Management & Marketing: Recent submissions
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Internet marketing adoption by iranian distribution industry: An attempt to understand the reality
( IGI Global , 2018 , Article Review)This article describes how although the internet has become a significant platform for the advancement of marketing strategies and developments, there have been inadequate empirical research efforts concerning its adoption ... -
Is internet reporting useful? Evidence from Egypt
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the views of 18 users and preparers regarding the corporate internet reporting (CIR) practices of companies listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX). Design/methodol ... -
A comparative analysis of the UN declaration, global business compact, and religious morals in determining global values for business and their application to Islamic marketing
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose The continued rise of the multinational and debate as to what constitutes global business values is predicated on the UN Declaration and Global Business Compact. This research suggests both documents explicitly ... -
Corporate governance and voluntary risk and forward-looking disclosures
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of corporate governance on risk and forward-looking disclosures in Qatar. Design/methodology/approach The authors automatically measure levels of risk and ... -
Rapid Alignment of Resources and Capabilities in Time-Bound Networks: A Theoretical Proposition
( Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management , 2018 , Article)Researchers studying the alignment of business resources usually focus on business cases that inherently have continuous interactions built on long-term relationships at the firm level, dyadic level, or broader network ... -
Technology Adoption and Diffusion: A New Application of the UTAUT Model
( World Scientific Publishing Co.Pte Ltd , 2018 , Article)Diffusion of innovation is a key challenge for organizations; it brings social change that alters a system's structure and how it operates. Most of the studies in this area have focused on the information and communication ... -
How the young adult consumer segment responds to trusty and committed marketing relationship
( Wiley-LissInc. , 2018 , Article)Service providers build relationship with their customers for mutual satisfaction and benefits. However, little is known about the relational antecedents and outcomes of relationship satisfaction among young adult consumers. ... -
Causal relationships of moral hazard and adverse selection of Ghanaian Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) construction projects
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: The purpose of this paper was to assess the causal relationship(s) between moral hazard and adverse selection of public' private partnership (PPP) construction projects. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was ... -
An empirical examination of moral hazards and adverse selection on PPP projects: A case study of Ghana
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2018 , Article)Purpose: Failures of public?private partnership (PPP) projects are often ascribed to the agency problem, which arise under conditions of inadequate and asymmetric information when a principal (the client) hires an agent ... -
Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer, and Local Production to Increase Access to Medicines
(2018 , Presentation)Outlines: * INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP): THE CONCEPT *QATAR and IP * WIPO *QATAR’S OTHER MEMBERSHIPS *Patent Cooperation Treaty *INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS OF QATAR * TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (TT) IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL ... -
Social media: Adoption and legal issues impact on business innovation
( Inderscience , 2015 , Article)Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. This study explored the impact of the social media adoption, and the related legal issues on the business innovation within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), particularly ... -
A Qatari perspective on women in the engineering pipeline: an exploratory study
( Taylor & Francis , 2010 , Article)Under-representation of women in engineering has received a great deal of attention, but remained limited largely to a Western context. Thus, this article aims to unveil the barriers to progress, tracking the performance ... -
An extension of consumer environmental behavior research among expatriates
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2014 , Article)A wealth of research has explored different configurations of consumer environmental beliefs, attitudes, and values, and their influence on consumer environmental behavior. It is essential that a more comprehensive ... -
An empirical investigation of quality performance expectations in the software industry: A gap analysis approach
( Inderscience , 2014 , Article)The assessment of quality is pervasive but vital in organisations. It is particularly important in the design of an effective quality management system. The assessment is often considered from the perspective of fulfilling ... -
Brand switching of high-technology capital products: How product features dictate the switching decision
( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2014 , Article)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that underpin brand switching of medical imaging products by mass-market users. Most of the literature on brand switching is focused on competitive market ... -
An exploratory study of the determinants of the quality of strategic decision implementation in Turkish industrial firms
( Braybrooke Press , 2014 , Article)This paper investigates the determinants of quality of decision implementation. By drawing on a sample of 116 firms located in Turkey, the authors test whether the features of important team processes (i.e. trust and ... -
Modeling the enablers of organizational commitment
( Emerald Group Publishing , 2014 , Article)Purpose: Organizational commitment (OC) has important implications for both individuals and organizational outcomes. This paper aims to present an approach to understand the dynamics between various enablers that help to ... -
India shining? A two-wave study of business constraints upon micro and small manufacturing firms in India
( Sage Publications , 2014 , Article)The national marketing slogan 'India Shining' was launched in 2004 by the Indian government to showcase rapid economic growth; around the same time, a number of new policy measures to promote small businesses were introduced ... -
Financial portfolio management through the goal programming model: Current state-of-the-art
( Elsevier B.V. , 2014 , Article)Since Markowitz (1952) formulated the portfolio selection problem, many researchers have developed models aggregating simultaneously several conflicting attributes such as: the return on investment, risk and liquidity. The ... -
Customer relationship building: The role of brand attractiveness and consumer-brand identification
( Elsevier B.V. , 2016 , Article)Building enduring relationships with consumers is a key marketing objective for most firms, but how can they develop such relationships? Drawing on social identity and self-verification theories, this research postulates ...