The aim of this thesis is to increase understanding of the dynamics of foreign market expansion and as a result assess the opportunity and feasibility for a Lebanese engineering consulting firm to expand internationally. There are two major objectives for this expansion strategy. First, to increase geographical penetration and presence, in order to identify and grasp new opportunities worldwide, and as a result enlarge the customer database. Second, is to look for cheaper and more efficient workforce, and make use of economies of scale, which will result in a decrease in costs and increase ...

Bond communications founded in 1989 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, acts as a system integrator and solution provider company (Full Extra Low Voltage System). By 2006 it managed to take its part from the Burj Khalifa, the tallest man-made structure on Earth after implementing projects like Burj El Arab and other prestigious projects in the UAE. Nowadays The Company has the knowhow, capacity, power and reputation to remain a well established company in the UAE. With an estimated 500 Million AED turnover in 2007, Bond Communications easily overshadows its competitors. In 2008 the company was racing ahead of ...

The purpose of this research was to investigate the different purchasing clusters at the Lebanese organizational performance. In order to achieve this research objective, two research questions were addressed. (1) How are purchasing functions within Lebanese organizations classified? (2) How do purchasing functions at the Lebanese organizations affect performance outcomes? These research questions have been translated into the following two hypotheses (H1) Purchasing functions within Lebanese Organizations can be classified based on their level of involvement in strategic planning, status in the ...

Contracting overseas construction projects is usually considered a “high risk business”, mostly because of a lack of adequate overseas environmental information and overseas construction experience. Managing risk is one of the primary objectives of firms operating internationally, nevertheless, the treatment of risk and uncertainty in the international management firm vary in their use of those terms and tend to look at particular categories of risk. In recent years, owners and contractors have aggressively pursued international business opportunities and projects, but in the face of the ...

Lebanese industries are growing so fast and expanding their businesses. They should know how to manage their time, inventory, labor, quality and all the other production factors in order to increase productivity and output while reducing different types of wastes. For that, lean manufacturing was adopted by many companies across the globe in order to try to reduce the wastes as much as possible. Lean is a manufacturing strategy aiming to reduce the inventory and to gain more profits while getting a better quality of the goods delivered to the customers. “Algorithm Pharmaceutical Manufacturers” ...

Purpose- This research aims at investigating the effect of agile project management on cost, time, and productivity. Deductive in nature, this study scrutinizes the effect of adopting agile processes in the Lebanese IT sector. Design/methodology/approach - The study follows a deductive analytical approach to test three hypotheses formulated in accordance to the existing body of knowledge. The proposed relationships focus on the potential causal effect of a short-cycled work breakdown structure, the adaptability to change, receiving feedback from customers and employees, and collaboration ...