Research List

The purpose of this chapter is to investigate the current situation of women engineers in the Kingdom of Bahrain in the public and private sectors, discussing some factors that affect women’s access to leading positions, and looking for ways to increase the status of Bahraini women leading in this sector, [...]

In today’s dynamic organizations, as women climb up the corporate ladder, they don’t seem to sustain and even might become extinct on the way upwards. In developing countries, especially in the Arab world, females have been regarded as the inferior of the species in a strictly male-dominated culture where they [...]

The principal objective of this study is to investigate empirically the relationship between foreign direct investment (FDI) and gross domestic product (GDP) for Bahrain over the period 1982-2014. For this purpose, the study employed Engle-Granger cointegration and Granger causality tests. The results of cointegration tests clearly indicate a long-run positive [...]

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to develop a macroeconometric model for evaluation of trade policies and forecasting of trade performance of Pakistan with different regions or group of countries. Design/methodology/approach: These regions or group of countries are Organization of Islamic Cooperation, Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development, Association [...]

This chapter examines the evolution and the effects of tourism on the main economic indicators in Bahrain. Results show that, overall, the tourism sector is growing even though with some periods of disruption. However, the sector seems to be operating beneath its potential as can be seen from its concentration [...]

This paper’s aim is to develop a model for the household waste collection and transportation problem in the city of Sousse, one of the largest cities in Tunisia. Several vehicles with a finite capacity are located at the depot. The vehicles must collect the waste accumulated in all bins. The [...]

The present study examined the impact of psychological adjustment on private university students’ academic achievement. The sample size consisted of 121 university students (42.1% male, and 57.9% female). The results indicated that only 15 % of the study participants showed high levels of psychological adjustment, and 34% of them showed [...]

The purpose of this study is to explore the current level of contribution of Bahraini women to the engineering fields in the Kingdom of Bahrain, while specifically examining the factors that affect Bahraini women in the engineering profession. This study determines the extent to which the principles and policies of [...]

Considering its economic interest, a country may decide to adopt Ultra Low Interest Rate Policy (ULIRP) or Negative Interest Rate Policy (NIRP) or a standard economic policy. The current study aims at understanding the dynamics between some critical macroeconomic variables (Interest rates, GDP, Exchange rate, Inflation, and FDI) in local [...]

This paper investigates whether factors specific to firms, countries, mode of entry, and the timing of entry contribute to value-creation from the investment of a sample of Japanese firms in the MENA economies over the period 2006–2014. Results show that while this expansion was on average associated with positive wealth [...]