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Determinants of revenue recognition disclosures: the case of Jordanian industrial listed companies
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Inderscience
, 2015 , Article)
The focus of this study is on the extent to which IAS 18 is applied by Jordanian industrial companies. Specifically, the objectives of this study are: 1) to investigate the extent of application of IAS 18 in selected ...
Corporate governance voluntary disclosures in developing countries: evidence from Jordanian banks
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Inderscience
, 2015 , Article)
The main objective of the current study is to determine the corporate governance mechanisms and company’s characteristics that effect on the level of voluntary disclosure provided by Jordanian banking listed companies; it ...
Gulf Arab E-Business Environment: Localization Strategy Insights
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Wiley Subscription Services, Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
The Gulf Arab region, particularly Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), took significant steps toward adopting e-business and is poised to become a significant online marketplace. The region has a number of vital ...
Decision Support System and Multi-Criteria Decision Aid: A State of the Art and Perspectives
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
The aim of this paper is to highlight the role of the Decision Support System within the field of multi-criteria decision aid (MCDA). The MCDA tools have been incorporated into systems to create Multi-Criteria Decision ...
Corporate financial reporting in Qatar: a study of individual investors’ assessment of annual reports
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Inderscience
, 2015 , Article)
In this paper, an attempt is made to investigate a particular group of investors – namely individual investors’ perceptions of corporate annual reports in Qatar. A total of 400 surveys were distributed to individual investors ...
MARKET EFFICIENCY OF THE AMMAN STOCK MARKET: EVIDENCE FROM THE EXAMINATION OF TRADING RULES
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Qatar University
, 2015 , Article)
This paper tests the validity of the weak-form of the Efficient Market Hypothesis for the
Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) for a full sample and three sub-periods of that spanning
period 2000-2012. The research uses statistical ...
Social media: Adoption and legal issues impact on business innovation
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Inderscience
, 2015 , Article)
Copyright © 2015 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd. This study explored the impact of the social media adoption, and the related legal issues on the business innovation within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), particularly ...
Expert Systems
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
, 2015 , Book chapter)
Expert systems mimic the problem-solving activity of human experts in specialized domains by capturing and representing expert knowledge. Expert systems include a knowledge base, an inference engine that derives conclusions ...
THE LEVERAGE EFFECT ON THE VALUE PREMIUM VOLATILITY: FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
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Qatar University
, 2015 , Article)
This paper investigates the leverage effect on the value premium volatility using
GARCH and TARCH models utilizing a unique dataset, for twenty nine countries. The
findings show that value premium returns are bigger in ...
Impact of HR retention strategies in healthcare: The case of Qatar
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Hamad bin Khalifa University Press (HBKU Press)
, 2015 , Article)
Retention of healthcare workers is an international challenge. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that in two decades, the shortage of healthcare workers will double. This puts a pressure on the policy makers to ...