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The export competitive advantages of Turkish manufacturing companies

Koksal M.H.; Ozgul E. (2010)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine the export competitive advantage differences between high- and low-performing companies in Turkey. The paper specifically and separately analyzes the companies' export ...
The gender pay gap revisited: Insights from a developing country context

Jamali D.; Sidani Y.; Kobeissi A. (, 2008)

Purpose - While the gender pay gap has received considerable attention, the evidence from developing countries remains scant. The purpose of this paper is to examine the salience of a gender pay gap in a developing country ...
The glass ceiling: Some positive trends from the Lebanese banking sector

Jamali D.; Safieddine A.; Daouk M. (, 2006)

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to explore the salience of glass ceiling type barriers in the Lebanese banking sector, based on the perceptions of a sample of Lebanese top and middle level women managers. ...
The history of overseas Lebanese entrepreneurs operating worldwide

Ahmed Z.U.; Zgheib P.W.; Kowatly A.K.; Rhetts P. (Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.;, 2012)

Purpose: The Lebanese began their present emigration in the middle of the nineteenth century, heading towards North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Today's Lebanese diaspora is made of ...
The HR value proposition model in the Arab Middle East: Identifying the contours of an Arab Middle Eastern HR model

Afiouni F.; Karam C.M.; El-Hajj H. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2013)

The aim of this paper is to investigate the existence or absence of an Arab Middle Eastern (AME) human resource (HR) model. The paper adopts the HR value proposition model (VPM) introduced by Ulrich and Brockbank (2005, ...
The January effect for individual corporate bonds

Dbouk W.; Jamali I.; Kryzanowski L. (NEW YORK360 PARK AVE SOUTH, NEW YORK, NY 10010-1710 USA, 2013)

We examine the presence, magnitude and determinants of a January effect for individual corporate bonds. Our results provide empirical evidence of positive and statistically (but not economically) significant abnormal returns ...
The JOINT model of nurse absenteeism and turnover: A systematic review

Daouk-Oyry L.; Anouze A.-L.; Otaki F.; Dumit N.Y.; Osman I. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2014)

Background: Absenteeism and turnover among healthcare workers have a significant impact on overall healthcare system performance. The literature captures variables from different levels of measurement and analysis as being ...
The learning organization: Tracking progress in a developing country: A comparative analysis using the DLOQ

Jamali D.; Sidani Y.; Zouein C. (2009)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to survey the various measurement instruments of the learning organization on offer, leading to the adoption of a tool that was considered most suitable for gauging progress towards ...
The political economy of residual state ownership in privatized firms: Evidence from emerging markets

Boubakri N.; Cosset J.-C.; Guedhami O.; Saffar W. (AMSTERDAMPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2011)

We investigate the political determinants of residual state ownership for a unique database of 221 privatized firms operating in 27 emerging countries over the 1980 to 2001 period. After controlling for firm-level and other ...
The relationship between marketing strategies and performance in an economic crisis

Koksal M.H.; Ozgul E. (, 2007)

Purpose - To examine how companies are affected by economic crises, to assess the effects of marketing strategies on company performance in such conditions, and to identify those that can help companies to maintain successful ...
The rise and coming fall of international accounting research

Samuel S.; Manassian A. (, 2011)

This paper examines international accounting research (IAR) as a historically constituted discursive formation and argues for the post-colonial moment as its condition of possibility. The post-colonial moment is specified ...
The riskiness of audit firm continuing clients' portfolio

Khalil S. (, 2011)

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to test whether firms audited by the same Big 4 audit firm (Big 4 continuing clients) are more-less likely to report material weaknesses (systemic material weaknesses) in internal ...
The triple-bottom-line of corporate responsibility: Assessing the attitudes of present and future business professionals across the BRICs

Ralston D.A.; Egri C.P.; Karam C.M.; Naoumova I.; Srinivasan N.; Casado T.; Li Y.; Alas R. (, 2014)

Research on corporate responsibility (CR), a topic that has grown in importance over the past few decades, has focused primarily on developed countries. In this study, we look to the future and direct our attention to the ...
The two sides of CEO option grants at the IPO

Chahine S.; Goergen M. (AMSTERDAMPO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, 2011)

This paper examines the impact of CEO IPO option grants on IPO underpricing. Contrary to Lowry and Murphy (2007) who do not find a relationship between the two, this paper finds such a relationship when board independence, ...
The variables influencing consumer information search strategies: Christmas shopping in Lebanon

Koksal M.H. (, 2011)

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine the personal, situational and socio-demographic factors influencing consumer information search strategies whilst Christmas shopping in a religiously-diverse Middle Eastern ...
Three insertion heuristics and a justification improvement heuristic for two-dimensional bin packing with guillotine cuts

Fleszar K. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2013)

The problem of packing two-dimensional items into two-dimensional bins is considered in which patterns of items allocated to bins must be guillotine-cuttable and item rotation might be allowed (2BP||G). Three new constructive ...
Tourism survey research in sub-Saharan Africa: Problems and challenges

Moswete N.N.; Darley W.K. (ABINGDON4 PARK SQUARE, MILTON PARK, ABINGDON OX14 4RN, OXFORDSHIRE, ENGLAND, 2012)

This paper examines the challenges encountered when conducting tourism-related research in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Using socio-demographic and infrastructure information as a backdrop, aspects of market research and their ...
Towards reasoning with partial goal satisfaction in intelligent agents

Van Riemsdijk M.B.; Yorke-Smith N. (, 2012)

A model of agency that supposes goals are either achieved fully or not achieved at all can be a poor approximation of scenarios arising from the real world. In real domains of application, goals are achieved over time. At ...
Transshipment and safety stock under stochastic supply interruption in a production system

Nasr W.W.; Salameh M.K.; Moussawi-Haidar L. (OXFORDTHE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND, 2012)

We consider a two-echelon system with one source supplying two locations with the same product. The random occurrence of interruptions at the source where downtime is also stochastic can result in stockouts at the two ...
Trust, owner rights, employee rights and firm performance

Goergen M.; Chahine S.; Brewster C.; Wood G. (HOBOKEN111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA, 2013)

This is a study of variations in trust relationships according to institutional setting. A wide body of comparative institutional literature within economics and finance engages with trust. However, as most of this literature ...

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