Management & Marketing: Recent submissions
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Class-time utilization in business schools in Tunisia
( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)Tunisian Universities, like many other universities in the developing countries, do not adopt any textbooks and rather rely on classrooms as the main learning resource for the students. This study is concerned with observing ... -
Implementing traceability in Indian food-supply chains: An interpretive structural modeling approach
( Routledge , 2016 , Article)Traceability in food-supply chains is an emerging issue due to increased awareness of consumers about food safety and the nature of food-supply chains that have become globalized. To implement traceability, there is a need ... -
The principles of Islamic marketing
( Taylor and Francis Inc. , 2016 , Book)The Principles of Islamic Marketing fills a gap in international business literature covering the aspects and values of Islamic business thought. It provides a framework and practical perspectives for understanding and ... -
The role of fMRI in detecting attitude toward brand switching: an exploratory study using high technology products
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that underpin consumer attitude toward switching a product brand, using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study brain activity during the ... -
IT outsourcing intent in academic institutions in GCC countries: An empirical investigation and multi-criteria decision model for vendor selection
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to understand the reasons behind the intent for information technology (IT) outsourcing in academic institutions in GCC countries. It also aims to develop a multi-criteria decision ... -
Creating value from business intelligence systems investments
( Taylor and Francis , 2017 , Book chapter)Both academics and practitioners have recognized the value of business intelligence systems (BI systems, hereafter) to enhance planning, control, decision-making, and organizational performance. This value stems from the ... -
Educational outcomes and labour market based on supply and demand: A Qatari perspective
( Taylor and Francis , 2017 , Book chapter)This article investigates the question of what are the stock and current flow of educational outcomes in Qatar and to what extent such outcomes are linked to the labour market and hence provide it with required skills. The ... -
A cognitive analytics management framework (CAM-part 1): SAMAS components, leadership, frontier performance growth, and sustainable shared value
( IGI Global , 2017 , Book chapter)In this chapter, the current world's challenges, shortcomings of strategic performance measurement, and management methodologies are analyzed to introduce the new Cognitive Analytics Management (CAM) framework. CAM uses ... -
Cultural integration with strategic decision-making process in determining innovation performance: Evidence from an Arab country setting
( IGI Global , 2017 , Book chapter)This chapter presents an empirical study that examines the co-alignment between the Strategic Decision-Making Process (SDMP) and cultural contextual factors in developing a more completely specified model of innovation ... -
Impact of Shari’ah on Consumers’ Behavior Toward Sales Promotion Tools: Focus on Egyptian Convenience Products
( Routledge , 2017 , Article)This study measures to what extent compliance with Shari'ah moderates the relationship between different sales promotion tools-namely, price discount, product demonstration and sampling, buy one get one free (bonus pack), ... -
SME international business models: The role of context and experience
( Elsevier Inc. , 2017 , Article)This paper addresses two questions through a study of 180 SMEs located in contrasting industry and home country contexts. First, which business models for international markets prevail among SMEs and do they configure into ... -
The impact of economic development on environmental degradation in Qatar
( Springer New York LLC , 2017 , Article)This study investigates the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) hypothesis by employing the ecological footprint (EF) as an indicator of environmental degradation in Qatar over the 1980?2011 period. The results of the ... -
Supply chain management through the stochastic goal programming model
( Springer New York LLC , 2017 , Article)Supply chain (SC) design problems are often characterized with uncertainty related to the decision-making parameters. The stochastic goal programming (SGP) was one of the aggregating procedures proposed to solve the SC ... -
Fuzzy chance-constrained goal programming model for multi-attribute financial portfolio selection
( Springer New York LLC , 2017 , Article)The aim of this paper is to propose a fuzzy chance constrained goal programming model for solving a multi-attribute financial portfolio selection problem under two types of uncertainty namely randomness and fuzziness. The ... -
Fuzzy goal programming model for classification problems
( Springer New York LLC , 2017 , Article)The aim of this paper is to propose a new approach, based on fuzzy goal programming, for classification problems where the cut-off value c corresponding to the discriminant axe is considered as imprecise. The fuzziness was ... -
Building ambidextrous supply chains in SMEs: How to tackle the barriers?
( IGI Global , 2017 , Article)Ambidexterity involves developing competencies to excel simultaneously on the exploration and exploitation dimensions. Few studies in literature discuss ambidexterity in a supply chain context. The research presented in ... -
Image transfer from malls to stores and its influence on shopping values and mall patronage: The role of self-congruity
( Elsevier Ltd , 2017 , Article)Little research attention has been paid to the image transference from a shopping mall to its stores. The study reported in this article proposes an integrative model dealing with the image transference phenomenon from ... -
A longitudinal study of e-government maturity
( Elsevier B.V. , 2017 , Article)We assembled a panel data set for the period 2002-2008 and fitted a mixed-effects regression model to study how the maturity of e-Government around the globe was influenced by changing levels of affluence, information ... -
An integrated approach of data envelopment analysis and boosted generalized linear mixed models for efficiency assessment
( Springer New York LLC , 2017 , Article)Performance evaluation is an important part in the management of any decision-making unit (DMU) as it identifies sources of managerial inefficiencies and provides a policy for inefficient DMUs to improve their efficiency. ... -
Beyond Brand Personality: Building Consumer-Brand Emotional Relationship
( Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd , 2017 , Article)This research aims to study the relationships between brand personality and commitment towards brands. More specifically, the study objective is to determine whether brand personality is the antecedent of brand love, and ...