Studies in Business and Economics: Recent submissions

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    • Demographically Extended & State Specific Optimal Commodity Taxes for India 

      Seth, A. K.; Bhathnage, Ankur ( 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 

      Rahman, Zillur; Qureshi, M. N. ( 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). 

      El Omari, Hussein Abdulla ( 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 

      Burney, Mohammed A.; Sohail, M. Sadiq ( 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 

      Khareaim, Hamza Salim Lutfi ( 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 

      Abushawish, Zaki ( 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 

      Chang, Joshua; Samuel, Nicholas ( 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 

      Sadique M. Shibley; Shimon, Zubair Ahmed ( 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 

      Abugamea, Gaber Hussain ( 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 

      Abu Zarour, Bashar ( 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 

      Al-Shiab, Mohammad Salam; Bawnih, Shamsi ( 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 

      Kamrul Hassanm A. F. M. ( 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, ...

    • Monetary fundamentals and rupee-U.S.$ behaviour: an Indian evidence - pre and Post liberalization 

      Seth, A. K.; Panwar, Shalini ( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)
      The paper examines different forms of money demand functions and derives reduced for equations relating exchange rate with monetary and real fundamentals of two economies t currencies of which are being related. The paper ...

    • Economic Policies and the Possibilities of Unified GCC Currency 

      Abdul Qader, Khalid Shams; Shotar, Manhal M. ( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)
      The aim of this study is to identify the extent to which the GCC countries can adopt similar economic policies by the time the GCC unified currency is formed in 2010. Among other convergence standards, we examined the ...

    • Determination of Optimal Safety Stock Policies 

      Najdawi, Mohammad K.; Liberatore, Matthew J. ( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)
      Setting safety stock policies are especially important in the management of retail and wholesale inventories, as well as stores, spare parts, supply items, and in certain areas of production planning. From a practical ...

    • Compromise Management: Proposed Tool For Managing Tradeoffs 

      Derrabi, Mohamed; Leseure, Michel ( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)
      This paper is a conceptual sndy of trade-offs and compromises, both /rom the perspective of their formulation at the strategic level and of their daily use in worl<shops. It suggests tools that can be used for better ...

    • Dynamics of Financial Development in Co-Integrated Error Correction Mechanism (Ecm): Evidence from Bangladesh 

      Mohsin Ali, M.; Kamrul Hassan, A. F. M. ( Qatar University , 2008 , Article)
      This paper examines the factors that determine the level of financial development in Bangladesh. Three indicators of financial development are used as dependent variables: broad money, private credit and total bank ...

    • A Survey of Internet Financial Reporting in Bahrain. 

      Mohamed, Ehab; Oyelere, Peter ( Qatar University , 2008 , Article)
      This paper investigates the extent and variety of internet financial reporting (IFR) by companies listed on the Bahrain Stock Exchange (BSE). While IFR is fast becoming the norm in western countries, there is little empirical ...

    • Do Bubbles Equally Affect Japanese Bank Performance? 

      Abdel Azeez, A. A.; Younezawa, Yasuhiro ( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)
      Japanese banks experienced severe adverse shocks during the post bubble period due to the collapse of the so-called bubble economy. This paper investigates the performance of Japanese bank stocks in the bubble period and ...

    • Macroeconomic Determinants Of The Behavior of Kuwait Stock Exchange 

      Al Mutairi, Abdullah; Al Omar, Husain ( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)
      This paper is attempt to study the effect of macroeconomic variables and the behaviour of Kuwait stock exchange during the period from 1995 to 2005 using monthly data for both the market and its sub sectors. Interest rate, ...