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  • Modeling a causality network for tourism development 
    Assaker, Guy; Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito; O'Connor, Peter; SOB; 199635060; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to capture the causal relationships between the primary constituents of the tourism destination paradigm – namely, the economy, society, and the natural and infrastructural environments ...
  • Insights into tourism demand and tourism behavior 
    Assaker, Guy; SOB; 199635060; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
    Chapter 4 uses advanced Latent-Growth sampling in AMOS 16.0 to validate the proposed model on the effects of novelty-seeking, destination image, and overall satisfaction levels across intent to revisit trajectories, using ...
  • Extending a tourism causality network model 
    Assaker, Guy; Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito; O'Connor, Peter; SOB; 199635060; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
    This study provides insights into a powerful statistical technique to test model invariance across multiple groups. In doing so, it provides insights for policymakers and contributes to the literature on tourism demand ...
  • Examining the effect of novelty seeking, satisfaction, and destination image on tourists’ return pattern 
    Assaker, Guy; Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito; O'Connor, Peter; SOB; 199635060; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
    With many destinations relying on repeat business, intention to revisit has become an important research topic. As revisit intention changes over time, this paper proposes the use of a latent growth curve to model the ...
  • Structural Equation Modeling in Tourism Demand Forecasting 
    Assaker, Guy; Vinzi, Vincenzo Esposito; O’Connor, Peter; SOB; 199635060; Department of Hospitality Management and Marketing (HMKT); guy.assaker@lau.edu.lb
    This paper reviews prior applications of structural equation modeling to tourism demand forecasting in seven prominent tourism and service journals over a twelve-year period, 1998-2009. Having identified the applications ...
  • Global business vulnerabilities in cloud computing services 
    Kouatli, Issam; SOB; 200301034; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
    Cloud computing is a new structure of information technology that is becoming the main part of the new model of business environment. Cloud services provide easy, quick and scalable business setting and development across ...
  • Impact of un–ethical IT behaviours to cloudy businesses 
    Kouatli, Issam; SOB; 200301034; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
    The purpose of this paper is to provide guidelines for the implication of unethical IT behaviour on businesses and methods to prevent or to manage the possibilities of such conduct. As most businesses are moving towards ...
  • A comparative study of the evolution of vulnerabilities in IT systems and its relation to the new concept of cloud computing 
    Kouatli, Issam; SOB; 200301034; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
    Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to classify and categorize the vulnerability types emerged with time as information technology (IT) systems evolved. This comparative study aims to compare the seriousness of the old ...
  • A Biologicaly Inspired Decision Model for Multivariable Genetic- Fuzzy-AHP System 
    Kouatli, Issam; SOB; 200301034; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
    This paper describes a hybridized intelligent algorithm as a tuning mechanism for one type of Genetic Fuzzy system termed the Genetic Fuzzimetric Technique (GFT). The proposed technique is based on the genetically inspired ...
  • A guide to the design of fuzzy control systems for manufacturing processes 
    Kouatli, I.; Jones, B.; SOB; 200301034; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
    While classical control theory has been demonstrated to be highly successful in many manufacturing technology applications, there are shortcomings when applied to processes that require the intuitive skills of a human ...
  • An improved design procedure for fuzzy control systems 
    Kouatli, I.; Jones, B.; SOB; 200301034; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
    The purpose of this paper is to introduce simpler and more effective method in designing fuzzy controllers. A scale for partitioning the universe of discourse and choosing the appropriate fuzzy set shapes for the control ...
  • FIE 
    Kouatli, Issam; Khayat, Hana; SOB; 200301034; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
    The purpose of this paper is to introduce simpler and more effective method in designing fuzzy controllers. A scale for partitioning the universe of discourse and choosing the appropriate fuzzy set shapes for the control ...
  • Multivariable Decision Making Process Using the Concept of Genetic Fuzzimetric Technique 
    Kouatli, Issam; SOB; 200301034; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
    This paper proposes a mechanism for the development of a Genetic Fuzzimetric Technique (GFT) based on the principle of Fuzzimetric Arcs. The objective is to standardize the GFS by applying this concept to select and optimize ...
  • Definition and selection of fuzzy sets in genetic‐fuzzy systems using the concept of fuzzimetric arcs 
    Kouatli, Issam; SOB; 200301034; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
    Purpose – This paper seeks to identify and propose a standard approach for the selection and optimization of fuzzy sets used in fuzzy decision‐making systems. Design/methodology/approach – The design was based on two ...
  • A simplified fuzzy multivariable structure in a manufacturing environment 
    Kouatli, Issam M.; SOB; 200301034; Department of Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM); issam.kouatli@lau.edu.lb
    Applications of fuzzy control to industrial processes are mainly of multivariable structure. Using the traditional Zadeh principle would require a multidimensional relation to be developed representing a fuzzy model of the ...
  • Who hires foreign domestic workers? 
    Fakih, Ali; Marrouch, Walid; SOB; 201105198; 200200185; Department of Economics (ECON); AFakih@lau.edu.lb; walid.marrouch@lau.edu.lb
    Foreign domestic workers’ activities provide important market and non-market services in a large number of middle-income countries as these activities have an impact on the labor force participation and time allocation ...
  • The relationships between economic growth, financial deepening, and information and communication technology 
    Fakih, Ali; Abosedra, Salah; SOB; 201105198; Department of Economics (ECON); AFakih@lau.edu.lb
    The impact of financial deepening and the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in Lebanon"s economy is empirically investigated by estimating a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) using data from 1993 to ...
  • Which firms export? An empirical analysis for the manufacturing sector in the MENA region 
    Fakih, Ali; Ghazalian, Pascal L.; SOB; 201105198; Department of Economics (ECON); AFakih@lau.edu.lb
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the export behaviour of manufacturing firms located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region using data from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys Database. De ...
  • Vacation Leave, Work Hours, and Wages 
    Fakih, Ali; SOB; 201105198; Department of Economics (ECON); AFakih@lau.edu.lb
    This paper provides new evidence on the determinants of vacation leave and its relationship to hours worked and hourly wages by examining the case of Canada. Previous studies from the USA, using individual-level data, have ...
  • Institutions and development in MENA region 
    Arayssi, Mahmoud; Fakih, Ali; SOB; 199629330; 201105198; Department of Economics (ECON); mahmoud.araissi@lau.edu.lb; AFakih@lau.edu.lb
    Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the role of institutions (including civil law origin), financial deepening and degree of regime authority on growth rates in the Middle East and North Africa region. De ...

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