Browsing College of Business & Economics by Author "Aljamal, Ali"
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Enterprising instructional initiative: Development of a human resource management major in the Middle East
(2014)Enterprising higher education management with a focus on instructional innovation may help teaching universities as they confront the dynamism of the transnational higher education market. The present study is documentation ... -
Extra-economic issues in willingness to pay for water in Kuwait
(2015)Kuwait lies in an arid zone of the world, and must manufacture nearly all of its water through desalination. Nevertheless, the government heavily subsidizes water so that water prices are among the lowest in the world, and ... -
Food Consumption and Waste in Kuwait: the Prospects for Demand-Side Approach to Food Security
According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Arab countries (with population of around 367 Million) import about 50% of their food needs. These countries enjoy rapid population growth rate of around ... -
Kuwait Water Challenges: Building a Research Agenda for Policy Impact and Student Experiential Learnin
(2017)This paper describes the development of a research agenda in the College of Business and Economics at the American University of Kuwait. One driving factor for developing an agenda is the need to satisfy AACSB requirements. ... -
Sustainable Policy for Water Pricing in Kuwait
(Sustainability, 2020)This research investigates consumer willingness to pay (WTP) for water in Kuwait as a foundation for policy decisions on reducing water subsidies. Heavy subsidies have encouraged unsustainable very high consumption, but ... -
Understanding Water Management in Kuwait: an Application of IAD Framework
The State of Kuwait lies within one of the most water-impoverished regions of the world and relies almost exclusively on costly desalination for its fresh water supply. Yet, it boasts one the highest per capita water ... -
Water in Kuwait: Building a research agenda for practical policy impact and student experiential learning
(2017)This paper describes development of a research agenda in the College of Business & Economics at a small private university in Kuwait. One driving factor is the need to satisfy AACSB requirements. AACSB likes to see strong ...