Studies in Business and Economics: Recent submissions
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Do Micro Finance Banks Influence The Performance Of Small Scale Business Entrepreneurs In Ijebu North Lga, Ogun State, Nigeria?
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)This paper contributes to the debate on the impact of Microfinance financial and non-financial services on the development of small-scale entrepreneurs. This study actually investigated the influence of Access to Microfinance ... -
Human Sustainability and the Competitiveness of Jordanian Industrial Companies: The Mediating Effect of Employee Participation
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)There is much discussion about sustainability and its dimensions at the macro level (sustainable development) and at the micro level as important additional dimensions, including human sustainability. In this context, the ... -
Dynamics of Productivity in Oman: An Ordered Logistic Regression
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)This study investigates the nuances of labor productivity in Oman, set against the backdrop of decreasing productivity trends in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC) regions since the 1980s. Albeit Oman's strategic ... -
Cyclinaclity Effects of Exchange Rates and Oil Prices
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)Understanding the concept of time scales is crucial when modeling economic and financial decisions. Within the time-frequency domain, this study delves into the relationship between fluctuations in oil prices and exchange ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
TEXT MINING DATA FROM STUDENTS TO REVEAL MEANINGFUL INFORMATION FOR EDUCATORS
( Qatar University Press , 2021 , Article)Academic institutions adopt different advising tools for various objectives. Past research used both numeric and text data to predict students’ performance. Moreover, numerous research projects have been conducted to find ... -
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 ... -
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 ...
