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  • Regulating man-made sedimentation in riverways 
    Marrouch, Walid; Sinclair-Desgagne, Bernard (Centre interuniversitaire de recherche en analyse des organisations (CIRANO), )
    La sédimentation du lit des voies navigables, dont les conséquences peuvent être coûteuses pour les populations riveraines, est souvent provoquée par l'érosion résultant des pratiques agricoles. Nous proposons un remède ...
  • Bank pricing under oligopsonistic-oligopoly 
    Marrouch, Walid; Turk-Ariss, Rima (SSRN, )
    We propose a generic oligopsonistic-oligopoly model to study bank behavior under uncertainty in developing countries. We derive a pricing structure that acknowledges market power on both the deposit and loan market and ...
  • International environmental agreements in the presence of adaptation 
    Marrouch, Walid; Chaudhuri, Amrita Ray (SSRN, )
    We show that adaptive measures undertaken by countries in the face of climate change, apart from directly reducing the damage caused by climate change, may also indirectly mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by increasing ...
  • Corruption and the multi-national corporation 
    AlHussaini, Wissam (Concordia University, )
    This research aims at determining the host country-specific antecedents which prompt MNCs to break the hyper-norm of anti-corruption and pay bribes abroad. Using anomie theory conjectures, antecedents are divided into ...
  • Determinants of dividend payout ratio 
    Elgammal, Walid (Asian Society of Management & Marketing Research, )
    This paper studies the determinants of the dividends payout ratio. The factors affecting the dividends payout ratio are to be identified. The study focuses only on the cement and construction industry within the MENA region ...
  • The effect of using fair value accounting on fundamental analysis: Some evidence from the emerging economies 
    ElGammal, Walid; Elsiefy, Elsayed
    The objective of this paper is to examine the effect of the use of the fair value model under IAS 40 of accounting for an investment property on the fundamental analysis of Barwa Company, a real estate developer company ...
  • Performance appraisal in higher education 
    Karkoulian, Silva Krikor (University of Leicester, )
    The proper implementation of an appraisal system in an educational institution could enhance the growth and development of its faculty members, which will positively reflect on the whole institution. This study aims at ...
  • Work-life balance, perceived stress, & locus of control 
    Karkoulian, Silva; Sinan, Tala (Asian Society of management & Marketing Research (ASMMR), )
    This study aims at verifying whether a lower level of perceived stress combined with a high level of control predict a higher level of perceived work life balance for employees in the Lebanese banking sector. Primary data ...
  • Assessing knowledge management implementation at two major lebanese american universities 
    Karkoulian, Silva; Halawi, Leila (Academic Conferences Limited, )
    The knowledge-based economy is a reality. Today’s global economy categorizes knowledge as the most important corporate asset as it improves an organization’s fundamental ability to compete. Higher education institutions ...
  • Knowledge management in small to medium-sized lebanese enterprises 
    Karkoulian, Silva; Halawi, Leila; Aronson, Jay
  • A fabricated ceiling? The information contribution of bond ratings 
    Aintablian, Sebouh; Mora, Nada
    We test whether security prices react to an independent, unanticipated and simultaneous change in the bond rating procedure. It has been problematic in the literature to ascertain whether a borrower's bond price reacts ...
  • Initial public offerings in Canada 
    Aintablian, Sebouh; Mouradian, Suzanne
    We study a sample of 199 Canadian IPOs for the period 1993-2001 and find that high underpricing in certain industries may explain the long-term underperformance. Also, issues offered during hot-issue periods have higher ...
  • Market reaction to corporate loan announcements and mergers of financial institutions 
    Aintablian, Sebouh (York University, )
    In this thesis, we conduct three empirical studies examining market response to corporate loan announcements in Canada, the relationship between lender environmental liability and bank loan announcements, and the market ...
  • Corporate governance, ownership structure and bank performance 
    Aintablian, Sebouh; Al Boustany, Wajih (Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, )
    We study the relationship between ownership structure and performance for a sample of 89 commercial, investment, specialized, and Islamic banks in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the period 1998-2003.) ...
  • The role of toeholds on asymmetric information in mergers and acquisitions 
    Aintablian, Sebouh; El Khoury, Wissam; M'Chirgui, Zouhaier
    Purpose This paper aims to examine empirically the role of toeholds in reducing asymmetric information in mergers and acquisitions by establishing a relationship between the toehold and some relevant characteristics of ...
  • A simulation on the presence of competing bidders in mergers and acquisitions 
    Aintablian, Sebouh; El Khoury, Wissam
    The current paper applies Monte Carlo simulation on the presence of competing bidders in mergers and acquisitions. We present a new approach for quantifying uncertainty and use a Brownian model where “the presence of a ...
  • Attribution of poverty among youth in Lebanon 
    Aintablian, Sebouh
    The present paper is based on causal attribution theory, investigating how Lebanese youth attribute poverty. Using the Chi-square methodology, the researcher examined the relationships between poverty and a set of independent ...
  • Body shop flexibility 
    El-Khalil, Raed; Taraman, K.; Taraman, S.
  • Optimization of flexible body shop system 
    El-Khalil, Raed (Lawrence Technological University, )
    Flexible Manufacturing Systems (FMS) have been utilized in order to allow manufacturers to react with speed and efficiency to market demand fluctuations. However, the ability to implement FMS can be limited by several ...
  • Auto zone 
    El-Khalil, Raed
    Lean manufacturing processes provide tools and methods that focus on eliminating waste and adding value to assembly and manufacturing operations. Standardized work is the first tool in the continuous improvement process ...

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