Browsing Dissertations for Finance by Title
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A data envelopment analysis of banks in the UAE A Study of the Relative Operational and Intermediary Efficiency of National Banks of the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-06)Similar to all countries that are in the mid development or developing stage, commercial banks play a key role in the economy. Proper analysis of the performance and that the efficiency of these banks is important to all ... -
Determinants of Performance of Conventional and Islamic Banks in GCC
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-11)The aim of this research is to evaluate the impact of internal and external variables on the performance of both Islamic banks and conventional banks in the GCC. The Internal variables include capital adequacy, asset ... -
The Determinants of the Performance of Commercial Banks Industry Evidence of Listed Commercial Banks at ADX
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-10)I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the support and encouragement of numerous people whose contributions were important for me along the period of master program. The greatest goes to my God who enable me ... -
Do Japanese Candlestick Patterns Help Identify Profitable Trading Opportunities? An Analysis on Selected Forex Markets
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-01)Japanese candlestick charts were first introduced to the Western world in 1989 by Steve Nison. No one in the West got to know about the Japanese technical analysis before the first edition of his textbook, and no charting ... -
The Dynamic Conditional Correlation and Volatility Linkages between Green and Conventional Bonds: Empirical Evidence on a Global level.
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-11)This study aims at examining the dynamic conditional correlations and the volatility linkages between the green bonds and the conventional bonds market on a global level. The paper chooses the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global ... -
An Empirical Analysis of the Turn-of-the-month and January Anomalies in Five Emerging Stock Markets
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-02)The Efficient Market Hypothesis has been tested using various statistical models and approaches. The findings in the existing literature provide mixed strong evidence that financial markets are efficient and inefficient. ... -
Enterprise Risk Management implementation study in the Small-Medium manufacturing companies in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-05)The purpose of this dissertation research is to examine the risk management status of Small-Medium enterprises in the manufacturing field in the United Arab Emirates in order to ease the implementation process of Enterprise ... -
ERM practices in Non-Financial Institutions in UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-04)Enterprise risk management (ERM) has been the topic of increased media attention in recent years. Many organizations have implemented ERM programs, consulting firms have established specialized ERM units, and universities ... -
An event study on the importance of foreign portfolio investment, institutional investment and its impact on Dubai financial market
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-04)The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of foreign and institutional investments on Dubai Financial Market. 519 trading sessions between June 2010 and June 2012 have been analysed using three measurement ... -
Exploring Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure in the UAE Islamic Banks: A Comparative Study
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-05)Abstract This study aims to explore the corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure of Islamic banks in the United Arab Emirates. Many researches have been conducted in the area of CSR disclosure of Islamic banks all ... -
Financial literacy in the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-06)This research examined financial literacy in the UAE. Financial illiteracy was known to be the main reason behind financial problems in many countries around the world. The research examined whether financial literacy has ... -
A Financial Statement Analysis on Three Major Construction Companies in the UAE (Arabtec Holding PJSC, Drake & Scull PJSC and Emaar Properties PJSC)
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2015-04)Financial statement analysis has been carried out with respect to three construction companies that are operating in UAE that are, Arabtec Holding PSJC, Drake & Scull PSJC and Emaar Properties PSJC. In this research, ... -
Forecasting the Direction of GCC Stock Indexes Using Support Vector Machine (SVM) Algorithm
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-03)Forecasting the direction of stock markets is a very challenging task for investors and decision makers. Recently, investors in stock exchange start depending on Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to build various ... -
Global Financial Crisis: A survey on the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) In the United Arab Emirates
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2013-04)International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is the most accepted and widely followed accounting standards all over the world. Since it play a vital role in raising the accounting quality because of its tight requirement ... -
How risky sukuk are: comparative analysis of risks associated with sukuk and conventional bonds
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2010-05)Recent issues of Islamic bonds were “welcomed” with broad criticism, both by Islamic scholars and conventional investors. Presented paper attempts to analyze sukuk-associated risks and problems, and review their competitiveness ... -
The Impact of COVID-19 on Developed & Emerging Capital Markets: A Comparative Study
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-03)Undoubtedly, the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has had extensive and severe effects among sectors, including financial markets. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of COVID-19 crisis on developed ... -
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Startups Business: Evidence form the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-12)Manuscript type: Empirical Research questions/Issue: How much did the COVID-19 pandemic had an effect on sales ? What was the impact on small & medium businesses ? Were there different results for small businesses than ... -
The impact of sovereign rating changes on equity markets: The Case of GCC countries
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-06)This study investigates how GCC stock markets react to a change in the domestic currency sovereign credit ratings. This paper makes use of an event study with an underlying market model. The sovereign ratings and stock ... -
Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on GCC- UAE's Banking Sector
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-02)The rationale behind this paper is to inspect the impact of the global financial crisis on GCC countries, UAE in particular & its banking sector. To assess the extent of that effect, this paper provides some comparison ... -
Implementing the three factor model of Fama and French on Kuwait's equity market
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-12)Asset Pricing Theory addresses the relationship of security return with security risk which is caused by the unknown possibility of returns. Determining the correct and accurate expected returns has been the major concern ...