Purpose - The purpose of this study was to investigate empirically whether financial development including Islamic loans leads to economic growth Design/methodology/approach - This study covered 13 countries form the MENA region during the period of 2001-2015. Multiple Fixed effect models were used on a balanced panel to check the impact of financial development variables on the GDP per capita. Findings - Conventional loans and Islamic loans have significant positive relationship with economic growth. While bank asset concentration, stock market total traded value, stock market capitalization ...

Purpose –Performance management system are an integral part of the running of a business or an organization and constitute one of the aspects of skills management. Managers make it possible to estimate the capacities and the performances of their subordinates and to be able to measure the real competences of an employee and to find practices that enhance their motivation and performance at work. Design/methodology/approach – The research methodology relies on a quantitative approach. Purposive sampling is used in as far as the selected population refers to administrative employees at the Notre ...

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 ...

This case is important because it sheds the light on the key issues that need to be in place in order to reduce the risk of credit default. If we are to understand the profound significance and the contribution made by lack of Credit controls, the easy credit terms of banks to grant credit facilities and the loosened government legislations that govern the whole lending activity, then we will learn how the Credit Crises was driven and accumulated over the years. On the other hand, we will ensure how a controllable lending environment that is well managed will generate healthy borrowings ...

Internal and external change is happening so rapidly that the operations of organizations are affected significantly. Different organizations use different methods to manage change. It is suggested in this thesis that the human resources department should play a major role in managing change. However, the current structure of the human resources department is not designed to mange change. For this reason, it is hypothesized that the human resources department will have new roles in addition to its traditional roles. These new roles will be known as the Riachi Variables. The Riachi Variables ...

Purpose: This research identifies the determinants of the investment risk tolerance of the Lebanese institutional investors and investigates whether the behavioral conduct and the investment personal risk tolerance of the Lebanese institutional investors vary with respect to their demographic characteristics and profiles and other chosen variables. This paper also tries to identify the characteristics that make an investor rational in the decision –making. Design/ methodology/ approach: Deductive in nature, this research uses questionnaires collected from 129 Lebanese institutional investors ...

Purpose – The thesis aims to empirically investigate the impact of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) activities on corporate financial performance (CFP) of emerging countries’ listed firms operating in seven specific Global Industry Classification Standards (GICS) sectors. Design/methodology/approach – Using secondary data, this study covers 3999 observations from 635 listed companies in emerging countries for the period 2011- 2017. Our sample includes firms belonging to seven specified GICS sectors. The thesis uses panel corrected standard errors to estimate the effect of ...

The purpose of this thesis is to highlight and increase the importance of using a new model known as "the intrinsic value" model in the valuation of stocks; while decreasing the dependence of the price earning ratio concept in determining the true worth of the stock. A concise summary is first given about the US stock market, how it functions, the types of stocks offered, its exchanges, and its players. The price earnings ratio concept with its pros and cons will be presented in "Chapter Three". Moreover, the macroeconomic and microeconomic factors affecting the price and earnings (two essential ...