Research List

This study identifies the dividend policy determinants of banks and other financial institutions listed on Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) for a period from 2009 to 2015 through studying the impact on eight factors on banks’ dividends per share. Three models were adopted to investigate the determinants of the dividend policy [...]

This study investigates the impact of various resources, specifically both tangible and intangible ones, together with capabilities of Malaysian listed firms, on their performance. This empirical study attempts to enrich the understanding of the resourcesperformance relationship, which is one of a business process within the firm, as well as filling [...]

Innovation and scientific research represent two main pillars of knowledge-based economy. In this type of economy, the interdependency between industries, universities and governments is a critical requirement. The role of the government includes supervision, affordability of institutional framework and even direct investment. The role of the universities includes further engagement [...]

This article focuses on the asset price volatility at the stock exchange that result from the regime switching behaviour in the market. This study is devoted to the question about how the asset price volatility affects the US sovereign debt market. The efficient market hypothesis has been a base for [...]

The Kingdom of Bahrain falls geographically in one of the driest regions in the world. Conventional fresh surface water bodies, such as rivers and lakes, are nonexistent and for water consumption, Bahrain prominently relies on the desalination of sea water. This paper presents an ongoing project that is being pursued [...]

At the present time lot of customers in India are buying environment friendly motor vehicles like hybrid and electric vehicles. Therefore, this study was performed to recognize the factors that influence the purchase intention of buying environment friendly motor vehicles among Indian customers. Information is collected from 125 vehicle owners [...]

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This paper studies the existing routes of public transportation in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The transportation service undergoes disruptions due to traffic congestions, constructive roads, bad weather conditions. In such cases, the bus needs to be rerouted in real time in order to perform its service efficiently. The main objective [...]

Nanotechnology is often described as an emerging technology – one that not only holds promise for society but also is capable of revolutionizing our approaches to common problems. It is an emerging technological field with great potential to lead in breakthroughs that can be applied in real life. Novel nano-/biomaterials [...]

The objective of this paper is to analyze temporal and seasonal trends of air pollution in Bahrain between 2006 and 2012 by utilizing datasets from five air quality monitoring stations. The non-parametric and robust Theil-Sen approach is employed to study quantitatively temporal variations of particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), nitrogen [...]