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A novel proof of useful work for a blockchain storing transportation transactions
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Elsevier
, 2022 , Article)
Proof-of-Work (PoW) is a common mechanism used to validate peer-to-peer transactions and maintain highly secured immutability of the blockchain. However, this mechanism has been criticized due to its inefficient use of ...
Taxation in Qatar: An Abadi (Non-Finite) Vehicle for Economic Diversification?
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SSRN
, 2020 , Article)
In December 2018, Qatar introduced a package of tax reforms that represents a major move towards diversifying government revenue and achieving its vision of becoming an advanced country by 2030. This article argues that ...
M-government trust framework: deployment of an empirical study amongst Jordanian youth
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Emerald Insight
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to debate the main factors influencing trust in mobile government (m-government) in the developing country of Jordan. The transformation from government services offered through a government website ...
Female representation on the board of directors and accrual quality within the context of cultural dimensions and accounting values
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Emerald Insight
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: This study aims to bridge the gap in the scarce and inconclusive literature concerning the impact of gender diversity on earnings quality by positioning this relationship within an institutional context. It aims ...
Exploring the role of innovation in the level of readiness to adopt IPSAS
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Emerald Insight
, 2020 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the level of readiness of the public sector in Qatar to adopt International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), based on the innovation diffusion theory. The ...
Empowering employees: the other side of electronic performance monitoring
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Emerald Insight
, 2020 , Article)
Purpose: Advances in electronic performance monitoring (EPM) have raised employees’ concerns regarding the invasion of privacy and erosion of trust. On the other hand, EPM promises to improve performance and processes. ...
Blockchain as a mean to secure Internet of Things ecosystems – a systematic literature review
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Emerald Insight
, 2021 , Article)
Purpose: Blockchain is evolving to become a platform for securing Internet of things (IoT) ecosystems. Still, challenges remain. The purpose of this literature review is to highlight the applicability of blockchain as a ...
Positive sentiments as coping mechanisms and path to resilience: the case of Qatar blockade
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Taylor & Francis
, 2020 , Article)
Existing research on coping accentuates the role of positive emotions as defensive mechanisms to cope with stressful situations and the ensuing negative emotions. The same literature justifies the long-term effects of ...
The moderating effect of individual differences on the acceptance and use of internet banking: A developing country perspective
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IGI Global
, 2020 , Article)
This research examines factors influencing the acceptance of internet banking (IB) in Lebanon. It extends the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) model by including trust as a proxy and then investigates ...
Analysis of the resilience of the Turkey tourism industry to exogenous shocks: new evidence from a NARDL model
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Taylor & Francis
, 2022 , Article)
This paper analyses the resilience of the Turkey tourism industry to exogenous shocks over the period from January 1997 to December 2018. Using the nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag model, our results show strong ...