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A Comparative Analysis Of Two Independent Power Plants Under Different Ownership, Rangash Natarajan Jan 2000

A Comparative Analysis Of Two Independent Power Plants Under Different Ownership, Rangash Natarajan

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Many governments have turned to private investors, especially Independent Power Producers (IPPs), to provide some or all of the nation's power requirements. The main reasons for this are: a) to eliminate the financial burden of the government, b) to promote competition in the generation sector to improve operating efficiency and reduce generating cost, and c) to transfer power generation technology, especially in the developing nations, at a rapid pace. In line with world trends, the Malaysian government, in 1993, deregulated its power generation sector. This was done in order to overcome the shortage of installed capacity due to an increase …

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Brand Awareness, Usage & Purchase Patterns Of Hair Shampoo : A Consumer Behavior Perspective, Siew Fong Tong Jan 2000

Brand Awareness, Usage & Purchase Patterns Of Hair Shampoo : A Consumer Behavior Perspective, Siew Fong Tong

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The hair shampoo industry in Malaysia is becoming highly competitive with more products of local and imported brands. The purpose of this study is to provide a better understanding of the behavior of consumers with regards to hair shampoo. The specific objectives of this study are to examine the unaided brand awareness of hair shampoo; the usage and purchase patterns of hair shampoo; the evaluative criteria used in product performance evaluation and if differences exist among the different ethnic groups; to investigate factors and their relative importance that influence consumers' choice of hair shampoo as well as to examine if …

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An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Net Growth Of New Private Limited Company And Economic Factors, May Ling Ng Jan 2000

An Empirical Study On The Relationship Between Net Growth Of New Private Limited Company And Economic Factors, May Ling Ng

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This study aims to investigate the relationship between the growth of private limited companies and economic factors such as interest rate, the rate of inflation, the cooperative income tax rate, the GDP growth rate and the unemployment rate during the last business cycle (1986 - 1996). The results show that the net growth rate of new private limited companies is correlated positively with the CDP growth rate. However, it has a negative, albeit weak, correlation with the interest rate. Economic factors such as the company income tax rate and the inflation rate do not exhibit any significant relationship with the …

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Communication Skills Among Accounting Students In Higher Education : Issues, Related Problems And Possible Solutions, Amirah Muhamad Nor Jan 2000

Communication Skills Among Accounting Students In Higher Education : Issues, Related Problems And Possible Solutions, Amirah Muhamad Nor

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Communication skills are central to the interaction between the giver and the recipients of information. Accounting starts with the gathering and processing of information. This paper examines the issues and related problems associated with communication skills which employers, academic and accounting students consider important. It also identifies the similarities and differences in perception between these groups.

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Business Plan Formulation : Managerial Issues In Strategic Business Planning, Muhammad Solleh Ramli Jan 2000

Business Plan Formulation : Managerial Issues In Strategic Business Planning, Muhammad Solleh Ramli

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Malaysia's current economic situation has led to major corporate restructuring and organizational consolidations for many major companies as well as small and medium sized industries. These firms have to grow to take advantage of new market opportunities while at the same fine-tune their management strategies and practices. One of the management strategies available for steering these firms is formal business planning. The importance of planning to performance is a central feature in the entrepreneurship and strategic management literature. The business plan is regarded an essential element of a successful start-up process. Business plan is an on-going planning effort that is …

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Case Study : R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Malaysia, Kok Tee Lim Jan 2000

Case Study : R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Malaysia, Kok Tee Lim

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For this project assignment, I choose R.J. Reynolds Malaysia for my project because of a number of reasons. Firstly, there are only 3 main competitors exist in Malaysia such as Rothmans of Pall Mall, Malayan Tobacco Co and Philip Morris and the tobacco industries in Malaysia are highly regulated by government such as raising taxes, banning smoking in most public places and setting maximum limits for tar and nicotine in cigarettes can still provide competitive advantage. Furthermore, RJRM concentrates on exporting its products to Asia like Japan, Thailand, Brunei, Hong Kong and Duty Free Shops

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Corporate Governance In Selected Public Listed Companies In Malaysia, Sue Lin Lim Jan 2000

Corporate Governance In Selected Public Listed Companies In Malaysia, Sue Lin Lim

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During economic boom periods, most shareholders and company regulators paid little attention to good corporate governance, hence the reason for weak corporate governance. This study investigates whether weak corporate governance has significant effects on the corporate performance, investment and financing patterns of selected public listed companies in Malaysia. Previous researches done by Xu and Wang (1997) and Saldana (1999) seem to show that there is a close link between these variables. Based on the regression model formulated in this study, a relationship between weak corporate governance with respect to corporate performance, investment and financing patterns have been established. From the …

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Corporate Performance And Ownership Structure : A Comparative Analysis Between Bumiputera And Non-Bumiputera Controlled Companies, Nor Aizurawati Aminudin Jan 2000

Corporate Performance And Ownership Structure : A Comparative Analysis Between Bumiputera And Non-Bumiputera Controlled Companies, Nor Aizurawati Aminudin

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New Economic Policy (NEP) 1970-1990, in general had changed the outlook of Malaysian  economy. Resulted from the policy, Bumiputera companies have been awaken to compete more aggressively with the Non-bumiputera companies in exploiting the country's wealth. This paper attempts to see the performance of bumiputera companies as compared to the non-bumiputera companies after the NEP era. The objective is to analyze whether ownership structure has influence over the performance of Malaysian public listed companies. Ownership structure is viewed from two perspectives, ethnic ownership and concentration of ownership. Performance of companies is mainly viewed from the aspect of accounting profit performance, …

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Business Use Of The Internet In The Unit Trust Industry, Leap Sing Tee Jan 2000

Business Use Of The Internet In The Unit Trust Industry, Leap Sing Tee

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The worldwide network of computers, called "Internet", provides opportunities for a company to do business in cyberspace. The Internet is the first exciting, significant marketing tool to emerge in recent years. Organization find it more and more important to represent themselves on the Internet to get more customers, to increase the public awareness of the companies and their products. However, the use of Internet by the Malaysia business is still at the early stage and most of the corporate leaders are finding it difficult to keep up with fast moving markets. Therefore, this paper intends to investigate how the unit …

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Day Of The Week Effect In The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, 1994-1998, Santhi Arasan Jan 2000

Day Of The Week Effect In The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, 1994-1998, Santhi Arasan

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This paper investigates whether the day of the week effect anomaly exists in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) over a period of time from 1994 to 1998 using the Exchange Main Board All-Share Index or the EMAS Index, which incorporates all Main Board Companies. The analysis of the day of the week effect during the study period is further explored in relation to firm size and economic conditions. In relation to firm size, this paper investigates whether the day of the week effect is persistent for both large and small firms by comparing the daily mean returns of the …

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Lessons From The Malaysian Financial Crisis And The Tough Road Ahead For Proton, Ming Fong Khoo Jan 2000

Lessons From The Malaysian Financial Crisis And The Tough Road Ahead For Proton, Ming Fong Khoo

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The economic crisis contagion from Thailand had imposed a serious impact on Malaysia economic. In Malaysia, the currency and financial crisis became a crisis of a real economy. The Malaysia Government undertook many policies to tum around its economy. The more significant policies are capital control and fixed exchange rate implemented in September 1997. The economic and currency crisis had severe impact on automobile industry in Malaysia. All the automobile companies had implemented various strategies to overcome the economy turmoil. However, most of these strategies are reactive action and the automotive companies implement these activities to resolve immediate problem when …

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Effective Debtors Management And Credit Control : The Key To Successful Businesses, Chee Ghee Teh Jan 2000

Effective Debtors Management And Credit Control : The Key To Successful Businesses, Chee Ghee Teh

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Lack of information and control have been identified as major causes of corporate collapse, particularly in the aspect of debtors management and credit control (Argenti, 1976). Credit squeeze where during period of tight money, credit will be rationed out to those who are thought to be the best risks - as happened during the financial crisis since 1997, in which Malaysian corporations suffered deteriorated bad debts level, slow debts pile up and leading to cash-flow crisis and corporate restructuring . Have the past lessons being learned ? This study reviewed practical applications of the Malaysian Management Accounting Guideline No. 3 …

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E-Commerce : Web Page Standards And Consumer Confidence, Natarajan @ Kumar Nc Krishnan Jan 2000

E-Commerce : Web Page Standards And Consumer Confidence, Natarajan @ Kumar Nc Krishnan

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This thesis involves around the generation of a set of recommendations for web page design that could be possibly used by authorities or auditing firms to audit and approve commercial web pages that comply to the standards. The recommendations shall cover what information consumers would like to see on commercial web pages. The contents of a web page are critically important in Electronic Commerce as it is the only interface between consumers and the merchant. Web Page Approval shall be a preferred way of identifying a web page to do online business by potential consumers. Consumer shall have increased confidence …

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The Impact Of Interest Rates And Share Market Performance On Klang Valley Property Prices : A Comparative Case Study, Chun Sing Yeo Jan 2000

The Impact Of Interest Rates And Share Market Performance On Klang Valley Property Prices : A Comparative Case Study, Chun Sing Yeo

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This study is an attempt to determine the impact of some major aspect of interest (increase I decrease) and stock market (bull/ bear) on property prices at Klang Valley. Firstly, Malaysia has been witnessing an interesting debate over the issue of interest rates. Malaysian borrowers are paying 15 to 18 per cent per annum during the Asian Financial crisis cum stock market collapse. Prior to crisis, they were paying between 9 to 12 percent per annum. Secondly, the collapse of KLSE stock market .The KLSE suffered severe declines, as the composite index plunged from 1271.25 points on 25 February 1997 …

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A Comparative Study Of The Performance Of Commercial Banks, Finance Companies And Merchant Banks In Malaysia, 1990-1998, Kim Teck Yeap Jan 2000

A Comparative Study Of The Performance Of Commercial Banks, Finance Companies And Merchant Banks In Malaysia, 1990-1998, Kim Teck Yeap

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Banking institutions play a substantial role, especially in a developing country like Malaysia, in mobilizing savings and channeling these resources for economic development. The growth of the banking institutions over the past two decades was achieved through the rapid build-up of an extensive branch network, the widening of banking services and the acceleration of credit activities. The focus of this paper is to evaluate the relative performance of banking institutions in Malaysia during the 1990-1998 period, using the CAMEL rating framework. The banking institutions included in this study are the major groups of banking institutions operating in Malaysia, namely commercial …

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A Case Study On Strategies Adopted By A Medium Sized Property Development Company In Response To The Economic Crisis In 1997-1998, Thin Choy Woo Jan 2000

A Case Study On Strategies Adopted By A Medium Sized Property Development Company In Response To The Economic Crisis In 1997-1998, Thin Choy Woo

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Epic is one way of describing Asia's economic development over the past decades. The once poverty stricken Asian countries metamorphosed into world class producers and dynamic markets. However, equally epic was the fall. In one almighty crash, the once mighty Asian economies toppled over as the next millennium grew closer. The prides, the hopes and the expectations buijt up by all those years of prosperity lay in shambles amid the accusatory pointing by critics who variously attributed the crisis to greed, over expansion, fiscal imprudence, corruption and deteriorating Asian values. It seemed that in the last two years, Asia could …

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A Study On The Behaviour Of Selected Macroeconomic Indicators For Malaysia Prior To The Currency Crisis In 1997, Sena Herath Vijitha Jan 2000

A Study On The Behaviour Of Selected Macroeconomic Indicators For Malaysia Prior To The Currency Crisis In 1997, Sena Herath Vijitha

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This paper attempts to develop an early warning system to predict currency crises that will allow managers not to be caught off-guard when a currency crisis hits the country. It is hoped that with an effective early warning system, managers will have adequate time to construct appropriate marketing and business strategies to counter the negative impact of a currency crisis. This research project examines the macroeconomic data generated by Bank Negara and the Ministry of Finance to see if correlations exist between macroeconomic measures and devaluation prospects as cited in the literature and whether these can be used in the …

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An Evaluation On Project Financing Under Islamic Banking, Sugunadevi Arjunan Jan 2000

An Evaluation On Project Financing Under Islamic Banking, Sugunadevi Arjunan

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Although Islamic banking has been in operation fo r more than a decade in Malaysia, it's market share and growth seem to be quite limited and fa ll far short of earlier projection. This study attempts to investigate one type of Islamic banking product, that is project financing. The objectives of the study are to assess the current level of Islamic project financing and its associated growth, to identify problems faced in the implementation of Islamic project financing under the Mudharabah and Musyarakah concepts and to demonstrate with a real life case study the costs of financing under Islamic banking …

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Productivity And Quality Relationship In Manufacturing, Weng Hon Low Jan 2000

Productivity And Quality Relationship In Manufacturing, Weng Hon Low

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Over the past decade, quality and productivity has played a pivotal role in hastening industrialization prosperity in Malaysia. Improving quality is one important way to maintain a competitive position in today's markets. Productivity is in the news these days as an effective means of counteracting the downward effects of various other important economic forces. There is a clear positive relationship between quality and productivity. Generally, when quality increases, waste is eliminated, so will productivity increase as well. However, some researchers view quality and productivity move in opposite directions. There is a trade-off between quality and productivity. It is thus the …

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Knowledge Management And Organization In Malaysia, Koji Shiota Jan 2000

Knowledge Management And Organization In Malaysia, Koji Shiota

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The term 'Industrial society' has been a proper one to explain the wide and deep influence of the industrialization to the society and the wealth of the country in 20th century. Its related concepts and theories such as division of labour, specialization, standardization, mass-production, learning curb, scale economy and others explained well the corporate competitiveness especially from the viewpoint of 'efficiency' and '(financial) capital'. After 1960s some people began to describe the new paradigm such as Daniel Bell's 'Post­industrial society' and Albin Tofler's 'The third wave.' These three decades we have seen the shift from industrial economy to service economy …

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The Applicability Of The Dividend-Yield Investment Strategy At The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Allan, Kim Hon. Ngam Jan 2000

The Applicability Of The Dividend-Yield Investment Strategy At The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Allan, Kim Hon. Ngam

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Many theories, techniques and strategies have been developed over the years on how to outperform the stock market. The objective of this research is to apply the "Dividend-Yield" strategy on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange ("KLSE") to ascertain whether using such a strategy would provide superior investment return. Research findings using this strategy on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") have shown favourable results. The data used in this research were sourced primarily from the KLSE, covering a period of 10 years from 1988 to 1997. This research is based on the premise that the investment universe comprises the component …

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The Impact Of Airline Alliances On Airlines, Saadah Huda Sholah Jan 2000

The Impact Of Airline Alliances On Airlines, Saadah Huda Sholah

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The study is aim at analysing airline alliances and their effect on the airlines. The effects of alliances on the factors critical to the choice of airline were ambiguous. An alliance's effect on conveniency, schedules, levels of service, reliability and other critical issues depends on the strategic decisions taken by the alliance partners. The only critical factor that is affected positively by the alliance almost without exception is the Frequent Flyer Programme that gains momentum with increased route network density. The business strategy of airlines forming collaborative alliances with each other to extend market reach, control costs and to limit …

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Value Based Competition Concept And Implementation, Kim Tek Ng Jan 2000

Value Based Competition Concept And Implementation, Kim Tek Ng

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Strategically located in Port Klang Malaysia, Cargill Oilseed Malaysia is a palm oil processing industry producing palm base products such as specialty fats, shortening and cooking oil for human consumption. It consists of approximately 150 staffs. Cargill Oilseed Malaysia was acquired by Cargill Incorporation in 1991. Before that the name of the company was Olinco. Cargill Oilseed Malaysia is a multinational company with its parent company in Minneapolis USA. A lot of changes can be seen after Cargill Incorporation took over the company in 1991 especially in terms of the management style, culture and believes. Following the recent change in …

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The Performance Of Bumiputera-Controlled Companies At The Klse, Before And During The Currency Crisis, Nor Azizan Che Embi Jan 2000

The Performance Of Bumiputera-Controlled Companies At The Klse, Before And During The Currency Crisis, Nor Azizan Che Embi

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The National Development Policy has successfully achieved their objectives to increase the number of Bumiputera companies that can play an important role in the economy. The number of Bumiputera-controlled companies has increased during the booming period (1995-1996). During this period, many Bumiputera individuals showed their capabilities to handle mega projects in Malaysia. In order to achieve the NDP objectives, many Bumiputera companies stick together and listed in the KLSE. However the Asian countries were hit by currency crisis in the middle of 1997. For almost two and half years, Malaysia experienced a turbulent economy caused by currency crisis. In order …

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The Effects Of Selective Capital Controls On Malaysia's Sustainable Economic Growth, Seok Foon Ong Jan 2000

The Effects Of Selective Capital Controls On Malaysia's Sustainable Economic Growth, Seok Foon Ong

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The adoption of selective capital controls by Malaysia since September 1, 1998 remains a controversial issue. Among the opponents, selective capital controls would retard the economic growth of the country. The proponents argue that this measure is necessary to aid the government in regaining autonomy in monetary policy formulation and stabilizing the economy. The objectives of the study are: (i) to understand the contributory role played by the selective capital controls in coping with the recent currency crisis, (ii) to examine the appropriateness and effectiveness of the selective capital controls in relation to the fixed exchange rate, government fiscal and …

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The Impact Of Macroeconomic Variables On The Performance Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (Klse), Muhummud Iqbal Khadaroo Jan 2000

The Impact Of Macroeconomic Variables On The Performance Of The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (Klse), Muhummud Iqbal Khadaroo

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Using the Pearson correlation analysis, factor analysis and regression analysis, this paper examines the impact of macroeconomic variables such as money supply, nominal interest rate, inflation, real activity and international reserves flow on the performance of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE). Pearson correlation analysis was used to determine the nature of the relationship between the macroeconomic variables and the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index (KLCI). Factor analysis was used to identify the subset of variables accounting for movement in the KLCI while regression analysis was used to determine the amount of the variation in the KLCI explained by the macroeconomic …

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A Comparative Analysis Of Conventional Banking System And Islamic Banking System In Malaysia In Relation To Loan Repayments, Baharin Salim @ Abdullah Jan 2000

A Comparative Analysis Of Conventional Banking System And Islamic Banking System In Malaysia In Relation To Loan Repayments, Baharin Salim @ Abdullah

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The birth of Bank Islam Malaysia Berhad (81MB) in 1983 symbolized the Malaysian Government's initiative in establishing an Islamic banking system. After 17 years of operation in a market mainly dominated by conventional banks, BIMB has still unable to achieve its target of capturing a significant portion of this market. In this paper, the writer tries to observe the main differences between the conventional and Islamic banking system Malaysia in relation to loan repayments. Through this observation, strengths and weaknesses of the Islamic banking system can be identified. Recommendations can be made to help enhancing BIMB's performance in achieving the …

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Economic Value Added : Superior Measurement Of Shareholders' Value, Amalanathan Thomas Jan 2000

Economic Value Added : Superior Measurement Of Shareholders' Value, Amalanathan Thomas

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In 1961, Prof. Franco Modigliani and Prof. Merton H. Miller (MM) said in their article Dividend Policy, Growth and The Evaluation of Shares: "To measure corporate performance for market capitalization, companies should consider earnings, cash flows, dividends and investment opportunities as alternatives". Stern Stewart, an advocate of Economic Value Added (EVA) approach to shareholder value understands the issues raised under the MM model which has led him to the view that "free cash flows is cash from operations that is available, attributable to both leaders and shareholders. In other words, it is the cash that is free for distribution to …

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A Psychographics And Demographic Profile Of Individual Investors Of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Ezlika Mohd. Ghazali Jan 2000

A Psychographics And Demographic Profile Of Individual Investors Of Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange, Ezlika Mohd. Ghazali

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The growing complexity and sophistication of the stock market had made stock broking a specialized profession. The era of globalization will pose a threat to securities industry in Malaysia. Thus, the importance of marketing in stock broking firms should not be taken for granted. In terms of market segmentation, demographic characteristics alone may no longer serve as a basis for segmenting individual investors. This had led to the development of psychographics research to more effectively communicate and market. By analyzing the characteristics of the individual investors, brokers in Malaysia will be in a better position to identify new opportunities. The …

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A Study Of The Planning And Organisation Structure-Issues / Problems Of Council Of The City Of Kuching South (Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selantan), Joon Kit Lee Jan 2000

A Study Of The Planning And Organisation Structure-Issues / Problems Of Council Of The City Of Kuching South (Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selantan), Joon Kit Lee

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This thesis is the case study of Council of the City of Kuching South (Majlis Bandaraya Kuching Selatan or MBKS). In this study, I will only touch on the planning and organisation structure- issues/problems faced by MBKS especially in Administration, Public Work, Building and Landscaping and Public Health Division. In the chapter 1 of this thesis, I will touch on the reasons for the selection of MBKS for my study; the objectives of my project; the scope of my study; type of research design and methodology that I used and the limitation of my study. I will touch on the …

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