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  Control mechanisms of MNEs: an empirical study 

  Singh, Satwinder; Wood, Geoffrey; Alharbi, Jaithen; Darwish, Tamer K. ( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)

  Purpose: This purpose of this paper is to explore variations in the extent of control mechanisms, according to country of origin and organizational characteristics, in a challenging country of domicile. Design/methodolog ...
• The finance-growth nexus: Which factors can interfere? 

  Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami; Samargandi, Nahla; Sohag, Kazi ( Palgrave Macmillan , 2016 , Book chapter)

  The financial sector's role in economic growth is heavily contested by economists. Some argue that economic growth is not caused by finance, but that it responds to changing demands, while others argue the positive effect ...
• The inflation-central bank independence nexus: Where do MENA countries stand? 

  Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami; Farvaque, Etienne; Hayat, Muhammad Azmat ( Palgrave Macmillan , 2016 , Book chapter)

  Inflation and its dynamics have been always capturing the attention of economic scholars and policymakers worldwide. Numerous theories in economic literature tried to define the concept of inflation by suggesting different ...
• Cross-functional integration of marketing and information services in banking: A cross-industry comparison 

  Askoul, Rami; Khan, Habib Ullah; Madhavi Lalitha, V. V. ( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Conference Paper)

  Marketing managers are experiencing challenges while deploying products in the markets. These include information conversion with seamless flow to business entities, anticipating and planning ahead for uncertainty and ...
• Socially responsible investing and Islamic funds: New perspectives for portfolio allocation 

  Charfeddine, Lanouar; Najah, Ahlem; Teulon, Frédéric ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)

  The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of ethical and conventional investments. It examines also whether socially responsible and Islamic investments offer an additional opportunity for domestic investors ...
• Workers remittances and economic development: Which role for education? 

  Ma�ga, Eugenie W.H.; Baliamoune-Lutz, Mina; Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami ( Palgrave Macmillan , 2016 , Book chapter)

  In the past decades, international remittance inflows have significantly increased in developing nations. Their importance is being acknowledged due to their scale and growth, which makes them stand out on an aggregate and ...
• The middle east and North Africa: Cursed by natural resources? 

  Ben Ali, Mohamed Sami; Cockx, Lara; Francken, Nathalie ( Palgrave Macmillan , 2016 , Book chapter)

  Using cases on individual countries, Economic Development in the Middle East and North Africa offers diverse theoretical and empirical evidence on a variety of issues facing policymakers, investors, and other stakeholders ...
• Does good corporate governance enhance accruals quality during financial crises? 

  Aldamen, Husam; Duncan, Keith ( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article)

  Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of corporate governance systems in enhancing earnings quality during the recent global financial crisis (GFC). The literature provides insight into the corporate ...
• The mediating role of TQM and organizational excellence, and the moderating effect of entrepreneurial organizational culture on the relationship between ERP and organizational performance 

  Al-Dhaafri, Hassan Saleh; Al-Swidi, Abdullah Kaid; Bin Yusoff, Rushami Zien ( Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. , 2016 , Article Review)

  Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between enterprise resource planning (ERP) and organizational performance through examining the mediating effect of total quality management (TQM) and ...
• E-government to m-government: A study in a developing economy 

  Faisal, Mohd Nishat; Talib, Faisal ( Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. , 2016 , Article)

  This research intends to address variables that would facilitate the migration to m-government model in a developing economy experiencing a very high growth and adoption of mobile communication technology. By conducting ...
• Online banking: A comparative study of Chinese and Saudi customers perceptions of service quality 

  Awan, Mahmood A.; Khan, Habib Ullah; Chiang, Ho Han ( ARRAY Development (Canada) Inc. , 2016 , Article)

  Level of service quality (SQ) provided by an organization creates and develops company competitive advantage for it in the market place. The increasing technological service facilitators (e-services) create a new platform ...
• Do users in Qatar perceive intellectual capital information to be value relevant for decision-making purposes? 

  Ghaida, Rania Abou; Ousama, A. A.; Hammami, Helmi; Shreim, Obied ( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Conference Paper)

  This paper examines the perception of users on the value relevance of intellectual capital (IC) information for decision-making. The data were collected through questionnaires distributed to Qatari companies. The paper ...
• Understanding citizens' adoption of e-filing in developing countries: An empirical investigation 

  Chaouali, Walid; Yahia, Imene Ben; Charfeddine, Lanouar; Triki, Abdelfattah ( Elsevier Ltd , 2016 , Article)

  This study develops a research framework by integrating the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology's model with multi-dimensional trust in order to investigate the antecedents of behavioral expectation toward ...
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  Management, control and governance of hawala networks in the gulf cooperation council region 

  Sharif, Khurram; Mahama, Habib; Farooqi, Nauman ( Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia , 2016 , Article)

  Prior research has focused on the transactional aspects of the Hawala Networks (i.e. Invisible Funds Transfer Networks). However, little is known about the structure of this networked "organisation" especially about its ...
• Joint optimal determination of process mean, production quantity, pricing, and market segmentation with demand leakage 

  Raza, Syed Asif; Turiac, Mihaela ( Elsevier , 2016 , Article)

  The selection of an optimal process mean is an important problem in production planning and quality control research. Most of the previous studies in the field have analyzed the problem for a fixed exogenous price. However, ...
• The corruption-inflation nexus: Evidence from developed and developing countries 

  Ali, Mohamed Sami Ben; Sassi, Seifallah ( Walter de Gruyter GmbH , 2016 , Article)

  This paper analyzes the relationship between corruption and inflation for a sample of 100 developing and developed countries representing five regions (Americas, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and ...
• The adoption of IFRS 8: The case of Qatari listed companies 

  Mardini, Ghassan H.; Almujamed, Hesham I. ( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Article)

  The objective of this paper is compare the segmental information disclosures of Qatar companies under IFRS 8 for 2009 with disclosures under IAS 14R for 2008. This study found that the segmental disclosures under IFRS 8 ...
• Financial instruments disclosure: The case of Qatari listed banks 

  Mohammadi, Abdolvahid; Mardini, Ghassan H. ( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Article)

  The aim of this study is to investigate the determinants of International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 7 disclosures on Qatari listed banks. An un-weighted disclosure index and multiple regression analysis were ...
• Electronic health record system: Adoption and influencing factors 

  Al Abdullah, Maha; Al Bakri, Anas A. ( Inderscience Publishers , 2016 , Article)

  The study identified the technological factors, which encourage or limit the adoption of EHR systems in private hospitals in Jordan. The study also, examined the relationship of adoption of EHR to specific hospital ...
• Structuring institutionalization of Digitally-Enabled Service Transformation in public sector: Does actor or structure matters? 

  Omar, Amizan; Elhaddadeh, Ramzi ( Association for Information Systems , 2016 , Conference Paper)

  Failure to identify the right institutionalization framework has caused derailments of major public sector Digitally-Enabled Service Transformation (DEST) projects in the UK, such as the NHS-National Program for IT (NHS-NPfIT) ...

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