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Habre, S. S.
El-Kassar, A. N.
Awad, Y. A.
2015-09-15T06:10:46Z
2015-09-15T06:10:46Z
2010
2015-09-15
1311-1728
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2148
https://doi.org/10.3844/jmssp.2009.342.347
Habre, S. S., Awad, Y. A., El-Kassar, A. N. (2010). GCD Matrices Defined on GCD-Closed Sets in Principal Ideal Domains. International Journal of Applied Mathematics, 23(4), 571-581.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267672926_GCD_matrices_defined_on_GCD-closed_sets_in_a_PID
Let S = {x1, x2, ..., xn} be a set of n distinct positive integers. The matrix [S] = (sij) having the greatest common divisor (xi, xj) of xi and xj as its i, j-entry is called the greatest common divisor (GCD) matrix on S. Beslin and Ligh obtained a structure theorem for GCD matrices and generalized Smith’s
determinant to factor-closed sets and gcd-closed sets. In a previous paper, we extended many of the results concerning the GCD matrices defined on factorclosed sets to principal ideal domains such as the domain of Gaussian integers
and the rings of polynomials over the finite field. In this paper, we extend these results to GCD matrices defined on gcd-closed sets in a principal ideal domain.
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GCD Matrices Defined on GCD-Closed Sets in Principal Ideal Domains
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SOB
SAS
199329050
199529190
N/A
Mathematics
shabre@lau.edu.lb
abdulnasser.kassar@lau.edu.lb
International Journal of Applied Mathematics
23
4
571-581
GCD matrix
GCD-closed set
Principal ideal domain
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8423-8723
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/22912023-05-18T11:11:08Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Srour, F. Jordan
Newton, Diane
2015-10-20T07:11:46Z
2015-10-20T07:11:46Z
2006
2015-10-20
0361-1981
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2291
http://dx.doi.org/10.3141/1957-10
Srour, F., & Newton, D. (2006). Freight-specific data derived from intelligent transportation systems: Potential uses in planning freight improvement projects. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (1957), 66-74.
http://trrjournalonline.trb.org/doi/abs/10.3141/1957-10
Freight planning is an increasingly visible topic in the arena of transportation planning. Freight planning metrics and benchmarks can help state agencies select and assess the impact of improvement projects with respect to freight mobility. Given the unique patterns of freight flow, freight metrics are most valuable when derived from freight-specific data. Extraction of timely freight-specific data to support freight planning efforts is not, however, always straightforward. Washington State, the primary focus of this study, has been developing potential methodologies for extracting and applying freight-specific data in benchmarking freight projects. The Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board (FMSIB) of Washington State deployed intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies [Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and automated vehicle identification (AVI)] with the stated goal of collecting freight-specific data. An examination of the data collected for the FMSIB benchmarking test reveals that both sources of data—GPS and AVI—can support the freight planning process. This paper highlights results of the FMSIB study, the comparative accuracy of the two data sources, and the uses of each for planning purposes.
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Freight-specific data derived from intelligent transportation systems
Potential uses in planning freight improvement projects
Article
SOB
201204645
N/A
Inform. Tech. and Operat. Mgmt.
jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb
Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
1957
1
66-74
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7623-723X
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/22922023-05-18T13:32:20Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Ketter, Wolfgang
Srour, F. Jordan
2015-10-20T08:57:46Z
2015-10-20T08:57:46Z
2009
2015-10-20
1085-1038
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2292
Ketter, W., & Srour, F. J. (2009). Optimal or Agile? Tradeoffs between optimization and agent-based methods. OR/MS TODAY.
https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA202715157&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=10851038&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7Ee98239c1
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Optimal or agile?: Tradeoffs between optimization and agent-based methods
Article
SOB
201204645
N/A
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb
OR MS today
36
3
22-27
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7623-723X
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/22942023-05-18T13:31:43Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Srour, F. Jordan
Van De Velde, Steef
2015-10-21T07:30:31Z
2015-10-21T07:30:31Z
2013
2015-10-21
0305-0548
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2294
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cor.2011.06.017
Srour, F. J., & Van De Velde, S. (2013). Are stacker crane problems easy? A statistical study. Computers & Operations Research, 40(3), 674-690.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305054811001791
Many full truckload pick-up and delivery problems in the intermodal freight container transport industry can be modeled as Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problems (ATSPs). Several authors have noted that while ATSPs are NP-hard, some instances are readily solved to optimality in only a short amount of time. Furthermore, the literature contains several references to the Stacker Crane Problem (SCP) as an “easy” problem amidst the ATSPs. We put this hypothesis to test by using statistical methods to build a model relating measurable distance matrix structures to the amount of time required by two existing exact solvers in finding solutions to over 500 ATSP instances. From this analysis we conclude that SCPs are not necessarily easier than other ATSPs, but a special subset of SCPs, termed drayage problems, are more readily solved. We speculate that drayage problems are “easy” because of a comparatively high number of zeros in symmetric locations within the distance matrix. In real-world drayage problems (i.e. the movement of containers a short distance to/from a port or rail terminal), these zeros correspond to the prevalence of jobs originating at or destined to a fixed number of freight terminals.
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Are stacker crane problems easy?
a statistical study
Article
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201204645
N/A
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb
Computers & Operations Research
40
3
674-690
Drayage
Intermodal freight
Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem
Traveling Salesman Problem
Stacker Crane Problem
Statistical analysis of algorithms
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7623-723X
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/23612021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Karkoulian, Silva
Messarra, Leila Canaan
Al Harake, Nour
2015-10-28T09:52:57Z
2015-10-28T09:52:57Z
2010
2016-05-10
1540 – 1200
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2361
Karkoulian, S., Harake, N. A., & Messarra, L. C. (2010). Correlates of organizational commitment and knowledge sharing via emotional intelligence: An empirical investigation. The business review, Cambridge, 15(1), 89-96.
http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/32437200/Artcle_15.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ56TQJRTWSMTNPEA&Expires=1470915754&Signature=20ffPnndanytTRZ8CvGC40zhKC0%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DCorrolates_of_Organizational_commitment.pdf
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Correlates of organizational commitment and knowledge sharing via intelligence
An empirical investigation
Article
SOB
198629030
198203940
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
skarkoul@lau.edu.lb
lmasara@lau.edu.lb
Lebanese American University
Business Review Cambridge
15
1
89-96
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6513-3483
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/23622021-03-19T09:10:04Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Messarra, Leila
Karkoulian, Silva
Younes, Aida
2015-10-28T10:01:57Z
2015-10-28T10:01:57Z
2008
2016-05-17
1546-2609
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2362
Messarra, L., Karkoulian, S., & Younes, A. (2008). Four facets of cultural 1. intelligence predictors of knowledge sharing intentions. Review of Bussiness Research, 8(5), 126-131.
https://business.highbeam.com/408798/article-1G1-190699928/four-facets-cultural-intelligence-predictors-knowledge
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the four facets of cultural intelligence correlates with the intention to share knowledge. The sample consisted of 164 employees working in multinational organizations. Results indicate that metacognitive, motivational, and behavioral cultural quotients (CQ) are predictors of knowledge sharing intentions. No relation was found between cognitive CQ and knowledge sharing intentions.
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Four facets of cultural intelligence predictors of knowledge sharing intentions
Article
SOB
198629030
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
lmasara@lau.edu.lb
Lebanese American University
Review of business research
8
5
126-131
Cultural intelligence
Metacognitive
Cognitive
Motivational
Behavioral
Knowledge sharing
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6513-3483
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/23632021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Messarra, Leila
El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser
2015-10-28T10:11:25Z
2015-10-28T10:11:25Z
2010
2016-05-17
1553-5827
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2363
Messarra, L. C., & El-Kassar, A. (2010). Effects of religious diversity on the employees’ perception and reaction. The Business Review, 15(1)
http://www.academia.edu/4347435/Effects_of_Religious_Diversity_on_the_Employees_Perception_and_Reaction
With increased globalization and emigration, religious diversity is becoming an essential part of workforce diversity. Drawing from the Lebanese experience, the aim of this paper is to highlight some concerns that might affect religiously diverse organizations around the world. Surveys were administered to 349 employees working in medium size religiously diverse organizations to determine their perceptions of religious discrimination in their organizations. Descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, chi square and regression analysis found a positive relation between education and the perception of religious discrimination in the workplace. In addition, positive measures taken by the companies when dealing with religious diversity issues positively influences employees’ perception and reaction.
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Effects of religious diversity on the employees' perception and reaction
Article
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199529190
198629030
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
lmasara@lau.edu.lb
abdulnasser.kassar@lau.edu.lb
Lebanese American University
Business Review Cambridge
15
1
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8423-8723
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/23642021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Messarra, Leila Canaan
Karkoulian, Silva
McCarthy, Richard
2015-10-28T10:50:01Z
2015-10-28T10:50:01Z
2016-05-17
1753-7983
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2364
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17537981111190042
Canaan Messarra, L., Karkoulian, S., & McCarthy, R. (2011). To restrict or not to restrict personal internet usage on the job. Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues, 4(4), 253-266.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/17537981111190042
Purpose
– The subject of cyber‐slacking has prompted many organizations to respond by enforcing or implementing policies that restrict internet access. The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the impact of four internet monitoring policies on cyber‐slacking and work satisfaction.
Design/methodology/approach
– Employees working in medium‐size organizations in Lebanon were surveyed. Chi‐square tests, correlation, ANOVA, and regression analysis were used to test the hypothesis.
Findings
– Results indicated that having a free internet access had a positive relation with cyber‐slacking, leading to an increase in work satisfaction. The survey also indicated relationship with demographic factors.
Research limitations/implications
– Although the research provides useful insight on cyber‐slacking and monitoring policies, it is nevertheless restricted to Lebanese companies.
Originality/value
– This paper adds to the literature on cyber‐slacking by empirically testing the effect of different monitoring policies.
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To restrict or not to restrict personal internet usage on the job
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198203940
198629030
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
lmasara@lau.edu.lb
skarkoul@lau.edu.lb
Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle Eastern Issues
4
4
253-266
Lebanon
Internet
Job satisfaction
Cyber‐loafing
Cyber‐slacking
Employees behaviour
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6513-3483
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/24112021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Zgheib, Philip W.
Ahmed, Zafar U.
Carraher, Shawn
Kowatly, Abdulrahim K.
2015-11-02T07:15:21Z
2015-11-02T07:15:21Z
2013
2016-05-19
2045-2101
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2411
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/20452101311318666
Ahmed, Z. U., Zgheib, P. W., Carraher, S., & Kowatly, A. K. (2013). Public policy and expatriate entrepreneurs. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 2(1), 42-53.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/20452101311318666
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between demographic and public policy with the entrepreneurial related variables of entrepreneurial orientation, self employment, customer service, and leadership.
Design/methodology/approach – Results from 264 first generation expatriate entrepreneurs from Lebanon are used in order to examine the relationships between the variables using a mail questionnaire.
Findings – It was found that educational level was important with all of the dependent variables and that the public policy variable of Property Rights was related to entrepreneurial orientation.
Research limitations/implications – The major limitation of the research is that there was range restriction in the dependent variables, likely due to the sample characteristic of them all being expatriate entrepreneurs. The major implications of the study include that additional research should examine the importance of public policy variables with entrepreneurs and the importance of education in encouraging entrepreneurial activities.
Originality/value – Very little research has examined expatriate entrepreneurs and nearly none has examined the relationship between public policy and expatriate entrepreneurship.
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Public policy and expatriate entrepreneurs
Article
SOB
201200959
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy
2
1
42-53
Entrepreneurship
Public policy
Expatriation
Lebanon
Leadership
Customer service
Entrepreneurialism
Expatriates
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/24122021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Zgheib, Philip W.
Ahmed, Zafar U.
Kowatly, Abdulrahim K.
Rhetts, Peter
2015-11-02T07:53:59Z
2015-11-02T07:53:59Z
2012
2015-11-02
1751-1348
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2412
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17511341211236237
Ahmed, Z. U., Zgheib, P. W., Kowatly, A. K., & Rhetts, P. (2012). The history of overseas Lebanese entrepreneurs operating worldwide. Journal of Management History, 18(3), 295-311.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/17511341211236237
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 highly educated and prominent entrepreneurs who have created huge
marks in their adopted homelands and the world. In the current study the authors aim to explore this and make suggestions for future research.
Design/methodology/approach – The authors use historical literature review and synthesis in order to explore the topic and make suggestions for future research.
Findings – The authors find that entrepreneurs from Lebanon have had a significant impact on the economies of many parts of the world.
Originality/value – This paper is original in that it brings together the research on entrepreneurship and Lebanon so that future researchers can have good ideas as to ways to pursue future cross-cultural research.
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The history of overseas Lebanese entrepreneurs operating worldwide
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SOB
201200959
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Management History
18
3
295-311
Economic history
Emerging and regional economies
Entrepreneurship
Lebanon
Entrepreneurialism
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/24132021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Zgheib, Philippe W.
Kowatly, Abdulrahim K.
2015-11-02T08:05:27Z
2015-11-02T08:05:27Z
2011
2015-11-02
0827-6331
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2413
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08276331.2011.10593543
Zgheib, P. W., & Kowatly, A. K. (2011). Autonomy, locus of control, and entrepreneurial orientation of Lebanese expatriates worldwide. Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship, 24(3), 345-360.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08276331.2011.10593543
Present day and on-going Lebanese emigration worldwide dates back several centuries. Yet it has intensified since the middle of the nineteenth century, mostly reinforcing Lebanese presence in North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. The 21st century Lebanese presence worldwide is made up of highly educated and prominent entrepreneurs who have contributed with lasting impact in their adopted homelands and the world. This research directs attention to the exploration of success attributes for overseas Lebanese entrepreneurs. Data gathered was based on a survey of 264 Lebanese entrepreneurs operating worldwide. Statistical analysis was carried out using frequency distribution, Cronbach alpha, ANOVA, correlation and linear regression. Results show overseas Lebanese entrepreneurs have a high entrepreneurial orientation. In other
words, they are perseverant, innovative, risk taking individuals who compete aggressively in the marketplace and are driven by a need for autonomy. Moreover, overseas Lebanese entrepreneurs are not found to be influenced by the cultural composition of their host countries in terms of uncertainty avoidance and individualism.
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Autonomy, locus of control, and entrepreneurial orientation of Lebanese expatriates worldwide
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201200959
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship
24
3
345-360
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/24142021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Zgheib, Philippe W.
Zgheib, Nathalie K.
Cecchetti, Alfred A.
Parmanto, Bambang
Ahmad, Sjarif
Branch, Robert A.
2015-11-02T08:44:19Z
2015-11-02T08:44:19Z
2011
2015-11-02
1759-8885
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-8893.2011.00039.x
Zgheib, P. W., Zgheib, N. K., Cecchetti, A. A., Parmanto, B., Ahmad, S., & Branch, R. A. (2011). In‐hospital drug‐use optimization using the Marginal Utility Theory. Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, 2(2), 89-95.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1759-8893.2011.00039.x/full
Objective To use cost-utility analysis as an application of the Marginal Utility Theory whereby optimal drug use in terms of optimal drug cost and volume is estimated based on
the diminishing marginal utility conditions.
Methods Data were collected between 2003 and 2005 from the billing system of two large hospitals that belong to the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Domains of interest
were stored and correlated in a multidimensional, highly structured Drug Use and Management System (DRUMS) developed by the Center for Clinical Pharmacology at the University of Pittsburgh. Optimal in-hospital drug use is achieved when there are equal marginal rates of substitution between in-hospital drug use and therapeutic outcome subject to diminishing marginal utility conditions.
Key findings Patient disposition after hospitalization and length of stay appeared to be reliable indicators of patient therapeutic outcome. Drug cost and volume were over-extended in patients with a length of stay exceeding 20 days and disposition into long-term care, implying over-utilization and/or over-prescribing of drugs. All categories of length of stay and disposition were investigated; they each present a different potential for cost-utility optimization.
Conclusion We recommend that entrepreneurial hospital strategists adopt knowledge systems such as DRUMS to analyse aggregate data, and use cost utility as a tool for
aggregate in-hospital drug use analyses.
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In-hospital drug-use optimization using the marginal utility theory
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201200959
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
2
89-95
Cost utility
Drug use
Length of stay
Optimization
Patient disposition
Therapeutic outcome
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/24152021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Zgheib, Philippe W.
2015-11-02T11:13:16Z
2015-11-02T11:13:16Z
2006
2015-11-02
1545-2581
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2415
Zgheib, P. W. (2006, July). Female gender descriptors for entrepreneurial autonomy of Arab women: opportunities and constraints. In Competition Forum (4,2), 481-488
https://search.proquest.com/docview/214847497?pq-origsite=gscholar
During the twentieth century Arab women struggled to change their condition, and succeeded in finding a place, though still small, in the active labor force. Increasingly, Arab women are becoming educated, self-confident and autonomous. In a male dominated society, leading to feminization of unemployment, Arab women are considering starting their own businesses. They are venturing into self-employment opportunities. Social empowerment of Arab women has also become the aim of many. The increased participation of women in self managed activities is helping tremendously in the development and well-being of their households.
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Female gender descriptors for entrepreneurial autonomy of Arab women
opportunities and constraints
Article
SOB
201200959
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb
Competition Forum
4
2
481-488
Entrepreneurship
Arab
Women
Autonomy
Gender
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/24162021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Zgheib, Philip W.
Ahmed, Zafar U.
Beldona, Sri
Gebara, Veronique
2015-11-02T11:33:57Z
2015-11-02T11:33:57Z
2006
2015-11-02
1741-2242
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2416
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/WRSTSD.2006.010226
Zgheib, P. W., Ahmed, Z. U., Beldona, S., & Gebara, V. (2006). The impact of population growth on Human Development Index: a comparative analysis of Middle Eastern countries. World Review of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, 3(3), 258-269.
http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/WRSTSD.2006.010226
This paper tests the growth of population on the determinants of Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI is a composite index constructed from measures of life expectancy, education and per capita income. This paper reviews the literature on population growth and using those arguments tries to find any link between population growth and HDI for Middle Eastern countries. Implications for policy makers are discussed.
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The impact of population growth on Human Development Index
A comparative analysis of Middle Eastern countries
Article
SOB
201200959
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb
International Journal World Review of Science, Technology, and Sustainable Development
3
3
258-269
Population growth
Human Development Index
HDI
Middle East
Health
Education
Income
Life expectancy
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/24172021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Zgheib, Philippe W.
Zgheib, Nathalie
Usta, Jinan
2015-11-02T12:04:08Z
2015-11-02T12:04:08Z
2006
2015-11-02
1079-3739
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2417
Zgheib, N., Zgheib, P. W., & Usta, J. (2006). Comparison of job and career satisfaction between women physicians and women academicians at the American University of Beirut. Journal of health and human services administration, 26-50.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25790677?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
This study assesses the level of job and career satisfaction, work, social life and child care conflict of full time female academic physicians, and compares it with full time female non medical academicians at the American University of Beirut. The authors show that female physicians were significantly more satisfied with resources and income than non physicians. Both groups were satisfied with their job in general, yet less of the non medical academicians were satisfied with the career progress. Furthermore, despite the fact that both categories, if given the choice, would go again for the same major and the same career, yet less of the physicians would advise a friend to follow the same career. There is minimal conflict between social life and work; and being married and having children did not affect the satisfaction level except for the fact of feeling more torn between the demands of work and personal life. Several interpretations are exposed in order to explain the findings, as well as the implications of the study.
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Comparison of job and career satisfaction between women physicians and women academicians at the American University of Beirut
Article
SOB
201200959
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Health and Human Services Administration
29
1
26-50
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/24182021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Zgheib, Philippe W.
2015-11-02T12:50:51Z
2015-11-02T12:50:51Z
2005
2015-11-02
0167-4544
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-004-6394-5
Zgheib, P. W. (2005). Managerial ethics: An empirical study of business students in the American University of Beirut. Journal of Business Ethics, 61(1), 69-78.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-004-6394-5
This is a study that investigated the extent of use of the three principles of ethics – utility, morality, and justice – in managerial ethical decision making, in addition to the personal attitude towards them. It involved undergraduate and graduate business students (total N=163) from the Olayan School of Business in the American University of Beirut, Lebanon. Two kinds of measurements were done: self assessment, and testing with the Saschkin’ s Managerial Value Profile (1997). It showed that morality was the overriding ethical principle used, especially in the graduate group (professionals). Business students still believed in the justice system despite the weakness of the country’s law. Utility was the least used, although males were found to be more utilitarian than females. Finally there was no relation between personal attitudes toward the three ethical principles, and the intentional behavior when faced with ethical dilemmas. The findings were discussed and recommendations were given.
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Managerial ethics
an empirical study of business students in the American University of Beirut
Article
SOB
201200959
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Business Ethics
61
69-78
American University of Beirut
Attitude
Behavior
Business students
Gender
Justice
Lebanon
Managerial ethics
Morality
Professionals
Utility
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29692021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Nkuiya, Bruno
Marrouch, Walid
Bahel, Eric
2016-01-28T11:59:15Z
2016-01-28T11:59:15Z
2014
2016-01-28
1097-3923
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2969
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jpet.12108
Nkuiya, B., Marrouch, W., & Bahel, E. (2014). International environmental agreements under endogenous uncertainty. Journal of Public Economic Theory 17 (5), 752-772.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jpet.12108
This paper explores the implications of the possibility of a shift in environmental damages on the participation in environmental treaties. Using a two-period model where the probability of a regime shift increases in the first-period pollution stock, we examine the issue of coalition formation under both fixed and dynamic membership. Our analysis suggests that endogenous uncertainty may increase participation. We find that full cooperation may be sustained, but only in the presence of endogenous uncertainty. Interestingly, when the shift in the environmental damage is large enough, the model provides a way to solve the “puzzle of small coalitions” found in the literature related to international environmental agreements. We also find that in period 1 (period 2) endogenous uncertainty leads to a lower (higher) pollution stock under dynamic membership as compared to the fixed membership case.
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International environmental agreements under endogenous uncertainty
Article
SOB
200200185
N/A
Department of Economics (ECON)
walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Public Economic Theory
17
5
752-772
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8488-6555
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29702021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Fakih, Ali
Marrouch, Walid
2016-01-28T12:05:32Z
2016-01-28T12:05:32Z
2015
2016-01-28
1753-0229
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2970
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/opec.12053
Fakih, A., & Marrouch, W. (2015). The electricity consumption, employment and growth nexus: evidence from Lebanon. OPEC Energy Review, 39(3), 298-321.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/opec.12053/full
The causal relationship between electricity consumption and growth in Lebanon is examined using aggregate employment in a trivariate setting for the period 1980–2011. We test the main hypothesis that electricity is an input in the aggregate production function. Our results reject the input hypothesis in Lebanon in both the short run and long run. However, electricity is found to be a by-product only when we employ a stronger test for Granger causality. These results seem to suggest that electricity conservation strategies should be easier to implement without additional sacrifices to growth in Lebanon. By contrast, we find evidence of a long-run relationship between employment and growth. We offer some specific detailed strategy to Lebanon that provides support for carrying out policies that increase the level of labour-promoting investments in the country.
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The electricity consumption, employment and growth nexus: evidence from Lebanon
Article
SOB
201105198
200200185
N/A
Department of Economics (ECON)
AFakih@lau.edu.lb
walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb
OPEC Energy Review
39
3
298-321
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8488-6555
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29722021-03-18T13:42:16Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Leroux, Justin
Marrouch, Walid
2016-01-28T12:23:18Z
2016-01-28T12:23:18Z
2011
2017-10-12
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2972
http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1762669
Leroux, J., & Marrouch, W. (2011). Bargaining with linked disagreement points. CIRANO-Scientific Publication, (2011s-30).
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1762669
In the context of bilateral bargaining, we deal with issue linkage by developing a two-issue-two-players cooperative bargaining model. The axioms we propose focus on the role of the disagreement points. A family of bargaining rule stands out: the monotonic equal net ratio solutions. These solutions point to Pareto efficient outcomes such that the relative gains for players are equal across issues and reward the players for improving their bargaining power over each issue. We discuss our results in light of international trade and environmental negotiations, which are often put on the bargaining table in a linked fashion.
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Bargaining with linked disagreement points
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SOB
200200185
N/A
Department of Economics (ECON)
walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb
Multi-Issue Bargaining
Issue Linkages
Axiomatic Solutions
Disagreement Point
CIRANO - Scientific Publication No. 2011s-30
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8488-6555
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29732021-03-18T13:42:16Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Marrouch, Walid
Sinclair-Desgagne, Bernard
2016-01-28T13:12:02Z
2016-01-28T13:12:02Z
2012
2017-10-12
1355-770X
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2973
http://dx.doi.org/:10.1017/S1355770X12000101
Marrouch, W., & Sinclair-Desgagné, B. (2012). Emission taxes when pollution depends on location. Environment and Development Economics, 17(04), 433-443.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26265529?seq=1
It is well known that an efficient pollution taxation scheme should charge each source according to its specific marginal contribution to social damages. Despite significant advances in environmental assessment, geographic information systems and data analysis, this requirement would impose technical, informational and administrative expenses that most regulators – notably in developing countries – seem unable to afford. This paper shows that it can actually be less demanding than it seems. If polluters are price-takers, for instance, in a context where the affected population concentrates at a given location, then the optimal emission tax will disregard a source's location. Otherwise, the adjustment of the optimal tax to location will depend on the extent of a polluter's market power.
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Emission taxes when pollution depends on location
Article
SOB
200200185
N/A
Department of Economics (ECON)
walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb
Environment and Development Economics
17
4
433-443
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8488-6555
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29742021-03-19T09:10:04Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Marrouch, Walid
Sita, Bernard Ben
Abosedra, Salah
2016-01-28T13:21:03Z
2016-01-28T13:21:03Z
2012
2018-05-18
0301-4215
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2974
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.03.041
Sita, B. B., Marrouch, W., & Abosedra, S. (2012). Short-run price and income elasticity of gasoline demand: Evidence from Lebanon. Energy Policy, 46, 109-115.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421512002467
We empirically estimate the demand for gasoline in the presence of multiple shifts caused by structural breaks using monthly data from Lebanon covering the period 2000:M1–2010:M12. Consistent with most studies in the literature, our study reports that gasoline is price and income inelastic in the short-run. However, when a single and multiple breaks are introduced, the consumers’ responsiveness to gasoline price and income increase. Since both price and income elasticity are sensitive to structural changes, a policy that pleads for a flat excise tax may not be optimal with respect to either the cyclical pattern of government revenues or the internalization of international environment standards.
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Short-run price and income elasticity of gasoline demand
Evidence from Lebanon
Article
SOB
200603722
200200185
N/A
Department of Economics (ECON)
bernard.bensita@lau.edu.lb
walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb
Energy Policy
46
109-115
Gasoline demand
Elasticity
Structural breaks
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8488-6555
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29752021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Bahel, Eric
Marrouch, Walid
Gaudet, Gerard
2016-01-28T13:40:21Z
2016-01-28T13:40:21Z
2013
2016-01-28
0928-7655
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.reseneeco.2013.02.005
Bahel, E., Marrouch, W., & Gaudet, G. (2013). The economics of oil, biofuel and food commodities. Resource and Energy Economics, 35(4), 599-617.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928765513000195
We study the effects on the food price of introducing biofuels as a substitute for fossil fuel in the energy market. Energy is supplied by a price-leading oil cartel and a competitive fringe of farmers producing biofuel. Biofuel production shares a finite land resource with food production. A positive relationship results between energy and food prices. We establish that the equilibrium price of food will be growing as long as the oil stock is being depleted, and beyond if demand is growing. An analysis of the effects of the productivity of land use in either the food or the biofuel sectors is carried out. It is shown that, with a highly inelastic demand for food, an increase in the productivity of land in agriculture will decrease the price of food in the short-run, only to increase it in the long-run as the stock of fossil fuel is depleted.
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The economics of oil, biofuel and food commodities
Article
SOB
200200185
N/A
Department of Economics (ECON)
walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb
Resource and Energy Economics
35
4
599-617
Biofuel
Oil depletion
Demand growth
Energy price
Food price
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8488-6555
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29842021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Vitale, Edward
Cavusgil, S.Tamer
Amine, Lyn S.
2016-02-02T09:31:54Z
2016-02-02T09:31:54Z
2016-02-02
0306-9192
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2984
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0306-9192(83)90003-9
Cavusgil, S. T., Amine, L. S., & Vitale, E. (1983). Marketing supplementary food products in LDCs: A case study in Morocco. Food Policy, 8(2), 111-120.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0306919283900039
Developing country governments as well as a number of international agencies have become directly involved in the past two decades in the production and marketing of supplementary food products. This article discusses the Moroccan government's involvement in introducing a weaning food targeted for elaborates on the factors which contributed contributedm to the failure of this and other similar ventures, while drawing attention to the important low-income Moroccan children. It role that marketing plays in launching socially desirable food products in developing country environments.
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Marketing supplementary food products in LDCs
A case study in Morocco
Article
SOB
197529040
N/A
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
evitale@lau.edu.lb
Food Policy
8
2
111-120
Supplementary foods
Marketing
Developing countries
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29852021-03-19T10:50:27Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Amine, Lyn S.
Cavusgil, S.Tamer
Vitale, Edward
2016-02-02T09:38:36Z
2016-02-02T09:38:36Z
2016-02-02
0309-0566
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2985
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000004832
Amine, L. S., Vitale, E., & Tamer Cavusgil, S. (1983). Launching a Weaning Food in a Developing Country: The Moroccan Experience. European Journal of Marketing, 17(5), 44-54.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/EUM0000000004832
Discusses the various stages in the launch of a new weaning food in Morocco. Highlights inherent problems in marketing a product in Morocco, including government inefficiencies and weaknesses in the retailing infrastructure. Examines the need for a new weaning food in the country due to high levels of malnutrition. Describes the launch of the mew product by the World Health organization and the US Agency for International Development. Discusses the products failure and analyses reasons for this failure including: The Moroccan market environment; The pricing strategy; The distribution strategy; Conflicting aims of the government and the individual entrepreneur. Examines lessons to be learnt from the failure, and techniques to be used in the future including: The conduct of a detailed marketing strategy by an advertising agency. The creation of a focused distribution strategy. Enhance support from the Moroccan government. Concludes that the success of a product in a country like Morocco will depend upon the quality of future marketing planning, and the programme implementation and follow‐up, in addition to the personal commitment of those carrying out the new venture.
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Launching A Weaning Food in a Developing Country
The Moroccan Experience Article Options and Tools
Article
SOB
197529040
N/A
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
evitale@lau.edu.lb
European Journal of Marketing
17
5
44-54
Developing countries
Marketing strategy
Morocco
Product launch
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29862021-03-19T09:10:05Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Toukan, Amjad
2016-02-02T10:03:36Z
2016-02-02T10:03:36Z
2014
2016-02-16
2162-2078
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2986
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/tel.2014.46051
Toukan, A. (2014). Privately Held or Publicly Owned? Large Shareholders and Corporate Control. Theoretical Economics Letters, 4 (6), 397-409
http://file.scirp.org/Html/5-1500522_46801.htm
This paper examines the decision to go public in the presence of large and dispersed shareholders. The decision to go public and the shape of the ownership structure itself depend on the particular combination of concentrated and dispersed ownership that maximizes the initial owners’ wealth. Owners/managers and large shareholders exert costly efforts to increase their share of the value of the public firm. The respective shares and the listing decision are affected by the efficiency of the judiciary and law enforcement system.
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Privately Held or Publicly Owned? Large Shareholders and Corporate Control
Article
SOB
200904980
N/A
Department of Economics (ECON)
amjad.toukan@lau.edu.lb
Theoretical Economics Letters
4
6
397-409
Ownership Structure
Corporate Governance
Agency Costs
Monitoring
Managerial Conflict
Legal Protection
Investor Protection
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29872021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Ismail, Hussein
2016-02-02T13:41:00Z
2016-02-02T13:41:00Z
2013
2016-02-02
1913-8067
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2987
Ismail, H. (2013). Exploring Employee Involvement in Hotels in Lebanon: A Case Study. Journal of Management Policy and Practice, 14(2), 62.
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1429361688?pq-origsite=gscholar
Many large companies in the Arab world have been emphasizing HRM in their organizations as they learned about the benefits of HRM in the west. But what is the real picture? This case study of international luxury hotels in Lebanon shows that although the managers of these hotels stress that employee involvement is applied in their organizations, the reality on the ground is rather different. Hotel employees noted that they are not involved in the design of their jobs and that their input is often left out in performance appraisals. The paper ends by offering some valuable recommendations and insights
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Exploring Employee Involvement in Hotels in Lebanon
A Case Study
Article
SOB
199504570
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
hismail@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Management Policy and Practise
14
2
62-75
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9772-6032
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/29882021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Ismail, Hussein
2016-02-02T13:48:49Z
2016-02-02T13:48:49Z
2012
2016-02-02
2158-3609
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2988
Ismail, H. (2012). Corporate performance: Identifying a control variable for HR-attitude studies. Journal of Organizational Psychology, 12(1), 69-78
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1137322531?pq-origsite=gscholar
Recent evidence consistently shows that corporate performance has an important effect on job satisfaction. This study aims to contribute further to this novel field of research by examining the relationship between corporate performance and job satisfaction in a longitudinal study. Results show that corporate performance is associated with job satisfaction. The study discusses the importance of corporate performance as control variable in current HR - Attitude studies. The connection of job satisfaction with HR practices is also discussed. Future research questions are proposed
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Corporate Performance
Identifying a Control Variable for HR - Attitude Studies
Article
SOB
1995054570
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
Journal of Organizational Psychology
12
1
69-78
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9772-6032
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/30482021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Srour, Jordan
Tamas, Mahr
De Weerdt, Mathijs
Zuidwijk, Rob
2016-02-11T11:13:09Z
2016-02-11T11:13:09Z
2008
2016-02-11
0968-090X
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3048
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trc.2009.04.018
Máhr, T., Srour, J., de Weerdt, M., & Zuidwijk, R. (2010). Can agents measure up? A comparative study of an agent-based and on-line optimization approach for a drayage problem with uncertainty. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 18(1), 99-119.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0968090X09000527
Experiments studying the behavior of agent-based methods over varying levels of uncertainty in comparison to traditional optimization methods are generally absent from the literature. In this paper we apply two structurally distinct solution approaches, an on-line optimization and an agent-based approach, to a drayage problem with time windows under two types of uncertainty. Both solution approaches are able to respond to dynamic events. The on-line optimization approach utilizes a mixed integer program to obtain a feasible route at 30-s intervals. The second solution approach deploys agents that engage in auctions to satisfy their own objectives based on the information they perceive and maintain locally. Our results reveal that the agent-based system can outperform the on-line optimization when service time duration is highly uncertain. The on-line optimization approach, on the other hand, performs competitively with the agent-based system under conditions of job-arrival uncertainty. When both moderate service time and job-arrival uncertainties are combined, the agent system outperforms the on-line optimization; however, in the case of extremely high combined uncertainty, the on-line optimization outperforms the agent-based approach.
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Can agents measure up? A comparative study of an agent-based and on-line optimization approach for a drayage problem with uncertainty
Article
SOB
201204645
N/A
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb
Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies
18
1
99-119
Dynamic vehicle routing
Pick-up and delivery problem with time windows
On-line optimization; Multi-agent system
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7623-723X
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/30922023-05-18T11:48:11Zcom_10725_2055com_10725_2054col_10725_2075col_10725_2081
El Khoury, John
Srour, F. Jordan
2016-02-16T12:08:49Z
2016-02-16T12:08:49Z
2015
2017-04-11
0733-947X
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3092
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000798
El Khoury, J., & Srour, F. J. (2015). Value of Dynamic Revenue-Maximizing Congestion Pricing in a Highly Congested Corridor. Journal of Transportation Engineering, 141(12), 04015029.
http://ascelibrary.org/doi/abs/10.1061/(ASCE)TE.1943-5436.0000798
This paper examines the value of utilizing dynamic, revenue-maximizing, congestion pricing on a privately operated tolled route, when the only alternative is a highly congested, public, free-access route. Three methods are specified by which revenue can be maximized—through the selection of a fixed percent of users to set the toll price for, through the selection of a fixed level of service on the toll road, and through the use of a nonlinear optimization model. These methods are tested on a case study involving a highly congested corridor. In simulation, the corridor’s flow rates are observed following the posting of a toll, the toll is updated, and the new flow observed until a subsequent round of revenue maximizing is applied to the new conditions. It was concluded that in a highly congested corridor a dynamic, revenue-maximizing toll can finance the construction of new capacity without degrading social welfare.
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Value of dynamic revenue-maximizing congestion pricing in a highly congested corridor
Article
SOB
SOE
201204645
200103005
N/A
Civil Engineering
Inform. Tech. and Operat. Mgmt.
john.khoury@lau.edu.lb
jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Transportation Engineering
141
12
Congestion pricing
Dynamic toll pricing
Managed lanes
Corridor Management
Revenue maximizing tolls
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7623-723X
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/31572021-02-03T09:41:50Zcom_10725_2055com_10725_2054col_10725_2075col_10725_2081
Nasr, G. E.
Dibeh, G. L.
Badr, E. A.
2016-02-23T07:39:11Z
2016-02-23T07:39:11Z
2008
2016-02-23
1556-7249
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3157
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15567240701232048
Badr, E. A., Nasr, G. E., & Dibeh, G. L. (2008). Econometric modeling of gasoline consumption: a cointegration analysis. Energy Sources, Part B, 3(3), 305-313.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15567240701232048#.V6g7zLh97cs
This article applies econometric models to investigate determinants of gasoline consumption (GC) in postwar Lebanon (1993–1999). The impact of gasoline price (P) and car registration (CR) on gasoline consumption is investigated through three models, namely, the static, autoregressive, and partial adjustment models. Analysis results showed the statistical significance of the price, at the 10% level, in affecting gasoline consumption and the insignificance of the car registration time series. Furthermore, given that regression models may produce spurious results, if time series are non-stationary, the GC, P, and CR were tested for order of integration using the Dickey-Fuller (DF) and the augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) tests. Cointegration analysis, using the Johansen and the Engle and Yoo test methods, revealed the existence of a long-run relationship between all variables. Moreover, an error correction model is developed to predict short-run dynamics. Finally, statistical performance measures, such as mean square error, mean average deviation, and mean average percentage error, are presented for all models.
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en
Econometric Modeling of Gasoline Consumption
A Cointegration Analysis
Article
SOB
SOE
199390170
199490150
N/A
Electrical Engineering
genasr@lau.edu.lb
gdibeh@lau.edu.lb
Energy Sources. Part B. Economics, Planning, and Policy
3
3
305-313
Cointegration analysis
Energy forecasting
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/32612021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Boumosleh, Anwar
2016-03-03T14:02:39Z
2016-03-03T14:02:39Z
2009
2016-03-03
0800-3564
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3261
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6288.2009.00228.x
Boumosleh, A. (2009). Director compensation and the reliability of accounting information. Financial Review, 44(4), 525-539.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1540-6288.2009.00228.x/epdf
This paper studies the effect of incentive-based compensation on directors' monitoring of management. Using total accruals to measure the level of earnings management, I find that director stock option compensation is associated with higher levels of total accruals. I interpret this result to suggest that director stock options are more likely to align interests of directors with those of managers and that this convergence of interest manifests in lower transparency and reliability of financial information. The results suggest that director stock option compensation provides incentive for directors to compromise their task in the financial reporting process.
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Director Compensation and the Reliability of Accounting Information
Article
SOB
200501018
N/A
Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA)
anwar.boumosleh@lau.edu.lb
Financial Review
44
4
525-539
Director compensation
Stock options
Earnings management
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/32872021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Boumosleh, Anwar
Dah, Abdallah
Dah, Mustafa
2016-03-07T07:42:34Z
2016-03-07T07:42:34Z
2012
2016-03-07
0892-7626
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3287
Boumosleh, A., Dah, A., & Dah, M. (2012). Internal Capital Markets And Equity Restructuring. Journal of Applied Business Research, 28(6), 1171.
https://clutejournals.com/index.php/JABR/article/view/7402
Inefficient internal capital market is often blamed for conglomerate diversification discount. While the positive market reaction to spin-off announcements is in conformity with that claim, the abnormal market return on tracking stock announcements is certainly not. This paper investigates the possibility of a bright side for internal capital markets in conglomerates that track business units as a mean of equity restructuring. This paper finds no evidence of a diversification discount for firms with a tracking stock. Partial support on the presence of diversification discount is found for a pair-matched sample of spin-off films. This paper also finds evidence on more efficient internal capital markets for the sample of tracking-stock firms. The results may suggest that the conglomerates' choice between tracking business units or spin-off of business units depends on the efficient allocation of internally generated funds
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Internal capital markets and equity restructuring
SOB
200501018
198929040
200104725
N/A
Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA)
anwar.boumosleh@lau.edu.lb
aadah@lau.edu.lb
mustafa.dah@lau.edu.lb
28
6
1171-1182
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9133-5508
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/32912021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Boumosleh, Anwar
2016-03-07T09:34:26Z
2016-03-07T09:34:26Z
2012
2016-03-07
0892-7626
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3291
http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v28i4.7058
Boumosleh, A. (2012). Firm investment decisions, dividend policy, and director stock options. Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR), 28(4), 753-768.
http://www.cluteinstitute.com/ojs/index.php/JABR/article/view/7058
Since risk plays a role in setting dividend policy and granting stock options to directors, the paper
investigates the effect of director compensation structure on the riskiness of the firm’s investment
strategy by examining the firm’s dividend payout policy. The results imply that stock options to
outside directors increase the firm’s appetite for risk and suggest that director stock options
constitute a major incentive to changing corporate policies. The results also indicate that director
stock options align the risk preferences of managers and directors. Finally, the results suggest
that stock options do not motivate directors to act opportunistically in setting investment and
payout policies.
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en
Firm Investment Decisions, Dividend Policy, And Director Stock Options
Article
SOB
200501018
N/A
Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA)
Journal of Applied Business Research
28
4
753-768
Investment Decisions
Dividend Policy
Stock Options
Agency Theory and Corporate Governance
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/32922021-03-19T10:50:27Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Boumosleh, Anwar
Raad, Elias
2016-03-07T09:45:44Z
2016-03-07T09:45:44Z
2011
2016-03-07
1460-6712
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3292
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJFSM.2012.048850
Boumosleh, A., & Raad, E. (2012). Market reaction to capital expenditures of powerful CEOs. International Journal of Financial Services Management, 5(4), 356-368.
http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJFSM.2012.048850
Anwar Boumosleh holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Alabama. He has been teaching MBA Corporate Finance and Investments since joining LAU in 2005. He also taught at the University of Central Florida. His research interest is in corporate finance; specifically, corporate governance and CEO and director compensation. He is also a CFA and has worked in the Lebanese banking industry.
Elias Raad holds an MBA from the University of Dallas and a PhD in Finance from the University of Alabama. Currently, he is a faculty of finance at the Lebanese American University in Beirut Lebanon, the Chairperson of the Finance and Accounting Department, and the Director of the Executive MBA programme. He has published in the areas of banking, mergers and acquisitions, and insider trading.
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Market reaction to capital expenditures of powerful CEOs
Article
SOB
199590190
200501018
N/A
Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA)
anwar.boumosleh@lau.edu.lb
eraad@lau.edu.lb
International Journal of Financial Services Management
5
4
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/32952021-03-19T09:10:05Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
AlHussaini, Wissam
Molz, Rick
2016-03-07T12:01:09Z
2016-03-07T12:01:09Z
2009
2016-05-10
1053-5357
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2008.10.011
AlHussaini, W., & Molz, R. (2009). A post-Keynesian regulatory model of privatization. The Journal of Socio-Economics, 38(2), 391-398.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1053535708001765
Many studies of privatization adopt the neo-liberal model which focuses on financial and economic distributional outcomes, and ignores social costs transferred to the state or broader society. We adopt a post-Keynesian point of view by identifying the social outcomes of privatization and the recipients of their effect in the society. We review regulation theory and discuss the effects of regulation on social and financial outcomes. Finally, we introduce a balanced regulatory model to show that privatization can become a process that achieves economic development and realizes broader social objectives.
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A post-Keynesian regulatory model of privatization
Article
SOB
201204851
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
wissam.alhussaini@lau.edu.lb
The Journal of Socio-Economics
38
2
391-398
Privatization
Social outcomes
Regulatory
Post-Keynesian economics
Transitional economies
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/35272021-03-19T10:50:27Zcom_10725_2053com_10725_2054col_10725_2071col_10725_2081
Dibeh, Ghassan
Harmanani, Haidar M.
2016-04-11T12:22:50Z
2016-04-11T12:22:50Z
2012
2016-04-11
0927-7099
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3527
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10614-012-9329-8
Dibeh, G., & Harmanani, H. M. (2012). A Stochastic Chartist–Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays. Computational Economics, 40(2), 105-113.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10614-012-9329-8
A stochastic chartist–fundamentalist model of speculative asset dynamics in financial markets is developed. The model is represented by a stochastic delay-differential equation (SDDE). The SDDE is then solved using approximation and numerical Monte Carlo methods. The results show that for large time delays, the SDDE generates market-like stock price dynamics that reflect the memory effects of the time delay. The resultant dynamics agree with the empirical observation of the tendency of stock markets to deviate from pure random walk.
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en
A Stochastic Chartist–Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays
Article
SOB
SAS
199490170
199490150
N/A
Computer Science and Mathematics
gdibeh@lau.edu.lb
haidar@lau.edu.lb
Computational Economics
40
2
105-113
Speculative models
Stochastic models
Delay-differential equations
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/35312021-03-19T09:10:08Zcom_10725_2053com_10725_2054col_10725_2071col_10725_2081
Dibeh, Ghassan
Harmanani, Haidar M.
2016-04-11T13:06:56Z
2016-04-11T13:06:56Z
2007
2017-05-23
0378-4371
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2007.02.082
Dibeh, G., & Harmanani, H. M. (2007). Option pricing during post-crash relaxation times. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 380, 357-365.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378437107001847
This paper presents a model for option pricing in markets that experience financial crashes. The stochastic differential equation (SDE) of stock price dynamics is coupled to a post-crash market index. The resultant SDE is shown to have stock price and time dependent volatility. The partial differential equation (PDE) for call prices is derived using risk-neutral pricing. European call prices are then estimated using Monte Carlo and finite difference methods. Results of the model show that call option prices after the crash are systematically less than those predicted by the Black–Scholes model. This is a result of the effect of non-constant volatility of the model that causes a volatility skew.
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Option pricing during post-crash relaxation times
Article
SOB
SAS
199490170
199490150
N/A
Computer Science and Mathematics
gdibeh@lau.edu.lb
haidar@lau.edu.lb
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
380
1
357-365
Asset dynamic
Market crashes
Option pricing
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/35502021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Maamari, Bassem E.
Alameh, Kayan
2016-04-13T12:26:16Z
2016-04-13T12:26:16Z
2016
2016-04-13
1813-5498
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3550
http://dx.doi.org/10.7903/cmr.14133
Maamari, B. E., & Alameh, K. (2016). Talent Management Moderating the Relationship between Recruitment for the Highly Skilled and HR Policies. Contemporary Management Research, 12(1).
https://www.cmr-journal.org/article/view/14133/pdf
In an increasingly competitive business environment, organizations seek to
improve efficiency through hiring highly skilled employees and managing talent. A
corporate goal has always been the avail of clear and applicable HR policies.
However, today’s successful organization needs to retain talented professionals,
manage their development, and provide a systematic work environment where HR
policies are transparent and equitable.
The results of this study reveal a number of relationships, but most importantly,
the existence of a statistically significant moderating role of the talent management
efforts in the relationship between hiring highly skilled employees and HR policies,
with a visible difference between genders.
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Talent Management Moderating the Relationship between Recruitment for the Highly Skilled and HR Policies
Article
SOB
198403800
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
bassem.maamari@lau.edu.lb
Contemporary Management Research
12
1
121-138
HR
Hiring Highly Skilled
Talent Management
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/35522021-02-03T09:41:51Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Maamari, Bassem E.
2016-04-13T12:46:49Z
2016-04-13T12:46:49Z
2014
2016-04-13
1355-252X
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3552
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JMH-01-2014-0007
Maamari, B. E. (2014). Changing management history, gender moderating pay to job satisfaction for IS users. Journal of Management History, 20(3), 311-332.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JMH-01-2014-0007
Purpose
– This paper aims to investigate the impact of pay on job satisfaction. Moreover, it studies the changes in the structure of the work force, as well as in the way work is done, on the pay to job satisfaction relationship.
Design/methodology/approach
– A confirmatory survey is conducted, and results are presented.
Findings
– The study suggests that gender is a variable affecting the relationship of pay to employees’ job satisfaction. It highlights the roles of education and training in user participation and system usage. The study investigates the current situation in Lebanese commercial banks.
Research limitations/implications
– The outcome of the study could have significant implications on managerial decision-making in the process of implementing novel technologies in banks. It also points to policy changes needed at the human resource management levels.
Practical implications
– The study findings suggest a needed change at the policy-making levels of corporate human resource management, as more and more employees are becoming extensive information system users on the job.
Social implications
– If the suggested practical implications are applied, the social implications derived therefrom will generate a social drift in attitude toward gender differentials.
Originality/value
– The paper is based on a large sample collection from the services sector, commercial banking in Lebanon. The quantitative survey results highlight a number of correlations and tests a suggested model. It puts forth a linear relationship between the different variables under consideration and suggests recommendations for practitioners.
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Changing management history, gender moderating pay to job satisfaction for IS users
Article
SOB
198403800
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
bassem.maamari@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Management History
20
3
311-332
Job satisfaction
Gender
Pay
Information system
Information system user
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1294-6840
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/35542021-02-03T09:41:53Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Maamari, Bassem E.
El Zein, Hala
2016-04-14T06:43:03Z
2016-04-14T06:43:03Z
2014
2016-04-14
0894-4393
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3554
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0894439313512777
Maamari, B. E., & El Zein, H. (2014). The impact of social media on the political interests of the youth in Lebanon at the wake of the Arab spring. Social Science Computer Review, 32(4), 496-505.
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0894439313512777
Across the world, youth are embracing the concepts of freedom of speech, right to opinion, and modern information technology in all its aspects and are trying to find use for it. The Arab Spring revolutions that began in 2011 and which are still ablaze reflect this fact. Lebanon is the most democratic country in the Middle East and North Africa region. The youth of Lebanon are adept users of web-based communication tools but are they eager to use this technology to connect with their political leaders? The results of this study show significant interest of youth in electronic-based communication with politicians. However, this interest may not be translated into material voting at the polls.
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The Impact of Social Media on the Political Interests of the Youth in Lebanon at the Wake of the Arab Spring
Article
SOB
198403800
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
bassem.maamari@lau.edu.lb
Social Science Computer Review
32
4
496-505
Youth
Electronic communication
Internet
Web
Social media
Political engagement
Voting
Lebanon
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/35552021-02-03T09:41:53Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Maamari, Bassem E.
Chaanine, Johnny C.
2016-04-14T06:48:50Z
2016-04-14T06:48:50Z
2006
2016-04-14
1746-8779
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3555
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JTMC-06-2013-0028
Maamari, B. E., & C. Chaanine, J. (2013). Job satisfaction of the modern information-system-using nurse in Lebanon. Journal of Technology Management in China, 8(2), 120-136.
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JTMC-06-2013-0028
Purpose
– This paper aims to investigate the impact of healthcare information system usage on the job satisfaction of nurses in Lebanon. It incorporates the role of training and user participation as factors leading to higher satisfaction and to present a model that is successful in Lebanon, to be examined in the Chinese setting.
Design/methodology/approach
– An confirmatory survey is conducted and results presented.
Findings
– The study suggests that the job satisfaction of nurses is affected by the level of information system use at work. It highlights the roles of training and user participation in the decision-making process to implement the system as moderating factors. The study examines the current situation in Lebanon and raises the question about the potential imitation of the Lebanese model by China.
Practical implications
– The outcome of the study could have significant implications on managerial decision-making in the process of implementing novel technologies in healthcare facilities.
Originality/value
– The paper is based on a large sample collection from the services sector, nurses in healthcare facilities in Lebanon. The quantitative survey results highlight a number of correlations and test a suggested model. It puts forth a linear relationship between the different variables under consideration and suggests recommendations for practitioners.
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Job satisfaction of the modern information-system-using nurse in Lebanon
Article
SOB
198403800
N/A
Department of Management Studies (MNGT)
bassem.maamari@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Technology Management in China
8
2
120-136
Job satisfaction
Gender
Nurse
Information system user
China
Lebanon
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El-Gammal, Walid
2016-04-27T05:46:46Z
2016-04-27T05:46:46Z
2012
2016-04-27
1913-9004
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3651
http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v5n11p136
El-Gammal, W. (2012). Determinants of audit fees: Evidence from Lebanon. International Business Research, 5(11), 136-145
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.1030.6991&rep=rep1&type=pdf
This paper studies the views of external auditors and client's representatives (accountants, financial controllers and internal auditors) about the factors that affect determining audit fees and provides evidence whether these factors are related to audit firm characteristics or the client firm characteristics. A sample of 80 respondents provided the empirical data for this research by answering a self administered questionnaire. To conduct data analysis descriptive statistics, means, standard deviation and Mann-Whitney U test were used. The outcome of the study provides a vital insight into the determinants of audit fees from a developing country like Lebanon. It was found that all the pre-suggested determinants of audit fees are extremely important or important. Both external auditors and client representatives groups agree that the most important factor affecting determining amount of audit fees is whether the audit firm is one of the big four or notand the least important factor is the size of the audit firm based on the number of its employees. The results also show that the degree of importance of each determinant of audit fees is homogenous among the two groups of respondents
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Determinants of Audit Fees
Evidence from Lebanon
Article
SOB
201004079
N/A
Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA)
walid.elgammal@lau.edu.lb
International Business Research
5
11
136-145
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/36522021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser
Messarra, Leila Canaan
Elgammal, Walid
2016-04-27T05:58:07Z
2016-04-27T05:58:07Z
2015
2016-04-27
1727-9232
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3652
El-Kassar, A. N., Messarra, L. C., & Elgammal, W. (2015) Effects of ethical practices on corporate governance in developing countries: Evidence from Lebanon and Egypt. Corporate Ownership & Control, 12 (3), 494-504
http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/38785159/Gobind._Ukpere..pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1489071787&Signature=%2B7GaVF%2BU36u3dDD6Ne2r06OtNGk%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DEFFECTIVENESS_OF_HIV_AIDS_VOLUNTARY_COUN.pdf#page=3
Companies in some developing countries, such as those in the Middle East and North Africa region, do not place high importance on ethical behavior and practices within the organization. The aim of this study is to examine the effects of ethical behavior and practices within small and medium size
enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries on promoting good corporate governance. Data collected in Lebanon and Egypt provided evidence that ethics impact all major corporate governance categories. A deeper analysis of the relationships enabled the profiling of SMEs with lower levels of corporate
governance relative to Ownership Structure. The findings created a path for useful recommendations to enhance corporate governance, in particular the Ownership Structure category, through adopting expedient ethical practices.
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Effects of ethical practices on corporate governance in developing countries
Evidence from Lebanon and Egypt
Article
SOB
199529190
198629030
201004079
N/A
Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA)
abdulnasser.kassar@lau.edu.lb
lmasara@lau.edu.lb
walid.elgammal@lau.edu.lb
Corporate Ownership & Control
12
3
494-504
Corporate Governance
Middle East & North Africa
Lebanon
Egypt
Ethics
SMEs
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8423-8723
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2178-5057
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/36532021-03-19T10:50:26Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser
Elgammal, Walid
Bayoud, Mirna M.
2016-04-27T06:11:15Z
2016-04-27T06:11:15Z
2014
2016-04-27
1754-3037
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3653
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJCG.2014.062349
El-Kassar, A. N., Elgammal, W., & Bayoud, M. M. (2014). Effect of internal audit function on corporate governance quality: evidence from Lebanon. International Journal of Corporate Governance, 5(1/2), 103-117.
http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJCG.2014.062349
The internal audit function is a compliance mechanism that promotes good corporate governance. Recent studies detected a need to improve corporate governance structures in developing countries. This study evaluates the effects of the internal audit function on the quality of corporate governance in the context of multinational corporations operating in Lebanon. The results revealed that the quality of internal audit function significantly affects corporate governance, particularly on its audit committee and management aspects. Moreover, the results showed that maintaining a high level of independence and expertise in the audit department can have a great influence on the overall quality of corporate governance, as well as on the effectiveness of both the audit committee and management. The results also indicated that the reliability of the internal audit significantly influences the management characteristic of corporate governance. In contrast, the board of directors and external auditors are less influenced by the internal audit.
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Effect of internal audit function on corporate governance quality
Evidence from Lebanon
Article
SOB
199529190
201004079
N/A
Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA)
abdulnasser.kassar@lau.edu.lb
walid.elgammal@lau.edu.lb
International Journal of Corporate Governance
5
2-Jan
103-117
Internal audit function
Corporate governance
Audit committee
Board of directors
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8423-8723
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2178-5057
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Islam, Muhammad
Shahin, Wassim
2016-05-05T08:25:53Z
2016-05-05T08:25:53Z
2016-05-05
0038-4038
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3674
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1097/MCO.0b013e32835a88ee10.2307/1059480
Islam, M. Q., & Shahin, W. N. (1989). Economic methodology applied to political hostage-taking in light of the Iran-Contra affair. Southern Economic Journal, 1019-1024.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1059480.pdf
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Economic methodology applied to political hostage-taking in light of the Iran-Contra affair
Article
SAS
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
Southern Economic Journal
55
4
1019-1024
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Shahin, Wassim
Islam, Muhammad
2016-05-05T08:32:08Z
2016-05-05T08:32:08Z
2001
2016-05-05
0736-0932
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3675
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/BF02746858
Islam, M., & Shahin, W. (2001, January). Applying economic methodology to the war on terrorism. In Forum for Social Economics (Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 7-26). Taylor & Francis Group.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1007/BF02746858
The application of economic methodology to the problem of terrorism is discussed. Theoretical and empirical results are discussed with particular focus on the September 11 attack and the retaliatory response by the United States. Economists have relied on the rational agent model to derive testable hypotheses regarding the behavior of terrorists. The rational agent model postulates that terrorists respond to incentives, including media publicity, and the model predicts that when the net marginal benefit from one type of terrorist activity is diminished, terrorists will substitute into alternative modes of terrorism. Empirical results demonstrating that such substitutions indeed occur are discussed. Therefore, policy designed to reduce a particular form of terrorism, such as increased airport security to prevent airplane hijackings, may simply result in terrorists choosing alternative modes of terrorism. Empirical evidence demonstrating that terrorism is cyclical in nature is also discussed. Evidence on substitution and cycles suggests that following temporary reduction in terrorist activity after retaliation against terrorists and their infrastructure, terrorists are able to successfully regroup and attack using alternative means. Therefore, the current US focus on fighting terrorism on all fronts and over the long haul is the correct approach.
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Applying economic methodology to the war on terrorism
Article
SOB
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
Forum for Social Economics
31
1
7-26
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Shahin, Wassim
2016-05-05T08:38:47Z
2016-05-05T08:38:47Z
1990
2016-05-05
0305-750X
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0305-750X(90)90056-4
Shahin, W. N. (1990). Unorganized loan markets and monetary policy instruments. World Development, 18(2), 325-332.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0305750X90900564
The paper uses a portfolio balance model to examine the relationship between monetary policy instruments and the unorganized loan rate. Predicting the direction of the change in this rate as a result of varying a policy instrument is important, since this rate is one channel through which a change in a policy instrument transmits to real activity, and since the demand side of the money market is partially re-equilibrated through this change. Studies have not clearly emphasized the relationship between each of the policy instruments and this rate. The findings depart in some cases from existing studies and shed more light on the relationships among policy instruments, monetary aggregates and real activity.
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Unorganized loan markets and monetary policy instruments
Article
SOB
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
World Development
18
2
325-332
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Shahin, Wassim
Islam, Muhammad
2016-05-05T08:45:30Z
2016-05-05T08:45:30Z
1992
2016-05-05
1043-0717
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3677
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1080/10430719208404740
Shahin, W. N., & Islam, M. Q. (1992). Combating political hostage‐taking: An alternative approach. Defence and Peace Economics, 3(4), 321-327.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10430719208404740
Rational actor models have examined the effects of increasing punishment or the probability of apprehension on terrorists activities including hostage‐taking. This paper attempts to introduce a policy tool in the form of a reward so as to examine the impact of a policy‐mix of penalties and rewards on the behavior of hostage‐takers. The results reached show that given hostage‐taking behavior and government cost, a policy‐mix of punishment and reward may have a greater impact on reducing hostage‐taking than any individual policy of pure punitive actions or pure reward. The penalty‐reward combination is likely to be Pareto superior to a policy depending completely on punitive actions.
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Combating political hostage‐taking
An alternative approach
Article
SOB
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
Defence Economics
3
4
321-327
Hostage‐taking
Terrorism
Anti‐terrorist policy
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Shahin, Wassim
English, Mary
2016-05-05T08:59:23Z
2016-05-05T08:59:23Z
1994
2016-05-05
0378-4266
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3678
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/0378-4266(94)90004-3
English, M., & Shahin, W. (1994). Investigating the interest rate impact of changing secret bank deposit laws: Switzerland. Journal of banking & finance, 18(3), 461-475.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0378426694900043
Banks in many countries are governed by secrecy laws regarding the bank-customer relation-ship. Lately, many countries have been pressured to tighten secrecy laws to combat the abuse of bank secrecy by ill-gotten and criminal money. Switzerland has played a leading role in tightening secrecy conditions by passing new secrecy laws, closing loopholes in existing laws, and imposing restrictions on its traditionally independent banking industry. The theoretical monetary implications of changing secrecy conditions depend largely on banks' behavior regarding their deposit rate. This paper uses intervention time series analysis to test the monetary implications by investigating the effects of tightening secrecy laws on interest rates using Switzerland as a case study.
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Investigating the interest rate impact of changing secret bank deposit laws
Switzerland
Article
SOB
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Banking & Finance
18
3
461-475
Secret bank deposit laws
Interest rates
Switzerland
Intervention time-series analysis
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Shahin, Wassim
2016-05-05T09:06:26Z
2016-05-05T09:06:26Z
1996
2016-05-05
0393-4551
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3679
Shahin, W. N. (1996). COULD FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION IGNORE INFORMAL FINANCE? A COMMENTARY/LA LIBÉRALISATION FINANCIÈRE POURRAIT-ELLE IGNORER LES FINANCES STRUCTURÉES? UN COMMENTAIRE. Savings and Development, 105-116.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.jstor.org/stable/25830569?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
This commentary argues that the literature as well as policy-makers could not afford to ignore the effects of financial liberalization on informal finance even if the direction of the resulting change in economic activity from liberalizing interest rates were to favor the predictions of the McKinnon-Shaw economists. The magnitude of the deviation in real as well as monetary variables from their previous levels necessitates evaluating the impact on total rather than only on formal credit activity. Policies cannot be fully effective by assuming that the relative efficiency in intermediation of the banking system neutralizes the neostructuralist critique. Unless studies address the effect on informal loan rates and activity, the length and the size of the impact of financial liberalization would remain unknown and the outcome of the policy could be destabilizing in the short-run
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Could financial liberalization ignore informal finance? a commentary
Article
SOB
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
Savings and Development
20
1
105-116
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Shahin, Wassim
2016-05-05T09:17:20Z
2016-05-05T09:17:20Z
2005
2016-05-05
1368-5201
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3680
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13685200510620867
Shahin, W. N. (2005). De-listing from NCCTs and money laundering control measures: a banking regulation perspective. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 8(4), 320-327.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/13685200510620867
Analyses from a banking regulation perspective the general experience of 23 countries that were initially listed as non‐cooperative countries and territories (NCCTs); this group did not meet some or most of the 25 criteria developed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on money laundering and based on 40 recommendations setting out the anti‐money laundering framework. Highlights the 25 criteria, shows the ones missed by each of the 23 countries, discusses how de‐listed countries successfully addressed these criteria through further bank regulation, and concludes with a detailed application to the path taken by one of the countries, Lebanon.
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De-listing from NCCTs and money laundering control measures
a banking regulation perspective
Article
SOB
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Money Laundering Control
8
4
320-327
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Shahin, Wassim
2016-05-05T09:25:05Z
2016-05-05T09:25:05Z
2006
2016-05-05
1368-5201
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3681
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13685200610661023
Shahin, W. N. (2006). Monetary implications of FATF regulation of secret bank accounts to combat money laundering. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 9(2), 214-230.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/13685200610661023
Purpose
– This paper aims to analyze the monetary consequences of the new restrictions imposed in February 2000 by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on money laundering. FATF established 25 criteria based on its 40 recommendations (currently 49) to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. A total of 23 countries were placed on a list of Non‐Cooperative Countries and Territories (NCCTs) for not meeting most of the criteria. Several of the criteria relate to additional tightening or regulation of banking and financial secrecy in these countries. In order to be de‐listed from NCCTs, countries have started regulating their banking and financial sectors by placing restrictions on the degree of secrecy, passing tighter secrecy laws and closing loopholes in existing laws. The new regulatory measures may have money, banking and other economic implications.
Design/methodology/approach
– Presents a theoretical model of a banking firm offering secret bank accounts to examine the impact of changing secrecy laws on deposits, interest rates, money and credit aggregates.
Findings
– Three different sets of results are plausible depending on the reactions of banks with regard to their deposit rate. The likelihood of banks changing this rate is examined using a profit function analysis.
Originality/value
– It provides a theoretical framework for an agenda of future empirical research as researchers should emphasize the impact of tightening secrecy standards on bank deposit rates. The degree of the change in this rate may determine the magnitude and sometimes the direction of the changes in monetary variables.
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Monetary implications of FATF regulation of secret bank accounts to combat money laundering
Article
SOB
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Money Laundering Control
9
2
214-230
Banks
Money laundering
Accounting procedures
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/36822021-03-19T09:10:06Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Shahin, Wassim
El-Achkar, Elias
2016-05-05T09:38:00Z
2016-05-05T09:38:00Z
2007
2016-05-05
1745-6452
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3682
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1057/palgrave.jbr.2350053
Shahin, W. N., & El-Achkar, E. (2007). Basel II and securitising bank holdings of foreign currency government debt. Journal of Banking Regulation, 8(4), 353-364.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jbr/journal/v8/n4/abs/2350053a.html
The Basel II Accord on capital standard, which will take effect in 2007 in many countries, requires banks to hold a larger amount of capital than was specified in Basel I against their holdings of certain categories of assets, one of which is foreign currency government debt. The Accord impacts many countries but mostly has major capital implications for around 110 countries with export credit arrangement risk scores of category seven and category four to six, which are the highest risk scores applicable to nations in the Basel agreement. This paper examines one aspect of the balance-sheet implications of the Basel II Accord concerning capital held by commercial banks against their holdings of foreign currency government debt (Eurobonds) issued by their own governments. Basel II attaches 150 per cent risk weight to this asset for countries with classification risk of seven and 100 per cent for countries with classification risk of four to six. Using a simplified numerical model applied on two countries' representatives of the two classification groups, the analysis shows a major necessary increase in capital to meet the requirements specified in Basel II. This necessitates a bank balance sheet reshuffling away from this asset into assets with lower risk weights. Banks, however, have to continuously subscribe to this asset due to the large amounts of dollarised debt in highly dollarised countries, the reduced ability of many countries to market debt internationally and for other relevant reasons. Therefore, we present analysis that relies on the securitisation process to suggest a new proposal that has not been applied or practised yet, in which banks may not have to raise a large amount of additional capital for debt they subscribe to by securitising some of the foreign currency government bonds held on their balance sheets.
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Basel II and securitising bank holdings of foreign currency government debt
Article
SOB
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Banking Regulation
8
353-364
Basel II
Securitisation
Foreign currency debt
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Shahin, Wassim
El-Achkar, Elias
Shehab, Rana
2016-05-05T09:48:10Z
2016-05-05T09:48:10Z
2011
2016-05-05
1745-6452
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3683
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1057/jbr.2011.17
Shahin, W. N., El-Achkar, E., & Shehab, R. (2012). The monetary impact of regulating banking and financial sectors by FATF on non-cooperative countries and territories. Journal of Banking Regulation, 13(1), 63-72.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jbr/journal/v13/n1/abs/jbr201117a.html
This article analyzes the monetary consequences of the banking and financial regulatory restrictions imposed in February 2000 by the Financial Action Task Force on money laundering (FATF) on 23 nations placed on the list of Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories (NCCTs) for not meeting many of the 25 criteria established to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. Countries introducing new measures to meet several of the criteria related to banking regulation and additional tightening of financial secrecy were de-listed from the list of NCCTs in as early as 2001 with the last country being de-listed in October 2006. The regulatory measures may have had money, banking and other economic implications motivating an empirical investigation of the issue. Evaluating the experience of the NCCTs with the international regulation of banking and financial sectors aims at determining the monetary impact of the measures. The impact, if any, could possibly require a change in current and future monetary policy conduct in each of these countries. Additionally, the process of identifying what is now known as countries with AML/CFT (anti-money laundering/ counter financing of terrorism) deficiencies is an ongoing declared strategy requiring deriving policy lessons for future regulation. The results reached show that unlike some results in the literature, the measures did not seem to have significantly impacted the monetary variables in the NCCTs. This serves to shed additional light on the monetary policy conduct after introducing these measures and allows further regulation by FATF of banking and financial sectors in countries with AML/CFT deficiencies without concerns about necessarily impacting monetary variables.
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The monetary impact of regulating banking and financial sectors by FATF on non-cooperative countries and territories
Article
SOB
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Banking Regulation
13
63-72
Regulation of banking and financial sectors
FATF
NCCTs
AML/CFT
49 FATF recommendations
25 FATF criteria
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Shahin, Wassim
2016-05-05T09:55:57Z
2016-05-05T09:55:57Z
2013
2016-05-05
1368-5201
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3684
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13685201311318467
Shahin, W. (2013). Compliance with international regulation on AML/CFT: the case of banks in Lebanon. Journal of Money Laundering Control, 16(2), 109-118.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/13685201311318467
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to highlight and analyze the experience of banks operating in Lebanon in their compliance with international regulation on anti‐money laundering and the counter‐financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). The paper addresses the compliance policies by presenting a case study of the experience of the Lebanese banking sector in achieving a global anti‐money laundering strategy.
Design/methodology/approach
– Lebanon has been achieving its AML/CFT procedures by following a combination of three approaches: abiding by the recommendations of the international body in charge of regulation namely the Financial Action Task Force on the laundering of money (FATF); cooperation among countries in the form of mutual agreements, assistance and treaties developed by various conventions; and personal unilateral initiatives. After presenting the sources of deposit growth in Lebanese banks and highlighting the uses of funds, the paper uses a chronological approach to analyze the compliance of banks, central bank and legislators with international regulations governing the financial and banking systems, and addresses the latest developments concerning the Lebanese banks' coordination and cooperation with international regulators and governments, especially on FATF recommendations and international sanctions.
Findings
– The paper presents evidence on the effective anti‐money laundering domestic initiatives and sheds light on the positive international regulatory assessment of these initiatives, as well as the favorable view of the Lebanese banking sector that has kept it outside the current FATF list of countries with AML/CFT deficiencies.
Originality/value
– The value of this paper is to present a case study for bankers and regulators on strategies to comply with AML/CFT.
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Compliance with international regulation on AML/CFT
The case of banks in Lebanon
Article
SOB
199390050
Department of Economics (ECON)
wshahin@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Money Laundering Control
16
2
109-118
Lebanon
Banks
International finance
Money laundering
Terrorism
International banking regulation
AML/CFT
Compliance
Lebanese banking system
FATF recommendations
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Fakih, Ali
Ghazalian, Pascal L.
2016-05-06T05:58:47Z
2016-05-06T05:58:47Z
2013
2016-05-06
2365-9793
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3685
Fakih, A., & Ghazalian, P. (2013). Female labour force participation in MENA's manufacturing sector: The implications of firm-related and national factors (No. 7197). IZA Discussion Papers
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2370441
This paper examines the implications of firm-related and national factors for Female Labour Force Participation (FLFP) rates in manufacturing firms located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The empirical investigation uses data derived from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys database and applies fractional logit models to carry out the estimations. The results reveal positive implications of many firm-related factors, mainly private foreign ownership and exporting activities, for FLFP rates. National factors, such as economic development and gender equality, are also found to promote FLFP rates. These effects are generally found to be more important for women’s overall labour participation rates than for women’s non-production labour participation rates.
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IZA Discussion Paper; No. 7197
Female Labour Force Participation in MENA's Manufacturing Sector
The Implications of Firm-Related and National Factors
Conference Paper / Proceeding
SOB
201105198
Department of Economics (ECON)
AFakih@lau.edu.lb
Female labour force participation
Fractional logit model
Manufacturing firms
MENA region
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308
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Fakih, Ali
Ibrahim, May
2016-05-06T06:16:59Z
2016-05-06T06:16:59Z
2016
2016-05-06
1024-2694
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3686
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10242694.2015.1055936
Fakih, A., & Ibrahim, M. (2016). The impact of Syrian refugees on the labor market in neighboring countries: empirical evidence from Jordan. Defence and Peace Economics, 27(1), 64-86.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10242694.2015.1055936
This paper analyzes time-sensitive data on a humanitarian crisis in the Middle East. It aims to assess the impact of the steep influx of Syrian refugees into Jordan on the country’s labor market since the onset of the conflict in Syria (March 2011). As of August 2014, nearly three million registered Syrians have sought refuge in neighboring countries (Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Turkey), according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Jordan and Lebanon are hosting the majority of them. This paper utilizes data regarding unemployment rates, employment rates, labor force participation, the number of refugees, and economic activity at the level of governorates. The vector autoregressive methodology is used to examine time series data from the most affected governorates in Jordan. The empirical results of Granger causality tests and impulse response functions show that there is no relationship between the influx of Syrian refugees and the Jordanian labor market. Our results are verified through a set of robustness checks.
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The impact of Syrian refugees on the labor market in neighboring countries
Empirical evidence from Jordan
Article
SOB
201105198
Department of Economics (ECON)
AFakih@lau.edu.lb
Defence and Peace Economics
27
1
64-86
Forced refugees
Host country
VAR model
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/36872021-03-19T09:10:06Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Fakih, Ali
Ghazalian, Pascal L.
2016-05-06T06:26:19Z
2016-05-06T06:26:19Z
2015
2016-05-06
0143-7720
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3687
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJM-02-2014-0050
Fakih, A., & Ghazalian, P. L. (2015). What factors influence firm perceptions of labour market constraints to growth in the MENA region?. International Journal of Manpower, 36(8), 1181-1206.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJM-02-2014-0050
Purpose
– Labour market constraints constitute prominent obstacles to firm development and economic growth of countries located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The purpose of this paper is to examine the implications of firm characteristics, national locations, and sectoral associations for the perceptions of firms concerning two basic labour market constraints: labour regulations and labour skill shortages.
Design/methodology/approach
– The empirical analysis is carried out using firm-level data set sourced from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys database. A bivariate probit estimator is used to account for potential correlations between the errors in the two labour market constraints’ equations. The authors implement overall estimations and comparative cross-country and cross-sector analyses, and use alternative estimation models.
Findings
– The empirical results reveal some important implications of firm characteristics (e.g. firm size, labour compositions) for firm perceptions of labour regulations and labour skill shortages. They also delineate important cross-country and cross-sector variations. The authors also find significant heterogeneity in the factors’ implications for the perceptions of firms belonging to different sectors and located in different MENA countries.
Originality/value
– Reforms in labour regulations and investment in human capital are important governmental policy interventions for promoting firm development and economic growth in the MENA region. This paper contributes to the empirical literature by analysing the factors influencing the perceptions of firms located in the MENA region concerning labour regulations and labour skill shortages. It provides policy-makers with information needed in the design of labour policies that attenuate the impacts of labour market constraints and enhance the performance of firms and the long-run economic growth.
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What factors influence firm perceptions of labour market constraints to growth in the MENA region?
Article
SOB
201105198
Department of Economics (ECON)
AFakih@lau.edu.lb
International Journal of Manpower
36
8
1181-1206
MENA region
Labour regulations
Labour skill shortages
Labour market constraints
Bivariate probit model
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308
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Arayssi, Mahmoud
Fakih, Ali
2016-05-06T06:58:09Z
2016-05-06T06:58:09Z
2015
2016-05-06
0306-8293
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3688
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-07-2014-0136
Arayssi, M., & Fakih, A. (2015). Institutions and development in MENA region: evidence from the manufacturing sector. International Journal of Social Economics, 42(8), 717-732.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/IJSE-07-2014-0136
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to study the role of institutions (including civil law origin), financial deepening and degree of regime authority on growth rates in the Middle East and North Africa region.
Design/methodology/approach
– This paper examines the implications of industrial firm-related and national factors for the determinants of economic growth using panel data through a fixed effect model.
Findings
– The results reveal that English civil law origin and the establishment of the rule of law work with the development of financial institutions to increase economic growth in these economies; however, the democratization of the political institutions and foreign direct investment do not assist financial development in promoting economic growth.
Research limitations/implications
– Data covered is limited to four years.
Social implications
– The findings emphasize the prominence of overcoming institutional weaknesses and establishing transparent public policy governing businesses as a pre-requisite for successful universal integration in developing countries.
Originality/value
– This paper contributes to the literature on the relationship between finance and economic growth in two aspects. First, the authors focus on the contribution of the institutional setting and its interaction with the financial development and how this affects economic growth of the manufacturing firms. Second, the authors explore the relationship between the role of institutions, governance, the country civil law origin and the economic growth.
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Institutions and development in MENA region
Evidence from the manufacturing sector
Article
SOB
201105198
199629330
Department of Economics (ECON)
mahmoud.araissi@lau.edu.lb
AFakih@lau.edu.lb
International Journal of Social Economics
42
8
717-732
MENA region
Financial development
Economic growth
Institutional development
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1816-8835
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308
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Fakih, Ali
2016-05-06T08:36:49Z
2016-05-06T08:36:49Z
2014
2016-05-06
1121-7081
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3689
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/labr.12043
Fakih, A. (2014). Vacation Leave, Work Hours, and Wages: New Evidence from Linked Employer–Employee Data. Labour, 28(4), 376-398.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/labr.12043/epdf
This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of vacation leave and its relationship to hours worked and hourly wages by examining the case of Canada. Previous studies from the USA, using individual-level data, have revealed that annual work hours fall by around 53 hours for each additional week of vacation used. Exploiting a linked employer–employee dataset that allows to control for detailed observed demographic, job, and firm characteristics, we find instead that annual hours of work fall by only 29 hours for each additional week of vacation used. Our findings support the hypothesis that pressure at work may lead employees to use more vacation days but also causes them to work for longer hours.
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Vacation Leave, Work Hours, and Wages
New Evidence from Linked Employer–Employee Data
Article
SOB
201105198
Department of Economics (ECON)
AFakih@lau.edu.lb
LABOUR
28
4
376-398
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308
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Fakih, Ali
Ghazalian, Pascal L.
2016-05-06T09:40:46Z
2016-05-06T09:40:46Z
2014
2016-05-06
0144-3585
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3690
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JES-10-2012-0142
Fakih, A., & L. Ghazalian, P. (2014). Which firms export? An empirical analysis for the manufacturing sector in the MENA region. Journal of Economic Studies, 41(5), 672-695.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JES-10-2012-0142
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to analyse the export behaviour of manufacturing firms located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys Database.
Design/methodology/approach
– This paper examines the factors influencing the export behaviour of manufacturing firms located in the MENA region through a probit model for export decision and through a fractional logit model for export intensity.
Findings
– The empirical results show significant positive effects of private foreign ownership, information and communication technology, and firm size on the probability of exporting and on export intensity of MENA manufacturing firms. Government ownership tends to exert negative effects on firms’ propensity to export. The results underscore enhancing effects of national economic development levels on firms’ export performance. Also, they indicate that firms’ propensity to export decreases with larger domestic market size. The empirical analysis reveals considerable heterogeneity in the implications of firm characteristics for firms’ export behaviour through firm size categories and across MENA countries.
Originality/value
– This paper contributes to the literature by conducting overall and comparative cross-country empirical analyses of the factors influencing the export behaviour of manufacturing firms located in the MENA region. It also explores the specificities of small and large firms’ responses to the factors influencing firms’ export behaviour. The results have implications for policies intended to enhance industrial growth and international competitiveness of the manufacturing sector in the MENA region.
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Which firms export? An empirical analysis for the manufacturing sector in the MENA region
Article
SOB
201105198
Department of Economics (ECON)
AFakih@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Economic Studies
41
5
672-695
Probit model
MENA region
Export decision
Export intensity
Fractional logit model
Government ownership
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/36912021-03-19T09:10:04Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Fakih, Ali
Abosedra, Salah
2016-05-06T09:54:44Z
2016-05-06T09:54:44Z
2014
2016-05-06
1226-4261
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3691
Abosedra, S., & Fakih, A. (2014). The relationships between economic growth, financial deepening, and information and communication technology: Empirical evidence from Lebanon. Journal of Economics Research, 19(1), 1-17.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.dbpia.co.kr/Journal/ArticleDetail/NODE02457420
The impact of financial deepening and the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in Lebanon"s economy is empirically investigated by estimating a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) using data from 1993 to 2009. In the short-run, our empirical results show that neither financial deepening nor ICT seems to impact economic growth. However, there is a unidirectional causality running from economic growth to financial deepening implying that the `demand-following" hypothesis, in which financial development is a by-product of growth, is supported in the case of Lebanon. In the long-run, economic growth is found to be strongly related to financial deepening and ICT levels. This suggests the absence of evidence for a dampening effect from either financial deepening or ICT developments on cyclical fluctuations in the shortrun, but strong effects in the long-run growth in Lebanon. A major implication of our results is that growth volatility reductions in Lebanon expected from developments of financial markets, or ICT will be slow to materialize.
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The relationships between economic growth, financial deepening, and information and communication technology
Empirical evidence from Lebanon
Article
SOB
201105198
Department of Economics (ECON)
AFakih@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Economics Research
19
1
1-17
Financial deepening
Information technology
Economic growth
Lebanon
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308
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Fakih, Ali
Marrouch, Walid
2016-05-06T10:02:45Z
2016-05-06T10:02:45Z
2014
2016-05-06
0022-037X
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3692
Fakih, A., & Marrouch, W. (2014). Who Hires Foreign Domestic Workers?: Evidence from Lebanon. The Journal of Developing Areas, 48(3), 339-352.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265723216_Who_Hires_Foreign_Domestic_Workers_Evidence_from_Lebanon
Foreign domestic workers’ activities provide important market and non-market services in a large number of middle-income countries as these activities have an impact on the labor force participation and time allocation decisions of household members. This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of foreign domestic workers’ employment using a socio-economic dataset from Lebanon. Controlling for household, household head, dwelling and regional characteristics, contrary to popular beliefs we find that the size of the household and the presence of elderly persons are not important determinants of the hiring decision of foreign domestic workers, while the probability of hiring a domestic worker is significantly higher for households with children and disabled persons. Interestingly, we find that the number of rooms in the residence rather than its total surface area or type to be the only relevant dwelling characteristic. The paper offers insights about the demand for foreign domestic workers that may be useful to policy makers in developing nations.
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Who hires foreign domestic workers?
evidence from Lebanon
Article
SOB
201105198
200200185
Department of Economics (ECON)
AFakih@lau.edu.lb
walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb
The Journal of Developing Areas
48
3
339-352
Foreign Domestic Workers
Workers, Demand for Domestic Work
Household Level Data
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8562-3308
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8488-6555
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Kouatli, Issam M.
2016-05-06T11:17:52Z
2016-05-06T11:17:52Z
1994
2016-05-06
0956-5515
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3693
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00123657
Kouatli, I. M. (1994). A simplified fuzzy multivariable structure in a manufacturing environment. Journal of intelligent Manufacturing, 5(6), 365-387.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Issam_Kouatli/publication/226024175_A_simplified_fuzzy_multivariable_structure_in_a_manufacturing_environment/links/0912f5108bcad93031000000.pdf
Applications of fuzzy control to industrial processes are mainly of multivariable structure. Using the traditional Zadeh principle would require a multidimensional relation to be developed representing a fuzzy model of the system. Such a multidimensional relation would result in memory overload to most industrial computers. Moreover, it would result in a highly complex compositional rule of inference to achieve the final output(s) of the system. This paper proposes a new simplified technique that avoids such complexity as well as memory overload for multivariable structure. Section 2 describes the proposed simplified multivariable technique to avoid memory overload. Section 3 demonstrates these techniques in the form of a robotic welding example where the objective is to control the speed of a robotic arm following an irregular path of weld. The speed value is dependent on the cavity size and determined by the cavity width and cavity depth as inputs. Section 4 describes an experimental application of the technique applied to an industrial process in the manufacture of force transducers termed as the ‘cornering process’. This application is composed of a two-inputs-two-outputs system.
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A simplified fuzzy multivariable structure in a manufacturing environment
Article
SOB
200301034
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
5
6
365-387
Fuzzy control
Multivariable control
Process control
Industrial computers applications
Human factors
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Kouatli, Issam
2016-05-06T11:23:21Z
2016-05-06T11:23:21Z
2008
2016-05-06
0368-492X
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3694
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/03684920810851069
Kouatli, I. (2008). Definition and selection of fuzzy sets in genetic-fuzzy systems using the concept of fuzzimetric arcs. Kybernetes, 37(1), 166-181.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/03684920810851069
Purpose
– This paper seeks to identify and propose a standard approach for the selection and optimization of fuzzy sets used in fuzzy decision‐making systems.
Design/methodology/approach
– The design was based on two principles: selection and optimization. The selection methodology was based on the “Fuzzimetric Arcs” principle, which is an analogy of the trigonometric circle principle. This would allow an initial sinusoidal fuzzy set shape. Other shapes may also be selected using the described formula (trapezoidal, triangular, … , etc.). As the proposal methodology is based on the trigonometric circle, other trigonometric formulae can be applied. For example, linguistic hedges can be defined using standard trigonometric formulae. Regarding optimization, the initial fuzzy set selection was assumed to be of regular shape (sinusoidal, trapezoidal or triangular). An irregular shape may be required by some systems. Hence, a genetic algorithm was proposed as a methodology to optimize the performance of fuzzy systems by mutating different regular shapes.
Findings
– A simplified business decision‐making application was described and the proposed selection methodology was explained in the form of an example. Currently, there is no standard for the selection of fuzzy sets as this is dependent on knowledge engineering and the type of application chosen. The proposed methodology offers an easy‐to‐use possible standard which all developers/researchers may adopt irrespective of their application field. Moreover, the proposed methodology may integrate well with object‐oriented technology.
Originality/value
– The paper presents standardization of the fuzzy sets selection and optimization technique used in any type of management information systems. This will aid all developers and researchers to enhance their technical communication. It would also enhance the simplicity and effectiveness of optimizing the performance of such systems.
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Definition and selection of fuzzy sets in genetic‐fuzzy systems using the concept of fuzzimetric arcs
Article
SOB
200301034
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
Kybernetes
37
1
166-181
Fuzzy control
Business analysis
Computers
Decision support systems
Genetics
Cybernetics
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Kouatli, Issam
2016-05-06T11:36:43Z
2016-05-06T11:36:43Z
2011
2016-05-06
1881-803X
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3695
Kouatli, I. (2011). Multivariable Decision Making Process Using the Concept of Genetic Fuzzimetric Technique. ICIC Express Letters, 5.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Issam_Kouatli/publication/236177672_MULTIVARIABLE_DECISION_MAKING_PROCESS_USING_THE_CONCEPT_OF_GENETIC_FUZZIMETRIC_TECHNIQUE/links/55040d270cf24cee39fdd00b.pdf
This paper proposes a mechanism for the development of a Genetic Fuzzimetric Technique (GFT) based on the principle of Fuzzimetric Arcs. The objective is to standardize the GFS by applying this concept to select and optimize the performance of the system. The paper also describes the process of utilizing the technique for achieving optimum performance in a multivariable system.
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Multivariable Decision Making Process Using the Concept of Genetic Fuzzimetric Technique
Article
SOB
200301034
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
ICIC
5
9A
3143-3150
Fuzzy systems
GFS
Genetic algorithm
Fuzzimetric arcs
DSS
MCDM
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Kouatli, Issam
Khayat, Hana
2016-05-06T12:16:42Z
2016-05-06T12:16:42Z
2010
2016-05-06
1555-4015
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3696
https://doi.org/10.1016/0890-6955(91)90055-8
Kouatli, I., & Khayat, H. (2010). FIE: A generic Fuzzy decision making tool with An Example of CRM Analysis. European Journal of Management, 10(2), 64-72.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=FIE%3A+A+Generic+Decision+Making+Tool+with+an+Example+of+CRM+Analysis&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=
The purpose of this paper is to introduce simpler and more effective method in designing fuzzy controllers. A scale for partitioning the universe of discourse and choosing the appropriate fuzzy set shapes for the control variables is introduced and is termed “fuzzimetric arcs”. Knowledge engineering techniques are used to obtain process information which is interpreted using systematic analysis as an aid to the design of fuzzy logic controller. This has been illustrated by a manufacturing system example in the form of a welding application which provides a guide to the reader who is unfamiliar with such techniques.
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FIE
A generic Fuzzy decision making tool with An Example of CRM Analysis
Article
SOB
200301034
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
European Journal of Management
10
2
64-72
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Kouatli, I.
Jones, B.
2016-05-06T12:21:49Z
2016-05-06T12:21:49Z
1991
2016-05-06
0890-6955
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3697
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1007/BF0012365710.1016/0890-6955(91)90055-8
Kouatli, I., & Jones, B. (1991). An improved design procedure for fuzzy control systems. International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture, 31(1), 107-122.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0890695591900558
The purpose of this paper is to introduce simpler and more effective method in designing fuzzy controllers. A scale for partitioning the universe of discourse and choosing the appropriate fuzzy set shapes for the control variables is introduced and is termed “fuzzimetric arcs”. Knowledge engineering techniques are used to obtain process information which is interpreted using systematic analysis as an aid to the design of fuzzy logic controller. This has been illustrated by a manufacturing system example in the form of a welding application which provides a guide to the reader who is unfamiliar with such techniques.
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An improved design procedure for fuzzy control systems
Article
SOB
200301034
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture
31
1
107-122
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Kouatli, I.
Jones, B.
2016-05-06T12:32:56Z
2016-05-06T12:32:56Z
1990
2016-05-06
0956-5515
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3698
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01471189
Kouatli, I., & Jones, B. (1990). A guide to the design offuzzy control systems for manufacturing processes. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 1(4), 231-244.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF014711
While classical control theory has been demonstrated to be highly successful in many manufacturing technology applications, there are shortcomings when applied to processes that require the intuitive skills of a human operator. Fuzzy logic technique can be a significant aid in enabling machine systems to imitate the control stategy of an operator and so achieve an efficient control function. Commencing with the basic principles of fuzzy logic theory, the paper provides a practical guide to the design techniques used to establish fuzzy controller. An example of a welding robot to achieve an irregular weld path profile is used to illustrate the procedure.
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A guide to the design of fuzzy control systems for manufacturing processes
Article
SOB
200301034
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
1
4
231-244
Artificial Intelligence
Fuzzy control
Robot applications
Manufacturing systems
Fuzzy algorithm
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/36992021-03-19T09:10:04Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Kouatli, Issam
2016-05-06T12:54:37Z
2016-05-06T12:54:37Z
2016-05-06
1877-0509
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3699
http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1016/j.procs.2013.09.075
Kouatli, I. (2013). A Biologicaly Inspired Decision Model for Multivariable Genetic-Fuzzy-AHP System. Procedia computer science, 22, 2-9.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
https://ac.els-cdn.com/S1877050913008685/1-s2.0-S1877050913008685-main.pdf?_tid=053c05ee-bfbd-11e7-acd1-00000aacb35d&acdnat=1509620601_fd2b2cd566dad83ee1571c07171841a0
This paper describes a hybridized intelligent algorithm as a tuning mechanism for one type of Genetic Fuzzy system termed the Genetic Fuzzimetric Technique (GFT). The proposed technique is based on the genetically inspired operations of crossover and mutation to achieve an optimized solution used to tune the fuzzy set shape (variables) within the rule-set. The GFT deals with knowledge representation in a modular form where each module -- termed a chromosome, in this article -- represents the defuzzified value of a rule-set inferring a specific output from a fuzzy input. A multivariable system, in this case, is the combination of all these chromosomes via a weighting factor termed the “Input Importance Factor”. This paper also explains the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) technique which is proposed as a pairwise comparison methodology for the creation, selection and adaptation of the Input Importance Factor. The proposed GFT mechanism can be applied to any decision making problem within an uncertain environment. One example would be the determination of CRM performance measurement given a variety of inputs related to marketing, data mining tools, ordered materials and communication.
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A Biologicaly Inspired Decision Model for Multivariable Genetic- Fuzzy-AHP System
Article
SOB
200301034
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
Procedia Computer Science
22
2-9
GFT
GFS
FRBS
Fuzzy systems
Tuning Algorithm
Decion making/control optimization
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Kouatli, Issam
2016-05-06T13:02:17Z
2016-05-06T13:02:17Z
2014
2016-05-06
1751-1348
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3700
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JMH-02-2014-0018
Kouatli, I. (2014). A comparative study of the evolution of vulnerabilities in IT systems and its relation to the new concept of cloud computing. Journal of Management History, 20(4), 409-433.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/JMH-02-2014-0018
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to classify and categorize the vulnerability types emerged with time as information technology (IT) systems evolved. This comparative study aims to compare the seriousness of the old well-known vulnerabilities that may still exist with lower possibility of happening with that of new technologies like cloud computing with Mobility access. Cloud computing is a new structure of IT that is becoming the main part of the new model of business environment. However, issues regarding such new hype of technology do not come without obstacles. These issues have to be addressed before full acceptability of cloud services in a globalized business environment. Businesses need to be aware of issues of concerns before joining the cloud services. This paper also highlights these issues and shows the comparison table to help businesses with appropriate decision-making when joining the cloud.
Design/methodology/approach – A historical review of emerged vulnerabilities as IT systems evolved was conducted, then these vulnerabilities were categorized into eight different categories, each of which composed of multiple vulnerability types. Simple scoring techniques were used to build a “risk” analysis table where each vulnerability type was given a score based on availability of matured solution and the likeliness of happening, then in case of vulnerability type, another score was used to derive the impact of such vulnerability. The resulted weighted score can be derived from the multiplication of likeliness to happen score with that of its impact in case it did happen. Percentage of seriousness represented by the percentage of the derived weighted score of each of the vulnerabilities can then be concluded. Similar table was developed for issues related to cloud computing environment in specific.
Findings – After surveying the historical background of IT systems and emerged vulnerabilities as well as reviewing the common malicious types of system vulnerabilities, this paper identifies 22 different types of vulnerability categorized in eight different categories. This comparative study explores amount of possible vulnerabilities in new technology like cloud computing services. Specific issues for cloud computing were also explored and a similar comparative study was developed on these issues. The result of the comparative study between all types of vulnerabilities since the start of IT system development till today’s technology of cloud computing, shows that the highest percentage vulnerability category was the one related to mobility access as mobile applications/systems are relatively newly emerged and do not have a matured security solution(s).
Practical implications – Learning from history, one can conclude the current risk factor in dealing with new technology like cloud computing. Businesses can realize that decision to join the cloud requires thinking about the issues mentioned in this paper and identifying the most vulnerability types to try to avoid them.
Originality/value – A new comparative study and new classification of vulnerabilities demonstrated with risk analysis using simple scoring technique.
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A comparative study of the evolution of vulnerabilities in IT systems and its relation to the new concept of cloud computing
Article
SOB
200301034
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Management History
20
4
409-433
Comparative method
Business ethics
Cloud computing
Work ethic
Technology management
Network security
Work motivation
Vulnerability categories
Cloud ethics
Business security
Cloud business protection
Cloud malware attacks
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Kouatli, Issam
2016-05-06T13:13:53Z
2016-05-06T13:13:53Z
2014
2016-05-06
1742-7541
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3701
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJTGM.2014.064908
Kouatli, I. (2014). Impact of un–ethical IT behaviours to cloudy businesses. International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 7(3), 205-213.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJTGM.2014.064908
The purpose of this paper is to provide guidelines for the implication of unethical IT behaviour on businesses and methods to prevent or to manage the possibilities of such conduct. As most businesses are moving towards the 'Cloud', this issue becomes of utmost sensitivity to most businesses and needs to be addressed. The paper review the risk associated with unethical IT behaviours and emphasises the integration of managerial actions in conjunction with technology protection.
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Impact of un–ethical IT behaviours to cloudy businesses
Article
SOB
200301034
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
International Journal of Trade and Global Markets
7
3
205-213
IT ethics
Cloud ethics
Business protection
Unethical behaviour
Global markets
Information technology
Cloud computing
Managerial actions
Technology protection
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Kouatli, Issam
2016-05-06T13:28:10Z
2016-05-06T13:28:10Z
2016
2016-05-06
1742-7541
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3702
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJTGM.2016.074137
Kouatli, I. (2016). Global business vulnerabilities in cloud computing services. International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 9(1), 45-59.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJTGM.2016.074137
Cloud computing is a new structure of information technology that is becoming the main part of the new model of business environment. Cloud services provide easy, quick and scalable business setting and development across the globe. However, issues regarding such new hype of technology do not come without obstacles. These issues have to be addressed to avoid any possible vulnerability in cloud computing environment. After overviewing the advantages and disadvantages of cloud computing types and services, this paper identifies vulnerabilities issues in cloud computing and categorises them by measuring a score for seriousness and impact to conclude the percentage of importance for each of the vulnerability categories.
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Global business vulnerabilities in cloud computing services
Article
SOB
200301034
Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM)
issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
International Journal of Trade and Global Markets
9
1
45-59
Cloud computing
Cloud services
Cloud malware attacks
cloud vulnerabilities
Business security
Cloud ethics
Global business
Business vulnerabilities
Cloud security
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Assaker, Guy
Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito
O’Connor, Peter
2016-05-09T05:50:58Z
2016-05-09T05:50:58Z
2010
2016-05-09
1302-8545
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3714
Assaker, G., Vinzi, V. E., & O'Connor, P. (2010). Structural equation modeling in tourism demand forecasting: A critical review. Journal of Travel and Tourism Research (Online), 1.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://search.proquest.com/docview/851296867?pq-origsite=gscholar
This paper reviews prior applications of structural equation modeling to tourism demand forecasting in seven prominent tourism and service journals over a twelve-year period, 1998-2009. Having identified the applications over time at both the individual and aggregate demand levels, this paper discusses essential methodological issues related to structural equation modeling as it applies to tourism demand modeling. It then assesses the quality of previous applications in terms of six methodological issues: (1) data characteristics and sample size; (2) model identification; (3) overall model fit; (4) reliability and validity; (5) model re-specification; and (6) reporting. Based on this analysis, the discussion identifies several methodological problems in the use of SEM in tourism demand modeling and suggests specific avenues for improvement
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Structural Equation Modeling in Tourism Demand Forecasting
A Critical Review
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Travel and Tourism Research
1-27
Tourist demand
Tourist behavior intention
Structural equation modeling
SEM
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Assaker, Guy
Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito
O'Connor, Peter
2016-05-09T05:56:41Z
2016-05-09T05:56:41Z
2011
2016-05-09
0261-5177
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3715
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2010.08.004
Assaker, G., Vinzi, V. E., & O’Connor, P. (2011). Examining the effect of novelty seeking, satisfaction, and destination image on tourists’ return pattern: A two factor, non-linear latent growth model. Tourism Management, 32(4), 890-901.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0261517710001627
With many destinations relying on repeat business, intention to revisit has become an important research topic. As revisit intention changes over time, this paper proposes the use of a latent growth curve to model the developmental trajectory of return behavior. The proposed model was tested in two steps in AMOS 16.0 using SEM methodologies to investigate the effects of novelty seeking, destination image and overall satisfaction levels across intent to revisit trajectories using data collected among French, English, and German travelers. Findings indicate that both novelty seeking and low satisfaction among travelers temper immediate intent to return. Conversely, a positive image of the destination enhances both immediate and future intentions to return.
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Examining the effect of novelty seeking, satisfaction, and destination image on tourists’ return pattern
A two factor, non-linear latent growth model
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Tourism Management
32
4
890-901
Destination image
Latent growth model
Novelty seeking
Revisit intention
Satisfaction
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Assaker, Guy
Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito
O'Connor, Peter
2016-05-09T06:07:18Z
2016-05-09T06:07:18Z
2011
2016-05-09
1467-3584
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1467358411418815
Assaker, G., Vinzi, V. E., & O’Connor, P. (2011). Extending a tourism causality network model: A cross-country, multigroup empirical analysis. Tourism and Hospitality Research, 11(4), 258-277.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://thr.sagepub.com/content/11/4/258.short
This study provides insights into a powerful statistical technique to test model invariance across multiple groups. In doing so, it provides insights for policymakers and contributes to the literature on tourism demand forecasting by validating and extending previous results on how supply-side factors influence tourism demand. Specifically, this study considered an a priori validated structural model for relationships among the economy, society, environment and tourism constructs in 162 countries, examining the extent to which the model was invariant across two groups of isolated observations: developed and less-developed countries. Upon testing, the a priori model did not replicate across both groups. Instead a reduced model, incorporating the society, environment and tourism constructs only was used to compare and test for variances in parameters across the two groups using multigroup analysis sampling in AMOS 16.0. The results indicated that path coefficients were equal across groups. A positive relationship existed between the society and environment constructs, while a similar positive significant relationship existed between the society and environment constructs from one side and tourism, respectively.
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Extending a tourism causality network model
A cross-country, multigroup empirical analysis
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Tourism and Hospitality Research
11
4
258-277
Developed countries
Less-developed countries
Moderation effect
Multigroup analysis
Supply-side variables
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Assaker, Guy
2016-05-09T06:20:18Z
2016-05-09T06:20:18Z
2011
2016-05-09
1994-7658
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3717
Assaker, G. (2011), Insights into tourism demand and tourism behavior: Four papers using
multiple perspectives and structural equation modeling. Doctoral dissertation summary. European
Journal of Tourism Research 4(2), pp. 237-241
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://search.proquest.com/docview/900447490?pq-origsite=gscholar
Chapter 4 uses advanced Latent-Growth sampling in AMOS 16.0 to validate the proposed model on the effects of novelty-seeking, destination image, and overall satisfaction levels across intent to revisit trajectories, using data collected online in February 2009, among French, English, and German travelers, who flew for more than two hours to visit a sun-and-sand destination during the past six months. [...] Chapter 4 explores the individual differences in re-visiting choice over time, in contrast to the previous two chapters, which follow a supply-side perspective to analyze tourism demand.
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Insights into tourism demand and tourism behavior
Four papers using multiple perspectives and structural equation modeling
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
European Journal of Tourism Research
4
2
237-241
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Assaker, Guy
Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito
O'Connor, Peter
2016-05-09T06:26:38Z
2016-05-09T06:26:38Z
2011
2016-05-09
1746-5664
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3718
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17465661111183685
Assaker, G., Esposito Vinzi, V., & O'Connor, P. (2011). Modeling a causality network for tourism development: an empirical analysis. Journal of Modelling in Management, 6(3), 258-278.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/17465661111183685
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to capture the causal relationships between the primary constituents of the tourism destination paradigm – namely, the economy, society, and the natural and infrastructural environments – and demand for tourism at that destination.
Design/methodology/approach
– Inspired by prior tourism literature, the study uses structural equation modeling (SEM) methodologies with a cross‐sectional data sample from 162 countries, to evaluate a priori proposed measurement and structural models for relationships among the economy, society, environment constructs, and tourism.
Findings
– The results indicate that although the economy construct was found to have no direct influence on tourism, it does have a mediating, positive impact on tourism through the society and environment constructs, with the society construct paralleling the condition of the infrastructure. Moreover, society and environment were found to have a direct, positive impact on generating tourism activities, and revenues.
Research limitations/implications
– This study contributes to the literature on tourism demand modeling by verifying causal relationships between tourism constructs and supply variables at the “country” level. In other words, it examines whether relationships among tourism constructs and variables exist and, as such, asks if they are responsible for a destination's success.
Practical implications
– This study's results provide destination managers with information to help them understand how individual variables affect the economy, society, and tourism industry aggregately, and as such what actions or investments can help to develop a country's tourism industry effectively.
Originality/value
– By integrating several supply‐side factors related to the destination, this paper provides more comprehensive results compared to previous applications of SEM that used a limited number of destination variables and subsequently provided only limited results.
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Modeling a causality network for tourism development
An empirical analysis
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Modelling in Management
6
3
258-278
Covariance‐based structural equation modeling
Reflective indicators
Formative indicators
Tourism development
Tourism
Forecasting
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Assaker, Guy
El-Haddad, Rania
2016-05-09T06:44:47Z
2016-05-09T06:44:47Z
2012
2016-05-09
1302-8545
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3719
Assaker, G., & El-Haddad, R. (2012). Predicting Repeat and Total Visits to a Destination Using Simulation Modeling Through Time. Journal of Travel and Tourism Research (Online), 12(1), 34.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1439928150?pq-origsite=gscholar
Previous literature has shown that important variations exist over time regarding the extent to which visitors make return trips to tourist destinations. This paper provides an analytical framework to account for time discrepancies in behavior and helps predict repeat visits to a destination at different time points. The authors carried out an empirically validated three-parameter Weibull distribution and a 50-period numerical simulation exercise to illustrate ways in which the pattern of repeat visits affects total visitors through time. Several scenarios representing different distribution parameters and different intensities of initial trips are illustrated. Implications for destination managers and future research extensions are suggested
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Predicting Repeat and Total Visits to a Destination Using Simulation Modeling Through Time
Article
SOB
199635060
201001437
Department of Economics (ECON)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
rania.elhaddad@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Travel and Tourism Research
12
1
34-49
Repeat visits
Tourist destinations
Recency-frequency theorem
Simulation
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Assaker, Guy
Hallak, Rob
2016-05-09T07:03:52Z
2016-05-09T07:03:52Z
2012
2016-05-10
1083-5423
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3720
http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/108354212X13485873913840
Assaker, G., & Hallak, R. (2012). Examining a Supply-Side Predictive Model in Tourism Using Partial Least Squares Path Modeling: An Empirical Analysis at the Country Aggregate Level. Tourism Analysis, 17(5), 587-599.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ta/2012/00000017/00000005/art00003
This study examines the predictive relationships between tourism supply factors and tourism demand. Based on data from 154 countries, partial least squares path modeling (PLSPM) was used to test a predictive model that examines causal relationships among the environment, economy, infrastructure, and tourism demand at the aggregate country level. The results suggest that the latent economy variable (operationalized in this study as a formative, rather than a reflective, construct) has a positive, indirect effect on tourism demand. This relationship is mediated by the infrastructure and the environment, which in turn have a positive, direct effect on tourism demand, respectively. Results from this study support the operationlization of the "economy" construct as a formative construct where consumer price index (CPI), purchasing power parity (PPP), foreign direct investment (FDI), trade (TRA), and industry value added (IVA) all "form" the latent economy variable. Tourism demand, however, is a "reflective" latent construct represented by international tourist arrivals (TA) and international tourist receipts (TEXP). Thus, this predictive model presents a number of theoretical and practical contributions. First, this research expands existing theories on tourism demand by presenting a more accurate predictive model that examines the casual relationships among the economy, infrastructure, environment, and tourism. Second, understanding these complex relationships provides destination managers with an analytical framework on how certain factors can strengthen tourism demand for the destination.
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Examining a Supply-Side Predictive Model in Tourism using Partial Least Squares Path Modeling
An Empirical Analysis at the Country Aggregate Level
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Tourism Analysis
17
5
587-599
Formative constructs
Partial least squares path modeling (PLSM)
Predictive relationships
Tourism demand modeling
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37212021-03-19T09:10:06Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
Hallak, Rob
2016-05-09T07:12:30Z
2016-05-09T07:12:30Z
2016-05-11
1356-7667
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356766711435977
Assaker, G., & Hallak, R. (2012). European travelers’ return likelihood and satisfaction with Mediterranean sun-and-sand destinations: A Chi-square Automatic Identification Detector− based segmentation approach. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 18(2), 105-120.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1356766711435977
Drawing on the literature on visitor satisfaction, return likelihood, and customer segmentation, this study applies a Chi-square Automatic Identification Detector segmentation technique to segment European visitors on their likelihood to revisit selected Mediterranean sun-and-sand destinations. The Chi-square Automatic Identification Detector procedure distinguishes five segments in terms of return likelihood, with different levels of satisfaction according to the respondents’ repeat visit status, occupation, and country of residence. The findings are further discussed in the framework of the literature on return likelihood. Marketing implications and suggestions for Mediterranean sun-and-sand destination managers are also presented.
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European travelers’ return likelihood and satisfaction with Mediterranean sun-and-sand destinations
A Chi-square Automatic Identification Detector−based segmentation approach
Article
SOB
199625060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Vacation Marketing
18
2
105-120
Chi-square Automatic Identification Detector
Segmentation
Return likehood
European travelers
Satisfaction
Mediterranean
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Assaker, Guy
Hallak, Rob
O'Connor, Peter
2016-05-09T07:23:14Z
2016-05-09T07:23:14Z
2014
2016-05-12
1096-3480
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3722
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1096348012461545
Hallak, R., Assaker, G., & O’Connor, P. (2014). Are family and nonfamily tourism businesses different? An examination of the entrepreneurial self-efficacy–entrepreneurial performance relationship. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 38(3), 388-413.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1096348012461545
Drawing on literature on tourism, entrepreneurship, and family businesses, this research
uses a structural model to examine the relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy
(ESE) and enterprise performance. Based on samples of family-owned (N = 158) and
nonfamily-owned (N = 143) small- and medium-sized tourism enterprise owners in regional
South Australia, confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modeling, and multigroup
invariance tests were used to validate the proposed structural model where ESE is the
exogenous variable and performance is the endogenous variable. The study also examined
if the causal model was invariant (equivalent) between family and nonfamily entrepreneurs
to identify key differences between these two groups. Results support the validity of the
models, with tourism business owners’ ESE having a significant positive effect on enterprise
performance. The results of the multigroup invariance tests also indicated that the
measurement models, structural model, and residual structure were equal across family
and nonfamily business owners. Although previous studies have suggested differences
between family- and nonfamily-owned businesses with regard to pattern of ownership,
governance, management and succession, business structure, goals, and strategies, this
study found that the “entrepreneurial self-efficacy” of business owners (regardless of
whether or not the business is family owned) is an important predictor of business
performance. The findings suggest that destination managers and policy makers need to
support the ESE of local tourism business owners if they wish to enhance performance
within the industry and the destination.
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Are family and nonfamily tourism businesses different? An examination of the entrepreneurial self-efficacy–entrepreneurial performance relationship
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research
38
3
388-413
Family business
Small and medium tourism enterprises
SMTEs
Entrepreneurial self-efficacy
Business performance
Structural equation modeling
Multigroup invariance
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Assaker, Guy
Songshan, Huang
Hallak, Rob
2016-05-09T08:09:32Z
2016-05-09T08:09:32Z
2012
2016-05-09
1083-5423
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3723
http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/108354212X13485873914128
Assaker, G., Huang, S., & Hallak, R. (2012). Applications of partial least squares structural equation modeling in tourism research: A methodological review. Tourism Analysis, 17(5), 679-686.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://search.ror.unisa.edu.au/record/UNISA_ALMA11143254720001831/media/digital/open/9915909690001831/12143254710001831/13143251180001831/pdf
Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), as an alternative technique to traditional covariance-based structural equation modeling (CB-SEM), offers greater flexibility with regard to data assumptions and could be better harnessed by tourism researchers as a research tool. This article reviews four selected tourism articles using PLS-SEM to highlight the key methodological issues of applying the technique. In so doing, the article provides guidelines for researchers adopting PLS-SEM as a data analysis tool in tourism research, especially when data are multivariate nonnormal and the model includes formative and reflective constructs.
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Applications of Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling in Tourism Research
A Methodological Review
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Tourism Analysis
17
5
679-686
Partial least squares
structural equation modeling
Tourism research
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Assaker, Guy
Hallak, Rob
2016-05-09T08:16:35Z
2016-05-09T08:16:35Z
2013
2016-05-09
1094-1665
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3724
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10941665.2012.695286
Hallak, R., & Assaker, G. (2013). Family vs. non-family business owners’ commitment to their town: A multigroup invariance analysis. Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 18(6), 618-636.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10941665.2012.695286
This study examines differences between family-owned and non-family-owned small and medium tourism enterprises (SMTEs) operating in regional tourism destinations. The research focuses on SMTE owners' commitment to stay in the town in which they are embedded. Based on samples of family (N = 157) and non-family (N = 141) businesses in regional South Australia, was used to test the construct validity of SMTE owners' “commitment to stay”. Multigroup invariance was used to test the factorial equivalence of scores from the commitment model across family and non-family businesses. Results support the validity of the “commitment to stay” CFA model. Multigroup invariance analysis suggests family business owners have a greater commitment to staying in their town. These results contribute to our understanding of the unique objectives and behaviours of family businesses in tourism as well as present important implications to destination managers aiming to support sustainable entrepreneurial development.
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Family Vs. Non-Family Business Owners’ Commitment to Their Town
A Multigroup Invariance Analysis
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research
18
6
618-636
Small and medium tourism enterprises
Family businesses
Commitment to stay
South Australia
Multigroup invariance
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Assaker, Guy
Howat, Gary
2016-05-09T08:39:57Z
2016-05-09T08:39:57Z
2013
2016-05-13
1441-3523
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.smr.2012.10.001
Howat, G., & Assaker, G. (2013). The hierarchical effects of perceived quality on perceived value, satisfaction, and loyalty: Empirical results from public, outdoor aquatic centres in Australia. Sport Management Review, 16(3), 268-284.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1441352312001167
Drawing on the literature on service quality, value, satisfaction, and loyalty, the present study assumes a hierarchical, multidimensional scheme for perceived quality focussing on four process dimensions of service quality. The aim of this study is to test a comprehensive model of perceived quality on loyalty in the context of public aquatic centres in Australia. Using partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) on a sample of 961 repeat customers of three outdoor public aquatic centres, results from this study reveal that four first-order process quality dimensions—facility presentation, core services, secondary services and staff—are significant in determining their higher-order perceived quality construct, with facility presentation and staff having the strongest influence. Moreover, the results of the present study indicate that overall satisfaction fully mediates the impact of perceived quality and perceived value on loyalty (behavioural intentions), with perceived quality having the strongest influence on overall satisfaction and loyalty. The present study provides an enhanced conceptualisation of the perceived quality construct in the context of public aquatic centres and contributes to the debate on the relationships among service quality, satisfaction, value, and loyalty in the sport and leisure context. In addition to strengthening theoretical understandings, the present study offers a service quality model that allows aquatic centre managers to identify specific attributes of the service that can be managed to influence loyalty more favourably.
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The hierarchical effects of perceived quality on perceived value, satisfaction, and loyalty
Empirical results from public, outdoor aquatic centres in Australia
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Sport Management Review
16
3
268-284
Service quality
Customer satisfaction
Value
Hierarchical model
Multidimensional construct
Partial least square SEM
Loyalty
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37262021-03-19T09:10:06Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
do Valle, Patricia Oom
2016-05-09T09:59:35Z
2016-05-09T09:59:35Z
2015
2016-05-13
0047-2875
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287515569779
do Valle, P. O., & Assaker, G. (2016). Using partial least squares structural equation modeling in tourism research: A review of past research and recommendations for future applications. Journal of Travel Research, 55(6), 695-708.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0047287515569779
Although the number of empirical applications of partial least–squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) in tourism has increased in the last two years, Assaker, Huang, and Hallak have conducted the only assessment on the use of PLS-SEM in four studies and with a limited number of criteria. Thus, this study aims to critically analyze how the PLS-SEM method has been applied in 44 articles published in 11 leading tourism journals from 2000 to 2014 in terms of four key criteria: (1) themes explored and main motivations for using PLS-SEM; (2) characteristics of proposed models; (3) how the models were evaluated; and (4) the use of more advanced analyses within the method. The findings revealed that although applications in tourism have improved in recent years, problematic aspects in the application of PLS-SEM in tourism research still exist. The article provides suggestions on how to improve the use of PLS-SEM in future tourism applications.
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Using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling in Tourism Research
A Review of Past Research and Recommendations for Future Applications
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Travel Research
55
6
695-708
Structural equation modeling (SEM)
Partial least squares–structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM)
Tourism research
SSCI
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37272021-03-19T09:10:05Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Karkoulian, Silva
Assaker, Guy
Hallak, Rob
2016-05-09T10:39:29Z
2016-05-09T10:39:29Z
2016
2016-05-09
0148-2963
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3727
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2015.10.070
Karkoulian, S., Assaker, G., & Hallak, R. (2016). An empirical study of 360-degree feedback, organizational justice, and firm sustainability. Journal of Business Research, 69(5), 1862-1867.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0148296315004932
The extensive efforts on soliciting organizational justice for employees and sustaining this justice throughout the organization have turned justice into a vital component of the organizational culture and structure. However, the conditions affecting the latter still lack research. This study tests the compound correlation between organizational justice and the application of 360-degree feedback while emphasizing the sustainability of a just and fair work environment in an organization. A sample of 400 employees occupying various positions in home appliances and electronics organizations contribute to this research. The results of the path analysis (PA) demonstrate that the implementation of 360-degree feedback in an organization not only gives rise to organizational justice, but also aids in sustaining this justice and making justice an integral part of the organizational culture.
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An empirical study of 360-degree feedback, organizational justice, and firm sustainability
Article
SOB
199635060
198203940
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
skarkoul@lau.edu.lb
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Business Research
69
5
1862-1867
360-degree feedback
Organizational justice
Sustainability
Path analysis
Lebanon
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6513-3483
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37282021-03-19T09:10:05Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
Hallak, Rob
O'Connor, Peter
2016-05-09T11:03:02Z
2016-05-09T11:03:02Z
2013
2016-05-09
1083-5423
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3728
http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/108354213X13824558188749
Hallak, R., Assaker, G., & O'Connor, P. (2013). Profiling Tourism SMEs According to Owners' Support for Community: A Cluster Analysis Approach. Tourism Analysis, 18(6), 691-705.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://ku7rj9xt8c.scholar.serialssolutions.com/?sid=google&auinit=R&aulast=Hallak&atitle=Profiling+Tourism+Smes+According+to+Owners%27+Support+for+Community:+A+Cluster+Analysis+Approach&id=doi:10.3727/108354213X13824558188749&title=Tourism+analysis&volume=18&issue=6&date=2013&spage=691&issn=1083-5423
This study profiles small and medium tourism enterprises (SMTEs) according to their level of support for local communities in order to investigate the relationship between such support and enterprise performance. Cluster analysis, chi-square, and MANOVA were used to explore data from 298 owners of SMTEs operating in South Australia. Results indicated that SMTEs are best grouped in two segments according to their level of support for community (Reluctants and Community Advocates). Segments can be differentiated by: 1) the number of family members working in the business; 2) the number of years the business has been in existence; 3) whether the owners have family members living in town; and 4) the type of business. Findings also demonstrate significant differences between segments in terms of business performance, with Community Advocates reporting greater levels of performance. As such, the findings have implications for scholars in tourism and entrepreneurial studies, and for tourism policy makers trying to support the sustainable development of regional tourism destinations.
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Profiling Tourism SMEs According to Owners' Support for Community
A Cluster Analysis Approach
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Tourism Analysis
18
6
691-705
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Assaker, Guy
Hallak, Rob
2016-05-09T11:21:40Z
2016-05-09T11:21:40Z
2013
2016-05-09
0047-2875
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287513478497
Assaker, G., & Hallak, R. (2013). Moderating effects of tourists’ novelty-seeking tendencies on destination image, visitor satisfaction, and short-and long-term revisit intentions. Journal of Travel Research, 52(5), 600-613.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://jtr.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/02/28/0047287513478497.abstract
This study investigates the moderating effects of tourist novelty-seeking tendencies on the relationships among destination image, satisfaction, and short- and long-term revisit intentions. Using survey data collected in 2009 from 450 European visitors to Mediterranean destinations, a theoretically derived structural path model was examined. Cluster analysis and discriminant analysis were used to identify three groups of tourists based on their novelty-seeking tendencies (high, medium, and low novelty seekers). The moderating effects of novelty-seeking tendencies on the structural path model were examined by means of multigroup invariance analysis. Tourists’ novelty-seeking tendencies have a moderating effect on the causal relationships among destination image, satisfaction, and revisit intentions. The effect of destination image on visitor satisfaction, as well as satisfaction on short-term revisit intentions, is significantly weaker for high novelty seekers as compared to low novelty seekers. Thus, destination managers need to consider the novelty-seeking tendencies of their market segments as this affects revisit intentions.
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Moderating Effects of Tourists’ Novelty-Seeking Tendencies on Destination Image, Visitor Satisfaction, and Short- and Long-Term Revisit Intentions
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Travel Research
52
5
606-613
Destination image
Revisit intentions
Novelty seeking
Cluster analysis
Multigroup invariance analysis
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37302021-03-19T09:10:05Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
Hallak, Rob
2016-05-09T11:32:44Z
2016-05-09T11:32:44Z
2014
2016-05-09
1844-9743
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3730
Assaker, G., & Hallak, R. (2014). Segmenting the Travel Market Based on the Tourists' Need for Novelty: Insihts and Implications for Mediterranean Destinations. Journal of Tourism Challenges and Trends, 7(1), 27.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1556079776?pq-origsite=gscholar
This study examines segmentation of the Mediterranean travel market based on 450 European subjects who visited Mediterranean destinations during 2009. Using cluster, chi-square, and analysis of variance, the results indicated that travelers can be grouped into three segments based on novelty-seeking behavior. Significant differences were found between the three segments regarding age and travel companions, as well as previous visit status. The results also demonstrate significant differences across the three segments in terms of revisit intentions, with the low-novelty seeking group exhibiting the highest likelihood of returning, followed by medium-novelty seekers. High novelty seekers displayed the lowest propensity to return to a destination. The findings present new insights on tourist segments, in general, and in Mediterranean destinations in particular, providing an effective tool to segment the travel market based on novelty-seeking behavior. The findings also emphasize the need for both tourism scholars and practitioners to consider novelty when segmenting and profiling market segments, as novelty was found to influence revisit intention.
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Segmenting the Travel Market Based on the Tourists' Need for Novelty
Insihts and Implications for Mediterranean Destinations
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Tourism Challenges and Trends
7
1
27-44
Tourism
Novelty-seeking
Mediterranean
Segmentation
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37312021-03-19T09:10:06Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
Hallak, Rob
Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito
O'Connor, Peter
2016-05-09T11:48:15Z
2016-05-09T11:48:15Z
2013
2016-05-16
0047-2875
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287513481275
Assaker, G., Hallak, R., Vinzi, V. E., & O’Connor, P. (2013). An empirical operationalization of countries’ destination competitiveness using partial least squares modeling. Journal of Travel Research, 53(1), 26-43.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0047287513481275
Growth in tourism has resulted in escalating competition among destinations. Understanding destination competitiveness and its determinant factors is thus critical to tourism researchers and policy makers. Using partial least squares path modeling (PLSPM) on a cross-sectional sample of 154 countries, this study examines relationships among destination competitiveness and its predictors, including the economy, natural environment, and infrastructure. Results indicate that the economy has a positive, indirect impact on tourism competitiveness mediated through the infrastructure and the environment; moreover, infrastructure and environment have a direct, positive impact on tourism competitiveness. PLSPM was also used to compute composite scores for overall destination competitiveness, thus assigning rankings to the 154 countries assessed. This study contributes to extant theories on destination competitiveness, presenting important implications for policymakers on how to strengthen destination competitiveness, and providing an empirically based tool to help benchmark a country’s competitiveness in relation to other destinations.
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An Empirical Operationalization of Countries’ Destination Competitiveness Using Partial Least Squares Modeling
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Travel Research
53
1
26-43
Destination competitiveness
Partial least squares modeling (PLSPM)
Structural equation modeling (SEM)
Latent variables (LVs)
Scores
Cause indicators
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37322021-03-19T09:10:06Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
Kim, Sangkyun
2016-05-09T12:06:42Z
2016-05-09T12:06:42Z
2014
2016-04-11
1054-8408
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3732
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10548408.2014.873316
Kim, S., & Assaker, G. (2014). An empirical examination of the antecedents of film tourism experience: A structural model approach. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 31(2), 251-268.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10548408.2014.873316
This study aims to empirically examine the antecedents of film tourism experience associated with a serialized TV drama. Drawing on film tourism and media-communication studies, a theoretical model for the causal interrelationship between production values of the TV drama, audience involvement with it, and film tourism experience at its filmed location was tested empirically using structural equation modeling (SEM) methodologies. Responses were drawn from a cross-sectional data sample of international visitors via a survey executed at Daejanggeum Theme Park in Korea. The results indicate that production values and audience involvement have a direct, positive impact on film tourism experience. Moreover, the production values have a mediating, positive impact on film tourism experience through the audience involvement construct.
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An Empirical Examination of the Antecedents of Film Tourism Experience
A Structural Model Approach
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing
31
2
251-268
Production values
Audience involvement,
Film tourism experience
Structural equation modeling
Television drama
Korea
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37332021-03-19T09:10:05Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
2016-05-09T12:20:30Z
2016-05-09T12:20:30Z
2014
2016-05-09
1356-7667
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3733
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356766714527104
Assaker, G. (2014). Examining a hierarchical model of Australia’s destination image. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 20(3), 195-210.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1356766714527104
This study presents a hierarchical model of a country’s destination image (DI). The model is empirically tested in the context of Australia as a tourism destination. Data were collected from 600 residents in four countries representing Australia’s main market segments for inbound visitors – China, the United Kingdom, the United States and South Korea. Partial least squares structural equation modelling confirmed that DI is best operationalized as a second-order factor model, which is formed by six first-order factors (destination attributes) of natural and well-known attractions, variety of tourist services and culture, quality of general tourist atmosphere, entertainment and recreation, general environment and accessibility. More specifically, the cross-sectional standardized regression/loadings demonstrate that ‘natural and well-known attractions’ as well as ‘accessibility’ had the largest effects on overall image formation. The attribute of ‘general environment’, on the other hand, had lowest effect on the country’s DI. Thus, the findings from this study advance existing knowledge on DI formation. Through a greater understanding of how DI is formed, the findings are of benefit to both tourism researchers and destination managers. New insights into how DI is formed among Australia’s key inbound markets present opportunities for new and effective marketing strategies.
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Examining a hierarchical model of Australia’s destination image
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Vacation Marketing
20
3
195-210
Australia
Destination attributes
Destination image
Hierarchical model
PLS-SEM
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37342021-03-19T09:10:05Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
Huang, Songshan (Sam)
Weiler, Betty
2016-05-09T12:29:35Z
2016-05-09T12:29:35Z
2015
2016-05-09
0047-2875
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287513517426
Huang, S. S., Weiler, B., & Assaker, G. (2015). Effects of interpretive guiding outcomes on tourist satisfaction and behavioral intention. Journal of Travel Research, 54(3), 344-358.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://jtr.sagepub.com/content/54/3/344.short
This study examined the effects of both cognitive and affective tour guide interpretation outcomes on tourist satisfaction and behavioral intention in a heritage tourism context. Data were collected via a survey of 282 inbound mainland Chinese tourists to Sovereign Hill, Ballarat, a heritage tourism site in Victoria, Australia. A hierarchical structural model was constructed based on a comprehensive literature review of tour guiding, interpretation, and tourist satisfaction and was tested applying partial least squares structural equation modeling. Results show that cognitive interpretation outcome has a greater impact on tourist satisfaction and sustaining visitor arrivals than affective interpretation outcome, whereas satisfaction with the guided tour experience directly affects behavioral intention and largely mediates the effect of cognitive interpretation outcome on behavioral intention. The study offers both theoretical insights in relation to interpretation and tourist satisfaction and practical implications for interpretive tour guiding.
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Effects of Interpretive Guiding Outcomes on Tourist Satisfaction and Behavioral Intention
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Travel Research
54
3
344-358
Tour guide
Interpretation
Tourist satisfactrion
Behavioral intention
Chinese tourist
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37352021-03-19T09:10:05Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
Hallak, Rob
Lee, Craig
2016-05-09T12:36:25Z
2016-05-09T12:36:25Z
2015
2016-05-09
0047-2875
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3735
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0047287513513170
Hallak, R., Assaker, G., & Lee, C. (2015). Tourism Entrepreneurship Performance The Effects of Place Identity, Self-Efficacy, and Gender. Journal of Travel Research, 54(1), 36-51.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://jtr.sagepub.com/content/54/1/36.short
Drawing on theories from environmental psychology, social psychology, and entrepreneurship, this study examines a nonrecursive (simultaneous equation) model of entrepreneurs’ place identity, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, and performance across male and female tourism entrepreneurs. Data were collected from 150 male and 148 female tourism business owners in Australia. The results found that place identity (sense of identity with their town of residence) was positively related to entrepreneurial self-efficacy (beliefs in their capabilities as entrepreneurs). Furthermore, self-efficacy is a direct driver of performance, and not vice versa, for both male and female entrepreneurs. However, multigroup invariance analysis suggests that the nonrecursive model is partially moderated by the entrepreneurs’ gender. The relationship between entrepreneurial self-efficacy and performance was significantly greater for the male group. The findings have implications for scholars in tourism and entrepreneurial studies, and for policy makers trying to support the sustainable development of tourism destinations.
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Tourism Entrepreneurship Performance
The Effects of Place Identity, Self-Efficacy, and Gender
Article
SOB
199635060
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Travel Research
54
1
36-51
Entrepreneurship
Self-efficacy
Place identity
Nonrecursive models
Multigroup invariance analysis
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37362021-03-19T09:10:05Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
El-Haddad, Rania
Hallak, Rob
2016-05-09T12:42:17Z
2016-05-09T12:42:17Z
2015
2016-05-09
1356-7667
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1356766715573651
El Haddad, R., Hallak, R., & Assaker, G. (2015). Price fairness perceptions and hotel customers’ behavioral intentions. Journal of Vacation Marketing, 21(3), 262-276.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://jvm.sagepub.com/content/21/3/262.short
This study examines the causal relationship between consumers’ price fairness perceptions and behavioral intentions in the context of online hotel bookings. Using a cross-sectional sample of 506 customers of a budget hotel chain in the United Kingdom, structural equation modeling (using the partial least squares approach), multigroup t-test, and permutation tests were conducted to (1) validate the structural model where price fairness is the exogenous variable and behavioral intention is the endogenous variable and (2) examine whether the causal model is invariant (equivalent) across customers from different market segments—including, first-time and repeat customers, leisure, and business travelers. Results from the analysis supported a significant, direct relationship between customers’ perceptions of price fairness and behavioral intentions. The results of the multigroup test and permutation tests further indicated that first-time leisure customers are more sensitive to dynamic pricing practices and tend to perceive these practices as unfair. Thus, the budget hotel chain may want to be very cautious with new customers who are not familiar with this pricing practice.
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Price fairness perceptions and hotel customers’ behavioral intentions
Article
SOB
199635060
201001437
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
rania.elhaddad@lau.edu.lb
Journal of Vacation Marketing
21
3
262-276
Behavioral intentions
Budget hotels
Online bookings
Price fairness
Partial least squares SEM
oai:laur.lau.edu.lb:10725/37372021-03-19T09:10:05Zcom_10725_2054col_10725_2081
Assaker, Guy
Assad, Tony
Hallak, Rob
Assaf, A. George
2016-05-09T12:49:07Z
2016-05-09T12:49:07Z
2015
2016-05-09
1083-5423
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3737
http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/108354215X14464845877797
Assaker, G., Hallak, R., Assaf, A. G., & Assad, T. (2015). Validating a Structural Model of Destination Image, Satisfaction, and Loyalty Across Gender and Age: Multigroup Analysis with PLS-SEM. Tourism Analysis, 20(6), 577-591.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cog/ta/2015/00000020/00000006/art00001
This study validates an interesting model of destination image (DI), tourist satisfaction, and loyalty across gender and age. We confirm that DI predicts satisfaction and has a significant direct and indirect effect on loyalty. After examining the validated structural model across different groups of respondents based on gender, age, and the gender by age interaction, we found that the model constructs differ across some of the groups. Specifically, young males from the sample were less likely to develop destination loyalty despite having a strong destination image of Australia and reportedly being satisfied with their trip experience. The findings present important implications concerning the predictors of destination loyalty across market segments with different demographics.
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Multigroup Analysis with PLS-SEM
Article
SOB
199635060
198790050
Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT)
guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
tassad@lau.edu.lb
Tourism Analysis
20
6
577-591
Age
Destination Image (DI)
Destination loyalty
Gender
Moderating effect
Structural equation modeling (SEM)
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Djoundourian, Salpie
Raad, Elias A.
2016-05-10T07:14:07Z
2016-05-10T07:14:07Z
2008
2016-05-10
1460-6712
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3738
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJFSM.2008.019665
Djoundourian, S., & Raad, E. A. (2008). Efficiency of commercial banks in Lebanon. International Journal of Financial Services Management, 3(2), 105-123.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJFSM.2008.019665
The study evaluates the key performance indicators of the banking sector in post-war Lebanon, in an attempt to assess the efficiency of the sector in producing the conventional outputs. Using data from 1993 to 2002, we observe that the sector grew significantly in size as measured by assets, but the growth in assets was not accompanied by a similar growth in profits. Equity capital grew significantly over the period and the sector became safer. In fact, the prevalence of Lebanese treasury bills in the banks' asset portfolio indicates that commercial banks during this period did not play their traditional role of financing the private sector initiatives; instead, the bulk of their funds financed the public sector. The stochastic production and cost function estimates show that bank level inefficiency effects decreases with time and increases with number of branches, employees per branch, and ratio of staff to operating expenses.
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Efficiency of commercial banks in Lebanon
Article
SOB
199490100
199590190
Department of Economics (ECON)
sdjindran@lau.edu.lb
eraad@lau.edu.lb
International Journal of Financial Services Management
3
2
105-123
Commercial banks
Frontier 41
Lebanon
Production efficiency
Cost efficiency
Stochastic frontier
Key performance indicators
Banking sector
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5964-2743
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Djoundourian, Salpie
2016-05-10T07:57:52Z
2016-05-10T07:57:52Z
2009
2017-07-27
1387-585X
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-007-9122-3
Djoundourian, S. (2009). Environmental movement in Lebanon. Environment, development and sustainability, 11(2), 427-438.
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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-007-9122-3#/page-1
The paper reviews and assesses the evolution of the environmental movement in both the public and the private sector in Lebanon. It studies the public sector involvement in the environmental movement by reviewing the commitments made by the government to the local, regional and international communities. The paper presents a summary of all the decisions, decrees, and laws pertaining to environmental protection that the Lebanese government has instituted over time, as well as all the conventions and agreements that the country has ratified and/or signed. Compared to the Arab world in the Middle East and North Africa, Lebanon is relatively more active and integrated in the world community. Using the total number of established environmental organizations and the level of reported activities aimed at spreading environmental awareness and educating people as indicators of private sector involvement in the environmental movement, the paper concludes that the post war era is characterized by a significant increase in the number of established organizations. It also concludes that there is a co-movement between economic and environmental variables.
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Environmental movement in Lebanon
Article
SOB
199490100
Department of Economics (ECON)
sdjndran@lau.edu.lb
Environment, Development and Sustainability
11
2
427-438
Arab world
Developing country
Environmental movement
Environmental Non Profit Organizations (ENGOs)
International conventions
Laws
Middle East and North Africa
Regional conventions
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5964-2743
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Djoundourian, Salpie
2016-05-10T08:04:11Z
2016-05-10T08:04:11Z
2011
2017-08-10
1387-585X
http://hdl.handle.net/10725/3740
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-011-9287-7
Djoundourian, S. (2011). Environmental movement in the Arab World. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 13(4), 743-758.
http://libraries.lau.edu.lb/research/laur/terms-of-use/articles.php
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-011-9287-7#/page-1
The paper conducts a comparative study across the Arab world in the Middle East and Africa to determine whether variations exist in environmental performance. Using various indicators of performance, including the 2010 environmental performance index and the total number of international environmental agreements signed, ratified, or accessed by individual governments, the paper concludes that the Arab world is at par with the developing world with its environmental performance. The paper empirically shows that economic well-being determines environmental performance, thus providing evidence to support the EKC-type hypothesis.
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Environmental movement in the Arab world
Article
SOB
199490100
Department of Economics (ECON)
sdjndran@lau.edu.lb
Environment, Development and Sustainability
13
4
743-758
Arab world
Environmental performance
Environmental Kuznets curve
International environmental agreements
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