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Expert Systems
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
, 2015 , Book chapter)
Expert systems mimic the problem-solving activity of human experts in specialized domains by capturing and representing expert knowledge. Expert systems include a knowledge base, an inference engine that derives conclusions ...
A Qatari perspective on women in the engineering pipeline: an exploratory study
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Taylor & Francis
, 2010 , Article)
Under-representation of women in engineering has received a great deal of attention, but remained limited largely to a Western context. Thus, this article aims to unveil the barriers to progress, tracking the performance ...
Examining the impact of social commerce dimensions on customers' value cocreation: The mediating effect of social trust
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
One of the main aspects of the Web 2.0 revolution has been social commerce that has resulted in many people across the world increasingly engaging with commercial activities over social media platforms. However, the academic ...
Customer satisfaction and its measurement in Islamic banking sector: a revisit and update
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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 ...
IT outsourcing intent in academic institutions in GCC countries: An empirical investigation and multi-criteria decision model for vendor selection
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to understand the reasons behind the intent for information technology (IT) outsourcing in academic institutions in GCC countries. It also aims to develop a multi-criteria decision ...
The impact of economic development on environmental degradation in Qatar
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Springer New York LLC
, 2017 , Article)
This study investigates the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis by employing the ecological footprint (EF) as an indicator of environmental degradation in Qatar over the 1980?2011 period. The results of the ...
Technology Adoption and Diffusion: A New Application of the UTAUT Model
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World Scientific Publishing Co.Pte Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Diffusion of innovation is a key challenge for organizations; it brings social change that alters a system's structure and how it operates. Most of the studies in this area have focused on the information and communication ...
Revisiting the relationship between formal planning process and planning effectiveness: Do organizational capabilities and decision-making style matter?
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to address a timely research question by clarifying whether formal planning is a worthy approach for hotels. In so doing, the authors developed a theoretical model that extends prior ...
Localisation in an emerging Gulf economy: Understanding the role of education, job attributes and analysing the barriers in its process
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to understand Emirati nationals' perceptions of the role of workforce localisation policies in their professional aspirations and growth and, second, to determine the ...
Barriers towards widespread adoption of V2G technology in smart grid environment: From laboratories to commercialization
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Springer International Publishing
, 2018 , Book chapter)
A new era of transportation has experienced electrification and undergoes notable changes in the last few decades. The concern about environmental friendly technology carries almost a huge expansion prospect to electric ...