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Corporate financial reporting in Qatar: a study of individual investors' assessment of annual reports
(2015 , Article)
In this paper, an attempt is made to investigate a particular group of investors - namely individual investors' perceptions of corporate annual reports in Qatar. A total of 400 surveys were distributed to individual investors ...
The price-volume relationship in Gulf Cooperation Council stock markets
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
This paper examines the empirical relationship among stock return, trading volume and volatility for the seven stock markets that comprise the Gulf Cooperation Council. The dataset includes seven national stock markets for ...
Is family the key? Exploring the motivation and success factors of female Emirati entrepreneurs
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
This exploratory research attempts to identify the motivation factors and to understand the extent to which different aspects of family play a role in the success of an entrepreneurial business operated by an Emirati ...
Participative decision-making and job satisfaction for teachers in the UAE
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
Purpose - Knowledge of teachers' participative decision making (PDM) and job satisfaction (JS) is important, as teachers comprise most of a school's staff. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of teacher ...
Determinants of foreign direct and indirect investment in the MENA region
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
Purpose - This study aims to examine the factors affecting the foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign portfolio investment (FPI) flows among the 16 economies comprising the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. ...
Adoption of IFRS by listed companies in Qatar: challenges and solutions
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Inderscience
, 2015 , Article)
The importance of adopting International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has been increasing owing to the fact that companies and businesses are conducting their operations outside their national boundaries and becoming ...
An examination of factors that influence the number of information security policy violations in Qatari organizations
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate factors that impact the number of information security policy violations in Qatari organizations and to examine the moderating effect of Hofstede's cultural dimensions on the ...
Parameter estimation through the weighted goal programming model
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
Many models in economics, management and finance can be described in terms of nonlinear dynamical systems which usually depend on some unknown parameters. To conduct a long-run behaviour analysis of these models it is of ...
A Critique of the Balanced Scorecard as a Performance Measurement Tool
(2015 , Article)
Given the dynamic nature of business markets, organizations have witnessed a rapid change in their performance
measurement systems in the last three decades with most of the performance measurement tools being ...
Real-Time Dynamic Transit Signal Priority Optimization for Coordinated Traffic Networks Using Genetic Algorithms and Artificial Neural Networks
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Taylor and Francis Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
Transit signal priority (TSP) has gained popularity in providing public transportation buses with preferential treatment at signalized intersections. Many studies have addressed its implementation in prompting enhanced ...