Corporate Governance and Financial Performance of Quoted Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria: An empirical investigation
Published in: African Journal of Business and Economic Research
Oct 21, 2021
This paper studied how firm governance affects the performance of quoted deposit money banks in Nigeria. The paper aimed to ascertain the effects of board size, board composition, and gender diversity after controlling for firm age and firm size on financial performance. The study was predicated on stewardship theory, agency theory, and resource dependency theory. Data was fetched from the financial statements of all quoted deposit money banks. The study utilized a panel regression method to ex...
Amicable Settlements for Civil and Commercial Disputes: A Comparative Study of Emirati and Egyptian Legislations
Published in: International Journal of Economics and Business Research (Scopus)
Oct 08, 2021
Firas Massadeh
Moustafa Kandeel
on-compulsory amicable dispute resolutions were examined by reviewing the legal nature and concept of mediation and conciliation within the legislations of the UAE and Egypt, in line with contemporary international legislations, such as that of France. We considered those civil and commercial law disputes which may be subject to amicable dispute resolution in pre-trial proceedings, including labour and family law matters and intellectual property rights. Within the latest legislative amended pr...
The Impact of Adolescent Substance Abuse on Family Quality of Life, Marital Satisfaction, and Mental Health in Qatar.
Published in: The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families.
Oct 01, 2021
This study investigated the impact of substance-addicted adolescents on family quality of life in the Arab country of Qatar. Two groups of families were compared: families with a teenager who had a substance addiction (n = 50) and families without such a teen (n = 53). Results showed families with a substance-addicted teenager had a lower family quality of life, that is, lower marital satisfaction, and higher couple scores on depression, anxiety, and stress. The study suggests that the relation...
Corporate governance and organized crimes: Comparative analytical study of the legislative role
Published in: Journal of Governance and RegulationOpen AccessVolume 10, Issue 3, Pages 18 - 292021
Sep 29, 2021
This research aims to study the organized crime, its characteristics, and the legislative role in combating it. Due to its reception of many refugees from Syria, Iraq, Yemen, and Libya, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Jordan witnessed a widespread of numerous forms of organized crimes such as drug crimes, money laundering, and human trafficking. The authors seek to clarify how Emirati and Jordanian lawmakers dealt with such crime, and whether their legal texts were sufficient and consistent ...
Time limitations for intellectual property in criminal and civil litigation: a comparative study of England and Jordan
Published in: International Journal of Private Law
Sep 21, 2021
Firas Massadeh
Mohammad Alkrisheh
Nour Hamed
In this review of Jordanian and English intellectual property laws, it became apparent that there are few legal rules regulating time limitations for civil or criminal cases. In English law, one such rule stipulates a civil limitation of no less than six years; however, there is no statute of time limitation for criminal cases, and therefore criminal offences do not fall under such limitations. In comparison, in Jordanian law the text of Article 272 of the civil law applies in relation to a sta...