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Localizing to Arabic consumers: Insights from print advertising
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Routledge
, 2018 , Article)
This study argues that understanding the nature and influence of cultural differences in print advertising is important for an effective international marketing strategy. Previous studies have investigated cross-cultural ...
An empirical examination of moral hazards and adverse selection on PPP projects: A case study of Ghana
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: Failures of public?private partnership (PPP) projects are often ascribed to the agency problem, which arise under conditions of inadequate and asymmetric information when a principal (the client) hires an agent ...
A Triangulation Study to Assess the Perceived City Image in the Arab Middle East Context: The Case of Al-Ain in the UAE
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Routledge
, 2018 , Article)
The study of city image has become a subject of increasing interest to researchers and practitioners. However, although many studies have found that success of an area�s tourist development depends crucially on its image, ...
The influence of knowledge management practices on e-government success: A proposed framework tested
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the perceived influence of knowledge management (KM) practices on the success of e-government initiatives. This paper proposes a framework depicting the overall perspective of the ...
The Dynamic and Dependence of Takaful and Conventional Stock Return Behaviours: Evidence from the Insurance Industry in Saudi Arabia
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Springer New York LLC
, 2018 , Article)
This paper investigates the dynamics of volatility in the stock market using competing univariate GARCH specifications. Moreover, it provides a study of the pairwise correlation pattern of stock returns for a wide range ...
The compliance of disclosure with AAOIFI financial accounting standards: A comparison between Bahrain and Qatar Islamic banks
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the compliance of disclosure with the financial accounting standards of the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions? (AAOIFI) related to Islamic financing ...
Endorser ethnicity impact on advertising effectiveness: effects of the majority vs. minority status of the target audience
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Routledge
, 2018 , Article)
Previous research has studied several factors influencing advertising responses. However, this body of work has been mainly conducted in contexts where the target audience is a minority with a perceived lower status in the ...
International franchising and performance: a resource-based perspective
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
, 2018 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate international franchise performance. It focuses on how franchisors conceive their international performance, the drivers of their international performance, and how ...
Bank concentration and schumpeterian growth: Theory and international evidence
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MIT Press Journals
, 2018 , Article)
This paper investigates the relationship between economic growth and bank concentration.We introduce imperfect competition within the banking system according to the Schumpeterian growth paradigm, and we theoretically and ...
The impact of government spending on non-oil-GDP in Saudi Arabia (multiplier analysis)
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Inderscience Publishers
, 2018 , Article)
This paper examines the multiplier effect of Government spending on the non-oil Saudi Arabia economic growth. We focus on non-oil GDP rather than total GDP because activity in the oil sector is mainly determined by ...