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  • GCD Matrices Defined on GCD-Closed Sets in Principal Ideal Domains 
    Habre, S. S.; El-Kassar, A. N.; Awad, Y. A.; SAS; SOB; 199329050; 199529190; Mathematics; shabre@lau.edu.lb; abdulnasser.kassar@lau.edu.lb (2015-09-15)
    Let S = {x1, x2, ..., xn} be a set of n distinct positive integers. The matrix [S] = (sij) having the greatest common divisor (xi, xj) of xi and xj as its i, j-entry is called the greatest common divisor (GCD) matrix on ...
  • Freight-specific data derived from intelligent transportation systems 
    Srour, F. Jordan; Newton, Diane; SOB; 201204645; Inform. Tech. and Operat. Mgmt.; jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb (2015-10-20)
    Freight planning is an increasingly visible topic in the arena of transportation planning. Freight planning metrics and benchmarks can help state agencies select and assess the impact of improvement projects with respect ...
  • Optimal or agile? 
    Srour, F. Jordan; Ketter, Wolfgang; SOB; 201204645; Inform. Tech. and Operat. Mgmt.; jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb (2015-10-20)
  • Are stacker crane problems easy? 
    Srour, F. Jordan; Van De Velde, Steef; SOB; 201204645; Inform. Tech. and Operat. Mgmt.; jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb (2015-10-21)
    Many full truckload pick-up and delivery problems in the intermodal freight container transport industry can be modeled as Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problems (ATSPs). Several authors have noted that while ATSPs are ...
  • Correlates of organizational commitment and knowledge sharing via intelligence 
    Karkoulian, Silva; Messarra, Leila Canaan; Al Harake, Nour; SOB; 198203940; 198629030; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); skarkoul@lau.edu.lb; lmasara@lau.edu.lb (2015-10-28)
  • Effects of religious diversity on the employees' perception and reaction 
    Messarra, Leila; El-Kassar, Abdul-Nasser; SOB; 198629030; 199529190; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); lmasara@lau.edu.lb; abdulnasser.kassar@lau.edu.lb (2015-10-28)
    Abstract With increased globalization and emigration, religious diversity is becoming an essential part of workforce diversity. Drawing from the Lebanese experience, the aim of this paper is to highlight some concerns ...
  • To restrict or not to restrict personal internet usage on the job 
    Messarra, Leila Canaan; Karkoulian, Silva; McCarthy, Richard; SOB; 198629030; 198203940; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); lmasara@lau.edu.lb; skarkoul@lau.edu.lb (2015-10-28)
    Purpose – The subject of cyber‐slacking has prompted many organizations to respond by enforcing or implementing policies that restrict internet access. The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the impact of ...
  • Four facets of cultural intelligence predictors of knowledge sharing intentions 
    Messarra, Leila; Karkoulian, Silva; Younes, Aida; SOB; 198629030; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); lmasara@lau.edu.lb (2015-10-28)
    ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the four facets of cultural intelligence correlates with the intention to share knowledge. The sample consisted of 164 employees working in multinational ...
  • Autonomy, locus of control, and entrepreneurial orientation of Lebanese expatriates worldwide 
    Zgheib, Philippe W.; Kowatly, Abdulrahim K.; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-02)
    Present day and on-going Lebanese emigration worldwide dates back several centuries. Yet it has intensified since the middle of the nineteenth century, mostly reinforcing Lebanese presence in North America, Central and ...
  • The history of overseas Lebanese entrepreneurs operating worldwide 
    Zgheib, Philip W.; Ahmed, Zafar U.; Kowatly, Abdulrahim K.; Rhetts, Peter; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-02)
    Purpose – The Lebanese began their present emigration in the middle of the nineteenth century, heading towards North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Today’s Lebanese diaspora is made of ...
  • Managerial ethics 
    Zgheib, Philippe W.; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-02)
    This is a study that investigated the extent of use of the three principles of ethics – utility, morality, and justice – in managerial ethical decision making, in addition to the personal attitude towards them. It involved ...
  • Female gender descriptors for entrepreneurial autonomy of Arab women 
    Zgheib, Philippe W.; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-02)
    During the twentieth century Arab women struggled to change their condition, and succeeded in finding a place, though still small, in the active labor force. Increasingly, Arab women are becoming educated, self-confident ...
  • The impact of population growth on Human Development Index 
    Zgheib, Philip W.; Ahmed, Zafar U.; Beldona, Sri; Gebara, Veronique; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-02)
    This paper tests the growth of population on the determinants of Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI is a composite index constructed from measures of life expectancy, education and per capita income. This paper reviews ...
  • Public policy and expatriate entrepreneurs 
    Zgheib, Philip W.; Ahmed, Zafar U.; Carraher, Shawn; Kowatly, Abdulrahim K.; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-02)
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between demographic and public policy with the entrepreneurial related variables of entrepreneurial orientation, self employment, customer service, and ...
  • In-hospital drug-use optimization using the marginal utility theory 
    Zgheib, Philippe W.; Zgheib, Nathalie K.; Cecchetti, Alfred A.; Parmanto, Bambang; Ahmad, Sjarif; Branch, Robert A.; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-02)
    Objective To use cost-utility analysis as an application of the Marginal Utility Theory whereby optimal drug use in terms of optimal drug cost and volume is estimated based on the diminishing marginal utility conditions. Methods ...
  • Comparison of job and career satisfaction between women physicians and women academicians at the American University of Beirut 
    Zgheib, Philippe W.; Zgheib, Nathalie; Usta, Jinan; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb (2015-11-02)
    This study assesses the level of job and career satisfaction, work, social life and child care conflict of full time female academic physicians, and compares it with full time female non medical academicians at the American ...
  • Emission taxes when pollution depends on location 
    Marrouch, Walid; Sinclair-Desgagne, Bernard; SOB; 200200185; Department of Economics (ECON); walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb (2016-01-28)
    It is well known that an efficient pollution taxation scheme should charge each source according to its specific marginal contribution to social damages. Despite significant advances in environmental assessment, geographic ...
  • International environmental agreements under endogenous uncertainty 
    Marrouch, Walid; SOB; 200200185; Department of Economics (ECON); walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb (2016-01-28)
    This paper explores the implications of the possibility of a shift in environmental damages on the participation in environmental treaties. Using a two-period model where the probability of a regime shift increases in the ...
  • Short-run price and income elasticity of gasoline demand 
    Marrouch, Walid; Ben Sita, Bernard; Abosedra, Salah; SOB; 200603722; 200200185; Department of Economics (ECON); bernard.bensita@lau.edu.lb; walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb (2016-01-28)
    We empirically estimate the demand for gasoline in the presence of multiple shifts caused by structural breaks using monthly data from Lebanon covering the period 2000:M1–2010:M12. Consistent with most studies in the ...
  • The electricity consumption, employment and growth nexus: evidence from Lebanon 
    Marrouch, Walid; Fakih, Ali; SOB; 200200185; 201105198; Department of Economics (ECON); walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb; AFakih@lau.edu.lb (2016-01-28)
    The causal relationship between electricity consumption and growth in Lebanon is examined using aggregate employment in a trivariate setting for the period 1980–2011. We test the main hypothesis that electricity is an input ...

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