• 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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, ...
    • 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 ...
    • Knowledge Management Concepts as viewed by executive managers in Jordan 

      Ahmed, Marwa ( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)
      What is the major knowledge management (KM) concept that the executive managers viewed? To answer this question a total of 45 questionnaires were used in this research. SPSS, ANOVA, T-test and sheffee test were used for ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Investigation of Factors Influencing Students' Intentions to Use the Internet: Jordanian Universities Context 

      Awadh, Muhammad; Al-Adaileh, Raid Mohammed ( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)
      The increasing use of information technology (IT) applications within universities context increases the importance of exploring cognitive and psychological factors that might influence successful introduction and usage ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • The Patterns of Subcontracting arrangements In the Malaysian Automobile Industry 

      Rosly, Mohammed ( Qatar University , 2006 , Article)
      This paper presents empirical insights into the patterns of subcontracting arrangements and management in the Malaysian automobile industry. Despite a small sample size, the empirical results contribute some knowledge to ...
    • 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. ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Assessment practices in accounting departments of U.S. Colleges and Universities 

      Hindi, Nitham M.; Miller, Donalds S. ( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)
      The new AACSB Eligibility Procedures and Standards for Business Accreditation and for Accounting Accreditation, as of January 31,2007, place much greater emphasis on assurance of learning. It requires colleges of business ...
    • 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, ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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 ...
    • Trade Liberalization and Economic Diversification: A Dynamic CGE Model for The Economy of Qatar 

      Vellinga, Nico; Abdel Galil, Eisa ( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)
      This paper develops a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model for Qatar with the view of getting some insights into the working of this a small open oil dependent economy. The model addresses three important ...
    • The Contagion "Disease" that affects Foreign direct investment In the MENA countries 

      Habash, Nojoud S. ( Qatar University , 2007 , Article)
      This paper aims to analyze the dynamic relationship between foreign direct investmer and different kinds of risks in the MENA countries, using the vector autoregressive tec\ on the country level for 11 MENA countries during ...