Browsing Dissertations for Finance by Title

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    • The Relationship between Supply Chain Fit and Financial Performance of Manufacturing Firms in the UAE 

      Abdulaziz, Fatma Ahmad Yousuf (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-04)
      Inventory Management is the key part of any organization’s supply chain and it plays a critical role in the supply chain’s efficiency, effectiveness, responsiveness, decisions, and success. The relationship between the ...

    • revisiting credit risk assessment of SMEs 

      Serov, Vasiliy (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-04)
      With credit decisions being defined as increasingly important and crucial decisions in today’s business environment, affecting entire life-span of a business, failure results in high costs for firms, society and economy ...

    • Risk Management in Islamic Banking 

      Abu Hardan, Yousef (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-03)
      Risk management is an integral part of banks’ activities and the banking industry is generally considered one of the riskiest types of businesses. Therefore, the present study aims to examine the risk management practices ...

    • RISK- RETURN ANALYSIS 

      AL MULLA, OMAR IBRAHIM (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-11)
      The study presents the influence of defensive investment strategies on shareholder earnings and focuses on the use of anti-takeover approaches and their effect on the stocks of involved companies. The purposive sampling ...

    • The role of SMEs in a global economy: A comparative analysis with large corporates 

      Al-Najjar, Ahmad (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-06)
      This paper reveals the importance of the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in their economies worldwide. It will illustrate the influences caused by some SMEs operating in four major economies including USA, Germany, ...

    • A smiling tree: an empirical evaluation on binomial tree methods for local volatility model 

      Al Alem, Mouaz Abdul Ghani (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-09)
      This study compares between the standard Black-Scholes model and two local volatility models of implied binomial trees for PowerShare index options with regards to the pricing accuracy when evaluated against actual market ...

    • State of Global Financial Crime In-­depth Analysis on GCC Countries 

      Odeh, Layan Mazen (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-03)
      Financial crime has been present ever since business and trade have started; however, the issue of financial crime was only dealt with ex post facto. In the last few years, particularly after the 2007 global economic crisis, ...

    • A study of Risk Management in the United Arab Emirates Banking Industry 

      Al Hussiny, Shaima (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-04)
      Purpose- This research is an attempt to discuss risk management and its importance to the fundamental operation of banks in UAE & whether the Basel II agreement is still relevant in the current financial crisis, and whether ...

    • A Study on a Currency peg in the GCC Region with a Special Focus on UAE and its Impact on Economic Development 

      El Alami, Ala (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-02)
      When there is trading operations which involves exports and imports for a country then currency is required for the purpose of exchange of goods and services. The currency in which two countries exchange goods and services ...

    • A study on assessing and critiquing ways of selecting equity fund managers 

      Al-Ahbabi, Falah Abdulla (The British university in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-04)
      The research could be premature to some of the financial industries such as the UAE, as mutual fund management as a brand and business is still in the pioneer level of the industry cycle. The research might be more applicable ...

    • A Study on Liquidity Risk Management in UAE Banks 

      Al Aboodi, Abdulla Ahmad (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-04)
      Following the global economic meltdown in late 2007, when many banks failed to meet their payments obligations and funds were drained out from depositors, many regulators started implementing liquidity risk management ...

    • A Study on Restrictions on Financing Entrepreneurs’ Startup Companies & Reasons Behind Limiting UAE National Entrepreneurs To A Certain Type Of Business 

      El Ghattis, Fadi (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-05)
      The United Arab Emirates economy is considered one of the highest in the Arab world due to the oil industry. The UAE government’s rules and regulations, such as tax-free income, has promoted more business growth and succeeded ...

    • A Study on the Factors Affecting the Auto Indices of the Indian Stock Markets – An ARDL Cointegration Approach 

      Alexander, Rhoda (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-05)
      The aim of this study is to analyze the relationship between selected macroeconomic variables and auto indices of the two major Indian stock markets (viz. Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange) using monthly ...

    • A Study on the Sovereign Debt Crisis in Europe 

      Fathi, Abdulkarim Osman (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-05)
      This study talks about the financial crisis in Europe, it also goes around the effect that it had on these countries’ economies and how much they got hurt. As the study says most of the European countries used issuing debts ...

    • Tracking Error in Index Funds 

      Hasan, Abdel Salam Abu (The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-04)
      The present research investigates the tracking error in UAE index funds and explores the tracking error related models. Five tracking models were used and divided into two major types. The first type is the Quadratic ...