Dr. Rana I Alabdan

Industry 4.0 is a new era of industrial revolution in which textile and apparel (T&A) companies are adopting and integrating advanced technologies to achieve sustainability and a competitive edge. Previous studies have just focused on the perspective of big data utilization in Industry 4.0 and neglected the role of business intelligence systems (BIS), especially in the T&A industry. The current study is one of the first to investigate the determinants of BIS adoption with an eye towards understanding how BIS can resolve sustainability issues in T&A companies with Industry 4.0 technologies. Methodology: A qualitative research approach is applied with 14 semi-structured in-depth interviews from 12 of the world’s high-end T&A companies. The snowball and purposeful sampling strategy is used to select the participants. The qualitative content analysis technique is used to analyze the interview data. Results: The findings revealed various themes, such as sustainability issues in T&A compa...

Mobile payment is the new paradigm shift to use as an efficient electronic method to pay in daily life as an alternative of cash, debit or credit. This study explores the barriers of mobile payment adoption among Saudi individuals in Majmaah University either students, staff, or faculty. The researcher conducted a survey among participants in Majmaah University, only 198 completed the survey. The researcher studied the mobile payment among this population specically because there is no prior study investigated this topic. It is also a developing city which is the future of Sudair. It is improving very quick in all areas especially education, industrial, and digitally. The survey conducted in October 2018 until December 2018. The author acquired the following results, it identfied security was a barrier to adopt mobile payment in Majmaah University.

The colloidal analysis for H 2 O and EG (Ethylene Glycol) by considering the influence of radiative heat flux and viscous dissipation is not performed so far. This study is performed to fill up this gap. Therefore, the flow of water and ethylene glycol functionalized magnetite nanoparticles over a moving wedge is examined. For thermal enhancement, two different magnetite nanoparticles, namely CoFe 2 O 4 (Cobalt ferrite) and Mn − ZnFe 2 O 4 (Mn − Zn ferrite), diluted in the base fluids. Self-similar flow model of a nonlinear nature, containing the volume fraction of nanoparticles is obtained by using compatible similarity variables. For mathematical treatment of the model, the Runge-Kutta scheme is utilized, coupled with shooting techniques. The results for flow characteristics and significant physical parameters are graphically examined. A comprehensive comparative analysis has been made, which proved the reliability of the study.

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that influence Saudi Arabian females to adopt online banking with Saudi banks. The researcher investigates the literature regarding the influential factors of online banking in Saudi Arabia. There were limited studies in the literature that explore the Saudi female's perceptions of online banking. The researcher interviewed 13 Saudi females who live in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The findings of the study indicate there is no significant impact of income on the adoption of online banking. Seven themes that encourage Saudi females to adopt online banking are identified in this study: easiness, convenience, security, trust, user-friendly, comfortable, and availability. This paper is a summary of my doctoral thesis, more literature review, tables, and figures are included in the original thesis.