Qatar University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Financial performance and carbon emission disclosure
(2024 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to investigate the impact of financial performance on carbon emission disclosure. Design/methodology/approach: The study uses ordinary least squares (OLS) multiple regression analysis on a sample ... -
Financial literacy, financial development, and leverage of small firms
( Elsevier Inc , 2023 , Article)This study examines the relationship between financial literacy and the leverage of small firms, specifically of the legal forms, sole proprietorships, and partnerships. Using a cross-section of 73,302 firms in 22 countries, ... -
Stereotyping human-like virtual influencers in retailing: Does warmth prevail over competence?
( Elsevier , 2023 , Article)Building upon the Stereotype Content Model (SCM), the current research provides insights into how virtual influencers (VIs) influence consumer responses. More specifically, it investigates the associations between the VI's ... -
Selection of a smart and secure education school system based on the internet of things using entropy and TOPSIS approaches
(2024 , Article)ContextThe Internet of Things (IoT) is playing an important role in the development of cars, smart homes and schools. Schools are using IoT technology to enhance student learning, digitize traditional learning and improve ... -
Risk disclosure, earnings smoothing and firm perceived risk
( Emerald Publishing , 2024 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to examine the association between perceived firm risk and two reporting mechanisms: risk disclosure and earnings smoothing in the UK context. Design/methodology/approach: This study juxtaposes ... -
Reevaluating national innovation systems: An index based on dynamic-network data envelopment analysis
( Elsevier , 2024 , Article)The aim of this study is to propose a novel analytical framework to evaluate the national innovation system (NIS) based on dynamic-network data envelopment analysis. This framework is then applied to a sample of 23 countries ... -
Exploring verbal, interpersonal, and visual intelligences in accounting education: Effects on student learning and performance
( Elsevier Ltd , 2024 , Article)We examine the relationship between three dimensions of Multiple Intelligence (MI) and student performance using two assignments. Utilizing mixed research design, we not only confirm the existing relationship between ... -
Exploring the integration of ChatGPT in education: adapting for the future
( Emerald Publishing , 2024 , Article)Purpose: This article aims to explore the advantages of integrating a new generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology in education. It investigates the use of ChatGPT in personalized learning, assessment and content ... -
Optimizing marine vehicles industry: A Hybrid Analytical Hierarchy Process and Addtive Ratio Assessment approach for evaluating and selecting IoT-based marine vehicles
( Taylor and Francis , 2024 , Article)Rapid developments in the Internet of Things (IoT) have opened the door for game-changing applications in numerous sectors, especially the vehicle industry. There is a rising demand for efficient assessment and decision-making ... -
Numerical simulation for fractional optimal control problems via euler wavelets
( Institute of Physics Publishing , 2024 , Article)This paper suggests employing Euler wavelets to provide a precise and effective computational approach for certain fractional optimal control problems. The primary objective of the approach is to transform the fractional ... -
New Dimensions for Physical Layer Secret Key Generation: Excursion Lengths-Based Key Generation
( Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) , 2024 , Article)Physical Layer-based Secret Key Generation (PLSKG) between the legitimate nodes from the reciprocal wireless channel is a vastly studied area of Physical Layer Security (PLS). PLSKG aims to secure the wireless link between ... -
Modeling security evaluation framework for IoHT-driven systems using integrated decision-making methodology
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)The intensification of the Internet of Health Things devices created security concerns due to the limitations of these devices and the nature of the healthcare data. While dealing with the security challenges, several ... -
Mortgage debt and domestic and outbound travel expenditures: International evidence
( SAGE , 2024 , Article)We explore the relationship between the mortgage debt of households and their spending on domestic and outbound tourism and travel. We estimate a dynamic panel data model for a sample of 27 countries for 2010-2021, and ... -
Examining the impact of ecological deficit on life expectancy in GCC countries: a nonlinear panel data investigation
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries have witnessed remarkable economic growth over recent decades. Arguably, this progress of these major oil and natural gas producers has come to the detriment of the environment ... -
Embedded SDGs in undergraduate business sustainability programs curricula
( Taylor and Francis Ltd. , 2024 , Article)The aim of this article was to identify the embedded Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) in undergraduate business sustainability programs curricula. A purposive sample of 23 programs was analyzed. The sources of data ... -
Exploring wellbeing in the Arab: higher education context A scoping review
( Taylor and Francis , 2024 , Book chapter)Academic research on wellbeing and its conceptualization is closely linked to European cultural and intellectual development, from Epicurus’ vision of pleasure, materialistic appreciation, and measurement of human happiness ... -
Dynamic connectedness between energy and agricultural commodities: insights from the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia–Ukraine conflict
( Springer Nature , 2024 , Article)This paper investigates the interconnectedness patterns between agricultural commodities, crude oil, and ethanol, along with their determinants before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia–Ukraine conflict. We ... -
An Eye on the Future: Student Plans for Higher Education in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)Education is identified as very critical to the achievement of the goals that were specified as strategic to Qatar’s socio-economic progress and development. At the core of the country’s policy plans is the need to develop ... -
Special Education Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Knowledge of Learning Disabilities in inclusive Education in Qatar
( Qatar University Press , 2024 , Article)It has been almost two decades since inclusive education was incorporated in Qatar’s education system, during which the country has heavily invested in enhancing its inclusive education. In this study, we examine Qatar’s ... -
Business Communication Skills in Information Systems (IS) Curricula: Perspectives of IS Educators and Students
( Taylor & Francis Group , 2011 , Article)As the importance of communication skills for students, regardless of their disciplines, becomes evident, it is important to determine whether colleges provide students with adequate opportunities to acquire such skills. ...
