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  • The finance-growth nexus, again 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali (2018-04-17)
  • Finance–growth nexus in a changing political region 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali (2017-07-06)
    In the context of the Arab Spring, which started in 2011 and overcame the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries, this paper examines the growth effects of financial development, controlling for distinct macroeconomic ...
  • Financial development and economic growth under uprisings 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali (2017-07-10)
    This paper aims to examine the causal impact of the Arab Spring and government institutions on the finance-growth nexus. The empirical analysis is implemented for extensive firm-level panel data combined with national data ...
  • Firm Investment Decisions, Dividend Policy, And Director Stock Options 
    Boumosleh, Anwar (2016-03-07)
    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 ...
  • Fiscal decentralisation and public governance in Lebanon 
    Manassian, Armond; Majdalany, George (2017-11-01)
    The Lebanese tax system has many structural weaknesses and is in need of reform, specifically at the level of municipalities, or sub-governments. At this level there is a lack of clear delineation of responsibilities from ...
  • Flexible manufacturing systems performance in U.S. automotive manufacturing plants 
    El-Khalil, Raed; Darwish, Zainab (2019-06-21)
    Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) philosophy is a key weapon in achieving global manufacturing competitiveness. It encompasses a wide range of dimensions to improve all aspects of operational performance metrics. The ...
  • Flow transitions around a single large bed element 
    Zgheib, Philippe W. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018-03-20)
    A qualitative description of the characteristics of supercritical-to-subcritical flow transitions due to the presence of a single large bed element (LBE) in a laboratory flume is presented. Three types of jets resulting ...
  • Foodservice employers' and employees' attitudes toward AIDS 
    Ladki, Said M.; Gartner, William C. (2016-05-17)
  • Fooled in the relationship 
    Ramadan, Zahy; Farah, Maya F.; Bou Saada, Rana (2021-09-23)
    Amazon, the leader in the e-retailing sector, has revolutionized online shopping through its vast areas of customer solutions, particularly with its Amazon Prime membership. Nonetheless, shoppers' behavior and attitudes ...
  • Foreign aid and economic development in postwar Lebanon 
    Dibeh, Ghassan (UNU/WIDER, 2017-08-24)
    This paper shows that foreign aid in postwar Lebanon passed through two phases with distinct features that have had far reaching implications for postwar development. In the first phase lasting from 1992-97, foreign aid ...
  • Foreign currency borrowing by small firms in emerging markets 
    Mora, Nada; Neaime, Simon; Aintablian, Sebouh (2016-05-10)
    This paper investigates what induces small firms in an emerging market economy to borrow dollar credit from domestic banks. Our data are from a unique survey of firms in Lebanon. The findings complement studies of large ...
  • Four facets of cultural intelligence predictors of knowledge sharing intentions 
    Messarra, Leila; Karkoulian, Silva; Younes, Aida (2016-05-17)
    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. ...
  • Fragile states 
    Naudé, Wim; Santos Paulino, Amelia U.; McGillivray, Mark (Oxford University Press, 2017-08-21)
  • Fraud 
    Jizi, Mohammad; Nehme, Rabih; EL Hout, Rofayda (2021-02-10)
    Because of the recent collapse of several major companies, investors' confidence in audited financial statements has decreased significantly. Fraud has been a major topic among many scholars and stakeholders due to its ...
  • Freight-specific data derived from intelligent transportation systems 
    Srour, F. Jordan; Newton, Diane (2015-10-20)
    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 ...
  • French colonial trade patterns 
    El Kallab, Tania; Terra, Cristina (2017-09-05)
    We investigate how the colonial strategy through the settlement decision a ected French trade patterns. In this regard, we construct a new database relying on various primary historical sources containing information on ...
  • From Amazon.com to Amazon.love 
    Ramadan, Zahy; Farah, Maya F.; El Essrawi, Lea (2021-01-05)
    The trend of incorporating assistive conversational agents into people's lives has followed the unprecedented expansion in the usage of artificial intelligence (AI). Amazon, in particular, has been a key trendsetter in ...
  • From cognition to action 
    Alnakhli, Hayam; Singh, Rakesh; Agnihotri, Raj; Itani, Omar S. (2020-12-01)
    Purpose This study aims to investigate salespersons’ self-monitoring and its effect on adaptive selling behavior. As salespeople are constantly facing different customers with various needs and want and engaging in a ...
  • From student to global citizen 
    Zakka, Janine Saba; Ghattas, Renee Sabbagh (2016-05-24)
    The 21st century witnessed the development of the knowledge-based-economy due to globalization and the advancement of technology. Creation of wealth in this type of economy is through knowledge that equips the future ...
  • A further investigation of the growth-finance nexus in Kenya 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali (2018-04-18)
    This paper focuses on the finance-development nexus investigating the role of financial deepening and trade openness in general and several macroeconomic variables in the economic development of Kenya. Using a vector ...

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