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The impact of ownership structure and corporate governance on capital structure decisions in the UAE
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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 ...
The predictive ability of stock market factors
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Emerald Publishing Limited
, 2022 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to ask whether a range of stock market factors contain information that is useful to investors by generating a trading rule based on one-step-ahead forecasts from rolling and recursive regressions. ...
Multi-criteria classification, sorting, and clustering: a bibliometric review and research agenda
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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, ...
Strategic Decision Making and Implementation in Public Organizations in the Gulf Cooperation Council: The Role of Procedural Rationality
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American Society for Public Administration
, 2022 , Article)
Based on Herbert Simon's conceptualization of bounded rationality, this article develops and tests an integrative model of the strategic decision-making process (SDMP) and outcomes in public organizations. The model ...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Implementation: A Review and a Research Agenda Towards an Integrative Framework
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Springer Nature B.V.
, 2022 , Article)
In spite of accruing concerted scholarly and managerial interest since the 1950s in corporate social responsibility (CSR), its implementation is still a growing topic as most of it remains academically unexplored. As CSR ...
Policy and practical implications for workforce nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
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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 ...
Terrorist attacks and bank financial stability: evidence from MENA economies
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
, 2022 , Article)
This study examines the impact of terrorism on bank stability, represented by bank risk and financial performance. We consider banks from 14 countries located in the Middle East and North Africa region for the period ...
How Do SMEs Decide on International Market Entry? An Empirical Examination in the Middle East
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Elsevier Inc.
, 2022 , Article)
This study contributes to the scant literature that scrutinises the decision-making process preceding foreign entries, particularly in the Middle Eastern context. While considerable research has examined the content and ...
What determines a positive attitude towards natural food products? An expectancy theory approach.
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Elsevier
, 2021 , Article)
Natural food products are becoming increasingly popular worldwide due to their health and environmental benefits. However, these products' increasing anecdotal popularity has not translated into their widespread adoption; ...
Do quality and business excellence models improve quality and operational results in educational organizations? A repeated cross-sectional analysis
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Springer Nature
, 2022 , Article)
Improving quality and operational practices in education organizations and developing a culture of continuous improvement are crucial yet challenging endeavors because of the complex nature of education organizations. While ...