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Managing Competency in Non-Profit Organization: Experience with a European University
(2014)Competence Management (CM) has been discussed in contemporary academic and practitioner literature as a managing tool of Core Competences. Most of the studies of CM deal with manufacturing sector and profit organizations. ... -
The Many Facets of National Culture: A Critical Appraisal
(Brill, 2018-11-12)Due to its wide usage in vast fields of study, there is a lack of studies synthesizing the many aspects of national culture theory. The authors argue that given the proliferation of national culture theories in various ... -
Marketing and Regional Integration for Food Security in the Arab World, Journal of Macromarketing, Vol.39, Issue 2, June 19.
(Sage, 2019)The Middle East / North Africa (MENA) region faces serious food insecurity, with an increasing gap between food production and consumption. Using resource advantage theory from macromarketing, we demonstrate that the ... -
Markets and the development of Oman's urban network
(2013)Oman traditionally was characterized by a dichotomy between the economic systems of the coast and interior, evident in the spatial market structure and the role of markets in the urban settlements. Muscat was the point of ... -
Non–Linear Convergence in Asian Interest and Inflation Rates: Evidence from Asian Countries
(2014)We examine the dynamics of convergence in seven Asian countries for nominal and real interest rates, and inflation rates. We test for convergence relative to the U.S. and Japan, using quarterly data 1973:2–2011:3, employing ... -
Nurturing Innovation Through Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: What does the literature say?
(Springer Publishing, 2019-07-11)This chapter presents a literature review about entrepreneurial ecosystems and their relationship with entrepreneurship and innovation. Reviewed studies were aggregated into clusters and interpreted through the Neck et al. ... -
On the Dynamics of Volatility Transmission: An Empirical Investigation on G-8 Countries
(2013)This paper investigates the volatility transmission in the financial markets of G-8 countries by using the VAREGARCH techniques. From the empirical analyses, it shows that volatility transmissions are present between the ... -
Optimal Portfolio Allocation among REITs, Stocks, and Long-term Bonds: An Empirical Analysis of U.S. Financial Markets”
(2014)Using mean-variance utility function analysis with various degrees of risk aversion, this research examines the impact of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) in creating optimal portfolios. It also examines and develops ... -
People attachment as a component of place attachment in international tourism
(2014)The majority of research on place attachment has been conducted within a domestic context where local culture is fairly familiar to the visitor. International tourism research has begun to address destination attachment, ... -
Perceptions and Attitudes toward Corporate Website Presence and its Use in Investor Relations in the Jordanian Context
(2012)This study reports the results of semi-structured interviews conducted to explore the factors affecting Jordanian listed firms' decisions on whether or not to have a corporate website and, if so, whether or not to use it ... -
Perspectives from the Middle East on the gender of successful managers
(2015)Drawing on evidence from business students in the Middle East we used Bem’s Sex Role Inventory to determine if females agreed with males about the attributes needed for management success. Our findings suggest they did ... -
Perspectives in Business Succession in the Gulf
(2012)Upon the sudden departure of a family leader, major upheavals arise in the absence of proper succession strategies. Within this context small family business succession should receive increased prominence. Literature ... -
Predicting Ethical Behaviors' Utilitarianism via Situational Factors among Healthcare Employees. An Empirical Investigation in a Private Hospital in Kuwait
(2016)The aim of this study was 1) to examine the association among ethical behaviors and situational factors, 2) to examine which factors of the situational ones are significant predictors of ethical behaviors. One hundred ... -
Predicting job satisfaction via an organizational ethical conduct: An empirical investigation in a private hospital in Kuwait.
(2011)A multiple regression model was utilized to examine whether or not job satisfaction of subordinates can be predicted by the organizational leadership ethical conduct. The study was conducted in a private hospital in Kuwait;it ...