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In Association with the University of Salento, Italy
The College of Business Administration hosted the
“Business Data Analysis: A Crossroad between Research and Education”
2 DAYS RESEARCH WORKSHOP
27th & 28th April 2016
Al Falah University, Dubai
The United Arab Emirates
“Business Data Analysis: A Crossroad between Research and Education”
The First AFU Workshop
Research and Education is the utmost target for any academic institute that seeks a high quality standard in teaching. Following this target, the College of Business and Administration (COBA) in Al Falah University - Dubai, hosted a two Day Workshop on Business Data Analysis: A Crossroad between Research and Education held in the 27th & 28th of April, 2016. The workshop is linked to a forthcoming themed issue of "Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis (EJASA)" (indexed by Scopus); which looks at the data analysis in business research. This workshop was conducted in association with University of Salento, Italy.
Decision Science, Management Information System, Data Envelopment Analysis, Structural Equation Modelling, Partial Least Squares, Measurement Error Models, Accounting, Leadership, Innovation, Management, Marketing, Finance, Economics, Organizations, Strategy, Quality of Education, Big Data.
No longer accepting submissions. Please regularly visit www.afu.ac.ae for announcements on upcoming conferences.
Organizing Committee
- Prof. Amjad D. Al-Nasser, Al Falah University, Dubai
- Prof. Attiea Mari, Al Falah University, Dubai
- Dr. Enrico Ciavolino, University of Salento, Italy
Advisory Committee
- Dr. Sameer Al Barghouthi, Al Falah University, Dubai
- Prof. Luigi D’Ambra D’Ambra, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
- Prof. Maurizio Carpita, University of Brescia, Italy
- Dr. Tamer Darwish, University of Gloucestershire, UK
- Prof. Omar M. Edious, Yarmouk University, Jordan
- Dr. Amer Al-Omari, Al Bayt University, Jordan
- Dr. Ahmed Ajjour, American University of the Middle East, Kuwait
Note: No longer accepting submissions. Please regularly visit www.afu.ac.ae for announcements on upcoming conferences.
Day One: Wednesday, 27th April 2016
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Activity |
Panel Chair |
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10:30am – 11:30am |
Registration & Welcome |
Ms. Ghaidah Al Rawashdeh |
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11:30am – 11:40am |
Welcome Speech by Dr. Noor Atatreh, Chancellor of Al Falah University |
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11:40am – 11:50am |
Welcome Speech by Dr. Enrico Ciavolino, University of Salento, Italy |
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11:50am – 12:10pm |
Al Falah University in Words by Dr. Bernadette Warner, Dean of COBA, Al Falah University |
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12:10pm |
Signing Ceremony between Al Falah University and University of Salento, Italy |
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Break Time (12:30pm – 1:00 pm) |
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Authors / Presenter (P) |
Title |
Session |
Time |
Session Chair |
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Keynote Speaker Prof. Maurizio Carpita |
Statistical Models for Subjective Measurement |
1 |
1:00 – 1:30 |
Sandra Fahmy |
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Mike Hopps ((P)Skype) |
Big Data Analysis: A Computational View |
1:30 – 1:40 |
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Amjad Al-Nasser (P) Ayat Al-Slaiti |
Fitting the Relationship Between Happiness and Transparency in the Arabs Region Using Iterative Grouping Method |
1:40 – 2:05 |
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Attiea Marie (P) |
Estimation of Cost of Early Death due to Water Pollution |
2:05 – 2:30 |
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Break Time (2:30pm – 2:45 pm) |
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Mohanned Halaweh (P) |
Discount Focus Subgroup Method (DFSG) |
2 |
2:45 – 3:10 |
Attiea Marie |
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Aysha Ehsan (P) Islam F. Bourini Mohammed khair Bani-Domi |
Investigating the Commitment of News Media to International Broadcasting Standards |
3:10 – 3:35 |
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Sandra Safwat Fahmy (P) Sameer Al Barghouthi |
Modern day ‘Kuttab’ - A grounded theory study of higher education learning situations in Egypt and implications for e-learning course design |
3:35 – 4:00 |
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Day One: Wednesday, 27th April 2016
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Authors / Presenter (P) |
Title |
Session |
Time |
Session Chair |
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Keynote Speaker Dr. Enrico Ciavolino |
A Gentle Introduction to GME Methods and Models |
1 |
12:30 – 1:00 |
Islam Bourini |
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Bekir Emre Kurtulmuş Çiğdem Özarı Bernadette Warner (P) |
Research or Teaching Oriented? Game Theoretic Models for the Strategic Decision-Making Process of Universities with the External Environment Held Neutral |
1:00 – 1:25 |
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Jamal El-Harami (P) |
Cruise ship Tourism: New Dimension for Dubai |
1:25 – 1:50 |
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Hend Awadh Al Tamimi (P) Islam Bourini |
Exploring factors Impact the visitor’s ratio: Dubai case study |
1:50 – 2:15 |
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Break Time (2:15pm – 2:30 pm) |
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Islam F. Bourini (P) Faisal A. Bourini |
Using SEM-PLS and Fuzzy logic to determine the influence of Uncertainty Avoidance and Accreditation cost on Strategic Intention |
2 |
2:15 – 2:40 |
Jamal El-Harami |
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Shaikha Alzaabi (P) Islam Bourini |
Investigating factors effecting employee resignation in Private companies at UAE. |
2:40 – 3:05 |
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Bhopendra Singh Supriti Agarwal Sonia Singh (P) |
Smart phone-smart applications and smart students- A case chat app usage by University students of India |
3:05 – 3:30 |
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Sameer Al Barghouthi (P) Sandra Safwat Fahmy Aysha Ehsan |
Market Efficiency Analysis of Amman Stock Exchange from 2008-2014 |
3:30 – 3:55 |
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Closing BDA2016 (3:55 pm – 4:30 pm) Recommendations/Certificates/Call for Photos |
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Posters |
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Amer I. Al-Omari Amjad D. Al-Nasser Fatima Gogah |
Double acceptance sampling plan for time truncated life tests based on transmuted new Weibull-Pareto distribution |
Research Posters |
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Sandra Safwat Fahmy |
E-learning course design of exported higher education programs from Denmark to Egypt and Vietnam – Challenges and implications |
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