The purpose of the paper is to assess the implication of attitude of graduate students in Oman towards entrepreneurship. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and a multivariate regression model were used to assess the attitude and identify its influencing factors. Data was collected through a structured questionnaire, with a sample of 165 students, selected from four colleges in Muscat. Results show that although graduates in Oman have a positive attitude towards entrepreneurship, preference to start their own business after graduation is low. Increasing graduates' business knowledge and understanding of business risk, in addition to promoting entrepreneurship education can positively influence their attitude towards entrepreneurship. The government, higher education institutions and business incubators have an important role to play in changing the attitude of graduates towards entrepreneurship, and setting effective entrepreneurship strategies. Recommendations for future research have been made at the end of the paper.

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Ceramic reinforced aluminum matrix composites are increasingly gaining importance because of their specific, particulate reinforced physical features. Machining such materials is a time-consuming process due to their superior physical properties. Moreover, only a few recorded research documents discuss the optimization of machining parameters in the milling of aluminum-titanium diboride (Al/TiB 2 ) composites. Thus, the current study sought to evaluate the effect of process parameters on the face milling machining process while machining Al/TiB 2 metal matrix composite. Reinforcement weight percentage, cutting speed, feed rate, and depth of cut used in milling were used as input parameters in the Taguchi-DEA ranking methodology to evaluate performance metrics, including material removal rate and material's arithmetic average roughness. According to the results of the experimental investigation, cutting speed and reinforcement weight percentage have a greater influence on determining performance metrics in the milling process due to their role in determining impact strength. Among the selected process factors, the ideal combination of reinforcing weight percent (9%), cutting speed (1500 rpm), feed rate (300 mm/min), and depth of cut (0.15) were discovered and evaluated using a confirmation test with 3.14 and 2.34 percent variation in material removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness (Ra) values, respectively.

This article examines the potential of foreign direct investment (FDI) in developing the port sector in Oman. Data was collected through an administered questionnaire with a sample of 110 respondents selected randomly from three ports: Sohar, Salalah and Sultan Qaboos. The study used SWOT analysis, Chi-square and t-test to establish that the strategic location of the country, social and political stability, easy access to skilled manpower from neighbouring countries and good infrastructure are the main factors that attract FDI to Oman’s port sector. The benefits of FDI to Omani ports include providing access to capital, bringing new organizational and managerial practices, creating more jobs, supplementing domestic investment and transferring advanced technology.

The paper examines the determinants of food security in Oman during the period 1980-2019. It investigates the influence of population growth rate and GDP per capita on food security. Cointegration and vector error correction model (VECM) approach are used to identify the long term and short term relationship of food security determinants. The results confirm the existence of a long run relationship among the determinants of food security. Further this linkage indicates that food security in Oman is positively influenced by the population growth rate and GDP/capita(current). The error correction term suggests that 51.7 percent of the total disequilibrium in food security was being adjusted every year which is justifiable for an oil producing country.