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  • Internal capital markets and equity restructuring 
    Boumosleh, Anwar; Dah, Abdallah; Dah, Mustafa (2016-03-07)
    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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Market reaction to capital expenditures of powerful CEOs 
    Boumosleh, Anwar; Raad, Elias (2016-03-07)
    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 ...
  • An Empirical Examination of the Antecedents of Film Tourism Experience 
    Assaker, Guy; Kim, Sangkyun (2016-04-11)
    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 ...
  • Ecologically Conscious Consumer and Consumption Behavior 
    El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Beyrouti, Nouri; Jarrar, Tamara (2016-04-11)
    Environmental concerns and involvement in environmental matters became more noticeable during the 2000's. Academicians and researchers have been investigating and determining factors and criteria that characterize the ...
  • A Stochastic Chartist–Fundamentalist Model with Time Delays 
    Dibeh, Ghassan; Harmanani, Haidar M. (2016-04-11)
    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 ...
  • Talent Management Moderating the Relationship between Recruitment for the Highly Skilled and HR Policies 
    Maamari, Bassem E.; Alameh, Kayan (2016-04-13)
    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 ...
  • Changing management history, gender moderating pay to job satisfaction for IS users 
    Maamari, Bassem E. (2016-04-13)
    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 ...
  • The Impact of Social Media on the Political Interests of the Youth in Lebanon at the Wake of the Arab Spring 
    Maamari, Bassem E.; El Zein, Hala (2016-04-14)
    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 ...
  • Job satisfaction of the modern information-system-using nurse in Lebanon 
    Maamari, Bassem E.; Chaanine, Johnny C. (2016-04-14)
    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 ...
  • Assessment of coastal resort development 
    Ladki, Said M.; El Meouchi, Patrick (2016-04-27)
    This research investigates the relationships between illegally built resorts along Lebanon’s shoreline and beach goers’ right to access public beaches for free. The study was conducted by students at the Lebanese ...
  • Internationalisation of menus 
    Ladki, Said M.; Tamer, Georges (2016-04-27)
    This study measures Lebanese consumer satisfaction and dining experiences at international restaurants or restaurants that offer international food items. Specifically, the study identifies which international food items ...
  • Effects of ethical practices on corporate governance in developing countries 
    El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Messarra, Leila Canaan; Elgammal, Walid (2016-04-27)
    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 ...
  • Effect of internal audit function on corporate governance quality 
    El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Elgammal, Walid; Bayoud, Mirna M. (2016-04-27)
    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 ...
  • Determinants of Audit Fees 
    El-Gammal, Walid (2016-04-27)
    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 ...
  • De-listing from NCCTs and money laundering control measures 
    Shahin, Wassim (2016-05-05)
    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 ...
  • Could financial liberalization ignore informal finance? a commentary 
    Shahin, Wassim (2016-05-05)
    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 ...
  • Unorganized loan markets and monetary policy instruments 
    Shahin, Wassim (2016-05-05)
    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 ...
  • The monetary impact of regulating banking and financial sectors by FATF on non-cooperative countries and territories 
    Shahin, Wassim; El-Achkar, Elias; Shehab, Rana (2016-05-05)
    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 ...
  • Monetary implications of FATF regulation of secret bank accounts to combat money laundering 
    Shahin, Wassim (2016-05-05)
    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 ...

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