Contemporary Research in Accounting and Finance

Abdelghani Echchabi is Assistant Professor of Finance at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Dubai. Earlier, he served in similar positions in South Korea, Oman, and Saudi Arabia. His areas of research and teaching interest cover a wide range of economics, finance, and Islamic finance topics, as well as social entrepreneurship. Rihab Grassa is Assistant Professor of Accounting at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Dubai, as well as External Associate Researcher for the Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire de Gestion, in the High Institute of Accounting and Business Administration, University of Manouba, Tunisia. She worked as Researcher in KPMG Global Islamic Finance in Dubai and as Manager for Islamic finance services in KPMG Tunisia. Welcome Sibanda is Assistant Professor of Finance at the Higher Colleges of Technology in Dubai. Prior to joining HCT, he was Assistant Professor of Finance at Heriot-Watt University’s Dubai Campus. He has previously served as Associate Editor of the International Journal of Research in Banking and Finance and Portfolio Manager at Barclays Wealth, Barclays Bank, London. He has also been Visiting Lecturer at the Geneva Business School, London School of Economics’ UAE Affiliate College, and the University of Bolton. Currently, he serves as Technical Research Paper Reviewer for Emerald Insight’s Journal of Islamic Accounting and Business Research. His research interests span bank performance, asset allocation and portfolio dynamics, FinTech models, SME business dynamics, and financial literacy.

Chapter 1: Auditor stress within audit firms: A multiple case-study perspectives evidence from Tunisia.- Chapter 2: Tax awareness and Tax education in The UAE.- Chapter 3: Empirical Analysis of consumption Function: case of study of the UAE.- Chapter 4: The relationship of corporate tax planning and firm value: comparative study between type-2 Takagi Sugeno fuzzy system and multiple regression technique.- Chapter 5: The accelerator and Incubator Ecosystem in Tunisia: Understanding a new generation model.- Chapter 6: Growth and human capital in GCC countries: GMM Panel model FROM 2000-2017.- Chapter 7: Shariah governance and assurance index in GCC Islamic banks.- Chapter 8: Investigating online social media network acceptance in the tourism and hospitality industry in Oman.- Chapter 9: The impact of gender diversity in the board of directors on CSR disclosure: The case of Tunisian listed banks.- Chapter 10: Success factors of small and medium enterprises in Oman: A case study in Sharqiyah region.- Chapter 11: ESG performance and ESG ratings: a critical review of the screening methodologies and the way forward.