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Political Contingency and the Implementation of Qatarization
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Qatar University
, 2011 , Article)
This paper represents an exploratory study that examines political contingency in a less liberal regulatory regime such as the ‘positive state’ or the ‘developmental state’. As an example of a state-led policy, the ...
PREDICTING NEXT TRADING DAY CLOSING PRICE OF QATAR EXCHANGE INDEX USING TECHNICAL INDICATORS AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
, 2014 , Article)
Accurate prediction of stock market price is of great importance to many stakeholders. Artificial neural networks (ANNs) have shown robust capability in predicting stock price return, future stock price and the direction ...
Audit committee characteristics and firm performance during the global financial crisis
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2012 , Article)
We address the question ‘do governance enhancing audit committee (AC) characteristics mitigate the firm performance impact of significant-adverse-economic events such as the Global Financial Crisis (GFC)?’ Our analysis ...
Does adopting good corporate governance impact the cost of intermediated and non-intermediated debt?
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Blackwell Publishing Ltd
, 2012 , Article)
This study examines the impact of good corporate governance practices on the reported cost of debt for Australian listed companies. Prior research has established that governance lowers the cost of non-intermediated debt ...
ASSESSMENT AND ASSURANCE OF SERVICE QUALITY IN PEDIATRIC HEALTHCARE IN QATAR
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Qatar University
, 2014 , Article)
The purpose of this study was quality assessment and quality assurance in pediatric
services of public and private hospitals in Qatar. The purpose of quality assessment
was to identify gaps in the delivered services; ...
Perceptions of the accountant held by business students and business professionals in an emerging country: The case of Qatar
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Emerald
, 2010 , Article)
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate how business students and business professionals in Qatar perceive the accountancy profession. Design/methodology/approach: The paper designs a survey based on Osgood ...
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 ...
Determinants of segmental disclosures: evidence from the emerging capital market of Jordan
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Inderscience
, 2013 , Article)
The primary objective of this paper is to examine the factors which
affect the segmental disclosures (mandatory and voluntary) provided by
Jordanian listed companies. In addition, the study documents evidence about
the ...
Accounting for Interaction and Individual Specific Effects in an Analysis of International Air Traveler Preferences
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Qatar University
, 2014 , Article)
selection decision based on contingency theory. Previous work has focused on main
effects without eploring the significance of interaction or individual heterogeneity
effects. Contingency theory suggests contextual and ...
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 ...