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Stock price crash risk and leverage dynamics: Evidence from the GCC countries
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)This paper examines the impact of stock price crash risk on capital structure dynamics using a sample of firms located in the GCC region. The results show that a higher exposure to stock price crash risk is associated with ... -
Stock Prices and Crude Oil Shocks: The Case of GCC Countries
( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)The aim of this chapter is to identify the effects of oil price volatility on stock market volatility for eight oil exporter or importer countries. Using weekly data for the 2004-15 period, we model the relationship between ... -
Stock Prices and Crude Oil Shocks: The Case of GCC Countries
( Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press) , 2016 , Conference Paper)Qatar and other Middle Eastern countries stock market are influenced by oil prices. The goal of this paper is to compare how stock prices in the GCC are affected by shocks in oil prices and comparing the results with other ... -
A strategic framework for transformational leadership development in megaprojects
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2021 , Article)Project managers’ leadership has a direct and an indirect effect on project success. Extant literature has established that transformational leadership style positively affects project success in a major way. The main aim ... -
Strategic interventions to improve women entrepreneurship in GCC countries: A relationship modeling approach
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2017 , Article)Purpose: In Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, entrepreneurship is not a very popular option among women. The low rate of entrepreneurship as a career choice among females is attributed to factors that are specific ... -
Strategic orientations and capabilities' effect on SMEs' performance
( Emerald , 2020 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to: first, examine the effect of interaction orientation (IO) and brand orientation (BO) on marketing capabilities and small and medium enterprises' (SMEs') performance, and second, assess the ... -
Strategic planning for environmental sustainability in supply chains: an ISM and MICMAC approach
( Inderscience Publishers , 2023 , Article)The research reported in this paper relates to the environmental dimension of sustainability in SCs in large manufacturing organisations in Qatar. Interpretive structural modelling (ISM) and cross-impact matrix multiplication ... -
Strategy-proof size improvement: is it possible?*
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2022 , Article)The number of assigned agents (i.e., size) is an important parameter in object allocations. While size maximality clashes with individual rationality and strategy-proofness, it can still be possible to increase the size ... -
Structured knowledge creation for Urdu language: A DBpedia approach
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2023 , Article)Wikipedia information is extracted by DBpedia and linked to other web resources as Linked Open Data, which is an important contribution to the field of semantics. As part of its internationalisation endeavour, DBpedia now ... -
Structuring institutionalization of Digitally-Enabled Service Transformation in public sector: Does actor or structure matters?
( Association for Information Systems , 2016 , Conference Paper)Failure to identify the right institutionalization framework has caused derailments of major public sector Digitally-Enabled Service Transformation (DEST) projects in the UK, such as the NHS-National Program for IT (NHS-NPfIT) ... -
Structuring IT function: Imperative for the new millennium
( Taylor and Francis , 2019 , Book chapter)Globalization of the world economy is made possible only by advances in information technology (IT). The IT function has come a long way from being organized as a centralized function to becoming a more distributed ... -
Student co-creation behavior in higher education: the role of satisfaction with the university experience
( Routledge , 2015 , Article)This study explores what constitutes students' satisfaction with university experience and examines the influence of overall satisfaction with the university experience on students' co-creation behavior - namely, participation ... -
Students' perceptions of flipped classrooms, gender, and country difference
( IGI Global , 2020 , Article)Information technology and the Internet has enabled faculty and educational institutions to implement new teaching methods to enrich the educational environment. The flipped classroom (FC) method changed the teaching ... -
A Study of Cheating Beliefs, Engagement, and Perception – The Case of Business and Engineering Students
( Springer Nature , 2019 , Article)Studies have found that academic dishonesty is widespread. Of particular interest is the case of business students since many are expected to be the leaders of tomorrow. This study examines the cheating behaviors and ... -
Studying the Joint Effects of Perceived Service Quality, Perceived Benefits, and Environmental Concerns in Sustainable Travel Behavior: Extending the TPB
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)The importance of the sustainability concept has gained increasing attention from scholars and practitioners. In this context, the aim of this study was to examine the determinants of intention to continue to use the new ... -
Subsidies vs. deposits and cost inefficiency in microfinance
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Lending tiny loans to poor clients lacking credit history and enough collateral is an expensive business for microfinance institutions (MFIs). Minimizing cost inefficiency is important if MFIs are to meet their dual mission ... -
Successes and challenges of Arabic sentiment analysis research: a literature review
( Springer-Verlag Wien , 2017 , Article Review)The analysis of sentiment in text has mainly been focused on the English language. The complexity of the Arabic language and its linguistic features that oppose those found in English resulted in the inability to adapt ... -
Successful implementation of radar monitoring system and increased intelligence capacity on Congo River
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2018 , Conference Paper)Inland water ways are significant component of the nation's marine transportation systems. Congo River Basin plays an active role in the economy of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and other surrounding countries such ... -
Suitability of the Openly Accessible 3D Printed Prosthetic Hands for War-Wounded Children
( Frontiers , 2021 , Article)The field of rehabilitation and assistive devices is being disrupted by innovations in desktop 3D printers and open-source designs. For upper limb prosthetics, those technologies have demonstrated a strong potential to aid ... -
Sukuk market development and Islamic banks’ capital ratios
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This paper investigates the impact of Sukuk market development on Islamic banks’ capital ratios using a sample comprising 230 Islamic banks spanning the period 2005–2014. We characterize Islamic bank capital along multiple ...