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View All ResearchSustainable e-Operation for University Campus. G.I.S Contribution
University campuses meets the different academic disciplines. Such campuses are microcosm of cities where it meets academic facilities like colleges, libraries, common areas, sports buildings, roads and services, residential multiple students, staff and faculty, and facilities of various services such as business services and water purification stations, electricity, sanitation and [...]
Purchase behaviour of Indian customers towards environment friendly motor vehicles
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 [...]
The impact of regime-switching behaviour of price volatility on efficiency of the US sovereign debt market
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 [...]
Holistic brand management: Contemporary issues and challenges
Over the past several decades brand management has gone through an evolution from the traditional customer-oriented and firm-focused paradigm towards a wider vision concerning the target and the users of the brand and the process of creation of the brand value. In particular the brand management literature has endorsed the [...]
Variability of marine macrofouling assemblages in a marina and a mariculture centre in Bahrain, Arabian Gulf
Marine biofouling has significant environmental and industrial impacts. Biofouling is considered a specific problem for a wide range of coastal and marine industries, including aquaculture, shipping activities and ports. Colonization and growth of biofouling depend on the complex interactions of biological, physical and chemical factors. Anthropogenic disturbances from coastal modification [...]
Corporate governance and performance of the financial firms in Bahrain [Ład korporacyjny a wyniki firm finansowych w Bahrain]
The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between corporate governance and performance of the financial firms in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The study uses annual data of all listed financial firms on the Bahrain Bourse over the period of 2011-2016. The results show that board size, ownership [...]
Green and ecofriendly materials for the remediation of inorganic and organic pollutants in water
The widespread of organic and inorganic pollutants in wastewater from various industries, are responsible for serious environmental problems meanwhile represent a danger for human being. Therefore, the search of cost-effective methods of wastewater treatment containing in particular heavy metals and dyes, become of great importance. Noteworthy, adsorption has proven to [...]
A Shariah-compliant portfolio selection model
The paper aims to develop a Shariah-compliant optimization model for portfolio selection in an Islamic security market. The security return is considered stochastic and is estimated based on the stochastic market return. The proposed model follows Shariah principles by avoiding excessive risk and providing an ethical and socially responsible approach [...]
Men vs. Women: Study of online shopping habits and factors influencing buying decisions in Bahrain
The purpose of this article is to measure the difference between Bahraini men and women in terms of their habits of online shopping and determine factors affecting their buying decision. The researchers adopted a technology acceptance model (TAM) as a research conceptual framework. A questionnaire was developed and distributed randomly [...]
A detailed statistical study of heterogeneous, homogeneous and nucleation models for dissolution of waste concrete sample for mineral carbonation
One of the key issues associated to mineral carbonation is the slow kinetic rate of leaching process. Hence it is highly important to study the kinetics of the leaching process in detail. This paper deals with the detailed analytical and statistical studies of calcium leaching from waste concrete sample. For [...]