The main objective of this study was to identify the importance of SMEs in Malaysian and Pakistani economies. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) play a vital role in the development and growth of the Malaysian and Pakistani economies. However, their contribution to the national economies of both countries is still relatively small. Malaysian and Pakistani governments have made various fundamen...

This study provides estimates of the private returns of tertiary non-conventional education (NCE) for management graduates in Malaysia. The term ‘non-conventional education’ used in this research refers to distance learning and part-time management degree program graduates. We evaluate the private returns using basic concept of educational cost and benefit analysis. The data used were derived f...

Political blogs are one of the pivotal alternative communication channels for political news in Malaysia. Many have argued that the mushrooming of political blogs nurtures the effective realization of human rights in the country. The paper studies the ‘Malaysian political blog readers–human rights’ relationship by exploring these questions: Has traditional mainstream media become obsolete with ...

PURPOSE The main aim of the study is to provide an empirical analysis of quality management practice among Malaysian Ministry of Health hospital employees, ranging from medical specialists to health attendants. DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH Self-administered questionnaires collected data and cluster sampling used to select hospitals, while stratified random sampling selected employee respondent...

Construction delay is unavoidable in developing countries including Malaysia. It is defined as time overrun or extension of time for completion of a project. The purpose of the study is to determine the causes of delay in Malaysian construction industries based on previous worldwide research. The field survey conducted includes the experienced developers, consultants and contractors in Malaysia...

The Malaysian hypermarkets have steadily increased over the past decades with brand loyalty emerging as a frontrunner in the retail industry. There have been copious studies related to the effects of marketing mix towards brand equity instead of brand loyalty. It is the intention of the researcher to identify the effects of marketing mix on brand loyalty in the Malaysian hypermarkets sector. Th...

This conference proceeding presents an empirical assessment on the domestic publication output and structure of scientific collaboration of Malaysian authors for the field of physics. Journal articles with Malaysian addresses for the subject area “Physics” and other sub-discipline of physics were retrieved from the Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge database spanning the years 1980 to 2011. A sci...

This paper reports an investigation into the adoption of the Internet amongst Malaysian travel agencies as a means of exploring the likely future potential growth of e-business within the industry. The study reveals that the Malaysian travel agencies are very positive towards e-business. Nonetheless, the Internet usage amongst the agencies is still in an early stage, and the rate of adoption of...

This paper examine the response asymmetries of the Malaysian market to two developed markets – the US and Japan. We used weekly data from January 1988 to December 2007 and simple regression and VAR analyses. In line with previous studies, we found evidence for the presence of response asymmetries in the Malaysian market. The evidence strongly suggests significant responses of the Malaysian mark...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical characteristics of HAVS in a tropical environment in comparison with a temperate environment. METHODS We conducted a series medical examinations among the forestry, construction and automobile industry workers in Malaysia adopting the compulsory medical examination procedure used by Wakayama Medical University for Japanese vibra...