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A Study On Technology Region Success Factors With Comparative Analysis On The Multimedia Super Corridor, Anand Solomon Mark

Student Works (2000-2009)

Technology regions refer to regions which have densely packed technology companies and their associated supporting industries with some of those companies having achieved immense success so that they can be considered world class. This paper firstly looks at Malaysia's economic evolution and underscores the case for Malaysia's need to transform itself from a low wage manufacturing economy to a knowledge economy. Competition from other low wage countries such as Thailand, Indonesia and China is diverting investment in the manufacturing sector and eroding Malaysia's competitiveness causing growth to slow. To counter the anticipated manufacturing slowdown, the country needs to move up …

Strategies To Market Malaysian Palm Oil Overseas, Teck Chaii Lim

Student Works (2000-2009)

Malaysia is the world's largest producer and exporter of palm oil. With the growing volume of production of palm oil and other vegetable oils and fats throughout the world, competition for these oils including palm oil has intensified and will become more intense in the future. With the more competitive environment, Malaysia's palm oil industrial players has to put up a number of good strategies in order to maintain its position as the world's number one exporter and sustain its market share in the world's oils and fats trade. This increased competitiveness has triggered much concern and attention ought to …

Pengajian Sarjana Pengurusan Dan Sumbangan Terhadap Pengurusan Pasukan Dalam Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, Roslan Othman, Nordin Hussain, Zakaria Abu

Student Works (2000-2009)

Angkatan Tentera Malaysia sentiasa berusaha untuk meningkatkan kualiti pengurusan organasasi dengan menganjurkan pelbagai kursus don latihan kemahiran untuk pegawai don anggota. Salah satu kursus pengurusan yang dikendalikan oleh ATM adalah Kursus Sar jana Pengurusan Pemerintah Pasukan (KSPPP). Kursus ini dikendalikan oleh Cawangan Pengurusan, Institut Pengurusan Tentera Dorat di Port Dickson. Kursus Sarjana Pengurusan bermula pada sesi tahun 1996/97 dengan ker jasama Universiti Malaya. Seramai 116 pegawai kanan berpangkat Mejar don Leftenan Kolonel dari ketiga-tiga perkhidmatan telah ber jaya mengikuti program ini. Kajian selidik ini bertujuan untuk menilai keberkesanan Kursus Sarjana Pengurusan terhadap peningkatan kerjaya pegawai-pegawai graduan kursus dan peningkatan kualiti …

Government Initiative In The Policy And Practice Of Sport For All In Malaysia, Phaik Lin Khoo

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study explores the national initiative in the practise of sport for all from its inception in Malaysia until the year 2000. Background information of the sport scene in the country including the history of sport in the country and the importance of sport in the national agenda are discussed. The promulgation of the National Sports Policy in 1988 is evidence that the government secs sport playing an important part in Malaysian society. Three out of four of the policy objectives are related to sport for all. The methods of investigation in this study include documentary evidence and personal interviews. …

The Economic Impact Of Proton, Ai Ling Ng

Student Works (2000-2009)

The automotive sector is seen as an important driver of industrial development, provider of technological capability, and generator of inter-industry linkages. Recognizing the importance of the industry in the country's industrial deepening process, the Malaysian government assumed a pro-active role in its development. In fact, among the ASEAN countries, it can be said that Malaysia has one of the most Interventionist regimes to promote and develop the local automotive Industry. This paper reviews the role of government policy In shaping the automotive industry in Malaysia and the Impact of the 1997 crisis. The Industry's robustness has been put into test …

Performance Of Islamic Banking Scheme At Foreign Banks : A Malaysian Case Study, Luqyan Tamanni

Student Works (2000-2009)

Using trend and ratio analysis, this study analyses the performance of Islamic banking operations at three foreign banks in Malaysia i.e. HSBC, OCBC and SCB:MB. Using the data from 1996-2000, it is possible to track progress and evaluate performances of the Islamic Banking Scheme (IBS) versus its conventional counterpart at these banks. It is also possible to examine the impacts of the Asian Crisis in 1997-98 to the Islamic banking operations, especially at the foreign banks. This study concludes that, during 1996-2000, Islamic banking operations at foreign banks have been performing considerably well, during and post the crisis. On average, …

Das Wirtschaftsimperium Der Ethnisch Chinesischen Unternehmer In Südostasien Zwischen Kontinuität Und Wandel (In German), Thomas Menkhoff

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den wenig erforschten, komplexen Wechselwirkungen zwischen der rapide voranschreitenden globalen Marktvergesellschaftung einerseits sowie den Marktkulturen in Südostasien, in denen ethnischchinesische Unternehmer, Geschäftsleute und Händler mit ihren Familienkonglomeraten und Handelsnetzwerken eine prominente Rolle spielen. Ausgehend von der Asienkrise 1997-99, die eine deutliche Zäsur für ethnisch-chinesisches Wirtschaftshandeln in der Region darstellt, werden die Auswirkungen der rapiden Wandlungsprozesse auf das ethnisch-chinesische Unternehmertum in der Region und deren sozio-ökonomische Beziehungsnetzwerke skizziert sowie unternehmerische Anpassungsstrategien aufgezeigt. Der Beitrag schliesst mit einer kurzen Prognose über die Zukunft des chinesischen Kapitalismus in Asien.

Small And Medium Enterprises In Singapore And The New Economy, Boon Chye Lee, Wee Liang Tan

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

From its earliest days as a British outpost, Singapore has relied heavily for its economic survival on its position as an entrepot trading centre. In the first decades after independence in 1965, economic strategy was focused on building infrastructure, attracting foreign direct investment, and export-led growth. The political commitment to openness in both trade and capital — and, more recently, labour — is one of the key features of a strategy that has delivered remarkable returns in terms of the economic well-being of the people of Singapore. Between 1961 and 1996 GDP per capita grew at an average rate of …

2002 January, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for January of 2002.

Organizational Climate And Commitment: A Case Study Of An Urban Nonprofit Organization, William Sawyer Grant

Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Management

This qualitative study investigates the relationship between the two constructs: Organizational Climate and Organizational Commitment.

Litwin and Stringer (1968) suggested that a molar model is needed to explain employee behavior and motivation. Climate was proposed as this molar construct. Research concerning Organizational Climate resulted in multiple definitions and little consensus concerning the number and use of multiple dimensions of this construct. The almost exclusive use of survey methods coupled with methodological confusion with Organizational Culture created difficulty with the use of this important construct.

Organizational Commitment research resulted in a number of competing definitions. Research by Meyer and Allen (1997) …

Deception In Advertising: A Content Analysis Of The Legal Parameters Of Deception, E. Carla Mitchell

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

One of the primary attributes of a free market economy is the uninhibited flow of truthful information regarding the goods and services available in the marketplace (Azcuenaga 1995). This free flow of information, in the form of advertising, enhances market performance by informing consumers and enabling firms to compete equitably based on the attributes of their offerings. Studies reveal that, for the vast majority of marketing managers, the regulatory environment serves as the primary influence in advertising strategy development and decision-making (Davis 1994). However, in their theory development, behavioral researchers often ignore the legal aspects promulgated by the FTC. Furthermore, …

An Exploratory Study Of Constructive Differentiation By Managers Of Multi-Ethnic Workforces In Indonesia And Malaysia, M. A. Fergusson-Stewart

Theses : Honours

Indonesia and Malaysia are two of Australia's closest geographical neighbours and represent major trading partners; Malaysia, as one of the economic success stories of Southeast Asia and Indonesia, as the third most populous nation in the world are politically and economically of great significance to business in Australia. Both have experienced racial rioting, the former as recently as 1998, and the later in 1969. Much of the tension that has led to these riots centres around the relationship between the ethnic Chinese communities in these countries and the other ethnic groups, particularly the Pribumi in Indonesia and the Bumiputera in …

Central Bank Of Nigeria Annual Report And Statement Of Accounts For The Year Ended 31st December 2001, Central Bank Of Nigeria

CBN Annual Report

The Report, as in the past, reviews the operations of the Central Bank of Nigeria in its efforts at discharging its mandate for the fiscal year 2001. The major objectives of monetary policy for 2001 were outlined in the Bank's Monetary Policy Circular No. 35, which aimed to maintain internal and external balance, contribute to sustainable output growth and poverty reduction, and focus on the banking system, rate, rate regime, viability, and stability. Key policy targets included growth in broad money, narrow money, aggregate bank credit, growth in bank credit to the government, private sector, inflation rate, and GDP growth. …

The Year Of Sport And Society In Review, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Normally I don't do a year in review piece although I think I did review the year in Sport and Society one time. I will do it because of the fact that one event so dominated American consciousness this past year that it will make this calendar year a very memorable and special one.

"Ali" The Film: A Review, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Across the world in this century there is no other sports figure better known and more admired than Muhammad Ali. In the United States there may be no sports figure more admired and reviled in any century than Muhammad Ali. For these and other reasons the opening of the film "Ali" today is a much-anticipated event.

George O'Leary And Notre Dame's Integrity, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

George O'Leary's tenure as head football coach at the University of Notre Dame was shorter than even his most vehement detractors had predicted. It took him only five days to self-destruct which could be a NCAA record.

Cross-Cultural Acceptance Of The Euro: Assessing The Effectiveness Of Public Information Marketing, Steven W. Staninger

Copley Library: Faculty Scholarship

The introduction of the euro currency is a major social, cultural, and economic event in the history of Europe. A massive public information marketing campaign has failed to encourage widespread acceptance of the new currency. This paper analyzes the reasons for this failure, and suggests strategies for future campaigns.

Sport And The Theater Of The Absurd, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

There are times when I think that the entire world of sport was put on this earth to amuse me with unending scenes from the theater of the absurd. The last several days brought repeated waves of this feeling.

Pearl Harbor And Baseball, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

As predicted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt December 7, 1941 was a day that has lived in infamy. Sixty years ago the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor drew the United States into World War II.

The Bcs And The Non-Sense It Spawns, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

About this time each year since the creation of the BCS I have posed the question, "Who took the "C" out of the "BCS?" Each year there are different answers to the question, and this year there are many and there may be still more to come.

What The Complainant Expects : A Study Of Car Users, D P S Verma, Gunjeet Kaur

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Economic Restructuring, Technology Transfer And Human Resource Development By Virmani And Rao, Sage, New Delhi, 1999., Badar Alam Iqbal

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.

Shaping India's Destiny : The Role Of Young Managers And Leaders, N R Narayana Murthy

IIMB Management Review

Globalisation has brought increasing pressure on governments worldwide to improve their quality of services. In India too there is an urgent need to improve the quality of governance. In this context, it is important for public sector organisations and the government to offer MBAs and other young professionals an exciting career. These people can play an important role as managers and leaders in shaping the destiny of India in the years to come.

Successful Branding By Pran K Choudhury, Universities Press, 2000., Vijay G Vancheswar

IIMB Management Review

Successful Branding is a good amalgam of real-life Indian case studies which highlight the role of branding in successful marketing. While most of the cases revolve around fast moving consumer brands, given the sensitivity of this category to market perceptions, houdhury does provide interesting cases of brand creation in low interest category commodity products such as cement(Ambuja Cement) and intermediate products such as denim (Arvind Mills).

Unemployment: Concepts And Issues., Englama A.

Bullion

The issue of persistent unemployment and overall manpower planning and utilization poses a great challenge to policy planners, human resources experts, and persons debating with employment programmed planning and implementation. Based on the experience of the NDE at promoting financial support for graduate employment promotion, there is a need for a sensitization programmed for public/commercial banks and other institutions on the need for lending to small and micro enterprises. This paper has examined Past policy measures for solving unemployment problems. There is strong need for institutional collaboration and improved coordination of policy measures for dealing with unemployment. It is evident …

Evaluation Of Past Policy Measures For Solving Unemployment Problems., Nicholas A. Damachi

Bullion

The issue of persistent unemployment and overall manpower planning and utilization poses a great challenge to policy planners, human resources experts, and persons dealing with employment programmed planning and implementation. This paper undertakes a review and evaluation of the past policy measures that have been adopted to solve unemployment problems in the county. There is strong need for institutional collaboration and improved coordination of policy measures for dealing with unemployment. This paper has examined Past policy measures for solving unemployment problems. There is strong need for institutional collaboration and improved coordination of policy measures for dealing with unemployment. While there …

Restructuring The Educational System As A Long-Term Solution To The Unemployment Problem In Nigeria., Abraham B. Borishade

Bullion

The educational process, formal or informal consciously created, represents an essential investment necessary for industrialization; such education must be planned to fit the needs of a changing society so that as the Urban complex grows and demands expand. Education is the key with which to unlock the economic potential of the people. In contemporary developing countries, there is an incongruous relationship between education and their economies. This is reflected in the rising pool of the phenomenon of educated unemployed more than ever before. This paper examines the increasing problem associated with unemployment in Nigeria. The author conclude that It is …

Off-Shore Borrowing And Guarantees By Banks: Implication For Portfolio Management., C. C. Edordu

Bullion

The subject I have been asked to reflect on is important and somewhat provocative given the potential significance of foreign capital in the development process and the implied doubt the topic raises about the capacity of banks to manage their portfolios on accessing external finance. With regard to financing tenors, it is pertinent to point out that the tenor of liabilities of most banks in Nigeria and Africa is short. The paper has focused on the various discussions about the conditions for good governance, which raises questions about the structure and functioning of the state, its relationship to society and …

The Role Of Governance In National Development., Nathaniel C. Ozigbo

Bullion

One of the principal issues in the analysis of development is the extent to which the state and corporate organizations influence it. Prevailing ideas about the links among democracy, good governance and economic growth have come almost full circle over the past three decades. Governance is defined as the good government of society. Good government guides the country along a course leading to the desired goals, in this case development. The paper has focused on the various discussions about the conditions for good governance, which raises questions about the structure and functioning of the state, its relationship to society and …

Handbook Of Marketing Scales : Multi-Item Measures For Marketing And Consumer Behavior Research (2nd Ed.) By William O Bearden And Richard G Netemeyer, 1998., Mithileshwar Jha

IIMB Management Review

No abstract provided.