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The impact of ownership structure and corporate governance on capital structure decisions in the UAE
( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2022 , Article)This paper investigates how ownership and corporate governance influence the capital structure decisions within an emerging market context, namely the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from 2008 to 2019. We employ panel models ... -
Improving Quality and Operational Performance of Service Organizations: An Empirical Analysis Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Data of U.S. Firms
( IEEE , 2022 , Article)Research in quality management has provided new insights and directions on how to incorporate quality principles into organizational, operational, and policy decisions. However, most research into quality management has ... -
Individual entrepreneurial orientation, self-efficacy, and managerial skills for project performance: an integrated structural approach and analysis
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to investigate the effects of individual entrepreneurial orientation (IEO), entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) and entrepreneurial managerial skills (EMS) on project performance at both the ... -
Innovation and Smart Cities Research: A Review and Future Directions
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Book chapter)This chapter aims to review existing evidence and map research on innovation in smart cities. Based on data from 822 articles and chapters, bibliometric analyses were performed to capture descriptive statistics and key ... -
Integrating BPM & Management Information System Utilizing a Case Study
( Lambert Academic Publishing , 2014 , Book)This book is about integrating business process improvement and management information system approach to analyze, redesign and automate a program or process in an organization. The main goals of this approach are improving ... -
International entrepreneurial SMEs in the muslim world: The role of religion in the GCC countries
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)Recent studies examining the internationalisation of SMEs in emerging economies have observed that religion affects international market entry, which suggests that specific cultural aspects, such as religion, have not ... -
An investigation of the causality links in the balanced scorecard: The case of the Gulf Cooperation Council hospitality industry
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)In order to link different aspects of the balanced scorecard (BSC), i.e., learning, innovation, internal business, customer, and financial perspectives, Kaplan and Norton developed the concept of strategy maps to help ... -
Is digital gold a hedge, safe haven, or diversifier? An analysis of cryptocurrencies, DeFi tokens, and NFTs
( Taylor & Francis , 2024 , Article)The crypto assets market is growing rapidly, exposing investors to new risks. As a result, finding viable candidates to hedge and diversify crypto portfolios is a critical and timely topic. In this paper, we explore the ... -
Key determinants of SMEs’ export performance: a resource-based view and contingency theory approach using potential mediators
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2020 , Article)Purpose: Various barriers discourage small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from entering or expanding their export activities in the international markets, especially SMEs in emerging markets. The purpose of this study ... -
A literature review of the strategic decision-making context: A synthesis of previous mixed findings and an agenda for the way forward
( AIMS , 2020 , Article)The aim of this article is to conduct a comprehensive literature review concerning the influence of contextual factors on strategic decision processes. Our literature review organizes the existing literature on contextual ... -
Management research in the Arab World: What is now and what is next?
( Elsevier Inc. , 2020 , Article)Given the significant political and socio-economic transformations occurring in the challenging yet under-researched Arab world nowadays, this study seeks to (1) systematically review the literature in the leading mainstream ... -
Marketing intelligence and small firms' performance: the role of entrepreneurial alertness and effectuation
( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)Purpose: Knowledge of how entrepreneurial alertness (EA) and effectuation impact small firms' performance in uncertain markets is limited. Suggesting effectuation as a mediation mechanism between EA and small firms' ... -
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, ... -
Multi-criteria classification, sorting, and clustering: a bibliometric review and research agenda
( Springer Nature Switzerland AG. , 2022 , Article)Multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) has been increasingly adopted to solve decision-making problems involving multiple options and multiple criteria. These methods have been proven to improve the analytic rigor, ... -
Open Banking: The Emergence of New Digital Business Models
( World Scientific , 2020 , Article)Open banking has recently been advanced as a measure to foster competition and innovation in the retail banking sector. Since its introduction in the UK, a number of banks have created new digital business models (BMs) ... -
Organizational innovation and the role of strategic planning: the case of the Dubai hotel industry
( emerald insight , 2023 , Article)Purpose In today's dynamic and competitive environment, innovation is a key requirement for hotels to survive, be profitable and sustain their competitive advantages. However, because the study of innovation in the ... -
Our Sociomaterial Entanglement with AI
( Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences , 2024 , Article)Contrary to the frenzy of hyperbolic rhetoric preaching artificial intelligence (AI) as an economic imperative for nations, the way it is entangled with all aspects of our lives calls for inquiry into its meaning beyond a ... -
Policies and Programs to Stimulate Digital Transformation Among SMEs: Where Do We Go from Here?
( Springer Nature Switzerland AG , 2022 , Book chapter)To stimulate digital transformation among SMEs, institutions and governments have developed and implemented many policies and programs. This chapter reviews existing policies and programs, assesses their effectiveness, and ... -
Policy and practical implications for workforce nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to advance practice and research on workforce nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries through identifying relevant policy and practical implications needed to implement ... -
Political behavior does not (always) undermine strategic decision making: Theory and evidence
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)Political behavior pervades strategic decision-making, often damaging decision quality and undermining organizational performance. However, little is currently known about how top management teams (TMTs) cope with such ...