Recently added articles from International Journal of Business and Society:
DOES STOCK MARKET LIBERALIZATION CAUSE HIGHER VOLATILITY IN THE BURSA MALAYSIA?
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT This study examines the impact of stock market liberalization on stock return volatility in the Bursa Malaysia (formerly known as the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange), using the EGARCH model with sudden changes of variance during the period of 1985 - 2006. The analysis is conducted ...
THE IMPACTS OF INCREASE IN THE DOMESTIC PETROLEUM PRICES ON COST PRODUCTION IN THE AGRICULTURAL AND AGRO-BASED SECTORS
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT By using an input-output model, the present paper examines the impacts of increase in the domestic petroleum prices on cost production in the Malaysian agricultural and agro-based sectors. This study simulates the different scenarios of the petroleum price changes on sectoral ...
THE DEMAND FOR IMPORTS IN JAPAN: A REVIEW ARTICLE
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The aim of this paper is to review the vast existing research on import demand study as it relates to Japan, and finds that the results depend on model specification and the estimation technique. This paper also discusses the issues, which relates to the determinants of import ...
WEB NAVIGATION BEHAVIOUR OF MALAYSIANS IN RELATION TO ONLINE PURCHASING
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The Internet has been touted as a global medium that is speedily gaining interest and popularity as the most revolutionary tool for marketing. Most importantly, the Internet has also redefined the global nature of shopping and communications, as it is the perfect vehicle for ...
THE EQUITY PERFORMANCE OF MALAYSIAN COMPANIES EMERGING FROM FINANCIALLY DISTRESSED CONDITION
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT Financial distress occurs when a company cannot meet its debt obligations or has to restructure its debt to avoid default. In Malaysia, Bursa Malaysia Berhad has set up Practice Note 4/2001 (PN4) in order to have separate classification for financially distressed companies. A ...
DETERMINING DECISION-MAKING STYLES AND DEMOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES IN SELECTING HIGHER EDUCATION SERVICES AMONG MALAYSIAN
Jan 01, 2008; ... ABSTRACT The Malaysian education system is ready for a quantum leap that would bring about changes and create Malaysia as a regional hub as well as a center of education excellence. Hence, there is a need to ensure that the educational services are relevant and useful to potential users ....
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF FISCAL COMPOSITION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE CASE OF MALAYSIA
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT The paper analyzes the long-run relations between components of fiscal composition and output per labor for Malaysia using annual data spanning 1970-2002. Applying the DOLS estimation method, we find evidence that development (current) public expenditure is positively ...
EFFECTS AND FUTURE OF THE INTERNET ON THE MALAYSIAN ADVERTISING INDUSTRY
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT The Internet is having a major effect around the world on how businesses are being run, with changes in relation to marketing communications, customers, media selection, and dealing with advertising agencies. What has been the effect of this new media, and what changes are ...
AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION ON THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE JAPAN'S BILATERAL IMBALANCE
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT This study extends the work by Tang (2006) to empirically re-investigate the sustainability of Japan's trade accounts by using disaggregated data - her trading regions and countries. The previous study (Tang, 2006) finds Japan's trade balances are unsustainable via aggregate ...
TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN MALAY MANUFACTURING FIRMS
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT The emergence of Malay entrepreneurs is in tandem with government policy to create Bumiputera Commerce and Industrial Community (BCIC), as stated in the New Economic Policy (NEP), 1971-1990. The Malays form major composition of Bumiputera entrepreneurs. Despite of many ...
THE ROLE OF GENDER MATCH, LMX TENURE, AND SUPPORT IN LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT The study explores the impact of gender-match, LMX tenure, and supervisory support in predicting the quality of leader-member exchange. Additionally, it aims at establishing whether there are significant variations in the quality of exchange within a group. Drawing a sample of ...
ONLINE BUYING INNOVATIVENESS: EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED VALUE, PERCEIVED RISK AND PERCEIVED ENJOYMENT
Jul 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT This paper proposes a model using the Structural Equation Modeling technique to identify the influence of perceived value, perceived risk and perceived enjoyment on online shoppers' innovativeness in relation to adoption of online shopping. A self-administered questionnaire was ...
ASIA PACIFIC MARKETING CONFERENCE (APMC) 2005: AN INTRODUCTION
Jul 01, 2006; ... In the past seven years, the International Journal of Business and Society has shown its mettle in producing quality articles of interest to academics as well as practitioners. This edition consisted of articles on marketing from the first Asia Pacific Marketing Conference held in Kuching on 22 ...
WHAT DRIVES AD LIKEABILITY/DISLIKEABILITY IN HONG KONG AND THAILAND?
Jul 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT This study attempts to examine what drives ad likeability/dislikeability in two Asian countries, namely Hong Kong and Thailand. As the two countries are dissimilar in cultural value and religious belief, the primary objectives of this study are to examine what constitute ...
UNDERGRADUATES' PERCEPTION OF SMS BANKING IN LABUAN: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
Jul 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Mobile phone for banking purpose is crucial for those who are busy with daily routine activities, especially those who are employed. In contrast, mobile phone is evolved among undergraduate students as a key social tool to connect with family members, friends and lecturers. The ...
GOING GREEN: A STUDY OF CONSUMERS' WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR GREEN PRODUCTS IN KOTA KINABALU
Jul 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT The quality of life of the present and future generations very much depends on the protection and preservation of ecosystems for humans and the environment to coexist in forming a mutual human-environment system. Marketers have realized the importance of introducing green ...
PATENTED AND GENERIC PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS: PERCEPTION AND PRESCRIPTION
Jul 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT This research aims to determine perceptions of doctors under the employ of the government in Sarawak towards patented drugs and generic drugs. It also sets out to determine factors that affect doctors' prescribing decisions. The population consists of all the doctors working in ...
IMPROVING THE CREATIVE PROCESS: ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF DIVERGENT THINKING TECHNIQUES AND DOMAIN SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE ON CREATIVITY
Jul 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Although creativity may be a subjective construct that we can not evaluate independently of the domain, we may be able to objectively measure a person's creative thinking processes. The difficulty is that current tests are unable to provide consistent evaluations of individual ...
GRAVITATIONAL THEORY: A CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR PERSPECTIVE
Jul 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Gravitational theory has long been used as a basis for developing location models that specify where shopping centres, shops, industry and public services should be located to appeal to potential consumers who will gravitate to destinations dependent upon the size or mass of the ...
CONSUMER PURCHASE OF PIRATED VCD: DO NON-PRICE FACTORS MATTER?
Jul 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Piracy is a severe problem worldwide and the common perception is that it is increasing (BSA, 2001). However, it is virtually impossible to find accurate statistics to substantiate these perceptions because of the clandestine nature of the activity. This study aims to discover ...