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  • International environmental agreements under endogenous uncertainty 
    Nkuiya, Bruno; Marrouch, Walid; Bahel, Eric (2016-01-28)
    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 ...
  • The economics of oil, biofuel and food commodities 
    Bahel, Eric; Marrouch, Walid; Gaudet, Gerard (2016-01-28)
    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. ...
  • Marketing supplementary food products in LDCs 
    Vitale, Edward; Cavusgil, S.Tamer; Amine, Lyn S. (2016-02-02)
    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 ...
  • Exploring Employee Involvement in Hotels in Lebanon 
    Ismail, Hussein (2016-02-02)
    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 ...
  • Corporate Performance 
    Ismail, Hussein (2016-02-02)
    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 ...
  • Launching A Weaning Food in a Developing Country 
    Amine, Lyn S.; Cavusgil, S.Tamer; Vitale, Edward (2016-02-02)
    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. ...
  • The impact of strategic alliances on the hospitality and travel industry stakeholders quality of life 
    Ladki, Said M.; Shatila, Mohammad A. (2016-02-11)
    This study addresses the evolution of strategic alliances in the hospitality and travel industry. The impact of strategic alliances on hospitality and travel industry stakeholders quality of life will be explored. Two real ...
  • Can agents measure up? A comparative study of an agent-based and on-line optimization approach for a drayage problem with uncertainty 
    Srour, Jordan; Tamas, Mahr; De Weerdt, Mathijs; Zuidwijk, Rob (2016-02-11)
    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 ...
  • Privately Held or Publicly Owned? Large Shareholders and Corporate Control 
    Toukan, Amjad (2016-02-16)
    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 ...
  • Econometric Modeling of Gasoline Consumption 
    Nasr, G. E.; Dibeh, G. L.; Badr, E. A. (2016-02-23)
    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 ...
  • Director Compensation and the Reliability of Accounting Information 
    Boumosleh, Anwar (2016-03-03)
    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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...

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