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The challenges of developing the Saudi sukuk market in line with objectives of Vision 2030
Full text linkThe paper aim to explore the impact of five challenges on the development of sukuk issuances market in the
Kingdom in line with the financial sector development plans within vision 2030 objectives . The study adopted
quantitative method by distributing a questionnaire to 115 experts involved in the Saudi sukuk market . The
results have been analyzed by Smart PLS 3, and it showed a statistically significant effect on the relationship between
the five challenges and the sukuk market development in the Kingdom. At the level of sub- challenges , the
results have showed that there was no statistically significant impact between the legal framework regulating sukuk
issuance in the Kingdom and sukuk market development. While there was a statistically significant impact of the
other four challenges on sukuk market development, namely: (1) Shari’ah governance, (2) secondary market
activation, (3) the credit rating (4) yield curve. The research has recommended setting a mandatory framework of
Shari’ah governance for sukuk issuance, allowance to retail investors for trading in sukuk , requiring sukuk
issuers to credit rating the local sukuk issuance, and finally announcement of the yield curve on Saudi government
sukuk and considering it as a benchmark pricing index. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer
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Exploring green human resource management to achieve sustainability in the banking industry of Bangladesh
Full text linkThe bank’s success relies heavily on its dynamic, skilled, capable workforce. Implementing effective human resource management practices ensures a motivated, skilled workforce to achieve the bank’s goals. Green human resource management (GHRM) involves integrating environmentally sustainable practices into all aspects of HR management. This encompasses policies, practices, and systems that encourage employees to use eco-friendly and sustainable resources to benefit individuals, society, the environment, and the business. This research aims to assess the importance of GHRM policies and the impact of sustainable HR initiatives on corporate performance. Social identity theory guided this study, which employed quantitative research using a closed-ended questionnaire to collect data from 210 employees in various banks in Bangladesh. This cross-sectional study experimentally examined hypotheses formulated based on constructive epistemology. The five-point Likert scale questionnaire covered various HRM aspects, such as recruitment, compensation, job security, career development, training, management approach, job design, rewards, motivation, and work environment. The study employed regression analysis, and results showed a positive and significant correlation between HRM practices, including training, fair compensation, career advancement opportunities, job stability, performance evaluation, and the development of trust. This study offers valuable insights for all stakeholders interested in understanding current HRM practices in Bangladesh
Cascade Cyber-Incidents and Adaptive Networks:a Computational Monte Carlo Analysis Approach
No full textWe use adaptive network modelling to perform risk analysis for cascade cyber incidents. By randomising characteristics of the incidents and Monte Carlo simulation based on it we explore how we can perform risk analyses. As a use case, we model the 2022 KA-SAT satellite hack and analyse five scenarios from three ENISA recommendations intended to mitigate similar incidents. This method proves well-suited to this type of analysis, especially on cascade scenarios with a tangible chain of effect.</p
Twitter reflections on Syrian conflict from Turkey
No full textThe Syrian conflict is a well-known regional conflict, where Turkey is among the most affected countries in political, social, and economic terms. This study explores the Turkish public reflections on the Syria conflict by analyzing 450,000 Tweets posted in the Turkish language between Feb 1, 2015, and Feb 27, 2016. This chapter contributes to the literature by providing a broader perspective with the main research questions of: (1) What are the widely discussed topics on Twitter about Syria by the Turkish users? (2) Were these topics attracting more users to Twitter or encouraging the further engagement of the already existing users? (3) How can the fading-out characteristics of the most popular topics be described? (4) Why-under which conditions and with which features-Tweets about Syria end up extensively re-Tweeted by Turkish users? The authors report a predictive model of 86.12% accuracy to classify high and low Tweets based on the number of re-Tweets received via seven features. The analysis reveals that armed fighting, religious, and political sensitivities within the Turkish public inflate the volume of posted Tweets
Comprehensive review of location privacy preservation techniques in location-based services (LBS)
Full text linkIn the modern world of technology, location-based services are widely used in various applications, such as smartphones, smart vehicles, and smart cities. When requesting a point of interest from location-based or third-party services, these services require users to enable location services. The primary purpose of this study is to identify research gaps and future research directions in location-based privacy preservation. The study involved reviewing research papers, white papers, and technical reports on this topic from various sources. It reviews the literature on location-based services, identifies research gaps and limitations, and suggests future directions. This paper also reviews various techniques used to address these issues, along with their categorization. It highlights research gaps that have been overlooked until now and provides future directions for young researchers. The research emphasizes that users’ locations should be protected from potential attacks on location-based services. This article offers a unique review of security issues in location-based services. Based on a systematic and detailed literature review, it identifies various research limitations and outlines clear and concise future research directions
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Consumer acculturation process of the South Asian diaspora in the Kingdom of Bahrain
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the award of Doctor of Philosophy and was awarded by Brunel University LondonGlobalisation is shaping cultures, altering consumer behaviours and dispositions, and
impacting the dynamics of migration and population worldwide. In addition, the consumer
acculturation literature demonstrates increasing evidence of integration among individuals in
multicultural environments. Despite these emerging dynamics and evolving acculturation literature,
there is a paucity of research that captures the evolving dynamics of consumer acculturation. The
purpose of this thesis is to explore and analyse the South Asian diaspora’s acculturation in light of
their food consumption behaviour in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
This research utilised a qualitative methodology underpinned by an interpretivist philosophy.
A number of qualitative methods, such as in-depth semi-structured interviews, focus group
discussions, the researcher’s observations, photographs, and notes were used to capture and analyse
consumers’ acculturation process and strategies and multiple identities in a multicultural environment.
Maximum variation purposive sampling was implemented in selecting the research respondents. A
total of 33 in-depth interviews and two focus group discussions (FGDs) were conducted to cover a
wide range of respondent groups.
The findings portray the Kingdom of Bahrain as a multicultural platform that allows ethnic
community members to co-exist and intermingle. The multicultural environment and diversity within
the Kingdom of Bahrain enable the South Asian diaspora to experience products, notions, and
interactions from their heritage culture, host culture, other multinational cultures, and the global
consumer culture, which influence their acculturation strategy outcomes. Also, the host community
serves as an integral and supporting catalyst for the South Asian consumers and for the community’s
acculturation process and strategy outcomes.
This thesis addresses several gaps within the literature and provides novel insights and
contributions to further advance the consumer acculturation scholarship. The evolving acculturation
literature reveals increasing evidence of integration due to individuals’ interactions in multicultural
contexts. This thesis investigates the broad categorisation of integration to reveal different types of
integrative consumer acculturation strategy outcomes (the Three T’s: Traditional Desi, Transient Desi,
and Temerarious Desi). Another gap exists concerning the constitution of ethnic consumers’ dual and
multiple identities, and a thorough explanation and analyses of the motivations and reasons behind the
constitution of ethnic consumers’ dual and multiple identities is provided. As a result, a
multidirectional comprehensive integrative consumer acculturation model is provided. Finally, in
contrast to prior studies, this is the first research that examines acculturation in a country that has a
similar population distribution and numerical equality between the host and migrant populations, and
which includes blue-collar respondents, who were previously overlooked. This study is of significant relevance to marketing practitioners, various commercial
institutions, governmental agencies, and academics. The findings have direct implications for the
successful segmentation of several consumer groups, particularly to create successful psychographic
and behavioural segmentations of the cultural groups within multicultural societies. As a result, this
thesis will allow the concerned parties to better understand the segmentation of customer markets,
assess market dynamics, and analyse the current and future trends of consumer culture
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
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