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Is The Federal Reserve Bank Stock Market Bubble-Neutral?, A. (Tassos) G. Malliaris, Marc D. Hayford Jan 2001

Is The Federal Reserve Bank Stock Market Bubble-Neutral?, A. (Tassos) G. Malliaris, Marc D. Hayford

School of Business: Faculty Publications and Other Works

This paper argues that the Fed was not stock market bubble-neutral during the last several years. This nonneutrality implies two options: first, the Fed has used monetary policies to prevent the building of the stock market bubble or, second, the Fed has contributed to its development and subsequent deflation. We supply representative quotes from the FOMC transcripts to establish that the Fed has paid significant attention to the valuation of the stock market. These quotes confirm that the stock market’s valuation was an important variable in the Fed’s decision-making and its conduct of monetary policy. We also conduct econometric modeling, …

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Export Performance Of Malaysian Frozen Shrimp Industry Against Selected Asean Countries, Chai Fong Lim Jan 2001

Export Performance Of Malaysian Frozen Shrimp Industry Against Selected Asean Countries, Chai Fong Lim

Student Works (2000-2009)

The recent liberalisation of trade in A SEAN has promoted more regional trade in shrimp among the ASEAN countries as well as trade with countries outside the region. An important issue arising from the liberalisation of trade concerns the increased pressure of competition and direct rivalry among Malaysia and the other ASEAN countries for the export of shrimps in the international markets. This paper analyses the export performance and competitiveness of Malaysian frozen shrimp against three other ASEAN countries, that is Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, in the Japanese market. Four different methods, namely constant­ market-share analysis, shift-share analysis, revealed …

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Investigating Business Casual Dress Policies: Questionnaire Development And Exploratory Research, Timothy Franz, Norton Steven D. Jan 2001

Investigating Business Casual Dress Policies: Questionnaire Development And Exploratory Research, Timothy Franz, Norton Steven D.

Psychology Faculty/Staff Publications

This study had two primary goals: to develop a questionnaire that can be used to determine what types and categories of attire are acceptable in today’s work environment for men and women and to provide a preliminary test of whether these policies impact work attitudes and behavior. Because of the lack of past theory and research to guide the project, human resource professionals were interviewed to help generate ideas for questionnaire design. Once developed, this questionnaire was completed by 95 students, most of whom worked full- or part-time. Analyses revealed that there are clear trends and categories that can be …

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Ham-Tmc Facts And Figures 2000-2001, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library Jan 2001

Ham-Tmc Facts And Figures 2000-2001, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Library Statistics

No abstract provided.

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The Impact Of Domestic Political Events On An Emerging Stock Market : The Case Of Indonesia, Herry Suhardjo Jan 2001

The Impact Of Domestic Political Events On An Emerging Stock Market : The Case Of Indonesia, Herry Suhardjo

Student Works (2000-2009)

This paper provides information regarding the effects of domestic political events on the Jakarta Stock Exchange. An event methodology is employed, and the results suggest that the market as a whole and the overall industries do not seem to respond to all political events. The results also indicate that there is no difference between the means of abnormal returns before and after the event. In general, the market as a whole and the overall industries behave in a similar manner. The change in signs (positive-negative) of abnormal returns suggests that the political condition in Indonesia was still unstable. The results …

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Pentadbiran Dan Pembangunan Harta Wakaf Di Negeri Melaka, Sayuti Abd. Ghani Jan 2001

Pentadbiran Dan Pembangunan Harta Wakaf Di Negeri Melaka, Sayuti Abd. Ghani

Student Works (2000-2009)

In Islamic history, wakaf institution plays a viral role in building strong Islamic economy. However, lately wakaf institution is not being seen anymore as an institution that can solve economic problems of the Muslim society. This is due to unprofessional handling of wakaf properties where a lot of wakaf lands are being left undeveloped even though they are in a very strategic area. From the above statements, this dissertation will look in detail at the wakaf system in Islamic law as being provided in the al-Quran and Hadith and also from fiqh literature. This research also focuses on organisation and …

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Ohio’S Competitive Advantage: Manufacturing Productivity, Edward W. Hill Jan 2001

Ohio’S Competitive Advantage: Manufacturing Productivity, Edward W. Hill

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

The underlying theme of Dr. Hill’s book is that manufacturing is the connective tissue of the state’s economy. This is true in two ways: The first is in terms of the distribution of employment, and the second connection is in locations of different parts of the manufacturing production process. The key to increasing incomes in all parts of Ohio is to ensure that the products made in manufacturing production platforms remain competitive, which means vigorously pursuing public policies that enhance productivity—investing in both labor and capital.

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Annual Report 2001, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library Jan 2001

Annual Report 2001, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Annual Reports: 1943 - Present

The file contains the annual report for the library from 2000-2001.

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Community Practice And The Internet, Roger A. Lohmann, John Mcnutt Jan 2001

Community Practice And The Internet, Roger A. Lohmann, John Mcnutt

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This article examines several developments in electronic technology which appear to hold great potential for advancing human well-being and community organization and have already manifested some important portion of that potential in recent years. They are, in order of presentation, electronic communication and networking, electronic advocacy, fund raising support, geographic information systems and data base management. We conclude this brief article with a brief discussion of information poverty and the growing disparity of information haves and have-nots.

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Redefining The U.S. Hispanic Market: Generation N And American Society, Cindy L. Pino Jan 2001

Redefining The U.S. Hispanic Market: Generation N And American Society, Cindy L. Pino

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

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Men's Basketball Media Guide 2001-2002, Indiana State University Jan 2001

Men's Basketball Media Guide 2001-2002, Indiana State University

Intercollegiate Athletics

No abstract provided.

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Pengalaman Persaraan Atlet Elit Malaysia Dari Perspektif Psikologi, Annathurai Ranganathan Jan 2001

Pengalaman Persaraan Atlet Elit Malaysia Dari Perspektif Psikologi, Annathurai Ranganathan

Student Works (2000-2009)

There has been lots of issues raised about athletes retirement in Malaysia but no research has been conducted on this matter yet. The aim of the study was to explore, determine and describe the experiences of retired Malaysian elite athletes as they faced the twilight of their sport careers and moved to a new and different stage in life. Terry Orlick's EARIS- Questionnaire was used to conduct in-depth interviews with 51 Malaysian elite athletes ( 34 males and 17 females) who had retired from competitive sports. They had all been medal winners or had competed in several international competitions such …

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Perception On Luxury Consumption : A Study Of Car Owner In Kuala Lumpur And Selangor, Yoke Kin Kuek Jan 2001

Perception On Luxury Consumption : A Study Of Car Owner In Kuala Lumpur And Selangor, Yoke Kin Kuek

Student Works (2000-2009)

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Comparison Of Some Technical Indicators In The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Gin Hoe Lim Jan 2001

Comparison Of Some Technical Indicators In The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Gin Hoe Lim

Student Works (2000-2009)

Technical analysis is both highly controversial and widely used; some practitioners claim that it is profitable. They say that historical technical figures, such as the past behaviour of the stock's price, give them foresight into future price movements. Many others, however, claim that the practice of looking at past technical data to help predict the future is outlandish and most academics fall into this group. More and more writers are beginning to question whether technical analysis may serve as one tool available to those who want to trade profitably in the market. And this is the reason for this project …

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B2b Portal: Web-Enable Fulfillment System, Oi Ching Wong Jan 2001

B2b Portal: Web-Enable Fulfillment System, Oi Ching Wong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The Web-enable fulfillment system is basically a web site that enables suppliers to automate and structure the order fulfillment process to help ensure that products and services meet or exceed customer’s exact requirements including quality, quantity and specifications. The intelligence of the system will be the server where all calculations and business rules are applies. Business-to-business (B2B) e-Commerce implies that both the sellers and buyers are business corporation. Purchase order is used as the system default as the business partners rarely use credit card for payment. Therefore, the order fulfillment process begins when an approved order is routed to the …

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Rescue 991: The Malaysian Civil Defence Emergency System, Abdul Aziz Siti Azrin Jan 2001

Rescue 991: The Malaysian Civil Defence Emergency System, Abdul Aziz Siti Azrin

Student Works (2000-2009)

The Rescue 991 Emergency Line has emerged since a few year back and has been reserved for the use of The Civil Defence Force of Malaysia, which was first brought forth in the year 1952. The Civil Defence Force of Malaysia is a government department which handles emergency cases especially those regarding with accidents di asters and war. The Rescue 991 Emergency Line has been officially launched on the 20°1 May 1995 on the emergency line for The Civil Defence Force for Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley. Because of the encouraging responses received in Klang Valley, the emergency line ha …

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Paralympic Sport Management System (Psms), Foo Keong Chan Jan 2001

Paralympic Sport Management System (Psms), Foo Keong Chan

Student Works (2000-2009)

Paralympic Sport Management System (PSMS) is a management information system that will manage the Paralympic sport organized by Malaysian Paralympic Council (MPC). PSMS utilize the web-based technologies to perform as an intranet system and will replace the current manual system in MPC. PSMS wilt integrate with another two system and the system was named as Paralympic lnformation and Management System (PIMS). The two systems are: Paralympic One-Stop Center, an internet system and Paralympic Athletes Management System, an intranet system. PSMS has been divided to three section, administrator section, assistant administrator section and user section. The administrator section will allow the …

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Understanding The Digital Divide As It Relates To Electronic Commerce, Franklin D. Gaillard Jan 2001

Understanding The Digital Divide As It Relates To Electronic Commerce, Franklin D. Gaillard

Theses and Dissertations in Business Administration

There exists an electronic digital divide within the United States. This digital divide concerns access to the Internet and its corresponding technologies. The U.S. government is concerned about the digital divide because it appears that certain ethnic groups and income levels are being excluded from computer technologies and the Internet. These groups include African Americans and Hispanics, who are lagging the Caucasians significantly in gaining access to the Internet. For a while the gap between majority and minority groups appeared to be widening. Since Internet access is a prerequisite to electronic commerce, an understanding of the relationship between the digital …

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A Comparative Study Of Islamic Unit Trust And Conventional Unit Trust In Malaysia : An Emphasis On Its Performance, Suhaili Sarif Jan 2001

A Comparative Study Of Islamic Unit Trust And Conventional Unit Trust In Malaysia : An Emphasis On Its Performance, Suhaili Sarif

Student Works (2000-2009)

The emergence of Islamic unit trust in the Malaysian unit trust industry is reflection of a strong desire among Muslims in general and investors in specific, to have a fund intermediary which is in compliance with Syariah principles. However, its implementation has only come into success after continuous effort and commitment from the government. Unfortunately after almost 10 years of operation in the market, Islamic unit trust has only managed to capture a minuscule proportion in the unit trust market, besides receiving several negative perceptions. This study tries to determine the significant similarities and differences between Islamic and conventional un …

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Market Reaction To Share Repurchases Announcements : An Empiricial Study Of Companies Listed On The Main Board Of Klse, Yu Ming Yap Jan 2001

Market Reaction To Share Repurchases Announcements : An Empiricial Study Of Companies Listed On The Main Board Of Klse, Yu Ming Yap

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study examines the share prices behaviour surrounding the share repurchases programmes announcements by public listed companies listed on the main board of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange in Malaysia. f The sample of this study comprises of 48 companies and the period o study spans from 1 September 1997 to 15 October 2000. The impact of these announcements are determined by examining the market-adjusted abnormal returns and share returns of each company for 60 trading days surrounding the announcement day. Using standard event study methodology, this study documents an overall non-significant positive or negative market reaction surrounding the announcement day. …

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Knowledge Management In Twenty Malaysian Companies, Lai Yee Kong Jan 2001

Knowledge Management In Twenty Malaysian Companies, Lai Yee Kong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The world economy has evolved over the last couple of years from a managed economy into an entrepreneurial economy or commonly referred as knowledge-based economy. In the knowledge-based economy, knowledge is becoming the primary production factor comparing to the traditional economies, which focused on labour, land, and capital. Therefore, there is a need to explore its impact to Malaysian's firms. This research deals with knowledge management in the emergence of knowledge economy especially for developing country such as Malaysia. Exploration of Malaysian's managers' perception towards knowledge management process and its awareness will be focused in the entire research study. In …

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Service Learning In Business Schools: What The H.E.L.P. Honduras Story Teaches About Building, Sustaining, And Replicating International Initiatives In Graduate Programs, Lisa Mali Jones Jan 2001

Service Learning In Business Schools: What The H.E.L.P. Honduras Story Teaches About Building, Sustaining, And Replicating International Initiatives In Graduate Programs, Lisa Mali Jones

Theses and Dissertations

This document outlines the foundation and first year results of the H.E.L.P. Honduras organization, which was formed as a student-based, student-governed international outreach initiative at the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. Specifically, in its first year the organization focused on providing microcredit and service relief to victims of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras.

After studying the case of H.E.L.P. Honduras, readers should conclude that educators interested in sponsoring sustainable student-run service learning organizations at private universities must address three primary issues: the problem of student selection and turnover, the need for administrative and faculty endorsement, and the need …

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The Demographics And Personality Types Of Malaysian Travellers : A Study On Urban Malaysians, Jasper Yusof Diego Jan 2001

The Demographics And Personality Types Of Malaysian Travellers : A Study On Urban Malaysians, Jasper Yusof Diego

Student Works (2000-2009)

Tourism has been the most profitable industry in the world. It is reported to have generated US$2.65 trillion worldwide, and employs more people than any other single industrial sector. Malaysia Tourism industry was the third largest source of foreign exchange earnings. It helped to create jobs and ultimately lead to a better standard of living. This present study will be of significant value to the tourism operators or players as it provided detailed information on travellers' demographics, personality, and their actual travel behaviour and perceptions pertaining to domestic holidays. The primary data was collected through four-paged self-administered questionnaires. The sample …

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Holiday Effect : A Decade Of Change In The Performance Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Rina Bee Yan Tong Jan 2001

Holiday Effect : A Decade Of Change In The Performance Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Rina Bee Yan Tong

Student Works (2000-2009)

This empirical research investigates the holiday effect in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) using three daily stock indices: Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index (KLSE Cl), Exchange Main Board All-Share Index (KLSE EMI), and Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Second Board Index (KLSE SBI) over the period January 1990 to June 2001. The results show abnormally high pre­holiday returns which predominate only on the single trading day immediately prior to holidays and the pre-holiday fraction of positive return is found significantly higher for all three indices. On the other hand, the post-holiday returns are higher than normal trading days but …

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Study On Complaint Handling System In Jabatan Pembangunan Dan Penyelenggaraan Harta Benda, University Of Malaya, Azahar Awalludin Jan 2001

Study On Complaint Handling System In Jabatan Pembangunan Dan Penyelenggaraan Harta Benda, University Of Malaya, Azahar Awalludin

Student Works (2000-2009)

Customers are the lifelines of any organization and it is important to keep current patrons by avoiding or minimizing customer dissatisfaction. Within any industry, an effective complaint management system is capable to provide competitive edge to the organization with a positive philosophy and reputation. Complaint handling system offers organization an opportunity to correct immediate problems. Frequently, this system provides constructive ideas in improving and upgrading products and services. Many organizations recognize the importance of complaint handling system by establishing effective and innovative system to resolve complaints. One of them is Jabatan Pembangunan dan Penyelenggaraan Harta Benda, University of Malaya through …

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Case Study : Business Strategy On Siemen's Power Plant Generation In Malaysia, Wai Chee Wong Jan 2001

Case Study : Business Strategy On Siemen's Power Plant Generation In Malaysia, Wai Chee Wong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The power plant producers in Malaysia is dominated by several market players such as Siemens, ABB, General Electric (GE), supplying hardware equipment, software support programs and after sales professional back up services to the Independent Power Producers(IPP) and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB). This study highlights the business strategy on Siemens power plant generation operations in Malaysia. This study analyses Siemens' industry's market share, the competition structure, its product plans, its pricing plans, etc. using relevant business models, making remarks and recommendations in order to strengthen its strategic competitive advantage in order to stay ahead or to remain as a major …

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The Impact Of Selective Capital Controls On The Malaysian Economy, Tengku Rethwan Tengku Mansor Jan 2001

The Impact Of Selective Capital Controls On The Malaysian Economy, Tengku Rethwan Tengku Mansor

Student Works (2000-2009)

The capital control policy adopted by Malaysia is a radical approach towards restoring its battered economy during the financial crisis of 1997. Such stance was taken by the Malaysian government to combat currency speculators from causing further damage to its economy as the earlier IMF-like prescription had failed. It may be an unpopular approach especially, to the advocates of the free market, nevertheless it provides an alternative solution for other countries to emulate in the event of facing such onslaught on their currency. It is also hoped that this study will serve as a reference on the subject of selective …

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Money Attitude And Compulsive Buying Behaviour Among Urban Malaysians, Boon Chui Teo Jan 2001

Money Attitude And Compulsive Buying Behaviour Among Urban Malaysians, Boon Chui Teo

Student Works (2000-2009)

This paper seeks to explore the attitude of urban Malaysians towards money, Ethnic and gender differences on their money attitude were examined. In addition to exploring money attitude, compulsive buying, a specific aspect of abnormal consumer buying was investigated. Specifically, the intent of this study is to examine the extent to which money attitude influence compulsive buying. This study involved 270 respondents from the urban areas in the Klang Valley and Kuala Lumpur and was conducted using survey approach to a convenient sample of consumers. Gresham and Fontenot's Money Attitude Scale ( 1989) and later modified to reflect money behaviour …

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The Performance Of Local Majority Equity Companies (Lmecs) And Foreign Majority Equity Companies (Fmecs) In The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange : Before And During The Financial Crisis, Fadillah Mansor Jan 2001

The Performance Of Local Majority Equity Companies (Lmecs) And Foreign Majority Equity Companies (Fmecs) In The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange : Before And During The Financial Crisis, Fadillah Mansor

Student Works (2000-2009)

The financial crisis, which began in July 1997 in Malaysia, had affected both Local Majority Equity Companies (LMECs) and Foreign Majority Equity Companies (FMECs). The study attempts to examine and compare the performance of LMECs and FMECs listed on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) by looking at companies' stock return. The study is divided into two sub periods, namely "before the crisis" and "during the crisis'. The samples consisted of 21 LMECs and 21 FMECs, which were selected from the companies listed on the KLSE main board and second board. These samples of LMECs and FMECs were matched respectively …

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Life Insurance Industry In Malaysia : A Case Study Of Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad, You Siang Ku Jan 2001

Life Insurance Industry In Malaysia : A Case Study Of Great Eastern Life Assurance (Malaysia) Berhad, You Siang Ku

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study focus on the background of life insurance industry and concepts or main features that are common to many aspects of the life insurance mechanism in order to helps us to solve some of our financial problems. This report is largely based on the Annual Reports of the Director General of insurance and the Annual Reports of the Great Eastern. It also takes into account additional information and numerous helpful comments supplied by the management team, company executives and insurance agents in its course. The aim of this research is to investigate several factors that affect total demand of …

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