Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2018.1512342
H. Mohammed, Amer Ali Abu Rumman
Abstract The prime objective of this study is to examine the impact of five macroeconomic indicators (oil price, gas price, money supply, interest rate, and producer price index) on the performance of Qatar Stock Exchange, which will be represented by two indices: QE Index (QEI) and Al Rayyan Islamic Index (RII). A comparison is held between the two indices to determine how similar or different they are impacted by the selected macroeconomic indicators. Correlation and Multiple Regression tests are used to analyze the collected data, which cover 51 months starting from January 2014 up to March 2018. The results of the Correlation test between the independent variables, i.e., the macroeconomic indicators show that oil price, gas price, and producer price index are strongly positively related. However, they are moderately negatively related to Interest Rate and weakly negatively related to money supply. As for money supply and Interest Rate, they are positively related. The results of the multiple regression test show that interest rate has a significant negative relationship with both indices while the other macroeconomic indicators have different impacts on each of the two indices. Gas price and money supply have negative relationship with QEI, however, oil price has a positive relationship with RII whereas producer price index has a negative relationship with RII. Keywords: Qatar; Economics; Finance; Islamic finance; Stock market; Qatar Stock Exchange; Macroeconomic indicators; Qatar Exchange index; Al Rayyan Islamic Index; Multiple regression
{"title":"The impact of macroeconomic indicators on Qatar stock exchange: A comparative study between Qatar exchange index and Al Rayyan Islamic index††","authors":"H. Mohammed, Amer Ali Abu Rumman","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2018.1512342","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2018.1512342","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract The prime objective of this study is to examine the impact of five macroeconomic indicators (oil price, gas price, money supply, interest rate, and producer price index) on the performance of Qatar Stock Exchange, which will be represented by two indices: QE Index (QEI) and Al Rayyan Islamic Index (RII). A comparison is held between the two indices to determine how similar or different they are impacted by the selected macroeconomic indicators. Correlation and Multiple Regression tests are used to analyze the collected data, which cover 51 months starting from January 2014 up to March 2018. The results of the Correlation test between the independent variables, i.e., the macroeconomic indicators show that oil price, gas price, and producer price index are strongly positively related. However, they are moderately negatively related to Interest Rate and weakly negatively related to money supply. As for money supply and Interest Rate, they are positively related. The results of the multiple regression test show that interest rate has a significant negative relationship with both indices while the other macroeconomic indicators have different impacts on each of the two indices. Gas price and money supply have negative relationship with QEI, however, oil price has a positive relationship with RII whereas producer price index has a negative relationship with RII. Keywords: Qatar; Economics; Finance; Islamic finance; Stock market; Qatar Stock Exchange; Macroeconomic indicators; Qatar Exchange index; Al Rayyan Islamic Index; Multiple regression","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"23 1","pages":"154 - 177"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2018.1512342","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41851408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2018.1511246
K. Becker
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Pub Date : 2018-10-02DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2018.1512827
P. K. Ng, B. Tung
Abstract One “new normal” in the global business environment is the establishment of virtual teams to accomplish specific tasks. This trend makes leading project teams challenging. There was insufficient research focusing on the effect of reward and recognition systems on virtual team effectiveness in financial services sector. To fill the research gap, a qualitative research was conducted to investigate the preferred types of reward, and their effect on virtual project team effectiveness from the perspective of project team leaders in the financial services sector. The research sheds light on how to design and implement reward systems to enhance team effectiveness.
{"title":"The importance of reward and recognition system in the leadership of virtual project teams: a qualitative research for the financial services sector","authors":"P. K. Ng, B. Tung","doi":"10.1080/15475778.2018.1512827","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/15475778.2018.1512827","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract One “new normal” in the global business environment is the establishment of virtual teams to accomplish specific tasks. This trend makes leading project teams challenging. There was insufficient research focusing on the effect of reward and recognition systems on virtual team effectiveness in financial services sector. To fill the research gap, a qualitative research was conducted to investigate the preferred types of reward, and their effect on virtual project team effectiveness from the perspective of project team leaders in the financial services sector. The research sheds light on how to design and implement reward systems to enhance team effectiveness.","PeriodicalId":40044,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Transnational Management","volume":"23 1","pages":"198 - 214"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/15475778.2018.1512827","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45704461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2018-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2018.1475930
K. Becker
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Pub Date : 2018-07-03DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2018.1477539
S. Bhuian, Z. Ahmed, H. Al-Azri
Abstract This study investigates customer loyalty and its salient correlates in the Arab world. Contrary to inconsistent findings in the existing literature, this current study examines a fully mediated customer loyalty model and compares it with three alternative configurations involving customer loyalty and its correlates using structural equations modeling. An examination of a sample of mobile internet subscribers in Qatar reveals that a fully mediated customer loyalty model, with all five salient antecedents, best represents the sample data in an Arab country. Specifically, customer loyalty fully mediates the influences of innovation, service quality, trust, satisfaction and switching cost on word-of-mouth communication and repeat purchase. Implications have been discussed.
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Pub Date : 2018-06-01DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2018.1475181
M. Goncalves, Erika Cornelius Smith
Abstract Lusophone African (LA) multinational enterprises (MNEs) are becoming a significant pan-African and global economic force regarding their international presence and influence. However, given the extreme poverty and lack of development in their home markets, many LA enterprises seeking to internationalize lack resources and legitimacy in international markets. Compared to higher income emerging markets, Lusophone enterprises in Africa face more significant challenges in their internationalization efforts. Concomitantly, conducting significant international business (IB) research in these markets to understand these MNEs internationalization strategies can be a very daunting task. The fast-growing rise of social media on the Internet, however, provides an opportunity for IB researchers to examine new phenomena in these markets in innovative ways. Unfortunately, for various reasons, qualitative researchers in IB have not fully embraced this opportunity. This article studies the use of social media in qualitative research in the field of IB. It offers an illustrative case based on qualitative research on internationalization modes of LAMNEs conducted by the authors in Angola and Mozambique using social media to identify and qualify the population sample, as well as interact with subjects and collect data. It discusses some of the challenges of using social media in those regions of Africa and suggests how scholars can design their studies to capitalize on social media and corresponding data as a tool for qualitative research. This article underscores the potential opportunities and challenges inherent in the use of social media in IB-oriented qualitative research, providing recommendations on how qualitative IB researchers can design their studies to capitalize on data generated by social media.
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Pub Date : 2018-05-29DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2018.1469912
Imtiaz Arif, Amna Sohail Rawat
Abstract This study addresses the influence of corruption and governance on the tax revenue collection in emerging and growth-leading economies (EAGLE). To serve the purpose, the study employed a panel dataset of 10 EAGLE nations from 2001 to 2015. After checking the data for unit root and cointegration, the study employs pooled mean group estimations to formulate empirical findings. The results suggested that corruption and governance has a positive and significant impact on the tax revenue collection of the emerging economies. The study emphasizes on enhancing the governance quality and reducing rate of corruption. To do so, the countries need to implement certain policy reforms such as an efficient and strict judicial system, introducing monetary benefits for the tax officers to reduce the opportunity of corruption, and more importantly to broaden the tax base instead of increasing the tax rates. By doing so, the tax administration will become better and hence the overall tax revenue collection of the economy will improve.
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Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2018.1426942
A. Shuv-Ami, I. Papasolomou, D. Vrontis
ABSTRACT “Brand Status” is defined as a measure that examines the equity “health” and “strength” of a brand in each stage of the brand value chain. A six-stage brand value chain model was developed where Stage I highlights the marketing efforts of the brand equity building; Stage II focuses on the customer’s attitudinal mind-set; Stage III describes actual customer behavioral outcomes (such as attachment and commitment); Stage IV refers to the strength of the brand and its relative advantage in the marketplace (such as brand preference, re-purchase, and premium pricing); Stage V reflects the company gains in sales and profits and the last, Stage VI refers to financial value of the brand for shareholders. Analyzing data obtained from 1,330 fans of basketball clubs gave sufficient evidence to propose a “new” model that can be used to estimate the value scores of the brand’s equity status for each of the various stages in the model and provide the brand’s total brand equity status score.
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Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2018.1426943
Hao-Ming Pan, Frida Bahja, C. Cobanoglu
ABSTRACT Theme parks face stiff competition in local and international markets. Theme parks tend to create competitive advantages in the market by investing in different factors which influence visitors’ selection of a theme park. Theme parks attract visitors from all nationalities. The purpose of this study was to explore six influencing factors on U.S. theme park visitors’ choice that can be applicable in different geographic positioning parks. A choice-based conjoint (CBC) model was designed with respective levels for six considered influencing factors: type of park, price, distance from accommodation, children friendly, and online reviews. The findings revealed that online reviews were the most important relative factor followed closely by price and type of theme park. The other factors shared a lower relative importance. CBC analysis results generated the best and the worst profile for theme parks, which can serve as a guide theme park managers as they invest and plan strategically for success. Results of this study of U.S. parks but as theme parks are targeted toward similar populations the results could have implications internationally.
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Pub Date : 2018-01-02DOI: 10.1080/15475778.2018.1428925
K. Becker
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