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Scheduling and planning applications: Selected papers from the spark workshop series

Vidal L.C.; Cortellessa G.; Yorke-Smith N. (MALDENCOMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA, 2011)

[No abstract available]
Selection criteria of Lebanese consumers in the global snack food industry: Country of origin perceptions

Zbib I.J.; Wooldridge B.R.; Ahmed Z.U.; Benlian S. (2010)

Purpose: This paper aims to study country of origin perceptions of Lebanese consumers with respect to potato chips, the correlation involved between country of manufacture and consumer behavior; purchase intent; and product ...
Self-organizing feature maps for the vehicle routing problem with backhauls

Ghaziri H.; Osman I.H. (DORDRECHTVAN GODEWIJCKSTRAAT 30, 3311 GZ DORDRECHT, NETHERLANDS, 2006)

In the Vehicle Routing Problem with Backhauls (VRPB), a central depot, a fleet of homogeneous vehicles, and a set of customers are given. The set of customers is divided into two subsets. The first (second) set of linehauls ...
Shareholders' rights and the effect of the origin of venture capital firms on the underpricing of US IPOs

Chahine S.; Saade S. (HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2011)

Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question-Issue: This paper examines whether firm performance at initial public offerings (IPO) is differentially affected by the origin of Venture Capital (VC) firms. Empirical investigations ...
Simultaneous optimisation of products, processes, and people in development projects

Yassine A.A.; Chidiac R.H.; Osman I.H. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXON, ENGLAND, 2013)

Organisations involved in product development (PD) constantly introduce new products using development teams within the organisation. These teams carry out PD activities using the established development processes in order ...
Single-machine batch scheduling minimizing weighted flow times and delivery costs

Mazdeh M.M.; Shashaani S.; Ashouri A.; Hindi K.S. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2011)

This paper addresses scheduling a set of jobs on a single machine for delivery in batches to one customer or to another machine for further processing. The problem is a natural extension of that of minimising the sum of ...
Situated practices of computer workarounds in a hospital medication system: A Case study

Azad B.; King N. (, 2008)

Are computer workarounds temporary or routine, sign of resistance or acceptance, harmful or benign? The extant literature says they can be any of these. We surmise that this ambiguity reflects the modus operandi that content ...
Smart investments by smart money: Evidence from seasoned equity offerings

Gibson S.; Safieddine A.; Sonti R. (LAUSANNEPO BOX 564, 1001 LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND, 2004)

We document that seasoned equity issuers experiencing the greatest increase in institutional investment around the offer date outperformed their benchmark portfolios in the year following the issue by a statistically and ...
SMS news alerts: Assessment of alternate subscription models

Baalbaki, Imad; Safa O.M.; Moukaddem A. (International Business Information Management Association, IBIMA;, 2007)

Short Messaging Service (SMS) is a versatile GSM technology with a multitude of applications. Arabic News via SMS is one example. It is basically an alert service that consists of sending subscribers a short message to ...
Social Entrepreneurship in the Middle East

Jamali, Dima; Lanteri, Alessandro (Palgrave Macmillan, )
Social power and information technology implementation: A contentious framing lens

Azad B.; Faraj S. (MALDENCOMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA, 2011)

Research on the organizational implementation of information technology (IT) and social power has favoured explanations based on issues of resource power and process power at the expense of matters of meaning power. As a ...
Socially responsible investment: Insights from Shari'a departments in Islamic financial institutions

Ullah S.; Jamali D.; Harwood I.A. (Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd; HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2014)

Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) are emerging as prominent players in the financial world and are increasingly known for their conservative socially responsible investment (SRI). Being the Shari'a regulators and ...
Solving the resource-constrained project scheduling problem by a variable neighbourhood search

Fleszar K.; Hindi K.S. (AMSTERDAMPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2004)

The well-known, challenging problem of resource-constrained project scheduling is addressed. A solution scheme based on variable neighbourhood search is presented. The solution is coded by using activity sequences that are ...
Strategic partnerships, social capital and innovation: Accounting for social alliance innovation

Jamali D.; Yianni M.; Abdallah H. (MALDENCOMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA, 2011)

This paper focuses on innovation in the context of business-non- governmental organization (NGO) partnerships for corporate social responsibility (CSR). While different aspects of business-NGO partnerships have been studied, ...
Studying human resource information systems implementation using adaptive structuration theory: The case of an HRIS implementation at dow chemical company

Ruel H. (IGI Global;, 2009)

Research on Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) implementation lacks theoretical depth and richness. For that reason this paper applies a theory to HRIS implementation developed by Gerardine DeSanctis and Marshal ...
Success and failure mechanisms of public private partnerships (PPPs) in developing countries. Insights from the Lebanese context

Jamali D. (, 2004)

The concept of public private partnerships (PPPs) has attracted worldwide attention and acquired a new resonance in the context of developing countries. PPPs are increasingly heralded as an innovative policy tool for ...
Tacit knowledge transfer among geographically distributed group members: An experimental analysis

El-Den J. (, 2007)

This research introduces the results of a study which was conducted on geographically distributed groups of students (54 groups of 3-4 students each in three different subjects) working on their term project development ...
Technical experiences of implementing a wireless tracking and facial biometric verification system for a clinical environment

Liu B.; Lee J.; Documet J.; Guo B.; King N.; Huang H.K. (, 2006)

By implementing a tracking and verification system, clinical facilities can effectively monitor workflow and heighten information security in today's growing demand towards digital imaging informatics. This paper presents ...
Termination fees in mergers and acquisitions: Protecting investors or managers?

Andre P.; Khalil S.; Magnan M. (OXFORD9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND, 2007)

Institutional investors closely monitor termination fees in mergers and acquisitions (MandA). We argue that their magnitude reflects either agency problems or efficiency considerations. Focusing on MandA involving Canadian ...
The adoption of deferred share unit plans for outside directors and shareholder wealth

Khalil S.; Magnan M.; Andre P. (MALDENCOMMERCE PLACE, 350 MAIN ST, MALDEN 02148, MA USA, 2008)

Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question-Issue: We examine the impact of the adoption of deferred share unit (DSU) plans for directors on a firm's stock market value. We also examine the differential response to plan ...

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