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Implementation of bioenergy systems towards achieving United Nations' sustainable development goals in rural Bangladesh
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MDPI AG
, 2019 , Article)
This research presents a conceptual model to illustrate how people living in rural areas can harness bioenergy to create beneficial 'community-driven' income-generating activities. The research is contextualised within the ...
An assessment of performance appraisal satisfaction levels among physicians: investigation from the healthcare sector in Qatar
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Growing Science
, 2019 , Article)
Performance appraisal is an ongoing process between managers and employees. In fact, the fairer the process in designing the performance appraisal, the better the employee satisfaction. However, realizing fairness in ...
Organizing ERP research: a knowledge-centric approach
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to gain insight into enterprise resource planning (ERP) research by framing ERP intellectual contributions using a knowledge-centric taxonomy that was originally proposed as an organizing ...
Dynamic risk spillovers and portfolio risk management between precious metals and global foreign exchange markets
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This study examines portfolio management and risk spillovers between four major precious metals (gold, silver, palladium and platinum) and 20 important U.S. exchange markets. To this end, we employ the multivariate DECO-GARCH ...
The impact of business and political news on the GCC stock markets
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Elsevier
, 2020 , Article)
This paper investigates the impact of business and political news on stock market returns in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. For this purpose, it employs a Markov switching model including a separate index ...
Investigating the key determinants of Muslim ethical consumption behaviour amongst affluent Qataris
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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 ...
Does Official development assistance for health from developed countries displace government health expenditure in sub-saharan countries?
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Economics Bulletin
, 2016 , Article)
This paper empirically examines the foreign aid fungibility in the health sector of 45 Sub-Saharan countries over the period of 1995-2012. The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of foreign health aid on government ...
Matching organizational frame of reference and business strategy with contemporary marketing practices: Evidence from Arab world
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate diversity of marketing practices of firms operating in the same environment, by identifying how management perception and business strategy (BS) fits with the choice of ...
E-voting adoption in a developing country
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present factors that affect e-voting adoption in the Middle East and, in particular, Jordan. Changing the election voting method for the people in Jordan from traditional voting to ...
Extending the utaut model to understand the customers' acceptance and use of internet banking in lebanon a structural equation modeling approach
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2016 , Article)
Purpose - A number of studies have shown that internet banking (IB) implementation is not only determined by banks or government support, but also by perceptions and experience of IB users. IB studies have showed encouraging ...