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This thesis aims to study the resource-related factors that contribute to cost overruns in the Palestinian building and construction sector. The primary objectives of this research include studying the extent of cost overruns in construction projects in Palestine, assessing the importance of resource-related factors that contribute to these overruns, measuring the importance of each factor as perceived by stakeholders (contractors, consultants, and owners), as well as determining the effects resulting from cost overruns in the Palestinian building and construction sector.

The present thesis dealt with the law applicable to the electronic arbitration agreement in light of the Palestinian Arbitration Law No. (3) of 2000. The research problem appears in the context of the Palestinian legislator’s lack of awareness. In addition, when enacting the arbitration law, the emergence of great technological development and the perception of the possibility of using technological means as part of the arbitration process at the perspective of procedures or subject.

The present study addressed the of governance in insurance companies in terms of its concept, objectives, and standards that companies must implement. The researcher touched upon the standards and principles issued by the OECD\G20 organization, the role of the Capital Market Authority in promoting and establishing principles of governance in the insurance sector.