Araby Madbouly A. Hussain

• PhD
• HoD, Business and Accounting Department at Muscat College

This study aims to explore the impact of various board composition elements (board size, board meeting frequency, multiple directorships, and board independence) on capital structure decisions within emerging markets, specifically focusing on the Sultanate of Oman. The study employs a sample of 14 non-financial firms listed on the MSM30 index over...

This study investigates the effect of the board of directors’ attributes on the corporate risk-taking of listed financial firms in Oman. A total of seven board attributes such as board ownership, shareholder ownership, CEO duality, board structure, audit committee independence, audit committee and board gender diversity are assimilated into an inde...

Purpose This study aims to identify the impact of intellectual capital (IC) on the bank’s performance using a cross-country approach with India and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries using the Skandia navigator model (SNM). Design/methodology/approach This study uses a mixed-methods research approach by taking financial and non-financial mea...

The auditing profession is changing due to the advent and enforcement of artificial intelligence (AI) in its field. The implementation of artificial intelligence is introducing the advantages of taking over manual processes and promoting effective value-added decision making by the auditors. This chapter discusses the development and use of artific...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to identify the effectiveness of risk management and corporate governance (CG) practices followed in Islamic banks (IBs) of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Hence, they are considered as critical performance indicators for financial institutions and IBs. Though the IBs are growing, there are still chall...

Keynote speech in the conference. The speech highlighted that almost all known systems and familiar methods do not work after COVID-19. In addition, it is predicted that some trends applied before the pandemic will become more prominent in the Post COVID-19 period and some trends may have less orientation. The speech Shaded the light on the follow...

In the knowledge economy era, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) plays a vital role in the nation’s sustainable development through innovation. Knowledge Management (KM) is one of most critical determinants for the overall performance of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and specially to their innovation performance. The purpose of this st...

The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between innovation and economic diversification in the Sultanate of Oman. Quantitative research method has been implemented using secondary data. Granger causality test used to assess the impact of each variable on the other one for the Omani economy from 2011 to 2019. The study found a si...

The work during study is widespread matter worldwide and in the Sultanate of Oman as well. Many Omani students are noticed work during their study. The aim of this research is to analyze the attitude of higher education Omani students towards working during study via identifying benefits they obtain and challenges they face. The quantitative resear...

Study rationale and coverage: The paper explores the essential elements of policy reforms geared towards a sustainable post-pandemic economic recovery, with emphasis on the emerging market economy of the Sultanate of Oman. Despite increasing research on the dramatic effects of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, few studies have focused on str...

The aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between innovation and economic diversification in the Sultanate of Oman. Quantitative research method has been implemented using secondary data. Granger causality test used to assess the impact of each variable on the other one for the Omani economy from 2011 to 2019. The study found a si...

In the knowledge economy era, Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) plays a vital role in the nation’s sustainable development through innovation. Knowledge Management (KM) is one of most critical determinants for the overall performance of the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and specially to their innovation performance. The purpose of this st...

The effectiveness of knowledge management in any institution depends on having strong interrelations between each of its components with the others [(Knowledge creation (KC), Knowledge capture and storage (KCS), knowledge sharing (KS) and knowledge dissemination/ transfer (KD)]. The purpose of this research is to investigate the interrelationship b...

The aim of the research is to identify the impacts and outcomes of employee appraisal system on both employees and institutions for the Omani public and private organizations. The quantitative research method has been implemented via a survey approach for employees in both Omani public and private institutions. Data was collected from employees in...

This paper examines students' perceptions about the advantages and disadvantages of e-learning of Project Management courses in Muscat, Oman. It also paves light into the academic institution's online delivery and assessment methods to assess Project Management students. While many studies have focussed on general delivery and perception about e-le...

In the modern world, everyone has access to the internet as a source of information by surfing the web pages. The most popular web page surf is on Game and Online Video Streaming. Users who are spending too much time on these kinds of web pages may lead to a negative impact on Internet addiction. To overcome the internet addiction problem, access t...

Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between the three dimensions of Web 2.0 disclosure (Shariah, content and presentation) and the firm value of listed Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) stock exchanges. Design/methodology/approach A checklist of 118 items was used to measure the level of We...

It is very ironical that thousands of people in our world spend millions of dollars to get rid of pain and there are those who pay hundreds for experiences that cause them pain. These buyers take the decision to buy goods or services based on their emotions only. Simply, these buyers buy their pain. This study is an attempt to understand this pheno...

The purpose of this study is to analyze the Role of Higher Education Institutions on the E-Innovation of Oman. It was found that there are several conditions for the expansion of the contribution of universities to regional development of E-Innovation system. These conditions are predominantly related to a broad set of factors that relate to charac...

It is very ironical that thousands of people in our world spend millions of dollars to get rid of pain and there are those who pay hundreds for experiences that cause them pain. These buyers take the decision to buy goods or services based on their emotions only. Simply, these buyers buy their pain. This study is an attempt to understand this pheno...

- What is FinTech? - A Glance about the Evolution of FinTech - The Impact of COVID-19 on FinTech Verticals - How Fintechs are meeting the COVID-19 challenge - How are Fintechs innovating to provide relief and enable recovery? - Keeping an eye on future opportunities

This paper aims to examine the influence of internet addiction in workplace on the performance of employees. Such internet addiction in workplace has proven to be a recent important phenomenon. That is why many companies nowadays try to implement certain effective measures and regulations to prevent this internet usage within workplace to assure th...

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries endowed by oil and gas. This towards their economies to be highly dependent on oil and gas extraction activities, which made its economy vulnerable to economic fluctuation as a result of uncertainty of oil and gas prices. This towards GCC governments to implement policies to support economic diversification...

The game changer of today’s economy is coined with the word ‘Fintech’ the financial technology [19]. Fintech is growing by leaps and bounds in the current financial services through banks and Fintech companies. It provides solution for the businesses in controlling their operational costs in their business activities. Startup businesses use “Fintec...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between selected board characteristics and ownership elements and the performance of firms listed in the Muscat Securities Market (MSM30). The examination focused on how the firm financial performance was affected by the board size, the number of board meetings and the ratio of th...

The aim of this research is to point out the macroeconomic variables which significantly effect (determine) the banks’ credit risk (CR) in Bahrain. To acquire this aim, exploratory analysis design has been deployed. The sample of this study includes the seven listed banks in Bahraini bourse. Quarterly data collected about the research variables ove...

The study of knowledge management (KM) is critical for higher educational institutions in wake of globalization and thereby increased competition. However, despite its significance, the academic enquiry of KM in education sector is at its nascent stage. This forms the motivation of the present work; this paper aims to analyze and understand the int...

Purpose Managers claim that fresh graduates are unequipped to meet market demands. The aim of this study is to investigate the perception of employers in retail Islamic banks of Bahrain on newly graduated business students. The Singaporean Model of Employability Skills was implemented, to ascertain the mean ratings of employability skills in terms...

The current study is an attempt to assess the effectiveness of risk management and corporate governance of Islamic banks (IBs) in Oman. The study uses mixed method approach to critically evaluate the existing practices followed by Islamic banks for the future enhancement. As like as other nation, the Islamic banking (IBs) is one of the fast growing...

In today's growing social scenario, the research activities are dealt with complex issues than the earlier studies. The scholars and educational researchers are looking new valid and reliable research models to address the current complex research problems inevitably (Cameron, 2009). This has emerged the third research approaches called mixed metho...

SMEs in Palestine are growing in their numbers, they have a unique set of characteristics that differentiate them from other types of firms. These SMEs do face a lot of challenges in the context of Palestine and one of the main challenges is the low performance when compared to other counterparts around the world. Therefore, this paper aims to prov...

Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of intellectual capital (IC) efficiency on bank’s operational, financial and market performance. Design/methodology/approach The study examined 59 banks for 5 years to ends up with 295 observations. The independent variable is the modified value added IC component; the dependent variables are performan...

This article aims to identify the factors that influence the competitiveness of the Sultanate of Oman. Starting from the model of Delgado, M., et. at. (2012), a factor analysis has been conducted to find the macroeconomic variables and the microeconomic variables which can be combined. The factor analysis found that there are Macroeconomics variabl...

This article aims to identify the factors that influence the competitiveness of the Sultanate of Oman. Starting from the model of Delgado, M., et. at. (2012), a factor analysis has been conducted to find the macroeconomic variables and the microeconomic variables which can be combined. The factor analysis found that there are Macroeconomics variabl...

This paper examines the importance and role of manufacturing sector in the Sultanate of Oman. Though Oman's reliance on oil-sector is evident in its contribution to the GDP, the government has promulgated various strategies to reduce its dependence on oil revenue and diversify the economy, for sustainable economic development. The various plans, su...

This paper aims to examine the influence of internet addiction in workplace on the performance of employees. Such internet addiction in workplace has proven to be a recent important phenomenon. That is why many companies nowadays try to implement certain effective measures and regulations to prevent this internet usage within workplace to assure th...

This paper examines the behavioural factors influencing investment decisions and strategy in the Sultanate of Oman. Investors’ decision-making process is thought to be influenced by a wide range of factors directly or indirectly (Kusev et al. 2017). The rational approach considers only the mathematical results thereby failing to recognize the inves...

This study gains its originality by being one among few attempts in Muscat Securities Market to understand how and why conventional factors such as capital structure, firm size, and sales growth influence firm performance in a certain way. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of these factors on firm performance. The...

With the aim of economic diversification and vision 2020, on the ninth 5-year economic plan, the Sultanate of Oman is intending to reduce its dependence on hydrocarbon to stabilize the economy and achieve sustainable economic development. To signify diversification, Oman therein is showing keenness to increase the role of private sector investments...

The purpose of the study is to develop a framework beyond the technology acceptance model (TAM) whereby the study aims to understand the slow adoption of M-learning approach in HEIs. For this purpose, this study carries out an extensive review of the literature in order to design a conceptual framework to investigate how to enhance the utilization...

The purpose of the study is to develop a framework beyond the technology acceptance model (TAM) whereby the study aims to understand the slow adoption of M-learning approach in HEIs. For this purpose, this study carries out an extensive review of the literature in order to design a conceptual framework to investigate how to enhance the utilization...

Sultanate of Oman, recently, is going towards reduce its dependence on oil and gas in order to stabilize the economy and to achieve sustainable economic development. This implies increasing the share of non-hydrocarbon sector in Omani GDP which can be achieved through diversifying the economy.

Generation Y becomes the main pillar of workforce around the world. This generation enters the workplace with different values and characteristics from their counterparts of other generational workforces. In Malaysia, generation Y employees are well known of their high job mobility. Human resource managers are in dilemma of how to retain this new w...

Generation Y becomes the main pillar of workforce around the world. This generation enters the workplace with different values and characteristics from their counterparts of other generational workforces. In Malaysia, generation Y employees are well known of their high job mobility. Human resource managers are in dilemma of how to retain this new w...

Generation Y becomes the main pillar of workforce around the world. This generation enters the workplace with different values and characteristics from their counterparts of other generational workforces. In Malaysia, generation Y employees are well known of their high job mobility. Human resource managers are in dilemma of how to retain this new w...