Middle East: Business & Economics: Business and the Environment

Source: Total Quality Management & Business Excellence
Summary: ISO achieved global acceptance through continued experiential outcomes in support of its benefits. The ISO standard focuses on quality, safety, health, and hygienic well-being.

Source: International Business Review
Summary: This study is an attempt to investigate empirically the suitability of the international accounting standards (IASs) to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) environment. A variety of approaches were used to examine the factors that could affect the level of adoption of IASs.

Source: Economics of Transition
Summary: The paper focuses on the role of the business environment in understanding differences in the total factor productivity of Moroccan firms. The business environment is measured by the investment climate in which firms operate, environment, and infrastructure.

Source: International Migration
Summary: Diasporas contribute to their homeland’s development through philanthropy, skills transfer, business investment, and advocacy. This paper focuses on actions that homeland governments can take to create an enabling environment for contributions.

Source: Environment, Development and Sustainability
Summary: The paper reviews and assesses the evolution of the environmental movement in both the public and the private sector in Lebanon. It studies the public sector involvement in the environmental movement.

Source: Journal of Coastal Research
Summary: This paper explores the management of coastal resources in two regions of Israel: the urbanized area of Haifa and the rural coastal belt between Atlit and Hadera. Development pressures on the resources are enormous as a result of population growth and density.

Source: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal
Summary: This paper focuses on environmental management and its persistent operation of industrial enterprises. Despite the value of environmental management, many Algerian enterprises fail to integrate environmental considerations into their business activities.

Source: The Geographical Journal
Summary: This paper investigates which stakeholder groups maintain water use practice. The focus is on the agricultural sectors of Yemen and Jordan, where water resource policymakers face resistance in their implementation of water demand management activities.