Purpose - This paper aims to address two fundamental questions: (1) How has Bahrain's industrial policy evolved during the 21st century? and (2) what factors contribute to this evolution? Design/methodology/approach - Utilizing secondary data, this paper identifies key decision-makers...

The future of consumers' online shopping trends post COVID-19 remains among the contemporary topics that necessitate further explorations. The aim of this research is to explore the intention of Lebanese and Bahraini consumers to shop online in the post pandemic era. This study extends the...

A growing body of literature contributes to empirical examination of social entrepreneurship (S-ENT) intention formation. However, the extant literature overlooks the influence of perceptual factors in explaining the individual's propensity to engage in S-ENT. Drawing on this gap and taking as...

Objective: This article aims to identify the role of ICT infrastructure and knowledge creation on innovation outcomes based on the technology innovation system (TIS) framework to stimulate innovation in financial technology (fintech) in Bahrain. Research Design & Methods: This study employed the...

The study attempts to identify the determinants of lending rates in the Kingdom of Bahrain. It examines the impact of certain macroeconomic and banks’ aggregate data variables on the level of interest rates on loans charged by Bahraini conventional retail banks using quarterly data for the...

Interest in CBDC is growing globally including in Bahrain, which has made considerable strides in the areas of payment service digitalization and fintech. While a CBDC could bring about various benefits, it may also imply risks. The analysis presented in this paper aims to assess some of these...

Chapter 1: Situating Work and Research on the Arabian Peninsula -- Chapter 2: Literature Review for the Arabian Peninsula -- Chapter 3: Before Moving to the Arabian Peninsula -- Chapter 4: Adjusting to Life on the Arabian Peninsula -- Chapter 5: Key Topics for Researchers on the Arabian...

The Research Paper commences with an overview of Pillar One and Pillar Two followed by detailed discussions on salient provisions of Pillar Two. Pillar Two is envisaged to have a widespread impact on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) which are a distinct group of 38 United Nations (UN)...

This study has investigated the impact of coronavirus epidemic on the Financial Markets performance in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The study uses the data of COVID-19 based on daily positive cases and the closing prices of Bahrain index from the date 1st of March 2020 to end of May 2021. In...

The main purpose of this study is to examine the main determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into a host country. The study uses multiple regressions represented by ordinary least square (OLS) to examine the relationships between inward FDI and the proposed explanatory variables...

This study focuses on sustainable development at work in the two sectors, which is a new study that has not been previously studied, noting that there is an interrelationship in the most important factors of sustainable development for the Kingdom of Bahrain with work in government and private...

Shari’a governance is considered a crucial element of the Islamic banking industry. As recent as 2017, Islamic banks in the Kingdom of Bahrain were required by the regulator to have only a Shari’a Supervisory Board and an internal Shari’a function. In 2017, the Central Bank of Bahrain...

The Research Paper commences with an overview of Pillar One and Pillar Two followed by detailed discussions on salient provisions of Pillar Two. Pillar Two is envisaged to have a widespread impact on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) which are a distinct group of 38 United Nations (UN)...

The study investigates the effect of capital structure on the financial performance of the 17 nonfinancial companies listed in the Bahrain Bourse. The investigation was performed using 5 years data for the period from 2009 to 2013. The impact of some key macroeconomic variables (gross domestic...

Volunteering work has played a major role in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Studying volunteering behavior is interesting because it holds many important lessons for businesses to attract and engage their primary stakeholders (employees and customers) and counter the challenges posed...

“Trade Policy Reviews" analyse the trade policies and practices of each member of the WTO. The reviews consist of three parts: an independent report by the WTO Secretariat, a report by the government, and the concluding remarks by the Chair of the WTO’s Trade Policy Review Body. The opening...

Purpose Despite some academic recognition that leadership is particularly significant in reshaping the oil and gas industry’s contributions to global economic development and the sustainability of global energy supplies at affordable prices (Sharma et al. , 2022), the attendant problem of how...

COVID-19 has changed the way we live, communicate and work, as well as altering our feelings. The higher education sector, alongside other sectors, has been severely affected by the pandemic and its serious repercussions. Academic and teaching staff have had to work from home and convert to...

The purpose of this study is to add insight to the integrative conceptual framework on employee performance during the COVID-19 pandemic for Bahrain SMEs. The literature review indicates the effects of motivation, remote work environment, and employee performance during the coivd-19 pandemic. A...

This study contributes to the intellectual capital (IC) area of literature by investigating the impact of IC on the firm’s financial performance of two main sectors in the Bahrain Bourse, financial and service sectors, during five years, 2013–2017. The study employs canonical correlation...

Fintech is the new revolution in finance and banking industry. Artificial intelligence, robotics, blockchain and other advanced technologies have slowly found space in the banking world. Islamic banking is not untouched by these revolutions. Bahrain is considered as the hub of Islamic banking in...

COVID-19 has changed the way we live, communicate and work, as well as altering our feelings. The higher education sector, alongside other sectors, has been severely affected by the pandemic and its serious repercussions. Academic and teaching staff have had to work from home and convert to...

Under Action 14, countries have committed to implement a minimum standard to strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the mutual agreement procedure (MAP). The MAP is included in Article 25 of the OECD Model Tax Convention and commits countries to endeavour to resolve disputes related to...