Mohd. Nishat Faisal- PhD
- Professor (Full) at Qatar University
Mohd. Nishat Faisal
- PhD
- Professor (Full) at Qatar University
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March 1997 - September 2014
September 2009 - present
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Publications (120)
Purpose
This study is a pioneering attempt to use the theory of social construction and foresight development to map out an Islamic venture capital (IVC) setup from the key stakeholders’ perspective. Using Prabhat Ranjan Sparker’s theory of social construction, 20 participants (including policymakers, investors, intellectuals and entrepreneurs) wer...
The rapid integration of the metaverse into the retail industry demands a deeper understanding of consumer engagement within immersive virtual environments. Addressing this gap, this study explores the role of metaverse richness in shaping spatial presence and realism, which influence active consumer engagement. Guided by the uses and gratification...
Purpose
Despite an exponential rise in the frequency of online payments in India, the cause of consumer resistance towards the WhatsApp payment system (WPS) remains unexplored. This research is aimed at exploring the barriers to the adoption of WPS.
Design/methodology/approach
A research model was proposed using stimulus-organism-response framewor...
The major purpose of this study is to investigate the role of coopetition among supply chains in blockchain adoption leading to sustainability in supply chains. This research uses a three-step process. First, a review of reviews is conducted to search the variables that would positively influence adoption of blockchain in supply chain. In the secon...
Online purchase experience is considered an a pivotal antecedent to customer satisfaction. This study explores the dimensions of online purchase experience affecting customer satisfaction while investigating the moderating role of negative e-word of mouth (NEWOM) toward customer satisfaction and repurchase intention. Employing a web survey, 453 val...
Drawing on the Ability-Motivation-Opportunity, Corporate Environmentalism, and Value Belief Norm theories, this study proposes a framework that focuses on the consequences of green human resource management practices. We collected data from employees (n = 184) in sustainability-focused organizations in the United Arab Emirates. The results suggest...
Internationalisation is considered an important strategy for growth
in small and medium enterprises (SMEs). However, research about
internationalisation challenges that SMEs face in emerging economies is
limited. Further, for policymakers and SME managers/owners an important
question is about the prioritisation of the barriers, so that targeted mea...
Purpose
This study has two major objectives. First, comprehensively review the literature on transparency in supply chain management. Second, based on a critical analysis of literature, identify the attributes and sub-attributes of supply chain transparency and develop a numerical measure to quantify transparency in supply chains.
Design/methodolo...
Environmental protection is increasingly a concern, but false claims by companies have raised green skepticism among consumers. Young consumers constitute a significant group for consumption in an economy like India. While young consumers have rarely been surveyed on factors like green perceived value and perception regarding green claims, there is...
The aim of this article is to present a novel framework that integrates the strategic dimensions of sustainability and the ISO 21500 standard to evaluate and select subcontractors for megaprojects. ISO 21500 processes were utilized to develop benefits, opportunities, costs, and risks subnets, whereas triple-bottom line sustainability dimensions wer...
Purpose
The major purpose of this study is to investigate the role of Industry 4.0 in circular supply chain management (CSCM). The study also identifies variables that positively influence circular performance of a supply chain and examines the relationships among them.
Design/methodology/approach
This research uses a novel mixed-method explorator...
Purpose
Effective leaders have emerged as the cornerstone of project success. The major purpose of this paper is to propose a framework to categorize and prioritize leadership competencies for project managers in megaprojects.
Design/methodology/approach
In the first stage, this study utilizes PMBOK 6th Edition, IPMA ICB 4.0 frameworks to develop...
Purpose
Trust within hawala networks (HN) (a type of deeply embedded informal value transfer network) has been associated with minimal bureaucracy, relationship versatility and low operational costs. In the absence of formal governance structures, HN business relationships largely depend on trust as a control mechanism that brings operational effic...
Recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), is expected to have a major impact on the ways governments provide services to the population. The major objective of this paper is to identify success factors for AI adoption in public sector organizations and understand the interrelationships among them. Eleven factors were identified from the...
The research in the area of social responsibility in supply chains in the Middle East is limited in the extant literature. The present study tries to fill this gap by identifying and analysing the interactions among the variables that inhibit the implementation of social responsibility practices in supply chains. This researchutilizes Interpretive...
Project managers’ leadership has a direct and an indirect effect on project success. Extant literature has established that transformational leadership style positively affects project success in a major way. The main aim of this research is to understand the variables that positively affects transformational leadership development and their interr...
Supply chain resilience and reconfiguration are emerging disciplines that allow supply chains to recover from events and quickly return to normal or equilibrium levels of operations. This paper aims to provide a systematic mapping review to classify studies on supply chain resilience and reconfiguration. In total, 286 studies published between Janu...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is twofold: to investigate the antecedents of resilience and to highlight the importance of resilience in achieving reconfiguration in supply chains.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper draws on literature on supply chain resilience and collects data from 253 companies in Qatar to understand the influence of th...
Purpose
Typically, adoption of sustainability in organizations are often done in an unstructured way without the consideration of other partners in the supply chain. The purpose of this paper is to suggest a coherent plan to improve sustainability in the supply chains utilizing ISO standards for environment and social responsibility.
Design/method...
This study aims to identify and prioritize Green Human Resource Management (GHRM) practices from the policymaker’s perspective in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) based manufacturing and service sectors to facilitate sustainable environmental performance.
Drawing upon the ability-motivation-opportunity (AMO) and corporate environmentalism theory, thi...
Purpose
This paper examined the deterministic and moderating impacts of skill on the behavioural (benevolence) and cognitive (credibility) dimensions of trust within small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) upstream (i.e. supplier-to-customer) relationships. A theoretically grounded research model was developed that comprised of three cognitive and...
Ambidexterity involves developing competencies to excel simultaneously on the exploration and exploitation dimensions. Few studies in literature discuss ambidexterity in a supply chain context. The research presented in this paper highlights issues that act as barriers and deserve attention in implementing ambidextrous supply chain strategy in SMEs...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that influence the innovation decisions of Emirati female-owned small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
This study uses a two-phased approach. In the first phase, empirical research on 50 Emirati female entrepreneurs is conducted to discover the extent of innovation in their ventures. In the seco...
The present study moves beyond the traditional focus of municipal
solid waste management (MSWM) of collection and disposal to sustainable
MSWM that takes a systems view and addresses issues related to waste
prevention, waste reduction, and waste segregation. The empirical study was
conducted in large cities in North India that have a very high rate...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of key demographics (i.e. gender, age, education and income) on the rich Muslim consumers’ Domains of Living (DoL). DoL were broken down into being, belonging and becoming domains. Relationship between the DoL and luxury consumption behavior (LCB) was analyzed as well. Being domain incl...
Purpose- The purpose of this study is to examine variables and their relationships that hinder socially responsible behaviours in the supply chain of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
Design/methodology/approach- The study utilises the mixed-method approach that includes the survey method and soft...
The present study moves beyond the traditional focus of municipal
solid waste management (MSWM) of collection and disposal to sustainable MSWM that takes a systems view and addresses issues related to waste prevention, waste reduction, and waste segregation. The empirical study was conducted in large cities in North India that have a very high rate...
The present study moves beyond the traditional focus of municipal solid waste management (MSWM) of collection and disposal to sustainable MSWM that takes a systems view and addresses issues related to waste prevention, waste reduction, and waste segregation. The empirical study was conducted in large cities in North India that have a very high rate...
Purpose
The aim of this study is to understand Emirati nationals’ perceptions of the role of workforce localization policies in their professional aspirations and growth, and the role of higher education and job attributes in the achievement of their goals. Further, it also suggests, through a hierarchy-based model, a road-map to improve the local...
Purpose The objective of this study is twofold- first, to understand Emirati nationals’ perceptions of the role of workforce localisation policies in their professional aspirations and growth and second, to determine the role of higher education and job attributes in the achievement of their goals. The study uses a hierarchy-based model/road-map to...
Purpose
This paper aims to develop efficient decision support tools for a firm’s environment protection by using greening effort while yet improving profitability by utilizing pricing and inventory decisions with discount consideration.
Design/methodology/approach
This study proposed a mathematical model for price- and greening effort-dependent de...
Purpose – Despite various governmental efforts, female entrepreneurship in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is still not a popular option among women. The purpose of this study is to identify the enablers to female entrepreneurship and to establish relationships among them.
Design/Methodology/Approach – This research utilizes a two-phase approach. I...
Ambidexterity involves developing competencies to excel simultaneously on the exploration and exploitation dimensions. Few studies in literature discuss ambidexterity in a supply chain context. The research presented in this paper highlights issues that act as barriers and deserve attention in implementing ambidextrous supply chain strategy in SMEs...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to integrate the “triple bottom line (3BL)” approach in the supplier selection decision. It also aims to consider the feedback effect of the decision on strategic factors that determine the future viability of the firm in the market.
Design/methodology/approach
A multi-criteria decision model is developed that...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to explore the influence of organizational culture and leadership style on employees’ job satisfaction, organizational commitment and work motivation in the educational sector in the state of Qatar.
Design/methodology/approach
The study was conducted using a questionnaire with a sample size of 364 employees in...
Oil and gas industry has a worldwide marketplace and oil and gas reservoirs are extended to everywhere, an oil or gas supply chain is one of the most complex networks (Sahebi et al., 2014). The need for a long-term sustainable energy supply is becoming increasingly apparent due to the rising marginal cost of natural gas supply, the primary backbone...
In GCC countries, entrepreneurship is not a very popular option among women. The low rate of entrepreneurship as a career choice among females is attributed to factors that are specific to females in GCC region. The purpose of this research is to understand these variables and their interrelationships that lead to low rate of adoption of entreprene...
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to provide insight into the factors that influence the mindset of youth in the United Arab Emirates in choosing entrepreneurship as their future employment. It also suggests the pathway to improve the role of the universities as strategic drivers in inducing an entrepreneurial mindset.
Design/Methodology/Approach...
Automotive supply chains are among the most complicated chains to manage because of the involvement of enormous number of suppliers and the associated uncertainties. Any disruption in the chain has a great impact on the performance of the entire chain. Uncertainties in supply chains interfere with their performance and managing uncertainties and ri...
The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent to which total quality management (TQM) practices have been implemented in Indian service industries. The research reports the findings of an empirical study conducted with a sample of 172 top and middle managers in Indian service industries. The results reveals that six TQM practices i.e. top-mana...
The issue of corporate social responsibility is of growing importance in the global community. Businesses not only have the economic responsibility of being profitable and the legal responsibility to follow the laws but also have ethical responsibilities that include a range of societal norms or standards (Oppewal et al., 2006). The present study w...
Purpose
U-commerce is an emerging paradigm transcending traditional e-commerce boundaries. The purpose of this paper is to highlight those issues that deserve attention in developing successful u-commerce models.
Design/methodology/approach
The interpretive structural model technique is adopted to construct a hierarchical structure, and the impact...
This research intends to address variables that would facilitate the
migration to m-government model in a developing economy experiencing a
very high growth and adoption of mobile communication technology. By
conducting an exhaustive literature review and brainstorming sessions with
experts, 13 factors were identified that would positively affect m...
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to understand the reasons behind the intent for information technology (IT) outsourcing in academic institutions in GCC countries. It also aims to develop a multi-criteria decision model (MCDM) to aid the critical decision of IT outsourcing vendor selection.
Design/methodology/approach
– The research utilizes...
In recent years, healthcare has become an important area of concern for both government and private healthcare establishments (HCEs) and are facing challenges in the delivery and provisioning of high quality services to satisfy their patients. However, healthcare not only means saving lives, preventing or relieving sufferings, and curing diseases a...
Traceability in food supply chains is an emergent issue due to increased awareness of consumers about food safety and the nature of food supply chains that have become globalized. To implement traceability there is a need to understand the variables and their interrelationships that impact traceability in a food supply chain. This paper utilizes in...
Risk management in a supply chain context has emerged as a big challenge for the organisations. Supply chain risks are so varied in nature that it is impossible to completely eliminate them. Further, these risks are interrelated and thus any effort to reduce one may increase the probability of other risks. This paper tries to model supply chain ris...
Risk management in a supply chain context has emerged as a big challenge for the organisations. Supply chain risks are so varied in nature that it is impossible to completely eliminate them. Further, these risks are interrelated and thus any effort to reduce one may increase the probability of other risks. This paper tries to model supply chain ris...
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate the variables for the non-existence of transparency information in red meat supply chains operating in Gulf cooperation council (GCC) countries. The study provides a synthesis and proposes a hierarchy-based model among the identified inhibitors of transparency with their respective importance....
The aim of this study is to analyze the influencing factors on consumers’ repurchase intention towards a brand of a mobile phone. The theory of reasoned action has been used in this study to measure consumer repurchase intention. This theory considers consumer attitude towards action and subjective norms as influencing factors on consumer purchase...
Supply chain risk management (SCRM) is the process of risk mitigation in supply chains achieved through collaboration, coordination and application of risk management tools among the partners, to ensure continuity coupled with long-term profitability of the supply chain. Supply chain risks emanate from multiple sources and similarly risk mitigation...
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify and develop a hierarchical model for the barriers affecting the growth of m-commerce. Based on the model developed, the authors’ objective is to identify those variables that are of strategic nature and are the root cause of the issue.
Design/methodology/approach –Variables considered as barriers...
This paper aims to develop a multi-criteria decision model for the purpose of ERP vendor selection. To tackle the multi-criteria nature and the presence of both qualitative and quantitative factors, Grey-based model was proposed. Grey theory was utilised as it can effectively solve the multi-criteria decision making problems with small datasets. Th...
Supply chain risk management (SCRM) is the process of risk mitigation in supply chains achieved through collaboration, coordination and application of risk management tools among the partners, to ensure continuity coupled with long-term profitability of the supply chain. Supply chain risks emanate from multiple sources and similarly risk mitigation...
In this research, we have developed a linear programming formulation to describe Qatar steel
manufacturing supply chain from suppliers to consumers. The purpose of the model is to provide answers regarding the optimal amount of raw materials to be requested from suppliers, the optimal amount of finished products to be delivered to each customer and...
The purpose of this study was quality assessment and quality assurance in pediatricservices of public and private hospitals in Qatar. The purpose of quality assessmentwas to identify gaps in the delivered services; while quality assurance process wascarried out to ensure no future gaps in quality occur. The objectives were achievedusing a modified...
This paper summarizes the simulation technique and technology used for assessing the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the supply chain of a large-scale steel producer. To this end, a Discrete Event Simulation (DES) model of the underlying supply chain is built, verified and validated, and set to produce a selected set of KPIs that characterize...
Purpose
– Organizational commitment (OC) has important implications for both individuals and organizational outcomes. This paper aims to present an approach to understand the dynamics between various enablers that help to improve OC in the organizations.
Design/methodology/approach
– Using interpretive structural modelling, the research presents a...
Consumer concerns about environment, society, and product provenance have led to an increased demand for sustainability and transparency in supply chains. The proposed study presents a methodology to map supply chains on sustainability and transparency dimensions. The method involves development of sustainability and transparency indicators based o...
The importance of family businesses has been increasingly acknowledged in the academic literature. In recent times, Qatar is witnessing a big boost in education and women in particular have shown keen interest as corroborated by the increase in the number of registration in the Universities. But even after acquiring degrees at par with the males in...
The purpose of this study is to develop a decision making model based on the grey relational analysis for auditing firm selection. The auditing firm selection is a multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) problem that is affected by quantitative and qualitative factors, some of which may conflict with each other. Since most of the input information...
Supply Chain Management (SCM) is focused on developing, optimizing, and operating efficient supply chains. Efficient supply chains are characterized by cost effective decisions, lean flow and structure, high degree of integration, and well-chosen Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Although there exists a large
body of literature on optimizing indiv...
Qatar healthcare services are largely dependent on the state that makes huge investments in purchasing medicines from various parts of the World. This paper investigates into various risks that might impact the pharmacy supply chains and using interpretive structural modeling (ISM) technique models the enablers for effective management of these ris...
This study proposes a methodology to improve sustainability for a steel producer. The research presented in this paper proposes a Fuzzy-AHP based framework to prioritize social and environmental dimensions' of sustainability. An exhaustive literature review complimented with the experts' opinion was undertaken to formulate a hierarchical structure...
The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for supplier selection considering the sustainability factors. It utilizes an integrated Triple-Bottom Line (3BL) and Analytic Network Process (ANP) approach. ANP is a flexible analytical program that enables to find the best possible solution to complex problems by breaking down a problem into a...
This paper addresses the multi-objective stochastic optimization problem that arises in many real-world applications, especially in supply chain management and optimization.To this end, a simulated annealing algorithm is presented and used for solving this problem. The algorithm uses the hill-climbing criterionin order to escape from local minimali...
This study aims at defining a methodology to improve sustainability in supply chains. As supply chain sustainability is a multi-dimensional characteristic with several variables and sub-variables, there is a need to understand their relative priority for a more focussed approach for improvement. To achieve this end the research presented in this pa...
Using digraph and matrix method this research enunciates a simple method to quantify supply chain sustainability for small and medium enterprises. It proposes a numerical index which can be used to measure sustainability for different supply chains in actual practical settings. This approach also provides the opportunity to visualise variable inter...
Background and objectives: This study was conducted to understand the dimensions important for quality assurance in pediatric services of public and private hospitals in Qatar. Method: The study employed Fuzzy- Quality Function Development (Fuzzy-QFD) approach to translate the patients expectations into appropriate service specifications and to per...
Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess the quality of pediatric services in public and private hospitals in Qatar. Methods: The objectives were achieved using a modified SERVQUAL scale. Data from 179 participants who visit public/private hospitals in Qatar were analyzed to find the gaps between expectations and perceptions. Results: The...
Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is increasingly become an important issue all over the world. Governments are becoming more and more conscious about the environmental impacts of the solid waste generated in their countries. Special drives are being undertaken by various local bodies throughout the globe to sensitize their citizens about the...
It is recognised that organisations that focus on supply chain agility would profit as they can rapidly and cost effectively respond to unpredictable changes in the business environment. As supply chain agility is a multi-dimensional construct the present research proposes a Fuzzy-AHP based framework to prioritise agility variables in supply chains...
Bio-medical or infectious waste has not received its due attention in developing countries like India. It is being collected and disposed off along with the municipal solid waste (MSW). Therefore, infectious waste management schemes should be designed carefully by taking in account the correct factors and giving them due weight age. Consequently, i...
Infectious or bio‐medical waste so far has not received its due attention. Hospitals in developing countries dispose large amounts of medical waste inefficiently, creating potential environmental hazards and increasing operational expenses, along with the Municipal Solid Waste (MSW). The hospitals lack objective criteria to select the most appropri...
Export of engineering consultancy services represents a small but growing portion of India�s services exports. This paper seeks to understand major impediments that must be overcome to encourage more Indian professional services firms to enter foreign markets. It develops research propositions that may differentiate between exporters and non-export...
Purpose
A focus on supply chains is a step towards the broader adoption and development of sustainability, since the supply chain considers the product from initial processing of raw materials to delivery to the customer. The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to effectively adapt sustainable practices in a supply chain by understandin...
Questions
Question (1)
Dear Colleagues, Recently I have come across few special issues where the guest editors himself have co-authored two papers out of a total of six in that special issue. There are few academics who are using guest editorship to improve their publication record. My question is "How ethical is this practice" and how academic community can act to create deterrent against such practices.
