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Modeling the enablers of organizational commitment
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Emerald Group Publishing
, 2014 , Article)
Purpose: Organizational commitment (OC) has important implications for both individuals and organizational outcomes. This paper aims to present an approach to understand the dynamics between various enablers that help to ...
Measuring the quality of earnings
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Emerald
, 2005 , Article)
Purpose - Although the academic research on the quality of earnings has been improved by presenting different approaches of measurement, there is no agreed-upon generally accepted approach to measure the earning quality. ...
The effect of corporate branding dimensions on consumers' product evaluation: A cross-cultural analysis
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2006 , Article)
Purpose - The paper aims to investigate both Western and Eastern corporate branding thoughts and examine the interrelation among four corporate branding dimensions (i.e. corporate name, image, reputation and loyalty) and ...
Critical success factors for TQM implementation and their impact on performance of SMEs
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2009 , Article)
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the critical success factors of TQM implementation, to evaluate their impact on the primary measures as expressed by the operational performance and the secondary ...
The implementation of world class manufacturing techniques in Egyptian manufacturing firms: An empirical study
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2007 , Article)
Purpose - The purposes of this paper are to illustrate how the world class manufacturing (WCM) techniques which could be described as outperforming the industry's global best practices have been implemented in the Egyptian ...
Do general indexes mask sectoral efficiencies?: A multiple variance ratio assessment of Middle Eastern equity markets
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2008 , Article)
Purpose - The purpose of the paper is to attempt to shed light on whether the use of general indexes may mask sectoral efficiencies by investigating the random walk (RW) and weak-form efficiency (WFE) hypotheses in the ...
The impact of organizational characteristics on AMT adoption: A study of Egyptian manufacturers
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2007 , Article)
Purpose - This research seeks to empirically explore and examine the impact of organizational characteristics, i.e. firm size, type of production system, organizational design and type of ownership, on advanced manufacturing ...
JIT implementation in Egyptian manufacturing firms: some empirical evidence
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Emerald Group Publishing Limited
, 2005 , Article)
Abstract: Purpose – This study aims to delineate the major human modifications to be undertaken prior to just-in-time (JIT) implementation in Egyptian manufacturing firms; to discern the benefits obtained from JIT ...
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 ...
Exchange Rates and Stock Prices in the MENA Countries: What Role for Oil?
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2011 , Article)
This paper considers the linkage between stock prices and exchange rates in four MENA (Middle East and North Africa) emerging markets. In contrast to the existing evidence that uses a global market index to uncover such a ...