Browsing Management & Marketing by Publisher "Emerald Group Publishing Ltd."
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A comparative analysis of the UN declaration, global business compact, and religious morals in determining global values for business and their application to Islamic marketing
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose The continued rise of the multinational and debate as to what constitutes global business values is predicated on the UN Declaration and Global Business Compact. This research suggests both documents explicitly ... -
A structural analysis of the enablers of u-commerce proliferation in a developing economy
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)Purpose: U-commerce is an emerging paradigm transcending traditional e-commerce boundaries. The purpose of this paper is to highlight those issues that deserve attention in developing successful u-commerce models. ... -
Al-Maha mobile shop
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2011 , Article)Title: Al-Maha mobile shop. Subject area: Strategic management/entrepreneurship. Study level/applicability: Undergraduate and/or MBA level in either a strategic management and/or entrepreneurship courses. Case overview: ... -
Always negotiate, sometimes cooperate: an agent-based model
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to use agent-based modeling to simulate the negotiation and cooperation between agents working on tasks in an organization and to study the effects that gender differences might have ... -
An analysis of the barriers to the proliferation of M-commerce in Qatar: A relationship modeling approach
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2015 , Article)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to identify and develop a hierarchical model for the barriers affecting the growth of mobile commerce (M-commerce). Based on the model developed, the authors' objective is to identify ... -
An assessment of mortgage loan default propensity in Ghana
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose Credit market development requires appropriate credit assessment and default policies. This paper aims to examine the impact of household characteristics on mortgage default, using survey data collected from ... -
An empirical examination of moral hazards and adverse selection on PPP projects: A case study of Ghana
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: Failures of public?private partnership (PPP) projects are often ascribed to the agency problem, which arise under conditions of inadequate and asymmetric information when a principal (the client) hires an agent ... -
An extension of consumer environmental behavior research among expatriates
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2014 , Article)A wealth of research has explored different configurations of consumer environmental beliefs, attitudes, and values, and their influence on consumer environmental behavior. It is essential that a more comprehensive ... -
Antecedents of green purchase behavior of cosmetics products: An empirical investigation among Malaysian consumers
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: There is a growing need to conduct more studies to understand the green purchase behavior of cosmetics products because of its increasing trend in the emerging markets. Considering this, the study aims to shed ... -
Brand switching of high-technology capital products: How product features dictate the switching decision
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2014 , Article)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that underpin brand switching of medical imaging products by mass-market users. Most of the literature on brand switching is focused on competitive market ... -
Causal relationships of moral hazard and adverse selection of Ghanaian Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) construction projects
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to assess the causal relationship(s) between moral hazard and adverse selection of public' private partnership (PPP) construction projects. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was ... -
Control mechanisms employed between headquarters and subsidiaries in Multinational Enterprises (MNEs): An empirical study
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to investigated the control mechanisms of headquarters exercised over their subsidiaries and is conducted with the help of primary data. Design/methodology/approach: The headquarters-subsidiary ... -
Control mechanisms of MNEs: an empirical study
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)Purpose: This purpose of this paper is to explore variations in the extent of control mechanisms, according to country of origin and organizational characteristics, in a challenging country of domicile. Design/methodolog ... -
Corporate governance and voluntary risk and forward-looking disclosures
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of corporate governance on risk and forward-looking disclosures in Qatar. Design/methodology/approach: The authors automatically measure levels of risk and ... -
Customer satisfaction and its measurement in Islamic banking sector: a revisit and update
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose The purpose of this study is to answer the following questions: How to measure customer satisfaction from the provisioning service of both: Islamic and Conventional banks? Can we trust one tool to measure such ... -
Data envelopment analysis and data mining to efficiency estimation and evaluation
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to assess the application of seven statistical and data mining techniques to second-stage data envelopment analysis (DEA) for bank performance. Design/methodology/approach: Different statistical ... -
Deploying partial least squares to investigate the influence of managerial assumptions on corporate social responsibility in the hotel industry
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the interplay between managerial assumptions and institutional corporate social responsibility, and determines how such fit affects performance. Design/methodology/approach: The ... -
Determinants of innovation decisions among Emirati female-owned small and medium enterprises
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that influence the innovation decisions of Emirati women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Design/methodology/approach: This study uses a ... -
Do different marketing practices pre-suppose different frames of reference? An exploratory study
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: The role of managerial assumptions in the formulation of organizational strategies has been well recognized by previous studies, yet in marketing literature, the effect of such imperative on marketing practice ... -
Domains of Living and key demographics: Their impact on luxury consumption behavior of affluent Qataris
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of key demographics (i.e. gender, age, education and income) on the rich Muslim consumers Domains of Living (DoL). DoL were broken down into being, belonging ...