Faculty Area: Business Administration

The unintended consequences of supply chain transparency: Store brand quality, supplier choice, and consumer welfare

My research agenda over the first two years will develop along two complementary directions in applied microeconomic theory and operations management, with a common emphasis on how the design of…

Enhancing team effectiveness by optimizing team composition and communication

The objective of this study is to provide research related to the subject of collective intelligence and behavioral science, analyse results of any field studies conducted by the Sponsor with…

Financial literacy in Qatar

This research project aims to explore and improve financial literacy levels among students in Qatar, Throughout the project, the first comprehensive dataset on financial literacy will be collected, the areas…

Spreading the good fortune: An analysis of diversification and complexity across economic sectors in Gulf countries over 2000-2020

Over the last 60 years, GCC countries have heavily depended on oil and natural gas as their primary source of exports and fiscal revenues. However, recent economic downturns caused by…

Semi-decentralized platform governance: A qualitative study

Over the last decade, firms that own digital platforms (e.g., Meta, Amazon, Alphabet) have dominated the list of most valuable global firms. Driven by the proliferation of their platforms that…

Enhancing retail supply chain resilience: Supplier diversification strategies amidst supply chain disruptions

In response to the challenges posed by the Qatar blockade, this proposal aims to address the critical gaps in retail supply chain resilience, particularly focusing on supplier diversification strategies amidst…

Investigating the role of team design in enhancing collaboration

Organizations in every sector are increasingly using teams to perform many different functions, including to solve problems, create new products and deliver essential services. Teams are potentially valuable because they…

Using data and econometrics to improve football training sessions and predict injuries”

The aim of this project is to combine methods in data science and econometrics to predict relevant outcomes in sports. The project contains two separate, but intrinsically related, lines of…

Cognition and emotions in consumer behavior

Sensory marketing (defined as ‘marketing that engages the consumers’ senses and affects their perception, judgment and behavior’, Krishna 2012) and digital marketing are two fast-growing areas of research in marketing.…

Addressing the sample selection bias issue in finance research using private firms with a particular focus on the effect of national culture on key corporate decisions

In current finance studies, the role of culture on key corporate decisions in public firms has already been tackled and addressed at length. However, the same cannot be true of…