scholar - volume 8 issue 1

SCHOLAR

Volume 8 Issue 1 – 2012 1 | Page

HIGHLIGHTS

From the Chair’s Desk

New Developments

Focus on Faculty

Researchers’ Corner

AIB MENA

Research Achievements

Student Research Activities

Government, Industry and

Community Collaboration

UOWD Publications

SCHOLAR is a biannual

publication of the Research

Committee at the University of

Wollongong in Dubai

(UOWD).

For further details please

email:

[email protected]

ISSN 2227-782X (online)

A Passion for Excellence

in Discovery

and Applied Research

Professor Ghassan Aouad Chief Editor

Mr Immanuel Azaad Moonesar Associate Editor

Mrs Shelley Gouverneur Associate Editor

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]

From the

Chair’s Desk

Welcome to yet another addition to the UOWD SCHOLAR Research Newsletter series. This issue of the Research Newsletter highlights the research activities and collaborations amongst the UOWD students and staff. One of our major research activity highlights Dr Mohamed Watfa on his second place achievement in the ‘Stars of Science’ TV Show on MBC 4. Also, as an initiative of the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD)

and National Research Foundation (NRF), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a UAE Doctoral Training Centre (DTC). There was also the

launch of the 2nd

AIB-MENA Case Study book entitled, “Actions and Insights: Managing in Uncertain Times” and a copy was presented to the Her Excellency Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Mr Immanuel Azaad Moonesar for

his contribution as Associate Editor for the past 3 years of the SCHOLAR Research

Newsletter and wish him all the best in his future endeavors. We do hope you enjoy

this publication on the Research highlights at UOWD for 2012.

Professor Ghassan Aouad

President, UOWD

Chair, Research Committee


New Developments

UOWD is pleased to announce the following

hires of the faculty in 2012

# Employee Name Position Title Department

1. Dr Saidi, Slim Assistant Professor Faculty of Business and Management

2. Dr Ramadan, Muhieddine Assistant Professor Faculty of Finance and Accounting

3. Dr Newnham, Michael Assistant Professor Faculty of Business and Management

4. Dr Abdulaziz, Nidhal Associate Professor Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering

5. Dr Bohra, Om Associate Professor Faculty of Finance and Accounting

6. Dr Scott, Fargher Associate Professor Faculty of Finance and Accounting

7. Dr Pech, Robert Assistant Professor Faculty of Business and Management

8. Dr Bhayani, Ali Assistant Professor Faculty of Business and Management

9. Dr Obay, Lamia Associate Professor Faculty of Finance and Accounting

10. Dr Lindsay, Valerie Associate Professor Faculty of Business and Management

11. Dr Ntantakas, Dimitrios Assistant Professor Faculty of Finance and Accounting


Focus on Faculty

UOWD Team’s iPurse

They're in Salik tags, bus or train tickets, on products that companies want to keep track of

— the list of uses of radio frequency identification (RFID) tags is endless. The technology

took a fun twist when a professor from the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD)

and two of his students invented the iPurse, which will ensure that you never lose your car

keys, laptop, wallet or even your lipstick again. "RFID is a very common thing but what's

unique about this project is that it's more consumer-based and it's an intelligent purse," said

Dr Mohammad Watfa, assistant professor in UOWD's department of computer science,

who built the iPurse with his students Manprabhjot Kaur and Rashida Daruwala.

International Interest

The project is under patent and has already received interest from international companies

who want to look at ways to commercialise the invention. The team thought of the idea

when Kaur and Daruwala stated their intentions to base their final-year project around how

people could track lost items because they themselves were always losing things. "Keeping

track of lost items is a very common idea but I thought we could use NFC [near field

communication] technology with RFID tags for the project. NFC technology is similar to

an RFID reader, which is quite expensive, and acts as an antenna for receiving and

transmitting signals to the tags. NFC technology is found on many mobile phone models.

By sticking RFID tags, which are not very expensive, onto your belongings like wallets,

car keys or books, the NFC technology in your mobile phone can track what's in your purse

and when items go missing.


OECD Programme for Institutional Management in

Higher Education (IMHE)

Dr Daniel Kratochvil presented at the Institutional Management in Higher Education

General Conference in September at the Paris headquarters of the Organization for

Economic Cooperation and Development. The presentation, titled “Arab Research

Potential and Promises: The Abu Dhabi Experiment in Higher Education,” analyzed

policies and investments by the government of Abu Dhabi to promote the sector and

encourage research. Attended by approximately 600 policymakers and institutional

leaders, the focus of the biennial conference was Attaining and Sustaining Mass Higher

Education. According to the OECD website: “The goal of the Conference was to

identify longer-term trends and included analyses of national and institutional policies,

case studies and the latest research from the OECD and elsewhere. The Conference

brought together many different perspectives and looked at the issues at the

international, national, institutional, or sub-institutional level”. Dr Kratochvil’s

presentation and accompanying information about the conference can be found on the

OECD website.


UOWD Associate Professor wins at the ANZAM

Conference

Dr. Payyazhi Jayashree, Associate Professor, UOWD won the Best Paper

Award at the ANZAM Conference. Dr Jayashree's award win was in the

Management Education and Development Stream at the 25th Australia and

New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Conference. The award

included a prize of $500, a plaque and a certificate.

The Conference theme was ‘The future of work and organizations’ and as per

practice all papers went through a rigorous double-blind review process

before being accepted. Dr. Jayashree received the Award for her paper titled

“Changing mind sets: stimulating learning through innovative case

assessment involving peers” co-written with Mitra, Sumit and supported in

data collection by Rabah ,Iman.

The study examined "the effect of introducing an innovative case challenge

component together with conventional case presentation, on student self and

deep learning capacity resulting from increased formative self and peer

evaluation."


UOWD Professor wins second prize in ‘Stars of Science’ TV show

Dr. Mohamed K. Watfa says: ‘My invention can provide quality universal education with minimum

investment’ Dr. Mohamed K. Watfa, an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in Dubai

(UOWD), won the No. 2 spot in last Thursday’s final of the pan-Arab reality show for inventors ‘Stars of

Science’ on MBC 4, for his invention entitled ‘Shared’. Dr. Watfa had consistently earned high scores in the

show for his invention which enables several students in a classroom to run different computer applications

on the projected image on their tabletop using just one computer.

Dr. Watfa, who won prize money of US$ 150,000 in the show, plans to promote his invention as the ideal

solution for a number of critical problems, including helping take computer-based education to the masses

and minimizing impact on the environment by reducing the number of computers used. “We congratulate Dr.

Mohamed Watfa for bringing glory to the UAE and the University of Wollongong in Dubai through his

brilliant performance in the pan-Arab show,” said Professor Ghassan Aouad, President of UOWD. “Dr.

Watfa’s victory is a reflection of the spirit of innovation and research that this university encourages at every

step in a student’s university life.”

“The University of Wollongong takes great

pride in the victory of Dr. Mohamed Watfa,

especially since he outclassed top inventors

from other Arab countries in the region,”

commented Dr. Mohamed Salem, Dean of

Faculty of Computer Science and

Engineering, UOWD. “We would like to

urge our student to emulate his example and

give free reign to their spirit of innovation

and inventiveness.”

Dr. Mohamed Watfa said, “I am very proud with the result in Stars of Science. As a project that started in my

office at UOWD, with a vision to change the education system across the world, it has received international

recognition and support. This achievement sends a positive message for our coming generation of students

that nothing is impossible if you have determination and ambition. Although I had the highest grades in the

scientific judge’s evaluation in Stars of Science, which was 50% of the final grade, I fell behind in the SMS

voting to secure second place out of an original 7000 contestants. I encourage every student in the UAE to

start thinking of the next life changing idea and believe in themselves.” The top prize of US$ 300,000 was

awarded to Khaled Abu Jassoum of Qatar for his invention of an automatic cooker that stores recipes to

promote healthy living.

The ‘Stars of Science’ show began with an international recruitment campaign with more than 7000

applicants, and a dynamic three-step selection process that included a Pan-Arab casting tour in 8

countries (Egypt, KSA, Jordan, Lebanon, UAE, Qatar, Tunisia and Kuwait). The original format of

‘Stars of Science’ was initiated by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community

Development in 2009, with the aim of discovering and nurturing innovation in science and technology

amongst Arab youth.


Web Search Challenges in Arabic Script

Highlighted at AIRS 2011

The 7th Asia Information Retrieval Societies Conference (AIRS 2011), hosted by the

University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) at Dubai Knowledge Village in December,

brought to the fore the need to end the monopoly of the English language in the acquisition

and creation of knowledge. Delivering the keynote address on ‘Challenges in Information

Retrieval for Arabic Script-based Languages’, Dr. Ali Farghaly, Senior Knowledge

Engineer at DataFlux Corporation, US, and former senior technical member at Oracle, said:

“Web Search is just one aspect of Information Retrieval (IR). Since IR is primarily

concerned with the encoding, decoding and creation of knowledge, it is imperative for

countries aspiring to end the monopoly of the English language in this area to be actively

involved in Research and Development in IR.

“Arabic script-based languages and the countries where these languages are spoken

represent a striking example as the advent of the Arab Spring is a precursor to what will

follow. However, Arabic script-based languages do not belong to a single language family.

For example, Arabic is a Semitic language but Farsi is an Indo-European language. The 20

languages which use the Arabic script exhibit many differences in their internal structure,

but the fact that they all use Arabic script impose common challenges when it comes to

developing IR systems.”

Dr Farghaly, who is currently visiting

professor of Arabic Computational Linguistics

at Cairo University and Adjunct Professor at

Monterey Institute of International Studies,

strongly believes that linguistic knowledge

can, if used properly, enhance search quality

and information retrieval. The AIRS 2011

Conference featured 32 papers and 24 posters

from 52 universities from 18 countries. They

were reviewed by experts from 27 different

countries.


TECOM Investments’ Education Cluster, comprising Dubai Knowledge Village and Dubai

International Academic City, supported the event as knowledge partners. “It was an honour for

UOWD to play host to so many illustrious experts in Information Retrieval sharing their

knowledge and experiences in this critical area,” said Dr. Mohamed Salem, Dean of Faculty of

Computer Science and Engineering, UOWD. “The committees consisted of representatives

from University of Wollongong, Microsoft Research Asia, University of Glasgow, UK,

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Tsinghua University, China, National Central

University, Taiwan.”

Dr Ayoub Kazim, Managing Director, TECOM Investments’ Education Cluster, was one of the

main speakers at the Conference. ‘AIRS 2011’ had 8 technical areas: Arabic Script text

Processing and Retrieval by Ali Farghaly, Senior Knowledge Engineer at DataFlux

Corporation; IR Models and Theories by Minjie Zhang, University of Wollongong, Australia;

Multimedia IR by Joemon M Jose, University of Glasgow, UK; User Study, IR Evaluation,

and Interactive IR by Tetsuya Sakai, Microsoft Research Asia; Web IR, scalability and

adversarial IR by Min Zhang, Tsinghua University, China Wang Bin, Chinese Academy of

Sciences(CAS), China; IR Applications by Kazunari Sugiyama, National University of

Singapore, Singapore; Machine learning for IR by Tie-Yan Liu, Microsoft Research Asia and

Natural Language Processing for Information retrieval by Chia-Hui Chang, National Central University, Taiwan.

At the end of the conference, it was announced that AIRS 2012 would be held in China.


Researchers’ Corner

Dr Scott Fargher

My Research Philosophy

My philosophy of research is driven by a

passionate belief in the positive social returns to

higher education; particularly, its role in

producing and disseminating research. This role

of universities is essential if we are to improve

the quality of life and make the world a better

place. My approach to research is one of

informed inquiry rooted in an interdisciplinary

context, both in style and substance, shaped by a

desire to enhance understanding of the complex

and often challenging world we live in. I enjoy

the challenge of applied research that addresses

practical issues facing society, organizations and

policy makers.

My Research Outcomes

Much of my research has been in applied economics, labor market policy and economic

development. My early research included investigations of the role of women in the labor

market, evaluation of training and the school-to-work transition. My scope broadened

considerably following the co-authoring of a popular macroeconomics textbook and a

secondment to the Institute of Public Policy which helped facilitate the production of a wide body

of reports and evaluations focusing mainly on economic development. At the same time I

continued to work with various colleagues on the development and publication of a range of

papers focusing on different aspects of well-being. In recent years my research activity has

continued to broaden and I have particularly enjoyed working on recent publications involving

the theoretical investigation and empirical testing of the Feldstein-Horioka puzzle and Wagner’s

law with one of my former doctoral students.


My Research Experience

My research has been shaped by my training in economics at several different universities. My

doctoral studies at Edinburgh University were focused on the evaluation of government

sponsored training programmes. I was fortunate to be part of the Scottish Doctoral Programme

in Economics which exposed me to a variety of different schools of thought as we were taught

by different academics from across Scotland, each specialising in their particular field. It also

equipped me with the technical skills necessary to conduct effective evaluation and inquiry.

My research is further shaped by my background which comprises a range of varied

experiences; including roles in academia, a public policy institute, a labour market research

institute and the private sector. Looking forward - the challenges highlighted by the global

financial crisis show that many questions remain unanswered in economics and associated

disciplines.

My Current research Projects

My research continues to be interdisciplinary and typically involves an international

component, a reflection of my training and underlying interest, working with colleagues from

several universities and research institutes. Current projects at various stages of development

include:

The challenge of improving long term alignment of executive pay and performance;

Analysis of happiness and well-being data;

Analysis of the school to work transition.


Dr Naeem Muhammad


My research philosophy is plain and simple: I am keen

in conducting research that is useful for the society. To

achieve this I would like to focus on empirical research

in the area of finance. I am interested to test whether

old and new finance theories are indeed beneficial for

investors, firms and policy makers. I share the findings

of my research with my students and encourage them

in conducting research that helps society. I try to

ensure all my empirical work uses state of the art

quantitative techniques so that results of my research

are reliable. To achieve this I make continuous efforts

to sharpen my quantitative skills such as by attending

international conferences, by keeping abreast with latest research articles, by attending

any research training related workshops and by readying latest research related books. I

strongly believe in collaborative research as it keeps me motivated. Since I have been

associated with business schools throughout my career with heavy teaching load, I find

joint research to be very helpful.


So far, I have focused on publishing in two areas of Finance, namely, International

Finance and Investments. In the area of International Finance, I have examined the

dynamic relationship between stock prices and exchange rates both at the macro level

and at the industry level and for several countries. In addition, I have examined whether

exchange rates and trade balance are interrelated so that authorities can use exchange

rate as a policy tool to improve trade balance and through it can achieve economic

growth for their country. In my recent publication I have measured Globalization Index

for the MENA countries and have examined the sources and impact of Globalization in

the MENA region.

In the area of Investments I have examined several issues such as: whether or not there is

a volatility spillovers among the Gulf stock markets; whether South Asian stock markets

are interrelated so that portfolio diversification benefits can be ascertain in these stock

markets; I have conducted empirical analysis of the UAE stock market volatility; and

have investigated GARCH Models that are useful in forecasting financial market

volatility of the GCC countries etc.


Most of my research is applied in nature and collaborative. My research is useful not

only for the policy makers but also for firms and investors. I have tested several well-

known finance and economics related theories using state of the art econometric

techniques. My research has appeared in international refereed journals like,

International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, International Journal of

Business & Globalization, Global Economy & Finance Journal etc.

My Research Projects

As stated above recently I have developed interest in Islamic Banking and Finance

and currently I am examining and comparing the performance of Islamic and

conventional banks. Specifically, in this study I intend to examine and assess the

performance of Islamic banks and conventional banks in the GCC countries and in

the MENA region during the period 1997-2011. Additionally, I plan to explore the

determinants of the performance of these two types of banks. I will also examine the

performance of these banks during the recent financial crises to see whether or not

Islamic banks are less affected by this crisis as some recent media reports claim. I am also continuing my research work on globalization. In particular, I am working on

examining whether globalizations leads to economic growth as many theories claim.

For this study I am employing panel data approach and focusing on the MENA

region.


My research career began when I was studying at the Simon Fraser University,

Canada pursuing my masters. I was inspired by the research work of one my

professor, Professor Robert Grauer and decided to work under his supervision to

complete my master’s research project. Professor Grauer is a renowned researcher in

applied finance and I decided to work with him on testing the theories related to

dividend policy using U.S. data for more than 500 firms. Subsequently, while I was

completing my Ph.D. at the same university I worked under the supervision of

Professor Richard Harris who is famous for his research in the field of International

Finance. For my Ph.D. dissertation I decided to re-examine several issues related to

the exchange rate for ten OECD countries. Specifically, I examined issues like,

exchange rate pass-through effect; Marshal-Lerner condition and whether there is a

two-way causation between the trade balance and the exchange rate as suggested by

the new-classical theory or there is a one-way causation between trade balance and

exchange rate that runs from exchange rate to the trade balance as suggested the

Keynesian theory.


After completing my Ph.D., I pursued these two areas of finance, namely, International

Finance and applied finance with focus on investments. I published many articles that

involved examining the relationship between exchange rate and trade balance, between

exchange rate and stock prices, whether stock markets are inter-related, how to measure

globalization and determine its impact on the economy and what are the sources and impacts

of globalization, etc. All these research is empirical in nature and policy oriented. Recently, I

have developed interest in Islamic Banking and Finance (IBF). IBF is a new and growing area of finance and after the recent world financial crises this field of finance has attracted many

researchers and policy makers. Currently I am working on evaluating and comparing the

performance of Islamic and conventional banks using a panel data approach for the GCC

countries and for the MENA region. I aim to examine other issues related to IBF.

My Future Research Goals

In the near future I would like to set up a research centre for Islamic Banking and Finance at

UOWD. The aim of this research centre is to promote research in the area of Islamic Banking

and Finance by conducting research, by organizing conferences and workshops in this area.

Additionally, the centre will liaison with the industry to help solved their problems with their

help. I aim to establish linkages with other such centres to encourage Islamic Banking and

Finance. Some of the research ideas that I intent to work on are:

Explore the stock market performance of those countries that follow Islamic Finance with

those that do not; From the investors’ viewpoint, I intent to investigate whether investments in

those firms/banks are more rewarding and less risky that follows Islamic Finance or Banking

than conventional firms or banks; Develop volatility models of return for conventional and Islamic banks to find out whether the volatility models for these two types of banks differ; I also intent to work on topics related to Globalization such as investigate whether countries

that are more globalized are the one that are more competitive (that is, study whether

globalization and competitiveness are related).


Dr Daniel Kratochvil

“Researching the Higher Education

Landscape of the United Arab Emirates”


The regional dimension to research is of utmost importance to scholars working in the

United Arab Emirates. This is most salient in studies that apply existing models to local

conditions, taking advantage of unique regional characteristics for testing and adaptation.

In this way, scholars can engage in direct collection of data and thereby ensure the

validity and reliability of the material. Locally generated research is also more relevant

to students in the region while contributing to the growing knowledge base of the

emirate, country and region.


In terms of my own research in the field of higher education, an emphasis upon

regional applications has led me to study the university marketplace in the United

Arab Emirates and the various regulatory frameworks that shape the sector.

Analyses of government regulations and investments at the level of both the

emirates and the central government of the UAE have important implications

beyond the sector and can impact regional development and long-term strategic

planning by governments. For this reason, I have focused much of my work on

issues that are relevant to entities such as the Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy

Research at the local level and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and

Development at the global level.



My background as a researcher has been molded by my studies at Columbia University in the

City of New York; in particular, through the supervision of my dissertation by Charles Tilly

and Karen Barkey. From Charles Tilly, I learned how to develop theoretical models and

identify causal mechanisms for explaining the intergovernmental relations in federal systems.

With Karen Barkey, I studied methodological approaches to research and particular models for

understanding state relations, which I used to study center-periphery relations in federal

systems. From these experiences, I have been able to apply not only methods but also models

to understanding the role of governments in the UAE in developing the tertiary education

market, as well as applications to the study of branch campus arrangements in higher education

delivery in the region.

My Current Research Projects

My current research focuses on the study of higher education in the United Arab Emirates and

the GCC region, with particular emphasis on government policies and regulations of the sector

and the development of branch campuses as a means to supplement local providers. The most

recent study (ASHE 2012 Annual Conference in Las Vegas), with Christine Farrugia and Joice

Priya, reviewed ownership of universities in the UAE and examined issues of governance. This

work emerged from an earlier study (HEIC 2011 in Beirut) which I conducted with Joice Priya,

examining the different regulatory mechanisms used by various emirates to encourage the

establishment of foreign branch campuses in the UAE. A more focused analysis of a single

emirate, Abu Dhabi, which reviewed the development of universities under the supervision of

the Abu Dhabi Education Council, was the basis of a recent presentation at the OECD’s

Programme for Institutional Management in Higher Education biennial conference in Paris

(2012). Other research has studied issues related to the operation of branch campuses of foreign

universities; specifically, a study of how adaptations are made to the GCC (with Joice Priya for

the GCES Symposium in Bahrain, 2012) and a study with Sajida Shroff that was presented at

the Gulf Research Center meeting at Cambridge University (2012).

My Future Research Projects

In the future, my research will focus more on the operation of branch campuses and investigate

the factors for stability and success of these operations. In part, I believe that further research

into this area will help foreign institutions better plan their investments in the GCC and

maintain stable operations. This is turn will benefit the governments, which seek a stable

foundation for the education of the labor market, and the students who attend these universities,

who wish to attend stable institutions that provide a sound education.


AIB-MENA Chapter

Dubai Conventions Bureau presents an award to AIB-MENA

Academy of International Business - Middle East North Africa (AIB-MENA) was presented an

award of recognition at the second "Congress Ambassadors" Annual Recognition Event. The

award was presented by Hamad M. Bin Mejren, Executive Director of Business Tourism and

Dubai Conventions Bureau (DCB) at Dubai Tourism & Commerce Marketing (DTCM).

AIB-MENA was started in 2009 and is housed by the University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD). The Founder and President is Dr Melodena S. Balakrishnan, an Associate Professor at

UOWD. The VP Operations is Dr Ian Michael, an Associate Professor at Zayed University,

Dubai. Both the University of Wollongong in Dubai and Zayed University, College of Business

have received awards by Academy of International Business - a 53 year old USA based

association of 3500+ scholars. AIB-MENA in collaboration with the UOWD Business Case Study

Centre has published through Emerald Group Publishing (UK) two volumes of business cases of

Dubai-based companies like the Jumeriah Group, Abraaj Capital Limited, Enviroserve,

Aquachemie, University of Wollongong in Dubai, Haier (Hafet Electrical LLC), Fortune

Promoseven Sports Marketing and Economic Zones World. The organisation has also hosted two

conferences in Dubai bringing in academics from across the world.

The AIB-MENA committee members come

from various universities across the MENA

region. The Advisory Board is represented by

Abdullah Ahmed Al Saleh, Under Secretary

of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, Frederic

Sicre, Abraaj Capital Ltd; Professor Rob

Whelan, Deputy-Provost, UAE University;

Professor Ghassan Aouad, President,

University of Wollongong in Dubai, and

Professor Stephen J. Mezias, Academic

Director, INSEAD, Abu Dhabi Campus.

Hamad M Bin Mejren said, “we pride

ourselves on offering unparalleled service,

infrastructure and opportunities to meeting planners. Attracting congresses to any destination

is very competitive, we must continue to prove our value to our customers and remain

committed to their success. The strong network of local ambassadors is a great strength for

Dubai, we must continue to expand this network. These events provide a strong economic

impact and will continue to support the city’s growth.”


New case study book presented to the

UAE Minister of Foreign Trade

Dr. Melodena Stephens Balakrishnan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and

Management, UOWD presented the second volume of the case study book series "Actions and

Insights: Middle East North Africa" to the UAE Minister of Foreign Trade, HE Sheikha

Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi in the presence of the Undersecretary Abdulla A. Al Saleh at the Ministry of Foreign Trade in Abu Dhabi.

The first book in the series was launched in May 2011 by Her Excellency Sheikha Lubna bint

Khalid bin Sultan al Qassimi, UAE Minister of Foreign Trade at the University of

Wollongong in Dubai. The new book carries an article about ‘Managing in Uncertain Times’

which is also the theme of the book. The 12 cases have been edited by Dr. Balakrishnan; Dr.

Ian Michael and Dr. Tim Rogmans of Zayed University; and Immanuel Azaad Moonesar,

Institutional Research Officer, UOWD.

The cases document a range of situations. Readers get an insight into how Abraaj Capital

Limited was creating an entrepreneurship ecosystem through the 3-day event “Celebration of Entrepreneurship”. The process of helping to manage preventable blindness in developing

countries is explained in the case on Noor Dubai Foundation.

The way a UAE-based airline managed its reputation during the disruption caused in air travel

in Europe by the Eyjafjallajökull Iceland Volcano is analysed in the Etihad Airways case. The

complexities of sales forecasting in the perishable food business is highlighted in the Al Ain

Diary case. The process of building a strong value-based UAE brand in the international

marketplace is documented in the Jumeirah Group case.


The country-of-origin effect and local market insights are explored in the Haier case. The

process of creating a research culture is discussed in the UOWD case. The Advanced

Technology Investment Company (ATIC) case looks at the foresight the company had into

building human capital within the region. The Sharjah Football Club (UAE) looks at the

challenges of sports marketing which would be an important point for discussion with the

Qatar FIFA World Cup.

The book was published through the funding generated through AIB-MENA and is in

partnership with the UOWD Business Case Centre. The project was realized through the

generosity of the sponsors like Al Ain Dairy, Abraaj Capital Ltd., Jumeriah Group, Zayed

University, Dubai Convention Bureau (DTCM), AL Arif Sons Travel, and Al Sharif

Chartered Accountants.

The book is published by Emerald Publishing Group and each individual case is available

online on the Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies website (including a free sample case on Abraaj Capital Ltd.). The book series is available through Amazon.com. The cases are

being used in classes across the world and many of the AIB-MENA cases are the most

downloaded cases in the Emerald Emerging Market Case Studies Collection.


Research Achievements

Research Excellence Awards 2012

Three (3) Winners received the Research Excellence Award for 2012. These awards have been be

presented at the recent Autumn 2012 Graduation Ceremony on October 3rd 2012.

Balan Sundarakani

Jawahitha Sarabdeen

Kathy Ning Shen

Two (2) nominees received the Research Excellence Award “Highly Commended” Certificates for

2012.

Payyazhi Jayashree

Ramzi Nekhili

Thirteen (13) UOWD staff (faculty and administration) received nominee certificates for 2012.

Abdellatif Tchantchane

Arijit Sikdar

Arpana Sharma

Asma Damankesh

Farhad Oroumchian

Immanuel Azaad Moonesar

Melodena Balakrishnan

Mohamed Watfa

Pauline Fortes

Prakash Vel

Ravindra Saxena

Soly Mathew Biju

Zeenath Khan


Research Grants 2012

Grant Winners 2012-Batch 1 Research Project title Amount AED

Zeenath Reza Khan, UOWD

Dr Ghassan Al Qaimari, Fujairah

College

Dr Mona Mustafa, UOWD

Study into the implications of societal

factors, e-technology and increased

online sources on students’ attitude

towards e-cheating in the UAE.

Social networking sites and work life

10,000

Dr Kathy Ning Shen, UOWD

Dr Nidhal Abdulaziz, UOWD

Dr Farhad Oroumchian, UOWD

Dr Halim Khelalfa, UOWD

Professor Sarim Al Zubaidy,

Nazarbayev University

Grant Winners 2012-Batch 2


Dr Khaled Shaalan, British

University in Dubai

Ms. Rumana Rahim, UOWD

boundaries. 15,000

15,000

Safety Modelling for Aviation Systems.

Profiling tweets for Online Reputation

Management. 15,000

How innovative are the GCC’s

Dr Balan Sundarakani, UOWD

Dr Halim Khelalfa, UOWD


Dr Nidhal Abdulaziz, UOWD

Mr Mahmoud Numan Bakkar

Logistics Service Providers in the era

of crises: investigation and analysis

through Hybrid Approach.

Investigation of the security of Dubai

healthcare Information systems:

Perceptions and value conflicts.

15,000

15,000

https://staff.uowdubai.ac.ae/conferences/rga2012/chair/show_paper.php?pid=2







RESEARCH SEMINARS 2012

# Presenters Title

1. Dr Nelson Perera,

Associate Professor,

Unit Root Tests and Structural Breaks: A

Survey with Applications

University of Wollongong, Australia (UOW)

2. Dr. Ali Saedvandi, Assistant Professor,

Protective Capital And Poverty Traps

Faculty of Finance and Accounting

University of Wollongong in Dubai.

3. Dr. Abdullah Al-Madani,

The President and CEO of Arab Capital

Price prediction system for next day

Markets Resource Centre, Dubai

4. Dr Shafiz Affendi Mohd Yusof, Faculty of Computer Science and

Tell Me Something? Exploring the Impact of Information Privacy on User

Engineering, University of Wollongong in Behaviours in Social Networking Sites

Dubai (UOWD)

5. Dr. Balan Sundarakani,


Vendor Managed Inventory application in

Oil and Gas Industry

Faculty of Business and Management,

University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD)

6. Fariha Khan, Nooren. N.Khan,

UAE Natural History— A learning experience

Ashiq ur Rahman,

Students, UOWD

7. Dr. Mary R. Hedges

Centre for Longitudinal Research

Methodological Pluralism: A theoretical

construct of methodology choice

The University of Auckland

8. Professor Sandra Jones, Director, Centre for Health Initiatives,

Social Marketing for Health: Community- based interventions in the Illawarra region


University of Wollongong of NSW

9. Dr Hela Miniaoui,

Assistant Professor,

Determinants of Internet Financial

Reporting Practices: Evidence from the

Faculty of Finance and Accounting UAE and Comparison with Global Best

University of Wollongong in Dubai. Practices

10. Sreejith Subramanian, Institutional Research Officer, UOWD (PhD

A Hierarchical Framework of Barriers to the Adoption of Green Supply Chain

Student, Middlesex University, UK) Management in the UAE Construction

Sector

11. Dr. Asima Shirazi,


Pakistan’s children and capabilities:

Unveiling the heterogeneity among

Faculty of Finance and Accounting, children’s allocation of time in different

University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) migrant communities in Karachi

12. Dr. Jawahitha Sarabdeen, Associate Professor,

Learning Styles and Training: Train the Trainees the Way They Learn



13. Dr Dimitrios Dadakas,


The Time Horizon in the Estimation of

Stock Beta

Faculty of Finance and Accounting,


14. Dr Swapna Koshy, Assistant Professor,

Differentiated Assessment Activities: Customizing to support learning



15. Dr. Kathy Ning Shen,


Fostering Team Cognition with Collective

Thought: A Theoretically Driven Design



16. Dr. Payyazhi Jayashree, Associate Professor,

Emergence and Enactment of Distributed Leadership: Contextual Enablers and

Faculty of Business and Management, Blocks during periods of Strategic Change



Students Research Activities

UOWD Team wins

KPMG Business Case Competition

Six UAE universities participate in the global event. University of Wollongong in Dubai won the Gulf

segment of the international KPMG ‘Ace the Case’ competition on solving business cases, beating six

top UAE universities at the two-day event held at the Meydan Hotel, Dubai last week. Two teams each

from four universities were chosen for the quarter finals and four teams from two universities competed

in the semifinals. The competition involved analysing a real-life business case that required critical

reading, analysis, finding a workable solution and presenting it to KPMG partners. The Legacy team

from UOWD -- consisting of Ali Kadhim, Eoghen Hennessy, Fountain Abani and Oluyinka Oreolowa --

outperformed the team from American University of Sharjah. The UOWD team was given a business

case of PlanetTran, a US-based transportation company that uses hybrid vehicles in all its operations.

“UOWD’s Legacy team comprised students from diverse disciplines and levels and they showed

remarkable team work, excellent presentation skills and critical acumen in analysing the case,” said Dr.

Swapna Koshy, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Management, UOWD and the team’s

coach. “The success of the team is a testimony of the teaching and learning philosophy that UOWD

promotes, as a step towards making them career ready. It was really rewarding to see the students bloom

to their full potential.” “The biggest challenge was the time constraint,” said Ali Kadhim, a team

member who is studying in final year of Bachelor of Commerce at UOWD. “We were given just three

hours to analyse the situation and present solutions. It was a great learning experience and very

rewarding too.” “We attribute our victory to the team spirit which is inculcated in every student of

UOWD and the friendship that exists between the team members. While we are thrilled and proud of our

achievement yet weighed down by the heavy responsibility of representing UOWD and the UAE

internationally,” said Fountain Abani, another team member.

The UOWD Legacy Team will represent the UAE in the finals of the KPMG International

Business Case Competition to be held in Hong

Kong from April 18-20, 2012.

The first day of the session covered case-writing

skills including approach, outlining, ranking of

issues and quantitative analysis. At the end of the

session, students were also given a brief on

presentation skills and group dynamics. On the

second day of the workshop, student teams from


Sydney Business School students visit UOWD

as part of Dubai Study Tour

A group of students from Sydney Business School visited UOWD as part of their Dubai Study Tour from 15 - 26

June. The Dubai Study Tour is a study abroad initiative of the Sydney Business School for students enrolled in

their Master of Business Administration or Master of Management program. The study tour is an opportunity for

students to experience the traditional, economic and Middle Eastern cultures in a highly developed country. The

tour aims to help develop the students’ skills in doing business in the Middle East, understand the region’s ties

with the rest of the world and accelerate their business degree by completing two units in two weeks. The two

units covered by the program are Contemporary Issues in International Business and a Management Project. The

former covers the contemporary issues in international business in the UAE while the latter included a issue of

strategic alliances in relation to UAE companies. While at UOWD, the students attended various lectures on

global business environment, business environment in the GCC, and competiveness in GCC countries by the

program leader: Deputy Dean Associate Professor Nelson Perera and UOWD academic staff. They also attended

lectures on Development of Islamic banking in Dubai delivered by the CEO of Dar Al Sharia Legal and Financial

Consultancy, development of Dubai as a logistic hub and Middle East: opportunities for Australian companies.

The group also visited the Dubai Financial Centre, Dubai Ports, UAE University in Al Ain and Etihad in Abu

Dhabi. They also had group presentations on 21 June with UOWD faculty members Dr Arijit Sikdar and Dr

Gwendolyn Rodrigues providing feedback on their presentations. The students also enjoyed a weekend tour

around Dubai taking in the sights and cultural experiences.

Mark Carberry, a Study Tour participant said: ‘The

SBS Dubai study tour was an excellent trip which

immersed the group in the local culture, traditions and

business practices of the Middle East, in particular the

UAE. UOWD lecturers and local guest speakers

provided invaluable insights into business theory and

application, accentuated by visiting local businesses

including the Dubai Financial Centre, Dubai Port and

JAFZA (Jebel Ali Free Zone Area), UAE University in

Al Ain and Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi. I highly

recommend the SBS Dubai Study tour to anyone

interested in expanding their global business

knowledge while enjoying the culture and traditions of

the UAE.


Universities exhibit projects at UOWD

Software Development Show

Dr Ayoub Kazim urges universities to produce ‘next generation innovators’ to boost a knowledge-

based economy. Eight leading UAE universities showcased some outstanding software projects at the

6th annual Software Development Trade Show (SDTS 2012) of the University of Wollongong in

Dubai (UOWD) at Dubai Knowledge Village on May 28, 2012.

Middlesex University Dubai won the first prize for the project ‘World Trivia’ - a game that allows

children to learn about the physical world through tangible user interfaces. The second prize was

awarded to UOWD for its ‘Crane Locator for Site Engineers’ which helps contractors and developers

in making right decisions on crane positioning. The third position went to BITS Pilani for its project

‘Facial Detection and Recognition on iPhone using Intel’s OpenCV library.’ Dr Ayoub Kazim,

Managing Director, Dubai Knowledge Village and Dubai International Academic City, while

speaking at the inauguration of SDTS 2012, urged UAE universities to produce ‘next generation

innovators’ who could power the knowledge-based economy of the UAE. He described SDTS as an

important event in the community of UAE universities and lauded UIOWD’s role in promoting

innovation. He urged the participants to let their ‘innovative power shine’ through the event.

The projects were displayed in the foyer of the Conference Centre of Dubai Knowledge Village. The

teams were on hand to demonstrate their projects to the independent jury panel, interested industry

representatives, academics and members of the public. The ‘World Trivia’ project of the Middlesex

University, which won the top prize, was developed by Ibrahim Adedeji, Saffwan Syed, Hiamatu

David Godsway and Uwemedimo Ndem, under the supervision of Engine Bashir. It is basically a

kids’ game that uses Tangible User Interfaces (TUIs) to empower collaboration and learning by using

digital technology, complemented by human abilities to manipulate physical objects and materials.


The second prize winner ‘Crane Locator for Site Engineers’ was developed by UOWD

students, Kirolos Ayad, Marina Helmy, Mostapha Rashiduddin and Ommarah Siddigui,

under the supervision of Dr. Soly Mathew-Biju. The system facilitates correct positioning

of cranes by transferring the engineer’s knowledge to a computerized system which is

embedded in the application. It can help prevent human errors and save time and effort.

The third prize winner was a project developed by Mohit Athwani under the supervision of

Dr. S. Vadivel, from BITS Pilani Dubai. It is based on an iPhone app that is capable of

facial detection and recognition using Intel’s OpenCV library and extending the use of the

iPhone camera. The key feature of the project is to detect faces, preprocess and extract the

detected faces, create the facial database on the device and finally recognize the person.

The newly introduced Academic prize was awarded to United Arab Emirates University for

its project ‘A Web application for Protein-protein Interaction and Complex Prediction’.

The Public Voting Award was presented to University of Wollongong in Dubai for its

project 'A 2D Catch-and-Balance Game for Windows Phone 7', developed by students

Keivan Kazemi, Asjad Mufti, Ammar Mufti and Haris Jaliawala.

“Once again, the STDS attracted some outstanding projects and apps, and it was tough for

judges to decide the winners,” said Dr Mohamed Salem, Dean of Faculty of Computer

Science and Engineering, UOWD. “We are pleased with the response from some of UAE’s

leading universities, and the kind of projects exhibited here reflect modern-day students’

high standards in computer science and its applications to daily life.”

Welcoming the participants, Dr. Catherine Todd, SDTS 2012 Co-ordinator, from the

Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, UOWD, explained the rules of the

competition, and expressed satisfaction over the overwhelming response to the show. She

also announced that the winners would get internships with Dubai World and Tecom, apart

from other prizes.


Government, Industry and

Community Collaboration

UOWD academic presents keynote address at industry forum

Dr Balan Sundarakani, Associate Professor at University of Wollongong in Dubai was invited

to present the keynote address at LOG LEO Awards: Middle East forum, an event attended by

leaders and senior representatives of logistics companies in the region.

Dr Sundarakani, presentation was on “Key trends redesigning the logistics industry’s strategies

post-economic crisis: an academic standpoint”.

Other key presenters include the Managing Director of Kat Logistics; the General Manager of

Al-Futtaim Auto & Machinery Company LLC (FAMCO); the Head of Dubai Trade; the

General Manager of SSI Schaefer Middle East and the Director of Dubai FDI.


KHDA delegation visits UOWD

A senior delegation from Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) visited

UOWD on June 4, 2012. Topics of discussion at the meeting included: the importance of

quality universities with international recognition in the UAE, possible development of skills

councils and importance of industry affiliations and aligning academic programs with the Dubai

2015 Strategic Plan to support the development of Dubai and the UAE.

Dr Abdulla Al Karam, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Director General of KHDA

praised UOWD for its quality offerings and longevity in the region, adding that it was the most

established branch campus in the UAE and one of the most successful in the region.

The KHDA delegation also included Dr Warren Fox- Executive Director, Higher Education, Dr

Barbara Hayward - Head of Educational Research, Wessen Rawazik - Head of Higher

Education Compliance, Mr Iyad Khamis Al Moosa, Director and Shantella Tewari,

Administration Manager.

UOWD and KHDA reinforced their commitment to continue working closely together to

support and facilitate the development of quality programs for students to be equipped with

the skills and knowledge to help drive the UAE economy forward.


UOWD and NRF sign MoU to set up

UAE Doctoral Training Centre

University of Wollongong in Dubai (UOWD) and National Research Foundation (NRF), an

initiative of the UAE Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, have signed a

Memorandum of Understanding to set up a UAE Doctoral Training Centre (DTC).

This move was keeping in view the vision of Excellency Sheikh Nahyan Mubarak Al Nahyan,

Minister of Higher Education & Scientific Research for strengthening and enhancing research

capacity building and collaboration between universities, industry and governmental bodies.

The aim of the UAE Doctoral Training Centre is to engage doctoral candidates from different

universities across the country in a series of innovative programs that will strengthen the

research capabilities of these students and assist them in focusing their topics to areas relevant

to the UAE.

The MoU was signed by Professor Ghassan Aouad, President of UOWD, and Dr Husam Sultan

Al-Ulama, Director of the NRF on June 10, 2012, at the offices of the National Research

Foundation in the presence of officials from both sides.

“We believe this MoU marks a milestone in the development of doctoral research in the UAE,”

said Professor Ghassan Aouad. “We are privileged and delighted to team up with the National

Research Foundation to launch this venture that will create a network connecting this group of

future leaders whose expertise will shape the future of the UAE in the coming decades.”

“The field of doctoral research is still in its infancy and that is why the Ministry of Higher

Education and Scientific Research established the National Research Foundation four years

ago,” commented Dr Husam Sultan Al-Ulama. “We are very pleased to enter into a partnership

with the University of Wollongong in an initiative that is sure to give a tremendous boost to the

pursuit of doctoral studies in the UAE and we are committed to supporting this laudable

venture.”


The NRF was created in March 2008 through a decree issued by H.E. Sheikh Nahyan bin

Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, with the goal of

promoting and coordinating research activities, providing research leadership and providing

funding support on a competitive basis to research projects based in the UAE.

Among the key objectives listed in the MoU include the following: building sustainable

research partnerships with government, industry and other universities; addressing the skill gap

in doctoral training by providing quality training programs to postgraduate and doctoral

candidates; improving retention of students in doctoral programs and facilitate creation of

uniform standards of research; hosting conferences to facilitate face to face interaction with

students and supervisors from different universities; creating networks of doctoral students that

will outlive their dissertation studies and providing an electronic platform to facilitate ongoing

communication between students at different universities.

As per the terms of MoU, UOWD will produce a summary of the Doctoral Training Centre

project within two weeks of the signing of the MoU. The NRF, on its part, will take the lead in

coordinating the activity and arrange a meeting involving a selected number of institutions

within two months.

Dr Ahmed Alosi, Research Program Manager at NRF, said “DTC is a good initiative to help

build the research capacity for postgraduate and undergraduate programs and it will open doors

for research collaboration for the students within their research lifecycle.” He also added that

“This center will provide support and help for industrial and governmental research programs”.

Mr Gerard Seeber, Consul General & Senior Trade Commissioner, and Mr Feras Sallan,

Regional Education Manager from the Australian Consulate General in Dubai also attended the

ceremony.


2012 UOWD Publications

2012 Publications Summary

Books

3

Book Chapters

21

Conference Papers

31

Journal Articles (Peer-reviewed only)

13

Periodicals/Others

5


BOOKS

Abdulaziz, H. M., Alsharif, M. M., Belshalat, L. A., Alshamsi, S. A. (2012). Snapshots: Culture and Heritage of United Arab

Emirates, in I. A. Moonesar (ed.). Dubai, UAE: Academy of International Business, Middle East and North Africa, ISSN:

2226-7948.

Balakrishnan, M.S., Michael, I., Rogmans, I., and Moonesar, I.A. (2012), Eds., Actions and Insights: Middle East North

Africa (Vol. 2): Managing in Uncertain Times, Emerald Group Publishing: UK. ISBN: ISBN: 987-1-78052-620-1.

Huang, V., Balakrishnan, M.S. & Moonesar, I.A. (eds), (2012). Conference Proceedings and Program, Academy of

International Business, Middle East and North Africa (AIB-MENA). Volume 2. ISSN: 2220-4539, Dubai, United Arabs

Emirates: University of Wollongong in Dubai.

BOOK CHAPTERS

Balakrishnan, M. S. & Moonesar, I.A. (2012). Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC): A Destination Global

Champion, in M. S. Balakrishnan, I. Michael, T. Rogmans & I. A. Moonesar (eds), Actions and Insights - Middle East North

Africa: Managing in Uncertain Times, 1 edn, Emerald Group Publishing, UK. ISSN: 2045-0621.

Balakrishnan, M. S. & Moonesar, I.A. (2012). Teaching Notes: Advanced Technology Investment Company (ATIC): A

Destination Global Champion, in M. S. Balakrishnan, I. Michael, T. Rogmans & I. A. Moonesar (eds), Actions and Insights -

Middle East North Africa: Managing in Uncertain Times, 1 edn, Emerald Group Publishing, UK. ISSN: 2045-0621.

Balakrishnan, M.S. & Michael, I., (2012). Abraaj Capital Limited: Celebration of Entrepreneurship (CoE), In Balakrishnan,

M.S., Michael, I., Rogmans, I., and Moonesar, I.A., Eds., Actions and Insights: Middle East North Africa (Vol. 2): Managing in

Uncertain Times, pp. 3-36, Emerald Group Publishing: UK.

Balakrishnan, M.S. (2012). Al Ain Dairy: Managing Demand and Supply, In Balakrishnan, M.S., Michael, I., Rogmans, I.,

and Moonesar, I.A. (2012), Eds., Actions and Insights: Middle East North Africa (Vol. 2): Managing in Uncertain Times, pp.

203-216, Emerald Group Publishing: UK.

Balakrishnan, M.S. (2012). Etihad Airways: Reputation Management – An Example of the Eyjafjallajokull Iceland Volcano, In

Balakrishnan, M.S., Michael, I., Rogmans, I., and Moonesar, I.A. (2012), Eds., Actions and Insights: Middle East North Africa

(Vol. 2): Managing in Uncertain Times, pp. 143-165, Emerald Group Publishing: UK.

Balakrishnan, M.S. (2012). From the Desk of the Series Editor; In Balakrishnan, M.S., Michael, I., Rogmans, I., and

Moonesar, I.A., Eds., Actions and Insights: Middle East North Africa (Vol. 2): Managing in Uncertain Times, pp. v-x, Emerald

Group Publishing: UK.

Balakrishnan, M.S. (2012). Jumeirah Group: Stay Different”, In Balakrishnan, M.S., Michael, I., Rogmans, I., and Moonesar,

I.A. (2012), Eds., Actions and Insights: Middle East North Africa (Vol. 2): Managing in Uncertain Times, pp. 167-186, Emerald

Group Publishing: UK.

Jafaar, K & Sarabdeen, J. (2012). XL Pharmaceutical: Effective Operation and Logistics, pp.131, in Stephens, M, Michael, P.I,

Rogmans, T, & Moonesar, I. A (eds), Actions and Insights. UK: Emerald Group Publishing.

Kemp, L.J. & Moonesar, I.A. (2012). Teaching Notes: Noor Dubai Foundation: Managing Blindness In Developing Countries,

in M. S. Balakrishnan, I. Michael, T. Rogmans & I. A. Moonesar (eds), Actions and Insights - Middle East North Africa:

Managing in Uncertain Times, 1 edn, Emerald Group Publishing, UK. ISSN: 2045-0621.

Kemp, L.J., Moonesar, I.A. & Al Banna, S. (2012). Noor Dubai Foundation: Managing Blindness In Developing Countries, in M. S. Balakrishnan, I. Michael, T. Rogmans & I. A. Moonesar (eds), Actions and Insights - Middle East North Africa:

Managing in Uncertain Times, 1 edn, Emerald Group Publishing, UK. ISSN: 2045-0621.


Khan, Z. R. & Subramanian, S. (2012). Libraries opt for more online sources. Chapter 3. Innovations and Advances in

Computer, Information, Systems Sciences and Engineering. Ed Elleithy, K and Sobh, T. Vol 152. 2012 Viii. ISBN 978-1-4614-

3534-1. Springer. USA.

Khelalfa, H. (2012). Forensics Challenges for Mobile Phone Security, pp.72-133, in Te-Shun Chou (eds), Information Assurance

and Security Technologies for Risk Assessment and Treat Management, Information Science Reference, IGI Global.

Rodrigues, G. & Moonesar, I.A. (2012). Teaching Notes: Enviroserve: The Green Company in the United Arab Emirates, in M.

S. Balakrishnan, I. Michael, T. Rogmans & I. A. Moonesar (eds), Actions and Insights - Middle East North Africa: Managing

in Uncertain Times, 1 edn, Emerald Group Publishing, UK. ISSN: 2045-0621.

Sarabdeen, J. (2012). Legal Issues in E-Healthcare Systems, pp.23, in Mohamed, W. (eds), E-Heath Care Systems. USA: IGI

Global.

Sarabdeen, J., Jaafar, K. & Moonesar, I.A. (2012). Teaching Notes: Effective Operation and Logistics –Julphar

Pharmaceutical, in M. S. Balakrishnan, I. Michael, T. Rogmans & I. A. Moonesar (eds), Actions and Insights - Middle East

North Africa: Managing in Uncertain Times, 1 edn, Emerald Group Publishing, UK. ISSN: 2045-0621.

Shaalan, K., Al-Sheikh, S., & Oroumchian, F. (2012). Query Expansion based-on Similarity of Terms for Improving Arabic

Information Retrieval, Eds: Shi, Z., Leake, D., Vadera, S., Intelligent Information Processing VI, IFIP Advances in Information

and Communication Technology, Springer, Boston, PP 167-176, 2012.

(http://www.springerlink.com/content/7036106wwk002511/).

Sundarakani, S., De Souza, R. & Goh, M., (2012). A Case Study of Singapore’s Automotive Supply Chain: Preliminary

Analysis and Findings, Book Title: Cases on Supply Chain and Distribution Management: Issues and Principles, Book eds, Garg,

M and Gupta, S., M. IGI Global, USA, pp. 200-253.

Sundarakani, S., De Souza, R. & Goh, M., (2012). A Case Study of Singapore’s Automotive Supply Chain: Preliminary

Analysis and Findings, Book Title: Cases on Supply Chain and Distribution Management: Issues and Principles, Book eds, Garg,

M and Gupta, S., M. IGI Global, USA, pp. 200-253.

Whelan, R., & Kratochvil, D. (2012). University of Wollongong in Dubai: Creating a Private University in the Public Interest in M.S. Balakrishnan, I. Michael, T. Rogmans & I.A. Moonesar (Eds.). Actions and Insights: Managing in Uncertain Times,

Volume 2, London: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. ISSN: 2045-0621. Zakaria, N. & Al Safi, G. (2012). Promoting Global Virtual Teams for Global Business: Cross-Cultural Challenges and

Collaborative Values, Handbook of Cultural and Technological Influences on Global Business, New York: Information Science

Reference.

Zakaria, N., Amelinckx, A. & Wilemon, D.A. (2012). Mapping a Typology for Identifying the Culturally- Related Challenges of

Global Virtual Teams: A Research Perspective, Virtual Work and Human Interaction Research: Qualitative and Quantitative

Approaches, New York: Information Science Reference, pp. 230-247.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/7036106wwk002511/

http://www.springerlink.com/content/7036106wwk002511/


CONFERENCES PUBLICATIONS

Al Mehairi, H.A.M. & Zakaria, N. (2012). Empowering knowledge sharing behaviors at workplace: The role and impact of

organizational culture. 12th International Conference on Knowledge, Culture and Change, Chicago, 6-8 July

Al Mehairi, H.A.M. & Zakaria, N. (2012). Share it or keep it to yourself? Inculcating knowledge sharing behaviors at

workplace using a culturally oriented framework, International Business Information Management Association, Istanbul,

Turkey, May 9-10.

Al Sayegh, N., Sundarakani, B., & Abdel Moniem, A., (2012). A Critical Review of Diversification Theoretical

Perspectives and its Impact on Performance, Academy of International Business MENA Chapter Conference, in Dubai,

January 13-15, 2012, Published in the proceedings.

Balakrishnan, M.S. & Koshy, A. (2012). SME Adaptation for survival in Economic Crisis : A customer relationship

orientation viewpoint, Academy of International Business Annual Conference, June 30-July 3, Washington DC, USA.

Biju, S. (2011).Difficulties in understanding Object Oriented Programming Concepts , CISSE 2011 Conference, Bridgeport

University, U.S. Dec 3-6.

Cai, Y. F., Shen, K. N., and Guo, C. Y. (2012). Adding bricks to clicks: when do offline channel attributes influence

consumers’ intentions to shop online? Royal Bank International Research Seminar, Shanghai, China, June, 7-10.

Cogburn, D., Zakaria, N., Padovano, S., Clincy, A. (2012). Understanding Transnational NGO (TANGO) Decision-Making

and Participation in Global Governance Processes Using Computational Analysis of American Political Science Association

Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Lousiana, August 30-September 2.

Cogburn, D., Zakaria, N., Wozniak, A., Padovano, S., Clincy, A., Hea, W. & and Peladeau, N. (2012). Large-Scale Textual

Data Accelerating Social Science Analysis for a New Age (ASSANA): An Overview and Three Case Studies Using the

ASSANA Methodology, Panelist for American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Lousiana,

August 30-September 2.

Farrugia, C., Kratochvil, D., & Priya, J. (2012). Blended Ownership of Private Higher Education: Merging Public and

Private in the United Arab Emirates. Association for the Study of Higher Education Annual Conference. November 14-17,

Las Vegas, United States.


Hiroshi, Y. & Zakaria, N. (2012). Inference and culture: A possible explanation by the distinction between low context

culture and high context culture for cultural differences in cognition. Proceedings of 34th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive

Science Society (in press). Sapporo, Japan, August 1-4.

Jayashree, P; Shen, K. & Lefoe, G. (2012). Emergence and Enactment of Distributed Leadership: Contextual Enablers and

Blocks during periods of Strategic Change, 26th Annual Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference

(ANZAM) : The Future of Work and Organizations, 5th-7th December 2012, Perth, Western Australia.

Kaddoura, Y. & Zakaria, N. (2012). Are you Treated Fairly? Developing a Cultural Framework to Understand the

Performance Management Systems in UAE Workplace, Academy of International Business (AIB-MENA), Zayed University,

Dubai, UAE, January 13-15.

Kratochvil, D. & Manghat, S. (2012). Higher Education Preferences of UAE-Based High School Students: Local

Institutions in the Context of Overseas Options. 2nd INSEAD Abu Dhabi Socio-Economic Research Conference. April 19,

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Kratochvil, D. & Priya, J. (2012). Localizing Transnational Higher Education: A Review of Academic Adaptations to the

Gulf Region. Third Annual Gulf Comparative Education Society Symposium: Global Innovation, Local Adaptation: Trends

and Reactions. March 24-25, Manama, Bahrain.

Kratochvil, D. (2012). Arab Research Potential and Promises: The Abu Dhabi Experiment in Higher Education. IMHE

General Conference 2012, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development. September 17-19, Paris, France.

Mohd Yusof, S.A. & Zakaria, N. (2012). Exploring the State of Discipline on the Formation of Swift Trust within Global

Virtual Teams, 45th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS), January 2012.

Moonesar, I.A. (2012). Health Economic Principles in the UAE: Demand and Supply. The 2nd Annual INSEAD

International Conference, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 19 April, 2012.

Mustafa, M. (2012). Balance or Burnout? Self-employed teleworkers and their work life boundaries. 28th Egos colloquium,

Helsinki, Finland, 5-7 July.

Mustafa, M. & Shen, K. N. (2012). Work-life Boundary in the Context of Social Network Sites, 10th Annual International

Conference on Management, Athens, Greece, July 2-5 July.

Rafiee, V.B., & Sarabdeen, J. (2012). The Cultural Influence in Effective Corporate Governance Practices: Analysing the

Trend in Emerging Market, Proceedings of The 18th International Business Information Management Association

Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, May 9 -10.


Rafiee, V.B., & Sarabdeen, J. (2012). The Cultural Influence in Effective Corporate Governance Practices: Analyzing the

Trend in Emerging Market, Proceedings of The 18th International Business Information Management Association

Conference, Istanbul, Turkey, May 9 -10.

Saxena, R. & Gupta, B. (2012). FlyDubai – Moving Aggressively to Dominate Sector, In the proceedings of 2nd Advances

in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing & Management (AHTMM) Conference, Corfu Island, Greece, May 31 - June 03.

Sayani, H. and Balakrishnan, M.S. (2012). Marketing an Islamic Index: Perceived Value of KMI30 Index”, 2nd Global

Islamic Marketing Conference, January 17-18, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Schloderer, F. Huang, V., & Shen, K. N. (2012). Closing the Gap: Developing Research Ecosystems of Global Excellence in

Emerging Markets, 2012 Academy of Management Meeting, Boston, USA, August 3-7.

Shen, K. N. & Khalifa, M. (2012). Explaining Virtual Community Participation from Identity Perspectives”, 10th Annual

International Conference on Management, Athens, Greece, July 2-5 July.

Shen, K. N., & Khalifa, M. (2012). Fostering Team cognition with CollectiveThought: A theoretically driven design, 2012

International conference on Applied Informatics and Communication, Shenzhen, China, Dec. 4-5.

Shroff, S. & Kratochvil, D. (2012). Higher Education Databases and International Branch Campuses: Lessons and

Opportunities in the GCC. Third Gulf Research Meeting, University of Cambridge. July 11-14, Cambridge, United

Kingdom.

Taras,V. Bode, A., Chun, D., Curran, L., Gupta, S.F., Igoe, J., Magnusson, P., Sarala, R., Schuster, A.M., Vargas -

Hernández, J. G., Zakaria, N., Ordenana, X & Punnett, B.J., (2012). Large-Scale Multi-Country Experiential Learning

Projects in IB/IM Education: Challenges and Best Practices for Enhancing Teaching and Research, Panelist Academy of

International Business, Washington DC, June 30-July 3.

Thirlwall A. & Zorn, T. E. (2012). Organisational Sequestering of Workplace Bullying: Adding insult to injury,

Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Workplace Bullying and Harassment, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 13 -15.

Wilkins, S. & Balakrishnan, M.S. (2012). Student perceptions of study at international branch campuses: Implications for

educators and college managers.” 2nd Academy of International Business - MENA Chapter conference, January 13-15,

Dubai, UAE.

Zakaria, N. & Al Safi, G. (2012). Work with Diversity, Work from a Distance: Advocating Global Virtual Teams, 4th

International Conference on Technology and Business Management (ICTBM), University of Wollongong in Dubai, Dubai,

March 26-28.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

Al Halaseh, L. & Sundarakani, B. (2012). Study on quality attributes of halal food supply chain, International Journal of

Logistics Economics and Globalization. Vol. 4, No.1/2, pp. 20-34. 2.

Balakrishnan, M. S. & Moonesar, I.A. (2012). General Electric: How GE worked to transform oncology Healthcare in the

Kingdom. Emerging Markets Case Studies Collection. 2(1), Emerald Group Publishing, UK.


Biju,S. (2012). Dependency Injection for loose coupling, IJSER, Volume 3, Issue 5, pg 3.

Giannopoulos, K., & Nekhili, R. (2012). A Market Risk Model for Asymmetric Distributed Series of Return. International

Research Journal of Applied Finance, Vol. III, Issue 1, 106-113.

Hosie, P., Sundarakani, B. & Tan, A.W.K. (2012). Determinants of fifth party logistics (5PL): service providers for supply

chain management, International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp.287-316.

Jayashree, P. & Mitra, S. (2012). Facilitating deep approach to learning: An innovative case assessment technique, Journal

of Management and Organization, Vol. 18 (4), pp. 555- 572 (ISSN : 833-3672)

Kerr, G. & Balakrishnan, M.S. (2012). Challenges in Managing Place Brands: The Case of Sydney, Place Branding and

Public Diplomacy,Vol. 8, No. 1, pp.6-16.

Khalifa, M., Cheung, S. K. N., & Shen, K. N. (corresponding author) (2012). Adoption of Mobile Commerce: A

Confidence Model. Journal of Computer Information Systems. [Impact factor: 0.888].

Khan, Z. R. (2012), 'Technology use takes a boost among university students', Computer Technology and Application, vol.

3, no. 4. ISSN: 1934-7332. David Publishing. USA.

Khan, Z. R. And Balasubramnian, S. (2012). Students go click, flick and cheat... e-cheating, technologies and more.

Journal of Academic and Business Ethics. Academic and Business Research Institute. USA.

Moonesar, I. A. & Vel, P. (2012). Patients' perception on prenatal care management at Trinidad & Tobago. International

Journal of Economics and Management Sciences, 6. Vol. 2, No. 3, pp. 63-74.

Moonesar, I.A. & Thibaud, L. (2012). Impression et Enregistrement des Resultats (IER): Cross-Cultural Management.

Emerging Markets Case Studies Collection. 2(1), Emerald Group Publishing, UK.

Rafiee, V.B. & Sarabdeen, J. (2012).Cultural Influence in the Practice of Corporate Governance in Developing Countries,

Communication of IBIMA.

Sarabdeen, J, El-Rakhawy, & Niaz Khan, H. (2012). Employer Branding in Selected Companies in United Arab Emirates,

Communication of IBIMA, 2011, 1-9.

Saxena, R. & Khandelwal, P. (2012). Greening Industries for Sustainable Growth: An Exploratory Study. International

Journal of Social Economics, Volume 39, Issue 8, pp. 551-586.

Shen, K. N. & Khalifa, M. (2012). System Design Effects on Online Impulse Buying. Internet Research, 22(4),

[available at: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1066-2243&volume=22&issue=4 ; Impact Factor:

1.384].

Sundarakani, B., Tan, A.W.K. and Van Over, D. (2012). Enhancing the Supply Chain Management performance using

Information Technology: some evidence from UAE companies, International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management,

Vol. 11, No. 3, pp.306-324.

Zakaria, N., Cogburn, D.L., Khadapkar, P.S. & Lois, C. (2012). Examining Cultural Effects on Distributed Decision-

Making Processes Using Keyword Analysis and Data Mining Techniques, International Journal of Business and System

Research, 6 (3), 313- 335.

http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=1066-2243&volume=22&issue=4


PERIODICALS AND OTHERS

Wilkins, S. & Balakrishnan, M.S. (2012). How well are International Brand Campuses Servicing Students?, International

Higher Educations, No 66, Winter, p. 3-5, Available:

https://htmldbprod.bc.edu/pls/htmldb/f?p=2290:4:0:NO:RP,4:PO_CONTENT-ID116545

Sundarakani, B. (2012). Trends in Logistics Industry: An Academic Perspective” in IBN Battuta Hotel, Organized by LOG

Middle East consortium, Dubai, UAE on April 19, 2012.

Sundarakani, B. (2012). Dubai a sustainable logistics hub in the Middle East. Transilience: An International conference on

technology enabled transformation, Shri Shankaracharya Institute of Technology and Management, Bhilai, Chatisgagh, India,

June 23, 2012.

Sundarakani, B. (2012). Educations and Trade Associations: Then and now. Logistics: News and Analysis for Supply Chain

Professionals, Middle East, ITP publications, Issue 87, pp. 37-38.

Sundarakani, B. (2012). Supply Chain management: Strategy, Planning and Operation, 5th Global Edition, Pearson Education,

USA, Acknowledgment in page 12. (Book Review)

Goodwin, R.D., Moonesar, I.A. & Gouverneur, S. (eds) (2012). Scholar Research Newsletter, April 7(1), ISSN: 2227-7919.

University of Wollongong in Dubai, Dubai, United Arabs Emirates.


ISSN 2227-782X

Copyright: University of Wollongong in Dubai, UAE

scholar - volume 8 issue 1

Documents