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Bilateral lacrimal system involvement by sclerosing extramedullary hematopoietic tumor
Published 2006“…To the authors' knowledge, involvement of the lacrimal drainage system with such tumors has not been previously described.…”
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The Impact of Institutional Support, Cluster Involvement, and Absorptive Capacity on Innovation and Market Performance in Industry Clusters in the UAE
Published 2023“…This research explores the effect of institutional support and cluster involvement on the innovation performance of the firms within industry clusters in the UAE while considering a firm’s absorptive capacity as a mediator. …”
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Acquiring firms' stock returns
Published 1994“…These losses are larger when management ownership is low and smaller in mergers that resulted in acquiring firm leverage decreases. Stockholders of acquiring firms involved in cash mergers gain significant abnormal returns, provided that acquiring firms increase their leverage and that managerial ownership is high. …”
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Board composition, CEO turnover and firm value
Published 2016“…Finally, we highlight a negative association between the change in board composition and firm value. Contrary to the legislators' objectives, we suggest that the change in board structure brings about inefficient monitoring and promotes an unfavourable trade-off between independent directors and insiders.…”
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Board gender diversity and firms’ equity risk
Published 2017“…The literature lacks sufficient empirical evidence on the relationship between women’s involvement on boards and firms’ risk. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of board gender diversity on firms’ risk. …”
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Culture, financial literacy, and leverage of small firms
Published 2025“…Using system generalized methods of moments methodology on an unbalanced panel data of 96,349 firms over 10 years, we find that emancipative (secular) values are negatively (positively) associated with leverage through the mechanisms of trust and family borrowings, respectively. …”
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Women on boards, sustainability reporting and firm performance
Published 2016“…Findings The results reveal that the presence of WDOCBs favorably influences on firm’s risk and performance through promoting a firm’s investment in effectual social engagements and reporting on them. …”
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The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on the firms’ Financial Performance and Value Creation: the case of Publicly Listed firms in the United Arab Emirates
Published 2017“…However, involvement in CSR activities should be happened in simultaneous with other variables that have a major influence on firms’ Financial Performance. …”
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Implementation of corporate governance rules and procedures in lebanese firms
Published 2014“…If applied properly, corporate governance enhances growth rate and economic efficiency of the firms. Also, it increases the confidence level in the national economy and promotes economic growth. …”
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R&D and innovation in food processing firms in transition countries
Published 2016“…We find that these economic transformations generally promote R&D/innovation activities in the food processing sector. …”
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Essays on the effect of excess compensation and governance changes on firm value
Published 2012“…This dissertation consists of three essays on the effect of excess compensation and corporate governance changes on the firm’s performance. The first paper utilizes a cost minimization stochastic frontier approach to investigate the efficiency of director total compensation. …”
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Critical success factors (CSFs) implementation in Lebanese firms. (c1995)
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Leadership in the promotion of peace: Interviews with the 2015 Business for Peace honorees
Published 2016“…Previous studies have shown a correlation between ethical conduct and profitability; in addition, firms that have high ethical standards have fewer legal issues. …”
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An examination into the disclosure, structure and contents of ethical codes in publicly-listed acquiring firms
Published 2015“…Although many firms avoid the public disclosure of their codes, the results indicate that code of ethics' patterns in sample firms are not driven merely by regulatory forces but increasingly shaped by aspirations for building a sustainable values-based corporation. …”
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The Influence of Management Practices on Employee Commitment and Food Safety Performance in Food Manufacturing Firms
Published 2018“…This suggests that employee involvement can be an important factor in boosting training effectiveness, such as the food handlers’ skills levels and their work performance when they are involved in decision making, or their problem solving in daily work activities. …”
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What factors influence firm perceptions of labour market constraints to growth in the MENA region?
Published 2015“…Originality/value – Reforms in labour regulations and investment in human capital are important governmental policy interventions for promoting firm development and economic growth in the MENA region. …”
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COVID-19 and operating performance: evidence from Shariah-compliant and non-compliant firms
Published 2025“…<h3 dir="ltr">Purpose </h3><p dir="ltr">This study aims to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the operating performance of Shariah-compliant (SC) and non-Shariah-compliant (NSC) firms in the USA, addressing a critical gap in the literature on firm-level operational resilience during unexpected economic shocks. …”