Saudi Cultural Missions Theses & Dissertations
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Item Restricted Risk Management and Resilience in Civil Engineering Megaprojects in Saudi Arabia: A Case Study Of Sindalah Island Resort(Saudi Digital Library, 2025-04) Alali, Hatim; Patel, ImranThis research study investigated the relationship between risk management and resilience in the success of civil engineering megaprojects in Saudi Arabia. Using the Sindalah Island Resort as a case study, the study employed the qualitative research approach, open-ended questionnaire to collect data through a Key Informant Interview, and the thematic analysis method, and findings indicate that leadership styles, technological tools, real-time monitoring are crucial to managing risk and recovering from delays and disruptions in megaprojects.23 0Item Restricted RISK MANAGEMENT IN THE HOSPITALITY SECTOR DURING TIMES OF CRISIS.(Saudi Digital Library, 2025-07-17) Alanazi, Abdulrahman; Samaradheera, AmaThis research explores how the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Saudi Arabia managed risks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study investigates the effectiveness of health and safety protocols, identifies operational challenges, and evaluates risk management strategies implemented during the crisis. Using a qualitative methodology based on interviews with hotel managers, the study highlights the role of emergency response teams, digital innovations, and employee welfare in maintaining operational resilience. Key findings emphasize the importance of crisis communication, proactive scenario planning, and mental health support in the hospitality sector. Recommendations are made to enhance future preparedness and sustainability in hotel operations during crises.16 0Item Restricted The Role of Management Control Systems in Supply Chain Risk Management: A Case Study of Hospitals in Saudi Arabia(RMIT University, 2024-07) Abu Theeb, Eyad; Rana, Tarek; Elbashir, Mohamed; Lal Ukwatte Jalathge, SarathAn effective supply chain risk management (SCRM) system has increasingly become a necessity for organisations to effectively address and navigate the inherent risks and disruptions in their supply chains. Management accounting research has highlighted how certain accounting technologies facilitate a proactive, data-driven, strategic SCRM system. For instance, the integration of business intelligence and analytics (BIA) technologies with management control systems (MCS) has resulted in the incorporation of risk management and control systems into business processes and supply chain activities. However, the prior literature in accounting highlights the limitations of formal MCSs, such as legal contracts, in managing supply chain risks. Formal MCSs bring unintended outcomes and hinder flexibility and information access and processing, which in turn limit the ability of an organisation to make better strategic decisions and respond quickly to changes in the business environment. To date, the role of a BIA-enabled MCS to support the strategic focus of risk management in inter-organisational relationships of the supply chain has been conspicuously lacking. SCRM systems are viewed as a dynamic capability shaped by organisational resources. Drawing on dynamic capability theory, this thesis posits that BIA-enabled MCS provides a dynamic capability by enabling processes and activities that foster sensing, seizing, and transforming capabilities. This study employs an exploratory sequential mixed-method design in two phases. The first qualitative method phase uses interviews to investigate managers’ experience of risk management controls, culture, processes, and practices towards the factors supporting strategic SCRM systems. The second quantitative method phase uses surveys to (i) empirically test the factors; (ii) investigate the extent of BIA-enabled MCS in enabling a dynamic knowledge-creation risk culture capability; and (ii) investigate the consequential effect of SCRM on business processes, supply chain performance and hospital performance. In order to deeply understand business processes and control systems, I conducted semi-structured interviews with 18 strategic and operational managers. Interviewees indicate that supply chain partners change organisational processes, procedures, and operations. The results reveal that BIA-enabled MCS facilitates knowledge development, learning processes, and activities that develop a dynamic capability. A deductive thematic analysis of the interview data reveals that top management, BIA and MCS are critical factors for supporting an effective SCRM system, which enhances performance. The findings validate the conceptual framework and provide a basis for a further examination of the relationships between the constructs. My analysis of the survey data collected from 191 managers working in the healthcare industry in Saudi Arabia suggests that BIA-enabled MCS significantly supports a data-driven, strategic SCRM system. Higher quality BIA systems also develop higher levels of an organisation’s absorptive capacity to leverage joint knowledge and share information across the supply chain relationship. An organisational absorptive capacity significantly strengthens risk management and supply chain processes by leveraging and assimilating integrated BIA into an organisation’s decision-making and supply chain activity. Top management support is antecedent to and conditional on successfully implementing quality BIA systems in organisations. Results further show that an effective SCRM system provides managers with information about current and anticipated obstacles, threats, or opportunities, determines how to use resources wisely and justifies the most appropriate decisions. Its consequential effect is improvement in the efficiency and effectiveness of business processes. Consequently, when an organisation effectively controls risks, mitigates volatility and disruptions, and uses resources efficiently, supply chain performance and overall hospital performance is improved. The results further indicate that an effective SCRM system provides managers with valuable information about current and anticipated obstacles, threats, or opportunities. This information can help in making wise resource allocation decisions and justifying appropriate actions. The positive impact of effective SCRM can be seen in improved flexibility, internal and external coordination, and responsiveness in business processes. Consequently, when an organisation strategically chooses the right controls for managing risks and disruptions and using resources efficiently, it can enhance supply chain performance and overall hospital performance. The study suggests that the relationship between SCRM and supply chain performance and overall hospital performance is contingent on improvements in business processes and activities. The study findings enrich and extend the findings of prior studies to provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors that contribute to effective risk management in inter-organisational relationships of the supply chain. The study also provides new insight and reinterpretation about the potential impact and recent changes that BIA technology has brought to management, individuals, organisational structure, control mechanisms and decision-making. The study enriches the understanding of BIA's role in enabling both formal and informal risk controls within inter-organisational relationships. The findings are valuable to various stakeholders, including management accountants, organisations, and regulators, by providing timely perspectives on the increasing contemporary responsibilities for management accountants, which now include risk management and supply chain. The most straightforward message is that future management accountants should increase their ability to leverage and gain deep insights from data, as well as effectively visualise and communicate data with both internal and external stakeholders.33 0Item Restricted Credit Risk Models Banks During the COVID-19 Pandemic(University of Sussex, 2024) Alakassi, Sattam; Kyrychko, YuliyaThe COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to the global financial system, particularly impacting credit risk management in banks. This dissertation explores the evolution of credit risk models and assessment techniques in banks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study is motivated by the significant role credit risks play in the financial stability of banks and the broader economy, as well as the regulatory changes introduced to mitigate these risks. The research adopts a case study method, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Qualitative data is gathered through semi-structured interviews with bank professionals and and analysis of regulatory reports and financial statements. Quantitative analysis is performed using statistical tools such as regression and time-series analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of credit risk models before and after the pandemic.22 0Item Restricted Factors Influencing Start-ups Resilience in Saudi Arabia(University of Essex, 2024-02-29) Alazeb, Bandar; Bhattarai, Charan RThis dissertation provides an empirical analysis of the factors influencing the resilience of startups within the rapidly transforming economic landscape of Saudi Arabia. As the country positions itself towards the goals of Vision 2030, with a significant focus on fostering a thriving entrepreneurial ecosystem, this study becomes particularly relevant. Through a methodical quantitative approach, data from 61 startup leaders—comprising founders, co-founders, and executives—were analyzed using regression techniques to understand the influence of four key variables: entrepreneurial characteristics, use of technology, government support, and risk management strategies, on business resilience. The study found that entrepreneurial characteristics are a substantial contributor to resilience, signifying a need for startups to cultivate strong leadership and innovation capabilities. While the impact of technology use, government interventions, and risk management did not show statistical significance individually, their collective influence within the regression model suggests an integrated effect on startup resilience. These insights offer strategic implications for startup stakeholders and add a nuanced understanding of startup success factors in the context of an evolving Saudi economy. The dissertation concludes with strategic recommendations for enhancing startup resilience, acknowledging limitations, and proposing avenues for future research.20 0Item Restricted Estimating Oil Price ’Value at Risk’ Modelling(Saudi Digital Library, 2023-12-04) Alshehri, Rayan; Hardy, ThomasThis paper proposes the utilization of Value at Risk (VaR) for the quantification of oil price risk. VaR offers an estimate of the maximum potential change in oil prices associated with a certain likelihood level, and serves as a tool for shaping risk management strategies. We examine three methods for calculating VaR: the conventional historical simulation approach, the historical simulation with ARMA forecasts (HSAF) method, introduced in this paper, and the variance-covariance method employing autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity models for forecasts. In addition, we have done literature reviews on this topic, and oil and stock prices asymmetric volatility co-currently with the time of the estimation period. The findings of the analysis indicate that the HSAF methodology offers a versatile approach to VaR quantification. It adeptly aligns with the continuous movements of oil prices and facilitates efficient risk assessment.38 0