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  • The value of life 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; Khoury, Sarkis Joseph; Mardini, Rania Uwaydah (2018-04-17)
    This paper develops a labor-based model where a worker chooses between not only work and leisure, as the traditional labor models have argued, but rather between labor, leisure and the purchase of insurance. The model ...
  • Viability of Amazon’s driven innovations targeting shoppers’ impulsiveness 
    Farah, Maya F.; Ramadan, Zahy B. (2020-03-06)
    The growth of new technological innovations has given rise to a highly digitized retailing world that is re-defining the consumer purchase journey. Innovations, such as Amazon's Alexa, Dash-buttons (physical and virtual), ...
  • Volatility links between the home and the host market for U.K. dual-listed stocks on U.S. markets 
    Ben Sita, Bernard; Abdallah, Wissam (2016-12-15)
    We investigate how idiosyncratic and systematic effects impact the volatility risk of U.K. cross-listed stocks. Under the hypothesis that more stock followers enhance information effects on volatility, we examine whether ...
  • Volatility links between US industries 
    Ben Sita, Bernard (2016-12-15)
    This article investigates volatility linkages across 30 US industries in terms of volatility leadership impact and interdependence dynamics. The volatility spillover index of Diebold and Yilmaz (2009 Diebold, F. X. and ...
  • Volatility patterns of the constituents of FTSE100 in the aftermath of the U.K. Brexit referendum 
    Ben Sita, Bernard (2017-07-20)
    I investigate how sentiment contributed to the build-up of volatility of the constituents of the FTSE100 in the aftermath of the ”yes” to the UK Brexit referendum of Thursday June 23, 2016. Sentiment is estimated as the ...
  • Volatility spillovers 
    Ben Sita, Bernard; Abosedra, Salah (2016-12-15)
    This paper provides evidence on the lead, the contemporaneous and the lagged transmission mechanism of extreme shocks across energy products. Our findings reveal a weak leadership of crude oil in guiding hedgers against ...
  • Voluntary disclosure of intellectual assets and intellectual liabilities 
    Manassian, Armond; Majdalany, George (ProquestAcademic Publishing International,, 2017-11-01)
    The economical shift into knowledge and information management can explain the increased importance of intellectual capital as a research and business topic. Research on intellectual capital has been mainly centred on ...
  • Wage discrimination in Lebanon as related to experience and education 
    Fahed-Sreih, Josiane; Sharifi, Hazar (2016-12-21)
    This paper explores the existence of a wage gap between the two genders using a sample of 6081 individuals and tests the effect of experience and educational backgrounds on widening or narrowing this gap. The findings ...
  • Wait! What’s my job? Role ambiguity and role conflict as predictors of commitment among faculty 
    Homayed, Aseel; Karkoulian, Silva; Srour, F. Jordan (2024-03-04)
    Purpose: Faculty play a unique role in universities performing duties along the three fronts of teaching, research, and service. While it might be teaching that contributes most to the bottom line of a small university, ...
  • Water basins in the Middle East 
    Zgheib, Philippe W. (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018-03-20)
    In Middle Eastern factional scheming for power, water is viewed as a strategic resource. The distribution of surface waters constitutes the basis for water geopolitics, thus representing the way to national security. In ...
  • Ways and means to keep employees motivated, productive, and loyal 
    Armache, Jalal (2017-11-24)
    This article discusses the ways and methods that keep employees motivated and productive. Several studies have shown great positive corrolation between employees's motivational level and organizational productivity. This ...
  • Weight control in the workplace 
    Ladki, Said M. (2016-01-28)
    This article draws attention to obesity, inadequate exercise, and overeating that seem inevitable, among institutional foodservice professionals. Foodservice employees (164) responded to a 32-itera questionnaire. Seventy-six ...
  • Wellness and obesity 
    Ladki, Said M. (2016-05-16)
    Overeating, inadequate exercise, work-related stress, and long working hours are accepted issues among restaurant managers. The underlying question was whether such life styles affect employers' health care cost and ...
  • What determines vacation leave? The role of gender 
    Fakih, Ali (2017-07-07)
    Vacation leave is introduced in workplaces to improve the working environment. Surprisingly, it has been observed that a large number of workers do not use all of their entitled vacation days. This paper provides a novel ...
  • What do I want my professor to be: popular, social, lenient, or effective? 
    Mattar, Dorine M.; El Khoury, Rim (2023-09-12)
    This study aims to reveal the factors behind students' personal biases and preferences in the evaluation process in order to assess the value of using students' ratings of professors' teaching effectiveness. A questionnaire ...
  • What factors influence firm perceptions of labour market constraints to growth in the MENA region? 
    Fakih, Ali; Ghazalian, Pascal L. (2016-05-06)
    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 ...
  • What to believe, whom to blame, and when to share 
    Mahdi, Ali; Farah, Maya F.; Ramadan, Zahy (2022-09-23)
    Purpose The spread of fake news on social networking sites (SNS) poses a threat to the marketing landscape, yet little is known about how fake news affect consumers’ perceptions, attitudes and behaviors. This study aims ...
  • WhatsApp communication service 
    Mrad, Mona; Farah, Maya; Mehdi, Nour (2022-09-23)
    The purpose of this study is to explore the pros and cons of WhatsApp communication service and its likely effects on consumer behavior and one’s perception of luxury brands. Design/methodology/approach This study ...
  • When poignant stories outweigh cold hard facts 
    Freling, Traci H.; Yangb, Zhiyong; Saini, Ritesh; Itani, Omar S.; Abualsamh, Ryan Rashad (2022-01-07)
    The objective of this paper is to resolve mixed findings about which type of evidence is more persuasive—statistical or anecdotal information. In a meta-analysis of 61 papers exploring the persuasive impact of evidence ...
  • Where do jobs go when oil prices drop? 
    Karaki, Mohamad B.; Herrera, Ana Maria; Rangaraju, Sandeep Kumar (2017-11-01)
    In this paper, we estimate a factor augmented vector autoregressive (FAVAR) model to investigate the effect of oil price shocks on total private job flows as well as on industry-level job creation and destruction. Following ...

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