This paper examines the impact of audit quality and internal corporate governance mechanisms on segment disclosure. It uses manual content analysis to measure the levels of disclosure for a sample of Egyptian-listed companies from 2015 to 2023. It provides evidence that audit quality, joint...

Whether and when the Gaza Strip will be rebuilt is uncertain in view of the renewed fighting between Israel and Hamas. Should this happen, the reconstruction plan presented by Egypt is likely to provide the blueprint. A network of economic and security actors centred around Ibrahim al-Argani -...

Materialism, characterized by prioritizing material possessions over intrinsic values, has been shown to negatively impact well-being, social behavior, and economic activities. However, limited research addresses interventions to reduce materialism in non-WEIRD societies, particularly in the...

Studying the Energy Trilemma in the context of the global energy transition is crucial today because the world is undergoing a rapid shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. This transformation aims to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change, but it also presents...

This study aims to analyze to what extent distance education is feasible and efficient with the limited technological infrastructure in Egypt. The study answers this question from the perspective of households' preparedness level regarding possessing information and communication technologies...

This study aims to identify decarbonization pathways and energy mix scenarios of least global warming potential that address Egypt's growing energy demand, while transitioning away from reliance on fossil fuel towards a more sustainable energy landscape. The study utilized an integrated...

Understanding the factors that drive green buying intentions has become critical, as environmental issues continue to rise globally. The study investigates the influence of environmental commitment and green motivation on environmental identity and green purchasing intentions. Additionally, it...

Purpose - This paper aims at assessing the impact of a number of behavioral interventions on the willingness of informal businesses, in the Egyptian informal sector, to join the formal sector. Design/methodology/approach - This paper uses an experimental methodology to examine the impact of...

This investigation seeks to explore the influences of renewable energy and foreign direct investment (FDI) on Egypt's economy. Due to the function of FDI in promoting GDP expansion and renewable energy technology advancement, it is crucial to analyze the nexus between the economy, FDI, and green...

This study explores how digital transformation affects the accounting and auditing profession and the quality of the accounting information system in governmental units in two developing contexts in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region-Egypt and Saudi Arabia. We collected data by...

This study addresses the vast amount of information held by the banking sector, especially regarding opportunities in tourism development, production, and large residential projects. With advancements in information technology and databases, data mining has become essential for banks to...

Purpose - This paper aims to identify the level of contribution of different levels of education to remaining in unemployment as well as the transition from unemployment to employment in Egypt. Design/methodology/approach - In this paper, transition probabilities matrix differentiated by gender,...

Purpose - The literature review stated that financial inclusion (FI) influences economic growth through different channels. Hence, this paper aims to investigate the underlying process of FI in Egypt theoretically, and to derive some policy implications for promoting the process and achieving...

Purpose - Combining two organizational change theories, life cycle and organizational development, this study examines how strategic change cycle has been adopted and implemented across three different organizations, a public organization, an NGO and an intergovernmental organization toward...

Purpose - Egypt has set plans to transform into a green economy which requires major reforms in the waste sector as one of the most vital sectors crucial for this transformation. This study aims at inspecting the current status of the Egyptian waste sector to highlight the major policy reforms...

A key challenge in modeling water scarcity in computable general equilibrium (CGE) models is getting the substitution elasticity between water and the other inputs right. This paper develops a novel method to derive the values of the substitution elasticity between water and land by implementing...

This study aims to significantly enhance the predictive modeling of credit risk within Egypt's banking sector, particularly by differentiating between retail and corporate credit risks and categorizing banks into listed and non-listed groups. By utilizing a comprehensive dataset from Middle...

The Egyptian pound (LE) has experienced multiple devaluations over the last few years. One of the proclaimed causes was the severe rise in the prices of Egypt's two main imports - wheat and oil - that followed the eruption of the Russian-Ukraine war and inflated Egypt's import bill, resulting in...

Purpose: The objective of this work is to fulfil a strategic requirement in Egypt’s agriculture industry by establishing a fresh produce supply chain network (SCN) that manages the collection, processing, packaging, and distribution of products. Design/methodology/approach: A two-phase...

This study seeks to test the validity of the Marshall-Lerner (M-L) condition between Egypt and BRICS countries (five countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) to determine which industries will benefit from depreciation in the long run by employing the import and export models...

This is a pioneering study that undertakes a comparative analysis assessing the annual intermediation efficiency of public versus private banks in Egypt. Moreover, liquidity risk is a major threat facing banks in their efforts to sustain financial stability. Thus, this study is the first to...

Purpose Financial inclusion aims to provide affordable financial services, including banking, loans, equity, and insurance products, to underserved populations. This study aims to examine the moderating effect of a bank's capital adequacy ratio (CAR) on the nexus between financial inclusion (FI)...

Although there has been a growing interest by researchers worldwide over the past decades to identify the factors pertaining to corporate financial distress and to develop financial distress prediction models that serve as early warning signs to the various firm stakeholders, notably to date,...