Article

Retention contracts with asymmetric information: optimistic approach vs pessimistic approach

يناير 01, 2023

/ Belkacem Athamena / zina houhamdi / Ghaleb El Refae

Purpose: This paper aims to focus on the utilization of retention contracts to screen and discipline managers in a context in which the council, board of directors, possesses incomplete information about the consequences of managers’ decisions. The analysis enlightens us on empire building, on the slight connection between achievement and firing, and describes concerns about the belief that low achievements result from bad managers. Design/methodology/approach: This paper analyzes a basic model...


Conference Paper

Numeric Big Data Analytics for Successful Decision Making: A Case Study from the Retail Industry in Canada

نوفمبر 22, 2022

Mahmoud Yousef Askari Ghaleb A. El Refae

This paper proposes that the successful analysis of big data in the retail industry is the key to successful business practice, and is an essential ingredient for successful decision making in many industries. In this paper, we present a case analysis of the use of numeric big data analytics to discover the decline in profits while sales figures are rising during promotion weeks at a Toronto-based retail chain store. We also discuss why big data analytics should be seen as a key practice in the...


Article

Women Leadership Effectiveness: Competitive Factors and Subjective and Objective Qualities

نوفمبر 10, 2022

/ Bayan Farhan

The purpose of this study is to identify the competitive factors that contribute to leadership effectiveness for women. I posed two research questions: How do women lead? And what are their competitive factors and leadership qualities? I used an instrumental cases approach to investigate the top 10 women CEOs leading Fortune 500 companies in 2021 and better understand how competitive factors and subjective and objective leadership qualities may drive women leadership effectiveness. Using an exp...


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