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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"GCC Countries"”.
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Trade Integration Among the GCC Countries
… trade integration among Gulf Cooperation Council Countries (GCC) by examining the effect of GCC Free Trade Agreement (GCC CU) on trade among GCC countries during the 1995-2012 period. Different variations of the gravity model of international trade are applied to a set of bilateral trade flows …
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Challenges Facing Islamic Banks: Evidence from Iraq and GCC Countries
… facing Islamic banks (IBs) in Iraq and GCC countries in terms of Shariah, Legal and regulation, institutional and operational aspects. For this purpose, Semi-structured interviews and open-ended survey questions have been used to collect data. Participants included academics, IB CEOs, …
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Oil Price Movements and Equity Returns: Evidence from the GCC Countries
… returns in general and sectoral levels of the GCC countries stock markets. Modeling the equity returns volatility requires using GARCH-type models. These models help to explore the pronounced differences of the conditional variance structures across sectors and markets. Chapter 1 compares the …
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SHARĪʿAH GOVERNANCE IN ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN MALAYSIA, GCC COUNTRIES AND THE UK
… practices in IFIs, particularly in Malaysia, GCC countries (Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia) and the UK, as these countries present distinctive models and approaches towards Sharīʿah governance in diverse legal environments. This study explores and analyses the …
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Essays on the corporate dividend policy using data from the GulfCooperation Council (GCC) countries
… the dividend policy of the listed firms on the GCC stock market are analysed. This thesis consists of three empirical chapters that investigate the impact of dividend announcements, dividend smoothness, and the prediction of dividend changes. The first empirical chapter examines the market …
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Exploring International Trade between Malaysia and GCC Countries: Empirical Analysis on Trends, Developments and Challenges
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is the largest economic group in the Middle Eastern region and rank seventeenth in the global economy. The establishment of a GCC custom union in 2003 that led to a flat rate of imports tax between 0 and 5 percent has encouraged a number of economic groups such as …
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The usefulness of annual reports of Islamic institutions in GCC countries to investors: the case of Kuwait
… reports of Islamic financial institutions in GCC countries regarding various aspects of the annual reports that could help investors make their investment decisions. To achieve the above objective, two types of questionnaires and interview were designed. The first type of questionnaire was …
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Factors That Enable or Hinder the Transition of Some Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries to Green Energy
<p>Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries continue to play a strategic role in the global energy system. They account for a fifth of the global oil production and enjoy relatively high GDP per Capita, and their economies heavily rely on oil-producing and exporting at a time when the West is …
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The effectiveness of cultural factors in the marketing of small and medium-sized enterprises in Qatar and the Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries: with special focus on advertising
… and both have an effect on each other across all countries. Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) countries have a unique feature being conservative Islamic countries where adopting Western culture is not very acceptable by the public.<br/><br/>This study examines how SMEs in GCC countries consider …
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The Impact of Audit Committee Characteristics on Operational Risk: A Study among Banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in the Middle East over the period 2010-2019
… on operational risk among banks in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the Middle East. It aimed to make a distinctive contribution to the practical and theoretical knowledge. Operational risk primarily refers to not achieving an organisation's objectives due to …
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Creating an Integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System for the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
… defense system for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Countries. With its ballistic missiles, Iran is capable of targeting, major American military installations in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the UAE, and Oman. Vital oil refineries, ports, terminals and shipping lanes in the region are also within …
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Essays on economic integration among the Gulf Cooperation Council countries
… regarding economic<br/>integration among the GCC countries. Chapter 2 presents the first essay, which<br/>addresses the impact of the GCC economic agreements on intra-GCC trade, non-oil<br/>trade in particular as little is known about the scope for increased non-oil trade within<br/>the GCC. …
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Adoption of advanced management accounting practices in Gulf Cooperation Council countries : insights from institutional theory analysis
… Accounting Practices in Gulf Cooperation Council countries: Insights from institutional theory analysisThis study investigates the adoption of advanced Management Accounting Practices (MAPs) in GCC countries and helps fill the gap in understanding of developments in management accounting in that …
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The Effect of Organizational Characteristics on School Effectiveness: A Multilevel Analysis of the Gulf Cooperation Council States
… students from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—consisting of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates—performed below average compared to other countries on mathematics and science assessments. Despite this, little organizational research has …
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Power shifts : a techno-economic analysis of multinational electricity market development in the Middle East
… rapidly in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates). As a result, the diversification and sustainable transition of their electricity sectors has been a priority. As part of these efforts, the GCC countries …
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An Examination of Economic Diplomacy in Promoting Investments: The Case of Tanzania, Oman and United Arab Emirates.
… in Trade and Investment between Tanzania and GCC member states. Specifically the study wanted to study wanted to find out the readiness of the private sector and how favorable were the structural trade mechanism and legal framework in promoting the trade and investment between Tanzanian and …
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A New Institutional Economic Analysis and Implications for Foreign Direct Investment in Saudi Arabia: The Framework and Effects of Contemporary International Law and Migrant Workers
Labour migration to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries has been occurring forseveral decades. Most of the GCC countries regulate this process through the Kafala System, alegal regime through which individuals and companies can sponsor foreigners with whom theyhave concluded an employment …
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An exploration of social media in healthcare professional practice: guidance for and medicines-related use in Gulf Cooperation Council countries.
… use by HCPs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of the Middle East. A multi-phase research approach was adopted, with the findings of each phase informing the next. The first phase was a scoping review of the use of social media by HCPs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) …
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ECONOMIC AND MONETARY INTEGRATION IN THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL (GCC): A KUWAITI PERSPECTIVE
… been a member of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) since its establishment in 1980. Kuwait is a geographically small but oil-rich country, whose economic development in recent years is the result of an increase in both the production and prices of oil, which now accounts for almost 90% of …
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