Studies in Business and Economics: Recent submissions
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Project Management Performance Drivers
( Qatar University , 2010 , Article)The practice of project management has gained enormous importance over the past several years in various business industries. “In industries as diverse as pharmaceuticals, software, and aerospace, projects drive business” ... -
Optimal Pricing and order quantity strategies for a firm offering multiple products facing customers cannibalization and random market demand
( Qatar University , 2010 , Article)This paper studies a firm’s profitability problem offering its products into different market segments at differentiated prices. In order to improve the firms’ profitability the firm needs to decide the prices and order ... -
The Impact of Innovation in Jordanian Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries on Export Performance
( Qatar University , 2012 , Article)Innovation has long been considered an important factor for creating and maintaining the competitiveness of the firms. Common knowledge stands that innovation is the cause of the increase of exports. However, contradicting ... -
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC SECTOR BUDGET DEFICITS: THE CASE OF NIGERIA
( Qatar University , 2010 , Article)The main focus of the paper is to analyze the effects of both economic and political variables on public sector budget deficits. The econometric results show that the main determinants of budget deficits include international ... -
Capital Budgeting Practices: The Case of Qatar
( Qatar University , 2010 , Article)The purpose of this project was to investigate the capital budgeting practice in the largest firms in Qatar. A survey was conducted of the 170 largest firms and corporations. A total of 55 completed surveys were received, ... -
Some Determinants of Student Performance in Principles of Financial Accounting (II) – Further Evidence from Kuwait
( Qatar University , 2012 , Article)The purpose of this study was to perform an empirical investigation of the influence of select factors on the academic performance of students studying Principles of Financial Accounting (II). This study attempts to fill ... -
Trade Liberalization and Economic Diversification: A Dynamic CGE Model for The Economy of Qatar
( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)This paper develops a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for Qatar with the view of getting some insights into the working of this a small open oil dependent economy. The model addresses three important ... -
The Contagion "Disease" that affects Foreign direct investment In the MENA countries
( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)This paper aims to analyze the dynamic relationship between foreign direct investmer and different kinds of risks in the MENA countries, using the vector autoregressive tec\ on the country level for 11 MENA countries during ... -
Demographically Extended & State Specific Optimal Commodity Taxes for India
( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)This paper attempts to provide conclusive evidence of regional variations in demand be¬haviour in India using the Restricted Non Linear Preference System. Also the importance of household composition is brought out clearly ... -
INTEGRATING THE SUPPLY CHAIN FLOWS FOR BUSINESS EFFECTIVENESS
( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)Every transaction, toward physical exchange of goods involves flows of information, material, money, manpower and capital equipment, wherein flows involving information, material and money are vital to maneuver. The exchange ... -
The Impact of Country of Origin on Emiratis' Perception of products: The case of the Emirate of Dubai (UAE).
( Qatar University , 2008 , Article)The main aim of this study is to investigate the impact of country of origin on Emiratis' perception of products in the Emirate of Dubai. With this issue in mind, this study was carried out in the Burjuman Shopping Centre ... -
In pursuit of globalization: Learning from the hard lessons
( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)Companies that are successful in their local markets often assume that the ingredients behind that success should enable them to expand around the world. But such thinking can be grossly mistaken. There is multitude of ... -
Jordanian Consumers' Complaint Behavior
( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)The objective of this paper is to examine consumer complaint behavior (CCB) post-purchase dissatisfaction, which is a critical factor for business firms pursuing consumers' retention. Marketers should encourage consumer ... -
Perceptions of Internal Audit Quality in U.K. Private Sector firms under TQM Regimes
( Qatar University , 2008 , Article)This research attempted to contribute to the development of knowledge within the domain of perceptions of internal audit quality, especially in U.K. private sector firms under Total Quality Management (TQM) regimes utilizing ... -
Why Purchase Online? An Empirical Study of Australian Internet Shoppers
( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)The reach of the Internet as a shopping medium has provided shoppers with significant benefits over traditional storefront shopping in terms of time saving, cheaper products, and product selection. This creates a need for ... -
Long Memory in Stock Returns: Evidence from The Dhaka Stock Exchange
( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)This study examines the long memory property in the weekly return series and its certain transformations of the Dhaka Stock Exchange over the period of January 1989 to January 2004. Well-known methods for detecting the ... -
Palestinian import - export trade modeling For the period 1968-1998, an application of seemingly unrelated regression equations
( Qatar University , 2008 , Article)Over the past three decades the Palestinian areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip experienced the impacts of compulsory integration into the Israeli economy in the aftermath of the occupation of the area by Israel in 1967. ... -
The Halloween Effect Anomaly: Evidence from Some Arab Countries Equity Markets
( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)This paper examines the existence of the Halloween effect for some Arab countries equity markets. The data set used in this study constitutes of daily stock prices for 9 Arab equity markets in the Middle East region. ... -
Determinants of Financial Leasing Development in Jordan
( Qatar University , 2008 , Article)Lease finance is being used increasingly to acquire items of industrial equipment where use is more crucial than ownership. The study presents a comprehensive overview on the state of the leasing market in Jordan in terms ... -
Determinants of Current Account Deficit in Developing Countries: The Case of Bangladesh
( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)Co-integration and Error Correction Model (ECM) are employed to study the behavior of Current Account Deficit (CAD) of Bangladesh and its determinants. The determinants of CAD include budget surplus, domestic saving, ...
