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Jobless growth: empirical evidences from the Middle East and North Africa region

Abou Hamia, Mohamad A. - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 49 (2016) 3, pp. 239-251

In this study, we use Okun's Law to examine whether growth has been jobless in seventeen MENA countries. The methods used are the ARDL approach for the individual country and the panel data analysis for the entire sample. The period considered in this study is from 1980 to 2013. To test for...

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Implication of attitude of graduate students in Oman towards entrepreneurship: An empirical study

Ibrahim, Omer Ali; Devesh, Sonal; Ubaidullah, Vaheed - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 7 (2017) 8, pp. 1-17

The purpose of the paper is to assess the implication of attitude of graduate students in Oman towards entrepreneurship … colleges in Muscat. Results show that although graduates in Oman have a positive attitude towards entrepreneurship, preference …

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Omani school and university students' opinions about public transport: Incentives and disincentives

Ambusaidi, Abdullah; Malandrakis, George; Kilinc, Ahmet; … - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 14 (2014) 2, pp. 97-123

Oman's public transport issues are structural, but education may still have a part to play in encouraging the use of public …

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Establishing and researching school gardens in Oman as a resource for improving education and health outcomes

Ambusaidi, Abdullah; Al-Yahyai, Rashid; Taylor, Neil - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 15 (2015) 4, pp. 415-431

Like many other countries where the standard of living is rising, the Sultanate of Oman is facing a potentially serious … project being implemented in Oman is intended to improve educational outcomes across the curriculum in the short term but also … dietary outcomes in the longer term. If successful the project will be expanded to a much larger number of schools in Oman. In …

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The moderating effect of an audit committee on the relationship between ownership structure and firm performance: Evidence from emerging markets

Al-Ahdal, Waleed M.; Hashim, Hafiza Aishah; Almaqtari, … - In: Cogent Business & Management 10 (2023) 1, pp. 1-24

-financial listed companies operating in Oman and the UAE, using panel data from 2012 to 2021. The results revealed that Tobin's Q (TQ … to have a positive and significant relationship with family ownership. Comparing Oman and the UAE, the results indicated … markets by dissecting the outcome of OS on FP of companies in Oman and the UAE. To the best of our knowledge, most of the …

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Economic growth and the demand for foreign labor in the oil-exporting and labor-importing states of the Arab Gulf: Case of Oman

Abri, Ibtisam Al; Hinai, Omar Al; Raisi, Sara Al; … - In: Cogent Business & Management 10 (2023) 3, pp. 1-22

economic growth and demand for labor in Oman, considering separately skilled and unskilled labor as well as hydrocarbon GDP and … guide to policymakers in Oman and the Arab Gulf countries on labor market correlations and dynamics so as to initiate …

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The effect of intangible assets, financial performance and financial policies on the firm value: Evidence from Omani industrial sector

Mohammed, Zaroug Othman; Al-Ani, Mawih Kareem - In: Contemporary Economics 14 (2020) 3, pp. 379-391

The aim of this study is to empirically examine the effect of calculated intangible assets, financial performance and financial policy on the firm value of Omani industrial companies listed in the Muscat Securities Market from 2010 to 2014. The study tests our model on a sample of 46 industrial...

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The political economy of skill formation in a rentier state: The case of Oman

Langthaler, Margarita; Wolf, Stefan; Schnitzler, Tobias - In: International Journal for Research in Vocational … 9 (2022) 1, pp. 23-43

Context: Against a backdrop of dwindling oil resources and increasing unemployment rates, the government of Oman has …, and limited labour market connectivity. This paper offers an analysis of Oman's TVET system in the socio-economic and … organisation. For this study, the authors carried out a literature review, undertook two field trips to Oman in 2018 and 2019 and …

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Do overlapped audit committee directors affect tax avoidance?

Al Lawati, Hidaya; Hussainey, Khaled - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 14 (2021) 10, pp. 1-14

This research is motivated by the Omani government's desire to reduce tax avoidance and bolster tax revenue collected from financial institutions. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of overlapped audit committee (AC) chairs and other directors on tax avoidance practice and...

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Determinants of the decision to adopt Islamic finance: evidence from Oman

Al Balushi, Yasmeen; Locke, Stuart; Boulanouar, Zakaria - In: ISRA International Journal of Islamic Finance 11 (2019) 1, pp. 6-26

a questionnaire survey via face-to-face interviews to 385 SME owner-managers operating in Muscat, Oman's capital city … as Oman. This gap in the literature is mostly evident when investigating the factors that influence the funding decision … towards Islamic financing in a country, such as Oman, where Islamic finance represents a new banking sector offering. …

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