Reality of Knowledge Management Application from Faculty Members’ Perspective in Economics and Administrative Science Colleges in Sudanese Universities

The study aimed at investigating the level of applying knowledge management processes from faculty members’ perspective in Economics and Administrative Science colleges in Sudanese universities. The study sample consisted of (136) faculty member from (10) public and private universities in Sudan. Results showed that the application of knowledge management processes in Sudanese universities was low. Knowledge management processes domains include knowledge generation, in the first rank, followed by knowledge storage and organization, knowledge sharing and distribution and knowledge application, respectively. There are no statistically significant differences among participants due to gender, academic position and years of experience. The study recommended developing the infrastructure of Sudanese universities, affording knowledge management requirements and addressing deficits in the domains of knowledge management processes. Keywords: Knowledge Management; Sudanese Universities; Faculty Member

The Impact of EPS & DPS on the stock price: Evidence from The Saudi Stock Exchange

This paper intends to inspect the extent to which stock price [SP] is influenced by the volatility of earning per share [EPS] and dividends per share [DPS] of Saudi Stock Exchange listed companies [Tadawul], during 2015 – 2018. Multiple regression models were built to identify the influential role of [EPS] and [DPS] on [SP]. The outcome of the built models mirrors a significantly influential role of the two factors earning per share and dividend per share on the stock price during the period under consideration. Also, the models reveal that during the overall period under study earning per share has a dominant influence on stock price, contrary to the dividend per share which was dominant for only two years, suggesting investors’ tendency toward using earning per share as a predictor, rather than dividend per share when deciding on their options for investing in Tadawul listed companies stocks