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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 ...
Level of Total Quality Management Adoption in Qatari Educational Institutions: Private and Semi-Government Sector
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Taylor and Francis Ltd.
, 2013 , Article)
The authors evaluated the level of Total Quality Management (TQM) adoption in Qatari educational institutions within private and semigovernment institutions. To accomplish these objectives, a literature review was done of ...
Does Government Ownership and Disclosure Affect Performance and Stability of the GCC Banking Sector?
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Cambridge Research Science Institute
, 2013 , Article)
This paper studies empirically the effect of government ownership and the level of disclosure on the performance and the stability of banks, controlling for regulations, concentration, bank and country specific characteristics. ...
Consumer online shopping attitude-intention and their determinants in Qatar
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Inderscience
, 2013 , Article)
The study examines consumer online shopping attitude and intention and their antecedents in Qatar, one of the strongest economies in the world. Commonly used determinants of consumer online shopping attitude and intention ...
A novel FPGA educational paradigm using the next generation programming languages case of an embedded FPGA system course
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IEEE Explore
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Embedded systems play vital role in modern applications [1]. They can be found in autos, washing machines, electrical appliances and even in toys. FPGAs are the most recent computing technology that is used in embedded ...
Ethics in engineering education: A literature review
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IEEE Explore
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Engineering Ethics is an important topic to be developed in engineering education curriculum. Despite its importance, ethics is not much investigated in engineering education as compared to other disciplines, in particular ...
The effects of gas tungsten arch welding on the corrosion and mechanical properties of AA 6061 T6
(2013 , Article)
Corrosion of welded and un-welded Aluminum Alloy 6061 T6 was investigated by immersing specimens in 3.5% (wt) NaCl solution. Potentiodynamic and open circuit potential measurements were conducted. The mechanical properties ...
Phytoplankton along the coastal shelf of an oligotrophic hypersaline environment in a semi-enclosed marginal sea: Qatar (Arabian Gulf)
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Elsevier
, 2013 , Article)
Phytoplankton biomass (chlorophyll a concentration), primary production, abundance, species diversity and species groupings were measured in the coastal waters surrounding Qatar (Arabian Gulf) at 13 stations in February ...