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Regulation, bank capital, and bank risk: evidence from the Lebanese banking industry

El Khoury, Rim (2019-07-23)

This paper analyzes the relationship between change in capital and change in risk for a sample of 23 Lebanese banks between 2009 and 2014. Using the simultaneous equations model, our evidence reveals that banks determine ...
Market volatility of the three most powerful military countries during their intervention in the Syrian war

Naimy, Viviane; Montero, Jose-Maria; El Khoury, Rim; Maalouf, Nisrine (2020-05-21)

This paper analyzes the volatility dynamics in the financial markets of the (three) most powerful countries from a military perspective, namely, the U.S., Russia, and China, during the period 2015–2018 that corresponds to ...
Sustainability reporting in smart cities: a multidimensional performance measures

Buallay, Amina; El Khoury, Rim; Hamdan, Allam (2021-11-02)

This study investigates the relationship between the level of sustainability reporting and firm's performance (operational, financial and market) in the top worldwide 20 smart cities. Using data culled from 3536 observations ...
The predictive capacity of GARCH-type models in measuring the volatility of crypto and world currencies

Naimy, Viviane; Haddad, Omar; Fernández-Avilés, Gema; El Khoury, Rim (2021-01-29)

This paper provides a thorough overview and further clarification surrounding the volatility behavior of the major six cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Ripple, Litecoin, Monero, Dash and Dogecoin) with respect to world currencies ...
ESG versus corporate financial performance: evidence from East Asian Firms in the industrials sector

Naimy, Viviane; El Khoury, Rim; Iskandar, Sahar (2021-05-18)

Given the unsettled ESG-CFP (Environmental, Social, Governance-Corporate Financial Performance) relationship and the scarcity of research covering emerging markets firms and the impact of each of the ESG pillars on CFP ...
Information technology governance and bank performance: evidence from Palestine

Awwad, Bahaa; El Khoury, Rim (2021-11-25)

This study aims to assess the impact of IT governance on banks’ financial performance in the context of Palestine while controlling for bank-specific and governance variables. The sample consists of six local banks listed ...
Triple vectorial analysis of financial development impact on economic growth: evidence from the Middle East and Central Asia

El Khoury, Rim; Harb, Etienne; Nasrallah, Nohade (2021-12-30)

Purpose This paper provides a state-of-the-art review of the financial development in the Middle East and Central Asia (MECA) and examines its impact on its economic growth. Design/methodology/approach The authors use ...
Dynamic connectedness among regional FinTech indices in times of turbulences

Alshater, Muneer M.; Polat, Onur; El Khoury, Rim; Yoon, Seong-Min (2022-11-03)

This study examines the connectedness among several regional FinTech indices and analyses the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on the dynamic spillovers. We employ the time-varying parameter vector autoregression and ...
Exploring the performance of responsible companies in G20 during the COVID-19 outbreak

El Khoury, Rim; Nasrallah, Nohade; Harb, Etienne; Hussainey, Khaled (2022-04-21)

An uphill question of whether Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) directly impact firms' financial performance (FP) continues to vacillate between two opponent streams. In the present study, we argue that COVID-19 ...
Is corporate governance a good predictor of SMEs financial performance? Evidence from developing countries (the case of Lebanon)

Nasrallah, Nohade; El Khoury, Rim (2022-10-08)

This paper aims to empirically examine the link between corporate governance and the financial performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Lebanon. To this end, we use a questionnaire and collect data from a ...
The role of FinTech for manufacturing efficiency and financial performance: in the era of industry 4.0

Dhiaf, Mohamed M.; Khakan, Najaf; Atayah, Osama F.; Marashdeh, Hazem; El Khoury, Rim (2022-06-30)

This study explores the impact of FinTech firms adhering to manufacturing efficiency practices compared with their counterparts during the fourth industrial revolution. The purpose is to provide empirical evidence of FinTech ...
Risk management and bank performance: evidence from the MENA region

Harb, Etienne; El Khoury, Rim; Mansour, Nadia; Daou, Rima (2022-01-20)

Purpose The credit crunch of 2008 and recent COVID-19 influences underscored the importance of liquidity and credit risk management in businesses and financial institutions. The purpose of this study is to investigate the ...
ESG and performance in public health-care companies: the role of disclosure and director liability

El Khoury, Rim; Nasrallah, Nohade; Toumi, Amina (2022-06-10)

Purpose The seepage of companies' capital accommodated by weak country-level institutions is inconducive to building sustainable businesses. Companies' performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues is ...
Spillovers between Twitter uncertainty indexes and sector indexes: evidence from the US

El Khoury, Rim; Alshater, Muneer M. (2022-09-22)

The study examines the spillover between Twitter Uncertainty Indexes (TUI) and 10 US sectors. Our methodology is twofold: a time-varying parameter vector autoregression (TVP-VAR) to explore the dynamic connectedness among ...
Did the intensity of countries’ digital transformation affect IT companies’ performance during covid-19?

El Khoury, Rim; Nasrallah, Nohade; Harb, Etienne G. (2022-06-30)

This study explores the impact of the intensity of countries’ digital transformation on the performance of 3961 global companies in the Information Technology sector in 2020. We analyse the impact of e-government index, ...
Intellectual structure of knowledge management: a bibliometric analysis of the Journal of Information and Knowledge Management

Nasrallah, Nohade; Atayah, Osama F.; El Khoury, Rim; Hamdan, Allam; Obaid, Shaher (2021-12-02)

The Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM) published its first issue in 2002 and celebrated its 19th birthday in 2020. This study aims to assess JIKM performance over its lifetime between 2002 and 2020 by ...
Presence of women on boards in industrial firms: evidence from GCC countries financial markets

Hamdan, Reem; Nasrallah, Nohade; El Khoury, Rim; Hamdan, Allam; Alareeni, Bahaaeddin (2021-11-01)

This study aims to investigate the phenomenon of women's presence on the boards of industrial public companies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. The first question deals with the relationship between board ...
The impact of green supply chain management practices on environmental performance during COVID-19 period: the case of discretionary companies in the G-20 countries

El Khoury, Rim; Nasrallah, Nohade; Atayah, Osama F.; Dhiaf, Mohamed Mahjoub; Frederico, Guilherme F. (2023-07-06)

Purpose This study investigates the impact of green supply chain management (GSCM) practices on environmental performance in firms operating in the discretionary sector in the G20 countries. The sample covers 749 firms ...
Leadership moderating the impact of personality traits on sales performance

Mattar, Dorine; El Khoury, Rim; Bassil, Pamela Youssef (2022)

This study aims to detect the impact of three personality traits on agents' sales performance. The moderating role of the unit manager's leadership style is highlighted too. MLQ-5X and Mini-IPIP questionnaires were distributed ...
Spillover analysis across FinTech, ESG, and renewable energy indices before and during the Russia–Ukraine war: International evidence

El Khoury, Rim; Nasrallah, Nohade; Hussainey, Khaled; Assaf, Rima (2023-05-26)

This study is epicentral to analyze the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on the financial markets, specifically focusing on the connectedness and spillover dynamics of FinTech, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), ...

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