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  • Why do acquiring firms pay high premiums to takeover target shareholders 
    Raad, Elias; SOB; 199590190; Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA); eraad@lau.edu.lb
    The purpose of this paper is to explore empirically the relationship between several factors reported in the literature to affect the premium received by takeover target shareholders. Using a sample of 190 successful ...
  • Acquiring firms' stock returns 
    Raad, Elias; Wu, H.K.; SOB; 199590190; Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA); eraad@lau.edu.lb
    This study examines the effects of the method of payment, change in leverage, and management equity ownership on the acquiring firm's stock returns around the initial announcement date of the merger. Results indicate that ...
  • Leverage, ownership structure, and returns to shareholders of target and bidding firms 
    Raad, Elias; Ryan, Robert; Sinkey, Joseph F.; SOB; 199590190; Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA)
    This paper tests for the joint effects of leverage and ownership structure in target firms on returns to shareholders in both target and bidding firms. For a sample of 81 targets and 81 bidders in successful takeovers ...
  • Capital structure and ownership distribution of tender offer targets 
    Raad, Elias; Ryan, Robert; SOB; 199590190; Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA); eraad@lau.edu.lb
  • Insider trading effects on stock returns around open-market stock repurchase announcements 
    Raad, Elias; Wu, H.K.; SOB; 199590190; Department of Finance and Accounting (FINA); eraad@lau.edu.lb
    In this paper we empirically examine the effects of insider trading activities, the percentage of common shares outstanding authorized for repurchase, and management ownership on stock returns around open-market stock ...
  • Profiles and energy of transitional tumbling flow around a large bed element 
    Zgheib, Philippe W.; SOB; 201200959; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); philippe.zgheib@lau.edu.lb
    The transition from supercritical to subcritical flow observed in a laboratory flume is characterized in the presence of a single large bed element (LBE). The present description is both qualitative and quantitative. Three ...
  • Learning curves in construction 
    Srour, F. Jordan; Kiomjian, Daoud; Srour, Issam M.; SOB; 201204645; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb
    This paper brings forth from the literature a series of learning curve models and evaluates them through the lens of the construction industry. The review suggests that there is still no consensus on which model provides ...
  • A gender perspective on work-life balance, perceived stress, and locus of control 
    Karkoulian, Silva; Srour, Jordan; Sinan, Tala; SOB; 198203940; 201204645; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); Department of Management Studies (MNGT); skarkoul@lau.edu.lb; jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb
    Given the crucial role that work-life balance plays in the well-being of employees, the literature devotes extensive research efforts towards determining the effect of different variables on the quality of work-life balance ...
  • Strategies for handling temporal uncertainty in pickup and delivery problems with time windows 
    Srour, F. Jordan; Agatz, Niels; Oppen, Johan; SOB; 201204645; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); jordan.srour@lau.edu.lb
    In many real-life routing problems there is more uncertainty with respect to the required timing of the service than with respect to the service locations. We focus on a pickup and delivery problem with time windows in ...
  • Emotional intelligence, a tool for customer satisfaction 
    Maamari, Bassem E.; Majdalani, Joelle F.; SOB; 198403800; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); bassem.maamari@lau.edu.lb
    Over the past two decades, a lot of interest has been given to the notion of emotional intelligence and its outcome in general, and more specifically, in the academic field. Many studies are linking it to customer satisfaction ...
  • Mitigating operational risk through knowledge management 
    AlHussaini, Wissam; Karkoulian, Silva; SOB; 201204851; 198203940; Department of Management Studies (MNGT); wissam.alhussaini@lau.edu.lb; skarkoul@lau.edu.lb
    The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a profound correlation between Operational Risk (OR) that subsists in Banking industry and Knowledge Management (KM). The research aims to provide empirical evidence with regards ...
  • Tunisians set off on the road from serfdom 
    Ammous, Saifedean; Phelps, Edmund; SOB; 200905039; Department of Economics (ECON); saifedean.ammous@lau.edu.lb
  • Economics beyond financial intermediation 
    Ammous, Saifedean; SOB; 200905039; Department of Economics (ECON); saifedean.ammous@lau.edu.lb
    Bitcoin is the first technology for the final transfer of digital goods online, facilitating instant global payments without intermediation. Bitcoin's operation is based on a distributed, decentralized, and transparent ...
  • Climate change, the knowledge problem, and the good life 
    Ammous, Saifedean; Phelps, Edmund; SOB; 200905039; Department of Economics (ECON); saifedean.ammous@lau.edu.lb
    We must address the challenge of climate change through the prism of the knowledge problem and-no less important-from the perspective of the good life. When discussing our society's big problems, we tend to assume that we ...
  • An Assessment of Advertisements for Controversial Products in Lebanon 
    Farah, Maya F.; El Samad, Lamis; SOB; 199705300; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); MFarah@lau.edu.lb
    Gender plays a significant role in the way consumers behave; it also considerably affects the way they perceive and evaluate advertisements for controversial products. This paper examines the way that male and female ...
  • An Expectancy-Value Approach to the Study of Beliefs Underlying Consumer Boycott Intention 
    Farah, Maya F.; SOB; 199705300; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); MFarah@lau.edu.lb
    In order to (a) investigate the expectancy-value model supporting the beliefs behind boycott intentions in thetheory of planned behaviour, and (b) to identify the specific beliefs that could be used as targets incounter-boycott ...
  • The Effects of Religion and Religiosity on Advertisement Assessment among Lebanese Consumers 
    Farah, Maya F.; El Samad, Lamis; SOB; 199705300; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); MFarah@lau.edu.lb
    Religion plays a significant role in the way consumers perceive the advertising of controversial products. Religiosity, which describes an individual's commitment and adherence to religious values and beliefs, is also of ...
  • The influence of religiously motivated consumer boycotts on brand image, loyalty and product judgment 
    Farah, Maya F.; Abosag, Ibrahim; SOB; 199705300; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); MFarah@lau.edu.lb
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to examine the influence of religiously motivated boycotts, such as the one conducted in Saudi Arabia against Danish companies, on corporate brand image, customer loyalty and product ...
  • Controversial product advertisements in Lebanon 
    Farah, Maya F.; El Samad, Lamis; SOB; 199705300; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); MFarah@lau.edu.lb
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of religious sect on the Lebanese consumer’s perception of controversial product advertisements. Design/methodology/approach – The study used a quantitative ...
  • Exploring consumer boycott intelligence using a socio-cognitive approach 
    Farah, Maya F.; Newman, Andrew J.; SOB; 199705300; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); MFarah@lau.edu.lb
    Despite a worldwide growth in the number of boycott campaigns, the results of studies are inconclusive as the motives behind individual participation are still largely ignored. Drawing on a socio-cognitive theory, the ...

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