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  • 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.
  • 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 ...
  • The economics of women and work in the Middle East and north Africa 
    Djoundourian, Salpie
  • The lessons of Lebanon 
    Djoundourian, Salpie
  • Quantification of health impact of air pollution in a developing country 
    Djoundourian, Salpie S.; Nuwayhid, Iman A.; Chaaban, Farid B.
  • Assessment of learning in business education 
    Djoundourian, Salpie S.
    The author gives an overview of typical learning outcomes in business education and assessment instruments that help measure and test these outcomes. Using data from a recently accredited program the author investigated ...
  • Lifecycle assessment of biofuel production 
    Ammous, Saifedean
    Can the mass utilization of biofuels help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on fossil fuels? Four particular types of biofuels have been the subject of extensive study in this regard: corn ethanol, sugar cane ...
  • Blockchain technology 
    Ammous, Saifedean
    This paper explains the functioning of “blockchain technology” and critically assesses its potential role in improving services in banking, contracts, and database systems. Comparing blockchain to the current best practice ...
  • Energy systems and the knowledge problem 
    Ammous, Saifedean H.
    This paper examines Life Cycle Assessments of biofuels, and concludes that this literature reaches no conclusion on the energy efficiency of biofuels, and their efficacy for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The paper ...
  • ElGamal Public-Key Cryptosystem Using Reducible Polynomials Over a Finite Field 
    El-Kassar, A. N.; Haraty, Ramzi A. (International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA)Cary, N.C., )
  • Slowdown aviation and modernity's lost dynamism 
    Ammous, Saifedean
    The inevitability of technological progress is one of the most widely-held beliefs of our era but there is one very important field in which technological progress appears not only to have stagnated, but reversed. Examining ...
  • Can cryptocurrencies fulfil the functions of money? 
    Ammous, Saifedean
    This paper analyses five cryptocurrencies’ monetary supply growth, credibility, and stability, to evaluate whether these currencies can perform the functions of money. While all cryptocurrencies can theoretically serve as ...
  • Euthanasia services 
    Ladki, Said M.; El Hajjar, Maya; Nacouzi, Yara; Nasereddine, Lama; Mahmoud, Nizar; SOB; 199629240; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); sladki@lau.edu.lb; Lebanese American University
    This paper explores euthanasia as a medical tourism product. Euthanasia and physician assisted suicide are generating much controversy and have been legalized in some countries and banned in others. The study examines the ...

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