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Monetary fundamentals and rupee-U.S.$ behaviour: an Indian evidence - pre and Post liberalization
( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)The paper examines different forms of money demand functions and derives reduced for equations relating exchange rate with monetary and real fundamentals of two economies t currencies of which are being related. The paper ... -
The New Silk Road: China’ Energy Policy and Strategy in the Mena Region
( Qatar University , 2017 , Article)China is in dire need of energy resources to sustain its growth. In recent years, China has been turning more to Saudi Arabia and Iran in the Middle East as well as Sudan in North Africa as trade partners to secure its ... -
Optimal Pricing and order quantity strategies for a firm offering multiple products facing customers cannibalization and random market demand
( Qatar University , 2010 , Article)This paper studies a firm’s profitability problem offering its products into different market segments at differentiated prices. In order to improve the firms’ profitability the firm needs to decide the prices and order ... -
Palestinian import - export trade modeling For the period 1968-1998, an application of seemingly unrelated regression equations
( Qatar University , 2008 , Article)Over the past three decades the Palestinian areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip experienced the impacts of compulsory integration into the Israeli economy in the aftermath of the occupation of the area by Israel in 1967. ... -
The Patterns of Subcontracting arrangements In the Malaysian Automobile Industry
( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)This paper presents empirical insights into the patterns of subcontracting arrangements and management in the Malaysian automobile industry. Despite a small sample size, the empirical results contribute some knowledge to ... -
Perceptions of Internal Audit Quality in U.K. Private Sector firms under TQM Regimes
( Qatar University , 2008 , Article)This research attempted to contribute to the development of knowledge within the domain of perceptions of internal audit quality, especially in U.K. private sector firms under Total Quality Management (TQM) regimes utilizing ... -
Political Contingency and the Implementation of Qatarization
( Qatar University , 2011 , Article)This paper represents an exploratory study that examines political contingency in a less liberal regulatory regime such as the ‘positive state’ or the ‘developmental state’. As an example of a state-led policy, the ... -
Profitability of Expectation Based on Trading Rules: A Study on Kuwait Stock Market
( Qatar University , 2008 , Article)This paper provides empirical evidence on the profitability of the alternative expectation formation mechanisms in the case of Kuwait Stock Exchange as an example of an emerging market. The results indicate that both ... -
Project Management Performance Drivers
( Qatar University , 2010 , Article)The practice of project management has gained enormous importance over the past several years in various business industries. “In industries as diverse as pharmaceuticals, software, and aerospace, projects drive business” ... -
Public external debt and economic growth in Tunisia
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Article)The relationship between public external debt and the economic growth of a country is still a subject of significant interest and controversy for researchers. This article focuses on the issue of the effect of the ... -
Redesigning the Schedule Time Slots for Qatar University to Cope with Local Specificities
( Qatar University , 2015 , Article)This study is concerned with the redesign of the class meeting pattern at Qatar University. It examines the existing meeting pattern based on its operational efficiency, its alignment with the strategic plan of the ... -
The Relation of Earnings Quality to Accounting Conservatism
( Qatar University , 2012 , Article)The aim of this article is to examine the relationship between accounting conservatism and earnings quality. Data were collected from 50 industrial corporations listed in Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) between 2004-2009. ... -
The Relationship Between Internal Auditing and External Audit Fees: Evidence from Kuwait
( Qatar University , 2017 , Article)Although audit pricing has been one of the most studied topics in the audit literature for more than three decades now, to date, very little research has been conducted on this important issue in the Middle East Region. ... -
The Relationship Between Net Trade and Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Africa
( Qatar University , 2018 , Article)We study the net impacts of international trade on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in African countries at different income groupings and other driving forces of environmental impacts (CO2 emissions) using an augmented STIRPATN ... -
Representation and Evaluation of the Global Performance of Cooperatives
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Article)Global performance, defined as “the aggregation of economic, social and environmental performance” (Baret, 2006), is a multidimensional concept that was introduced with the emergence of the concept of CSR and sustainable ... -
RETIREES FROM PUBLIC SERVICE IN NIGERIA: A SURVEY
( Qatar University , 2011 , Article)The proportion of the Nigeria’s population that is retired is large and growing, and the government face huge fiscal burdens because of promises it has made to provide income security (pension) to this set of people. ... -
THE ROLE OF FAMILY SOCIAL SUPPORT ON WORK STRESS FOR FRONTLINE WORKING MOTHERS IN BANGLADESH
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)Due to the increased entry of women into the workforce, there have been changes in socio-economic and familial changes in Bangladesh. Traditional family demands on women also increase along with this. Thus, working mothers ... -
The Role of Mathematics in the Palestinian Economy: Estimating the Speed of the Swallowing of Palestinian Lands by the Israeli Settlements
( Qatar University Press , 2019 , Article)The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of mathematics in the Palestinian economy by deriving a dynamic model for the speed –the rate of change – of the expansion for the Israeli settlements and thus ... -
Some Determinants of Student Performance in Principles of Financial Accounting (II) – Further Evidence from Kuwait
( Qatar University , 2012 , Article)The purpose of this study was to perform an empirical investigation of the influence of select factors on the academic performance of students studying Principles of Financial Accounting (II). This study attempts to fill ... -
SUPPORTING PRODUCT INNOVATION THROUGH KNOWLEDGE AUDIT
( Qatar University , 2015 , Article)Knowledge audit is considered as one of the first steps towards designing a knowledge management strategy for an organization. Knowledge audit opens up the eye of an organization in terms of understanding its current ...