College of Business and Economics: Recent submissions
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The effect of cultural tightness-looseness on fraud perception in insurance services
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how cultural tightness may influence consumers' attitudes toward insurance services and occurrence of insurance fraud. Design/methodology/approach: Drawing on Gelfand ... -
Employee Perceptions of Electronic Performance Monitoring: A Multi-Level Analysis
( Springer , 2023 , Conference)Research on Electronic Performance Monitoring (EPM) has taken an integrative perspective toward employee perception of the technology without consideration of the effect of organizational culture and specifically subcultures ... -
Modeling and forecasting electricity consumption amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Machine learning vs. nonlinear econometric time series models
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Accurately modeling and forecasting electricity consumption remains a challenging task due to the large number of the statistical properties that characterize this time series such as seasonality, trend, sudden changes, ... -
Subsidies vs. deposits and cost inefficiency in microfinance
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Lending tiny loans to poor clients lacking credit history and enough collateral is an expensive business for microfinance institutions (MFIs). Minimizing cost inefficiency is important if MFIs are to meet their dual mission ... -
Assessing customer passion, commitment, and word-of-mouth intentions in digital assistant usage: The moderating role of technology anxiety
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)Consumers develop a passion for the use of innovations, which is a critical determinant of their success. Research has largely examined drivers of initial acceptance of digital assistants (DAs) and has yet to fully understand ... -
The late payment epidemic in UK construction
( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)Purpose: The UK government has elaborated the effect of late payment on the economy, with its impact on the construction sector being particularly pronounced. This paper aims to evaluate the late payment epidemic that ... -
Studying the Joint Effects of Perceived Service Quality, Perceived Benefits, and Environmental Concerns in Sustainable Travel Behavior: Extending the TPB
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2023 , Article)The importance of the sustainability concept has gained increasing attention from scholars and practitioners. In this context, the aim of this study was to examine the determinants of intention to continue to use the new ... -
A blockchain-based framework to optimize shipping container flows in the hinterland
(2023 , Article)We address two interrelated issues affecting the hinterland portion of the maritime container supply chain: reducing the movement of empty containers and reducing empty trips by trucks carrying these containers. In this ... -
Are millennials in Qatar making m-commerce the future of online shopping?
( Inderscience Publishers , 2023 , Article)The emergence of mobile commerce has revolutionised consumers’ buying behaviour, particularly among millennials known to be the key driver of the on-demand economy. This study explored the online purchasing behaviour of ... -
State-owned enterprises' board characteristics and audit fees: an international perspective in view of economic freedom, political democracy and protection of minority shareholders
( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)Purpose: The paper examines the relationship between board effectiveness and audit fees for state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Furthermore, given the unique nature of SOEs, the paper assesses country-level influences, such ... -
Applications of Industry 4.0 digital technologies towards a construction circular economy: gap analysis and conceptual framework
( emerald insight , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to explore the emerging relationship between Industry 4.0 (I4.0) digital technologies (e.g. blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI)) and the construction industry’s ... -
Shaping Sustainable Entrepreneurial Intentions among Business Graduates in Developing Countries through Social Media Adoption: A Moderating-Mediated Mechanism in Pakistan
( MDPI , 2023 , Article)Entrepreneurship is crucial for alleviating job challenges among business graduates and for sustaining a growing local economy. However, different factors support and encourage students to be entrepreneurs. Modern technologies ... -
The impact of Twitter-based sentiment on US sectoral returns
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This paper scrutinizes the effect of Twitter-based sentiment on US sectoral returns using data from between 21 June 2010 and 13 April 2020. We apply causality in quantiles as a non-parametric measure, followed by a rolling ... -
Do oil shocks affect the green bond market?
( Elsevier , 2022 , Article)This study examines the predictive power of oil shocks for the green bond markets. In line with this aim, we investigated the extent to which oil shocks could be used to accurately make in- and out-of-sample forecasts for ... -
Conditional dependence structure and risk spillovers between Bitcoin and fiat currencies
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)This paper investigates the extreme dependence and risk spillovers between Bitcoin and the currencies of the BRICS and G7 economies. We find time-varying dependence between Bitcoin and all currencies. Moreover, when analysing ... -
A Conceptual Framework of Customer Value Proposition of CCU-Formic Acid Product
( Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) , 2022 , Article)This paper aims to develop a comprehensive conceptual framework of the customer value proposition of formic acid as an actual outcome of carbon capture and utilization (CCU) to support clean production and environmental ... -
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 ... -
Structured knowledge creation for Urdu language: A DBpedia approach
( Wiley-Blackwell , 2023 , Article)Wikipedia information is extracted by DBpedia and linked to other web resources as Linked Open Data, which is an important contribution to the field of semantics. As part of its internationalisation endeavour, DBpedia now ... -
Modelling the adoption of agro-advisory mobile applications: a theoretical extension and analysis using result demonstrability, trust, self-efficacy and mobile usage proficiency
( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to explore the determinants of intention towards the use of agro-advisory mobile applications by extending the technology acceptance model (TAM) with addition of the following constructs: result ... -
The Asymmetric Effects of Government Expenditure Shocks on Private Consumption: Evidence from Arab Resource-Rich Countries
( Feng Chia University , 2022 , Article)This paper aims to examine the asymmetric impact of government expenditure shocks on private consumption in Arab resource-rich countries, particularly the Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC), using the Nonlinear ARDL ...
