• Autonomous Drones: A Game Changer in Lightweight Delivery Services 

      Hossain, Mokter ( UC Regents , 2022 , Other)
      Imagine, you placed an order online and received it in minutes. This is the future of drone delivery services. Customers can track the drone during its delivery trip via apps like Uber car. Some cities and even rural areas ...
    • Crowdfunding Conundrum: Western Ideas and their Chinese Copycats 

      Hossain, Mokter ( UC Regents , 2021 , Other)
      In the third quarter of 2021, global crowdfunding investment reached $160 billion. Crowdfunding is a relatively recently emerged phenomenon to raise funding from individuals for nascent business ideas. It is considered as ...
    • From ‘publish or perish’ to ‘publish for purpose’ 

      Elbanna, Said; Child, John ( Wiley , 2023 , Other)
      Pressures to publish prolifically have led to an abundance of research on trivial matters rather than on issues of significance. This trend is particularly pronounced in developing countries, where limited access to paid ...
    • Frugal Innovation to Tackle Covid-19 

      Hossain, Mokter ( UC Regents , 2022 , Other)
      The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant disruption in our lives, work, and business. It hit most of us as customers stopped buying, buying less, or less supply. People started coming up with innovative solutions ...
    • Human Capital Transformation in Commercial Bank Qatar (CBQ) 

      Althawadi, Othman; Elbanna, Said; Fatima, Tahniyath ( The Case Centre , 2023 , Other)
      Like many other Gulf countries, Qatar, a peninsula situated in the hub of Middle East, implemented a country-wide nationalization policy to secure employment opportunities for its under-represented locals in a country that ...
    • Nationalization of Workforce in the GCC Banking Sector: The Case of Alpha Bank in Qatar 

      Dalloul, Abdalrahman; Amanulla, Rashad; Elbanna, Said ( The Case Centre , 2021 , Other)
      The Human Resource Department at Alpha Bank has been implementing the concept of Qatarization ever since its inception to align itself with the Qatar Nation Vision-2030. During that process, they have faced various challenges. ...
    • A Promising Future of Balloons for Internet and Other Services 

      Hossain, Mokter ( 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 ...
    • Restructuring the health education cluster in a public university 

      Al-Kubaisi, Nada; Elbanna, Said ( 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 

      Elbanna, Said ( 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 

      Hossain, Mokter ( 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 ...
    • Strategic Decision-Making Research in New Settings: The Role of the Two-Stage Multi-Method Field Study in Sampling and Questionnaire Design 

      Elbanna, Said ( 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 ...
    • Wearable Devices to Revolutionize Health Care 

      Hossain, Mokter ( UC Regents , 2022 , Other)
      In the last decade, we witnessed a rapid growth of wearable devices—small electronic devices that are worn or carried on the human body. A study by the Facts and Factors found that the global Wearable device market size ...
    • Workforce Nationalization in the GCC Organizations: Qatarization at Qatar Olympic Committee 

      Elbanna, Said; Al-Hashimi, Khalid; Begum, Fareed ( The Case Centre , 2022 , Other)
      In the State of Qatar, nationals or Qataris comprise less than 15% of the overall population. According to the Qatar Population Policy of 2017-2022, the main objectives include, increasing the number of local population, ...