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Cost-efficiency and financial and geographical characteristics of banking sectors in the MENA countries
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
We utilize the translog stochastic frontier model to estimate the cost-efficiency levels for conventional and Islamic, Cooperation Council (GCC) and non-GCC banks in the Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. The ...
Cultural integration with strategic decision-making process in determining innovation performance: Evidence from an Arab country setting
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IGI Global
, 2017 , Book chapter)
This chapter presents an empirical study that examines the co-alignment between the Strategic Decision-Making Process (SDMP) and cultural contextual factors in developing a more completely specified model of innovation ...
The Determinants of Sukuk Market Development
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
The objective of this article is to empirically investigate the structural, financial, developmental, institutional, and macroeconomic determinants of Sukuk market development for a sample of 13 countries over the period ...
Impact of Shari’ah on Consumers’ Behavior Toward Sales Promotion Tools: Focus on Egyptian Convenience Products
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Routledge
, 2017 , Article)
This study measures to what extent compliance with Shari'ah moderates the relationship between different sales promotion tools-namely, price discount, product demonstration and sampling, buy one get one free (bonus pack), ...
A cognitive analytics management framework (CAM-part 1): SAMAS components, leadership, frontier performance growth, and sustainable shared value
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IGI Global
, 2017 , Book chapter)
In this chapter, the current world's challenges, shortcomings of strategic performance measurement, and management methodologies are analyzed to introduce the new Cognitive Analytics Management (CAM) framework. CAM uses ...
Analysis and calibration of empirical relationships for estimating evapotranspiration in Qatar: Case study
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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
, 2017 , Article)
Knowledge of evapotranspiration (ETo), which is the process of water loss from vegetated soils due to evaporation and transpiration, is important in real-time irrigation management and water-resource allocation, particularly ...
The effect of IT knowledge and IT training on IT utilization among yemeni external auditors: The mediating role of IT importance
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Serials Publications
, 2017 , Article)
The main purpose of this study is to examine the effect of IT knowledge, IT training on IT utilization in the context of audit job in Yemen. It also examines the mediating effect of IT importance on the relationship between ...
Successes and challenges of Arabic sentiment analysis research: a literature review
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Springer-Verlag Wien
, 2017 , Article Review)
The analysis of sentiment in text has mainly been focused on the English language. The complexity of the Arabic language and its linguistic features that oppose those found in English resulted in the inability to adapt ...
Factors influencing entrepreneurial intentions among arab students
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Allied Academies
, 2017 , Article)
Entrepreneurship can be defined as the process and mind-set to initiate and develop economic activity. Studies have shown entrepreneurship to be a crucial driver of economic growth. This study sought to examine the factors ...
Erratum to: Factors affecting the adoption of e-learning systems in Qatar and USA: Extending the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2)(Education Tech Research Dev, 10.1007/s11423-016-9508-8)
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Springer New York LLC
, 2017 , Article)
After publication of this article (El-Masri and Tarhini 2017), the editor asked us to provide additional details about this paper including why some of the hypotheses are similar to those of three previously published ...