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  • Lean management adoption level in middle eastern manufacturing facilities 
    El-Khalil, Raed; Farah, Maya F.
    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
    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 ...
  • Hydraulic engineering 
    Zgheib, Philippe W.; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (American Society of Civil EngineersNew York, N.Y., )
    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 ...
  • Watershed planning and analysis in action 
    Zgheib, Philippe W.; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (ASCE LibraryNew York, N.Y., )
    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 ...
  • Optimizing the resources for water management 
    Zgheib, Philippe W.; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (American Society of Civil EngineersNew York, N.Y., )
    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 
    SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb; Zgheib, Philippe W.; Lebanese American University (Business Science Reference, )
  • Business law and ethics 
    SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); Zgheib, Philippe; philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (Business Science ReferenceHershey, PA, )
    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 
    SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); Zgheib, Philippe W.; philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (IGI GlobalHershey, PA, )
    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 
    SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); Zgheib, Philippe W.; Massalkhy, Lama I.; philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (IGI GlobalHershey, PA, )
    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 
    SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); Zgheib, Philippe W.; philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (Business Science ReferenceHershey, PA, )
    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 
    SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); Zgheib, Philippe W.; philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University (IGI GlobalHershey, PA, )
    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; SOB; 1999129150; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); nbeyruti@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    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; SOB; 199129150; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); nbeyruti@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    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 (IEEENew York, )
    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 ...
  • Business ethics and religion in the financial business sector 
    Beyrouti, Nouri; Hejase, Ale Jose; Raslan, Mohammad; Hamdar, Bassam; Hejase, Hussin Jose
    Business ethics is one of the most discussed topics in this millennium, and one of the most conflicting subjects. Unfortunately, people nowadays believe that ethics is not related to any type of religion, but is a habit ...
  • Digital technology management and educational innovation 
    Beyrouti, Nouri
    Universities have discovered that learning need not dwell inside the confines of the four traditional classroom walls. The internet provides a vital link to information like never before. As the number of internet users ...
  • Board independence and managerial authority 
    Dah, Mustafa; Jizi, Mohammad; Sbeity, Sadim
    Purpose The imposition of the Sarbanes Oxley Act and the NYSE/NASDAQ regulations boosted the proportion of independent directors serving on corporate boards. For certain firms, increasing the number of independent directors ...
  • Essays on the effect of excess compensation and governance changes on firm value 
    Dah, Mustafa A. (University of Central FloridaOrlando, Fla.University of Central Florida, )
    This dissertation consists of three essays on the effect of excess compensation and corporate governance changes on the firm’s performance. The first paper utilizes a cost minimization stochastic frontier approach to ...
  • Board independance and the efficiency of internal capital markets 
    Dah, Mustafa A.; Al Dah, Bilal; Zantout, Mohammad Hani
    The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and exchange listing requirements led to an increase in the percentage of independent members on company boards. The literature offers mixed evidence on the effect of board independence on ...
  • Is CSR reporting always favorable? 
    Dah, Mustafa; Al-Dah, Bilal; Jizi, Mohammad
    Purpose In addition to their profit maximization objective, firms are often challenged to meet environmental and social demands. The purpose of this paper is to test whether a firm’s macroeconomic environment moderates ...

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