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Policies and Programs to Stimulate Digital Transformation Among SMEs: Where Do We Go from Here?
( Springer Nature Switzerland AG , 2022 , Book chapter)To stimulate digital transformation among SMEs, institutions and governments have developed and implemented many policies and programs. This chapter reviews existing policies and programs, assesses their effectiveness, and ... -
Policy and practical implications for workforce nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This study aims to advance practice and research on workforce nationalization in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries through identifying relevant policy and practical implications needed to implement ... -
Political behavior does not (always) undermine strategic decision making: Theory and evidence
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)Political behavior pervades strategic decision-making, often damaging decision quality and undermining organizational performance. However, little is currently known about how top management teams (TMTs) cope with such ... -
The predictive ability of stock market factors
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2022 , Article)Purpose: This paper aims to ask whether a range of stock market factors contain information that is useful to investors by generating a trading rule based on one-step-ahead forecasts from rolling and recursive regressions. ... -
Profiling exporting SMEs: The role of innovation-orientation
( Elsevier Inc. , 2022 , Article)Existing evidence suggest that SME exporting is affected by a combination of environmental, firm-level, and owner-level drivers. However, it is not yet clear what constitute the profile of exporting SMEs and whether ... -
A Promising Future of Balloons for Internet and Other Services
( University of California , 2023 , Other)This year, balloons have been in the global spotlight. From January 28 to February 4, 2023, Chinese high-altitude balloon was spotted in the airspace of North America. The US and Canada claimed that these are for surveillance ... -
Pursuing Frugal Innovation for Sustainability at the Grassroots Level
( Cambridge University Press , 2021 , Article)Firms are often criticized for their reluctance to embrace sustainability in their business strategies. Frugal innovation is a recent concept that represents a new way for firms to serve underserved customers in developing ... -
Quantifying people in the GCC region: the uses, challenges, and efficacy of the quota system policy
( Routledge - Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Article)Providing employment to nationals in an economy where more than two-thirds of the population comprise foreigners has been a struggle for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Of the various tactics used by the GCC ... -
Restructuring the health education cluster in a public university
( Emerald Publishing Limited , 2023 , Other)This case was developed from the author’s personal experience as a participant in one of the health taskforce subcommittees. The author also sought the inputs of the Vice President of Health and Medical Education, the Dean ... -
The Role of the Two-Stage Multimethod Design: Developing Relevant Strategy Measures for New Settings
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2020 , Other)The two-stage multimethod design is a research strategy which integrates both quantitative and qualitative techniques within a single research project and is conducted over two distinctive stages of the fieldwork. Considering ... -
Self-Driving Robots: A Revolution in the Local Delivery
( UC Regents , 2022 , Other)Self-driving robots are revolutionizing foods, groceries, and package deliveries. They are a reality and becoming a part of urban life in many cities. Initially, people are curious about robots but after robots have been ... -
Sharing economy: A comprehensive literature review
( Elsevier Ltd , 2020 , Article)The objective of this study is to review the extant sharing economy (SE) literature. Applying a systematic literature review approach, this study thematically synthesizes the findings of 219 articles on sharing economy. ... -
The Shenzhen ecosystem: What it means for the western world
( Elsevier Ltd , 2022 , Article)The western world has accused China of producing low-quality, copycat, and even counterfeit products, with Shenzhen being a key place where such products are typically developed. However, the western world has failed to ... -
SME internationalisation: Do the types of innovation matter?
( Elsevier Inc. , 2023 , Article)Existing evidence suggest that innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (or SMEs) are more likely to internationalise (i.e. have a greater propensity to export) than non-innovative SMEs. However, it is not yet clear ... -
Strategic Decision Making and Implementation in Public Organizations in the Gulf Cooperation Council: The Role of Procedural Rationality
( American Society for Public Administration , 2022 , Article)Based on Herbert Simon's conceptualization of bounded rationality, this article develops and tests an integrative model of the strategic decision-making process (SDMP) and outcomes in public organizations. The model ... -
Strategic Decision-Making Research in New Settings: The Role of the Two-Stage Multi-Method Field Study in Sampling and Questionnaire Design
( SAGE Publications Ltd , 2019 , Other)A research design is the framework which researchers plan for use as a guide in collecting, analyzing, and completing their research. The function of a research design is to ensure that the evidence obtained enables us to ... -
Supply chain risk and resilience in startups, SMEs, and large enterprises: a systematic review and directions for research
( Emerald Publishing , 2023 , Article)Purpose: This systematic literature review analyzes the academic literature to understand SC risk and resilience across different organizational sizes and industries. The academic literature has well discussed the causes ... -
Tax Policy Debate Over Tax Incentives in Developing Countries: the Case of Egypt
( School of Taxation and Business Law (Atax), UNSW Business School, UNSW Australia , 2016 , Article)Tax policy is normally formulated and implemented during politically stable periods. The collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc countries in the early 1990s have allowed researchers to study tax policy reform in ... -
Taxing intellectual property transactions in developing countries : the case of pharmaceutical indusrty in Egypt and India
( LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing , 2013 , Book)Strengthening the protection measures of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in compliance with the TRIPS agreement creates a need for an appropriate tax treatment of IPR by developing countries. This need is important to ... -
Teaching in times of crisis: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on higher education
( Taylor and Francis Group , 2022 , Article)Although increasing numbers of studies have examined online teaching in the last decade, examination during a crisis context is rare. This study fills this critical gap and is a rapid response research to suggest insights ...