Measurements of Service Quality of Islamic Banking in Malaysia: A Non-Malaysian Customers’ Perspective
Abdo Yousef Qaid Saad
· Amer M Alhusini Alshehri
·Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business ·2021 ·JEL: M00, M31, G1, G2, G21
The study aims to measures the service quality of Islamic banking in Malaysia from non-Malaysian customers’ perspective based on the six different dimensions of the SERVQUAL model, namely, Shariah, assurance, reliability, tangibles, empathy...
Nexus between Financial Development and Income Inequality before Pandemic Covid-19: Does Financial Kuznets Curve Exist in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines?
Abdul Rahim Ridzuan
· Shahsuzan Zakaria
· Bayu Arie Fianto
· Nora Yusma Mohamed Yusoff
· Nor Fatimah Che Sulaiman
· Mohamad Idham Md Razak
· Siswantini
· Arsiyanti Lestari
·International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy ·2021 ·JEL: G10, F62
This study offers new insights for policymakers to reduce income inequality, thus ensuring economic growth which greatly benefits the poor segment of population and directing financial sector to provide easy access to financial resources fo...
Exchange rate exposure revisited in Malaysia: a tale of two measures
Jaratin Lily
· Imbarine Bujang
· Abdul Aziz Karia
· Jaratin Lily
· Mori Kogid
·Eurasian Business Review ·2017 ·JEL: F23; F31; G15
This paper investigates a tale of two measures, which are market portfolio returns and exchange rate movements. The two measures are important risk factors which affect firm share returns. This study also demonstrates that the orthogonalize...
Planning to improvise? The role of reasoning in the strategy process: Evidence from Malaysia
Paul Hughes
· Vitor Leone
· Ian R. Hodgkinson
· Mathew Hughes
· Darwina Arshad
·Asia Pacific Journal of Management ·2017
Planning and improvisation are depicted as alternate decision-making orientations in the strategy process literature, executed by two parallel cognitive contexts: rational or intuitive, but can rationality and intuition be harmonized in the...
The impact of monetary policy on Islamic bank financing: bank-level evidence from Malaysia
Muhamed Zulkhibri
·Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science ·2018
Purpose This paper aims to examine the distributional differences of Islamic bank financing responses to financing rate across bank-specific characteristics in dual banking system. The study also aims to provide understanding of how efficie...
A Conceptual Paper on Impact of Corporate Governance on Operating Performance during Goods Service Tax Implementation in Malaysia
Sitraselvi Chandren
· Ayoib Che Ahmad
· Zaimah Abdullah
·International Journal of Supply Chain Management ·2018
The purpose of this conceptual paper is to address the link between corporate governance and operating performance during and after GST implementation. With the support of agency theory, this paper develops five propositions for the relatio...
A test of environmental Kuznets curve (EKC) for carbon emission and potential of renewable energy to reduce green house gases (GHG) in Malaysia
Abid Rashid Gill
· Kuperan K. Viswanathan
· Sallahuddin Hassan
·Environment, Development and Sustainability ·2018
This study investigates the presence of environmental kuznets curve (EKC) for green house gases (GHG) measured by CO2 emission in Malaysia for the period 1970 to 2011. The study also examines the potential of the renewable source of energy...
An economic approach to marine megafauna conservation in the coral triangle: Marine turtles in Sabah, Malaysi
Louise S.L. Teh
· Lydia C.L.Teh
· Gavin Jolis
·Marine Policy ·2018
This study quantifies the Total Economic Value (TEV) marine turtles contribute to the Semporna Priority Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysia, based on field surveys conducted in May 2014 with marine stakeholders, including 60 fishing househ...
An Investigation of Challenges in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Implementation: The Case of Public Sector in Malaysia
Dahlia Fernandez
· Zaini Zaino
· Hawa Ahmad
·International Journal of Supply Chain Management ·2018
The implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to surge the performance has induced various organizations towards its adoption. Even though the government may perhaps strive for enhancements from ERP adoption, however, the...
Beyond institutional voids and the middle-income trap: The emerging business angel market in Malaysia
Richard Harrison
· William Scheela
· P. C. Lai
· Sivapalan Vivekarajah
·Asia Pacific Journal of Management ·2018
Emerging economies are characterized by the presence of institutional voids which challenge and constrain the behavior of economic agents. In this paper we report on one set of agents, angel investors, in Malaysia, which investors fear is e...
Bilateral Export Trade, Outward and Inward FDI: A Dynamic Gravity Model Approach Using Sectoral Data from Malaysia
Siew Yean Tham
· Soo Khoon Goh
· Koi Nyen Wong
· Ahmad Fadhli
·Emerging Markets Finance and Trade ·2018 ·JEL: F21
In light of a change in the foreign direct investment (FDI) landscape such as the rapid growth of outward FDI from Malaysia since 2007, this article ascertains the possible impact of inward and outward FDI on Malaysia’s bilateral export tra...
Busy Auditors, Ethical Behavior, and Discretionary Accruals Quality in Malaysia
Karen M. Y. Lai
· Andriyawan Sasmita
· Ferdinand A. Gul
· Yee Boon Foo
· Marion Hutchinson
·Journal of Business Ethics ·2018
The required professional and ethical pronouncements of accountants mean that auditors need to be competent and exercise due care and skill in the performance of their audits. In this study, we examine what happens when auditors take on mor...
Community responses to flood risk management – An empirical Investigation of the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in Malaysia
Muhammad Mehedi Masud
· Ahmad S. Sackor
· A.S.A. Ferdous Alam (Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM))
· Abul Quasem Al-Amind (Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) & Universiti Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN))
· Ahmad Bashawir Abdul Ghanif (Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM))
·Marine Policy ·2018
The vulnerability of the Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to flood disasters affects not only the underlying eco-centric and anthropocentric values therein, but also the coastal communities that are adjacent to the MPAs. The consequences can l...
Comparative study on credit risk in Islamic banking institutions: The case of Malaysia
Mongi Lassoued
·Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance ·2018 ·JEL: G18; G21; G32; G33
The study of credit risk is a great interest and the debate over the relative credit risk of Islamic banks remains open. The study aims at addressing this key question: Do Islamic banks (IBs) have higher credit risk than conventional banks...
Corporate governance and performance of REITs: A combined study of Singapore and Malaysia
Jayalakshmy Ramachandran
· Khoo Kok Chen
· Ramaiyer Subramanian
· Ken Kyid Yeoh
· Kok Wei Khong
·Managerial Auditing Journal ·2018
Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between corporate governance (CG) and performance of Real Estate Investment Trust (REITs) in Singapore and Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach The CG attributes that contribute best...