In 2011, the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) Lebanon and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) within the context of the EU Twining project have published “Statistics in Focus (SIF)”, a series of social statistics, entitled “The labor market in Lebanon”. One main finding triggered the development of the research question: in Lebanon, when someone is given a job opportunity, he/she will accept it even if it does not match his/her own qualification level. Competence is the combination of knowledge, experience, skills, attitude and abilities that enable the employee ...

Business organizations nowadays may have the money and the resources to succeed but their people may not be ready to work professionally. It doesn't matter how many office buildings and production facilities the organization has, without proper Human Resource management, the business will fail. This is most relevant in the hospitality sector which is a labor intensive industry, highly reliant on well-trained employees. Different trainings, seminars and workshops are very popular in all businesses fields. Business organizations, such as hotels, are investing money in their personnel. It needs ...

Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and assess the predictive ability of the GARCH (1,1), IGARCH (1,1), EGARCH (1,1), GJR-GARCH (1,1), APARCH (1,1), TGARCH (1,1) and CGARCH (1,1) models in forecasting the volatilities of six major cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ripple, Litecoin, Monero, Dash, Dogecoin and six world currencies: Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Australian Dollar, Swiss Franc and the Japanese Yen. The optimal volatility model selected for each virtual and hard currency is then integrated into the Volatility Update Historical Simulation approach to evaluate the ...

Purpose: Exploring the perception of the Lebanese experts concerning the need and importance of the renewable energy in Lebanon, with a focus on the Lebanese electricity sector. It aims at assessing the extent to which renewable energy such as wind, solar and hydro power is needed in Lebanon and its impact on alleviating the existing electricity crisis in the country. Design/methodology/approach: This study is an exploratory research. The secondary research was performed and the results are presented in two sections under the literature review chapter, describing several opinions and arguments ...

Purpose -- The world nowadays is changing in a fast pace. Companies are fighting for an important resource that is human capital and strive to find ways to retain it. The purpose of this research paper is to study the effect of implementing advanced onboarding programs on employees’ retention ratio. Design/methodology/approach -- This research is a study that uses a questionnaire based on Linkert scale as quantitative data collection tool and we studied the results using BMI SPSS 20 software program statistical tool such as correlation and regression. The philosophical approach is post-positivism ...

This study examines the relationship between capital structure and financial performance in the UK market by using FTSE 350 companies. The hypothesis tested is whether there is a significant relationship between capital structure and companies' performance. The null hypothesis (Ho) stated that there is no relationship between capital structure and firms' performance. The methodological approach taken was a sample of 129 companies from FTSE 350 compromising top UK companies. These companies were analyzed to find a relationship between the capital structure and financial performance. Data relating ...

This study presents a brief and a quick overview of the Islamic banking system which is finding its way as a new competitive system. Islamic banking is mainly directed towards fulfilling and respecting Islamic fundamental laws of monetary relations among Muslims. this study concisely summarizes services offered by Islamic banking, then determines potential problems that could be encountered by this new system in the Lebanese economy.

This study aims to answer the following question: what is the economic impact of smoking ban in public places on restaurants and bars in Lebanon? This question is answered through analyzing the primary data collected from a survey conducted with a simple random sample of 194 Lebanese citizens above 18 years old. SPSS statistical package was used to conduct a descriptive statistical analysis including cross tabulation. As a conclusion, the main results showed that smoking ban will have a positive economic effect on restaurants and bars (i.e. an increase in their revenues due to the increase in ...

Purpose - With inflation being the main concern of all economies, many theories have been developed to try to find its determinants. Different studies have been conducted in an attempt to understand the behavior of prices and the link between competition and prices; however, none have been conducted in Lebanon. Consequently, this paper studied the market structure of the leading Lebanese Industries for the period extending between 2002 and 2016. In addition, aiming to understand the behavior of prices, this paper studied the existence and type of the relationship between market structure and ...

Purpose: This research aims to shed light on key potential variables affecting the Lebanese recycling intentions and behaviors. It tries to reveal the mediation role that intention plays between these variables and the recycling behavior. It also studies the moderating role that the government and the presence of appropriate infrastructure might play in encouraging eco-friendly Behaviors. Design/methodology/approach: Quantitative data was collected from 317 participants through a questionnaire shared with participants on different social media platforms. The relationship between Attitude, Social ...