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  • Karkoulian, Silva; Mahseredjian, Jaisy-Angela (2017-04-10)
    This study investigated the relationship between locus of control (LOC) and knowledge management (KM), i.e. knowledge acquisition, knowledge sharing and knowledge utilization. Participants were 155 individuals working in ...
  • Ismail, Hussein; Karkoulian, Silva (2017-04-07)
    Many studies have demonstrated the impact of interviewers' characteristics on applicants' reactions in terms of their impressions of the organization and their intentions to accept the job offer. However, previous research ...
  • Karkoulian, Silva (2017-04-07)
    This study aims to illuminate the solid correlation between leadership that is employed in a Lebanese industry, organizational justice (OJ), and power that acts as the mediator between the two variables. This study intends ...
  • Karkoulian, Silva; Osman, Yasmine (2017-04-07)
    Providing and deploying effective strategies to support knowledge-sharing activities is imperative, yet it is achievable by understanding the factors that facilitate the knowledge transfer process (Chaudhary, 2005). Knowledge ...
  • Karkoulian, Silva; Halawi, Leila (2017-04-07)
    This study reports the results of 248 survey questionnaires and 26 interviews with full-time and part-time female faculty members at a Lebanese Higher Education Institution. The researchers focused on working women at a ...
  • Karkoulian, Silva; Finlay, Jim; Neal, Mark; Catana, Doina; Pellegrino, Robert (2017-04-07)
    When seeking to understand corruption in its ongoing temporal context, it is useful to consider business students. Because of their high numbers and the kinds of jobs they enter, they have a key role to play in challenging ...
  • Toukan, Amjad; Skaperdas, Sterigios; Vaidya, Samarth (2017-04-07)
    We explore the equilibrium properties of two types of “difference-form” persuasion contest functions derived in Skaperdas and Vaidya in which contestants spend resources to persuade an audience. We find that both types of ...
  • Fakih, Ali (2017-04-07)
    Using Canadian linked employer-employee data covering the period 1999-2005, I examine the determinants of the availability of family-friendly "care" practices and the impact of such practices on wages. The results show ...
  • Fakih, Ali; Ghazalian, Pascale (2017-04-07)
    This paper analyzes the exporting behaviour of manufacturing firms located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys Database. It specifically examines the factors ...
  • El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Salameh, Moueen; Bitar, Mokarram (2017-04-06)
    The classical economic production model (EPQ) has been extended in many directions to incorporate factors encountered in real-life situations. In this paper, an EPQ model that accounts for the cost of raw material needed ...
  • El-Kassar, A. N.; Salameh, M. K.; Abboud, N. E.; Ghattas, R. E. (2017-04-06)
    In this paper, we examine the continuous review inventory model under permissible delays in payments. That is, a retailer has the option of either paying for the goods immediately upon the receipt of the order or delay the ...
  • El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Messarra, Leila (University of Riverside, 2017-04-06)
  • El-Kassar, A. N.; Haraty, Ramzi; Awad, Y.A.; Debnath, N. C. (2017-04-05)
    The purpose of this paper is to extend the RSA public-key encryption scheme from its classical domain of natural integers Z, to two principal ideal domains, namely the domain of Gaussian integers, Z[i], and the domain of ...
  • El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Messarra, Leila Canaan (DreamCatchers Group, LLC, 2017-04-05)
    In trying to successfully respond to a world of interdependence and change, some companies are adopting the principles of a Learning Organization. However, while promoting a Learning Organization, the organizational ...
  • Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; Salameh, Moueen; Bitar, Mokarram (Proquest, 2017-04-05)
    In this paper an economic production model that takes into account the effects of imperfect quality items of raw material is extended to incorporate the time value of money. The mathematical model is developed and the ...
  • El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser M. (Proquest, 2017-04-05)
    The classic economic order quantity (EOQ) model assumes that all items received from a supplier are of perfect quality. This paper considers an inventory situation where some of the items received are of imperfect quality ...
  • El-Kassar, A. N.; Haraty, Ramzi A.; Otrok, Hadi (IEEE, 2017-04-05)
    Summary form only given. In 1985 a powerful and practical public-key scheme was produced by ElGamal; his work was applied using large prime integers. El-Kassar et al. and El-Kassar and Haraty modified the ElGamal public-key ...
  • El-Kassar, A. N.; Haraty, R.; Otrok, H. (IEEE, 2017-04-05)
    Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a cryptographic protocol widely used to make a secure connection to a Web server. SSL uses three interdependent cryptographic functions to perform a secure connection. The first function is ...
  • Dah, Abdallah; Beyrouti, Nouri; Showeiry, Michel (AABRI, 2017-04-04)
    Separation between management and ownership is the main reason for the rise of the different agency problems faced by many firms. The failure of giant firms such as, Enron and WorldCom, gave rise to a series of efforts ...
  • Dah, Mustafa A.; Hurst, Matthew (2017-02-28)
    This paper tests the effect of an exogenous shock, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002, on the structure of corporate boards and their efficiency as a monitoring mechanism. The results suggest an increase in the participation ...

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