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Trade Negotiations in the 108th Congress [PDF]
, 2003 CRS ReportCRSTradeNegotiations108Cong25Sept03.pdf: 553 downloads, before Oct.
Fergusson, Ian F., Sek, Lenore M.
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Balancing reliable energy supply, equitable access, and environmental sustainability is a central challenge of the global energy transition. This study examines how innovation influences the energy trilemma by shaping energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability across 115 countries from 2011 to 2023.
Kingsley Imandojemu +5 more
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Arab Spring Uprisings: Revolutionary Patterns and Theoretical Explanations
Akademik İncelemeler Dergisi, 2014 Literature on authoritarianism and democratization in the Arab world lacks the required political shrewdness to predict and explain the trajectory of current Arab uprisings.
Doha Mustafa
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Business Competitiveness in Bahrain: A Synopsis [PDF]
Unbridled freedom to private business sector is a harbinger of business collapse and eventually the economic landscapes of nations. We have had ample examples very recently.
Pillai, K R
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Barriers to Steel Decarbonization
steel research international, EarlyView.Main identified barriers to steel decarbonization Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are a leading contributor to global climate change, necessitating urgent mitigation strategies. While various metrics—such as total national emissions, per‐capita output, and historical contributions—define responsibility, determining accountability remains complex ...
Pasquale Cavaliere
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Do Islamic and conventional banks have the same technology? [PDF]
, 2012 Is there a technology gap between Islamic and conventional banks? Do Islamic and conventional banks have different cost efficiency levels? We show that conventional and Islamic banks have similar mean (aggregate) cost efficiency levels in the MENA area ...
Fiordelisi, Franco +3 more
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Guanxi and Wasta: 20 Years of Evolution and Future Directions for Informal Network Research
Thunderbird International Business Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article provides an examination of the evolution of networking in China and the Arab world over two decades and provides an update to, and new insights arising from, an article called Guanxi and Wasta; A Comparison, published in Thunderbird International Business Review in 2006.
Kate Hutchings +3 more
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On the influence of oil prices on stock markets: Evidence from panel analysis in GCC countries. [PDF]
, 2009 This paper implements recent bootstrap panel cointegration techniques and Seemingly Unrelated regression (SUR) methods to investigate the existence of a long-run relationship between oil prices and Gulf Corporation Countries (GCC) stock markets.
Arouri, Mohamed El Hedi +1 more
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Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research investigates the joint environmental impacts of natural resource rents and FinTech in oil‐rich economies. It addresses the carbon curse hypothesis and argues that the integration of FinTech can be a transformative force, improving energy and carbon intensities in these countries.
Kingsley I. Okere +2 more
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Oman Medical JournalObjectives: This study of surgical site infection (SSI) rates covers 29 International Nosocomial Infection Control Consortium (INICC) member hospitals in 22 cities across the Middle East, including Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Lebanon, and Saudi Arabia ...
Victor Daniel Rosenthal +10 more
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