Abdelhafid Belarbi, Ph.D

Professor

Al Ain Campus

+971 3 7024820

abdelhafid.belarbi@aau.ac.ae

Education

Ph.D. Economics, University of Cincinnati, USA

Master of Art, Economics, University of Cincinnati, USA

Bachelor of Economics, University of Oran, Algeria

Research Interests

Higher Education Risk Management, Assymetric Information in Higher Education, Industrial Organization and Managerial Economics, Islamic Economics & Finance.

Selected Publications

  • El-Refae, Ghaleb A.; Belarbi, Abdelhafid. (2024). Academic institutional merger: an emerging UAE experience. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 28(1). 17-27.
  • Tabash, Mosab I.; Farooq, Umar.; El Refae, Ghaleb A.; Belarbi, Abdelhafid. (2023). Tackling the ecological footprints of foreign direct investment and energy dependency through governance: empirical evidence from GCC region. Quality and Quantity, 57(5), 4435-4454.
  • Alshehadeh, Abdul Razzak; Elrefae, Ghaleb Awad; Belarbi, Abdelhafid K.; Qasim, Amer; Al-Khawaja, Haneen A. (2023). The impact of business intelligence tools on sustaining financial report quality in Jordanian commercial banks. Uncertain Supply Chain Management, 11(4). 1667-1676.
  • Belarbi, Abdelhafid K.; El Refae, Ghaleb A.; Aissani, Rahima A. (2023). Internationalization of Education and the Brain Drain Paradox: Case of the Mena Region. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 23(3). 131-140. 
  • Farhi, F., Jeljeli, R., Belarbi, A. (2022). Artificial Intelligence in Sustaining Internal Communication in Corporate Sector: The Mediation of Two-way Communication Perspective of PR. 23rd International Arab Conference on Information Technology, ACIT 2022.
  • Remache, A., & Belarbi, A. (2019). Adapting ICT in higher education in the developing world: influencing dynamics. International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies, 12(3), 264-284.
  • Refae, G. A. E., Belarbi, A., & Askari, M. Y. (2019). Understanding the invisible hands of incentives. Global Business and Economics Review, 21(1), 3-13.
  • Eletter, S. F., El Refae, G. A., Belarbic, A. K., & Abu-Rashid, J. (2018). Predicting energy Ccnsumption using artificial neural networks: a case study of the UAE. Electronic Journal of Applied Statistical Analysis, 11(1), 137-154..
  • Refae, G. A. E., & Belarbi, A. K. (2017). University governance and educational AAU model: an organisational culture approach. Global Business and Economics Review, 19(2), 239-249.
  • Belarbi, A. K., El-Refae, G. A., Ballard, J. A., & Abu-Rashed, J. (2016). Transnational education in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: the challenges of internationalisation and quality in higher education. International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 11(2), 120-131.

Teaching Courses

Microeconomics (U), Macroeconomics (U), Priciples of Economics (U), Managerial Economics (G), Innovation and Entrepreneurship (G).

 

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all.

This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  

 

Article

Adapting ICT in higher education in the developing world: influencing dynamics

Published in: International Journal of Economic Policy in Emerging Economies

Aug 09, 2019

/ Abdelghani Remache / Abdelhafid Belarbi

The frenzy of information and digital communications marked the 21st century by modernising societies and levering living standards. Policy makers of all economic spheres in the developed world reckon that information and communication technology (ICT) investment fosters economic development and performance. Recent studies in the USA and Europe indicate that investing in ICT helps achieve high growth rates in every sector of the economy. Building on recent literature reviews, this paper argues for the importance of ICT integration in higher education institutions (HEIs) in the developing world and proposes some of the major influencing factors that can help translate ICT integration into reality and serve as a major stimulant for economic development. The paper also reveals how investing in ICT enhances economic performance while focusing on the specific opportunities and the challenges obstructing the acquisition and adoption of ICT by the developing nations.