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  • A Comparative Study of RSA-Based Cryptographic Algorithms 
    Haraty, Ramzi A.; El-Kassar, A. N.; Otrok, Hadi (2018-03-22)
  • Mega tourism development projects in the Middle East 
    Ladki, Said; Mansour, Khaled; Nassar, Karim; El Zein, Khalil (2018-03-22)
    This paper reports about a proposed man made island off the coast of Lebanon. The advantages and disadvantages of island development are presented. Cedar Island is an $8.2 billion tourism development initiative designed ...
  • The meat crisis 
    Ladki, Said; Deguise, Akram; El Souki, Adel; Harakeh, Moustapha (2018-03-22)
    The purpose of this paper is to report about a crisis in the Lebanese red meat industry. Scandals erupted in the Lebanese red meat buying market when one of the nation's largest wholesalers was accused of selling expired ...
  • Comparative pricing analysis of Mecca’s religious tourism 
    Ladki, Said M.; Mazeh, Rayan A. (2018-03-21)
    This study compares the costing practices of three religious tourists groups. Specifically, the study compares the costs of Islamic religious tourism to Mecca among three groups: 1) Indonesia and India, 2) Lebanon and ...
  • The effect of public transportation on the sustainability of Lebanon’s tourism industry 
    Ladki, Said; Bazzi, Racha; Hallal, Rana (2018-03-21)
    The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Lebanese public transport on the sustainability of internal and inbound tourism. The study dependent variables were the three research hypotheses: (1) safety of ...
  • Knowledge management within the Lebanese real estate bubble 
    El Khalil, Raed; Halawi, Leila (AABRI, 2018-03-21)
    Real estate organizations entail immediate access to knowledge on a mix of issues, including information on the main business and conditions influencing it, the business units existing objectives and subsequent real estate ...
  • Lean management adoption level in middle eastern manufacturing facilities 
    El-Khalil, Raed; Farah, Maya F. (2018-03-21)
    Lean manufacturing (LM) process, also known as Toyota Production System (TPS) or lean management, provides tools and methods that focus on eliminating waste and adding value to assembly and manufacturing operations. The ...
  • The mediating effects of employee-company identification on the relationship between ethics, corporate social responsibility, and organizational citizenship behavior 
    El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Yunis, Manal; El-Khalil, Raed (2018-03-21)
    The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate ethics on one hand and organizational citizenship behavior on the other. The relationship is investigated taking ...
  • 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 ...
  • Morphology and roughness in the hydraulics of large bed element channels 
    Zgheib, Philippe W. (ASCE Library, 2018-03-20)
    The evolution of natural steep channels is a function of two factors in accordance with the principle of least action: flow distribution in the channel and terrain geomorphology. Large bed elements (LBE) occurring in the ...
  • 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 ...
  • Business ethics and diversity in the modern workplace 
    Unknown author (Business Science Reference, 2018-03-20)
  • Business law and ethics 
    Unknown author (Business Science Reference, 2018-03-20)
    Bribes are mainly directed at government officials, although they could be directed at the employees and managers of business firms. However, bribery appears to be a self-defined crime. Bribery of small public sector ...
  • Advertising and branding 
    Unknown author (IGI Global, 2018-03-20)
    Deceptive advertising denotes a producer's usage of mystifying, deceiving, or blatantly untrue statements when endorsing a product. There are several illegal methods for attempting to deceive consumers. This can be done ...
  • Entrepreneurship and business innovation in the Middle East 
    Zgheib, Philippe W. (IGI Global, 2018-03-20)
    Instruments of Islamic finance have recently reemerged as an innovative tool for entrepreneurial transactions. Purpose of this chapter is to: a) define Islamic banking Product; b) compare with nearest western banking ...
  • Business education and ethics 
    Unknown author (Business Science Reference, 2018-03-20)
    Education is one of the most consistent and powerful correlates to the development of moral judgment in individuals. Education builds theoretical and some practical basics for making more effective ethical decisions. ...
  • Entrepreneurship and business innovation in the Middle East 
    Unknown author (IGI Global, 2018-03-20)
    Socio-cultural characteristics as defined by Hofstede lay out the basis for understanding entrepreneurial characteristics within a given society. Masculinity, collectivism, and uncertainty avoidance are related to competitive ...
  • A comparison of Gulf Arab and Western women's attitudes towards leadership in the workplace 
    Beyrouti, Nouri; Finlay, Jim; Neal, Mark (2018-03-19)
    This article discusses the results obtained from developing an instrument to measure differences in women’s attitudes towards leadership in Arab and Western societies. In this study, student subjects in the United Arab ...
  • Physical exercise/fitness 
    Beyrouti, Nouri; Jaber, Wael (2018-03-19)
    There are many factors that may contribute to workers’ productivity and job satisfaction, but according to this study exercise is one factor that should not be ignored. This research should add insight for managers to ...
  • The impact of technological innovation on organizations, work environment and personal lives 
    Beyrouti, Nouri (IEEE, 2018-03-16)
    New Technologies have become an intrinsic component of our working lives. They are infiltrating every facet of our lives and adopting an increasingly organic quality as they become, literarily, part of us, rather than ...

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