Abi Rached, Christina(Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2025-12)
Purpose This paper discusses psychological issues that affect the productivity of employees within the Lebanese workplaces. It also tries to analyze the relationship between stress, job satisfaction, and organizational support and work output especially in the condition of political turmoil in Lebanon, economic crisis, and culture. Design/Methodology/Approach The study follows a qualitative approach based on semi-structured interviews with workers of different levels and organizations in Lebanon. Thematic analysis was used to summarize trends in employee experience and found that psychological ...
Purpose – The research undertaken examines the influence that sustainable business conduct has on financial performance and long-term competitiveness of Lebanese SMEs. It expects to determine the major motives and constraints associated with adoption and implementation of such strategies and particularly, the engagement and regulatory compliance as mediators. Design/methodology/approach – The study became quantitative in nature basing on structured questionnaires and financial reports of Lebanese SMEs. Regression analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM) were used in conducting the study ...
This paper analyzes the effects of oil price volatility and the asymmetrical effects of the oil price volatility and major global crises on both oil-exporting and oil-importing economies. Major crises include the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian-Ukraine war, and the current conflicts in the Middle East, particularly in Gaza and Israel.
This research has an econometric model in two parts. In the first part of the model, oil price volatility is calculated through various GARCH-type models. In the second part of the model, the macroeconomic impacts of oil price volatility in relation to inflation, ...
Purpose – This research project assesses the relationship among financial inclusion and sustainable development. It will focus on how financial inclusion can promote sustainable and inclusive development. This project evaluates if the increased access to financial services can positively impact sustainability across countries under different macro-economic and institutional conditions.
Approach – A positive-deductive approach was used for this study to investigate the relationship between financial inclusion and sustainable development. A longitudinal-panel data set containing 38 countries from ...
Purpose - Currency crises remain a major source of macroeconomic instability in emerging economies, yet there is still considerable uncertainty regarding the mechanisms through which macroeconomic vulnerabilities translate into currency instability. While traditional models emphasize macroeconomic imbalances as primary drivers, recent research highlights the role of institutional quality in shaping economic resilience and policy credibility. This study examines how macroeconomic fundamentals and governance interact in determining currency crisis probabilities within fragile emerging markets.
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Purpose: This study offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of the link between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and employee turnover in environmentally sensitive industries in G7 countries
Design/Methodology: This study covers a panel dataset of data between 2016 and 2025 based on available data of publicly listed firms. Fixed Effects (FE) model is adopted to control for all time-invariant differences between organizations.
Findings: The overall ESG score is not significantly related to employee turnover. when ESG performance is unpacked into its individual pillars, ...
This study explores the adoption and role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Human Resource Management (HRM) within Lebanese organizations, a context that remains underexplored in existing literature. Drawing on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Resource-Based View (RBV), the research investigates the key drivers of AI adoption, its practical applications, and its potential to generate organizational value despite financial, structural, and cultural constraints.
Using a qualitative exploratory approach, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eleven HR professionals across ...
The purpose of this research is to explore the commercialization strategies and success factors of MedTech startups in Europe. The study aims to understand the challenges and opportunities faced by these startups as they seek to bring their products and services to market, and how they navigate the complex regulatory and investment landscape of the MedTech industry. Moreover, it provides insights into the best practices that can be used by future MedTech startups in Europe to increase their chances of success. In order to answer the research questions, this study uses a case study design and in ...
Purpose: this study investigates the change in market performance of U.S. acquirers after the passage of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
Design/methodology/approach: event study methodology is conducted on a sample of 675 acquirers between 1999 and 2006.
Findings: results reveal that on the aggregate level, there is a significant improvement in the market performance of U.S. acquirers around the announcement day after the enactment of SOX 2002 Act. U.S. Stock acquirers’ market performance shows an insignificant improvement; whereas the market performance of cash acquirers do not exhibit any change ...
The main objective of this thesis was to research the various methods that can be used in arriving to a fair price for companies in Lebanon especially due to the availability of many different risk factors and various other aspects that hinder the valuation process. It was found that the DCF model is the most appropriate valuation method to be used according to most of the literature on the subject. However to be able to apply it in emerging markets it is in need of major adjustments taking into consideration the various different risks available in such markets and the need of including such ...
Youness, Hasan Riad(Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2009)
The business activities in Lebanon as all business worldwide create both positive and negative externalities for both society and environment. The interaction between business and society which has become of great importance revolves around how business generate more positive externalities and minimize negative externalities. These negative externalities which are very abundant in Lebanon can be lessened when more emphasis is put on the stakeholders. Such emphasis raises a question on whether this responsibility is a cost or a value enhancer. This study argues that a responsible attitude toward ...
Purpose – Previous research shows the inconclusiveness and ineffectiveness of the traditional econometric models in predicting the future trends, movements, and volatilities of cryptocurrencies. This thesis aims to develop and evaluate a novel volatility modeling framework that combines the adaptability of CEEMDAN in decomposing cryptocurrency price data with the robustness of GARCH models in capturing conditional volatility. Methodology and Approach – This research will use the Complete Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition with Adaptive Noise (CEEMDAN). This method will be complimented by the ...
Yaacoub, Carol Challita(Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2009)
The internationalization of a small mobile operator into the surrounding emerging markets is an entrepreneurial and risky process due to the target markets nature in terms of protectionism in some markets or even poverty and political and economical instability in other markets. Moreover, I pursued an internship at Grey Worldwide, a multinational advertising agency that is serving the Kuwaiti mobile operator Zain Telecom. In the course of my work, I was part of an advertising compaign meant to increase Zain Telecom's market share in the Sudanese market, a war torn and poor country with very low ...
Abi Nasr, Krystel I.(Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2008)
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, the most successful economic sector in Lebanon is the banking sector. This latter has proved, over the years, its ability to absorb the economic shocks caused by local and regional disturbance. The Lebanese banks’ capacity is much larger than the internal Lebanese market needs. Consequently, the need for Lebanese banks to expand abroad is becoming more and more an obligation.
As for Byblos Bank sal, it has been introduced to Djibouti for the financing of a water project by one of the bank’s African client Mr. Yves. This memoir is not just a copy of the Bank’s project; ...
Many IT solutions providers' have discovered nowadays the importance of having an ideal project implementation methodology to attain successful on time and on budget project as an aid to achieve corporate development and growth. This research project describes a new Islamic banking software implementation methodology which can be flexible enough to cope with the various Islamic banks structures to meet efficiently the set GO LIVE date i. e. the project closure date. Finally, through evaluation of the types of Methodologies, the research project will conclude which type is the ideal one and if ...
Daoud, Georges A.(Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2014)
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the investment determinants of the GDP growth in China and therefore to provide insights regarding the Chinese Market and its entry barriers.
Methodology: This research contains quantitative methods through a regression model and a qualitative study through various indicators and market data provided by various statistical tools and prominent international organizations.
Potential Outcomes: This study shows that FDI is a stronger determinant of GDP growth in China by approximately threefold than equity investment.
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In today’s fierce global competition, manufacturing companies strive to defend their share in the market by keeping competitive price and unbeatable quality. Being spread globally, Sanita built a competitive advantage from low selling prices and high quality products; however, competition is too strong with international giant invading the Lebanese market. In order to stay on the competitive edge and continue on making profit, Sanita turned its focus on new management techniques: lean manufacturing. Lean philosophy concentrates on reducing the waste level by identifying and eliminating non-value ...
Kattan, Antoine Elias(Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2008)
Looking for business opportunities outside the Lebanese borders goes back to hundreds of years ago. Lebanese individuals used to travel for trading and working abroad. Most of them have succeeded and many have made remarkable achievements despite the difficulties in the means of transportation, communication, security With Globalization, openness of International markets and the new technologies investments across borders became easier. During the last few years the Lebanese banking sector is attempting to expand abroad for many reasons, including the scarcity of investment opportunities in ...
Purpose -- the purpose of this study is to explore the barriers that hinder women’s advancement to leadership positions in higher education institutions in Lebanon, based on the perception of female academics in three prestigious universities that follow the American system in Lebanon.
Design/methodology/approach -- the research is qualitative. The literature review and face to face semi-structured interview are adopted to have a holistic understanding of the glass ceiling type barriers in academia. The in-depth semi-structured interviews are conducted with 34 academic women who have different ...
After the financial crisis of 2008, the Basel committee on Banking Supervision announced the Basel III reforms that can increase the quantity, quality, consistency, and transparency of a bank’s capital. Banks can adjust to the regulatory reforms in a number of ways. In this paper, we assume that Lebanese banks seek to pass on any additional costs of meeting regulations by raising the loan rates. The aim of this paper is to study empirically the relationship between capital and lending spreads of banks operating in Lebanon, group alpha. Following the release of Basel III requirements, Lebanese ...