Institutions and Economies
Mohd Amar Aziz
· Badariah Haji Din
· Kamaruddin Abdulsomad
·Institutions and Economies ·2019 ·JEL: I3; O3; P4; Z1
This paper examines transaction costs inthe institutional zakat system from the open innovation perspective and tries to understand its impact on performance. It attempts to harmonise the concept of transaction costs with the open innovatio...
Health Supplement and Product Liability in Malaysia: A Call For Reform
Zeti Zuryani Mohd Zakuan
· Rahmah Ismail
·Malaysian Journal of Consumer and Family Economics ·2020
The health supplement market in Malaysia is on the rise. This is due to high demand of health supplements by Malaysian consumers. More and more consumers are taking charge of their health and seeking alternatives from medicine. They no long...
Tax Awareness Among Students From Higher Learning Institutions in Malaysia: Education Area as a Moderator
Soliha Sanusi
· Nik Herda Nik Abdullah
· Lim Tan Chin
· Fauziah Rastam
· Nabilah Rozzani
·International Journal of Economics and Management ·2021 ·JEL: M41
This study investigates the higher learning institution students' tax knowledge, tax attitude, tax morale, and the role of tax authorities with the moderation of the education area that influences tax awareness in Malaysia. Data from 224 re...
Mate Crime Victimisation Against People with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study in Sarawak, Malaysia
Tharshini Sivabalan
· Faizah Haji Mas’ud
· Dolly Paul Carlo
·Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities ·2022
Individuals with disabilities are highly exposed to mate crime victimisation than their non-disabled counterparts. This research aims to identify mate crime victimisation among people with disabilities in Sarawak, Malaysia. Data was quantit...
The Preliminary Results on the Push Factors for the Elderly to Move to Retirement Villages in Malaysia
Farah Ajlaa Julaihi
· Asmah Alia Mohamad Bohari
· Mohd Azrai Azman
· Kuryati Kipli
· Sharifah Rahama Amirul
·Pertanika Journal of Social Science and Humanities ·2022
Many countries are witnessing a rise in the ageing population, which has become a global phenomenon that all nations must address. As the population of greying people is expected to increase in Malaysia, the demand for senior citizen accomm...
Determining Factors of Medication Label Awareness: The Case of Malaysia
Yong-Kang Cheah
·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: D01; I10; I12
Medication labelling and patient knowledge can help reduce risk of misuse of medicine. The present study attempts to investigate the demographic, lifestyleand health determinants of awareness of medication labelling among adults in Malaysia...
Effects of Infrastructure, Safety and Academic Qualities on Demand for Educational Tourism in Malaysia
Hylmee Matahir
· Chor Foon Tang
·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: C33; C51; Z30
This study explores critically major determinants of inbound educational tourism demand in Malaysia between 2002 and 2014 by employing dynamic panel system Generalised Method of Moment (GMM). The study found academic reputation as the main...
Financial Knowledge, Attitude and Behaviour of Young Working Adults in Malaysia
Chen-Chen Yong
· Siew-Yong Yew
· Chu-Kok Wee
·Institutions and Economies ·2018 ·JEL: I22; G41; I22
A conceptual model was proposed based on the theory of planned behaviour to examine the relationship between financial knowledge, attitude, behaviour and financial literacy among young working adults in Malaysia. Perceiving financial litera...
Return-on-Investment Measurement and Assessment of Research Fund: A Case Study in Malaysia
Nur Azura Sanusi
· Noor Hayati Akma Shafiee
· Nor Ermawati Hussain
· Zuha Rosufila Abu Hassan
· Mohd Lazim Abdullah
· Nor Hayati Sa’at
·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2021 ·JEL: E47, G17, H52, I123
This study estimates the financial value of return on investment (ROI) of research funds. Four simulation estimations are employed to measure ROI finance value that considers the outputs, outcomes, impacts and total ROI from the allocation...
The Sustainable Purchase Intention in a New Normal of COVID-19: An Empirical Study in Malaysia
Muhammad Safuan Abdul Latip
· Farhana Tahmida Newaz
· Rachel Yong Yuen May
· Ahmad Esa Abdul Rahman
·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2021 ·JEL: Q56, M39, D16, Q01, M59
The study investigated the effect of food safety knowledge, food safety trust and the factors influencing organic food purchase intention in the ‘new normal’ of the COVID-19 pandemic. The study employed non-contrived and cross-sectional met...
Determinants of suicidal behaviour in Malaysia
Yong Kang Cheah
· Mohd Azahadi
· Noor Hazilah Abd Manaf
· Siew Nooi Phang
·Malaysian Journal of Economic Studies ·2018
A sharp rise in the prevalence of suicide has become a serious public health concern. Acquiring a better understanding of the determinants of suicidal behaviour can help to implement a more effective policy directed towards reducing the sui...
Access and Affordability of Medicines in Malaysia: Need for a National Pricing Policy
Shui Ling Wong
· Saliza Ibrahim
· Norazlin Abdul Kadir
· Salbiah Mohd Salleh
·Applied Health Economics and Health Policy ·2019
Background High medicines prices are a barrier to medicines access, and their impact is greater in developing countries. Objective This study assessed the availability, prices and affordability of medicines in public and private sectors in...
Assessing Diabetes Distress Among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Malaysia Using the Problem Areas in Diabetes Scale
Zeinab Jannoo
· Bee WahYap
· Naushad Mamode Khan
· AlessioFarcomeni
·Value in Health Regional Issues ·2019
Objectives To validate, from a psychometric perspective, the Problem Areas in Diabetes (PAID) questionnaire in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus from Malaysia. Methods A total of 497 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus were recruite...
Health Technology Assessment and Its Use in Drug Policy in Malaysia
Asrul Akmal Shafie
· Haarathi Chandriah
· Yee Vern Yong
· Sharifa Ezat Wan Puteh
·Value in Health Regional Issues ·2019
Objective To describe the process and role of health technology assessment (HTA) in the context of drug policy in Malaysia. Methods We summarized the HTA process through review of documents and reports available in the public domain combine...
Socioeconomic Factors, Food Supply and Food Security among Communities at the Malaysia-Thailand Border: A Human Security Approach
Bakri Mat (Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM))
· Ku Nurasyiqin Ku Amir (Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM))
·International Journal of Supply Chain Management ·2019
Food security is one of the non-traditional security components that forms the basic needs of a nation, households, and individuals. Any problem in food supply or disruption in any of the four key elements of food security will threaten sec...