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  • IRS 
    Haraty, Ramzi A.; Rifai, Samah; Debnath, Narayan (International Society for Computers and Their Applications, 2018-02-06)
  • IRS. (c2007) 
    Rifai, Samah M. (Lebanese American University, 2011-05-12)
    The job market has changed considerably over the last fifty years. Job seekers are requested to have more specialized skills and a greater amount of knowledge in their fields. The recruitment process has become extremely ...
  • Is board compensation excessive? 
    Dah, Mustafa A.; Frye, Melissa B. (2018-03-15)
    We develop a model to predict expected or normal director compensation. Based on this, we then calculate whether directors of corporate boards are over- or undercompensated. On average, we find greater evidence of over- ...
  • Is corporate governance a good predictor of SMEs financial performance? Evidence from developing countries (the case of Lebanon) 
    Nasrallah, Nohade; El Khoury, Rim (2023-09-04)
    This paper aims to empirically examine the link between corporate governance and the financial performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Lebanon. To this end, we use a questionnaire and collect data from a ...
  • Is CSR reporting always favorable? 
    Al-Dah, Bilal; Dah, Mustafa; Jizi, Mohammad (2018-03-15)
    Purpose In addition to their profit maximization objective, firms are often challenged to meet environmental and social demands. The purpose of this paper is to test whether a firm’s macroeconomic environment moderates ...
  • Is embolization of segment 4 portal veins before extended right hepatectomy justified? 
    Kishi, Yoji; Madoff, David; Abdalla, Eddie; Palavecino, Martin; Ribero, Dario; Shin Chun, Yun; Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (2015-11-17)
    Background Preoperative portal vein embolization (PVE) is increasingly used as a preparation for major hepatectomy in patients with inadequate liver remnant volume or function. However, whether segment 4 (S4) portal ...
  • Is extended hepatectomy for hepatobiliary malignancy justified? 
    Abdalla, Eddie; Vauthey, Nicolas; Pawlik, Timothy; Arens, James; Nemr, Rabih; Wei, Steven; Kennamer, Debra; Ellis, Lee; Curley, Steven (2015-11-11)
    Background: Extended hepatectomy may be required to provide the best chance for cure of hepatobiliary malignancies. However, the procedure may be associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Methods: We ...
  • Is monthly retreatment with intravitreal bevacizumab (Avastin®) necessary in neovascular age-related macular degeneration? 
    Ghazi, Nicola G.; Krik, Tyler Q.; Knape, Robert M.; Tiedeman, James S.; Conway, Brian P. (2019-06-14)
    Purpose To report our short-term experience with bevacizumab in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and recommend a new treatment strategy. Methods Retrospective chart review of 29 consecutive patients ...
  • Is resection of colorectal liver metastases after a second-line chemotherapy regimen justified? 
    Brouquet, Antoine; Overman, Micheal; Kopetz, Scott; Maru, Dipen; Loyer, Evelyne; Andreou, Andreas; Cooper, Amanda; Curley, Steven; Garrett, Christopher; Abdalla, Eddie; Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas (2017-05-23)
    BACKGROUND: Patient outcomes following resection of colorectal liver metastases (CLM) after second-line chemotherapy regimen is unknown. METHODS: From August 1998 to June 2009, data from 1099 patients with CLM were ...
  • Is science a universal or a culture‑specifc endeavor? The benefts of having secondary students critically explore this question 
    Yacoubian, Hagop A. (2020-06-25)
    In this theoretical paper, I argue that whether science is universal or culture-specific endeavor is a nature of science (NOS) question that needs to be explored critically by learners in a science classroom. Delimiting ...
  • IS security menace 
    Balozian, Puzant; Leidner, Dorothy (Association for Information Systems, 2017-11-21)
    Modern organizations face significant information security violations from inside the organizations to which they respond with various managerial techniques. It is widely believed in IS security literature that enforcing ...
  • Is social support universally adaptive in diabetes? A correlational study in an arabic-speaking population with type 2 diabetes 
    Sukkarieh-Haraty, Ola; Howard, Elizabeth (2016-10-25)
    The purpose of this study was to assess the relationship between diabetes self-care, diabetes-specific emotional distress, and social support and glycemic control (hemoglobin A1C levels: HbA1c) among a sample of Lebanese ...
  • Is the non-market literature adequate to support coastal and marine management? 
    Atiyah, Perla; Pendleton, Linwood; Moorthy, Aravind (2017-09-07)
    Analysts increasingly look to the literature for estimates of the non-market value of coastal and marine resources. We examine the comprehensiveness, timeliness, geographical completeness, and methodological breadth of the ...
  • Is the secure base phenomenon evident here, there, and anywhere? a cross‐cultural study of child behavior and experts’ definitions 
    Kaloustian, Garene; Posada, German; Lu, Ting; Trumbell, Jill; Trudel, Marcel; Plata, Sandra J.; Pena, Paola P.; Perez, Jennifer; Tereno, Susana; Dugravier, Romain (2018-04-25)
    The evolutionary rationale offered by Bowlby implies that secure base relationships are common in child–caregiver dyads and thus, child secure behavior observable across diverse social contexts and cultures. This study ...
  • Is there a garbage Kuznets curve? 
    Baalbaki, Rayan; Marrouch, Walid (2020-10-05)
    This note examines the environmental Kuznets curve hypothesis for municipal solid waste in 33 OECD countries between 1995 and 2012. Wang's (2013) flexible polynomial model is utilized. The results show that there exists ...
  • Is There Still a Lebanon? 
    Malik, Habib C. (2016-04-21)
    Lebanon has been a hard country to understand since the outbreak of its fifteen-year conflict in 1975. Was that a civil war or an international one? Who were the protagonists, the Left and Right, the Christians and Muslims, ...
  • Is viscoelasticity of any relevance to quantitative EHL friction predictions? 
    Habchi, Wassim; Bair, Scott (2019-07-26)
    The classical study of friction in elastohydrodynamic lubrication (EHL) has often invoked viscoelastic response to explain the friction behavior at small slide-to-roll ratios. In these studies the shear modulus has been, ...
  • Is wasta more effective than experience? 
    Bou Maroun, Sarah; Obeid, Hiba (2018-11-26)
  • Islam, entrepreneurship and business values in the Middle East 
    Pistrui, David; Fahed-Sreih, Josiane (2016-12-21)
    Entrepreneurship has become a defining business trend around the world, especially in economies transitioning towards free market systems. The Middle East, specifically the Gulf Region is a growing, lucrative marketplace ...
  • Islamic banking. (c1994) 
    Sabra, Zoher M. (2011-09-15)