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Ranking and prioritisation of barriers to SMEs internationalisation in emerging economies
( Inderscience Publishers , 2023 , Article)Internationalisation is considered an important strategy for growth in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). However, research about internationalisation challenges that SMEs face in emerging economies is limited. Further, ... -
Rapid Alignment of Resources and Capabilities in Time-Bound Networks: A Theoretical Proposition
( Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management , 2018 , Article)Researchers studying the alignment of business resources usually focus on business cases that inherently have continuous interactions built on long-term relationships at the firm level, dyadic level, or broader network ... -
Rational functions: an alternative approach to asset pricing
( Routledge , 2019 , Article)This paper shows that asset prices are linear polynomials of various underlying explanatory factors and asset returns being ratios of these polynomials, are rational functions that do not add linearly when averaging. Hence, ... -
Re-examining post-acceptance model of information systems continuance: A revised theoretical model using MASEM approach
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)This study extends the post-acceptance model of information systems (IS) continuance, which is widely used to explain users’ satisfaction and IS continuance intentions. The extended model includes additional variables such ... -
Re-Examining the Technical Efficiency of Australian Banks: A Bootstrap DEA Approach
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2014 , Article)This study re-examines both pure technical and scale efficiency of Australian banks using bootstrap data envelopment analysis (DEA). The aim is to improve the choice of variables of the core profit efficiency model which ... -
Reaching new heights: investigating adoption factors shaping the moon landing of metaverse tourism
( Springer Nature , 2023 , Article)With the advancement of technology, the metaverse, as the future of the Internet, has gained popularity. As a result, numerous opportunities have been created, and the tourism industry is eager to take advantage of them. ... -
The readability of narrative disclosures and earnings management : Empirical evidence from the GCC banking sector
( Routledge , 2022 , Book chapter)This chapter empirically examines the association between earnings management (EM) and the readability of the narrative disclosures (RNDs) of 61 listed banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries during the period ... -
Readability, governance and performance: a test of the obfuscation hypothesis in Qatari listed firms
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2018 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the relationship between the readability of annual reports and corporate performance in Qatari listed firms while controlling for a firm’s competitive position, governance structure and ... -
Recognition of different types of leukocytes using YOLoV2 and optimized bag-of-features
( IEEE , 2020 , Article)White blood cells (WBCs) protect human body against different types of infections including fungal, parasitic, viral, and bacterial. The detection of abnormal regions in WBCs is a difficult task. Therefore a method is ... -
Regime-specific impact of financial reforms on economic growth in Pakistan
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)This study uses and proposes a new methodological approach to construct a financial liberalization index on the basis of the dynamic factor model technique. The resulting index is used to investigate the impact of the ... -
Regional Growth, Domestic and Foreign Tourism in NUTS Regions: New Insights from the Old Continent
( SAGE , 2020 , Article)Using regional data encompassing 155 Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) regions across the EU-28 member states, we estimate the effect of tourist arrivals (total, domestic, and foreign) on regional ... -
The Relationship between Information & Communications Technology, Prior Experience and Customer Loyalty in Saudi Arabia Insurance Industry Companies
( Global Journals Inc. (USA) , 2014 , Article)This study is an attempt to examine the association between important variables of service quality namely information and communications technology, prior experience and customer loyalty in Saudi Arabia’s provision of ... -
The relationship between religiosity and consumer behaviour among Arab, Turkish, and Indonesian students: testing an 8th century A.D. measure of Islamic religiosity
( Inderscience , 2016 , Article)This study was motivated by the inability to compare the results of the various measurements of Muslim consumers' religiosity. The measurement scales used therein lacked uniformity and their outcomes could not be compared. ... -
Relationships between strategic performance measures, strategic decision-making, and organizational performance: empirical evidence from Canadian public organizations
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2017 , Article)This study investigates the role of strategic performance measures (SPM) in strategic decision-making and their impact on organizational performance. Based on 143 online survey responses from senior administrators across ... -
Religion, spirituality, and well-being: A systematic literature review and futuristic agenda
( John Wiley & Sons , 2022 , Article)Informed by religion and psychology literature, this study reviews the literature on religiosity, spirituality, and psychology to support existing theory development in the current emergence of “Management, Spirituality, ... -
Remittances, institutions and economic growth: A closer look at some proxies for institutions
( Economics Bulletin , 2016 , Article)This paper re-examines the relationship between remittances and economic growth by giving a closer look at the role of institutions. Using data on 55 developing countries over the period 1991-2011 and estimates from empirical ... -
Renewable and non-renewable energy use - economic growth nexus: The case of MENA Net Oil Importing Countries
( Elsevier , 2017 , Article Review)This study examines the energy use - economic growth nexus by disaggregating energy use into two types of energy, renewable and non-renewable energy use. Our sample consists of eleven MENA Net Oil Importing Countries (NOICs) ... -
The required information and financial statements disclosure in SMEs
( Academic and Business Research Institute , 2014 , Article)This study aimed to determine the nature, the requirements of financial disclosure in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in comparison with large corporations in Jordan. It also aimed to investigate the need for a special ... -
Residential properties with green living concept: what drives consumers to buy?
( Emerald , 2020 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate consumers’ buying intentions (BIs) towards sustainable properties with green living concept (GLC). It also aims to examine the dynamic relationships between environmental ... -
Resilience in the time of COVID-19: Lessons learned from Middle East and North Africa small- and medium-sized enterprises
( John Wiley & Sons , 2023 , Article)We investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on small- and medium-sized enterprises in Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and Morocco. Using firm-level panel data from an enterprise survey, we highlight several new findings. ...