DSpace at NDU: Recent submissions

  • Optimal capital structure and companie's performance : an empirical study on the FTSE 350 
    Bitar, Georges A. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006-06)
    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 ...
  • Performance analysis of video transport in two-stage hybrid networks 
    Chelala, Maria Ghosn (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
    With the current rising trend in wireless based systems, applications such as video on demand, remote monitoring and surveillance are now being used in greater abundance. Coupled with this growth comes the ongoing need for improved network performance. This is due to the resource hungry nature of video data which places stringent requirements on communication networks. This study investigates performance improvement for remote surveillance applications over hybrid 2-stage disordering networks. It specifically focuses on resequencing alternatives for video data. A resequencing and batch aggregation ...
  • Iraq : assessing UN sanctions from Bush I to Bush II, 1990-2003 
    Lebiar, Anita A. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2005)
    Four days after Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on the 2nd of August 1990, the Security Council subjugated Iraq to a series of financial and trade sanctions. Since then, comprehensive and partial sanctions became the security Council's favourite arm-twisting tool used at sixteen instances and against eleven countries compared to only two cases during its first forty-five years of operation. Economic sanctions fall theoretically somewhere between diplomacy and war. Their effectiveness as a coercive measure depends on multiple parameters concerning the socio-economic structure of the sanctioned state. ...
  • Corruption in Lebanon: does e-government help? 
    Khatcherian, Garine (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
    The expansion of e-government applications since the 1990s has led many countries in the developing world to follow the advanced industrialized societies in using e-government as an enabling tool to achieve reform goals. Lebanon is implementing e-government initiatives as part of international efforts to integrate the developing world in the information society. With corruption plaguing the country, this research aims to examine if the government in Lebanon is taking steps to tackle this rampant problem through e-government projects, and to assess the nature of such projects and the level of ...
  • Labor Youth in Lebanon : management & analysis 
    Khoury Mjaes, Cendrella (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
    Child labor is an economic and social phenomenon that is still present in our civilized world. Dealing with the problem has put international corporations in a tight position, where taking advantage of working children seemed as a cost saving technique to compete in the business world. The following paper demonstrates the status of working children in the different Lebanese business sectors, and mainly aims at proving that working children represent more of a cost that an asset for corporations. The paper also aims for showing that the phenomenon is damaging for both working children and for ...
  • Administrative decentralization and municipal performance 
    Dibo, Ziad A. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2005)
  • Elaborating a marketing strategy for Zeenni's Trading Agency 
    Karam Frangieh, Sabine (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
    Philip Kottler says: "Today you have to run faster to stay at the same place." Therefore; nothing is for granted in today's economy: no marketing positions could be maintained without exercising huge efforts... What if the company is seeking to ameliorate its position and image? In order to succeed in this ever changing and complex business environment, the least a company can do is to work according to a certain strategy. The purpose of this project is to elaborate a marketing strategy for Zeenni's Trading Agency ZETRA.The study will entail the characteristics of the Lebanese industry in general ...
  • The effect of quality measures in testing stocks' irrational exuberance in traumas 
    Remeily, Shady Elias (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2005)
    The Global financial markets have witnessed great traumas due to several events such as the 2000 US stock market crash, the attack of September I Ph 2001, the Afghani war December 2001, and recently the Iraqi war February 2003, the repercussions of which are being felt till today. These events caused immense turbulence in the stability of the stock market and a collapse of investor confidence. One product of accounting evolution is the use of ratios for analyzing financial statements. Originally developed as short-term credit analysis devices, ratios can be traced as far back as the late ...
  • Lebanese non-profit organizations: evaluation and cases 
    El Helou, Johnny (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
  • Insurance, reinsurance & alternative risk transfers overview, analysis & outlook 
    Abi Rached, Elie J. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
  • Stock valuation concepts and applications 
    El Khoury, Rita Neemtallah (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006-07)
    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 ...
  • The media coverage of the Beirut port explosion in 2020 : professional standards & challenges 
    Abdel Latif, Issamar (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022-12)
    The Beirut port explosion on the 4th of August opened countless windows and endless stories. Simultaneously, the effects of this tragic incident imposed itself on media channels, whereby everyone knows that media institutions were and still are subject to the authority and controlled by politicians because they are the main financiers. Without financiers the media channels will collapse, so the viewer falls under the influence of “rating” or what is known as raising viewership, and whatever the circumstances of the event. This research will address the causes and methods of covering ...
  • The political economy of currency depreciation in Lebanon 1989-2022 
    Abou Naoum, Sitrida (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022-09)
    Exchange rates are one of the most important aspects of the economic health in a country. This study examines how the political history of Lebanon and its geo-political connection to the region's turbulence, have played a major role in its current severe currency crisis. One of the study’s aims is also, to find out the reasons behind the current Lebanese political and economic crisis. The scope of this research is limited to the period 1989-2022. Using an International Political Economy IPE approach, Laissez-Faire Economy (Free Market Capitalism), and State Capture theories, the study explores ...
  • Long run economic growth in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Egypt 
    Abdul-Khalek, Eyad (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2005)
  • Cyberterrorism : future trends and impact 
    Youssef, Imad Milad (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
    As the world enters the information age, countries has undertaken extensive study of the "Revolution in Military Affairs" and information warfare. This thesis examines the implications of information warfare tactics and techniques for terrorism. It explores the possibility that computers may revolutionize terrorism. Two concepts are often embodied in academic definitions of terrorism: violence and terror. By adding information warfare techniques, the definition of terrorism could be expanded to include "cyberviolence," the destruction or manipulation of computer information. The "violence" ...
  • Advantages and disadvantages of Lebanon's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) 
    Francis, Samer (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
    In the last decade, many aspects of globalization have captured worldwide attention. But for more than a century, the driving force behind globalization has been the expansion of trade in goods and services . Trade liberalization is of major concern for developing countries following protectionist policies, since they are more vulnerable to total openness. The rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which was established in 1995, are based on the principles of free trade. These rules promote trade liberalization policies; this is why acceding to this international organization is of great ...
  • Iran's nuclear program and world order 
    Kayrouz, Hanadi G. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
    Iran is a major power in the Middle East and does play a major role in the region. It is the center of Shiism. It exerts its influence either as a supporter of militias and 'terrorist group' such as "Hezbollah" in Lebanon, Palestinians and others. It had historical feud with Iraq especially under the Sunni President Saddam Hussein. Presently this unfriendly conflict could change with the formation of an Iraqi Shiite government. By contract, Iran's anti western stands are unchanged since the Khomeini revolution. With its militant regime following the demise of the Shah, Iran aims at becoming ...
  • Fraud and collections in the Lebanese GSM sector : the case of Alfa Telecommunications 
    Eid, Dany, Y. (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
    This thesis studies the implications of introducing the public sector domination in what it used to be a private sector business. It is related to the mobile technology in Lebanon which shifted from a former prosperous management to an operator on the Lebanese government's payroll. Comparing the previous Cellis era to the new Alfa epoch revealed that the former days were much better in terms of management. With all the outside interference and the relation to Syrian officials, the Lebanese GSM sector was in state of outmost glory and technological advancements compared to its worldwide ...
  • The US automobile industry : the financial assessment of General Motors 
    Rustom, Gilbert Stephan (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2006)
  • NFT for game developers 
    Saliba, Charbel (Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2022-07)
    This research aims to validate the viability of implementing NFT mechanics in a video game. It discusses the blockchain technology’s limitations, as well as the many restrictions that NFT forces on game developers. Be it their immutable nature, their high minting cost, or their incapacity of holding big data. It also highlights the restrictions that prevent the interoperability of game assets, and finally, the ludicrous Play-to-earn business model. Two games are also developed, Crypto Forgers and Crypto Run, to further validate the findings presented by this research. While these two games are ...