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Water demand in Qatar: Future trends and conservation scenarios
( European Water Resources Association (EWRA) , 2019 , Article)We model water consumption in the market segment that compose the Qatari water market. We link water consumption to population growth. Building on the estimated model, we develop long-range ... -
A Way Forward for Ethics Education in Business: A Case from the Middle East
( NeilsonJournals Publishing , 2017 , Article)The objective of this study is to review the performance of business students in ethics assessments and suggest enhancements to the ethics curriculum. Data triangulation method was used to gather the data. First, data ... -
WEALTH AND THE PERSISTENCE OF AUTHORITARIANISM IN THE GULF STATES: ECONOMIC PRIVILEGE OR A CULTURAL PHENOMENON?
( Foundation for Good Politics , 2021 , Article)During the Arab Spring the idea of the Middle East as an authoritarian exception appeared to be no longer valid. Yet the Gulf states seem to be safe from political turmoil. This paper examines the persistence of authoritarianism ... -
Web 2.0 Technologies Adoption Barriers for External Contacts and Participation: A Case Study of Federal Establishment of Africa
( Inderscience , 2022 , Article)Ever since the evolution of web technology in the 1990's, the web traffic got subjected to many developments. Web 1.0 and 2.0 are some of the innovations that made the world as a global village and increased the communication ... -
Well-Being and Running Events in Qatar: The Ooredoo Doha Marathon
( Cognizant Communication Corporation , 2022 , Article)Research into participatory sport event experiences and well-being outcomes has increased; however, much of this work explores Western contexts. The purpose of the current research is to examine the well-being outcomes ... -
What are e-commerce possible challenges in developing countries: A case study of Nigeria
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2018 , Article)The overarching goal to achieve the vision of Nigeria (NV2020) cannot be realised without the synchronised effort of all the sectors. To help the country and policy makers to identify the hurdles in attaining these lofty ... -
What are the drivers of inefficiency in the Gulf Cooperation Council banking industry? A comparison between conventional and Islamic banks
( Elsevier , 2020 , Article)This paper analyses the efficiency and productivity of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banks using an innovative nonparametric methodology that not only considers undesirable outputs but also determines the contribution ... -
What determines the dependence between stock markets - crisis or financial and economic fundamentals?
( Routledge , 2022 , Article)This paper investigates the economic and financial fundamentals that determine the dynamic linkage between Qatar and a set of selected international stock markets. To this end, we used different dynamic copula constructions ... -
What drives energy efficiency? New evidence from financial crises
( Elsevier Ltd , 2018 , Article)Using a sample of 100 countries from 1980 to 2015, this paper investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), imports, gross capital formation, and industry value-added on energy efficiency before and after the ... -
What drives Malaysian consumers’ organic food purchase intention? The role of moral norm, self-identity, environmental concern and price consciousness
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that may affect consumer intention and behaviour to purchase organic food in a non-western context. Design/methodology/approach Responses were obtained ... -
What it takes to succeed as an entrepreneur: the self-assessment
( Inderscience , 2020 , Article)This study explored the importance of passion, self-discipline, confidence and strong backbone of entrepreneurs in Qatar to be successful. In addition, the study explored the main drivers and obstacles that entrepreneur ... -
What Makes Customers More Engaged on Social Media? An Investigation of Customers’ Responses to Brand-Generated Content on Twitter
( Taylor & Francis , 2023 , Article)This study employs thematic content analysis to explore how the content source (brand vs. brands in collaboration with celebrities), content type (informative, social, and entertaining), and content format (videos, links, ... -
WhatsApp social media addiction and mental health: mindfulness and healing use interventions
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2023 , Article)Although past research has documented the effects of social media addiction on mental health, it remains unclear how and when such impacts occur. To fill this gap, we investigate the intervening mechanism of mindfulness ... -
When does uncertainty avoidance promote customer-to-customer intercultural service encounters?
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2019 , Article)Purpose: Previous literature has reported inconsistent findings regarding the impact of uncertainty avoidance (UA) on intercultural experiences. This includes positive, negative and insignificant associations between UA ... -
When Users Enjoy Using the System: The Case of AIS
( IGI Global , 2022 , Article)This study utilized an extended model of the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT2) to explore the factors influencing the future adoption of accounting information systems (AIS) by Qatari students. A ... -
Where does economic growth in the Middle Eastern and North African countries come from?
( Elsevier B.V. , 2019 , Article)This study focus on the debate related to the sources of economic growth to show whether it arises from technological progress, physical or human capital accumulation in a selected Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) ... -
Why do consumers buy counterfeit luxury products? A tale of two major cities in two different countries
( Emerald Publishing , 2020 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine customer attitudes toward purchasing counterfeit luxury products (ATPCLP) in two cities in two different countries (Saudi Arabia and Malaysia) by testing the relationships ... -
Why Gulf Rentier Economies Must Pursue Economic Diversification
( Springer , 2020 , Book chapter)Within the mandate of their national visions, GCC countries have announced several strategies to expand their manufacturing, tourism and financial activities (economic diversification). However, the path towards the ultimate ... -
Willingness to pay for contagious bovine pleuropneumonia vaccination in Narok South District of Kenya
( Elsevier , 2014 , Article)Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) is an economically important trans-boundary cattle disease which affects food security and livelihoods. A conjoint analysis-contingent valuation was carried out on 190 households ... -
Wind farms selection using geospatial technologies and energy generation capacity in Gwadar
( Elsevier , 2021 , Article)Pakistan has been a victim of energy crisis since last few decades. This energy crisis has adversely affected country’s socio-economic development and continues to do so. The continuously increasing demand–supply gap has ...