Browsing Studies in Business and Economics by Publisher "Qatar University Press"
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Analysis Of The Effect Of The European Debt Crisis On The Saudi Arabian Economy
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)This paper investigates the economic impact of the 2009 European debt crisis on Saudi Arabia’s real economy from 2004 Q2 to 2014 Q2 using a structural vector autoregressive model (SVAR). The results of the impulse response ... -
BOARD SIZE AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: CASE OF KUWAIT
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)This study examined the relationship between board size and firm performance using a sample of 110 non-financial listed firms on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) from 2009 to 2017 (9 years). Empirical tests were conducted ... -
A Case Study Of The Benefits Of The Iot In The Qatari Retail Industry
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)Technological advancements have led to the creation of new paradigms like the Internet of Things (IoT). These technologies are moving the digital space into a period where they will power billions of devices leading to the ... -
Customer Centricity and Firm Operational Performance: A Study of Fast Moving Consumer Goods’ Firms in Ogun State, Nigeria.
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Article)This study examines customers centricity and firm operational performance in Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCGs) in Ogun State, Nigeria. The study is premised on three customer-centric elements or dimensions: customer ... -
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS IN BANKING: DOES RELATIONSHIP STRENGTH INFLUENCE RELATIONSHIP QUALITY AND OUTCOMES?
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)This study investigates how customer-bank relationship strength dimensions, reflected by relationship length, depth and width, influence the associations between customer-perceived relationship quality and relational ... -
Determinants of small and medium scale enterprises, poverty and economic growth A case study of Nigeria
( Qatar University Press , 2022 , Article)Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have been the subject of increasing attention by policymakers in national governments and international institutions in both developed and developing countries. This article focuses ... -
Does Spending Matter in Improving Healthcare Across MENA Region
( Qatar University Press , 2019 , Article)This study addresses the impact of healthcare spending on quality of health. Particularly, it investigates the impact of health budget allocation, health system performance, a nation’s income, and demographic aspects on ... -
Enhancing Financial and Strategic Performance through Core Competencies and Competitive Advantage: A Thematic Analysis
( Qatar University Press , 2019 , Article)This paper aims to explore the realm of core competencies, competitive advantage, financial performance, and strategic performance of an oil and gas company in Malaysia and to develop a model depicting the relationship ... -
External Debt and Infrastructural Developments in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Nigeria, 1979-2019
( Qatar University Press , 2022 , Article)The Study examined External Debt and Infrastructural Developments in Emerging economies: Evidence from Nigeria, 1979 – 2019. The objective is to examine whether there is a nexus between external debt and infrastructural ... -
Fire Risk Transfer and the Nigerian Economy (1999-2019)
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)This study was conducted to assess fire risk transfer and its impact on the Nigerian economy over the period 1999 to 2019. It was borne out of the incessant fire outbreaks in the country in recent times which has led to ... -
Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Output in Nigeria (1984-2019)
( Qatar University Press , 2022 , Article)Most developing nations need foreign support in order to fill their infrastructural gap. This is also true for Nigeria. One major source of foreign inflow is the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). This study examines the ... -
The Impact of Corporate Entrepreneurship on the Performance of Jordanian Telecom Corporates
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)The Telecom sector in Jordan is highly competitive in a way that affects the performance of firms working in this sector, many solutions were provided to enhance performance, but corporate entrepreneurship as a solution ... -
Implications of Audit Quality on Agency Conflicts: Evidence from Nigeria
( Qatar University Press , 2023 , Article)This study examined the link between audit quality and agency costs in Nigeria corporate environment. Specifically, the study examined the way audit quality represented by audit firm size affect agency conflicts represented ... -
Impoverishing effects of catastrophic health out-of-pocket payments in Nigeria
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)Out-of-Pocket (OOP) expenditure on healthcare is a major share of total healthcare expenditure in many developing countries, including Nigeria. Households in different income groups in Nigeria spent a larger share of income ... -
Influence of Microfinance and Empowerment on Satisfaction: Case Study of Pakistan
( Qatar University Press , 2019 , Article)The purpose of this study is to evaluate the influence of women empowerment, microfinance involvement, and loan size on women satisfaction. To achieve the objectives through simple random sampling technique the cross-sectional ... -
Informal Learning at workplace in the Middle East: Exploring the role of informal learning levels on Team Performance in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)In organisations, informal learning is recognised as one of the major contributors towards learning and development for employees. Over the years, researchers and practitioners continually attempt to understand the ... -
The Macroeconomic Effect of Oil Sector Crisis in Libya
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)This paper analyses and investigates the impact of the oil sector crisis on the Libyan economy from 2012 Q4 to 2022 Q3, using the Bai-Perron model and a structural vector autoregressive model (SVAR). The findings demonstrate ... -
Moment Approximation of a Money Return Model Employing a Birth and Death Diffusion Process with General External Effect
( Qatar University Press , 2022 , Article)This paper derives moment approximation as well as the mean and the variance of a money return model within an important diffusion return process by considering the stochastic analogs of classical differences and differential ... -
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 ... -
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 ...