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Creating textured surfaces using plasma electrolysis
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Materials Research Society
, 2013 , Article)
Plasma electrolysis (PE) is a combination of electrolysis and plasma discharge. Previous studies indicated that PE usually created porous surface with irregular morphology as a result of the plasma-cathode interaction that ...
THE SULTAN AND THE REBEL: SAʿDUN AL-MANSUR'S REVOLT IN THE MUNTAFIQ, C. 1891-1911
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Cambridge University Press
, 2013 , Article Review)
From 1891 to 1911, a disenfranchised shaykh of the Muntafiq tribe, Saʿdun al-Mansur, led a large uprising against Ottoman rule in southern Iraq. Feeling that he had been disinherited from properties that were his birthright, ...
A Framework for Optimizing the Supply Chain Performance of a Steel Producer
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SciTePress
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is focused on developing, optimizing, and operating efficient supply chains. Efficient supply chains are characterized by cost effective decisions, lean flow and structure, high degree of ...
One Arab woman's journey to entrepreneurship: a case study
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Inderscience
, 2013 , Article)
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is pegged as a highly opportunistic market. The region's unique demographics include a native population that is in the minority and high numbers of women involved in entrepreneurial activities. ...
On the relative efficiency of conventional and Islamic banks: a DEA-window approach
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Inderscience
, 2013 , Article)
This paper explores the relative efficiency of 65 conventional and Islamic banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) over the period from 2002 to 2010. The empirical results ...
Team Satisfaction and Student Group Performance: A Cross-Cultural Study
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2013 , Article)
The authors examined the relationship between team satisfaction and students' performance in group projects in two universities, one from the United States and one from Qatar. The results showed that there is a significant ...
Pricing of innate and discretionary accruals in Australian debt
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2013 , Article)
This paper addresses the conflicting evidence on the role of accruals in debt pricing. We show that the two subcomponents of accruals quality, innate and discretionary accruals, both impact the debt pricing. Higher innate ...
Just Falafel: a success story of an international expansion
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2013 , Article)
Subject area: Entrepreneurship, strategic management and international business management. Study level/applicability: This case is intended for teaching entrepreneurship, strategic management, international business courses ...
Challenges associated with the Greek SMEs in the basin of Athens-Greece: An exploratory study
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2013 , Article)
The paper attempts to identify the motivation for business ownership, the factors contributing to success and problem areas and developmental issues attached to entrepreneurship related to small medium enterprises (SMEs) ...
Status quo and critical review of PPV safe limits for subsurface construction blasting close to low-rise buildings
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Taylor and Francis - Balkema
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Subsurface construction blasting may result sever man-made ground vibrations.Waves generated due to detonating a charge in a solid medium like rock generate particle movement and travel at different wave velocities. As ...