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Browsing by Author "Atef, Harb, Ph.D."

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  • Applying ISO 9001:2000 in a Software development environment: the case of SecurSoftware Corporation 
    Khairallah El Maalouf Aji, Soha (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2008)
    Global competition and increasing customer awareness have made the quality as the key indicator for customer requirements and satisfaction as well as a success factor to achieve competitive advantage. Under these circumstances, companies try to become quality leadership companies and start to implement certain quality management approaches. Consequently, this research analyzes the production processes of a Lebanese company- SecurSofiware- operating in the information technology industry and facing deficiencies in its software production management. The objective of this research is to ...
  • Customers satisfaction with digital banking channels: the case of the Lebanese banking sector 
    Yazbeck, Michel (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2020)
    Purpose: The purpose of this research is to study the extent of adoption of DBCs, benefits of usage and service quality and their impact on the overall satisfaction with DBCs, in order to measure the satisfaction of digital technologies in the Lebanese banks, and to learn from this research if adopting digital channels would be beneficial or not for the Lebanese banks in different aspects. Design/methodology/approach: This research adopts a deductive approach, by using the data collected in statistical techniques to obtain significant results. The data was collected using a survey research ...
  • Exploring the determinants of work-life balance for university student workers within Lebanon 
    Keyrouz, Nourham (2020)
    Purpose – This research aims to explore the determinants of work -life balance for university student workers within Lebanon. The proposed relationships consist of causality between each of the variables of working hours, proximity to employment, proximity to university, workload, study leave, leaving early, work from home, study at work, and flexible working hours on one hand, and work-life balance on the other. Design/methodology/approach – Employing a deductive approach, this study presents one main research question and quantitatively tests 11 hypotheses using a sample of 300 workers studying ...
  • Forecasting exchange rates procedures: artificial intelligence or statistical techniques? 
    Semaan, David Younan (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2014)
    Purpose - The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the power of Artificial Intelligence, specifically ANN, in forecasting exchange rates, and comparing the results to the statistical techniques' results. Design/methodology/approach - The purpose of this research is to compare between these two techniques, thus to find out which one is more accurate. Considering the fact that a slight difference among exchange rates influences business and trading, it is crucial to accurately predict exchange rates. The research will take the Euro Dollar exchange rate as a working example, although the ...
  • Olive oil business going international 
    Al Rassi, Michel (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2010)
    "Olive Oil" Where does it come from? What is its origin, history, benefits, potential growth etc...? All of these are questions asked and answered within the thesis. We are mainly here to discuss such a topic not only to explain to people about olive oil and give them information or extra data. We are here to expand a small family business, to improve it and try lunching it internationally. In addition, this thesis is to give our small family business all the data needed for expanding such business and will be kept as a reference that must be helping in the near future. More than that, this ...
  • A successful small business management applying project manager approach 
    Breidy, George Y. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2003)
    This thesis will be a study of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) in the United States of America, with some comparison to the SME business sector in the third world countries, such as Lebanon. The study will focus on developing a Management Model for the small business enterprise using state of the art software and techniques to improve the quality and efficiency. It will also include some analysis to minimize the risk and to compete locally and globally. Finally, the study will include hypothetical cases of applying the model to start new small business as well as an application ...