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Examining the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on enterprise practices: A preliminary perspective from Qatar
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City University of Hong Kong Press
, 2012 , Article)
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) are widely used by organizations to enhance enterprise competitiveness. This study provides an overview of the current state of affairs of the ICT adoption in SMEs in private ...
The application of quality management in the financial services sector in Jordan
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Business Perspectives
, 2012 , Article)
This study examines the applicability of total quality management (TQM) in the Jordanian financial services sector using a sample of employees at 12 financial institutions. The applicability of the TQM is assessed through ...
Evaluating the riskiness of the banking sector of Jordan
(2012 , Article)
This study employs panel data analysis that controls for bank specific variables to evaluate the systematic, non-systematic and total risk of the banking sector of Jordan over the period 2001-2009. The total risk is measured ...
Assessment of Climate Adaptation of Youth Club in Tozeur, South of Tunisia
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2012 , Conference Paper)
Impact of users on thermal behaviour of a building and a building's impact on the use of different spaces are two aspects that are subject of post occupancy evaluation of the present paper. The building was designed according ...
Assessing the Productivity Change in the Banking Sector of Jordan
(2012 , Article)
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A framework for construction workspace management: A serious game engine approach
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2012 ASCE International Conference on Computing in Civil Engineering
, 2012 , Conference Paper)
Construction workspace is regarded as one of the main constraints on construction sites. Construction workspaces are generally difficult to proactively plan and manage due to the dynamic nature of a site where workspace ...
Government ownership, competition, and the risk-taking attitude of the GCC banking system
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2012 , Article)
Purpose - In the recent financial crisis, the risk-taking behavior of banks led to severe financial and economic instability. Many reasons have been attributed to the cause of the financial crisis. This paper attempts to ...
Entrepreneurial orientation and organizational performance: The role of managerial traits
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Inderscience
, 2012 , Article)
This study addresses how entrepreneurial orientation (EO) mediates the relationships between four managerial traits – need for achievement, tolerance for ambiguity, conformity, and individualism – and organisational ...
Systems engineering design of engineering education: A case of an embedded systems course
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IEEE Education Society
, 2012 , Conference Paper)
Systems and Cybernetics can be found elsewhere in natural and engineering sciences. Control systems methods (technical cybernetics) are the nerve of the industrial revolution; they have recently penetrated some social ...
Development and evaluation of open educational resources for enhancing engineering students' learning experience
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IEEE Education Society
, 2012 , Conference Paper)
The aim of this paper is to report on the development of control systems open educational resources. The paper reports on two control systems education software: 1) A LabVIEW based Control Systems Analysis Toolkit (CSAT) ...