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Recommendations on renewable energy policies for the GCC countries
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2015 , Article Review)
Energy security was the major driver for several countries in the world to opt for alternative sources of energy and reduce CO2 emissions. Being blessed with oil and gas reserves, the situation in the Gulf Cooperation ...
An adaptive relationship of thermal comfort for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries: The case of offices in Qatar
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
Escalating building energy expenditure encourages rethinking on thermal comfort delivery in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in warm desert climate. The GCC states do not have an adaptive comfort standard, or ...
Diversification and bank stability in the GCC
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2018 , Article)
This study examines bank diversification strategies and links to financial sector stability. Using a sample of listed and unlisted banks operating in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over 2001 to 2014 we ...
Risk spillovers and hedging effectiveness between major commodities, and Islamic and conventional GCC banks
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2019 , Article)
This paper examines the dynamic risk spillovers and hedging effectiveness between two important commodity markets (oil and gold) and both the Islamic and conventional bank stock indices for five GCC countries (Bahrain, ...
A study of inhibitors to transparency in red meat supply chains in Gulf cooperation council (GCC) countries
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the variables for the non-existence of transparency information in red meat supply chains operating in Gulf cooperation council (GCC) countries. The study provides a ...
Strategic interventions to improve women entrepreneurship in GCC countries: A relationship modeling approach
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2017 , Article)
Purpose: In Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, entrepreneurship is not a very popular option among women. The low rate of entrepreneurship as a career choice among females is attributed to factors that are specific ...
The impact of social media adoption on competitive advantage in the small and medium enterprises
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2017 , Article)
Internet-based social media delivers huge benefits to SMEs. There is, however, little research into whether SMEs in Gulf Cooperation Council states use it to gain competitive advantage. This study investigated the relationships ...
On the relative efficiency of conventional and Islamic banks: a DEA-window approach
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Inderscience
, 2013 , Article)
This paper explores the relative efficiency of 65 conventional and Islamic banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) over the period from 2002 to 2010. The empirical results ...
Market power in GCC banking sector
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Consulting Publishing Company
, 2011 , Article)
This study attempts to find whether market concentration has been a main driver for market power in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) banking industry over the period of 2002-2008. Using the methodology of the new empirical ...
Costing and Management of Overheads in GCC Countries: Two Grounded Theory Case Studies
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North American Business Press
, 2015 , Article)
This research is a first attempt to investigate overhead costs and cost allocation in terms of product
costing and cost management in the petrochemical companies in GCC Countries using a grounded theory
methodological ...