Portsmouth Business School

Recent graduates

Details of those who have been awarded their postgraduate research degree (January 2008).

Recent graduates
Name Director of Studies Thesis title
Dr. Thamir Saad Albarrak Professor Mike Page The value reference of earnings and book value for equity valuation in the emerging Saudi Arabian stock market
Dr Faisal Al Bawardy Dr Valerie Anderson Strategic Value of Learning: a Comparative Study between Multinational Private and Public Sectors Organizations in Saudi Arabia
Dr. Farhan Al-Farhan Professor Munir Maniruzzaman Legal Impacts and Challenges Facing Saudi Foreign Direct Investment Law: Reforming Saudi Foreign Direct Investment Laws As A Case Study
Dr. Abdullah Al Hajeri Dr Arief Daynes The financing and success factors of small businesses in Kuwait
Dr Salwa Al Hamoudi Christine Welch Role of applied seminars in developing high administrative leadership and factors affect
Dr. Muna Al Muhairi Dr Arief Daynes Momentum investment strategies in the UAE stock market
Dr. Mishaal Al Sabah Dr Paul Trott How does Government Privatisation impact on economic growth and Technological Innovation in the state of Kuwait? (Working title)
Dr Mejbel Al Saidi Professor Mike Page Corporate governance, ownership structure and corporate performance: The case of Kuwait Stock Exchange
Dr Nadia Abdulghafar Tony Moody Development of a strategy for sustainable household solid waste management for Jeddah
Dr Hisham Ajinah Nick Capon I-TQM Model; An Empirical Study for the Implementation of Total Quality Management in the Saudi Arabian Process Manufacturing Sector
Dr Faisal AlBashar Professor Munir Maniruzzaman WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism and the Reform of Third Party Rights: A Study from the Perspective of Developing Countries
Dr Fahad Mohammed Alrefaei Professor Munir Maniruzzaman The Protection of the Marine Environment from Oil Pollution by Ships in the Arabian Gulf and the Role of Saudi Arabia: A Study in International Law with Special Reference to Islamic Law
Judge Dr Essam Abdulaziz Alsheikh Professor Munir Maniruzzaman Court intervention in commercial arbitral proceedings in Saudi Arabia: a comparative analytical study of Shari’ah based statutes and international arbitral practices
Dr Ahmad Altyer Professor Munir Maniruzzaman The WTO and developing countries: the missing link of international distributive justice
Moudhi Al Zoman Dr Birgit Schyns The range of availability of 'Global leader characteristics' in the administrative leader in governmental organisation in Saudi Arabia
Dr Andrew Baio Professor Trond Bjorndal Vulnerability of Artisanal Fishers in Post-War Sierra Leone, West Africa
Dr Lorena Carvajal-Arenas Professor Munir Maniruzzaman Good faith in the lex mercatoria: an analysis of arbitral practice and major western legal systems
Dr. Lamprakis Avdelas Professor Shabbar Jaffry Sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture
Dr Dong-Ryul Chae Dr Prem Wattage A Study on Estimating Economic Value of MPA
Dr Chris Chapleo Professor Colin Wheeler TBA
Dr. Joe Cox Professor Shabbar Jaffry Studies in licit and illicit markets for digital entertainment goods
Dr Jose Deras Dr Andy Thorpe Central American Common Market (CACM): An Analysis of Trade Integration and Competitiveness
Dr Katherine Devitt Professor Edward Borodzicz Walking Through a Maze Backwards: Wearing a Blindfold and Juggling Lighted Sticks of Dynamite: A study on Effective Strategic Leadership of Multi-Agency Critical Incident Response Teams
Dr Ben Drakeford Professor David Whitmarsh Sustainable development of aquaculture with specific reference to salmon and trout farming in the UK
Dr. Georgia Giordani Dr Christos Floros E-banking in Greece
Dr Ruslan Grigoryev Professor Shabbar Jaffry Interdependance among EU, US and Russian stock markets and the impact of oil price
Dr. Wegdan Hagag Professor Colin Wheeler Analysing the cultural influence on the user interface: an investigation of tourism websites in two countries
Dr Alina Halank Dr Debbie Reed Quality Management in English and German Hospitals: A comparative analysis of its content, implementation and perceived effects in elderly-related care
Dr Susan Harrington Professor Charlotte Rayner Workplace Bullying Through the Eyes of Human Resource Practitioners
Dr James Innes Professor David Whitmarsh Cost Effectiveness of Bycatch and Environmental Damage Reduction Methods
Dr. Nor Ashmiza Mahamed Ismail Dr Mark Xu Leader Engagement for Knowledge Sharing Behaviours in UK Higher Education
Dr Hak Kyong Kim Professor Edward Borodzicz An empirical study on the Dae-Gu subway fire in Korea - learning from past disasters could have prevented the Dae-Gu fire from happening
Dr. Do Hyung Lee Dr Paul Trott The Influence of Strategic Orientations on Business Performance and the Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation Relationship between Technology, Market Orientation and Business Performance in Korean Technology Intensive SMEs
Dr TD Minagawa Dr Paul Trott Innovation, Technology Capability and New Product Development: Exploring Imitation Strategies in China
Dr. Umar Mustapha Professor Mike Page Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: An Investigation into Small and Medium Enterprises: Opportunity Identification, Creation, Success and Failure in Five African Countries
Abdulla Muzahem Shaling Li Analysing risk disclodure and compliance with risk-related IFRSs in an emerging market: The case of the UAE listed companies
Dr Ana Norman-Lopez Trond Bjorndal World production and markets of tilapia with a particular focus to Egypt
Dr. Chukwuka Onyekwena Dr Martin Snell Foreign Direct Investment in Africa: Spillovers, determinants and crowding effects
Dr Sena Ozdemir Dr Paul Trott An Analysis of Internet Banking Adoption in Turkey: Consumer, Innovation and Service Developer Dimensions
Dr. Leonidas Papacharisis Dr. Christos Floros Technical efficiency of Purse Seine Fisheries in Greece
Dr Paraskevas Pagas Dr Arief Daynes Testing Equilibrium Models
Sutthirat Ploybut Professor Mike Page Differential reporting of non-listed small and medium enterprises in Thailand
Dr Ross Rennison Dr Shabbar Jaffry Reducing Management Risk: Forecasting the Deployment and Cost of Naval Service Personnel
Dr. Charuspong Samarnbutr Dr Paul Trott International Alliance Knowledge Acquisition from the Perspective of Local Partners: Case Study in Thailand Automotive Industry
Dr Vyoma Shah Professor Shabbar Jaffry Inter-Industry Wage Differential and Return to Education in Pakistan
Dr. Abdulwahab Shmailan Professor Ashraf Labib Business Women Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia and Gulf Cooperation Council Countries
Dr Sara Thorne Professor Edward Borodzicz Applying the techniques of risk and simulation to corporate security
Dr Grant Smith David Goss Cult of Change - The Effects of Constant Change on Knowledge Workers in a Multi-National Conglomerate
Dr Diana Tingley Previously Sean Pascoe The measurement and management of short-run excess capacity in the Scottish fishing fleet
Dr Savvas Trichas Dr Birgit Schyns Managing impressions by using nonverbal communication
Dr. Linglan Wang Guy Judge How Renminbi will work on the international economy after the opening of the Chinese financial market in 2008
Dr Steven Hui Wang Chris Fill Exploring the Contribution of Digital Media within the Development of Marketing Relationships
Dr Bhagaporn Wattanadumrong Alan Collins Empirical Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment in Thailand
Dr. Christine Welch Dr. Tammi Sinha By Publication - Embracing uncertainty: a critical systemic approach to innovation and development in organizational Information Systems
Dr Roger Welch Dr Steve Williams TBA
Dr. Stavros Sindakis Professor Paul Trott Exploring innovation and new service development through corporate venturing in the Greek Health Care industry