Management & Marketing: Recent submissions
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Political Contingency and the Implementation of Qatarization
( Qatar University , 2011 , Article)This paper represents an exploratory study that examines political contingency in a less liberal regulatory regime such as the ‘positive state’ or the ‘developmental state’. As an example of a state-led policy, the ... -
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” ... -
Profiling consumers: A study of Qatari consumers’ shopping motivations
( Elsevier Ltd , 2006 , Article)The paper investigates reasons consumers go shopping in Doha, Qatar. Four hundred supermarket shoppers completed self-administered surveys regarding their attitudes toward 57 individual shopping motivation items. The paper ... -
The effect of corporate branding dimensions on consumers' product evaluation: A cross-cultural analysis
( Emerald Group Publishing Limited , 2006 , Article)Purpose - The paper aims to investigate both Western and Eastern corporate branding thoughts and examine the interrelation among four corporate branding dimensions (i.e. corporate name, image, reputation and loyalty) and ... -
The influence of attraction on internet banking: An extension to the trust-relationship commitment model
( Emerald Group Publishing Limited , 2006 , Article)Purpose - This research in this paper aims to investigate and extend the trust-relationship commitment model to an internet banking setting by adding attraction as a new factor. Design/methodology/approach - The paper shows ... -
The implementation of world class manufacturing techniques in Egyptian manufacturing firms: An empirical study
( Emerald Group Publishing Limited , 2007 , Article)Purpose - The purposes of this paper are to illustrate how the world class manufacturing (WCM) techniques which could be described as outperforming the industry's global best practices have been implemented in the Egyptian ... -
The impact of organizational characteristics on AMT adoption: A study of Egyptian manufacturers
( Emerald Group Publishing Limited , 2007 , Article)Purpose - This research seeks to empirically explore and examine the impact of organizational characteristics, i.e. firm size, type of production system, organizational design and type of ownership, on advanced manufacturing ... -
Do general indexes mask sectoral efficiencies?: A multiple variance ratio assessment of Middle Eastern equity markets
( Emerald Group Publishing Limited , 2008 , Article)Purpose - The purpose of the paper is to attempt to shed light on whether the use of general indexes may mask sectoral efficiencies by investigating the random walk (RW) and weak-form efficiency (WFE) hypotheses in the ... -
Critical success factors for TQM implementation and their impact on performance of SMEs
( Emerald Group Publishing Limited , 2009 , Article)Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical success factors of TQM implementation, to evaluate their impact on the primary measures as expressed by the operational performance and the secondary ... -
JIT implementation in Egyptian manufacturing firms: some empirical evidence
( Emerald Group Publishing Limited , 2005 , Article)Abstract: Purpose – This study aims to delineate the major human modifications to be undertaken prior to just-in-time (JIT) implementation in Egyptian manufacturing firms; to discern the benefits obtained from JIT ...
