Purpose - The main purpose of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) sustainability case is to allow students to explore how nonfinancial information reported in sustainability plays a vital role in maintaining a trade-off between current economic pressure and future environmental...

Central Asian economies, particularly Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, are pursuing increasingly ambitious goals for renewable energy. Apart from China - an established player in the market - it has increasingly been Gulf countries that have been implementing respective projects, particularly Saudi...

The study documents the achievements of the Islamic Banking Services Industry (IBSI) in light of Islamic finance objectives (including commercial performance, financial stability, and wealth distribution). A balance sheet analysis of IBSI in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for 33 quarters (2013...

This research aims to explore the interplay among entrepreneurial education, role models, and gender on students' entrepreneurial competence and mindset. Using purposive sampling, 306 participants enrolled in entrepreneurship and innovationrelated courses at UAEU completed an online survey. The...

Public and private organizations are striving to achieve excellence in their performance and services provided. Innovation has been at the forefront to provide new and creative ways to help public organizations achieve this. Despite the reported success, there are wide discrepancies in the...

The network system is defined as the combination of streets and alleys. Although the potential of alleys in complementing street networks is acknowledged, the topic has not received a considerable attention in urban planning practice and scholarship. This paper evaluates alleys' role in the...

Scopus database between 2000 and 2023 showed that while groceries are vital in disaster/pandemic management, their roles have not been adequately addressed in the literature. In this study, we argued that privately owned groceries can complement large food storage facilities and provide...

Economic growth remains strong, driven by robust domestic activity. Inflation has moderated sharply with lower tradables prices. Relatively high oil prices support high fiscal and external balances and significant sovereign buffers. Banks have ample capital and liquidity buffers overall, and...

The inevitable transition to the green economy has ignited the "green, blend and extend" solutions for the global tourism industry. Regenerative tourism has recently gained global attention as it offers a virtuous cycle of positive impacts on the ecological environment, economies and local...

Financial technology (fintech) innovations are transforming banking globally. Their adoption poses new opportunities and risks for Islamic banks with unique requirements. This study examines fintech's implications for risk management effectiveness in United Arab Emirates Islamic banks. A...

The main aim of this paper focuses on examining the effect of website quality, product assortment, customer reviews, and perceived service quality on customer happiness and word of mouth. The data for this research was gathered from online shoppers of retail stores in United Arab Emirates. Data...

Numerous studies have explored the impact of information asymmetry on firms' dividend policies. These studies have generally focused on advanced capital markets and have provided conflicting evidence on the quality of the information environment and dividend policy. Our paper, thus, tries to...

This study examines the effect of pricing practices and other factors on consumers’ buying behavior in the UAE in the post-Covid-19 era. The focus is on buying from hypermarkets. Other factors such as product quality, the possibility of paying with cards, convenient hypermarket layout, near...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is often regarded as a preferred employment location for Indian migrant workers seeking improved financial stability and enhanced career opportunities. The spread of COVID-19 has led to a decline in international migration rates and an increase in the number of...

The present study investigated the impact of trust, perceived value, emotional value, attitude, and relationship proneness on the purchase intention towards visual arts and the mediating effect of trust between relationship proneness and purchase intention in the UAE. Three hundred...

Government entities face unique challenges in public service innovation, often overlooked in research focused on the private and broader public sectors. To address this gap, an empirical study was conducted to identify and rank these challenges and assess the extent to which these challenges are...

The aim of this study was to examine the mediating role of knowledge-sharing behavior (KSB) in the relationship between employee engagement and innovative work behavior (IWB). We collected 193 completed survey responses from employees working in the service sector in the United Arab Emirates...

Since 2021, Turkey embarked on a Middle East reconciliation initiative involving Syria, Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This initiative responds partly to evolving regional dynamics and Turkey’s specific challenges, such as its protracted economic crisis and...

Entrepreneurship educators (EEs) are critical in fostering entrepreneurship and innovation in emerging economies, as they play a vital part in developing talent, which further contributes to a knowledge-based economy. The value of EEs is in promoting entrepreneurship education and highlighting...

The paper examines four main sources of financial risk exposure for four banks in the United Arab Emirates during the years 2003 to 2009. It begins by measuring stability levels for different types of financial risks using the coefficient of variation measure. The research then proceeds to...

Testing for causation—defined as the preceding impact of the past value(s) of one variable on the current value of another when all other pertinent information is accounted for—is increasingly utilized in empirical research using the time-series data in different scientific disciplines. A...

Blended Learning (BL) as a teaching method has been conceived to be an efficient replacement for the conventional face-to-face teaching method. This is because it merges between student-instructor in-class interaction and the flexibility of learning outside the classroom’s place and time....

Purpose - The purpose of this study is to examine the various factors that influence the productivity (PR) of employees who worked remotely in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach - This study adopts a quantitative approach to analyze data...

Purpose: This research examines the impact of four leadership behavior styles; directive, supportive, participative, and achievement-oriented. These four leadership behavior styles are retrieved from the Path goal theory, which considers the employee motivation determinants by the expectancy...

Do outside funds and increased access to capital have an effect on the market valuation of technology startup firms? Should entrepreneurs prioritize outside funding to increase the values of their firms? This research seeks to answer these important questions. Given the current lack of...

This paper has two main objectives. First, it aims to compare the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) Financial Accounting Standard 1 (FAS 1) with International Accounting Standard 1 (IAS 1). Second, it seeks to assess the level of compliance of...

This study aims to explore the impact of the implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the healthcare sector on overall human resource (HR) practices and organizational performance. We seek to highlight the added value that adopting AI techniques in human resource management (HRM) in the...

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to unveil the main changes in the UAE's policy towards Iran since its foundation in 1971. The UAE favored strategic hedging, extending its commercial and diplomatic relations with Iran, in addition to developing its military capabilities and maintaining...

This study provides an overview of the status of international climate negotiations and issues at stake at the COP28 climate change conference which will take place in Dubai (United Arab Emirates) from 30 November to 12 December 2023. It also addresses the current implementation of the Paris...