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  • The value of life 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; Khoury, Sarkis Joseph (2016-05-20)
    This paper develops a labor-based model where a worker chooses between not only work and leisure, as the traditional labor models have argued, but rather between labor, leisure and the purchase of insurance. The model ...
  • Globalization and investment opportunities 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; ElFakhani, Said; Smahta, Hanin (2016-05-20)
    This study builds on the MBA project work of one of the authors, Hanin A. Smahta, and the supervisory work of the first two authors. All authors were affiliated with the Suliman S. Olayan School of Business at the American ...
  • Short-term financing of economic order quantity (EOQ) inventory model with probabilistic quality 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; Yassine, Noura (2017-07-17)
    In this paper, the classical economic order quantity (EOQ) inventory model assumption that all items of a certain product received from a supplier are of perfect quality is relaxed. Another basic assumption that the ...
  • Transparent rules for deposing central bankers 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud (2016-05-19)
    I model flexible targeting with linear and quadratic loss function in the output gap and inflation rate. I find a form of targeting with one-sided dismissal rules attractive; it discourages the central banker from inflating ...
  • The effect of private investments on banks' capital requirements 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud (2016-05-19)
    A simple leverage ratio restriction is not efficient because it does not discriminate between risky and safe banks. We use a structural and comprehensive model of the firm's asset growth to describe the equity buy-out ...
  • Outside Director Stock Options and Dividend Policy 
    Boumosleh, Anwar; Cline, Brandon N. (2016-05-19)
    Agency theory suggests that dividends can be used to mitigate agency problems between shareholders and managers. If director stock options are granted to align the interests of directors with shareholders, we anticipate ...
  • Understanding the benefits of true leadership 
    Armache, Jalal (2016-05-19)
    The aim of this article is to study the" Authentic Leadership" and its impact on employees' satisfaction, motivation, loyalty, and productivity. It explains the corrolation that exists between the leadership style and the ...
  • Leadership 
    Armache, Jalal (2016-05-19)
    This article treats leadership treats leadership as a complex process having multiple dimensions. Based on the research literature, it provides an in-depth description of many different approaches to leadership. A better ...
  • Understanding the various management philosophies 
    Armache, Jalal (2016-05-19)
    This article was conducted to examine the various steps the schools of management have passed by across history; starting from the classical management theory which was developed during the industrial revolution to the ...
  • Diversity in the workplace 
    Armache, Jalal (2016-05-19)
    The world's increasing globalization requires more interaction among people from diverse cultures, beliefs, and backgrounds than ever before. This is due to the fact that a homogeneous workforce is not likely to come up ...
  • A kinder and gentler workplace 
    Armache, Jalal (2016-05-19)
    It is critical in the field of human resource management to research factors that influence organizational productivity and employees' commitment, loyalty, and retention. Most companies seek to increase their organizational ...
  • It is only human to have conflicts 
    Armache, Jalal (2016-05-19)
    This paper will examine the nature and root causes of organizational conflict, the various types of conflict in organizations, and ways and means to deal with that important issue.
  • The benefits of employees' empowerment 
    Armache, Jalal (2016-05-19)
    Empowerment fosters innovation, creativity, motivation and instills shared values to promote the atmosphere for learning, knowledge and accomplishment. More responsibility generates greater productivity, and commitment. ...
  • Motivational factors affecting employees' retention and productivity 
    Armache, Jalal (2016-05-19)
    This article will discuss the importance of organizational compassionate policies and practices in retaining talents and in increasing employees' loyalty and productivity.
  • Gender Pay Discrimination In Lebanon, Assessment Of Recent Data 
    Dah, Abdallah; Abosedra, Salah; Dahbourah, Farouk (2016-05-19)
    The factors relating to gender pay inequity have been studied extensively in the economics literature. This study examines the earnings differential between males and females in Lebanon utilizing a random sample that ...
  • Evidence on managerial entrenchment effects on firm value 
    Ben Sita, Bernard; Dah, Abdallah M.; Hallak, Waddah (2016-05-19)
    We investigate managerial entrenchment effects on firm value. Conditioning investment and Research and Development (R&D) spending on a managerial entrenchment indicator, we find that under managerial entrenchment investment ...
  • Short and Long-run Budgetary Relationships 
    Ben Sita, Bernard; Dah, Abdallah; Abosedra, Salah (2016-05-19)
    We empirically estimate the short- and the long-run effects of fiscal policy on the Lebanese economy. Such estimates should be valuable in shaping the administrative reforms of the budgetary process in Lebanon where the ...
  • Decomposing Gender Wage Differentials Using Quantile Regression 
    Dah, Abdallah; Fakih, Ali (2016-05-19)
    This paper investigates gender pay inequality in the labor market of a developing country. Our empirical investigation uses data derived from a sample of employees in the Lebanese banking sector for the years 2008 and 2014. ...
  • CEO Compensation And Firm Value 
    Dah, Abdallah M.; Abosedra, Salaheddine S.; Matar, Ghida F. (2016-05-19)
    This paper examines the effect of CEO equity-based compensation (EBC) on firm value. In particular, we study the interaction between EBC and the percentage of independent directors as well as the interaction between EBC ...
  • Demand For Electricity In Lebanon 
    Dah, Abdallah; Abosedra, Salah; Ghosh, Sajal (2016-05-19)
    This paper estimates the demand for electricity in Lebanon by employing three modeling techniques namely OLS, ARIMA and exponential smoothing for the time span January 1995 to December 2005. In- sample forecasts reveal ...

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