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Inventory models for joint pricing and greening effort decisions with discounts
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to develop efficient decision support tools for a firm?s environment protection by using greening effort while yet improving profitability by utilizing pricing and inventory decisions with discount ... -
Investigating critical obstacles to entrepreneurship in emerging economies: A comparative study between males and females in Qatar
( Allied Business Academies , 2019 , Article)Qatar's Entrepreneurship sector faces major obstacles that impede its growth prospects. While Qatar has started to focus more on improvement of the entrepreneurial environment through semi-governmental agencies and creation ... -
Investigating relationships between stakeholders' pressure, eco-control systems and hotel performance
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Stakeholders' pressure motivates the deployment of systems of environmental management control. Nevertheless, few insights are available regarding the impact of stakeholders' pressure on the extent to which eco-control ... -
Investigating the antecedents of customer brand engagement and consumer-based brand equity in social media
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)The current research is concerned with identifying and testing the role of three main predictors: consumer involvement, consumer participation, and self-expressive brand on the customer brand engagement (CBE). The customer ... -
Investigating the dynamic relationship between cryptocurrencies and conventional assets: Implications for financial investors
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)Cryptocurrencies are gradually establishing themselves as a new class of assets with unique features, although there remains skepticism and a lack of understanding of their nature. In this study, we compare the financial ... -
Investigating the effectiveness of practicing knowledge management in the hospitality industry: The case of Qatar
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Managing knowledge plays a significant role in the delivery of success in different organisations. Hospitality and hotels are not far from this. However, assessing the effectiveness of practicing knowledge management in ... -
Investigating the impact of donor funding: a case study on Lebanon
( Emerald Publishing , 2017 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a macroeconomic framework to predict the impact of transient donor funding on a developing economy and to facilitate evaluation of the effectiveness of alternative uses of ... -
Investigating the impact of ECRM success factors on business performance: Jordanian commercial banks
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop an integrated framework to explore the influences of electronic customer relationship management (ECRM) success factors (process fit, customer information quality and system ... -
Investigating the impact of electronic health record on healthcare professionals
( Growing Science , 2021 , Article)Although there is a significant influence of implementing the electronic health records (EHR) system in Qatar, there are very limited studies reviewed and analyzed the influence of implementing the EHR system on healthcare ... -
Investigating the impact of remittance outflows and oil price on economic growth in Gulf Cooperation Council countries
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Most existing studies have focused on examining the impact of labor remittance outflows on economic growth in the receiving countries, with limited attention given to the sending countries. This study utilizes the nonlinear ... -
Investigating the Impact of Social Media Commerce Constructs on Social Trust and Customer Value Co-creation: A Theoretical Analysis
( Springer , 2020 , Book chapter)Social media commerce has been one of the fastest-growing areas over recent years. However, only a limited number of studies have addressed the related issues of social media commerce. It was also noticed that extant ... -
Investigating the key determinants of Muslim ethical consumption behaviour amongst affluent Qataris
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this research paper was the study of an affluent Islamic market, going through a rapid economic and social transformation, from an ethical consumption perspective. More specifically, impact of ... -
Investigating the role of knowledge gaps in enhancing quality in cloud environments
( Palgrave Macmillan , 2016 , Book chapter)In recent years we have all heard about the advantages and benefits of the so-called “cloud” for the use of corporate software (Gopalakrishnan, 2009; Neto et al., 2008; Takabi et al., 2011). It can be argued that the ... -
Investigating the role of leadership styles and governance on project performance in megaprojects
( Czestochowa University of Technology , 2021 , Article)Megaprojects are very large-scale complex ventures that involve multiple stakeholders and influence millions of lives. In the literature, leadership styles and governance have been found to have significant relationship ... -
An investigation of the causality links in the balanced scorecard: The case of the Gulf Cooperation Council hospitality industry
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)In order to link different aspects of the balanced scorecard (BSC), i.e., learning, innovation, internal business, customer, and financial perspectives, Kaplan and Norton developed the concept of strategy maps to help ... -
IoT platforms assessment methodology for COVID-19 vaccine logistics and transportation: a multi-methods decision making model
( Nature Research , 2023 , Article)The supply chain management (SCM) of COVID-19 vaccine is the most daunting task for logistics and supply managers due to temperature sensitivity and complex logistics process. Therefore, several technologies have been ... -
IoT-enabled smart child safety digital system architecture
( IEEE , 2020 , Conference Paper)Safety of a child in a large public event is a major concern for event organizers and parents. This paper addresses this important concern and proposes an architecture model of the IoT-enable smart child safety tracking ... -
Is digital gold a hedge, safe haven, or diversifier? An analysis of cryptocurrencies, DeFi tokens, and NFTs
( Taylor & Francis , 2024 , Article)The crypto assets market is growing rapidly, exposing investors to new risks. As a result, finding viable candidates to hedge and diversify crypto portfolios is a critical and timely topic. In this paper, we explore the ... -
Is Economic Growth Really Jobless? Empirical Evidence from North Africa
( Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. , 2019 , Article)North African countries recorded the highest youth unemployment rate in the World during the latest years. The main causes for that situation continue to be at the forefront of the debate among economists, sociologists and ... -
Is exchange rate risk priced in microfinance?
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)High microcredit interest rates have often been a source of criticism against the microfinance movement. Research has focused attention on the cost structure of interest rates and more recently on the macroeconomic and ...