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A risk-based availability estimation using Markov method
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Emerald Group Publishing
, 2014 , Article)
Purpose: Asset intensive process industries are under immense pressure to achieve promised return on investments and production targets. This can be accomplished by ensuring the highest level of availability, reliability ...
The current assessment of foreign direct investment in the Middle East and North African region
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2014 , Article)
This research aims to assess the growth and the current status of foreign direct investment (FDI) in a sample of 16 Middle East and North African (MENA) countries over the period 1984-2011. Our goal is to give some insight ...
The effects of second language on ethical judgement in accounting
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Inderscience
, 2014 , Article)
The number of participants in accounting practices and academia who use English as their second language is significant and growing. Many of them are involved in making ethical judgements based on information provided in ...
Price convergence and integration in the Germany, France and Italy electricity markets
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McMaster University
, 2014 , Article)
This paper examines empirically the electricity market integration process for Germany, France and Italy countries by investigating possible price convergence. Two empirical approaches have been considered to investigate ...
The Credit–Growth Nexus: New Evidence from Developing and Developed Countries
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John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
, 2014 , Article)
The purpose of this paper is to assess the relationship between credit market development and economic growth for a heterogeneous panel of 20 developing and developed countries with varied growth experiences. The empirical ...
Control of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia: Knowledge, attitudes, perceptions and practices in Narok district of Kenya
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
CBPP is an important transboundary disease in sub-Saharan Africa whose control is urgent. Participatory data collection involving 52 focus group discussions in 37 village clusters and key informant interviews, a cross-sectional ...
Willingness to pay for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccination in Narok South District of Kenya
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an economically important trans-boundary cattle disease which affects food security and livelihoods. A conjoint analysis-contingent valuation was carried out on 190 households ...
True or spurious long memory in volatility: Further evidence on the energy futures markets
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Elsevier
, 2014 , Article)
The main goal of this paper is to investigate whether the long memory behavior observed in many volatility energy futures markets series is a spurious behavior or not. For this purpose, we employ a wide variety of advanced ...
Does openness enhance financial sector development? The experience of the arab world
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2014 , Article)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine if the simultaneous openness to trade and capital account can promote financial sector development. Design/methodology/approach - Based on a sample of 12 Arab countries ...
Effects of board and ownership structure on corporate performance: Evidence from GCC countries
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emerald insight
, 2014 , Article)
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of ownership structure and board composition on bank performance as measured by Tobin's Q and market to book value in Gulf Co-Operation Council (GCC) countries. ...