provides details regarding demographic information and the experience of voice hearing from a fairly large sample of people who hear voices in a non-psychiatric population. It lends support to the idea that voice hearing occurs on a continuum, with evidence that many people hear voices in the general population and are not distressed by the experience.

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Alongside the physical symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies, health services must also address the cognitive impairments that accompany these conditions. There is growing interest in the use of nonpharmacological approaches to managing the consequences of cognitive disorder. Cognitive rehabilitation is a goal-orientated behavioural intervention which aims to enhance functional independence through the use of strategies specific to the individual's needs and abilities. Fundamental to this therapy is a person's capacity to set goals for rehabilitation. To date, no studies have assessed goal setting in early-stage Parkinson's disease dementia or dementia with Lewy bodies. Semistructured interviews were carried out with 29 participants from an ongoing trial of cognitive rehabilitation for people with these conditions. Here, we examined the goal statements provided by these participants using qualitative content analysis, exploring the types and nature of the goals set. Participants' goals reflected their motivations to learn new skills or improve performance in areas such as technology-use, self-management and orientation, medication management, and social and leisure activities. These results suggest that goal setting is achievable for these participants, provide insight into the everyday cognitive difficulties that they experience, and highlight possible domains as targets for intervention. The trial is registered with ISRCTN16584442 (DOI 10.1186/ISRCTN16584442 13/04/2015).