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Empirical Analysis of Joint Impact of Enterprise Risk Management and Corporate Governance on Firm Value
Full text linkThis paper analyzes simultaneity and endogeneity of ERM and Corporate Governance. It assesses quantitative relationship between Corporate Governance, ERM and value of the firm. The research results provide quantitative justifications for the boards to make investments in ERM and Corporate Governance initiatives for improved shareholder wealth. 3SLS-IV system modelling was applied on 2004-11 data of Gulf Cooperation Council financial institutions. Our research confirms the simultaneity and endogeneity of Corporate Governance, ERM and Firm Value determinants. Firm value is jointly and positively impacted by ERM & Corporate Governance initiatives although the impact was less significant. Unexpectedly, ERM initiative was significantly and negatively impacted by determinants such as intangibility, and profitability. Firm size was the only determinant that showed significant and positive impact on firm value. Relative to UAE the corporate governance mechanism was active in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Oman firms. Further, the existence of audit committees in the GCC firm’s boards and ERM adoption significantly positively impacted the corporate governance by 3.42% and 1.7239% respectively.
Keywords: Corporate Governance, Enterprise Risk Management, Firm Value, Simultaneity, Endogeneity, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies.
JEL codes: C15, C21, C51, D57, F30, G21, G32, G34, K22, L21, M31, M41, N25, O1
Predicting Users’ Responses of Public Utility Services - Multivariate and Neural Network Analysis - A Case Study
Full text linkThis research addresses the problem of predicting the user’s responses through multivariate choice (MVC) and neural network (NN) frameworks for predicting quality, quantity and overall User satisfaction of public water supply organization, BWSSB (Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board) in Bangalore - India for policy initiatives. The MVC study identifies statistically significant factors that explain users’ loyalty to express satisfaction and voice to express dissatisfaction. The MVC model correctly predicts 85% of satisfied customers across satisfaction dimensions. Wald test on 1940 responses confirms that there exits cross equation correlation across quality, quantity and overall Users’ satisfaction dimensions and thus appropriateness of MVC framework over traditional logit for predicting the user responses. NN framework outperforms the econometric model with 94% correct classification of user responses. The study opens up potential research opportunities for applying the advanced analytical frameworks for predicting user responses in various public and private settings for Policy initiatives so that the service providers could improve their service delivery
Negotiating and Sharing Capacities of Large Additive Manufacturing Networks
Full text linkThis paper focuses on dynamics of productive and demanding nodes for Scattered Manufacturing Networks within 3D Printings contexts. The various nodes issue orders or sell production slots in order to achieve their own aims. An orchestrator coordinates the dynamics along the network according to principles of sustainability, equated shared resources and transparency by managing communication activities among nodes. In particular, suitable tradeoffs occur by a unique framework that, with the aim of optimizing the overall costs, suggests either logistics paths along the network or negotiation policies among nodes in order to reallocate resources. Numerical examples present the proposed approach.
Keywords: Industry 4.0, Additive Manufacturing, Sharing Capacities, Operation Models, Optimization of networks
JEL Codes: C02; O21 and P4
Sectoral Evaluation for Economic and Financial Development in Dubai and rest of UAE
Full text linkThe paper examines sector specific characteristics to analyse the factors affecting the sustainability of the economies of Dubai and rest of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The study applies system design to analyse the research questions. Consequently, Zellner’s seemingly unrelated regressions (SURE) technique is used to examine the relative contribution of sectors to the economies Dubai, as an individual Emirate, and the rest of UAE as a group of Emirates using time series sectoral level data for 2001–2015.
The study shows that there exists positive interdependencies between Dubai and rest of UAE economies. This signifies that the core competencies across various sectors in Dubai and rest of UAE economies need to be promoted further to have overall diversified impact on UAE economy.
The positive sizable impact of the finance sector in Dubai and negative sizable impact in the rest of the UAE provide many opportunities for designing diversification programs for sustained economic development of the entire UAE economy. The small sample size, non-availability of detailed sectoral data in four of the seven emirates constrained the scope of the study for generalization to other economies in the middle east.
The study findings are very crucial for identifying structural reforms, to strengthen competitiveness and accelerate private sector-led job creation for nationals, potential on further opening up foreign direct investment (FDI), improving selected areas of the business environment, and easing access to finance for start-ups and SMEs in both the economies.
There are very few studies, which have researched the sector specific characteristics to explain the factors affecting the sustainability of the economies of Dubai and the rest of UAE. The study provides insights to the UAE policy makers, for enhancement of policies through development of the key sectors that influence the performance of the two economies. Despite being independent entities though, the seven emirates of the UAE are economically interdependent. Studies on such interactions add unique value to the literature.
Keywords: SURE, GDP, Dubai, UAE, Sectoral Evaluation, Financial development
The moderating impact of resilience on the relationship between workplace incivility and turnover intentions: a proposed study in Dubai retail SME’s
Full text linkThis is a theoretical paper that aims to explore the determinants of employee turnover intention among retail SMEs in Dubai in terms of incivility (customer, coworker, supervisor) and the mediating role of emotional exhaustion with the moderating effect of resilience.
The retail industry in Dubai will be one of the main beneficiaries of the study since it appears that they suffer high turnover intention and cost. Managements and owners of retail SMEs in Dubai would be able to get a better idea of the determinants of employee turnover intention and workplace incivility through the analysis and recommendations developed by the research.
Data would be gathered from participants (i.e. employees of retail SMEs in Dubai) who have direct contact with customers, coworkers and supervisors/ management. Viewed in this manner, data gathered would be analyzed in two stages, using descriptive statistics and structural equation modeling using computer software including, SPSS/STATA, AMOS/ Smart-PLS.
This paper would elaborate the literature on turnover intention and incivility Subsequently, the research will illustrate the mediating role emotional exhaustion and the moderation effect of resilience among retail SMEs employees in Dubai.
Keywords: Incivility, Turnover intentions, Resilience, SME
Financial Performance Comparison of Islamic and conventional banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Full text linkThis paper examines the financial performance of Islamic and commercial banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The paper gives an empirical insights and comparisons between the performance of Islamic and conventional banking sectors. The sample of the study consists of 5 fully-fledged Islamic banks and 14 conventional banks working in the UAE under the period 2011-2014. The study uses descriptive analysis, correlation, independent sample t test and multiple regression analysis to assess the performance and to compare between both types of banks. The Return on Assets (ROA) is used as proxy for profitability for both types of banks while bank size (log A), liquidity, capital adequacy, financial risk and operating efficiency as proxies for financial performance for both types of banks. The results showed that there is no significant difference between Islamic banks and conventional banks in terms of profitability (ROA) while there is a significant difference between Islamic and conventional banks in terms of liquidity, operation efficiency, capital adequacy, and financial risk. Further, the results indicated that the Islamic banks have higher operating efficiency, bank size and more liquidity than their counterparts of UAE. However, conventional banks are found to have better capital adequacy ratio than Islamic banks. In terms of financial risk, Islamic banks are found to have higher five times than conventional banks which may reflect challenges in the area of risk management in Islamic banks.
Keywords: Financial performance, Islamic banks, Conventional banks, ROA, UAE.
JEL Classification: A10, E60, G2
ICABML 2017 Conference Brochure
No full textThis conference is organized by the Centre for Research & Consultancy at Dubai Business School in collaboration with Dubai Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Academic Consortia of 21 universities in UAE, and AACSB/EQUIS accredited international universities.
The theme of the conference is “Research for Business Innovation and Advancement” provides networking opportunities with high profile plenary sessions and PhD Workshops for participants.
UD President Dr. Eesa Bastaki, says that such conferences play an immense role in advancing the UAE’s knowledge-based economy as they are in line with the UAE Vision 2021. He added that “research is one of the most important pillars of a knowledge-based, highly productive and competitive economy.”
The conference will display full-length research papers including empirical research, quantitative techniques, new models, practice-based research, case studies, and conceptual papers, were invited, in the following areas: Finance, Banking, Insurance, Accounting, Economics, Business Law, Financial Crimes & Money Laundering, International Commercial Arbitration, Management, Leadership, Strategy, and HRM, Marketing, Tourism, E-Commerce, Business Ethics, Big Data Analytics in businesses, Business Intelligence, Innovation and Entrepreneurship and many others.
Selected top quality accepted papers are published as conference proceedings. Based on the feedback from the conference attendees, the selected re-submitted 15-20% top-rated papers are likely to be published in the first issue of International Journal on Advances in Business, Management and Law (IRABML). These conference proceedings and the journal are likely to be indexed in SCOPUS and ISI.
All articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
Selection and Peer-review under the responsibility of the UNIVERSITY OF DUBAI - DUBAI BUSINESS SCHOOL - ICABML Conference Committe
The Role of E-Recruitment in Attracting Potential Candidates: Evidence from Fresh Graduate Job Seekers
Full text linkThe purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of an online recruitment system and its impact on organizational attraction towards fresh graduate job seekers. A sample, comprised of 302 fresh graduate job seekers from the HEC recognized well known business schools in the Lahore region, selected by Stratified Random Sampling through a questionnaire. Since the data was not normal, the Kruskill Wallis test of mean differences was applied. Furthermore, the Macro process tool for Regression analysis was used to investigate the matter of cost effectiveness, ease of use and site quality. It is concluded that E-Recruitment has a positive impact on organizational attraction. However, results also conclude that this positive relation between E-Recruitment and organizational attraction depends on the quality of the recruitment website. So, this study provides useful information for organizations seeking to adopt an E-Recruitment system to attract potential job seekers while concentrating on the quality of the websites.
KEYWORDS: Recruitment, E-Recruitment, Cost Effectiveness, Easy to Use, Site quality, Organizational Attraction
A study on the level of stress and the influence of socio-demographic factors on stress level among the working women in the state of Kerala
Full text linkWomen play vital roles in the process of decision making both in work place and family. Indian culture considers women as care takers of the family members. In contrary to the traditional notions, women are moving from home maker’s par name to working women. More number of women is entering into workforce that is very much challenging and innovative. Aforementioned state gives a double role to most of the women as working women and house wives without any interval. Here a study is undertaken on the level of stress of women who are in the dual standards of family and profession. The study tries to identify the stressful life faced by women in the society. The result indicates that financial position of the family, travelling time and mode of travelling affect the intensity of stress among the working women. It provides us an opportunity to give suggestions to women in facing and challenging critical situations of their lives effectively.
Keywords: Stress, Working women, Socio-demographi
Organizational Knowledge Systems Design & Implementation
Full text linkThis research paper aims to explain relationships of organization learning (OL), knowledge management (KM), talent management (TM) practices and organizational performance (OP) in order to have excellent understanding of the subject by using in-depth analysis of the extant literature. This research offers mechanisms for Organizational Knowledge Systems (OKS) that will help the entity to apply OKS. The research paper has created a complete mechanism of the OKS then tests the proposed model.
Keywords: Organization Learning, Knowledge Management, Talent Management and Organization Knowledge Systems