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    • Bank efficiency assessment using a hybrid approach of random forests and data envelopment analysis 

      Bou-Hamad, Imad; Anouze, Abdel Latef ( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2015 , Conference)
      This study introduces a three-stage integrated framework consisting of data envelopment analysis (DEA), random forest, and logistic regression to examine and predict the impact of environmental variables on banks' performance. ...

    • Call for emergency action to restore dietary diversity and protect global food systems in times of COVID-19 and beyond: Results from a cross-sectional study in 38 countries 

      Hoteit, Maha; Hoteit, Reem; Aljawaldeh, Ayoub; Van Royen, Kathleen; Pabian, Sara; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Background The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of the global food system, sending shockwaves across countries' societies and economy. This has presented formidable challenges to sustaining a healthy and ...

    • Marketing intelligence and small firms' performance: the role of entrepreneurial alertness and effectuation 

      Karami, Masoud; Hossain, Mokter ( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)
      Purpose: Knowledge of how entrepreneurial alertness (EA) and effectuation impact small firms' performance in uncertain markets is limited. Suggesting effectuation as a mediation mechanism between EA and small firms' ...

    • Foreign market involvement, entry-mode learning potential and SME internationalization outcomes 

      Elbanna, Said; Hsieh, Linda; Child, John; Narooz, Rose; Marinova, Svetla; ... more authors ( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)
      Purpose: Drawing on an organizational learning perspective, this paper examines the effect of levels of foreign market involvement (intensity and geographic spread) on internationalization outcomes recognizing that the ...

    • A conceptual framework of barriers to data science implementation: a practitioners' guideline 

      Reddy, Rajesh Chidananda; Mishra, Debasisha; Goyal, D. P.; Rana, Nripendra P. ( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)
      Purpose: The study explores the potential barriers to data science (DS) implementation in organizations and identifies the key barriers. The identified barriers were explored for their interconnectedness and characteristics. ...

    • Marketing from Leadership to Innovation: A Mediated Moderation Model Investigating How Transformational Leadership Impacts Employees’ Innovative Behavior 

      Alhitmi, Hitmi Khalifa; Shah, Syed Haider Ali; Kishwer, Rabia; Aman, Nida; Fahlevi, Mochammad; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)
      In an increasingly competitive landscape, both researchers and businesses are showing growing interest in promoting employee’s innovative work behavior (EIWB). Although earlier studies have highlighted the significance ...

    • A mixed-methods approach for the relationship between organizational attributes, reputation, employer brand and intention to apply for a job vacancy 

      Elbendary, Israa; Elsetouhi, Ahmed Mohamed; Marie, Mohamed; Aljafari, Abdullah M. ( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)
      Purpose: This study aims to investigate the direct effect of organizational reputation (OR), employer brand (EB) and organizational attributes (OA) on the intention to apply for a job vacancy (IAJV); further, it examined ...

    • A mixed-method study of programme management resources and social enterprise sustainability: A developing-country context 

      Din, A.U.; Shah, S.M.A.; El-Gohary, H.; Rahman, R.U.; Haleem, M.; ... more authors ( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2021 , Article)
      This research investigates the relationship between enterprise environmental factors (EEFs) and programme management (PgM) resources, and subsequently how PgM resources and sustain-ability integrate into social enterprise. ...

    • “Better together”: Right blend of business strategy and digital transformation strategies 

      Deepa Bhatt, Mishra; Haider, Imran; Gunasekaran, Angappa; Sakib, Md. Nazmus; Malik, Nishtha; ... more authors ( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)
      Despite the growth of digital transformation (DT) research, exactly how business strategy relationships lead to the successful implementation of digital transformation strategy (DTS) is not yet clearly understood. Although ...

    • Unveiling Qatarization: a strategic HRM perspective on the context of implementing successful workforce nationalization 

      Elbanna, Saïd; Fatima, Tahniyath; Fetais, Abdulla; Al Thawadi, Othman ( Taylor & Francis , 2023 , Article)
      This study is motivated by the infancy of literature on strategic HRM in regard to government policies and the lack of empirical research on the HRM policy of nationalization in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council ...

    • Drivers of employee entrepreneurial intention: a study of the oil and gas sector in Qatar 

      Al-Halbadi, Salem; Ramdani, Boumediene; Al-Karaghouli, Wafi ( Inderscience Publishers , 2023 , Article)
      Many employees are opting to start new businesses while working full-time for established firms. Although employee entrepreneurship has attracted much attention recently, very little is known on what motivates employees ...

    • Islamic Arab hospitality and multiculturalism 

      Sobh, Rana; Belk, Russell W.; Wilson, Jonathan A.J. ( SAGE , 2013 , Article)
      This ethnographic study in Qatar and United Arab Emirates addresses a particular Islamic consumptionscape as well as a related commodified practice: that of Arab hospitality. This much vaunted Arab virtue is examined in ...

    • Feedback information and consumer motivation: The moderating role of positive and negative reference values in self-regulation 

      Sobh, Rana; Martin, Brett A.S. ( Emerald Publishing , 2011 , Article)
      Purpose: Marketers spend considerable resources to motivate people to consume their products and services as a means of goal attainment. Why people change their consumption behaviour is based largely on these goals; many ...

    • Modest seductiveness: Reconciling modesty and vanity by reverse assimilation and double resistance 

      Sobh, Rana; Belk, Russell William; Gressel, Justin ( Wiley-Blackwell , 2012 , Article)
      We study conflicting notions of modesty and vanity in the Arab Gulf region by focusing on contemporary female adornment practices and the tensions underlying them. The standard of modest traditional dress that women are ...

    • Domains of privacy and hospitality in Arab Gulf homes 

      Sobh, Rana; Belk, Russell ( Emerald Publishing , 2011 , Article)
      Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to report findings of an ethnographic study of homes in the Arab Gulf country of Qatar. The authors' analysis and contribution focuses on resolving the tension between privacy and ...

    • Consumers’ digital self-extension and pro-brand social media engagement – the role of culture 

      Rabbanee, Fazlul K.; Roy, Rajat; Roy, Sanjit K.; Sobh, Rana ( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)
      Purpose: Digital self-expression, recently one of the most important research themes, is currently under-researched. In this context, this study aims to propose a parsimonious research model of self-extension tendency, its ...

    • Privacy and gendered spaces in Arab Gulf homes 

      Sobh, Rana; Belk, Russell W. ( Taylor & Francis , 2015 , Article)
      We report the findings of a qualitative study of Qatari homes in the Arab Gulf. We identify the significance of privacy and gender segregation as anchors for identity, both national and religious. Maintaining these anchors ...

    • Approaching what we hope for and avoiding what we fear: A study of women's concern with visible signs of skin aging 

      Sobh, Rana ( SAGE , 2011 , Article)
      This paper proposes to examine how priming approach and avoidance goal orientations moderates consumer goal-directed preferences for products and services. These effects are studied in the context of women's concern with ...

    • An exploration into the religious and symbolic meanings of gendered spaces in an Arab gulf home 

      Sobh, Rana; Belk, Russell (2011 , Conference)
      Houses are rich symbols representative of culture, self and identity (Marcus 1995). The current research provides a comparative perspective on Arab-Islamic (Qatari) and Western values as encoded in the home and use of ...

    • Gender and privacy in Arab Gulf states: implications for consumption and marketing 

      Belk, Russell; Sobh, Rana ( Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. , 2011 , Book chapter)
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