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Exchange rate pass-through and inflation dynamics in Tunisia: A Markov-switching approach
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Kiel Institute for the World Economy
, 2013 , Article)
This paper studies the effect of exchange rate pass-through on inflation in Tunisia for the period 2001 to 2009. The objective is to track inflation regimes for the Tunisian economy and to forecast its determinants. Using ...
Understanding challenges to food security in dry Arab micro-states: Evidence from Qatari micro-data
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Walter de Gruyter
, 2013 , Article)
Using Qatar as a case study, we exploit a novel microdata set for 102 raw agricultural imported commodities on a shipment-by-shipment basis over the period January 1, 2005 to June 30, 2010. The data comprise over half a ...
Islamic Arab hospitality and multiculturalism
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SAGE
, 2013 , Article)
This ethnographic study in Qatar and United Arab Emirates addresses a particular Islamic consumptionscape as well as a related commodified practice: that of Arab hospitality. This much vaunted Arab virtue is examined in ...
Timetabling hub-and-spoke parcel distribution inter-facility network
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Inderscience Publishers Ltd
, 2013 , Article)
This paper introduces an important problem encountered when designing hub-and-spoke parcel distribution network. This problem, which comes after generating the network design and before implementing it, is concerned with ...
One Arab woman's journey to entrepreneurship: a case study
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Inderscience
, 2013 , Article)
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is pegged as a highly opportunistic market. The region's unique demographics include a native population that is in the minority and high numbers of women involved in entrepreneurial activities. ...
The elicitation of key performance indicators of e-Government providers: A bottom-up approach
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European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems
, 2013 , Conference Paper)
Delivering an adequate e-Government service (e-service) is becoming more of a necessity in today's digital world. In order to improve e-services and increase the engagement of both users' and providers' side, studies on ...
On the relative efficiency of conventional and Islamic banks: a DEA-window approach
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Inderscience
, 2013 , Article)
This paper explores the relative efficiency of 65 conventional and Islamic banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) over the period from 2002 to 2010. The empirical results ...
Does Government Ownership and Disclosure Affect Performance and Stability of the GCC Banking Sector?
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Cambridge Research Science Institute
, 2013 , Article)
This paper studies empirically the effect of government ownership and the level of disclosure on the performance and the stability of banks, controlling for regulations, concentration, bank and country specific characteristics. ...
Mismanagement or mismeasurement: The application of DEA to generate performance values and insights from big data
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IGI Global
, 2013 , Book chapter)
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a well-known frontier valuation method to assess the performance of set of Decision Making Units (DMUs). It derives an overall performance for each DMU based on its efficiency relative ...
Just Falafel: a success story of an international expansion
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2013 , Article)
Subject area: Entrepreneurship, strategic management and international business management. Study level/applicability: This case is intended for teaching entrepreneurship, strategic management, international business courses ...