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Dynamic performance, financial leverage and financial crisis: Evidence from GCC countries
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Emerald Group Holdings Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of financial leverage on firm’s performance in Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Additionally, this paper investigates the impact of recent financial ...
Debt maturity, financial crisis and corporate performance in GCC countries: A dynamic-GMM approach
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
This study investigates the effect of debt financing and debt maturity on corporate performance, using evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries (GCC): Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, United Arab ...
Bank efficiency assessment using a hybrid approach of random forests and data envelopment analysis
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
This study introduces a three-stage integrated framework consisting of data envelopment analysis (DEA), random forest, and logistic regression to examine and predict the impact of environmental variables on banks' performance. ...
Factors influence consumers' adoption of mobile payment devices in Qatar
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Inderscience
, 2015 , Article)
This research examines the factors that influence the customers' intention in adapting Mobile Payment Device (MPD) technology in an emerging economy (Qatar). Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology Model (UTAUT) ...
An intellectual journey into the historical evolution of marketing research in brand switching behavior - Past, present and future
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Emerald Publishing
, 2015 , Article)
Purpose - The aim of this paper is to explore the historical development of brands and the development of literature on brand switching to define the antecedents that cause switching behavior among consumers and the impact ...
The Moderating Effect of Role Ambiguity on the Relationship of Job Satisfaction, Training and Leadership with Employee Performance
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Sciedu Press
, 2015 , Article)
People performance in any organization is the key factor of succeeding the organization with regardless of nature business. The higher education sector of any country is considered one of the sectors which really pay ...
واقع التعليم المحاسبي وما يتطلبه سوق العمل القطري من المهارات والمعارف
(2015 , Article)
شهدت دولة قطر خلال العقود الأربع الماضية تطوراً كبيراً في المجال الاقتصادي، وأدى هذا التطور إلى التأثير بشكل مباشر على التعليم المحاسبي والدور الذي يجب أن تقوم به المؤسسات التعليمية في تطوير مهنة المحاسبة والمراجعة، ويهدف ...
Privacy and gendered spaces in Arab Gulf homes
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Taylor & Francis
, 2015 , Article)
We report the findings of a qualitative study of Qatari homes in the Arab Gulf. We identify the significance of privacy and gender segregation as anchors for identity, both national and religious. Maintaining these anchors ...
The determinants of student effort at learning ERP: A cultural perspective
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Information Systems and Computing Academic Professionals
, 2015 , Article)
This paper develops a research model based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology model (UTAUT) and Hofstede's cultural dimensions to explore factors that influence student effort at learning Enterprise ...
A Comparative Analysis of Arab and U.S. Cultural Values on the Web
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Taylor & Francis
, 2015 , Article)
ABSTRACT: This study aims to explore the depiction of cultural values on global websites. There exists a research gap in terms of better understanding cross-cultural differences in web communications between the Arab and ...