Awards and Achievements
AUS provides a number of funding opportunities such as non-competitive seed grants for new faculty, Faculty Research Grants for all faculty, and sabbatical leaves. SBA faculty who have received Faculty Research Grants are listed in the tables below:
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2011–2012 Faculty Research Grants Recipients |
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Department |
Faculty |
Project Title |
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Finance |
Individual Investor's Behavior in an Emerging Market: The Case of Stock Market Participants in the UAE |
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Accounting |
Connected Boards and Firm Performance |
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Management |
Dr. Joseph Wallis |
Impact of Culture on UAE Residents' Uptake of egovernment Services |
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Accounting |
Global Diversification, Firm Risk, and Hedging: The Impact of CEO Compensation Design |
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Management |
Gary Gold |
Unequal Pay for Equal Work in the GCC: Discrimination or Real Socioeconomic Theory? |
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Management |
Dr. Linzi Kemp |
Female Business Leaders in the States of the Gulf Cooperation Council; An Investigation of their Presence, Value, Characteristics and Experiences |
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Marketing and IS |
Dr. Sameh Al Natour |
Understanding the Multi-level Impacts of ICTs on Performance and Productivity |
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Management |
Dr. Fang Zhao |
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2012–2013 Faculty Research Grants Recipients |
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Department |
Faculty |
Project Title |
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Marketing and IS |
Dr. Nicholas Ashill |
The Impact of Upward and Downward Extensions on Core Brand Dilution and Consumer Acceptance in a Luxury Brand Context: A Multicultural Analysis (UAE, US and France) |
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Finance |
Does Public Private Status Affect Bank Risk Taking? A Cross-Country Analysis |
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Marketing and IS |
“You Don’t Say!” The Persuasive Impact of Mandated Versus Voluntary Disclosure and Body-Image Idealization in Digitally Manipulated Advertising |
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Accounting |
Improving the Content and Delivery of the First Course in Accounting |
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Marketing and IS |
Dr. Xiabo Xu |
The Moderating Effects of Culture and Ethical Ideology on Ethical Decision Making in Software Piracy: An Empirical Cross Country Study |
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Economics |
Does Poverty and Lack of Education Cause an Individual to Engage in Acts of Terror? A Micro Level Analysis of Pakistan |
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Management |
Dr. Fang Zhao |
Impact of Culture on eGovernment Diffusion Through a Cross-Country Comparative Study |
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2013–2014 Faculty Research Grants Recipients |
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Department |
Faculty |
Project Title |
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Marketing and IS |
Development and Application of a Web-based Benchmarking Tool and Database for SMEs |
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Management |
Dr. Linzi Kemp |
Women in Leadership; Leadership Theory to Powerful Practice |
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Marketing and IS |
Dr. Nicholas Ashill |
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2014–2015 Faculty Research Grants Recipients |
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Department |
Faculty |
Project Title |
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Accounting |
Users’ Perceptions of the Quality of Financial Statements under IFRS. Cases of Italy, Poland and Emirates. |
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In addition, SBA provides its faculty with an opportunity to apply for a Summer Research Grant that provides the equivalent of teaching two courses in summer school, and thus pushes our professors to spend their time writing during that summer period. Five recipients are selected from each department, with a sixth grant awarded to the best runner-up. The projects that are funded must be aimed to be published in academic journals with a JCR one-year impact factor of 1.5 or higher. Recent recipients of the Summer Research Grant are listed below:
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2016 Summer Research Grant Recipients |
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Department |
Faculty |
Project Title |
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Accounting |
Ownership Structure, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Investment in Gulf Cooperative Council Countries |
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Economics |
An Experimental Investigation into the Effect of Formal Religious Education on Moral and Social Capital |
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Finance |
Short-termism and Liquidity Commonality Risk |
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Management |
A Grounded Model of Process Formalization for Conciliating the Formal-Informal Debate in Small Business Settings |
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Marketing and IS |
Knowledge Loss: An Under-explored Risk in Supply Chain Management |
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Sixth Award |
Liquidity Tail Risk and the Implied Cost of Equity Capital |
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2015 Summer Research Grant Recipients |
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Department |
Faculty |
Project Title |
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Accounting |
Dr. Mahmud Hossain |
Managerial Stock Ownership and Audit Fees |
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Economics |
Are Grants and Loans Allocated Differently? |
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Finance |
The Impact of Oil Prices on Banking Financial Stability: Islamic vs. Conventional Banking Systems |
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Management |
Managing the Knowledge Value Chain in UAE Family Businesses: A Multiple Case-Study Approach |
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Marketing and IS |
Dr. Narasimhaiah Gorla |
Factors Affecting Comprehensibility in Software Development: Cognitive Style, Task Complexity, Representation Type, and Problem Size |
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2014 Summer Research Grant Recipients |
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Department |
Faculty |
Project Title |
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Accounting |
IT, Audit Quality, Cyber Security |
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Economics |
Dr. Mohammad Arzaghi and Dr. Andrew Balthrop |
Rents and Decentralization |
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Finance |
Dividend Premium Theory |
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Management |
MNCs and Conflict End |
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Marketing and IS |
Tech Platform Adoption |
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Faculty are also honored for their teaching endeavors. The Teacher of the Year Award honors a member of the faculty who made the most significant contribution to the quality of instruction within the School of Business Administration in a given year. Winners are nominated by students, then evaluated holistically by a committee of faculty. Items considered include evaluations by supervisors, colleagues and students; the number and diversity of courses taught; and other pedagogical contributions such as textbooks or teaching cases authored.
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SBA Teacher of the Year |
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Year |
Department |
Faculty |
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2010–2011 |
Economics |
Dr. Michael Malcolm |
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2011–2012 |
Marketing and IS |
Dr. Mehmet Gumus |
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2012–2013 |
Economics |
Dr. George Naufal |
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2013–2014 |
Management |
Gary Gold |
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2014–2015 |
Economics |
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2015–2016 |
Accounting |
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| 2016 – 2017 | Marketing and IS |
Dr. Nicholas Ashill |
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2017 – 2018 |
Marketing and IS | Dr. Rania Semaan |
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2018 – 2019 |
Finance | Dr. Anis Samet |
