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Technology Adoption and Diffusion: A New Application of the UTAUT Model
( World Scientific Publishing Co.Pte Ltd , 2018 , Article)Diffusion of innovation is a key challenge for organizations; it brings social change that alters a system's structure and how it operates. Most of the studies in this area have focused on the information and communication ... -
Terrorism and capital flows: the missed impact of terrorism in big cities
( Routledge , 2021 , Article)This study investigates the effects of four types of terrorist attacks on three types of capital flow. We extend the literature by introducing a new measure of terrorist attacks, namely 'attacks in big cities' and empirically ... -
Terrorism and inbound tourism: Does immigration have a moderating effect?
( SAGE , 2019 , Article)This article investigates the impact of terrorism on bilateral tourism flows within the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries. It also examines the moderation effect of immigration in the destination ... -
Terrorism and tourism demand: a case study of Lebanon, Turkey and israel
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)Using a seemingly unrelated regression (SUR) model, this paper examines the impact of domestic and transnational terrorism on tourism demand (as measured by visitor arrivals) to Lebanon, Turkey and Israel. The distinguishing ... -
Terrorist attacks and bank financial stability: evidence from MENA economies
( Springer Nature Switzerland AG. , 2022 , Article)This study examines the impact of terrorism on bank stability, represented by bank risk and financial performance. We consider banks from 14 countries located in the Middle East and North Africa region for the period ... -
Testing for the Granger-causality between returns in the U.S. and GIPSI stock markets
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)This paper studies the Granger-causality between the U.S. stock market and five stock markets in so-called ‘debtor countries’ of the European Union: Greece, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Italy (GIPSI). We consider four novel ... -
Testing the Kuznets Curve hypothesis for Qatar: A comparison between carbon dioxide and ecological footprint
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article Review)This paper explores the validity of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) using two different environment indicators: the carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) and the ecological footprint (EF) in Qatar over the 1980-2011 period. ... -
Testing the risk-return tradeoff in the emerging market of Jordan: What role for financial crises?
( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Article)This study investigates the risk-return relationship at sector level in the emerging market of Jordan (ASE) over the period 1999-2014. The results of an unconditional test with a structural breakpoint show that the ... -
TFP in the Manufacturing Sector: Long-Term Dynamics, Country and Regional Comparative Analysis
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)We employ a recent empirical strategy to estimate country-specific and time-varying total factor productivity (TFP) levels for the manufacturing sector of 63 countries over 40 years. The methodology is based on estimated ... -
Thalamic visual prosthesis
( IEEE Computer Society , 2016 , Article)Glaucoma is a neurological disorder leading to blindness initially through the loss of retinal ganglion cells, followed by loss of neurons higher in the visual system. Some work has been undertaken to develop prostheses ... -
The adoption of green building practices in construction projects in Qatar: a preliminary study
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose It is widely known that carbon dioxide emissions and climate change are among the most critical global challenges. These issues were worsened partly by the continuous adoption of traditional non-green behaviors ... -
The adoption of IFRS 8: The case of Qatari listed companies
( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Article)The objective of this paper is compare the segmental information disclosures of Qatar companies under IFRS 8 for 2009 with disclosures under IAS 14R for 2008. This study found that the segmental disclosures under IFRS 8 ... -
The adoption of massive open online courses: Challenges and benefits
( IGI Global , 2018 , Article)This article explores the challenges and benefits of using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). It also tried to understand the issues that would influence students' perceptions regarding MOOCs. The Study utilized the ... -
The antecedents of trust in social commerce (Review)
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , 2017 , Conference Paper)Social commerce is a new phenomenon of e-commerce that utilizes social medial platforms and applications to conduct e-commerce activities. Uncertainty and high level of risk are the main characteristics of online environment. ... -
The association between firm characteristics and the quality characteristics of the internal audit function in the UK: An agency perspective
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2019 , Article)This study investigates firm characteristics that may affect the IAF's quality characteristics: size, independence, methodology, and competence. Its motivation is that a firm's agency and economic costs can affect its way ... -
The association between intellectual capital and financial performance in the Islamic banking industry: An analysis of the GCC banks
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of intellectual capital (IC) on the financial performance of Islamic banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Design/met ... -
The asymmetric effects of oil price on economic growth in Turkey and Saudi Arabia: New evidence from nonlinear ARDL approach
( Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics , 2017 , Article)The immediate purpose of this paper is to examine and compare the potential asymmetric oil price effects on real GDP growth in two different countries with differing dependence on oil from the Middle East: Saudi Arabia and ... -
The bandwagon luxury consumption in Tunisian case: The roles of independent and interdependent self concept
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Using exploratory and confirmatory analyses, this study analyzes the impact of certain psychological and sociological factors (self-concept, social comparison, and materialism) on the "bandwagon" type of luxury consumption ... -
The banking sector, stress and financial crisis: symmetric and asymmetric analysis
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)This study investigates the impact of economic and financial stress on US banking sector returns during periods of crisis and tranquility. It further examines symmetric and asymmetric effects. The study applies GARCH (1, ... -
The compliance of disclosure with AAOIFI financial accounting standards: A comparison between Bahrain and Qatar Islamic banks
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the compliance of disclosure with the financial accounting standards of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions? (AAOIFI) related to Islamic financing ...
