The purpose of this study is to investigate the perceptions of managers in Kuwait (both Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti) on the effects of multinational corporations (MNCs) in Kuwait and whether these effects were beneficial. The problem motivating this study is the effects that MNCs ha…
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The goal of this dissertation is to evaluate the performance of the public enterprise sector in Egypt; examine the policies and behaviors of state controlling agencies; and identify the causes of inefficiencies in this important sector. The research argues that poor performance …
Little was known about the conditions internal to the Multinational Enterprise (MNE) that impacted the performance of its joint ventures (JVs) in developing countries. The JV literature suggested few factors, but they have not been tested empirically. Also, previous research has…
Many systematic procedures for investigation of foreign markets have been proposed, mostly by academicians, which usually include evaluation of variables such as political stability, market opportunity, economic condition, cultural unity, legal barriers, physiographic barriers, …
The problem. The problem of this study was to evaluate and to assess political risks pertaining to Taiwanese private firms' international investment. The method. All data were secured through use of a research-designed survey questionnaire provided to Taiwanese private firms tha…
Nateghian's study focuses on a comprehensive investigation of the modernist management theories that have dominated the fields of organizational and management science for decades. He contends that these theories no longer address all of the issues facing managers today and exam…
This dissertation identified problems that affect the productivity of white collar employees in the public and private sectors of Saudi Arabia. Five objectives were set out: (1) examination of the reward system; (2) determination of a link between reward and performance; (3) ass…
The objective of this study was to provide a learning exercise for the researcher to ascertain the perceptions of chief executive officers and the variables which they felt were instrumental in their climb to the top positions in their organizations. The researcher interviewed 5…
The Construction Industry in Saudi Arabia is the most important non-petroleum related economic activity in the country and is supported almost entirely by government contracts. However, due to the government's limited managerial and technical resources, little has been done to d…
This dissertation describes how economic development and entrepreneurship can be achieved through the mechanism of international joint ventures (IJVs). The role played by a specific type of IJV foundation--created by the public sector in support of the private sector to foster e…
This dissertation is a phenomenological study of the communication processes about quality in a symphony chorus, the Cincinnati Choral Society (CCS), addressing the research question, How do the communication processes in which organizational members engage support organizationa…
Over the last decade, nearly every economic reform in Morocco has emphasized the need for public enterprise restructuring reform. Sugar is one of the best known examples that has been subjected to these government sectoral reforms. In 1988, more than 579 billion worth of capital…
This study is the first comprehensive follow-up on Geert Hofstede's seminal work on Culture's Consequences: International Differences in Work-Related Values (1980). Its main purpose was to test the construct validity of Hofstede's 4-D Model. Its secondary aim was to explore stat…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the job role perceptions of Nigerian federal and state educational administrators. Comparisons were made to see if the job role perceptions and job satisfaction differed between these two groups of administrators and among groups of a…
The primary purpose of this study was to determine and report the similarities and differences in self-perceived work behavioral styles and self-perceived problem solving activities of upper level managers in a university and a business organization in Kuwait. Secondary goals in…
This study undertakes a comparative investigation of the influence and adoption of credit risk management strategy on the performance of commercial banks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United Kingdom (UK). The research assesses the uses and approaches to credit risk m…
The problem explored in this study was the absence of viable leadership in Nigeria, resulting in widespread government corruption, unemployment, poverty, and the lack of government regulatory and risk management best practices to combat corruption. The researcher obtained consen…
The main aim of this thesis is to generate different simulation modeling scenarios for performing inspection operations on different Federal Aviation Administration facilities. Different combinations of aircraft and routes are initiated to design different scenarios for performi…
Innovative technologies for construction project management are constantly emerging in the construction industry's global landscape, yet the rate of failed projects within the Nigerian construction sector due to poor coordination of construction tasks is on the rise. An unanswer…